NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

The September 2009 issue of NTEN Connect had a review of trends in online giving. I want to provide some updated findings for the entire year, as well as discuss the importance of online donations to support the Haiti earthquake relief efforts. 2009 proved to be another important year for online giving by nonprofit organizations.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Blog Action Day is an annual event held every October 15 that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance. Blog Action Day 2009 will be one of the largest-ever social change events on the web.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

The September 2009 issue of NTEN Connect had a review of trends in online giving. I want to provide some updated findings for the entire year, as well as discuss the importance of online donations to support the Haiti earthquake relief efforts. 2009 proved to be another important year for online giving by nonprofit organizations.

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Haiti Trend Online Giving 68

Care2

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Presenters also discussed the importance of utilizing successful fundraising strategies including: Telling passionate stories and using assets like photos and videos to reinforce your stories. Download the White Paper – 2009 Procrastinator’s Guide to Year-End Fundraising. ? Thanking your donors at least 3x.

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NetWits

OCTOBER 5, 2009

As an extension to Frank’s post on LIVE STRONG Day , I’d like to discuss another aspect of Lance Armstrong Foundation’s grassroots efforts. Over the past few years, LAF has cultivated a successful program for independent fundraisers called Grassroots Fundraising. This program has become an important extension of the LIVE STRONG Day program.

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NetWits

JANUARY 2, 2009

As I regularly discuss in consultations and presentations, the better you can understand your audience, the better you can relate with them through your communications, and the more successful your marketing efforts will be. than either improve in those ways or discuss candidly with supporters why you can’t at this time.

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NetWits

MAY 17, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Fundraising Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. Download the report now! . Looking to help your organization get better at raising money online? 2011 Online Giving Report.

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NTEN

MARCH 17, 2009

With that in mind -- and because I'm sure the folks at TAG have noticed the general awesomeness of the NTEN community -- they're inviting you to submit session proposals for their 2009 TAG conference, which will be held in November in San Antonio, TX. Do you have an idea for a fabulous session?

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VisionLink

MARCH 13, 2014

"Between 1970 and 2009, undergraduate enrollment in the United States more than doubled, while the completion rate has been virtually unchanged. We’ve made progress in giving students from all backgrounds access to college – but we haven’t finished the all-important job of helping them achieve a degree.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2009

The event will reveal the results of the 2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , which: Provides updated industry-wide metrics to analyze your online program. Discusses how the financial crisis is affecting online fundraising. Eastern as well as a simultaneous webcast of the event for those not in the DC-area.

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Benchmark Results Studies DC 43

NTEN

JULY 30, 2009

The 2009 Nonprofit Tagline Awards are only open until July 31st. Forest Service's " Climate Change Primer " starts out with a discussion of cyclical climate change over the last 400,000 years. Over at Full Circle Associates, you can grab their Digital Identity Workbook and adapt it to your own needs. Enter the Go Plate.

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NTEN

JANUARY 6, 2009

Flickr Photo by lumaxart The web is abuzz with resolutions for 2009 -- NTEN included! You'll also be able to work with us on number 3, Share Your Successes (and Failures) through an accompanying online discussion group, where we'll work together and share our experiences throughout the series.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2008

I also remember when Peter Deitz launched the community discussion about his idea for Social Actions API back in January, 2008- he titled it " Help Me Clone Beth Kanter " as part of helping me with a Cambodian campaign was I working on at the time. He has identified nine goals for 2009. or $200.09.

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VQ Strategies

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The most common topic of discussion in meetings lately and the theme of many sessions during this unusual fall conference season is the need to advocate for volunteer engagement as a strategy to help sustain organizations during these challenging times. Know the Research. During times of crisis, Americans roll up their sleeves and volunteer.

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Organization Volunteer Virtual Articulate 98

AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Blog Action Day 2009: Climate Change: "Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world's bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day on their own blogs with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance. Blog Action Day 2009 will be the largest-ever social change event on the web.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 17, 2008

NTEN Staff It's October, which means early renewal for 2009 memberships here at NTEN. We launched the online NTEN Office Hours chats, where NTEN members with expertise volunteer their time to answer your questions and engage in brainstorming discussions in real-time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2014

I’ve been going every year since 2009 to cover the event on my blog. Out of all the amazing speakers and discussions , I was lucky enough to sit down with Barb Newhouse, President & Chief Executive Officer. ALS Association and discuss the Ice Bucket Challenge.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

What are your nonprofit resolutions for 2009? Convio just released a helpful guide for nonprofits appropriately titled, " Nonprofit Resolutions That Make the Difference in 2009 ". What are your top nonprofit resolutions for 2009? Need ideas to turn your resolutions into reality? Receive monthly updates.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Today's Blog Action Day 2009 ! Amy Sample Ward recaps the lively discussion and shares some excellent resources like this Climate Debate Map , the Drupal.org profile of TckTckTck and the Climate Lab Wiki. The annual event's focus this year is Climate Change, an the issue that will impact all of our lives.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

