Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2010

In 2008, many of the friends of the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace migrated over to Facebook, then in 2009 and 2010 a good number of the new fans came from @NonprofitOrgs on Twitter. Tags: Facebook. Last week the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page reached the 10,000 fans milestone. That said, this information is very useful.

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

If you've been following the fundraising and marketing trends over the last few years, you're probably hip to idea that the best strategies for maximizing engagement and fundraising for your organization involve integrating online and offline communications and campaign efforts. You're in luck! Here's how: Go to [link] to learn more.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

The Index shows that online giving remained positive during most of 2009 and the trends for 2010 have been very encouraging. Target Analytics, a Blackbaud company, has been looking at trends in online and offline giving for many years now. Multichannel donors are more loyal than offline or online donors alone.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Today's Blog Action Day 2009 ! The debate about what impact the online world has on offline action gets smashed when you look at these numbers and think about the over 12 million people around the world who are raising their consciousness by reading more about climate change and how they can get involved with their local communities. .

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APRIL 12, 2011

Charity and Technology in the Online Universe This infographic from Mashable and Shane Snow puts social good into better context with donation numbers, growth charts, and some comparisons to its offline counterparts. Tags: Fundraising , Nonprofit Trends , nptech , Online Giving , Social Media , Web 2.0

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2009

The 2009 America’s Giving Challenge is a month long, national online competition that encourages people to leverage their online and offline personal networks to build communities via Facebook Causes, raise money and recruit supporters for a nonprofit. Tags: Nonprofit Events Social Networking. Share them with us below!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2008

I've had time offline, with family, and just relaxing. I've been thinking about goals for 2009 and one of them fits into this contest, so here's mine: I will continue to evangelize this idea and how it in action "Be A Geek Who Gives" - their time, skills, money, or other resources to a charity, cause, or nonprofit. What's your idea?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Charities that have traditionally focused on offline fundraising have also learned in recent years the importance of online giving. Blackbaud studied 1,274 nonprofits to compare their online fundraising results for the first six months of 2008 to the same period of 2009. Steve MacLaughlin, Blackbaud. The Cannibalization Argument.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2010

Users can also download stories for offline reading. Updated: May 6, 2009. Released: November 16, 2009. Tags: Mobile Fundraising Mobile Technology Mobile Websites Smartphone Apps Text Alerts iPhone Apps Smartphones Apps. Humane Society of the United States :: Download. App Name: Humane TV. Released: February 12, 2010.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

From 2009 to 2010, the open rate for organizations of all sizes and sectors declined by 12% on average. Meanwhile, unsubscribe rates held steady from 2009 to 2010. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Highlights. The fundraising response rate fell by 19%, while the advocacy response rate fell by 7%.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2011

As Sue tells it, “Inspired, I began to reach out to my personal network on Twitter and Facebook and offline through word of mouth. Here’s one story about how one free agent, a social media savvy volunteer for a local food bank, saw a problem, reached out to her network, and helped solved in collaboration with the local nonprofit.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

million raised by 2009 America’s Giving Challenge participants. And be sure to share invitations for the fundraiser and those that donate to his or her campaign to join your organization outside of facebook (on your enewsletter, your action alerts, an offline event, or something else to keep them on your list). What do you think?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

A day of on and offline events spanning the globe celebrating the Web. In 2009, we’re geared for events in over 50 cities in 20 countries! Tags: issues socialchange digitalinclusion onewebday owd09 uk. Today is OneWebDay ! This year’s theme is One Web. bringing attention to issues and work on digital inclusion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

In order to get a clear and complete picture of what is happening with orchestras and social media around the country, I sent around a survey to 53 orchestra marketing, communications and web managers in October and November, 2009. This week, I will kick off the Orchestras and Social Media Survey 2009 series on my blog. What are the.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

In 2009, a dollar spent by the organization on online tools helped to improve 10 times as many neighborhoods as a dollar spent on playground equipment. is developing systems to recognize and reward those who are having the most impact both online and offline. Tags: Case Studies Guest Post Networks Strategy. We think that KaBOOM!

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

This post originally written September 8, 2009. Create opportunities and events that bring people together online and offline - these activities can help move people up the ladder of engagement, get them volunteering or advocating for your organization, using your services or helping promote them. Visit the original post here.

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Care2

OCTOBER 21, 2009

After studying over 50 international nonprofit organization's email lists and response rates, the 2009 eCampaigning Review Study revealed that 60% of nonprofits present a compelling argument for supporters to take action, yet close to 70% of the organizations did not send a follow up email within one month. Can they volunteer?

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Suzanne Rainey wrote about this in another blog post on Getting More Out of Online & Offline Events ). See how it is unfolding here in Kuwait: GDN 2009 Conference social network. Technorati Tag: GDNET09. Tags: Strategy. Blog posts about session discussions and interviews with participants: And more videos on Blip TV.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 27, 2006

Getting Attention talks about boosting blog coverage – it can have good offline benefits for your organization. And in realms more familiar: This week’s nptech tag roundup has some great stuff to read about { 1 trackback } Blog Carnival 10.31.06 David Maister asks " What do consultants know?

