Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

My hope for the 2012 list is to see more posts related to mobile technology ! Sadly, those posts didn’t get much traction in 2011. That said, for 2011 the 10 most popular posts were: 1. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits (20,608 Views). in 2010.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

Last week I was down in Austin, TX, for the 2012 South by Southwest Interactive Festival. Start Some Good, a platform for social good groups – whether nonprofit organizations or not – to raise funds and build community, highlighted eight diverse projects working for social impact at an evening event hosted by Center61 at SXSW.

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Care2

APRIL 3, 2012

I have been waiting to get my hands on the latest 2012 Social Networking Benchmark Report because it’s one of the only comprehensive surveys that provides a good overview of how nonprofits are utilizing social media to brand themselves online, connect with new supporters, and raise money. Facebook pages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The nine reports listed below are just a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology. For Nonprofits in the United States: 1) 2012 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study :: Download. 4) 2012 Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark™ Study :: Download.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2012

The eight reports listed below are just a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology. 1) 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report :: Download. 2) 2012 Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark™ Study :: Download.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 12, 2017

These early adopters were also embracing Myspace when the vast majority of nonprofits hadn’t yet had their aha moment about social media. YouTube launched almost 13 years ago on February 14, 2005 and you got to give credit to the early adopter nonprofits active on YouTube in its early years. The Chokeables Advert.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 15, 2015

The reports listed below are just a small sampling of some of the research available to nonprofits on the subjects of online fundraising and social media. Social Media: An Ongoing Series of Reports :: Download. 2013 Social Charity Index :: Download. 2011 Nonprofit e-Business in Australia Report :: Download.

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Care2

APRIL 9, 2012

The 2012 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study was just released and is packed with insightful data on advocacy and fundraising response rates across the nonprofit sector. In particular we were excited to see advocacy response rates increased 28% between 2010 and 2011. Overall, email open rates held steady between 2010 and 2011.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Also, check out Lucy’s Digital Civil Society wiki for examples of open data used for the social good. Beth’s Blog, September 2011. Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Explores the ecosystem of data for social problem solving and the role philanthropy can play. Not Data Driven.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

The project is training 300 NGOs in Jordan , Lebanon , Tunisia , Morocco , and other Arab countries to become networked ngos and use social media for civil society goals. A true public/private partnership, the funding partners include Microsoft and craiglist Charitable Fund. I’ll be Jordan and Morocco in March, 2011).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders. Benetech's Human Rights Program also received this year great recognition by the media and by experts in the field of human rights. In my Fall 2011 President’s Update , I mentioned PBS NewsHour’s two stories, and complete press coverage of our work is listed on our website.

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NTEN

JANUARY 5, 2012

NTEN member and nonprofit communications expert Kivi Leroux Miller just released the 2012 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report , based on a survey of over 1200 participants at the end of 2011. Here are some of findings that stood out: 78% of respondents planned to email their typical supporters at least monthly in 2012.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 24, 2013

The Mobile Web is often discussed as a future trend that nonprofits have time to prepare for, but the reality is that by the end of 2014, the majority of your supporters and donors will be viewing your website, email communications, blogs, and social media content on smartphones and tablets. 10 trillion sent by the end of 2011.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2012

I think that the best thing that happened in 2012 was that some of the 2010-2011 "bleedng edge" conceptual technologies stood up and proved they weren't fads. When NTEN asked me to write a "best tech of 2012" post, I struggled a bit. Peter Campbell. Nonprofit Technologist. Techcafeteria.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Date : October 4, 2011. Description : When it comes to social media, email marketing, or even online engagement in general, we often have a feeling when things are going well or when they aren’t. Location : Washington, DC. Topic : Strong Connections: Linking your strategy, to goals, to data.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

Last week, I was down in Austin, TX, for the 2012 South by Southwest Interactive Festival. Start Some Good, a platform for social good groups - whether nonprofit organizations or not - to raise funds and build community, highlighted eight diverse projects working for social impact at an evening event hosted by Center61 at SXSW.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

While this NTEN eBenchmark Study is from 2012, the data continues to grow and support the future of nonprofit technology, and comparing years can lead to newly occurring trends. In 2011, 35% of online revenue came from emails, however, this past year email fundraising decreased by 40%!

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NTEN

JANUARY 6, 2012

Will 2012 be pretty much like 2011? When NTEN asked whether I’d be willing to predict tech trends for in 2012, I, of course, asked my Magic 8 Ball™. It replied: Based on that, plus 27 years in the field, I foresee that 2012 will be pretty much like 2011. Ditto for a social media campaign.

