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MAY 27, 2011

Guest blog alert: Donna from Charity Dynamics (a Convio Solution Provider ) is sharing an real-life example of how integrated marketing and fundraising helped a nonprofit increase online revenue by more than 100%. As a result, online revenue originating from direct mail integration increased from 12% to 28% from 2009 to 2010!

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

In our first post – “ The Knitting Factor: Making Skills-Based Volunteering Work for Your Organization ” – we introduced the concept of The Knitting Factor and highlighted three key conditions that make skilled volunteer engagements successful for corporate volunteers, nonprofit partners, and the communities they serve. Skills for Cities.

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MARCH 10, 2011

But, I struggled with data and I know many organizations still do. And it helped, the writing was cleaner, the types of information we gathered was more streamlined. Organizations large and small could benefit from sharing volunteer information. Author: Amber Wobschall. And I loved it.

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JANUARY 8, 2010

The New Year has officially begun, and it’s the perfect time to reflect on the year past, or for most people, look forward to see what resolutions and initiatives can be planned to make the new 2010 better than 2009. Happy New Year!

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MAY 10, 2019

Generation Z: Born 1996–2009. This generation is considered one of the loneliest generations, and church can help fill that void. These are the individuals and families who probably make up a big part of the folks who help to run the church, from volunteers to those on staff. Generation X: Born 1965–1980.

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OCTOBER 8, 2013

Laura’s experience working at and serving on the board of multiple arts organizations around the country shape her insights into the nonprofit community. In 2009, Tropicana OJ decided they needed a cooler, trendier juice carton. Members, like loyal OJ shoppers, bring reliable, consistent revenue into your organization.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

In 2009, when I was serving as the President of the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ South Carolina Lowcountry Chapter , I found myself in front of a group of 400 generous, deeply caring people. Happy Thanksgiving…a week early. We had gathered around the table for a meal, to break bread together, to say thank you.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

In my experience, too many organizations don’t take advantage of this “free money.” It makes a huge difference if the nonprofit, with minimal effort, can tell the donor of their match status and then provide the appropriate information to help the donor match their pledge. Thanks for the reminder Stephen!

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JANUARY 5, 2009

And to help capture all the great insight the nonprofit community has in store with its resolutions, we’ve also created a poll to capture your ideas on how to make technology work for you and your organization in 2009. But we need your help to create it.

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APRIL 28, 2009

James Young and I gave our first ever WeAreMedia workshop at this year's 2009 Nonprofit Conference on Livestreaming tools. Specifically, we taught the audience how to use CoverItLive for live blogging and UStream for live online video streaming. So, it's my pleasure to introduce to you the following nptech people and ideas live from 09NTC:

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JULY 27, 2010

If you aren’t already familiar with LCH, it’s a nonprofit organization that works to help other nonprofits use film to spread awareness and action for their causes through volunteer matching, education and its annual nonprofit film festival. In its second year, Lights.Camera.Help. Watch the amazing videos from this year.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

NMAI is asking supporters to host a potluck on or around November 28, 2009 (the 20th anniversary of President George H. Potluck hosts can join a team or host as individuals, and they agree to raise money from family and friends to help fund education, public programs, and other activities. How did it go?

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APRIL 20, 2010

The pre-screening previewed video from organizations including the Miracle Foundation and the Scottish Rite Learning Center , and the LCH organization is aiming high to recieve more submissions in 2010 than 2009. So now the LCH team is asking you: Does your organization have a film that helps promote its cause?

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MARCH 4, 2019

We are 20 years into this online giving adventure and there is still a tremendous amount of up-side for nonprofit organizations. Studies done by Dunham+Company in both 2013 and 2018 reveal that even many leading nonprofit organizations have struggled to implement common best practices. Sadly, that is not the case. Did you get the memo?

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

Judi is currently Vice President of Operations of Fight Colorectal Cancer , an organization she helped start in 2005. Our organization, Fight Colorectal Cancer , started using Salesforce as our primary database in 2006, when we were barely a year old. Never fear. It’s not about features. Document everything.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

On the federal grant side, and increasingly on the foundation side, new regulations and policies have made survival as a grant-funded organization more challenging by adding additional layers of accountability and complexity for grant recipients. It seemed like a good idea at the time” are often the famous last words before a great disaster.

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OCTOBER 4, 2011

But according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP), in 2008 for every $6 raised by charities, they lost $5 through attrition and the 2009 numbers didn’t look any better – with $6 lost through attrition for ever $4.50 The best source for your next gift is the person who gave you your last gift. Sounds easy right?

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MAY 30, 2011

This time, we're behind the scenes at America Supporting Americans (ASA), an organization working to improve the lives of men and women in the military through their three signature programs: Adopt-A-Unit, Foster-A-Unit, and the Youth Civic Action and Awareness Program. We’re still in contact with those veterans today!

