Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2009

This month’s Net2 Think Tank question was, “What do you think will be the big changes, new technologies, hot applications, or successful campaigns of 2009?” Take a look at the posts below—many great conversation starters to get you thinking and buzzing about what 2009 will bring. Thanks to everyone who contributed this month!

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Robert Weiner

JULY 17, 2009

SupportingAdvancement.com has published the results of their 2009 survey on how nonprofits are handling corporate matching gifts --their fourth such survey. Over 60% of respondents reported raising over $20,000 in matching gift income in 2009. Tags: Fundraising. Over 26% raised over $250,000. in last years' survey.

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JUNE 21, 2009

Enjoyed my day in Berkeley yesterday at the Craigslist Foundation Bootcamp 2009. They had more than 1000 folks show up to talk about service, nonprofits and social action. Tags: Craigslistbootcamp charismatic Newmark Arianna CLFBC09 facebook Zuckerberg. Announcing All For Good was a big piece of the event, of course.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 5, 2009

2009 is going to be an interesting year. This year, I think the watch word for smaller nonprofits will be: segmentation. The larger nonprofits seem to have it down pat. It has always bothered me that nonprofits are measured in dollars and cents, and that we’re all lumped into the same pot. A resolution, if you will.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 30, 2009

In early January, Convio asked a group of nonprofit technology bloggers to suggest New Year’s resolutions for nonprofits ( TechSoup Blog was one of the participants ). Tags: TechSoup. In addition, they asked people to post resolutions on Convio’s Connection Café blog.

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NTEN

MAY 8, 2009

Flickr: Chad_Norman The 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference was a blast, but it sure felt like a whirlwind of information and people. Folks used "09ntc" as the primary tag when publishing information and media about the conference online. All Delicious-ly tagged 09ntc. Google Blog Search for all 09ntc.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Here's a list of 23 free nonprofit webinars for October 2009.( Tags: Non-profit technology nptech events training webinar. read more ).

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Care2

APRIL 6, 2010

If your nonprofit is not developing yearly benchmarks for its fundraising program, website visits, email and e-newsletter open and click-through rates, start now. Convio just released their latest benchmark report that examined over 500 nonprofit metrics in 15 sectors. 61% of organizations’ average gifts dropped in 2009.

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 17, 2009

On April 27 and 28, 2009, NTEN.org will offer 6 sessions from the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference as a series of free webinars, with topics ranging from SEO to online/community organizing, to social media campaigns, and more.( read more ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Using SwebApps.com , I quickly threw together and launched an iPhone App for Nonprofit Tech 2.0 in the fall of 2009. Then when searching for “nonprofit&# Apps in iTunes last month, I was surprised to see that the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 of all smartphone App downloads in 2009 were iPhone Apps.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2009

2009 will, undoubtedly, bring us more to fill the social media bucket, new places to explore, tools to try, and things to consider. In 2009, I’d like to see groups recognizing the power of social media tools to create sustainable social learning spaces. For the full post, visit the SSIR blog here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2010

In October 2009, I wrote about a build-it-yourself iPhone App development service called SwebApps that was waving set-up fees (normally $400-800) for nonprofits until 12/31/2009. I personally took advantage of the offer and built an App for Nonprofit Tech 2.0. Have some fun with it!

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

The September 2009 issue of NTEN Connect had a review of trends in online giving. 2009 proved to be another important year for online giving by nonprofit organizations. Blackbaud has been actively engaged in researching and analyzing trends in the nonprofit sector for quite a while. Steve MacLoughlin, Blackbaud.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2009

This morning I followed my 10,000th nonprofit on Twitter! A young nonprofit dedicated to building schools for girls in developing countries named Circle of Women. Also known as Project Wonkhai, the school opened it’s doors in March 2009. Tags: Twitter Micro Fundraising Online Fundraising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2010

“A survey of 200 charity and foundation professionals revealed that nonprofits are finding it difficult to determine how valuable social media tools are for their organizations. Seventy-nine percent said they hadn’t found ways to do so.” – Chronicle of Philanthropy, November 12, 2009. I only launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2009

I also referenced the report in my latest presentation slides about social media use by individuals in nonprofit organizations.). Tags: reports ecampaigning. In addition to the benchmark data, the project also includes an e-campaigning survey that has been carried by Jess Day , an independent e-campaigning consultant. (I

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2010

First there was 10 Nonprofit Text Alert Campaigns. Then 10 Nonprofit Mobile Websites. Now 10 Free Nonprofit iPhone Apps. I thought it was important to lay the foundation of group texting and mobile websites for nonprofits before moving into examining how nonprofits are using iPhone Apps: 1. Updated: May 6, 2009.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 21, 2009

