Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

If your nonprofit is experimenting with text-to-give, text alerts and/or smartphone Apps (or planning to), then launching a mobile website is something your organization should seriously consider. Over the last month I have subscribed to receive text alerts from 10 organizations. As of July 2009, 56.9 The web is going mobile.

Mobile 208

Mobile Websites United States Nonprofit 208

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 10, 2010

If you want to be able to add “Donate Now&# buttons, e-Newsletter and text alert sign-up boxes, and/or call-to-action images to your social media profiles, you need to know HTML. I launched this blog in September 2009. And my e-Newsletter list has grown faster in the last 8 months than it has in the previous four years combined.

Social Media 220

Social Media ROI Media Myspace 220

NTEN

MAY 15, 2009

We just released the 2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study with our fantastic friends at M+R Strategic Services. The report is chock full of amazing and interesting information you can use to make better decisions about your online campaigns. Local organizations are getting on the bus. What are you struggling with?

Benchmark 50

Benchmark Studies Advocacy Case Study 50

NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

Many privacy experts argue that the recent decline in reported data breaches ( 498 in 2009 versus 657 in 2008 (PDF)) is not due to an improvement in data security practices, but rather that fewer organizations are publicly reporting such breaches. According to an October 2009 Gallup poll , 66% of all U.S. " you may ask.

Data 93

Data Question Poll PDF 93

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

in August 2009 and within a few months came to the conclusion that blogging had been the missing piece in my social media campaigns. has turned out to be the glue that holds it (the “Nonprofit Organizations” brand) all together and makes it work, surprisingly. Definitely integrate your blog posts with your e-newsletter.

Content 118

Content Ideas Nonprofit Interview 118

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

A story about Rapleaf in Clickz (a newsletter for online marketers) says this : Rapleaf allows you to quickly and inexpensively find out the social networking footprint of those you’re marketing to. I actually thought this could be quite useful for organizations to figure out how to allocate sparse resources in the Web 2.0

Public 100

Public Widget Open Source Demographics 100

NetWits

DECEMBER 13, 2010

So, I thought I’d share five ways your organization can increase peer-to-peer fundraising revenue. Find out how they raised their money and what additional help your organization could have provided. As donor acquisition declined from 2005-2009, peer-to-peer fundraising was one way to find new donors.

Fundraising 170

Fundraising Raise Gift Registration 170

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

As public-facing and serving organizations, nonprofits are held to higher ethical standards than their business counterparts are. Organizational transparency, the disclosure of operational, financial, and decision-making information, remains a significant factor in the formation of the public’s trust in an organization’s mission and intent.

Support 40

Support Donor Strategy Arizona 40

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Your organization can create a page on your Web site announcing the new App and promote it in your e-newsletter and on social networking sites. Through December 31, 2009, Sweb Apps will defer all set-up fees for nonprofits organizations and all you are required to pay is $25 a month to host the App.

Avatar 204

Avatar Houston Adopt Nonprofit 204

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Facebook tends to leak information that only keeps bloggers and nonprofits guessing and confused. A lot of nonprofits will now have to update their website, e-mail newsletters, and most costly, their print materials. 2) From my e-mail newsletter. I don’t think so. Now instead of supporters “Becoming a Fan!&#

ROI 244

ROI Integration Question Facebook 244

Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

Social Media 68

Social Media Twitter Action Advocacy 68

Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

Social Media 28

Social Media Difference Advocacy Case Study 28

NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

Check out these best practices to help protect both yourself and your organization. In August of 2009, the following exchange occurred between an employee known only as "Lindsay" and her boss, "Brian": [Lindsay]. Create lists to organize personal and professional contacts to control what they can or cannot see.

Social Media 100

Social Media Professional Personal Practice 100

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Can having a blog benefit your organization? Blogs help provide quick, up to the minute news about your organization and cause. If you've worked for a nonprofit, you know how painfully long it can take to put together a newsletter. As an excerpt in your e-newsletter, and clicking through to read the rest.

Benefit 76

Benefit Stumbleupon Newsletter Digg 76

NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Ellie LaCasse wrote a great article for the MissionResearch GiftWorks newsletter about considerations and best practices for using technology to "Boost Volunteer Involvement and Satisfaction." " Convio released a report ranking the highest online-donating cities in 2008 and 2009 year-to-date. 500|5000 list.

NTEN 54

NTEN Drupal Convio Nptech 54

NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

The BlueCross' original breach occurred in October 2009, but five months, $7 million and 110,000 work hours later, they are still dealing with the issue. Would they still be willing to provide their credit card or personal information to you? Have you taken the steps necessary to protect your organization?

Hawaii 64

Hawaii Los Angeles Law Nonprofit 64

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Most often nonprofits want to capture information from web users. That sort of information could be a newsletter sign up, a contact form that should be responded to, an online donation or an event registration. One purpose is to allow users to modify their own information (if the site allows logins.)