They can be very complex course management systems which are designed to do things like quizzes and grading (as well as discussions and have places to store course materials.) If your organization does this at all, and you are interested in investigating how to enhance or deliver those learning activities through the web, an LMS is for you.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 28, 2009

The early-bird registration period for NTEN’s 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference ends January 31. Clay’s recent book, Here Comes Everybody, discusses how Web2.0 I love the NTC. is revolutionizing the social order.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

At October's Blackbaud UK Relationship Management conference, I discussed Challenge Event Fundraising and the best ways to get the most out of these events. So why is the average Blackbaud gift for this stuff in the UK sitting at £69 for 2009? I'd like to share some of the findings but first some background.

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

5 Myths about Online Giving 5 Good Nonprofit Infographics 25 Largest Online Fundraising Nonprofits in 2010 Why Apple isn’t the Nonprofit App Grinch Recent Posts 5 Questions for Geoff Livingston 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report Blackbaud Index for March 2011 25 Largest Online Fundraising Nonprofits in 2010 (..)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

But, I’d send the query to both the nptech-related groups (like nten-discuss and nosi-discussion) as well as the Sugar folks – you might get some answers. 2 admin 04.20.08 at 5:54 pm I actually don’t know of a particular community of NP tech SugarCRM folks.

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Robert Weiner

AUGUST 17, 2009

Target Analytics' Index of National Fundraising Performance for the first quarter of 2009 had nothing but bad news. All key metrics declined for the index as a whole for the first quarter of 2009 as compared to the first quarter of 2008. He says: read more.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Stephen Blyth , an NTEN member from New Zealand, is examining online communities and writes about his reasearch and initial thoughts -- including a nice review of the NTEN online discussion group in our Affinity Groups. See the case-study here.

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Rhode Island NTEN New Zealand Mashup 47

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 8, 2009

2009 Year-End Fundraising Guide – Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – “Is your nonprofit sending out 8-10 online fundraising appeals this holiday season? Tags: roundup bookmarks discussion facebook fundraising google gov2.0 Thus today’s announcement is a very big surprise.&#.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Send queries to nonprofit tech lists for experiences and information, like nosi-discussion , nten-discuss , riders-tech , and others. Look at ohloh.net – they have great info on most projects – how many developers, lines of code, how active development activity is.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

60) Search « The Joys of Google Grants, Part 2 | Main | The Joys of Google Grants, Part 1 » Sunday Feb 01 2009 Nonprofit Resolutions That Will Make A Difference in 2009 Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 08:56PM | by Allyson Kapin What are your nonprofit resolutions for 2009? All rights reserved.

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Social Media Difference Advocacy Case Study 28

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2007

July 6, 2007 Deborah, is, as per usual, diplomatic in her discussion of the site " Sustainable Nonprofit ", which is a new(?) Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology See a problem? Throw a website at it!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 15, 2007

Solidariti has a great discussion and graph of Web 2.0 realm – Cause Related Marketing has an interesting discussion about a new Instant Messenger campaign. I’ve been thinking a lot about different kinds of electronic communications, and what their advantages and disadvantages are.

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Achieve

APRIL 21, 2016

Since 2009, Achieve, in partnership with the Case Foundation, began an effort to understand the dynamics of the cause relationship between organizations and a new generation of donors and activists. The implications of this research will be discussed at the Washington Post Live Political Town Hall. Get great value.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 21, 2009

The Chronicle of Philanthropy held an online discussion on January 21, 2009 about how nonprofits can publicize their work.

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Philanthropy News Public Discussion 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

like right now, on the Linuxchix IRC channel, we are discussing elections, HFS+ filesystems and terabyte switches.) It is a tool which is used predominantly in the open source world, for developers and users of open source projects to talk to one another, and get support. I use IRC every day. Quasi-social, quasi-professional.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2010

Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2009: Participant Fundraising. What worked for your organization in 2009? From these, I pulled together this set of lessons learned. Even more lessons learned and ideas can be found in the 2010 Nonprofit Resolutions Guide , and of course, I know there are many other tips participant fundraisers must have.

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Lesson Learning Fundraising Convio 33

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Date: December, 10th 2009. Check out some of the questions we’ll be discussing and resources about the topic here. This chat will cover the changing role(s) of teachers, institutions and learners – and how they are affected and transformed by new/social media. Where: Twitter (search for #4Change). Join the Conversation!

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Education Remix Classroom Twitter 105

ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

percent in 2009. percent from 2007 to 2008, and by nearly 32 percent from 2008 to 2009. To help facilitate this discussion, have your CFO run budgets from 2006-2012 and see how your revenue fluctuated. And, despite slight upticks in 2010 and 2011 in giving, they were still well below pre-GFC levels.

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