Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2011

Organizations often find themselves outgrowing the smaller donor management software they have used for years. Community member Judi Sohn advises that even a top-notch database will likely fail if it's not well-received by those who will actually have to use and maintain it regularly. DonorPro or eTapestry: Help Us Choose!

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Designed specifically for nonprofits, GiftWorks lets you manage your donor contacts and organize your email outreach by geography, interests, and giving history. And, the ability to copy pages, which helps to speed up data entry for similar donors. GiftWorks 2012 provides that flexibility.

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Achieve

JULY 26, 2021

How can you show supporters that you need their help without overasking? build a passionate donor base. ? And which donors should you even ask? . In the long-term, nailing your fundraising ask can also help you. with your fundraising ask will be very helpful as you’re designing your messaging. Get creative.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

In 2011 I had gotten in the very bad habit of listening to (mostly) CNN in the background while working… all day long. Enter The Colbert Report and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart : VIDEO: 2011: A Look Back. The Daily Show remembers the important stories of 2011 so you don’t have to. .

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Starting over may not be an option, but in the absence of that, here are ten things event fundraisers and marketers should be considering to reinvent their plans for 2011: Become more data driven. Bottom line: the tracking, mining, and analysis of data should be central to your 2011 event fundraising strategy.

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NTEN

JANUARY 6, 2012

Will 2012 be pretty much like 2011? It replied: Based on that, plus 27 years in the field, I foresee that 2012 will be pretty much like 2011. It replied: Based on that, plus 27 years in the field, I foresee that 2012 will be pretty much like 2011. Weiner Consulting. it’s not cloud-based. it’s the cheapest. it’s the “best”.

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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. Gift information helps you understand how frequently they donate or what specific projects they support.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 10, 2020

These changes have significant consequences for how organizations connect with donors, clients, partners, and employees. 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. SMS & MMS. Cloud Computing.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

And, despite slight upticks in 2010 and 2011 in giving, they were still well below pre-GFC levels. This is not surprising, as organizations working to alleviate the impacts of the recession on vulnerable populations saw upticks in funding during the GFC as donors refocused donations. percent in 2009.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

Carolyn has been part of the Qgiv extended family since 2019—we proudly partner to help make a difference in our communities. Carolyn’s Nonprofit Blog was inspired by the many people who have reached out to Carolyn since it was launched in 2011 to ask for advice about becoming a grant writer and nonprofit fundraiser.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 8, 2020

In the past, members of the analytics consulting team at Blackbaud have written on this subject matter in the 2009 publication Building Fundraising Momentum in a Recession and the 2011 article Raising Money During Challenging Times. Donors may choose to protect their income for the next round of economic uncertainty with gift annuities.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Did you know that the Cicero Legislative Information API can help you do this essential task? Join our one-hour webinar, Legislative Matching with the Cicero API , on Thursday, December 1, 2011, at 11 a.m. This information can then be used both in your organization's lobbying efforts and to empower your donor-base.

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Care2

JULY 16, 2012

There are a ton of smart people writing about nonprofit technology and communications to help nonprofit communicators keep up on the latest online trends and developments. When you need to take a really deep dive into critical topics, but don’t want to rely on your own trial and error it helps to look beyond blogs and social media.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

LEED offers some good incentives for getting certified including helping leaders meet ESG goals and billions in energy savings, happier employees, and significantly reduced carbon emissions. Examine.com: An Unbiased Content Database on What’s Actually Healthy for You. The website was founded early 2011.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Plus: we also offer numerous free learning resources to help you better manage your staff, volunteers, and business consultants. The latest version of QuickBooks, Intuit QuickBooks 2011 , is in stock at TechSoup. To help you along, we have a great webinar on using QuickBooks at your nonprofit. Build and Manage Databases.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Maybe there's a donor list (updated by fundraising), a volunteer list (managed by the volunteer coordinator) and a fan list (engaged by the social media expert) and never the three (or more, as the case may be) shall meet. How is this information funneled into a database outside of your standard Facebook page? The answer: zero.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2014

They’re being created mainly to help mental health patients adhere to a prescription medication regimen. High-Tech Help for Homelessness. For one thing, phones allow them to look for work, housing, or medical help. It also uses Twitter to “find, counsel, and direct as many homeless people as possible to help.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

They enlisted help from board members on Twitter, but being organized with a plan and timeline for asks was critical to their success. They have successfully used Facebook to identify and cultivate donors. as a first time donor. They used social media to win “ Deals for Deeds ” contest.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2013

in 2012 compared to 2011”. It is important to be perseverant and leave a visual mark to your potential donors. They reduce the amount of time and effort which your donor has to dedicate in order to complete the process. Don’t make the name and email fields required, maybe you will have donors who wish to remain anonymous.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

