NetWits

JANUARY 13, 2011

Did you know that online giving passed 15 BILLION in 2009? I’m not sure what 2010 looks like yet, but based on the growth we’ve seen since 1997 (as shown below) it’s pretty safe to say that 2010 online giving numbers went up. So, how are you thinking about your online fundraising strategy?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Date : November 9th, 2010. Location : Phone & online chat. Tags: 2010 presentation appeals communications nten roundtable. Topic : Questions, conversation and ideas about communications for nonprofits. What’s appropriate, when to send, and what works? Join me with your questions and your examples to share!

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Date : December 7th, 2010. Location : Phone & online chat. Topic : Questions, conversation and ideas about communications for nonprofits. Description : This month’s Communications Roundtable focuses on communications struggles, lessons, and best practices for working internationally.

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NetWits

MAY 15, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Fundraising Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. Online donors contributed significant amounts, too. Download the report now! . Retention, Retention, Retention.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Blackbaud released its 2011 Online Giving report today. 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. compared to the same time period in 2010.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2011

There's always some controversy or other stirring up the hornet's nest of online opinion, and last month, Time's choice for Person of the Year 2010 was the outrage du jour. Many online commenters thought the award should have gone to Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks and winner of Time's 2010 Reader's Choice poll.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 29, 2010

There’s no more convenient way to brush up on your skills than to do your professional development online - and July 2010 brings us lots of free online presentations and seminars for fundraisers, board members, administrators, active volunteers, volunteer coordinators, and other non-profit folks.( read more ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

In addition to all those wonderful programs, I wrote up 11 more for 2010. Green Gifts by the Natural Resources Defense Council: From Green Energy Boosts to Buffalo Babysitting gifts, the NRDC has a launched a new Green Gifts Online Catalog featuring over 40 gifts that help protect the environment and wildlife. Purchase Green Gifts ].

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

The week before last, I was lucky enough to attend the Email Marketing Summit Australia 2010 (EMSA). Julian Peterson, Marketing & Online Director, Time Out spoke about his successes with his weekly newsletter, hoping to help all attendees become email marketing ninjas. Avoid using ‘click here’ in your email copy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

The TwtPoll results are often surprising and can be very useful for nonprofits as they forge ahead with their 2010 communications strategies. 11% An online giving portfolio service (like Change.org). 5) Does your nonprofit poll your online donors about what communication tool inspired them most to donate on your Website? [ [link] ].

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NetWits

JULY 15, 2010

It contains both The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving. percent for the 3 months ending May 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009 while the online giving index reports that online revenue increased by 23.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Back online refreshed and ready for a very busy fall on October 20! So busy in fact that I have postponed most of the webinars left in 2010 until mid-February 2011 ( View Webinar Schedule ). No phone, no computer, no Internet, no iPod.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 27, 2010

Best of all, you’ll find a number of brand new faces here, among the excellent content submitted to and voted up in “AJam” through July 2010: Membership It's That Time Again: NFP Pulse on Member/Donor Recruitment & Retention has Officially.( read more ).

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Here are the most popular links at “AJam” in August 2010.( Tags: Associations Non-profit technology General non-profit interest nptech online community Non-profit Communications Association Jam association management. Fundraising, Membership, Technology, and Volunteers were tied for third. read more ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Now, in the late 2010’s, we’re on the verge of yet another seismic shift that will have a profound impact upon online communications and fundraising – the rise of digital payment systems. Then, in the late 2000’s nonprofits embraced social networking sites, first Myspace and YouTube, then Facebook and Twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Here’s the dashboard from The Extraordinaries of our 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference session today: Bringing Community Organizing Into Online Campaigns – [International Ballroom C] (#co2oc). What: What is the basis of community organizing and why is it important to online campaigns? When: 1:30 p.m.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 21, 2010

As you wind down for 2010, it’s worth having a quick think about what your priorities will be when you next step back into your office. Most importantly, are you considering how your online presence will help you grow your giving program? You need to connect with your online donors as much as you do your with your offline donors.

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Wild Apricot

MAY 31, 2010

Our regular monthly round-up of free professional development opportunities for nonprofit folks is back for June 2010.

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NetWits

JULY 9, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Giving Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. No matter how well an organization is doing with its online fundraising, it will eventually hit plateaus and declines.

