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. We were called “Circuit Riders.”

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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. We hope that nonprofits will find this trend(y) report handy in planning their technology strategies for the New Year! 93% of our respondents plan on using email marketing in 2011.

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NetWits

AUGUST 8, 2012

Download the full Multichannel Fundraising Report. Many organizations see the immediacy of giving, the larger average donations from online donors, and the relatively low costs in producing solicitations and look no further. 2011 Multichannel Fundraising Report. Download Now! Online donor solicitations are powerful.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 30, 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. Findings also revealed that turnover was low within nonprofit organizations.

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Care2

DECEMBER 14, 2012

People donated more money to charity in 2012 than in 2011, according to a Blackbaud survey , where over 4200 donors from the US, the UK, and Australia responded to a variety of questions about their donation habits to nonprofits. one-time donations increased from 2011 to 2012. In the U.S. Recurring Gifts.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This year’s Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report, published by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) and Candid, tracked roughly $121 billion in aid to date in 2020 across multiple sources—including bilateral and multilateral aid, U.S. Since 2011, more than 13 million Syrians have been displaced. Be flexible.

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NTEN

JANUARY 5, 2012

NTEN member and nonprofit communications expert Kivi Leroux Miller just released the 2012 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report , based on a survey of over 1200 participants at the end of 2011. You can download the complete report from NonprofitMarketingGuide.com.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 12, 2017

In order to have long term fiscal sustainability, nonprofits must be considering future generations as potential donors and supporters. Baby Boomers and Generation X have fiscally supported nonprofits for decades, now Millennials are the next generation that must be courted. Millennial Donor Report, 2011). Technology.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 12, 2017

In order to have long term fiscal sustainability, nonprofits must be considering future generations as potential donors and supporters. Baby Boomers and Generation X have fiscally supported nonprofits for decades, now Millennials are the next generation that must be courted. Millennial Donor Report, 2011). Technology.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 1, 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. Throughout the year, I’ve been blogging about key trends from our 2011 survey, which was completed by nearly 2,000 nonprofit leaders nationwide.

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NTEN

MAY 11, 2011

Thanks to the generous support of Google, we're able to offer the Technology Leadership Academy one more time in 2011 – free for qualifying nonprofits. This will be the last time the Leadership Academy is offered in 2011. We hope you'll apply. We look forward to your application.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 8, 2011

This week we welcome Marla Cornelius, co-author of Daring to Lead 2011: A National Study of Nonprofit Executive Leadership. If you're interested in learning more, this topic will be explored in more depth in the upcoming Daring to Lead 2011 brief: Inside the Executive Director Job , which you can find on the Daring to Lead website next month.

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NetWits

APRIL 12, 2012

In fact, Blackbaud’s 2011 Online Giving Report , noted that the largest online gift in 2011 was $260,000 ! The report further noted, “87% of the nonprofits in this analysis had at least one online gift of $1,000 or more during 2011.”. Online Support is Needed. Or is this the giving of major gifts online?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. If Millennials can’t find or connect with an organization the way they want to, they will go find a different organization. Develop a mobile app to get people interacting with your organization and encourage, track and inspire volunteering.

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NTEN

JANUARY 3, 2012

Unique about that report was that we also asked survey participants to grade their data ecosystems , which is what we call that network of tools organizations use to carry out their work. > Find out more and get the report (free for NTEN Members!). > Get the report today (free for NTEN Members!).

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

It’s been nearly five years since the first release of Idealware’s Consumers Guide to Donor Management Systems report, and two years since Idealware and NTEN last partnered to update the report. You can download the free report here. So what’s different about the report this time around?

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

As public-facing and serving organizations, nonprofits are held to higher ethical standards than their business counterparts are. Organizational transparency, the disclosure of operational, financial, and decision-making information, remains a significant factor in the formation of the public’s trust in an organization’s mission and intent.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

An Interview with Fanny Villiers , Directora General of Donadora – an official partner of the Global Trends in Giving Report ( en español ). When we started Fondeadora in 2011 (the first creative crowdfunding platform in Mexico, renamed to Donadora in 2016), processing online payments was very difficult.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2012

that sounds a little bit like bragging, but I promise the report is worth the read. 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.

