Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 15, 2012

DIAGRAM stands for Digital Image and Graphics Resources for Accessible Materials. Information about devices that support image descriptions can be found at the DIAGRAM website. The DIAGRAM Center was launched in May 2010 by Benetech with support from the US Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2013

In the spirit of TechSoup's new look , we've compiled a list of resources and products from around our global network on website design, planning, and management. Available through TechSoup, Microsoft Expression Studio 4 Ultimate is a family of tools for designers building web and Windows client applications and rich media content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

Mobile is the Needle, Social is the Thread: How Information Today is Woven Into Our Lives. focusing on how information consumption patterns are changing in light of these two technological developments. . focusing on how information consumption patterns are changing in light of these two technological developments.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

resources, and saves landfill space. More accessible information. You can pull up the information you need from your. More secure information. To help you understand what paper-based tasks software can help with, we’ve outlined the tools available for donation through TechSoup that can. Go Paperless!

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 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 Web Is Dead.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The first social networking tool the organization utilized was MySpace is 2007. Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. What social media tools are you currently utilizing?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 16, 2019

WordPress resources and documentation are weak . You’ll be able to make an informed decision with peace of mind. Since 2010, their focus has been only hosting WordPress websites. Also, a great collection of resources. There’s also a performance tool integrated into the user dashboard. 1) WP Engine :: wpengine.com.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

The 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference session submission process yielded so many great session ideas, we couldn't include them all on the agenda. No Wrong Door: Tools for Non-Profits to Collect & Share Resource and Client Information with One Another (02/17). Public option or public voice?

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Robert Weiner

MAY 29, 2010

Have you successfully moved from paper-based direct mail fundraising to digital tools (email, websites, video, social media, widgets, and/or mobile)? The Paperless Choice Challenge is rewarding successful, creative, replicable campaigns that use electronic fundraising tools by giving away eight prizes totalling over $20,000.

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NetWits

JUNE 23, 2011

Remember, no one is strictly using one communication tool and we as fundraisers must make a point of being wherever the donor is with the information they need. In 2010, Komen Maryland strategically sent 103 email messages to constituents over 140 days. Email: No one can deny that email is an effective way to reach donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The 1 st tool was MySpace back in 2007. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs? gid=104492. It has close to 400 followers.

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Volunteer Hub

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Founded in 2010 , this charitable organization builds communities by promoting blood donation as a humanitarian and national cause. The process involved countless spreadsheets, phone calls, and one-off emails, that were time-consuming and wasted precious resources. VolunteerHub proved itself to be a valuable tool, amid disaster.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly under pressure from funders, clients, and others to “prove” that they are achieving their mission effectively and efficiently (Renz and Murray, 2010). Meaningful tools to evaluate effectiveness are largely absent (Liket and Maas, 2015).

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

By collecting essential metrics as part of your program management process, you’ll be able to use this information to: Identify program gaps and areas of need. Project your future needs and allocate resources accordingly. As you proceed, you’ll have concrete methods for measuring the efficacy of your changes. Constituents Served.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2011

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). But what can it be used for—outreach and engagement?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Also, text alerts are limited to 160 characters, so if you want to do a call to action or inform your subscribers beyond a 160 characters, then you are going to need a mobile website/page to do it. I know you’ve heard it… 2010 is the Year of the Mobile Web. Nonprofit Text Messaging Benchmarks 2010.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 16, 2021

He became the youngest and first openly gay executive director of the Asian Pacifical American Labor Alliance in 2010. It’s just a fact of nonprofit life: professional development resources are limited. In the nonprofit sector, we can look to 24-year-old Gregory Cendana. But don’t let that get in your way!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 21, 2009

However, we thought that since they have opened up applications for their 2010 Technology Leadership Award (given jointly by Lumity, the City of Chicago, and Accenture ), we'd make sure our tech-savvy members know about it as well. Past Technology Leadership Award Recipients. read more.

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NTEN

MARCH 31, 2010

A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources. There are at least " Five Reasons Why Your Company Doesn't Need a Social Media Policy " But just in case, here's a new online tool that can help you create one. Data is becoming an art form , but who does your information belong to? We like Google Analytics.

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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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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 19, 2016

The internet has become a vital tool in our nonprofit fundraising arsenal, and as such we must move forward with gusto in this area. Make sure your website contains compelling, accurate, and broad information about your organization. Provide information about alternate methods of donating.

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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 Unconference is coming to Washington, D.C.,

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The one catch: If you choose to integrate Give Lively with any of your other tools, such as Salesforce, PayPal, or Stripe, these companies may charge their own fees in connection with your use of GiveLively. For a Fundraising Swiss Army Knife.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

First, use the Google AdWords keyword research tool to do some analysis for words and phrases you’d like to rank highly for in search results. This tool will crawl and evaluate your website for a lot of the key elements you should be monitoring. At Blackbaud we saw our non-profit customers send over 1 Billion emails in 2010.

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NTEN

JUNE 28, 2010

A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources. 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. Of course, there are so many visualization tools out there now, you almost need a guide. Read more posts on our blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

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).

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NetWits

JUNE 15, 2011

Although many nonprofits are resistant to the idea of doing anything in the mobile due to issues of cost, time and resources the future is staring them in the face. According to the BBC in 2010 “In many regions, penetration exceeds 100%, where there is more than one connection per person in the country. link : [link]. link : [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2013

.” Recently, I had an opportunity to meet Tal Frankurt, CEO of Cloud for Good, where he shared some thoughts about how a well-designed SalesForce database could be an excellent tool for managing, measuring, and tracking relationships with donors. They could not access the information when they needed it most.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

This informative post is based on a recent webinar presented by the Ad Council provides an overview of how to understand the return on your time investment. Nonprofits nowadays invest serious resources to keep pace with the latest social media trends. What are the right tools to help measure success? By Sacha Evans. Government.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. Citizen-Powered Response.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Unfortunately, this may be the result of 80% of nonprofits reporting difficulty building strong workplace giving strategies with limited staff and matching gift resources. That’s where equipping your team with comprehensive and informative matching gift resources comes in to help! Let’s dive in!

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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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Achieve

AUGUST 5, 2022

There are thousands of online resources and services that streamline all parts of the process, whether it’s designing your logo, making the merchandise itself, or. Fortunately, there are many resources out there to guide you through the creative process. This data will inform your supply decisions through the campaign.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

June 10, 2008 Today, someone on the progressive exchange list asked about a tool called Rapleaf. 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? But that’s not the point of this post. How do we know? How can we assure privacy?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

’&# She gives some great suggestions and examples Joanne Fritz talks about three big mistakes – outdated information, insufficient contact information, and outdated design. She makes some great points, and gives good tips to make changes. And, since I’m the host, I get to add a couple of bonus mistakes.

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Tech Soup

MAY 8, 2012

One of the things we'll be covering is the SmartArt feature , which Microsoft introduced with Office 2007 and improved in Office 2010. The danger in a tool like SmartArt is that you might get excited by the attractive designs and forget what you're actually trying to communicate. It should be a great discussion. We all have.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

In 2010, my three words were Networked, Generosity, and Full of Life. As far as geekery topics, I’m particularly excited to explore some of the new tools for coping with the ever expanding information on social networks and mobile. Sense: Sensing is making sense of the information.

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