Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 10, 2012

Date: Tuesday, June 12, 2012. This webinar begins with a brief explanation of the difference between Facebook Profiles, Groups, and Pages and then quickly moves into a short click-by-click demonstration on how to successfully create a Facebook Page for your nonprofit. Time: 1pm-2:30 ET. Cost: $50. How to Register: Sign up

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 20, 2012

Date: Thursday, July 5, 2012. This webinar begins with demonstration of how nonprofits can successfully design and launch a YouTube Channel for both desktop and mobile viewing – even if the nonprofit isn’t currently producing videos. Nonprofits that excel in their use of Flickr are featured. Time: 1pm-2:30 ET.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2012

Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2012. This webinar begins with a general introduction to Twitter and then quickly moves on to demonstrate how nonprofits can use the site to increase their supporter base, website traffic, e-newsletter subscribers, online donors, and overall visibility on the Internet. Time: 1pm-2:30 ET. Cost: $50.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 10, 2012

Date: Thursday, June 14, 2012. This webinar is presented with the assumption that your nonprofit has been using Facebook Pages for at least six months and that you have a working knowledge of the difference between Facebook Profiles, Groups, and Pages. Time: 1pm-2:30 ET. Cost: $50. How to Register: Sign up !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 11, 2012

If there is one thing that nonprofit social media managers are learning (or should be learning) from utilizing new media it’s that technology is now constantly in flux. The others will be covered in my upcoming webinars on Facebook and Facebook Apps for Nonprofits. I had seen the functionality on Profiles, but not on Pages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

To be alerted of when new best practices are posted, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Also, since the Google+ Pages launched after the release of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , please consider this blog post a supplement to the book. Now, onto setting up your personal profile.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2012

UPDATED 4/3/12: If your nonprofit has yet to start using Pinterest , then hopefully new data released for March 2012 revealing that Pinterest now generates more referral traffic than Twitter will motivate you to start pinning – or at the very least to sign up and reserve your first choice of usernames (hint, hint!). e-Newsletter.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Date :October 24-25, 2012. Description : As our networks expand, our profiles get more public, and our work requires a human face, where do we draw the line between personal and professional identities online? Related Links : Kentucky Nonprofits website. Location : Lexington, KY.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 10, 2012

Date: Tuesday, June 12, 2012. This webinar begins with a brief explanation of the difference between Facebook Profiles, Groups, and Pages and then quickly moves into a short click-by-click demonstration on how to successfully create a Facebook Page for your nonprofit. Time: 1pm-2:30 ET. Cost: $50. How to Register: Sign up

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 10, 2012

Date: Thursday, June 14, 2012. This webinar is presented with the assumption that your nonprofit has been using Facebook Pages for at least six months and that you have a working knowledge of the difference between Facebook Profiles, Groups, and Pages. Time: 1pm-2:30 ET. Cost: $50. How to Register: Sign up !

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NTEN

MARCH 27, 2012

We're down to the wire, with one week left before the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Step 2: Update Your Profile. Just drop your web links in the "web content" section to link your profile to your Twitter, Blog, and more. The NTEN staff is so excited that we're blogging our favorite tips throughout the week.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 11, 2012

If there is one thing that nonprofit social media managers are learning (or should be learning) from utilizing new media it’s that technology is now constantly in flux. The others will be covered in my upcoming webinars on Facebook and Facebook Apps for Nonprofits. I had seen the functionality on Profiles, but not on Pages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2012

UPDATED 4/3/12: If your nonprofit has yet to start using Pinterest , then hopefully new data released for March 2012 revealing that Pinterest now generates more referral traffic than Twitter will motivate you to start pinning – or at the very least to sign up and reserve your first choice of usernames (hint, hint!). e-Newsletter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2016

Note from Beth: I am honored to be a member of Leap Ambassadors Community , a private community of nonprofit thought leaders and practitioners. GuideStar Platinum: Measuring Nonprofit Performance at Scale by Jacob Harold. But we in the nonprofit sector must try. It’s the nonprofit’s job. Social change is hard.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Recent research suggests that taking and posting too many selfies on your Facebook profile (or other social channels) can be damaging to your relationships. Have you seen great examples of nonprofits using the “selfie” meme for good? Although selfies have been around for years , they have gained popularity recently.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2014

There''s no shortage of technology options available to nonprofits today for fundraising. A tried and true way to start: talk to your peers in the nonprofit sector, and learn from their experiences! 47% of nonprofits generated the same or less revenue in 2013 compared to 2012. Leveraging the web matters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Here’s a small list of articles and blog posts that help frame this topic, including how the term “Data-Informed” was using in my recent book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Alliance Magazine, September 2012. ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.”

