Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

last week to see what’s really going on in the frontier of nonprofit technology: wearable devices. As luck would have it, I got to chatting right away with Ned Malik, CTO of Vision Online , a DC-based company that provides cutting-edge information technology to government. a nonprofit project), Golden-i , SixthSense.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In 2009, Rue Mapp started a blog to share her experience participating in outdoor recreation activities as a Black woman in America. Salesforce.org spoke with Rue about the inspiration behind Outdoor Afro, how technology has shaped its growth, and what’s next for the organization. RM: Technology has been instrumental in our growth.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

To follow up on Monday’s post about why nonprofits should consider hiring a social media manger , below is an excerpt from Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits that helps further explore the time commitment necessary to create and sustain a comprehensive social media stategy for your nonprofit.

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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. They are very much first generation and pretty basic, but affordable for nonprofits. As of July 2009, 56.9 The web is going mobile.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

There are a lot of different analytics dashboards out there, so it can be tough to know which one is right for your nonprofit. Flexibility : The best dashboards are flexible enough to track the metrics that are most important to your nonprofit. No official nonprofit pricing as of Q4 2022.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 24, 2009

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). NonProfit 2.0 NonProfit 2.0

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building. The landscape has changed dramatically for the nonprofit, charity, and voluntary sector in the UK and I heard people across the country raise the question many times and with many different intentions, asking if there were simply “too many” organizations.

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NTEN

JANUARY 29, 2009

Your guide to the resources that will help you put technology to work for your cause (although this month, we're going to be a little self-serving). Unless: you're like a goldfish on that ship, trapped in a bowl (of tech knowledge), but tragically separated from the wider sea of technology-loving fish everywhere. note: Ouch.].

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Good Nonprofit Infographics Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on April 12th, 2011 Who doesn’t love a good infographic? Here are five good nonprofit infographics worth looking at.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

As the Web goes mobile , so does social media… and so should your nonprofit. If there is one thing I have learned over ten years of using the Internet for fundraising and social change, those nonprofits that can embrace change quickly, empower their visionaries, and adopt new Web trends, reap the benefits of being early adopters.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Twitter and Nonprofits April 10, 2008 This actually was a post to the Progressive Exchange discussion list. Heck, yeah, I could easily argue it will help them in their work.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 18, 2017

It is no secret that nonprofits struggle to make ends meet when it comes to costs that cannot be directly attributed to a specific program. As reported by Knowlton (2016), “…only 7 percent of nonprofits report that foundations always cover the full cost of projects they fund.”. Change the unrealistic expectations of contributors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I've had a post in draft for a couple of weeks now about some personal/professional goals or my New Year's resolutions for 2009. I read Chris Brogan's " Your 3 Goals for 2009 " and I loved his process. Think of how you want to be successful in 2009. I have years of blog content and resource collections.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Nonprofit Data Management March 12, 2007 As you know, nonprofit data management has been a really important issue for me for a long time.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Nonprofit Data Management March 12, 2007 As you know, nonprofit data management has been a really important issue for me for a long time.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

On the other hand, perhaps it means that these new, larger entities can provide services and resources that the smaller ones could not. Nonprofits still have decisions to make about what software to use. How do we keep our ideals connected with our technologies? It doesn’t really change anything.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

On the other hand, perhaps it means that these new, larger entities can provide services and resources that the smaller ones could not. Nonprofits still have decisions to make about what software to use. How do we keep our ideals connected with our technologies? It doesn’t really change anything.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Initially a reluctant blogger, I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0 in August 2009 and within a few months came to the conclusion that blogging had been the missing piece in my social media campaigns. That first month Nonprofit Tech 2.0 As of last month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Nonprofit Tech 2.0 received 13,000 visitors.

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NTEN

APRIL 20, 2010

The second annual Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report, a joint project of Common Knowledge, thePort, and NTEN, has hard data and insights on the trends surrounding social networking technology as part of nonprofit organizations' marketing, communications, fundraising, and program services. > Download the Full Report.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

When I started at organization in July 2009, the Facebook fan page had about 6,000 fans and now it has over 35,400 fans. I was hired in July 2009 to come into the organization and breathe life into social networking, explore new opportunities and empower the volunteers. Are you currently investing resources in mobile marketing i.e,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2015

I am excited to announce that I am working on my next book, tentatively titled “The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout.” I’m honored to be co-authoring this book with Aliza Sherman to be published in 2017 by Wiley. Aliza was focused mostly in business sector, while I was focused on nonprofits.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Your guide to the resources that will help you put technology to work for your cause. Setting aside the whole greed-as-motivation issue that got us into this mess in the first place, it's a bad assumption because it's becoming harder and harder to land a job at a nonprofit. Find an NPTech Job. So, what should you do?

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2009

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). ' Open Source Is Dead! Long Live Open Source!

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

If experts from both the fundraising and marketing communities got together to present actual sessions and resources for maximizing campaign efforts, you'd probably want to be part of that, right? The 2009 Bridge to Marketing and Fundraising Conference takes place July 21-23 in Washington, DC. . You're in luck! Register here.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 30, 2012

CASE launched the ESI Award in 2009, and Benetech is proud to join the company of past award recipients. This landscape, named by scholars as the “new social economy,” is being dramatically reshaped by recent trends in the social sector that have led to a blurring of the distinctions between business, nonprofit, and government organizations.

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NTEN

JANUARY 29, 2009

A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources. The return of technology as a national priority. And our new Sprout-built fundraising widget could help as many as 57 people attend the 2009 NTC. Read more posts on our blog. Terrific visual representations of data. since 1967. Need a techie on the cheap?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 17, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits April 17, 2008 I guess because I’m a blogger, I get these interesting tidbits in my mailbox. They’ve been doing some nonprofit research. It looks very promising.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 9, 2007

Excellent resource. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 10.12.07 at 11:01 am Congratulations! 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 10.12.07 at 11:01 am Congratulations! You deserve to be proud of this work!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). The future of the nonprofit sector depends on it."

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 25, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What software freedom means to me June 25, 2008 I got some interesting comments on the last post about Linux desktops. I left academia to do that sort of thing with nonprofits full time.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 5, 2022

They take their knowledge and use it to help nonprofits and schools build their organizational resilience while amplifying their impact. Taproot connects nonprofits and other social change organizations with skilled volunteers sharing their expertise pro bono. Nonprofits are no strangers to crises.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 24, 2014

That’s just one of the great pieces of advice we got from this week’s terrific guest blogger Anthony Pisapia of Philadelphia nonprofit Tech Impact. But the reality is that nonprofits are usually resource constrained when it comes to marketing. nonprofit social media' I hear you. I hear all of it.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Circuit Rider School June 11, 2007 Way back when (last month – I’ve been busy) Deborah Finn blogged about the "New England School for Circuit Riders."

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Michelle, the consultant March 27, 2008 Someone mentioned to me that from what I write on my blog, she wouldn’t know what it is that I actually do in my consulting work.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 24, 2009

In June 2009, Nielsen reported nearly 21 million unique visitors to Twitter.com. How can a small nonprofit organization, with limited time and resources for social media, find the right people to connect with in that microblogging crowd? Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Web 2.0 Try your TPS.( read more ).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What is private? I actually thought this could be quite useful for organizations to figure out how to allocate sparse resources in the Web 2.0 What is public?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The scarcity mentality March 19, 2007 Kudos to Michele Martin who brings up a sticky issue: the scarcity mentality. So, guess what? No web development help. It’s very widespread.

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