Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2010

I like to think of group text messaging campaigns as the e-newsletter of the Mobile Web – just much shorter. Over the last decade nonprofit communicators have been perfecting e-newsletters to drive traffic to their organization’s website, blog, Facebook Page, etc. The Mobile Web is not the Next Big Thing.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Jed Alpert, Mobile Commons. Thirty-eight percent of American mobile phone users -- 120 million people -- access the web via their mobile device; fewer than 30 million are iPhones or Android phones. Mobile Access 2010 Pew Internet and American Life Project). Not so with the mobile web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

I took some much-needed time off in December and was able to spend some down time reflecting on the future of social media and mobile technology for the nonprofit sector. WWF Mobile. For 2012, watch how the early adopters use text messaging to drive traffic to their mobile content and inspire donors to give through mobile channels.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 22, 2023

Mobile app. Bloomerang’s mobile app allows fundraisers to stay informed while on the go. Update donor profiles, track donations in real-time, and research supporters as needed, all from your mobile device. GoFundMe GoFundMe is one of the world’s largest crowdfunding websites, having helped raise over $15 billion since 2010.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Susan G Komen Chicago made a great effort to renew the Survivor Parade associated with its Race for the Cure in 2010. So in 2010 event organizers reformed the notion, starting with a program to allow family and friends to nominate a Survivor to win an award (Hope, Strength, Faith, Courage, Love, Believe). Looking for more?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 26, 2009

2010 is going to be the year that the large national and international nonprofits launch iPhone Apps. Over time, design and functionality will likely improve significantly, but if you want to be a very early adopter and wow the world with your cutting edge adoption of the Mobile Web, then Sweb Apps is for you. . Very expensive.

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Care2

APRIL 9, 2012

In particular we were excited to see advocacy response rates increased 28% between 2010 and 2011. The study also has some great data on how nonprofits are expanding their use of social media and mobile. Overall, email open rates held steady between 2010 and 2011. Enewsletters: Newsletter received on average a 13% open rate, a 1.6%

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NetWits

JANUARY 25, 2012

Fundraisers raised an average of $32 more in 2010. Register for our Event Fundraising Newsletter and immediately get access to the 5 whitepapers. You’ll start learning more about using social media to empower participants, increasing team captain effectiveness, mobile usage and more. Check out the results …. Register Now!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 17, 2008

They have released two studies, one on the “wired wealthy&# and another which is a “nonprofit benchmark index&# study – basically providing some benchmarks for organizations to measure themselves against, traffic, email newsletter click through rates, etc. It’s actually a pretty interesting resource, and worth a read.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

A story about Rapleaf in Clickz (a newsletter for online marketers) says this : Rapleaf allows you to quickly and inexpensively find out the social networking footprint of those you’re marketing to. What is public? June 10, 2008 Today, someone on the progressive exchange list asked about a tool called Rapleaf.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

The response to the Haiti earthquake by online and mobile donors has been awe-inspiring. Mobile giving has certainly been a major source of a lot of giving to support the Haiti relief effort. While mobile fundraising has been widely used in the UK and Europe, it has struggled to take off in North America.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Nonprofits can use the platform to create mobile-friendly donation pages, personalized touchpoints, and other elements that optimize the giving experience. GoFundMe Platform overview: GoFundMe is a crowdfunding platform that has helped raise over $25 billion in donations since 2010. Nonprofits can access a 50% discount via Techsoup.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2020

Digital fundraising, specifically on social media channels, provides a way for nonprofits to connect to younger generations who do not have the time nor desire to receive lengthy appeal letters or printed newsletters. Social media and online giving both increased six percent between 2010 and 2018.

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Digital Technology Giving Arizona 52

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

The response to the Haiti earthquake by online and mobile donors has been awe-inspiring. Mobile giving has certainly been a major source of a lot of giving to support the Haiti relief effort. While mobile fundraising has been widely used in the UK and Europe, it has struggled to take off in North America.

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Haiti Trend Online Giving 68

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 23, 2011

If you haven't, John Haydon will tell you how: "From what I’ve seen, most nonprofits have no idea that you can add to your list — that precious database of your supporters, donors or newsletter subscribers — by strategically using a customized Facebook Welcome Page or custom tab. " Google+ vs. .&#

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2006

Sure, I’d love to see more nonprofits move from sending their newsletters out by email, to getting them into an RSS feed, which I can choose to look at, or not. I think that a lot of Web 2.0, particularly RSS and folksonomies, are aspects of Web 2.0 Some of Web 2.0, though is more hype than useful.

