Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Originally published in the November 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine where I have written a quarterly column throughout 2011. In June 2007, I presented my first social media training to a small group of nonprofits in Lowell, MA. Executives were terrified by the legal implications of using social networking tools.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Today, at the 2011 MyCharityConnects Conference in Toronto, I had a ton of fun leading a session and discussion around making the most of social media in just 30 minutes a day. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Tools and Apps to Energize Your Base. Community Map Template: [link]. Content Map Template: [link].

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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! Social CRMs present an amazing opportunity for organizations to harness the power of word of mouth. Come to our panel at the 2011 NTC !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2011

Date: Thursday, September 29, 2011. Presented by Heather Mansfield of Nonprofit Tech 2.0 , attendees will gain practical knowledge about how to successfully launch and maintain social media and mobile marketing campaigns for your nonprofit. Time: 9:30am – 3:30pm. Cost: $149 per person. How to Register: Sign up!

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NetWits

JUNE 19, 2012

The fact is email is an important tool that requires considerable planning, resources and expertise to be successful. My presentation covered how nonprofits can learn from what the corporate world is doing. You can find more ideas in my presentation below. Just look at some of the considerations: Frequency. Relevant content.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 18, 2011

Date: Thursday, September 22, 2011. Presented by Heather Mansfield of Nonprofit Tech 2.0 , attendees will gain practical knowledge about how to successfully launch and maintain social media and mobile marketing campaigns for your nonprofit. Time: 9:30am – 3:30pm. Cost: $149 per person. How to Register: Sign up!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2011

Date: Thursday, October 27, 2011. Presented by Heather Mansfield of Nonprofit Tech 2.0 , attendees will gain practical knowledge about how to successfully launch and maintain social media and mobile marketing campaigns for your nonprofit. Time: 9:30am – 3:30pm. Cost: $149 per person. Location: The ArtsCenter. How to Register: Sign up!

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TechImpact

JANUARY 16, 2014

Nonprofits must adapt to the contemporary market and take advantage of every tool available to them. Vine and Instagram present the perfect solution to these conundrums. According to Time, Facebook has lost over 11 million young users since 2011. Facebook is for “old people”. That’s a big number.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

The tool is meant to openly share and visualize the operations of World Bank financed activities down to as local a level as possible and compare these with actual need and monitor the effects over time." " 2011: The Year the Check-in Died – "Early last year, "checking in" was the cool new craze.

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NTEN

JANUARY 12, 2011

Making the case for this -- for the professional development time and for the cost of various tools -- has been easy, because it goes straight to their mission. Therefore, it's worth their while as an organization to devote time to learning how to present data visually. for an organization.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 13, 2011

Date : July 12-13, 2011. Description : This closing keynote focused on the power of knowledge sharing networks and the tools that support them. Location : Portland, Maine. Topic : Knowledge Networks. Related Links : Natural Rural Health Resource Center. Conference information.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Date : February 19th, 2011. Description : Social media tools allow for people to connect: broadcasting messages to real time communication, online networking to offline collaboration. Location : San Antonio, TX. Topic : Social Media in Disaster Response. Related Links : Conference website.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Teaser: Mobile giving is one of the most talked about fundraising tools. Presented by The Innovative Giving Foundation , the Innogive Conference will be a one day event co-hosted by NTEN taking place on Wednesday March 16th, the day before the Nonprofit Technology Conference. >

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs? I also love Twitter, but that’s just my personal obsession with the tool!

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NTEN

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Mobile giving is one of the most talked about fundraising tools. Presented by The Innovative Giving Foundation , the Innogive Conference will be a one day event co-hosted by NTEN taking place on Wednesday March 16th, the day before the Nonprofit Technology Conference.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. This session focuses on how to successfully get started with mobile technology, with Tonia Zampieri from Smart Online presenting. Millennials want basic information and tools for action. How can enhancements and tools be paid for?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2011

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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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. Komen 3-Day for the Cure.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 7, 2011

For the purposes of this blog entry, at this moment in time (early 2011,) LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org are the same. I’ve been using this tool since it actually was StarOffice, more than 10 years ago, when it was first open sourced by Sun in 2000. It reads and writes all MS Office formats (except for Access files.)

