Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Drupal security, and other CMS Report comments April 3, 2009 Now that the Idealware CMS report is out, I get to have my say about it. Here’s the first post, there might be more to come.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

Because artificial intelligence is so powerful, and we know that it will outstrip the most intelligent human’s capacity to process information, we would be foolhardy not to try to understand the topics that affect us. The answer is a lot, including bots and tech, that stole personal information and led misinformation campaigns.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Quantitative and qualitative data are often positioned as opposing or complementary means of documenting impact. Data reports and personal snapshots are often generated separately, then placed side-by-side with the hope that the juxtaposition of hard metrics with an emotional picture and blurb will resonate with a wide range of people.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 14, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. The report was primarily informed by two sources: Financial data showing trends from the field.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

According to the Public Library Association, 93 percent of public libraries report leaving Wi-Fi on when buildings were closed to the public. A 2010 study by the American Library Association found that libraries were crucial during the economic recession, offering valuable job-seeking technology, training, and resources.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

According to a National Council of Nonprofits report , the vast majority of nonprofits operate at the grassroots level, and 88% have budgets less than $500,000. Now let’s look at Excel , which a lot of nonprofits initially use to track their data. which will make it harder to organize and sync your data.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 22, 2023

More than 75 percent of Gen Z and Millennial donors reported preferring giving online, meaning it’s essential to use fundraising solutions that help you better understand and connect with this audience. Bloomerang is designed to give nonprofit professionals more time back in the day by making data insights easy to interpret and act on.

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NTEN

APRIL 23, 2010

Report season is in full effect here at NTEN. We've recently released the 2009 IT Staffing and Spending Report and the 2010 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report (in conjunction with Common Knowledge & thePort). Next up: the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study we're releasing with M+R Strategic Services.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2011

Norton AntiVirus 2010. Guards against botnets, viruses, worms, Trojan horses, rootkits, and spyware and scans all existing, incoming, and outgoing data, including email attachments and cookies. Norton Internet Security 2010. QuickBooks Premiere 2010 ( one user license ; admin fee: $30. $21).

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Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2012

Technology product donations, training, and nonprofit data are all part of TechSoup Global’s offering to civil society in India. And the GuideStar India program was launched by our partner, Civil Society Information Systems (CSIS) India, through our GuideStar International program. million NGOs in India.

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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? Especially when they help reveal a lot of information in a visual format.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 30, 2010

After all, there's no guarantee that, without our fine cat video curation, you'd always end up with something as funny as " Staticky Cat vs. Balloon ", let alone our most popular link: Yes, gentle readers, it gives us great pleasure to re-present your 2010 "Things We Like" champion: " An Engineer's Guide to Cats ". (We

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NTEN

DECEMBER 30, 2010

After all, there's no guarantee that, without our fine cat video curation, you'd always end up with something as funny as " Staticky Cat vs. Balloon ", let alone our most popular link: Yes, gentle readers, it gives us great pleasure to re-present your 2010 "Things We Like" champion: " An Engineer's Guide to Cats ". (We

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Now, I don't want to offend you, but I've seen how you treat your data. You ignore it until you need something from it, then throw it a cheap spreadsheet, change the font, add a border, and make it sit in a report for people to stare at. Your data deserves better. Data becomes useful only when it's applied to problem solving.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Listening further, I learned this was a report of a study just recently published by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, using data on giving from 2008. As part of a. Why the difference?

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

So, utilize all that great information in your database to deliver the right email message to the right audience. What if I don’t have the data? MailerMailer’s 2010 Email Marketing Metrics Report, MarketingSherpa “Email Marketing Benchmark Guide” 2008. Said another way – what works offline also works online.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

One of the findings that stood out to us: Only 40% of respondents reported that their organization has some type of formal technology plan. And much less than that (22%) reported that their organization had ever evaluated Return on Investment (ROI) of technology projects or programs."

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Women Give 2010 is the first report to compare philanthropic giving between men and women across all income levels based on a nationally representative sample. It uses data from the Center on Philanthropy Panel Study (COPPS), the nation’s largest study that tracks giving patterns among the same households over time."

