NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

To answer these questions and more, we at Smart Online™ used this last quarter of 2010 to try and unravel the ‘Technology Trends for Nonprofits’ in 2011. And 92% of surveyed nonprofits plan on using at least one of these tools in 2011. 93% of our respondents plan on using email marketing in 2011. It says that 22.7%

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Qgiv

MARCH 29, 2023

Since 2011, Give Back Nation’s Google Certified Ad Grant Manager team has helped over 5,400 nonprofits manage their Ad Grants. If people get to a nonprofit’s website right now and don’t get involved or give, new traffic won’t either. It’s a marathon, not a sprint. Ad extensions can add useful links below the ad that improve exposure.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. Both of these organizations have both been able to figure out how to bring people together across ages, cultures, etc. For example, if two people had just had kids, regardless of age, they had more similarities than just age.

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NetWits

APRIL 1, 2011

He goes by the name Hardly Normal and fights to put a face on homelessness by using the internet, social media and InvisiblePeople.TV (content can be intense) to share stories about real people battling with being out on the street. I’m not normal, but few people who’ve made a lasting impact on their world have been conventional.

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Care2

DECEMBER 28, 2010

What fundraising strategies will be a game changer for nonprofits in 2011? You don't have to translate your whole site, but be strategic about what content mobile browsers want, and what you want mobile browsers to see. Organizations need to connect people in the real world. What’s on tap for social media and advocacy?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 21, 2011

our community has a handful of active posters creating most of the content – how do we encourage quieter members to contribute? Here are just a few of the ideas shared on the chat yesterday: Kristy Graves @kg : Great one on Matador Travel’s facebook page, madlibs style: People should do more _ and less __. from @ehon.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2012

In our 2011 Online Giving Report we've combined findings from The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving with additional multiyear giving data, which allows us to pull out a very rich set of insights. Key 2011 Online Giving Trends Include. of online giving happened in October, November, and December of 2011. of the 34.8%.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

Written for the June 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine , where I am writing a quarterly column throughout 2011. People either start ignoring your updates because you’re always in their news feed, or they “hide&# you altogether. Posting only (boring) marketing content. Enough said. No doubt about it.

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NTEN

JANUARY 6, 2011

Danielle Brigida from the National Wildlife Federation -- one of our amazing panelists for the upcoming presentation at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , "Let's Go Stalking! Without them, you're just reading content or broadcasting, and that's not nearly as insightful. Come to our panel at the 2011 NTC !

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NTEN

JANUARY 11, 2011

Before you take your next step, it's important to remember that these new and repeat donors present an opportunity to start building more meaningful connections with an engaged group of people who have just raised their hand. They've raised their hand to voice their support for your mission through their donation.

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NTEN

JANUARY 12, 2011

Many non-tech people (i.e., people who aren't responsible for the technical decisions in your organization; all humans are tech people) will only tolerate a technical discussion if they can see immediately how it helps them. Many people in their audience will absorb knowledge better from informative (and shiny!)

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TechImpact

JANUARY 16, 2014

Vine and Instagram have built in features for sharing, commenting on, and liking content. This functionality makes it easy for your target audience to interact with your content directly on their feeds. Facebook is for “old people”. According to Time, Facebook has lost over 11 million young users since 2011.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, April 1, 2011 Research Friday: Why Do People Stop Giving? An important aspect of this is the opposite question: why do people stop making donations? However, we know from previous research — as well as collective experience — that it is our connections with people that are most powerful.

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NetWits

MARCH 27, 2013

That term found its way to the web with the thought that the most prominent content of your website should be immediately available when the page loads, lest the audience navigate somewhere else. People scroll. Yes, truthfully, people now scroll. So, how does this affect a nonprofit on the web? Why did they do this?

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NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2012

We were thrilled that so many people wanted to learn more about them, but also surprised at how many were already using them at their nonprofits. Here are five reasons QR codes are a good option for your nonprofit: More and More People Are Scanning QR Codes. They are everywhere – and people are scanning them!

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Facebook aka Meta, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and TikTok have become integrated into how people communicate with one another and access culture. This figure represents a massive adoption of this connective tech with only 5% of American adults using social media in 2005 and 50% in 2011. [1].

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 3, 2011

People with disabilities make up an estimated 15% of the world’s population of 7 billion, and they remain largely marginalized and affected by discrimination and unemployment, among other significant difficulties. The theme of IDPD 2011 is “Together for a better world for all: Including persons with disabilities in development.”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

President’s Update Fall 2011 Don’t be surprised, but we’re picking up the pace of change at Benetech! Led by Benetech’s VP of Engineering Gerardo Capiel, we will create an online space, SocialCoding4Good, where people in the tech community interested in social causes can volunteer ideas, connections, time and skills.

