Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Are you attending Convio's 2011 Summit? This information will be shared in the 2011 Summit guide but I wanted to give you a peek at what everyone involved with your Convio Client Care team is preparing specifically for this year's attendees: Monday, Oct. 5:00p – 6:00p: “Day 1 Wrap-up: Holy guacamole Batman!”

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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. Finally, if strategically designed, your blog will grow your e-newsletter list and communities on social-networking sites faster than any other tool available today.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Much of the functionality of these new Apps is based on adding buttons that link to your Twitter profile ( the mobile version ), Facebook Page ( the mobile version ), your blog (using RSS) and links such as your website, donate now page, and e-newsletter and text alert subscribe pages. Not only that, there are now 4.1 population!).

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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. Add the Pinterest icon to your webite, blog, and e-newsletter. e-Newsletter. Related Links: Social Media and Mobile Technology Webinars for Nonprofits.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

> Free Member Appreciation Webinars: just look for "Member Appreciation" in our webinar calendar , which means that these webinars are free and just for members! > > Member-contributed Newsletter: NTEN members show off their work and expertise in this month's NTEN newsletter. >

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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. e-Newsletter. Finally, I will be offering a Google+ and Google Products Webinar for Nonprofits on February 28, 2012.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Experience shows us that only 40% of your 2011 fundraisers will return for next year’s event. Plan meetings for team captains – webinars are a low-cost way to do this, and easy on everyone’s time. Register for our Event Fundraising Newsletter and immediately get access to 5 whitepapers. That’s a challenging number to digest.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2013

This article was originally posted in AFP’s weekly eWire newsletter. A 2011 Gleanster survey found their most important value drivers were: Testing and measuring everything. During the webinar, I shared several ways to personalize email content. Nonprofits can learn from email campaigns corporate marketers are sending.

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 2 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 18th, 2011 Day 2 of NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ) in Washington, DC is when things really kick into high gear.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2011

Written for the March 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine , where I am writing a quarterly column throughout 2011. * * * * * * * * * * *. Rather, they needed to be presented with a great, big, flashy exit sign to “Donate Now,&# which gave rise to the all-powerful e-newsletter.

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 2007

The study concluded that by 2011 the mobile social networking population will reach 170 million, up from today’s 50 million. Hard on the heels of the MySpace/Cingular announcement, ABIresearch published the results of their latest research into mobile social networks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

The following is an excerpt from the newly released Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits and was published in the September 2011 edition of Fundraising Success Magazine (@ frsuccess ). Take webinars, attend boot camps or workshops, or go to conferences that focus on the how-to of social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

To learn more about launching a mobile strategy for your nonprofit, please see the upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Mobile Technology and Mobile Fundraising. If you choose to hard-code your own mobile website, the standard width for a mobile website (as of 2011) is 320 pixels. Limit the Use of Images.

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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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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

We're on pace to deliver more than 1,000,000 messages in 2011, so our data is beginning to amount to something meaningful. Looking just at our webinar messaging, we saw an open rate of roughly 22.5% Just for webinars, we've sent out more than 200 unique messages in 2011, even though we've only had 60 events.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

and its tools – websites, e-newsletters and “Donate Now” buttons – are much better summarized as the Web 1.0: That said, they have a new type of Facebook Community Page which I cover in detail in my Advanced Facebook Webinar. Related Links: Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Webinar for Nonprofits.

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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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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

He got the NTEN Award IN 2011. ” Idealware recently did a free webinar presented by all six of their full-time staff members called “ Hoverboards and Videophones: Idealware Looks to 2014.” The trend is toward nonprofit CRM databases in which a variety of constituents (donors, volunteers, newsletter subscribers etc.)

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