The rational for "seeing data as a state" rather than a donor in Africa to help answer policymakers questions is also explained. This week the revolutionary data driven philanthropy of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation is featured and a call for beneficiary inclusion in Markets for Good goes out. Data and Philanthropy.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 23, 2012

GrantStation, one of TechSoup's donor partners, and is an expert on nonprofit. Despite many challenges, nonprofits retain a sense of optimism about the next six months according to the survey results cited in the State of Grantseeking 2011 (published in November 2011). Cindy Adams is the president and CEO of. Read her posts.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

Social Butterfly has an interesting list of helpful list-servs. First, the help you receive is proportional to what you give. Second, it helps build a community of trust and collaboration: the "I know I will get three or more good ideas" as well as, "I had that experience!" The After-hours Help consortium is a case in point.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

Cindy Adams is the president and CEO of GrantStation, one of TechSoup's donor partners, and is an expert on nonprofit grantseeking and fundraising. of survey participants cited in the State of Grantseeking 2011 (published in November 2011 by GrantStation and PhilanTech).

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 7, 2012

This past fall GrantStation and PhilanTech conducted the third semi-annual informal survey of nonprofits, The State of Grantseeking Fall 2011. Between mid-August and early October 2011, 928 nonprofits of various sizes, in different geographies, representing diverse issue areas completed the survey online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

Its main efforts involve working with major seafood buyers to help them shift their purchases to more sustainable options, and with consumers to raise awareness about the connection between the seafood they eat and the health of the oceans, and to create grassroots support for sustainable seafood. What were some of the results?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

According to the 2011 Millennial Donors survey, 65% of people surveyed want to find guides on charity websites on how their support could make a difference and 52% want to learn about volunteer opportunities. They now have a rich database of new potential donors that they can engage in the longer term.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Microsoft has run the campaign since 2011, but it seems to have deeper resonance this year. In any case, the service has allowed the company to build a unified database of our personal affinities to engage us more deeply. Apple is a major donor with a pledge of $100 million. SkyDrive has become OneDrive. Gaming for Good.

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NetWits

AUGUST 2, 2012

In fact, in a 2011 report, consumers spoke very loudly that they expect companies to drive social and environmental change and that they will reward these efforts. Yet including corporate donors in your fundraising mix is a critical strategy. in total database with active email. Some did it well ( Pink Ribbon anyone??

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

This morning, I had the huge honor of presenting the keynote at the 2011 MyCharityConnects Conference in Toronto, ON. What do you point to when funders, donors, board members and the community ask if you are making a difference? Helping the women receiving the funds. The full keynote and presentation are below. What is it about?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

[Editor's Note: We're talking about fundraising this month on the NTEN blog, and when you're fundraising, you've got to collect and track information about donors and donations, right? Donors are the lifeblood of nonprofit organizations. A donor management system is sometimes called a fundraising system or a donor database.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 20, 2012

CRM integration : To avoid having your mobile program create a new data silo within your organization, check with your organization’s database-of-record/CRM vendor to understand your options for integration. For example, Humane Society saw that number grow from 7 percent to 16 percent during 2011. Learn about CRMs in general.).

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

This is similar to the success of projects like Restart Romania in which social activists got help to develop online tools to address corruption in high places, and also a national website for tracking medication shortages in Romania. Online revenue grew by 21 percent since 2011. It's a free download at ebenchmarkstudy.com.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2011

A third (33%) of nonprofit executives take over from someone who was fired or forced to resign, according to the 2011 Daring to Lead report, which surveyed 3000 nonprofit executive directors earlier this year. Modern databases can help organizations take these inevitable situations in stride. Author: Jennifer Darrouzet.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 12, 2023

One of the greatest challenges causing nonprofits and schools to fall short of their matching gift potential is a lack of knowledge surrounding the programs⁠—on the side of the donor and the fundraising workforce. That’s where equipping your team with comprehensive and informative matching gift resources comes in to help!

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NTEN

JANUARY 19, 2011

If you think that a mash-up of online tools for capacity mapping and resource matching would assist nonprofits, philanthropies, and the communities that they serve, then we invite you join us at our upcoming session at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference. How can online tools help a project succeed? Dynamic information.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2022

Solution: As a nonprofit, AnnieCannons relies on fundraising to support its programs — though the organization aims to be self-sustaining one day — and uses the Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) as the cornerstone of client management practices for donors and grants. Learn more about how Salesforce helps The Code to work smarter, not harder.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

These are events that pair up nonprofits with good ideas and volunteer techies who can help them realize them. 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! Mobile Computing in 2012.

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