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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!” That is, the page your donors land on after making a donation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2013

With this three-part blog series on our expansion of the proven Bookshare model internationally, we’d like to give you a glimpse into the ways in which Benetech provides people with disabilities around the world equal access to knowledge. Digitally processing Arabic-language content is no easy task.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

As a non-lawyer, let me explain from the point of view of a technologist who cares passionately about accessibility for people with disabilities. It allows users to search book content that contains a match for their search terms. In September 2011, the Authors Guild sued the HathiTrust, alleging massive copyright violations.

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NetWits

JUNE 20, 2012

Facebook has 901 million active users; 500 million people use Twitter; 8 years worth of content is uploaded to YouTube every day; Pinterest has 4 million unique views daily. Make it easy to share your content via your website with share buttons (those share numbers are an excellent and easy recommendation for your customers).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

We started out by listening and found many people asking questions about us or our issues. Now, 30% of our posts are replies to people who ask questions or talk about us. For instance, in using our content management systems’ Facebook API for our last action alert, we garnered over 1,000 new email addresses from Facebook.

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Forum One

MARCH 18, 2021

Mobile-first can mean different things to different people: for developers, it may mean writing code for smaller viewports first with the goal of creating cleaner code; while for designers, it may mean starting with mobile designs with the goal of prioritizing its user experience. billion people across the globe.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2011

Twice as many people play FarmVille as watch CSI now. Newell said that they’ll be building curricula around Portal 2 by developing custom tools that allow students to create content to match educational programs. ” Science gets a swift kick of fun when you can learn about it by being propelled through the air in a game.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We have two full-time, paid people working on social networking along with me. Most of the perils that big cats face are the result of exploiters banking on the fact that people are mesmerized by tigers and want to touch them. Who maintains your social media campaigns? Are they paid, full-time, part-time? The site currently has 1.6

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

Schipul, a web marketing agency based in Houston, Texas, announced yesterday during the 2012 South by Southwest Interactive festival that Tendenci, a content management system (CMS) will be released as an open source solution. Tendenci Released as Open Source by Schipul. Tendenci was developed by Schipul especially…. Tech Talk at SXSW.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Recently, we''ve been talking at our museum about techniques for capturing compelling audio/video content with visitors. It made me dig up this 2011 interview with Tina Olsen (then at the Portland Art Museum) about their extraordinary Object Stories project. We imagined an cart at the farmer’s markets where people could record stories.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 28, 2016

When it comes to choosing a Content Management System to build and manage your website, the choices available might seem a little daunting, especially to a novice just trying to get their feet wet. But as the old saying goes, buyer beware: many CMSs are long on promises but short on delivery. Money Talks. Easy to Learn, Easy to Use.

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Classy

MAY 3, 2021

Haymakers for Hope’s mission is to give everyday people the chance to fight back against cancer by training for, and competing in charity boxing events to raise money and awareness. Consider how you can offer value to your donors for their investment, similar to how they might subscribe to Netflix to access content. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Our LinkedIn group for Active pro bono consultants is a great place where these people can connect based on a current interest—giving back using their current skills. Also, it really allows people to see how we as an organization, ‘think.’ Megan does a fantastic job of keeping the content on link Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn fresh.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Debbie Laskey: In the CORNER OFFICE section of The New York Times , there was a memorable interview on January 29, 2011, entitled, " Hey, Rock Stars: Take Your Show SomeplaceElse ," conducted by Adam Bryant of Michael Lebowitz, founder and CEO of Big Spaceship, a digital marketing and communications agency. Content will be consistent.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Bookshare: Solving the “Accessible Book Famine” Twelve years ago, we had an idea for recreating the traditional library for people with print disabilities—such as those who are blind, cannot physically turn the pages of a book, or have learning disabilities, like dyslexia—using the then-emerging technologies of digital books and crowdsourcing.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2012

This time I collected all of the nonprofit emails that I was sent between December 15, 2011 and January 1, 2012. How you segment the message and the actual content and calls-to-action are also very important. These work well when paired with good message content. Tax Deduction 2011. Last Chance to Give in 2011.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

This gave us the chance to say thank you to many people, and a number of very cool dogs, who have helped make Bookshare what it is today. I always advise people to check back regularly given how fast books are added. How people access our books also got a whole lot more interesting in 2012. Thanks again! Have an Android device?

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

As we move into the last month of the year, let’s take a quick look at how you can improve your email newsletters and appeals in 2011. How many people are unsubscribing as a result of each send? You should also be aiming to keep the email content under 300 words, and to ensure that your main content is above the page break.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

They passed it off to me and I started doing outreach with it to connect with people who might speak up about wildlife issues. We currently use a plethora of online tools to spread the word and talk to people. Traffic (how many people are actually coming to our website). Interaction (are people sharing our content?

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