Wild Apricot

MAY 31, 2010

Our regular monthly round-up of free professional development opportunities for nonprofit folks is back for June 2010. Tags: Non-profit technology General non-profit interest Fundraising nptech Marketing Web 2.0 As always, Wild Apricot Blog readers will undoubtedly find events I’ve missed and add them in.( read more ).

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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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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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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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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.

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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. Tags: TechSoup. As Convio found, average gift size declined.

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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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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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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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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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Wild Apricot

JULY 30, 2010

August is a great time for online learning – in fact, this month we’ve rounded up more free online seminars than ever before! Tags: Non-profit technology General non-profit interest Fundraising Marketing Volunteers Non-profit Communications event management Membership management Donor management webinar social media.

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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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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Still, you'll find plenty of free opportunities for online professional development all through the month! Tags: Fundraising Marketing Membership management nonprofit non-profit Non-profit Communications Non-profit technology nptech SEO social media Social networking training volunteer management Volunteers webinar. read more ).

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

What are online communities good for? At the end of today’s chat, I asked participants what they will share or do because of the chat and I’m sharing those highlights here: Laura Norvig: Storing up some ideas in my toolbox for future launch of online discussion boards. From Mazarine Tryez). Posting more video to Facebook.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 7, 2009

The next event is April 8-10, 2010, in Atlanta, GA. The NTEN community co-authored a book and is planning an online conference for this Fall drawing on the contributors to move from writing to speaking. Tags: community events conference nptech ntc nten ontc.

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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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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 30, 2010

Have a look – you’re sure to find an online learning opportunity that’s of interest to folks in your organization. As always, you’ll want to check back from time to time through the month, as late-coming webinar notices are often added in the comments section, down below. And if you’re aware of a free nonprofit webinar.( read more ).

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Care2

APRIL 29, 2010

I’ll try to keep it short and just sweet enough to fill you in on everything you need to know about the new 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from M+R Strategic Services and NTEN. Thanks to Allyson for inviting me to guest post. This stuff fascinates me – which I guess is good since it’s my job.

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Wild Apricot

MAY 31, 2010

Do you have advice to share with non profit organizations who want to more effectively recruit, engage, connect, manage their members online? Wild Apricot Blog invites your blog post submissions for the Nonprofit Blog Carnival, June 2010 edition, on the theme of Managing Your Membership – Tips, Tools and Tactics.( read more ).

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Tech Soup

JULY 26, 2010

The latest version of Microsoft Office came out last month and since then we've been fiddling, playing, testing, and tweaking to learn all we can about the 2010 version of the popular office productivity suite. First, the Basics. What are the differences?

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2009

I've been playing in a sand box to explore online collaboration/social media tools and how they support network weaving. The big ah ha for me during our reflection that was that effective online collaboration tools for working in a networked way can't have top-down control interaction design. Tags: maps mobile working wikily.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

2010 Haiti earthquake mobile fundraising: $30+ million. Find out more in MobileActive.org's " Definitive Guide to Mobile Fundraising " While it seems that nearly every Super Bowl advertiser had been told by a research firm that men are feeling emasculated in 2010, at least the half time show was good.

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NTEN

JULY 2, 2010

Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . It's a helpful compilation about online tools for. Heads up: The 2010 Nonprofit Tagline Awards is on! Members are in bold. Who's your Mayor? he thinks are worth reading.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

That's the topic Sarah Durham, Principal at Big Duck , is going to tackle in her 2010 NTC session, " Brandraising Online: One Organization, Many Channels. Tags: 10NTC big duck sarah durham Social Media Fundraising. " Subscribe to the NTEN Podcast.

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NTEN

APRIL 29, 2010

The new 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from NTEN and M+R was just released today! The new report might look slim and slick, but this scrappy guide is thick with valuable insights and key industry benchmarks for online messaging, fundraising and advocacy, based on a full year's worth of results from 31 of your nonprofit peers.

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 1, 2010

Tags: Non-profit technology General non-profit interest Fundraising nptech Volunteers E-mail marketing Social networking Non-profit Communications training event management Membership management Donor management webinar social media. read more ).

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Date : November 15th, 2010. Location : Online. Tags: 2010 presentation presetnation small business social media webinar. Topic : Social Media Basics. Description : Social media tools provide a lot of opportunities to make local, offline connections and build community.

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NTEN

APRIL 23, 2010

We've recently released the 2009 IT Staffing and Spending Report and the 2010 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report (in conjunction with Common Knowledge & thePort). Next up: the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study we're releasing with M+R Strategic Services. You should register for the online launch here.

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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. Online Donors: Why They Leave and How to Get Them Back (02/17). New online advocacy techniques from the health care reform debate (02/18). Tags: 10NTC NPTech NTEN.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Date : October 20-22nd, 2010. Description : Everywhere you turn there are tons of great stories about organizations doing wonderful things online to build communities and engage their supporters through Social Media. Tags: 2010 presentation blackabaud conference socialmedia. Location : Washington, DC, USA.

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NTEN

JULY 16, 2010

Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.). low-cost online collaboration tools. The Getting Attention 2010 Nonprofit Tagline Awards is still accepting. Members are in bold. page to convert your fans to your email list.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2010

NPC is happy to share that TechSoup Global won the open-vote portion of the Justmeans/Financial Times 2010 Social Innovation Awards. Tags: Online Activism Social Networking TechSoup Help Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 Great work everybody, and we deeply appreciate the help from the entire virtual community.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 18, 2010

The most common examples are used clothing shops, using cloth shopping bags instead of plastic bags, second-hand appliances, many of the goods on eBay and other online auctions and classifieds, and all the goods that flow through the superb network of Freecycle sites. Tags: GreenTech. homes for a year.

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NTEN

JULY 30, 2010

Tag your own news with " nten membe r" or " nptech " to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.). Some of us here at NTEN are pretty interested in geo-tagging. s 2010 Top Small Workplaces. Members are in bold. more tech-savvy! How does she do it? How does she do it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2009

My guess is as we enter 2010, might we see the invention of Real Time Web fundraising events As more nonprofit explore the possibilities of location-based social networks and fundraising , the distinctions between online/offline fundraising will melt away. This wasn't just an online petition, it was a new form of solidarity.

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