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Robert Weiner

MAY 5, 2010

I t's the season for a slew of reports analyzing last year's online giving results. Convio released their 2010 Online Nonprofit Benchmark Study in March, based on results from nearly 500 clients. Its findings included: 14% growth in online giving overall. Donors were still giving, but in smaller amounts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2010

During 2010, I been able to read, blurb, write reviews, do blog giveaways, or author guest posts and interviews for a lot of terrific books that would be useful to nonprofit professionals in the social media, marketing, and ICT areas. You can read an online copy here. I read the manuscript this summer and provided blurb.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 22, 2012

Read step-by-step instructions for customizing the Ribbon in Office 2010. Considering an upgrade to Office 2010? Are online office suites ready to. Upgrade to Office 2010. Upgrade to Office 2010 today. Customize Your Office. Image editing in Microsoft Office can. save your organization money and time.

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Tech Soup

JULY 7, 2010

Microsoft's new version of Office 2010 is interesting in several ways, especially in its approach to green IT and cloud computing. The free online version of Microsoft Office 2010, called Office Web Apps for Home and School is free to anyone regardless of whether or not they use a desktop version of Microsoft Office.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Building a loop between online and offline community activities. Tags: community events 4change chat community building monthly chat offline community online community. But, you can still add thoughts ahead of time, or share more questions that we may get to or save for another upcoming chat. Did you miss last month’s chat?

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2011

] By Katya Andresen, COO, Network for Good When we think about giving online, we tend to focus on the latest new bell, whistle or widget for fundraising. But raising funds online is not about technology, any more than raising funds through the mail is about paper. Analysis of cumulative online giving (i.e.,

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Self-paced online courses from easyLearning. easyLearning's Course Library includes 1,500 online courses in professional development, information technology and "desktop skills" such as Microsoft Office and Windows. Self-paced online courses from easyLearning. Each course takes about 3 hours to complete.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 2, 2010

Next week I’ll be in Atlanta for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference ( connect with me there! ). One of the sessions I’m a part of , along with Manny Hernandez, Peggy Duvette, and Christine Egger, hopes to answer the question how you can build strong online communities without losing your sanity. Takeaways: 1.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 10, 2010

Here’s the dashboard the The Extraordinaries for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference session I’m doing with Manny Hernandez, Peggy Duvette and Christine Egger: If you want to build a strong online community, getting the right platform in place is only half the battle, and it’s the easy half.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

We've programmed sessions on online fundraising with Madeline Stanionis, social media with Jeff Patrick, database selection with Eric Leland, and an open discussion session with me and Michael on whatever tech topics the attendees bring. San Francisco's Fundraising Day will be happening June 16 at the downtown Marriott.

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Care2

DECEMBER 28, 2009

As nonprofits scramble to meet their year-end fundraising goals, this is also a great time of year to reflect on what online fundraising and advocacy strategies worked well in 2009. But what's coming up in 2010? Cheryl Contee, Fission Strategy: In 2010, nonprofits need to get serious about mobile outreach. Here's their advice.

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NetWits

MAY 10, 2010

On mothers day 2010 they set out to raise money for Mama Lucy - a change maker who’s dedicated her life to helping kids in Arusha, Tanzania. We can learn some things from this online fundraising project. The folks at Epic Change continue to do great things using the web as their medium.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Blackbaud released its 2011 Online Giving report today. 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. compared to the same time period in 2010.

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Wild Apricot

MAY 3, 2010

Once again, it’s professional development time for nonprofit folks – fundraisers, board members, administrators, active volunteers and volunteer coordinators – with our monthly round-up of free online presentations and seminars. read more ).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Online Courses November 6, 2007 I’ve been thinking a lot about giving online courses in the use of open source software. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 3, 2008

I’ve never been – online politics has never really been my focus. It’s a conference that is an event of the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet. It’s a conference that is an event of the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet. But I’m quite looking forward to it. Be Helpful.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Blackbaud has just released the 2010 State of the Not-for-Profit Industry Survey results for the Asia Pacific. I’ve just completed a quick review of this, and I believe there are some interesting statistics that can help give us a picture of what online priorities Asia-Pacific organisations have. Picture of feedback form.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

With more than half of 2010 now over, it might be helpful to review some updated statistics. . Online Giving Remains Positive. But the latest online giving data shows continued growth. The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving was launched this year and measures online giving data from more than 1,700 organizations.

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