NTEN

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

For our 2013 update, we fully revamped the Consumers Guide to provide an up-to-date picture of the donor management landscape today. Since the 2011 version of the report, many nonprofits have requested that we include a detailed look at one of the most prominent CRM platforms out there: Salesforce.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

And more than 20,000 of our users now use Read2Go , our reading app for iOS introduced in 2011. DIAGRAM This increase in accessible images would not have been possible without great tools. Click here for more info on this work, including tool demos. Have an Android device? Luckily, we know some people who are into that stuff.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 10, 2020

According to Pew Research Center, a whopping 96 percent of Americans now own a cell phone, and the share that own smartphones is now 81 percent—up from just 35 percent in 2011. Leveraging technology is about strategically selecting tools that will advance an organization’s mission. Bottom-line: the nonprofit sector must adapt.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 7, 2013

And use anti-malware tools that will warn you about suspicious web sites. Subject: Re: robert@rlweiner.com 2013 Update. Hello robert@rlweiner.com, Your credit score has reduced by 80 points at start of 2013. Text: The following email could not be delivered to you as it exceeded the maximum size limit: Subject: 2011 tax return.

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Care2

APRIL 18, 2014

Loyalty, donation levels, and fundraising performances is just some of the data unveiled in Blackbaud''s 2013 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising study. The study looked at peer-to-peer giving across 39 organizations over the last 3 years (from 2011 to 2013). Email marketing is still a very effective fundraising tool for participants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Beth’s Blog, September 2011. Harvard Business Review, March 2013. SSIR Blog, January 2013. Are there methods and tools in the nonprofit and philanthropic sector for using it effectively? There is not much value in the raw data unless you have the tools and skills to synthesize it. Beth Kanter, “ Data Informed.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2015

This new free online data visualization and mapping tool demonstrates the value of applying technology to philanthropy, in this case, creating a place to find out how and where foundations are supporting U.S. New data will be added to the platform on a weekly basis, and the totals for 2013 and 2014 are likely to increase.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

of survey participants cited in the State of Grantseeking 2011 (published in November 2011 by GrantStation and PhilanTech). According to the State of Grantseeking 2011 responses, community improvement and capacity building -focused organizations (CICB) receive more awards from private foundations than from any other grant source.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

According to the 2013 Foundation Center report , U.S. The activities funded range from media platforms (55%) to journalism, news, and information (28%), to media applications and tools (6%), and more. The Knight Foundation pushes experimentation [by funding] the tools and techniques.” million in 2009 to $687.6 Sherry questioned.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2013

A 2011 Gleanster survey found their most important value drivers were: Testing and measuring everything. MarketingSherpa’s gigantic 2011 Email Marketing Benchmark Survey found that, in the corporate world, the most effective email elements to test are: Target audience. Landing page. Subject line. Call-to-action link.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2013

Also consider the mobile upswing in global audiences worldwide and in developing countries (more than one billion mobile-broadband subscriptions worldwide in 2011 according to the International Telecommunication Union). TechSoup webinar: " Optimizing Your Website for Mobile Devices ," Thursday, July 25, 2013, at 11 a.m. (PT)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Jeff Bauman , who lost both legs in the Boston Marathon Bombing in 2013, has the second most successful fundraiser on the site with over $800,000 raised. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2013. T-shirt giant CustomInk backed and launched Booster in 2013. Booster launched its first campaign in 2013. Co-Disruptor: YouCaring.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

This is an update of a TechSoup article we posted online in November 2011. The late Apple founder and CEO, Steve Jobs, famously announced the post-PC era in March 2011 during the launch of the iPad 2. Jobs was as usual quite prescient. And indeed sales of new PCs and laptops are declining.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2013

Dozer had an official role in the Maryland Half Marathon in 2012 and 2013. Social media channels are essential tools for extending your reach. The intrepid dog broke through the ‘fence’ and ran with the runners for 8 miles, stopping to lap water from cups at aid stations, finishing the race at the 2:14 mark.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

This month the news is about ultramobile devices, NPTech innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, online fundraising trends, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the environmental mobile app of the month in honor or Earth Day 2013.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. and its tools – websites, e-newsletters and “Donate Now” buttons – are much better summarized as the Web 1.0:

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. and its tools – websites, e-newsletters and “Donate Now” buttons – are much better summarized as the Web 1.0:

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Readers understand that one era compliments and empowers the previous one and that the set of tools associated with each era are not meant to be replaced by the tools indicative of the the era that follows. Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. The Mobile Web.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2013

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

That said, the following excerpt from Chapter 9 of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits will help your nonprofit get started with launching a mobile website or at the very least get the idea percolating and higher on your priority list for 2013. Limit the Use of Images. Feature Fresh Content Prominently.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

An example is Charity Wallet , an online tool that simplifies the online giving process for donors who support more than one organization, which was launched during the event! Smartphone shipments exceeded those of PCs in 2011. Money raised on crowdfunding sites is estimated to be 91 percent higher than 2011.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

We’ve had multiple celebrations of the web in recent years: the 20 th anniversary of the first public web page in 2011 , another 20 th anniversary webpage anniversary in 2013 , and this month, the 25 th anniversary of the idea of the web. The World Wide Web Turns 25. This 25 th. It’s a very profitable business.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013 , we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, Lucy Bernholz, and other luminaries to find out what is in their crystal balls for 2014.

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