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

As we sift through the data, we’re learning some interesting things and finding correlations with other data that can help nonprofits make better decisions. I also did a little, non-scientific analysis of some of the cities that had jumps of 20-30 places in their 2008 to 2009 ranking.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

While writing about multi-channel engagement , I couldn’t help but to think that each lesson learned applied mainly to supporters who are actively engaged with your nonprofit organization. Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2009: Reconnecting With Donors. Author: Emma Zolbrod. Remind them that money is not the only option.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

When most people hear the word Mozilla, they think of the popular open source browser, Firefox and the plug-ins that help many of us to do our daily work on the web. This September 14-21, 2009, tech lovers and specialists are coming together to improve local communities all over the world in support of Mozilla Service Week.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Word on the street is that acquiring new donors and then retaining them is getting more and more difficult and more and more expensive for nonprofit organizations. I signed up as a sustaining donor to an organization just a month before my card was due to expire. That happened sometime in 2008 or 2009. Author: Michelle Shefter.

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JUNE 16, 2009

CDF had help during this process - Omni Studio completely redesigned CDF's web assets in 2008, and RedEngine Digital led the process to integrate SEO recommendations. And the proof of the pudding is in the eating - since the new site was launched on March, 2009: overall site visits from 2008 to 2009 increased by 12%.

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MARCH 19, 2012

Read on to learn how Jamie-Alexis Fowler pushed fundraising goals to bring in more dollars for Pathfinder International and leveraged the services of Convio’s Strategy team to amplify her organization’s message. EG for CC: How do you describe your role at the organization to friends at parties?

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JANUARY 27, 2010

My first event was a century bike ride in Lake Tahoe in 2009 and I’m now training for a triathlon. Emma’s lessons learned got me thinking: What are some simple online tools that organizations can provide to really help with that “heavy lifting” and make it fun for participants to fundraise?

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MAY 16, 2011

In addition to the ways the Salesforce platform is helping organizations integrate with social data, I pointed to a few other tools that are available for anyone to use. The other side of Social CRM is what is changing inside organizations; how communication between organizational staff is getting more social.

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MARCH 19, 2009

World Wildlife Fund is organizing Earth Hour US , a project to.well, let me have them say it in their own words: Turn out. March 28, 2009, 8:30 pm local time. The more I learn about twitter, both from my colleague James Young's posts and from using it myself, the more potential I see for twitter to be a useful tool for organizations.

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JANUARY 14, 2009

In the nonprofit technology community, I've heard stories of cut backs on "nice to have" items and expenses such as travel and training so that organizations can focus on their most critical goals first and cut back on what they deem not to be completely necessary. That's right. Give to the Scholarship Fund. Donate Airline Miles.

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APRIL 20, 2015

There has been little consensus about the impact of focusing on overhead as a means of evaluating nonprofit organizations, either among nonprofit leadership or researchers. My research was done via a survey directed to employees and board members of nonprofit organizations.

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JULY 24, 2009

On the heels of the NTEN webinar on Community Building and Management showing nonprofit organizations how to socially enable their missions, Carie Lewis of the Humane Society of the United States has launched the TAFA Online Community for the 2009 Taking Action for Animals conference. Author: Jordan Viator.

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APRIL 25, 2012

Early on, my inner tree hugger had to reconcile the millions of trees that it took to get DM campaigns with 5% response rates out the door with the cold reality that it was this sort of marketing that was the lifeline of many organizations’ revenue. What about solar, wind, and hydrogen?

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

This according to The North American Technographics® Omnibus Online Survey, Q4 2009 (US), a commissioned omnibus survey conducted by Forrester’s Technographics® on behalf of Convio. While social media was honestly lower than I expected, it does show that if we provide content and ideas it will help influence giving.

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MARCH 17, 2015

The conference organizers stepped up their social media game in a big way this year, allowing attendees to virtually attend multiple breakouts at once. Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s Cycle for Survival and St Jude’s Give Thanks Walk both started modestly in 2009, but are now raising millions of dollars. Don’t let fear hold you back!

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MAY 20, 2011

Now he's sharing the story, strategy and why he thinks some organizations aren't having the social media success they want. In the summer of 2009, I joined the Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan (GSSEM) as their Chief Communications Officer. It means having a consultant help you UNDERSTAND how to do it yourself.)

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Does your organization have a firm grasp of its online marketing goals, the tactics it will execute to achieve these goals, and how it will measure success? Date: Tue, Feb 24, 2009 Time: 2:00 PM EST Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes Host(s): Eric Rardin. You can register for this webinar by clicking here. Register today !

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MAY 21, 2009

This year some of my coworkers and I were inspired to volunteer with an organization called TAP - Theatre Action Project , which works with youngsters to encourage creative expression while learning critical life skills and building self-esteem and confidence. We completed our signs and we even had time to help out with a few other tasks.

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MARCH 3, 2009

So, I’m not the only one out there who became a new user in 2008 and who plans to keep using in 2009. In it, she says organizations can use Twitter to spread the word, connect to the community and humanize your organization. • Net result is 600% growth in 2008. Statistics are courtesy of HubSpot.

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