Integration 100

Integration API Drupal Open Source 100

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Here are three things you need to make sure you do in order to raise the most money you can in the final quarter of 2009. Tell stories about people whose lives your organization has changed. If your communication plans include a newsletter, make it a donor-focused on and include the information donors want to read. .

Fundraising 45

Fundraising Gift Newsletter Donor 45

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

Can having a blog benefit your organization? Blogs help provide quick, up to the minute news about your organization and cause. If you've worked for a nonprofit, you know how painfully long it can take to put together a newsletter. As an excerpt in your e-newsletter, and clicking through to read the rest.

Benefit 50

Benefit Stumbleupon Newsletter Digg 50

NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Those articles are now up on our blog, and the most popular -- as determined by page views, time on page, and number of comments and retweets -- will be featured in our November newsletter later this month. Writing for the Web: Tips for Nonprofit Organizations. How To: Create a Listening Dashboard for your Organization.

NTEN 57

NTEN Social Media Knowledge Newsletter 57

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

An obvious place to sign up for an email newsletter. I’ve seen how these tactics can boost the results of a nonprofit’s website, but there’s plenty more that organizations can do on this front. These top five lessons serve as a good starting point for evaluating the effectiveness of your organization’s website.

Websites 53

Websites Effective Lesson Nonprofit 53

Connection Cafe

MARCH 10, 2011

But, I struggled with data and I know many organizations still do. Useful for me, but not so useful for other staff members of the small office who might benefit from the information I gleaned. And it helped, the writing was cleaner, the types of information we gathered was more streamlined. And I loved it.

Volunteer 51

Volunteer Data Newsletter Benefit 51

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Cloud computing offers us all the same freedom for our information infrastructure. In addition to running a youth organization or a job training program or an environmental advocacy campaign, you are also running an information and technology system on which you do your work. on our own servers or desktops.

Social 65

Social South America Disaster Mobile 65

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Collecting and Disseminating Information - Ushahidi. The organization is working to build a digital public map of the Kibera community for the residents and organizations working there.

Tools 73

Tools Map Disaster Oregon 73

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

For organizations, web stats are useful indicators of how many people are being reached by their message, the geographical spread of the visitors and whether or not a specific campaign was successful in driving traffic or creating actions (like donations, or letters, etc.) And the mission of the organization matters too.

Stats 100

Stats Web Statistics NTEN 100

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Cloud computing offers us all the same freedom for our information infrastructure. In addition to running a youth organization or a job training program or an environmental advocacy campaign, you are also running an information and technology system on which you do your work. on our own servers or desktops.

Social 61

Social South America Disaster Mobile 61

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

Your organization was one of the early adopters of mobile phone apps. The original Seafood Watch iPhone app was released in January 2009. Resident apps help us put the most up-to-date information in the hands of users, since our consumer seafood recommendations are updated twice a year. What were some of the results?

Mobile 111

Mobile Integration Strategy Green 111

Forum One

MAY 4, 2010

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on how organizations can use Convio’s Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study to determine how well they are doing online compared to others. Overall, the report is well done and shows the information in a visually appealing manner (I’ll admit that I took a few extra copies!). donating money).

Benchmark 49

Benchmark Convio Trend Statistics 49

NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

And once member lists, actions and events, emails and documents are collected and stored by an online service, outdated electronic privacy law is failing to keep this information safe from inappropriate access and potential misuse. Documents and information is increasingly stored online. Safeguard Location Information.

Law 55

Law Time California Government 55

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. but pack in a tremendous amount of information.

Tools 100

Tools Tech Map Case Study 100

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Collecting and Disseminating Information - Ushahidi. The organization is working to build a digital public map of the Kibera community for the residents and organizations working there.

Tools 59

Tools Map Disaster Oregon 59

Care2

JUNE 30, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) June 11, 2009 | Tara Great list of tips!

Social Media 40

Social Media Advocacy Online Tips 40

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

As of September 2009, scores of Facebook applications have been developed to support the nonprofit sector in one way. Over $5 million has been raised in 2009 alone. In April 2009, the Washington Post published a critique of Facebook Causes on the basis that it wasn't an effective tool for raising money. and Canada.

Facebook 99

Facebook Money Raise Strategy 99

Care2

JANUARY 6, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Is it signing up to receive information?

Analytics 54

Analytics Google Social Media Websites 54

Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) so important? During the Fem 2.0

Social Media 31

Social Media Advocacy Web Media 31

Care2

MARCH 4, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Reader Comments (12) Great list, Allyson.

Social Media 38

Social Media Content Practice Web 38

See3

JANUARY 15, 2008

Nonprofit organizations are encouraged to submit their videos to the contest, hosted on DoGooderTV , the video sharing platform for nonprofits. The winner will be awarded an all-expense paid trip to the 2009 NTC to be held in San Francisco. For additional information about See3 Communications, visit www.see3.net

Award 40

Award Video San Francisco Contest 40