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Care2

MARCH 23, 2012

The 2012 eNonprofit Benchmark study comes out April 5 th and is packed with great data that highlights key online fundraising and advocacy response rates as well as social media metrics. Online fundraising grew 20% in 2011. Social Media. Can’t wait to get your hands on the data? Online Advocacy.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. The Center wanted to expand its reach, connections, and impact using social media and received grant funding in 2011 for social media planning and implementation through 2012.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2012

The eight reports listed below are just a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology. 1) 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report :: Download. 2) 2012 Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark™ Study :: Download.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Note from Beth: This past year has been a deep exploration into how nonprofits can use measurement and reflection to improve their practices as a networked nonprofit and social media. As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I designed and facilitated several peer learning groups and exchanges. Once you’re steady, you walk.

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NTEN

APRIL 3, 2012

Another NTC means more great studies about nonprofit technology released, including the 2012 " Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmarks Report." for yourself: > Download the 2012 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report. It's free! > Other highlights: On average, our respondents have 2.1 per new Twitter follower.

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NetWits

APRIL 5, 2013

-based national nonprofits in 2012. One of the eye-catching findings from the study was the steep decline in the performance of fundraising emails in 2012. Fundraising email click-through rates dropped 27 percent and response rates were down 21 percent from 2011. percent to 4.5 percent over the past year. What’s to blame?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Through March 20, 2012, DIOSA Communications is offering all social media and mobile technology webinars at discounted rates (view current webinar schedule ). Additionally, for Winter 2011/12 only, the group rate of $119 per webinar has been expanded to allow up to eight individual registrants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2012

MCON 2012, a virtual summit to help nonprofit leaders learn how to engage the Millennial generation as donors, takes place online on July 19. In 2011 the first virtual convening, MDS11, was held with the Case Foundation to explore ideas, strategies, and to hear directly from experts on how to organize millennial engagement programs.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

MediaPost Publications Mobile & Social Media Revenue Accelerating At 30% 02/07/2012 : According to new data from PQ Media, total U.S. mobile & social media revenue, including consumer and business access, content, advertising and marketing, increased 30.2% billion in 2011. annual rate in 2012.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

Salesforce Acquires Buddy Media for $689 Million – "Salesforce has entered an agreement to acquire social media marketing platform Buddy Media for approximately $689 million, the company has announced. What does social media success look like, anyway?" The full report is here.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Well, it’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for…our choice for the best Connection Cafe blog posts of 2011. So, for those of you that achieved it in 2011, congratulations! 50 Social Media Content Ideas – keep your nonprofit’s social media presence alive and healthy all year long.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 11, 2012

If there is one thing that nonprofit social media managers are learning (or should be learning) from utilizing new media it’s that technology is now constantly in flux. As soon as you learn and become comfortable with a tool set, it’s replaced with a new one.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Greg Ligon, our guest blogger for the Social Media for Nonprofits conference, is an online communications professional with experience in building a brand via online channels, social media communications, and website content development. Think Strategically About Your Social Media Presence.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 14, 2012

That said, the following is a short excerpt from Chapter 9 of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. In 2009 and 2010, nonprofits were busy launching and improving their social media campaigns. The Mobile Web was on their to-do list, but it was relegated to 2011 and 2012.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2011

When we performed a Google search on "nonprofit social media integration" to find a few more links for this section, the top results were posts on our blog this month. Get the skinny in the report we co-authored with Idealware, " A Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems ", updated for 2011.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Donors pay a lot of attention to this page because it confirms their donation has been processed, so as we enter 2011 fundraising season, strategically adding some fresh content to your nonprofit’s “Thank You for Your Donation!” Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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NetWits

JUNE 5, 2012

In 2011, we wanted to evaluate our BFKS website to see what was working and what might need to be updated. We went through a similar process in 2012, although with a slightly different group of agencies. Jennifer’s going to share her 6 Survey Best Practices on Thursday. Sign up today! Here’s a sneak peek at Thursday’s session.

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Survey Fundraising Advice Social Media 127

NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2012

Each year we designate November Member Appreciation Month and 2011 was no different. Was it awesome, but you wish we had covered more social media in the free programs? If you have 5 minutes, take this quick survey to share your opinion of 2011 Member Appreciation Month.

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Care2

APRIL 9, 2014

For example: Fundraising messaging response rates were down 11% from 2012 levels to 0.07%. Email lists are up 14% over 2012 levels. Online giving among study participants increased 14% since 2012. Check out the email list growth over the last few years of different sized nonprofits (orange: 2011, yellow: 2012, and blue: 2013) -.

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