Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2010

My guess is the top posts for 2011 will be quite different – more Mobile Web, geolocation, LinkedIn, and live-streaming. Best to you and your nonprofit in 2011! Three iPhone Apps that Every Nonprofit Needs to Know About. HOW TO: Add Your Nonprofit to Jumo (and Why You Should).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

LinkedIn: taproot-foundation. Megan: We currently have accounts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Jumo, YouTube and Vimeo. Twitter and Facebook have been crucial in recruiting new pro bono consultants and connecting with nonprofits that could benefit from our Service Grant projects. Website: www.taprootfoundation.org.

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NetWits

APRIL 10, 2011

Heading in to 2011 most nonprofits (92%), regardless of organization size are using at least one social network like Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn and close to nine out of ten nonprofits (89%) have a presence on Facebook – up from 74% in 2009. Social Networking Adoption by Non-profits.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The 2011 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report provides some incredible data on how 11K+ nonprofits are using social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and others. Are nonprofits raising any money on social networks? Facebook is the most popular commercial social network for nonprofits.

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NTEN

JANUARY 18, 2011

Do you like sending deserving NPTechies to the greatest nonprofit technology conference on earth for free? Then the 2011 NTC Scholarship Silent Auction is for you! Every year, we raise up to $10,000 to send staffers from small nonprofits to the NTC. Do you like cool things? This auction item is for you! Flexibility not required!

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2011

In the News A big congratulations to John Merritt for his nomination and award as a 2011 Top Tech Exec from San Diego Magazine ! You're a top tech exec in our eyes every year :) There's an interesting report in The NonProfit Times this week covering the changes affecting the NPower network. Anything we missed?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

When Mashable first started buzzing about Pinterest in December 2011, I took a quick look at the site and thought to myself, “Shopping, crafters, and foodies. Not relevant to the vast majority of nonprofits and (whew!) If your nonprofit starts pinning, be sure to follow me and I’ll follow you back.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

In the next few weeks I’ll be making recommendations of which tools and trends in technology nonprofits should prioritize in 2013, but for this year’s post on New Year’s resolutions I wanted to get back to basics. Blogger and LinkedIn both launched in 2003. Nonprofit people are good people.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

LinkedIn: humane-society , carielewis. We’re using Facebook primarily, Twitter for feedback, dabbling in Foursquare, and starting our LinkedIn presence. We realize that this is unique among nonprofits, but have made an organizational commitment to invest in this area. What is on your To Do List for 2011? Listen first.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

While the giants (Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Flickr and Youtube) are great for outreach and relationship-building, we’ve had surprising successes with StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, Plancast and other sites. What the best piece of advice you could offer nonprofits about social media, and online communications in general? Book Tour?. ?Book

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

UPDATED 1/8/12: Thanks to the launch of Google+ Pages for brands, Google+ traffic hit an all time high in December 2011 and it’s likely that the trend will continue in 2012. If your nonprofit has yet to get on Google+, now would be a very good time to start. e-Newsletter. Now, onto setting up your personal profile.

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NTEN

JUNE 29, 2011

A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources and other goodies. For whatever reason, we've seen a lot of great videos this month – most of them even related to nonprofit work. If LinkedIn remains as mysterious to you as it does to us, Event360 has compiled some great tips on using LinkedIn to promote your organization.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2021

I have worked for nonprofit organizations for most of my professional life, and I have never been a major gift officer. Prior to 2011, the majority of my career was spent at small and mid-size organizations, where a large part of the funding came from foundations, corporations, and government grants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

In December, we launched the The Zoetica Salon on my Facebook Page with my Zoetica colleagues, Geoff Livingston , Kami Huyse , and Julie Pippert (the newest Zoetican ) where almost 8,000 nonprofit folks have been engaging in informal learning about nonprofits and social media. How Networked Nonprofits Visualize Their Networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Note from Beth: Last week, I had the pleasure of facilitating two workshops on becoming a Networked Nonprofit: Effective Social Strategy for nonprofits in Santa Barbara hosted by the Fund for Santa Barbara. In order to help focus their online communications, I recommend every nonprofit have an editorial calendar. Great idea!

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NTEN

JANUARY 7, 2011

Ok, there are more than three reasons to renew your NTEN membership, but there are three we want to make sure you consider if you haven't renewed for 2011 yet: 1. Discounted access to the annual Nonprofit Technology Conference , weekly webinars , and additional programming from NTEN and partners throughout the year.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 19, 2011

Well, the Nonprofit Technology Conference is an amazing experience every year: people from all kinds of organizations, all kinds of backgrounds, and with all kinds of passion, joining together to talk about how we can use technology to make even more social impact – it’s just my kind of community! It’s not too late!

