NTEN

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

> Download the 2013 NTEN Community Survey Report In July 2013, we circulated the online survey link to the NTEN Community via direct email (sent to 38,354 contacts) and announcements in our community channels, including our blog, NTEN Discuss list, our Facebook page, our Twitter network, and our LinkedIn group.

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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. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Are they just empty buzzwords, or actual tools that can help your nonprofit raise money online? The key is using stories to get people’s attention on social media channels. Social media by itself is not a very effective channel for direct fundraising. It is called Facebook for a reason – we like to see faces!

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

2013 was the year of an ever-widening NSA spying scandal with its revelations of how little digital privacy we really have – even heads of state. PCs aren’t going away, but mobile devices (phones and tablets) are flooding in to the nonprofit workplace. A 2013 survey from The Millennial Impact. What this means?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2013

My e-newsletter is by far the driving force behind Nonprofit Tech 2.0. Those 27,000+ subscribers produce more return on investment (ROI) in terms of bringing in new clients and webinar attendees than my 600,000+ Twitter followers and 40,000+ Facebook fans combined. Link to video on the HRW YouTube Channel.

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Care2

DECEMBER 30, 2012

As you have probably experienced yourself, raising money for your nonprofit campaign on social media is like pulling teeth. According to the 2012 Nonprofit benchmark Social Network Benchmarking Report, 98% of nonprofits didn’t raise a dime on Facebook, which is second most trafficked site on the web in the U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

Nonprofit website design and online fundraising have dramatically changed in recent years due to the rapid rise of social media and mobile communications. Much of a nonprofit’s website traffic came from search engines thus a large quantity of content was placed on the home page. World Wildlife Fund Website :: March 15, 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Frank Barry offers this guest post with some advice about how to succeed with nonprofit fundraising in 2013. 2 Strategies for Overcoming Common Fundraising Challenges All Nonprofits Face [Infographic] – Guest Post by Frank Barry. What challenges do nonprofits face? Multi-Channel Fundraising = Optimism.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2018

In a sea of channels, the best way to stand out is to ensure you’re showing up where your audience is most likely to be. But navigating information channels is trickier than navigating TV channels, especially if you don’t have the right information. Here are a few key takeaways: Direct mail still brings in the most money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2014

Users can share them on Instagram while also choosing to share them to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare. It was created in 2010 and purchased by Facebook in 2012 (more history here ). Nonprofit Examples and Getting Started or Rebooting A Strategic Approach. Ten Inspiring Nonprofits (2012) on Instagram by Mashable.

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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. Channeling Joan Rivers and E!’s

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

If your nonprofit has a good content strategy in place and understands the power of integrating all your nonprofit’s communications channels (website, email, Facebook, texting, etc.), There absolutely is a math to social and mobile media. There is also a science to social and mobile media. Blog Unique Visitors.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Should you change your nonprofit’s Facebook profile image to show support of a hot political issue? Every nonprofit’s policy is going to be different, because every nonprofit has different needs, different audiences, different missions, and different campaign goals. Click here to follow us on Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

If your nonprofit has a good content strategy in place and understands the power of integrating all your nonprofit’s communications channels (website, email, Facebook, texting, etc.), There absolutely is a math to social and mobile media. There is also a science to social and mobile media. Blog Unique Visitors.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2016

As this Snap Chat 101 for business people in the Wall Street Journal points out, “Facebook is for major life updates. ” Nonprofits and SnapChat. I waited to see if other nonprofits would embrace this emerging social media platform. Be sure to promote your SnapChat on other social channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Thousands of Minnesota nonprofits and schools were lighting up Twitter and Facebook with posts about the need for support and requests for donations. As the event organizer, we allocated a few thousand dollars to paid promotion of posts on Twitter, Facebook, Google and YouTube. on November 14, 2013. Stay tuned!”.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

M-Changa also makes it easy for NGOs to account for funds coming in from multiple paymnet channels with automatic reporting and statements. M-Changa has assisted 28,000 projects to raise $5 million from 350,000 contributors since 2013. 7% have donated directly to an organization using Facebook Fundraising Tools.

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NTEN

JANUARY 31, 2014

If you made a video in 2013 that had an impact in your community or around the world, we want to see it. Viewers cast thousands of votes, and nonprofit participants saw a surge of views on YouTube. Entries must have been produced between January 1, 2013, and February 15, 2014.