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Care2

JULY 16, 2012

Thankfully, you can take advantage of great in-depth research and findings published in nonprofit reports. Here 11 nonprofit reports that are worth a look when you want to brush up on everything from nonprofit social media adoption, staffing, fundraising, and online engagement best practices. Organizations have an average 3.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

One goes something like this, ”Our organization has to collect a lot of data, mostly counting data for our funders. What is funder’s role to support good measurement? And there are other intermediaries, e.g., REDF, New Profit, and a few others, supporting this as well in a substantive way. That says volumes.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

—– In 2011, Washington, DC, became one of the first major metropolitan regions to host a multimillion-dollar local giving day: Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington. Just as organizations (usually!) In the report, Geoff also shares these results: The training program achieved its overarching goals.

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Classy

MAY 3, 2021

Any supporter who chooses to make a recurring donation to your nonprofit—whether it’s once a month, once a quarter, or once a year —is demonstrating their ongoing commitment to your mission in a way that should be recognized. . With a minimum $25 donation per month, supporters gain access to: Private running coaching with Brian Schroy.

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NTEN

JANUARY 3, 2012

Unique about that report was that we also asked survey participants to grade their data ecosystems , which is what we call that network of tools organizations use to carry out their work. > Find out more and get the report (free for NTEN Members!). > Get the report today (free for NTEN Members!).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2012

As of August 2011, an astounding 8.1 Most recently, I was reminded of this as I live-tweeted an event for MomsRising put on by Latino civil rights organization the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). MomsRising is an online and on-the-ground organization with over a million members, many of whom are Latinas.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2021

Even if some donors harbor certain biases, let’s not assume that those feelings will prevent them from supporting institutions and causes that they care about, regardless of who makes the appeal. . I have worked for nonprofit organizations for most of my professional life, and I have never been a major gift officer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2014

An interactive map launched by the non-profit Project AWARE visualizes nearly three years of ongoing reporting by a network of scuba divers who remove marine debris from the world’s ocean. Also launched in 2011, the Dive Against Debris program asks dive shop operators and individual divers to become citizen scientists. million divers.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Two recent reports share data about the actual role celebrity connection plays in nonprofit fundraising and both say the same thing: forget celebrities. The 2011 Millennial Donor report , the second in an annual series, focuses on engaging Millennials in fundraising. The data says we should move on.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Organization: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Organization Size: Medium. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs? Name: Allison Nassour. Title: Social Media Manager.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Do you need new ideas on how to engage your supporters? Do you want to better understand your supporters? No matter how many supporters you have, you are probably constantly looking for new ways to appreciate, engage and retain them. reports that 75 percent of CRM initiatives fail to impact the customer experience.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2011

" How can I organise social reporting from events? | If you are going to organise an event, a conference or a public meeting, you should seriously consider organising a team of social reporters to help spread the information and stimulate conversations before, during and after the event." How about fundraising?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Quite simply, donor retention is a measure of how many donors continue to donate to your organization. Nonprofits with a high donor retention rate have long-term supporters who come back year after year. The Golden Rule of Donations The FEP reports also drill into donor frequency; specifically new and repeat donors.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2017

Turning your supporters into fundraising superstars isn’t easy. Supporters can raise significant amounts of money and bring new donors to your organization. Organizations that turn supporters into fundraisers continue to be leaders in online fundraising , and this growth is now an important contributor to their overall revenue.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In 2011, GrantCraft became a service of Foundation Center (now Candid), and during this time we focused on building global partnerships and expanding access to translations, digital and social content, and interactive tools. . increase calls for racial equity . track how grantmaking practices are evolving , and .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

Many of your supporters are becoming overwhelmed with tweets, status updates, emails, texts, and print and broadcast media and because of that it’s getting more difficult for your “Thank You” message to stand out from all the noise. Enter The Colbert Report and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart : VIDEO: 2011: A Look Back.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Organization: Big Cat Rescue. Organization Size: 125 exotic cats, 9 paid staff, 107 volunteers, 80,000 supporters. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Which has helped your organization the most and how? What is on your To Do List for 2011? Name: Carol Baskin.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

There is a huge opportunity in using the organization’s mission to support a TaaS model to generate revenue while also pursuing the nonprofit’s goals. Perhaps more than you realize, various companies and organizations have used trust as a service to sell you security or certification.

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