Bloomerang

OCTOBER 23, 2023

I’ve always been an optimist—believing people are more interested in the solution and the progress forward, than alarm and complaint. Or, like Feeding America, you can build donor preferences into your website , a smart fix. I have struggled with this throughout my fundraising career. But the data doesn’t always support that view.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2015

The fact that the $78 million awarded for technology funding in 2011 declined to $61 million in 2012 and $58 million in 2013 does not necessarily indicate a trend. New data will be added to the platform on a weekly basis, and the totals for 2013 and 2014 are likely to increase. What the Data Reveals.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! The tool will allow hackers and coders to get up to speed before the hackathon by reading problem statements written from the perspective of the people who are working to solve social problems on the ground: NGOs and activists.

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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. Thus, for 2013, please: 1) Ask for a raise. In 2013, I am focused on changing that. Good luck.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 26, 2013

On August 1, 2013, I testified before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet on the subject “ Innovation in America: The Role of Technology.” And new technology and new operational models are needed to do far more good with the same or fewer resources.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

The forecast for 2013 is for giving to slow down. Bank of America ($222 million cash). They are looking for a handful of charities like Boys & Girls Clubs of America that can make a big impact. Also attend conferences and other meetings where people on your prospect list are likely to be. Chevron ($262 million cash).

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

If you’re going to the BBCON 2013 Conference starting September 29 th , you should expect a great conference filled some of my favorite nonprofits and campaigners who will be sharing their insights in email marketing, storytelling via multiple channels, and social media wins and fails. Are people reading them at all?

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 9, 2013

And now, with the help of Bank of America’s Charitable Foundation’s. Neighborhood Builder’s Award Tech Impact’s ITWorks program can continue helping at people like William Kendima achieve more, earn more, and make more change in their community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

I just spent two amazing days at the Social Innovation Summit 2013 , a cross disciplinary crowd of people who work on social good in the areas of technology, investment, philanthropy, international development, and business. As a premier provider of digital services , they deliver a steady flow of work to people around the world.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2013

The Trust for Public Land TransForm Transportation Alternatives United Nations Foundation United Way for Southeastern Michigan United Way of Genesee County Vermont Foodbank Volunteers of America Wade Edwards Foundation and Learning Lab Women Employed World Food Program USA YES! 2013 nten challenge Fundraising givingtuesday'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Now, in your 6th year, drum roll, tell us Give to the Max Day by the numbers : Total raised: $18,316,626.42 (7% increase over 2013). Total gifts: 120,664 (13% increase over 2013). Total organizations: 5,544 (a 25% increase over 2013). Total donors: 62,607 (a 20% increase over 2013).

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2013

I met Mark Horvath, winner of the 2013 NTC Rob Stuart Memorial Award , at NTC in 2010. I remember being struck by his passion and his innovation in using social media to inspire tens of thousands of people to join the movement to fight homelessness in America.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind. Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. Accordingly, U.S.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

The forecast for 2013 is for giving to slow down. Bank of America ($222 million cash). They are looking for a handful of charities like Boys & Girls Clubs of America that can make a big impact. Also attend conferences and other meetings where people on your prospect list are likely to be. Chevron ($262 million cash).

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NTEN

DECEMBER 14, 2021

I was named to the inaugural class of Distinguished Fellows of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) in 2017, became a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) in 2001, and have traveled all over North America teaching fundraising and nonprofit management. I knew that I had found my people. NTEN has something for everyone.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 26, 2019

She also founded in 2013 Signature Leaders -- a development initiative and peer network to fast-track women into senior management.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 2, 2018

She also founded in 2013 Signature Leaders -- a development initiative and peer network to fast-track women into senior management. Thank you to the book publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

It’s why an organization matters to people. CVS realized that tobacco didn’t align with its purpose: “helping people on their path to better health.” Any area of the company that would be directly impacted had a seat at the table, connecting purpose and strategy to the people working in the stores. “We

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

She also founded in 2013 Signature Leaders -- a development initiative and peer network to fast-track women into senior management. Thank you to the book publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2021

Cause Camp is a nonprofit conference that has been nationally recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the best conferences in America for the nonprofit sector. Marc Pitman, fundraising coach and author of Ask Without Fear , instilled confidence to the 200+ attendees at the Center for People in Need’s Conference Center in Lincoln.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Net2Local, TechSoup Global’s grassroots #nptech community-building initiative has almost reached the end of 2013. That means Net2Local organizers are reaching as many people as NTEN’s NTC conference every quarter ! August 2013. September 2013. September 2013. October 2013. November 2013.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2013

Next Thursday, we''re holding a webinar that will dive into the key findings from the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study – to indicate where your organization''s performance stacks up in relation to your peers, as well as what you can be doing better to speed your journey to online success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

This has an added benefit of increasing your “people talking about” metric which gets the content into more newsfeeds. Sharing memories from Seminar 2013 at the #icnola reunion! RamahSeminar (@RamahSeminar) December 24, 2013. Notice the engagement in the comments, with people tagging each other. or “Love it!”