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Tech Soup

JULY 21, 2009

Justin will be joining TechSoup at the July SF Online Community Report MeetUp to speak about lifestreaming, online video, and the online and offline community implications that video streaming presents. When: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. Tags: Social Networking Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 Hope to see you there!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Tagged as: CMS , CRM , nptech , opensource { 4 trackbacks } What we’re reading, week of 1/12 « i On Nonprofits 01.15.09 Integrating online and offline communications. I’ll have follow up posts on specific examples of this integration using open source tools (on one end or the other, or both.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Beth Kanter and Allison Fine, the authors of The Networked Nonprofit that inspired this experiment, wrote an Assessment and Reflection Report on America’s Giving Challenge 2009. There were 44 followers that used the #floodofsupport hash tag or linked to the Crowdrise page or blog post. Going about the effort alone is much tougher.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 18, 2010

During my April 2009 visit to work with the NHRC I noticed other changes in addition to upgraded computers and a better-trained staff, The NHRC had moved to a building that had a wheelchair ramp and a ‘talking’ elevator to accommodate visitors with physical or visual impairments.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

The winning videos receive thousands of views and publicity online and offline. The winners will be announced at NTEN’s annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in San Francisco, which takes place April 26-28, 2009. Tags: web 2.0 The public voting period will open on April 7 and end on April 26.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009, there were more nonprofit focused panels and happily the trend continued at SXSW 2010. Online numbers don’t always equate offline results. Tags: Conferences Free Agent.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Here are some of the other data points and trends that research and system performance revealed in 2009: More than 111 million consumers planned to donate online to charity in the last quarter of 2009.1. 63% of online consumers planned to use the Internet to donate to charity in the last quarter of 2009, up from 51% in 2008.1.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 6, 2009

2009 eNonprofit Benchmark Study. “I The difference with using social media for fundraising is that your organization may not even be involved anymore, the way it was offline. Tags: interview resources expert fundraising london ncvo presentation socialbysocial wearemedia. For more: What Will Online Giving Look Like Next Year.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

In 2009, for example, 2 trapped girls in Australia chose to post to facebook for help rather than dialing directly. The system had three components: The Image Tagger — Volunteers sort through news photos coming out of Haiti and categorize (tag) them with keywords like “adult, child, alive, deceased.”

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Last year, Convio clients raised more than $777 million online and 2009 looks to be even better. Tags: E-mail Fundraising. " Those points are common in the nonprofit sector despite the growing number of studies and reports that show that online fundraising continues to grow — even during the tough economy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

Using social media is an enhancement to your offline professional networking and relationship building. His total for the day was 64 hot dogs. In 2009, he won again, beating his own record by consuming 68 hot dogs. Tags: change management listening. Or rather it is finding your social productivity sweet spot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Some user curate user generated content, by tagging it on social bookmarking websites, voting for it on social voting websites, commenting on it, or linking to it. Collective action can take the form of signing online petitions, fundraising, tele-calling, or organizing an offline protest or event. Tags: ROI.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

The 2009 N2Y4 Conference showcased the Featured Projects from NetSquared's Global Challenge focused on mobile technology. Those Featured Projects came together May 26-27, 2009 in San Jose, CA, at the N2Y4 Conference to pitch their ideas, find collaborators, and get valuable feedback.

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

60) Search « The ROI of Social Media | Main | Advocacy Online Launches in the US » Thursday May 21 2009 Earned Media: How to Stay Relevant and Track It Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 01:20PM | by Allyson Kapin “If you dont brand yourself, Google will brand you,” says branding expert Sherry Beck Paprocki.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

NIH does this to allow teens a way to get credible information from a trusted third party - and NIH gets some great intelligence about what is on the minds of teens (eg in 2009 twice as many marijuana questions as in 2008.). I like the tag line for the TSA blog - "Terrorists Evolve. Tags: Government Strategy. State Dept ?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

60) Search « Nuts and Bolts of Online Advertising | Main | Webinar: How Online Marketing Can Be Your Nonprofits Fundraising Stimulus Plan » Friday Feb 20 2009 Tapping Small and Local Donors on Twitter: A Girls Inc. Case Study Friday, February 20, 2009 at 11:32AM | by Adrienne Royer After hearing about Twestival , I was intrigued.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

In 2009, 350, working in tandem with communities around the world and partner organizations aligned on the shared goal of creating a global movement to solve the climate crisis, ignited the largest collective action that has ever been taken around the world with their 10/10/10 Day of Action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals about or by folks who work with nonprofits and voting. How do you balance online action with offline engagement? Tags: sxsw.

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