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Date : February 23rd, 2011. You will walk away with real tools and ideas to keep your nonprofit nimble and resilient moving forward. Location : Minneapolis, MN. Topic : Keynote. Nonprofit leaders need to keep up with the constantly changing techcomm environment by remaining curious, flexible and ever able to adapt. Registration.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 10, 2011

Date : May 10, 2011. Location : Nebraska. Topic : Email Campaigns: Know Your Audience and Get Results. Description : Pressing “send” on an email campaign isn’t as easy as it used to be. These days, competition for inbox space is increasing. Meanwhile, the patience and time of email recipients is. Related Links : PRSA.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

That’s right, the session selection process is open for the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference ! This session will include a presentation, discussion and small group scenarios. Each group will present its campaign strategy and tactics to the entire workshop, and facilitators will offer feedback and additional ideas.

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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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Achieve

JUNE 11, 2021

Virtual events have become a key promotional tool for nonprofits to attract new supporters. present their own unique challenges for staying in touch. While each thank you should have a personal touch, don’t hesitate to rely on templates or messaging tools to help write your messages. cultivating relationships.

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Top Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Activity coordinators recruit speakers and presenters, plan the logistics of activities (such as procuring items for your auction), and otherwise determine the details of your gala’s programming. Planning your virtual gala’s programming requires understanding how to use the tools at your disposal to connect with supporters remotely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

I’ll be Jordan and Morocco in March, 2011). Through the E-Mediat program, Essmaani participants also gained tools on how to recruit volunteers on line and how to promote their activities using social media. Flickr Photo by SMEX Beirut. The final phase is to design and facilitate in-country bootcamps with participants. (I’ll

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Achieve

MAY 19, 2022

It’s the multi-tool of your auction, allowing you to group a ton of tasks under one umbrella. This is done with tools like push notifications, fundraising thermometers, and more. Or, you could invest in supplementary fundraising automation tools like matching gift software. Engaging guests and. fighting digital fatigue.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2011

For many nonprofits, it’s far more obvious that such tools can be useful than how to use them. In addition to funding, the tools below can engage new supporters, constituents and future advocates. But what can it be used for—outreach and engagement? Event management? How about fundraising?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2011

View more presentations from Devon Smith. Benchmarking is the process of comparing your organization’s practices and results with a group of peer organizations. If you wanted to gather information that isn’t publically available, you could collect useful data points in a survey using a free tool like Google Forms.

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Care2

MAY 24, 2013

Last month we reported that online fundraising response rates declined 27% between 2011-2012, according to the eNonprofit Benchmark study. “This is present in direct mail, telemarketing, and face-to-face solicitation.” “This is present in direct mail, telemarketing, and face-to-face solicitation.”

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 24, 2012

Some of the 2011 Winners Were: Best Overall Use of Convio — Project On Government Oversight (POGO) was presented the award for their sophisticated use of Convio Luminate™ Online, Convio Luminate™ CRM, and Convio CMS and complementing it with social media tools and staff creativity to reach more of the general public.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2012

on the Future of Fundraising back in 2011. — a number that grew by 10 percent between 2010 and 2011. 2011 Online Giving Grows 13 Percent — Are You Prepared to Get Your Share? Blackbaud’s 2011 Online Giving Report finds that online giving grew by 13 percent over the previous year.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

It takes time to build trust, and it can take time to find the right tool to build trust at scale. In a time where threats to our climate are ever-present , a brand like this stays relevant and grows more powerful by providing trust in a crucial and urgent area. The website was founded early 2011. How they make money: The U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

Our mandate, broadly speaking, was to engage in “blue-sky dreaming” and learn from our shared experiences to make Martus a more robust tool. From a technical perspective, the most exciting theme of the event was the idea of creating a Martus “ecosystem” of tools. And, support from the Open Society Foundation made this event possible!

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

The Technology Leadership Academy is a training program designed to help you manage technology and lead others to use tools to their best organizational advantage. In 2011, the Academy will bring together 300 participants from 150 nonprofit organizations for a 9-week online training program designed to create nonprofit technology leaders.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 22, 2012

Here at TechSoup, we are collaborating with the Foundation Center on upcoming webinars designed to provide you with new ideas and tools to aid your organization. This live event will focus on visual tools designed to assist organizations in seeking support. Who Are the Presenters? Pacific time. Register for the webinar here.

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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. But I want to be clear: Is this something you can do with free tools in your spare time? At the 2008 conference, I attended a session presented by Farra Trompeter of Big Duck Consulting.

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