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Care2

APRIL 9, 2014

It''s no secret that the nonprofit community has seen a steady decline in email open rates, click-through rates, and email page completion rates, which was also confirmed by the 2014 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study. The report, which analyzed data from 53 nonprofits, over 2.1 The report, which analyzed data from 53 nonprofits, over 2.1

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Colleague Miriam Brousseau tagged me and several other “close professional ties” asking us for resources on nonprofits and content strategy. I asked Miriam if she would summarize what she learned about nonprofits and content strategy in a guest post and here it is. Nonprofit tech and communications specialist Ash Shepard.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 24, 2014

Not all social media channels are created equal. That’s just one of the great pieces of advice we got from this week’s terrific guest blogger Anthony Pisapia of Philadelphia nonprofit Tech Impact. But the reality is that nonprofits are usually resource constrained when it comes to marketing. I hear you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

No doubt you’ve taken a “ selfie ,” a self-portrait taken with your mobile phone camera and shared on Facebook or other social media channels. Recent research suggests that taking and posting too many selfies on your Facebook profile (or other social channels) can be damaging to your relationships.

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Care2

MAY 13, 2014

They have deemed email a dying communications channel, which is absurd. Email lists and email marketing continue to grow, especially for the nonprofit sector where list size grew at least 14% in 2013, according to the 2014 eNonprofit Benchmark study. Online giving increased 14% in 2013, mainly due to email communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

But many nonprofits are not properly measuring whether their engagement efforts are worth the time and cost. Based on the her book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit, winner of the 2013 Terry McAdam Award, Beth Kanter will share frameworks, strategies and practical tips for engaging with your network in ways that lead to measurable results.

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Care2

MAY 13, 2014

They have deemed email a dying communications channel, which is absurd. Email lists and email marketing continue to grow, especially for the nonprofit sector where list size grew at least 14% in 2013, according to the 2014 eNonprofit Benchmark study. Online giving increased 14% in 2013, mainly due to email communications.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Last week, Care2 held another great webinar about the benefits of cross-channel integration for nonprofits featuring Paul Habig of Sankynet, Sarah Alexander of Food & Water Watch, and Care2's own Eric Rardin. Why should your organization integrate its donor channels?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Note from Beth: Last week, I had the pleasure of facilitating two workshops on becoming a Networked Nonprofit: Effective Social Strategy for nonprofits in Santa Barbara hosted by the Fund for Santa Barbara. In order to help focus their online communications, I recommend every nonprofit have an editorial calendar. Great idea!

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2017

At the Lupus Foundation of America , we’ve been active on Instagram since 2013, though until recently, it was not a central part of our organization’s social media strategy. 5 Instagram Ideas for Nonprofits. By mid-2016 however, Instagram’s growth in popularity was having upside effects that we couldn’t ignore.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

That purpose, of course, is to build a life-long relationship with alumni of your nonprofit’s program or school so that they are a donor and champion for your organization. Let’s look at some practical examples for engaging and connecting with your Alumni Network on social media channels. pic.twitter.com/PXdIUl0IIQ.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Earlier this month, when Instagram announced its user community had grown to more than 400 million, it reminded me that I needed to update my curated collection of Instagram for Nonprofit resources. Nonprofit Examples and Getting Started or Rebooting A Strategic Approach. Ten Inspiring Nonprofits (2012) on Instagram by Mashable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2014

After spending a year facilitating a peer learning community of Knight Foundation grantees hosting giving days, one of the most factors for success for local no nonprofits participating is having about 6-9 months timeframe to develop a plan. NetworkforGood to the rescue! million in a day on #GivingTuesday 2013.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Just in time for TechSoup's Social Media September September , our friends at Idealware have released an update to The Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide. Idealware's Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide is a good place to make your basecamp. Where do you start? ” “What are we doing with Pinterest?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

A benchmarking process can be as simple as finding a handful of similar nonprofit organizations and comparing your key performance metrics. Take this example comparing nonprofits performance in pinerest. But if you are working with a network of similar nonprofits, doing a more formal benchmarking study can offer a lot of benefits.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

It's high time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news! The online protest event was organized by the DC area based advocacy nonprofit, Demand Progress. The Microsoft @Safer Online channel is hosting an all-day tweet chat for sharing online safety tips. Privacy and Security. The Day We Fight Back.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Tammy Moloy is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub, and a Senior Consultant with Ashley|Rountree and Associates, a leading regional non-profit consulting firm based in Louisville, Kentucky. In light of the ALS Association’s recent epic success, the nonprofit industry is abuzz with talk of how to recreate the next Ice Bucket Challenge.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

In 1999, Blackbaud pioneered the nonprofit technology market by introducing reliable, secure, and donor-friendly online donation forms. The last three years, in particular, have shown how online giving continues to be a growth engine for fundraising in the nonprofit sector. Stop, Start, and Continue. Sadly, that is not the case.

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