NetWits

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

While nonprofits often deliver highly relevant content in direct mail appeals – based on giving history, interests and past actions – that approach isn’t always carried over to their email appeals. Said another way – what works offline also works online. Ever buy something that’s “one size fits all?” Maybe a hat or pair of gloves?

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

The report combines findings from The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving with additional multi-year giving data to provide the most comprehensive analysis of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. billion in total fundraising from 1,560 nonprofits. Smaller nonprofits grew 12.8% compared to the same time period in 2010.

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2011

Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] It’s about the relationship between the nonprofit and the donor who wants to support a cause. Our analysis [ from the 2010 Online Giving Study ] showed the following: Fundraising is still about relationships.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

It was so much fun and it was an amazing experience to work with people like Chris Worman and meet with so many local nonprofit and community changemakers. Notes: In June 2010: 253,360 new users joined in Romania – Coming in 3rd in the world for adoption for the month. In July 2010: 1,555,360 total number of users in Romania.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

Keep doing the offline stuff for the offline people! HOW TO: Create Custom iFrame Tabs on Your Nonprofit’s Facebook Page – "In March 2011 Facebook disabled the popular Static FMBL App that many nonprofits had used to create custom tabs on their Facebook Pages. than ever before.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2010

Last week the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page reached the 10,000 fans milestone. 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. This was a Facebook litmus test for me.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 16, 2019

By Chuck Spidell , founder of ILLUSIO and a WordPress Strategist committed to helping nonprofits get their websites unstuck and moving forward. In this article, you’re going to learn about four web hosting providers that your nonprofit should consider using if your website uses WordPress. 1) WP Engine :: wpengine.com.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

There is often a lot of speculation and guessing about what’s happening to fundraising in the nonprofit sector. With more than half of 2010 now over, it might be helpful to review some updated statistics. . The recession certainly had an impact across the entire nonprofit sector. Through June 2010, online giving was up 11.7%

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NetWits

JULY 12, 2011

—. How much time should your nonprofit spend engaging with their “fans” on Facebook? Or will nonprofit campaigners who spend eight hours a week on their FB fanpage see better results such as more actions taken on campaigns and increased donations? 70% of nonprofit staff said they that Facbook helped increase their website traffic.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

There I met Petra Kroon in person, someone I follow online in the nonprofit technology space. It’s always great to meet offline with folks you’ve already had conversations with online. What is advice for entrepreneurs in 2010. What will the world look like in 25 years.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2010

The New Year has officially begun, and it’s the perfect time to reflect on the year past, or for most people, look forward to see what resolutions and initiatives can be planned to make the new 2010 better than 2009. Increase fundraising for participant-led events. Happy New Year!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference is coming to TechSoup’s hometown of San Francisco in April and we couldn’t be more excited! Conference sessions cover a range of topics, from social media to software tools for nonprofits, and are tailored to varying levels of expertise. Online and Offline Community Organizing.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending August 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,276 nonprofit organizations representing $2.32 billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 27, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants October 30, 2006 This Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants has given me a chance to read some blogs I don’t usually get to read, since I’m so often focused in the tech field.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2012

over 2010, and is now officially above the level of giving last seen in 2007. Fundraising remains challenging but hopefully the worst is behind us, and nonprofits will continue to see positive growth in 2012,” according to Chuck Longfield, Blackbaud’s chief scientist. Through the first 11 months of 2011, overall giving is up 3.4%

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

The report combines findings from The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving with additional multi-year giving data to provide the most comprehensive analysis of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. billion in total fundraising from 1,560 nonprofits. Smaller nonprofits grew 12.8% compared to the same time period in 2010.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

In 1999, Blackbaud pioneered the nonprofit technology market by introducing reliable, secure, and donor-friendly online donation forms. The last three years, in particular, have shown how online giving continues to be a growth engine for fundraising in the nonprofit sector. This online versus offline wall is mostly in our own heads.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

At the end of 2010, I started having a weekly, 30-minute skype call with my friend Vanessa Rhinesmith. There is no agenda. We do not work together. We call these weekly calls, “brain dates.&#

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Note From Beth: I’m a huge fan of Giving Days because they raise the awareness, engagement, and donations to nonprofits and being generous. Last week, we watched as a national day of giving and awareness campaign for “Giving Tuesday” unfold and spur spikes in donations. Social media specific webinars.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference | NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network – Have you registered yet for the Nonprofit Technology Conference? They want to see what could happen if we serious commit to working together, on an offline. "It's Check out this great webinar series from Polar Unlimited.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 19, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending September 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,264 nonprofit organizations representing $2.56 billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending September 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,319 nonprofit organizations representing $2.32 billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

Change the way we associated with others on and offline? 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 here's the thing: the trends aren't actually that good." Change the internet?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 11-15, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. The nonprofit presence at SXSW has been growing steadily over the past couple of years. In 2008, I was honored to be on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. It was organized by Ed Schipul.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

India Social Entrepreneurship Journey, February 2010 Contest - Please support me! Part of my role as the Global Community Development Manager at NetSquared is to support and grow our offline organizers from around the world. Here is a copy of the application narrative; you can read it and vote for me on the competition site here.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending July 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,361 nonprofit organizations representing $2.32 billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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sgEngage

JUNE 16, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending April 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,442 nonprofit organizations representing $2.21 billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

In the fall of 2010, America was horrified by the tragic actions of gay young people who took their lives after suffering prolonged bullying and harassment. They may even talk about your site offline, sharing without a button. It Gets Better. Ryan Davis is Director of Social Media Strategy at Blue State Digital.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending June 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,359 nonprofit organizations representing $2.32 billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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Care2

JANUARY 7, 2011

Nonprofits and associations have faced tough times as they struggled to raise money, recruit new members, and retain old ones. As organizations continue to plan for 2011, it’s important to examine 2010 benchmarks such as the Membership Marketing Benchmark report that surveyed over 400 association executives.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Yes, that’s right - up to 40% of donations come in at the end of the year for many nonprofits that have a solid year-end fundraising plan in place and an engaged list of supporters. In 2010 an estimated $291 billion was raised. Online fundraising grew 34% and raised over $20 billion dollars in 2010 – Blackbaud.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Yesterday, I spent most of the day offline at the Wisdom 2.0 The conference was created by Soren Gordhamer in 2010, author of the book, Wisdom 2.0. I attended the first conference in May, 2010 was filled with gratitude to Soren for the amazing experience and opportunity to reflect life and balance in age of social networks.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 5, 2009

NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference held each Spring is always THE place to be for nonprofit techies: whether you work in a nonprofit organization or with one, are totally technical or fell into your techie job, like social media or like wiring an office. But, what do you want to talk about?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2012

comprehensive analysis of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. The findings include 24 months of online giving data from 1,895 nonprofit. organizations, online major giving data from 2,397 nonprofits, and both. online and offline data representing $5.1 from 1,560 nonprofits. billion in total fundraising.

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sgEngage

JULY 17, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending May 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,383 nonprofit organizations representing $2.32 billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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Care2

JUNE 7, 2010

The 2010 PDF (Personal Democracy Forum) was the place to be for nonprofit and political campaigners last week in NYC. Check out some of the key take-aways of PDF by some of our favorite nonprofit experts. Tags: Conferences Nonprofit Events Online Advocacy Online Fundraising Online Organizing Social Networking Trends.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

At the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference I attended a group discussion breakfast about personal vs. professional branding. Kara Carrell (aka @Karitas ) pointed out that she has a "How I Roll" post that she links to and updates as her on and offline world evolves. I loved that idea. once which was a trip. Highly recommend.

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