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2012

LinkedIn – Enabling Nonprofits to Engage and What They Need to Succeed! You may use LinkedIn for reaching constituents one-on-one or in group settings but are you familiar with the power of LinkedIn for recruiting nonprofit employees? 2011 Nonprofit Employment Trends Survey. From ReadyTalk.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

" 2011 NTEN Champions Fundraising Campaign by the Numbers | NTEN – "The funny thing about being the Nonprofit Technology Network is that it can be really hard to practice what we preach. " Is email going out with 2011? And it's convinced me of one undisputable fact.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 25, 2011

ROI of social media can be an intangible- The NonProfit Times March 15, 2011: "here's Facebook, Second Life, Myspace, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter and now Jumo. What's It Cost? There are many smaller social networking platforms.

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Care2

DECEMBER 5, 2011

According to a study by Blackbaud , NTEN and Common Knowledge, over 92% of nonprofit organizations have a presence on at least one social networking site, but most raise very little money through their social activity. Yet despite the lack of wide spread fundraising success, social media is clearly a hot topic in the nonprofit space.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Flickr:Rodgers Wife It’s a great week to be a part of the nonprofit community – but really, when isn’t it a great week to do good? This week, our members improved LinkedIn, blogged about e-mail marketing, and even pre-released an e-book. Citgo is offering 12 nonprofits free gas for a year! Have more news to share?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2013

For the past three years, I’ve been a fundraising champion for NTEN, the premier organization for nonprofit techies. NTEN nurtures and supports a vast community of folks who are passionate about nonprofit technology and social good causes and want to learn from each other. You can participate here.

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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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NTEN

DECEMBER 27, 2011

We know that 2012 - especially with all the new technologies we're sure to see - the nonprofit sector is going to create even more change in the world. But, for now, check out all the amazing things NTEN member are doing, planning, and asking for in the last few weeks of 2011. Have more news to share? Anything we missed?

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. To the rescue: LinkedIn. LinkedIn – 18%. Pew Internet & American Life Project, June 16, 2011. MySpace – 29%.

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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. Learn more about Greg on LinkedIn. Happy People Give More and Giving People Are Happier.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 24, 2011

Disclaimer Tuesday, May 24, 2011 Creating, Building, and Sustaining Nonprofit Communities posted by Hannah Humphrey , Public Allies Arizona Alumna / Outreach Coordinator, Xico What does it mean to be a community organization? Nonprofit professionals use the word "community" a lot. Fear not, nonprofit professionals!

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NTEN

APRIL 7, 2011

[Editor's note: The following first appeared in the March 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for fre e! ] Have you set a vanity URL for your Facebook and LinkedIn profiles? By Farra Trompeter, Big Duck 1.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

The organization I helped found as Colorectal Cancer Coalition in 2005 officially became Fight Colorectal Cancer on Monday, March 6, 2011. I hope it's a fun read for anyone either looking to redo their own small nonprofit brand, or who wants a deeper dive on what we did at Fight Colorectal Cancer. I waited until the time was right.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Will you write a LinkedIn recommendation for me? These phrases and others are becoming increasingly more common among marketing, development, and communications professionals at nonprofit organizations. Click here to read "State of the Sector 2011: All quiet on the nonprofit front" — by Angela Francis. Like this article?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

As part of the workshops I have facilitated to teach nonprofits to become networked nonprofits, I created an exercise called “Creating the Me to We Network.” If you find Twitter or LinkedIn boring, perhaps you are following wrong people. It is time to tune your network and add new connections by exploring the edges.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2010

As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation, I’ll be heading to the Independent Sector ’s Annual Conference “ Forging a Stronger Future Together ” in Atlanta October 20-22 with over 500 leaders from from across the nonprofit and philanthropic community. network strategy.). Criteria for Success.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Assembled below are Connection Café's top five online posts of 2011, as determined by our Google Analytics Top Content report. LinkedIn: Step It Up : Cheryl Black gives organizations some tips on how to use LinkedIn more effectively. I can honestly, and without bias, say that each one of these posts is truly awesome.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Institutional silos are commonplace in many organizations, but in nonprofit organizations they may not be visible at first glance. In the past, fundraising owned the largest list but with Facebook's average nonprofit community size growing at an amazing 161 percent over the past year, that may not continue for long. you get the idea.

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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. below are 33 of must-read updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Replace the “Web 1.0:

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Montana Association of Nonprofits worked with NTEN this last week to present a webinar on Technology to Meet Your Mission to their nonprofit members. ConnectingUp and Microsoft 's Australian arm are putting together a free forum on technology for the nonprofit and charitable sectors in North Ryde, November 4th. Keep connecting!

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