Group texting, iPhone apps, and mobile websites are on the 2010 To Do Lists of most national and international nonprofits. Geolocation services are going to be flooding the market, and it’s becoming apparent that blogging is often the missing link in a successful nonprofit social media strategy. Tags: Webinars.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

The September 2009 issue of NTEN Connect had a review of trends in online giving. 2009 proved to be another important year for online giving by nonprofit organizations. Blackbaud has been actively engaged in researching and analyzing trends in the nonprofit sector for quite a while. Steve MacLoughlin, Blackbaud.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Last month's list of free webinars for nonprofits was so well received, we're doing it again! Tags: Non-profit technology nptech events training webinar. read more ).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

I love NTC (NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference). Gather with folks and spend an exciting day peer-sharing about free and open source software in nonprofit organizations. Tags: Uncategorized nten 09ntc nptech. I would be dishonest if I said I didn’t have a sweet reminiscence for the Circiut Rider Roundups of old.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 26, 2010

Thousands of nonprofits haven’t logged into their MySpace profiles in months, or even a year or more. Traffic has definitely sloooowed, but the site still has 57 million monthly visitors in the United States ( as of December 2009 ). I created the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace in 2006. That said, MySpace is not dead.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Blog Action Day 2009 will be one of the largest-ever social change events on the web. Tags: events socialchange blog action day blogging climate change environment. At the time of this posting, there are already 9,340 blogs contributing to Climate Change conversations today in 150 countries. Take action on Climate Change. Learn more.

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Robert Weiner

MARCH 25, 2009

Convio has released a new online fundraising benchmark report that is based on data from 600 of Convio’s nonprofit clients from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008. Tags: TechSoup. The study reports: Positive year-over-year growth in all of the key areas of online success. in 2007 and 2008.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2010

There are now over 143 million blogs on the Internet and when I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0 in September of 2009, I had very low expectations. Many nonprofits don’t consider blogging either because they think they need to blog everyday and that it would be too time consuming, or they have no idea what to blog about.

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Judi Sohn

JULY 3, 2011

I left Web Worker Daily in 2009 in no small part because I was bored out of my mind with the content I was producing/editing. I maintain that not only is it for the better, but that nonprofits that communicate well already had it figured out. Effective nonprofits know it’s not about them. See what’s happening there?

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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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Tech Soup

APRIL 5, 2010

But the 2009 IT Staffing and Spending Report covers so much more than that: Are nonprofits paying to train their IT staff? The nonprofit sector works hard to maximize the effective use of technology. A full quarter of small nonprofits reported having no budget for IT salaries. Is anyone out there actually planning?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Vote here for the 2009 Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards. Give you the chance to register for the free 2009 Nonprofit Tagline Report, with 2,500 tagline examples. About the Nonprofit Tagline Awards. Your nonprofit or foundation could be one of this year’s Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Award winners!

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 7, 2009

NTEN, the Nonprofit Technology Network, puts on a massive, be-there-or-be-square conference for nonprofit professionals every year (in 2009, we met in San Francisco). Here’s what NTEN says: Information Technology is an increasingly essential element of any nonprofit’s operations.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 29, 2009

This is a national competition to encourage people to use their personal and social networks to help win cash for their favorite nonprofit. The contest runs through November 6, 2009. Tags: Online Fundraising Online Fundraising Social Networking Web 2.0 Tools Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2010

Convio released their 2010 Online Nonprofit Benchmark Study in March, based on results from nearly 500 clients. 69% of the organizations they looked at raised more online in 2009 than in 2008, while 31% raised less. More than half of the nonprofits that reported the size of their average online gifts saw decreases in gift size.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Social networks and social media has busted out of the marketing communications and fundraising silos and changing the way nonprofits deliver programs, manage, and even govern. This session will take a look about these trends and how nonprofits can equipment themselves to be networked nonprofits. What is the Networked 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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2008

Click to see a larger image This is a cool visualizations of trends for 2009 in different sectors. The Drumbeat of Bad News for Nonprofits Fundraising in 2012 What resonates with you from this diagram of next year? . Tags: trends. It's from Trends in Living Networks blogger Ross Dawson.

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Care2

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Is your nonprofit sending out 8-10 online fundraising appeals this holiday season? Nonprofits can expect 60% of their donations to come in between Christmas and New Year’s. Download the White Paper – 2009 Procrastinator’s Guide to Year-End Fundraising. ? Tags: Online Fundraising. Related Resources.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

My friend Nancy Schwartz has released her new report designed to guide nonprofit organizations to shape effective taglines for their organizations. . Nancy says “a powerful tagline is a must for any nonprofit intent on delivering its message in our overcrowded world of 24/7 content.” .

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