Cloud 4 Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Cloud for Good has successfully completed over 2,500 Salesforce implementations since our inception in 2010. That is, a definition of the objects on which you want to report. Built to integrate, natively mobile, and endlessly adaptable, Salesforce is a platform designed to transform the way you work.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

From smaller, newer nonprofits to larger charitable organizations, measuring performance is a universally shared need, especially in the realm of fundraising. But for organizations that offer direct services to constituents, such as social services nonprofits, there’s another layer of complexity— impact measurement. Diversity Metrics.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

My friend, Mazarine Treyz , is an accomplished woman: She is passionate about life and supporting nonprofit organizations. She’s worked in development offices of all sizes and has recently put her years of experience and training down on paper in The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising.

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Achieve

AUGUST 5, 2022

While your nonprofit is, by definition, not a profit-driven organization, you can still leverage this massive market to achieve your fundraising goals and grow your support base. that works for nonprofits of all sizes. Your organization will need to tap into its. In fact, the retail industry accounted for.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. Allowances for import and export of such material between countries by people or organizations. • Excludes video. •

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

So I’m going to try and lay out the details of what cloud computing is, and how it’s useful for nonprofit organizations. Quick definition Cloud computing is basically running applications on the web via “Software as a Service (SaaS)&#. at 2:23 pm Hi, thanks for the mention of Gliffy in your writeup.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2012

Microsoft Lync is one of the least understood Microsoft product donations in the TechSoup catalog; however if yours is a larger organization that already runs on Windows Server 2008, uses Office Professional Plus 2010 , and has multiple offices or lots of work out in the field, it's definitely worth looking at.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

To answer these questions and more, we at Smart Online™ used this last quarter of 2010 to try and unravel the ‘Technology Trends for Nonprofits’ in 2011. This is an indication that nonprofits are definitely moving in the right direction, which is also reflected in the Nielsen Study (What Americans Do Online, August 2010 ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

The truth is I think it has only just begun and that we’re on the cusp of a radical transformation in how we use the Internet in our personal and work lives as well as how we use it to foster social good. Your supporters also want to see what your staff and working space look like – the human beings behind the avatar, if you will.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2010

This year before the event Jeff Achen write a post sharing their strategy for 2010. This guest post discusses the results. That’s simple, but wise advice from the definitive nonprofit social media strategy manual, “ The Networked Nonprofit.” percent of respondents said social media worked best for promoting Give to the Max Day.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Do you have a branded online community for your organization or project? Open Philanthropy is about working together to increase the size of the proverbial pie (not the piece)." " What do you think? How did you ensure participation and membership? The time is now. Open Philanthropy is about sharing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 25, 2008

I was a professor at the time, and a nonprofit organization wanted to get on the web, and give some of their staff email, and at the time, colleges and universities were the only organizations that had easy access to the internet, and virtual hosting companies cost a fortune, way beyond what a nonprofit could afford. So here goes.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2007

At least in Massachusetts, the majority of nonprofits work with network support people who don’t focus totally on nonprofit organizations (there are some wonderful exceptions, however, of companies that focus on the sector.) But I think more is needed. Most of the time, for clients, this doesn’t matter.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2007

It’s not just consulting work, but other varied happenings in my life as well. I’m taking time off to work on science fiction writing! { at 10:56 am Dear Michelle, You definitely have a great sense of humor! The only thing you have get in the habit of is spelling organization as organisation.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

I think that Twitter is, in many ways, a harbinger of the future – I think eventually, a lot of things that happen between people over the net will work a lot like twitter, even if it’s not actually twitter – social networks carrying short snippets of people’s thoughts, ideas and events. Sure, why not.

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NTEN

JUNE 16, 2010

Lucky for us, our great pals Maddy and Lindy at Social Fish organized a Buzz 2010 breakfast with , who wrote , and who just released her latest book, Open Leadership. Everyone can be a leader in their organizations, and everyone can bring openness - through social media - to their work. They get licked.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2012

Since then, we’ve been using these data to share key nonprofit sector trends on issues like the rising demand for services, shrinking government support, and the precarious financial health of organizations. We were surprised this year when only 41 percent of respondents told us they planned to work more closely with the board.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

The organization wants to capture the demographic details, as well as make sure that data is synchronized with the data they might already have on that web user, so they can track their constituents over time. at 12:59 am @sudha My organization is getting ready to launch a Drupal site with deep Salesforce.com integration.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 18, 2005

Downhill Battle , which is an organization people interested in the whole "copyfight" issue should know about, has a new project, called Participatory Culture. It’s definitely a thing to watch. It looks pretty amazing – and a great testament to what open source licensing can do for creative work. {

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

If a capital campaign is on the horizon for your organization, Aaron Bishop and Brian O’Neil will share strategies and resources available to confidently predict your project costs and resources needed. And this is one where these guys definitely have a lot of knowledge. Yeah, looks like it’s working. Check them out.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

On January 12, 2010, I didn't personally experience the major earthquake that hit Haiti, but I was forever changed by it. In the midst of inexplicable tragedy, my personal definition of the social web got rocked. But I wasn't prepared for the type of incoming information I saw in the weeks after January 12, 2010. .