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NetWits

MAY 23, 2012

It’s also spreading around the fundraising and nonprofit world. While Heather (shown in image below) may have raised just $100 for the 2012 event, she’s solid gold … actually, a “Double Diamond” fundraiser for Children’s Hospital of Colorado, with over $50,000 and 5 to 9 years of participation in the Courage Classic under her belt.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Powerful Online Tool Will Highlight Local Nonprofits : TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Sept 10, 2012 – The Community Foundation of North Florida is excited about launching FindLearnGive.org, the community’s first comprehensive online database of local nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

Guest blogger Grant Howe, VP of research and development for Sage North America's nonprofit solutions, kicks off a series of posts about providing great IT leadership. Cynthia Adams, President and CEO of GrantStation, reports on the results of GrantStation's survey about grantseeking challenges facing nonprofit organizations.

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NTEN

MAY 17, 2013

While there is an increasing number of youth-facing nonprofits that employ organizational Facebook pages and Twitter accounts, the usage of separate, professional, Facebook profiles and Twitter accounts can be a more meaningful way to engage young people. Follow Shub @shubsengupta.

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NTEN

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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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 14, 2012

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar or practitioner to highlight current nonprofit research reports or studies and discuss how they can inform and improve day-to-day practice. In April of 2011, a story broke regarding The Central Asia Institute, a nonprofit organization. Sources: 1.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

This guest post was authored by Ritu Sharma, Social Media for Nonprofits executive director and co-founder. Profiles: Many smaller nonprofits have yet to make the jump from a Facebook profile, personally managed by their founders or executive directors, to an organizational page. Shorter Is (and Isn’t!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

But if you want to get even deeper insights, do an in-depth review of a similar nonprofit’s practice – whether it be broad – such as digital marketing techniques or narrow such as analyzing specific techniques as part of a content strategy. How can your organization apply this?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

On September 6, 2012, TechSoup held a free webinar with two guest presenters from The Foundation Center. The Foundation Directory Online is an online database that provides access to over 100,000 grantmaker profiles and 2.4 This post was written by Crystal Schimpf, a webinar producer at TechSoup Global. webinar on ReadyTalk.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Analytic Activism documents how nonprofits are using analytics to listen, experiment, learn, and thrive in the digital era. What they actually did was far more mundane – the same type of modeling and segmentation that the Obama campaign deployed in 2008 and 2012. That’s an elegant story of data wizards manipulating the public.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The primary function of a Content Management System—making it easy for non-technical staff to update content—helps facilitate constituent interaction by helping your nonprofit better attract and engage visitors to its website. She’s a frequent speaker and writer on nonprofit technology topics.

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BoardAssist

MARCH 24, 2015

Earlier this year BoardSource asked nonprofit CEOs to rate their boards. How to Get Beyond B-Minus: The State of Nonprofit Boards Today. While there is lots of good news to share, the bottom line is that nonprofit leaders give nonprofit boards a “B minus” grade in overall performance. governance'

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2012

It profiles an innovative organization called EngAGE. EngAGE is a nonprofit that changes aging, and the way people think about aging, by transforming senior apartment communities into vibrant centers of learning, wellness and creativity. The NOHO Senior Arts Colony and the Long Beach Senior Arts Colony will open in 2012.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 5, 2019

I didn’t follow a traditional path into a nonprofit career. When I became the first employee of She’s the First in 2012, I faced the daunting task of figuring out how to be a CEO and also fundraise. My first year on staff, I nearly quadrupled our growth, going from $64,000 in annual revenue in 2011 to $244,000 in 2012.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Editor's note — This blog piece by Micah Sifry touches on the still inadequate state of funding for nonprofit technology. Democracy platform reveals the state of nonprofit technology funding in a critical area in some detail. Nonprofit Technology Funding for Democracy: The Problem.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2012

She has worked in healthcare, politics and government, and technology for more than 20 years and appreciates working with nonprofit fundraisers and philanthropy consultants who use NOZA philanthropy data every day. Now, it’s the nearing the end of 2012. NOZAsearch is available through the Blackbaud donation program at TechSoup.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

Elaina Todd, an environmental planner who develops social marketing campaigns with the nonprofit conservation group Rare, is profiled in our most recent case study for Benetech’s Miradi software. Her campaign is seeking a 50% reduction in illegal fires or arson by this year and a 10% reduction in watershed sedimentation by 2012.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2012

Keeping your critical data on an online cloud service has sparked ongoing debate in the nonprofit sector, not just in the U.S., argues that cloud-based services are likely to be safer and more secure than most in-house nonprofit computer systems. nonprofits across eight states in 2011. but all over the world.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

The 2014 Charitable Giving Report includes 24 months of overall giving data from 4,798 nonprofit organizations representing more than $16.2 The report also includes online giving data from 3,724 nonprofits representing over $2 billion in online fundraising. billion in total fundraising. Overall Giving Trends. on a year-over-year basis.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

When it comes to nonprofit marketing , I cringe every time I hear the words “engage”, “engaging” or “engagement.” These terms have been so overused that they’ve lost their meaning, and I’ve found that many organizations still struggle to elevate their nonprofit websites to be more than just online brochures.

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