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

On the morning of July 7th, a page was created for the events taking place in central London and as both television news and personal witnesses revealed more information the page content grew – by the minute. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

LABB created an Oil Spill Crisis Map in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Since then, it has since logged, mapped, and tracked more than 14,000 reports of petrochemical pollution. Surveyor is for teams collecting multiple data types from many sources. It puts one type of data on a map.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 11, 2010

We (the two partners of OpenIssue ) shared a cab from the Atlanta airport to the hotel when we arrived for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference. I use it all the time, but there are much better sources of good information on that – I’ve been sticking to writing what I know best. More than that.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2012

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. In 2010, we gave nearly $300 billion in support of a wide variety of charitable causes—3.8 Total Net Economic Engagement with Developing Countries, 2010 2. As part of a. billion from $226.2

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 12, 2012

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar or practitioner to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. A lot has changed in the nonprofit world in the eleven years since our first report. Stephanie La Loggia, M.A.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving provide fundraisers with up-to-date data on fundraising trends and to couple that information with valuable analysis by leaders in the sector. The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending August 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010.

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NTEN

JUNE 28, 2010

We have so many data-themed links this month, you should probably take a moment to consider what all this information may be doing to your brain. Google's new Fusion Tables lets you import, mash-up, share, and visualize your own and others' data. Data aggregation is good, too. Yeah, that last one tired us on data, too.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Properly is the key word here, as customizing Salesforce, despite the 10 free seats offered still costs dev time and ongoing management of your data. Founded: 2010 Designed with fundraising staff in mind, iDonate’s overall mission is to move overall giving from 2% of disposable income to 4% by 2025. For a Fundraising Swiss Army Knife.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 29, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Today, we welcome Marissa Theisen of Arizona Grantmakers Forum to discuss findings from the 2010 Arizona Giving Report.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

Remember the global financial crisis (GFC), aka the Great Recession, of 2007-2010? And, despite slight upticks in 2010 and 2011 in giving, they were still well below pre-GFC levels. Concurrently, have your development team dig into your donor database and run reports on giving during those same periods by donor levels.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 19, 2011

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving provide fundraisers with up-to-date data on fundraising trends and to couple that information with valuable analysis by leaders in the sector. The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending September 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 11, 2018

Because the board takes a role that is connected more to oversight than day-to-day operations, the executive staff shoulders the responsibility to present organizational financial data to the board in a method that communicates their true financial health. Ackerson, interview, March 22, 2018). Ackerson, interview, March 22, 2018).

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Gyrus

MAY 12, 2016

Almost two-thirds of Americans are predicted to own a smartphone by 2017, more than a threefold increase since 2010. A report by the Rapid Learning institute emphasized that the majority of learners prefer short- e-learning courses, something that their organization is still trying to focus. Data Analytics. percent of the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2013

As most of you probably know, LinkedIn—the networking site for professionals—expanded its scope to include company pages back in 2010. Page Analytics : With this feature, organizations can be more informed than ever about their network following. Get more detailed demographic data about your followers.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving provide fundraisers with up-to-date data on fundraising trends and to couple that information with valuable analysis by leaders in the sector. The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending September 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving provide fundraisers with up-to-date data on fundraising trends and to couple that information with valuable analysis by leaders in the sector. The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending July 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2013

I found out about how big a deal Glasspockets is when I attended a local Foundation Technology Affinity Group (TAG) meeting of Northern California foundation techies who kept talking about Glasspockets projects like the hGrant Online Reporting Project , and the Transparency Talk blog. Governance Policies & Information.

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sgEngage

JUNE 16, 2011

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving provide fundraisers with up-to-date data on fundraising trends and to couple that information with valuable analysis by leaders in the sector. The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending April 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

I was lucky enough to get a preview of the Money for Good 2015 report and it’s full of surprising (and not so surprising) data, insights and recommendations for organizations, funders and vendors. Unlike other benchmark reports, this one actually gives concrete recommendations that everyone can apply to move the giving needle.

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