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2011

Nat Robinson, vice president of SlideRocket , who provides insight into cloud collaboration for virtual teams sharing their work online. In 2007, Rik authored a report on "Best Practices for Nonprofits in Second Life," still one of the definitive resources for public sector organizations working in virtual worlds.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 22, 2010

Don't consume too much, or too little, and definitely avoid reading or watching before going to sleep at night. How much money can you afford to give an organization working in Haiti? Start doing research on organizations working in Haiti that you would like to support financially, or by volunteering throughout 2010.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Here’s some resources for doing quick tech planning so you’ll have some money to work with in 2014. Doing a draft technology plan or roadmap that integrates with your organization’s larger strategic plans. What can technology do for your organization now, six months from now, and a year from now?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

I guess that’s where it gets interesting when you work with a CMS, right? It definitely focuses a lot on the eye candy, which is nice, actually – I like that the admin interface is pretty. And we use plone for a lot of things in the organization I work for now. Four or five clicks later, tada! Um, sorta.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

The definition of Inbound Marketing is marketing focused on getting found by customers. You can read a more detailed definition here. The Challenge: Get as many people as possible to tweet a link to this article, especially the people in the list below by midnight (ET) on Sunday, February 21 2010. x (Total Retweets).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Many nonprofits often address measurement at the end of a project or program or fiscal year, but by putting it first it enables organizations to build a thoughtful strategy. Meaning, if you are a senior-serving organization and you have 1000+ friends, 80% of whom are under 30, well, enough said… &#. Measurement Challenges.

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

And there are also the fearless (and yes, even the fearful) Executive Directors trying to put all the pieces together into an overall plan that aligns with the organization's mission. ( How do we keep up with the changing landscape of nonprofit technology and the needs and interests of the people doing the work? > Take the Survey!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

These days, most browsers have a nice bookmark bar – that really helps organize sites you visit regularly. But what about sites people who do the same kinds of work that you do, or like the same kinds of things that you do? It’s found from our add-ons page: [link] and you need to be signed in for it to work.

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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.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 17, 2011

In my last blog post , I suggested that the idea of "sector" has taken hold, which means that we need a way to refer to all the organizations that fall inside such a sector. Clearly, to me anyway, the frontrunner is "nonprofit organizations" operating in a "nonprofit sector." organizations provide services in other countries.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2011

Nat Robinson, vice president of SlideRocket , who provides insight into cloud collaboration for virtual teams sharing their work online. In 2007, Rik authored a report on "Best Practices for Nonprofits in Second Life," still one of the definitive resources for public sector organizations working in virtual worlds.

Oracle 36

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Connection Cafe

MAY 5, 2011

Does your organization have a strategy? Right now the 2010 version is available, and the 2011 version is coming soon. This app was really convenient for me at the 2010 Summit, especially the schedule feature, because I don't like carrying around a large program book and inevitably leave it in my hotel room anyway.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Druckers definitions: Customers -- Those who must be satisfied in order for the organization to achieve results. Mission -- Why you do what you do; the organizations reason for being, its purpose.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

Starting off 2010, the monthly #4change Twitter chat focused on the topic of campaigning with social media. rootwork : In terms of #s, the easiest things to measure (FB fans, Twitter followers, web hits) seem least useful in online organizing. A campaign (in my definition) is anything that mobilizes action. realize_ink : Q1.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 9, 2011

But did you know she topped the list of most charitable Celebs in 2010 , as ranked by Do Something , by how much energy celebrities devote to cause? It takes considerable time to find, recruit, and motivate a celebrity to serve with your organization. Author: Rachel Muir. Lady Gaga & Celebrity Philanthropy. The time investment.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

A couple months ago, the ASU Lodestar Center released its 2010 report on Arizona Giving & Volunteering. The first question in the September volunteer supplement asks “Since September 1st of last year, have you done any volunteer activity through or for an organization?&# We welcome your comments and feedback.

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