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 12, 2014

In 2013, internet users donated more than any previous year, with online giving up 14% since 2012. millions total gifts and nearly $325 million were raised, making 2013 a huge year for nonprofits working to optimize their online presence. Simply put, people hate filling out long forms. More than 5.5

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 12, 2014

According to the Charities Aid Foundation''s (CAF) Global Giving Index 2013, the U.S. The individual giving and volunteering is lower in Turkey, but people tend to give and volunteer informally. The Turkish “nonprofit sector” has its own terminology. ranks first while Turkey ranks 128th out of 135 countries.*

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Our goal is to help each other solve our tech challenges, find a tribe of people who share our passions, and have a ridiculously good time while we’re at it! Tinley Park, IL: Revival in America’s Heartland: the Chicago Southland Fiber Network. San Francisco, CA: Let’s Go to the BSR Sustainability Hackathon 2013!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2013

on November 14, 2013. Fortunately, we had a team of social media volunteers at a central location (our “command center”) at the Mall of America which made it easy to coordinate our response via email, blog, Facebook and Twitter. Those plans changed at around 12:30 p.m. million in donations up to that point—crashed.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 24, 2014

The hours we invest in social media are delivered by real people, some of whom are paid real money by our nonprofit. In 2013 he was named one of the country’s top emerging nonprofit leaders by Bank of America. . . Beth Kanter, the nonprofit social media guru, pointed out in 2008 that social media takes time.

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Achieve

MAY 24, 2014

Mike McGee is the co-founder of The Starter League, an immersive, full-time program in Chicago that takes people from zero to entrepreneur in nine months. In 2011, Mike decided to turn down Obama for America (his first real job offer) to launch The Starter League.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

S/he will also support NTEN’s 501 Tech Club program by coordinating with 501 Tech Club leaders across North America. The ideal candidate is someone comfortable leading without explicit authority -- managing the flow of tasks, not people -- and able to keep the train moving, while keeping all necessary stakeholders in the loop.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

In 2014, we have 58 more sessions under Global Impact and Policy than we had in 2013 under the three categories we used that year as themes for this type of content (Community and Activism, Diversity and Emerging Markets and Government and Civic Engagement),” said Tammy Lynn Gilmore, nonprofit evangelist at SXSW. asked Reich.

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Care2

MARCH 17, 2014

For 6 months in 2013, after making an online contribution, they tracked all interactions with these organizations through direct mail, online, and by phone. Their goal was to observe how some of America’s most notable charities are integrating their donor communications across multiple channels. Make them special and valued.

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Media Cause

MARCH 10, 2022

But people change. I stepped into this current position by way of being the Director of Social at Boys & Girls Clubs of America by way of being a social strategist for various nonprofits and companies, by way of being a Community Manager and Communications Specialist at Georgia-Pacific. You are a human, not a brand. .

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2021

Cause Camp is a nonprofit conference that has been nationally recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the best conferences in America for the nonprofit sector. Marc Pitman, fundraising coach and author of Ask Without Fear , instilled confidence to the 200+ attendees at the Center for People in Need’s Conference Center in Lincoln.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River, a Seattle-based nonprofit publishing company, has undertaken 16 conservation projects to date with just three staff people. The organization's project on The Last Polar Bear reached more than 20 million people. million people through national media outreach, including an appearance on "Good Morning America."

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River, a Seattle-based nonprofit publishing company, has undertaken 16 conservation projects to date with just three staff people. The organization's project on The Last Polar Bear reached more than 20 million people. million people through national media outreach, including an appearance on "Good Morning America."

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 10, 2013

#GivingTuesday 2013 might over, but no it’s not! Local business owners worked with people recovering from substance abuse on local recycling and beautification projects. Limitless Good launched a “Share a Smile, We’ll Share a Meal” campaign to donate to Feeding America.

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