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Care2

MARCH 22, 2011

Are nonprofits experimenting with mobile more? Check out the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from M+R Strategic Services and NTEN which surveyed 40 nonprofit organizations and analyzed all of this data and more. Online fundraising grew 14% from 2009 to 2010. The 2010 advocacy response rate was 3.3%. Online Fundraising.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2010

Since the release of the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , we know many of you have been hard at work looking at how your programs measure up against industry benchmarks. On average, your fundraising emails will have different rates than your advocacy emails, and both of those emails will have different rates than your newsletter.

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Metrics Benchmark Rate Newsletter 55

NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

Outdated electronic privacy law impacts everyone who uses e-mail, mobile phones, or the Internet. NTEN's Executive Director, Holly Ross, concluded her April 2, 2010 blog post about cloud computing by saying, "We also have to ask if we're putting our clients and our missions at risk. Safeguard Location Information.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2010

Oriented with "what's in it for me?" - Half of these people have mobile internet. Newsletters, newsletter, newsletters! The Generational Divide of American Giving - 2010 NTC Next Generation Presentation View more presentations from Convio. They think it's time to give back, see chance needs to be made.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

I hope that you all — on the nonprofit and smaller provider side are continuing to chime in now, with blog posts and reponses (send 150 words to us at bonnie [at] nten dot org for inclusion in the newsletter and the Open API Roundup on the blogs. at 9:16 am OK, cool, that makes sense.

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See3

AUGUST 31, 2007

There is a movement to mobilize people in support of more aggressive federal action to help the people of New Orleans who are still struggling. Share and Enjoy: Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

That sort of information could be a newsletter sign up, a contact form that should be responded to, an online donation or an event registration. What’s involved in this? First, the what – what to integrate? Most often nonprofits want to capture information from web users.

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NetWits

MARCH 29, 2011

This phenomenon is not just occurring in the US – According to a report by International Telecommunications Union (ITU) mobile subscription growth was strong in developing countries (which have 3.8 billion subscriptions), from 53 per cent of total mobile subscriptions at the end of 2005 to an estimated 73 per cent at the end of 2010.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2013

This article was originally posted in AFP’s weekly eWire newsletter. I cover more —mobile, channel integration, messaging, structure—in a recent AFP webinar, which you can watch here. MailerMailer’s 2010 Email Marketing Metrics Report, 2011 MarketingSherpa Email Marketing Benchmark Survey.

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See3

AUGUST 23, 2007

But this is all very abstract and if you were an organization trying to mobilize people against this practice, the most powerful weapon is video. 31 Aug 2007 Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Other metrics we look at include: What are our sign-ups for our newsletter? Webstats alone do not tell the story and to look at them without some knowledge about what we do and how we do it, is silly, as even Allan would concede. What content does the best? How many people sign up for which webinars?

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Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Basic, but specific enough to implement.

Social Media 31

Social Media Advocacy Case Study Online 31

Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) All rights reserved.

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Social Media Online Advocacy Media 47

NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

At the 2009 NTC, we decided to give this system a major tech overhaul by implementing a mobile text messaging version of this: the Mobile Evaluation. After looking at our options, we partnered with Mobile Commons, who generously donated their system and expertise to us, and made the entire setup process a breeze. (I

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

Social Network 74

Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

Care2

JULY 17, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

I’ll review some new developments in email technology including Gmail’s new tabbed inbox and how it affects your charity newsletters, and the array of new email filtering services that cut down on email overload. All that and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month. Green IT: Glad Tidings from Haiti.

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News Technology gMail Haiti 62

Care2

MAY 29, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) 60) Search « Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead?

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Mail Social Media Advocacy Online 34

Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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ROI Social Network Social Media Advocacy 53

Candid

AUGUST 3, 2021

Since 2010, Human Rights Funders Network (HRFN) and Candid have partnered on research that maps funding for human rights globally. With it, we have an invaluable baseline to watch shifts over the past two years of mobilization for racial justice. This data tells us what funding looked like in 2018. Moving forward.

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Map Fund Taxonomy Analysis 98

sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2011

It was great to pick up an NTENny Award yesterday and being most likely to “Write an awesome article for your newsletter with an hour’s notice.&# He’s a great speaker and the book is one that I highly recommend. I will be a part of two presentations and both of them will be broadcast online. All Rights Reserved

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