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.

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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

JANUARY 22, 2013

3) Your YouTube Channel is absent of customization and branding. Many nonprofits are neglecting their YouTube Channels. Many nonprofits don’t even bother to upload an avatar or channel background, or add links to their social networks or website. Login – and logout – as fast as possible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Shanon Doolittle (@sldoolittle) February 11, 2013. Colleagues Zan McColloch-Lussier and Peter Drury managing the back channel, the Twitter was rich with almost 1,000 tweets and the hashtag #kantersea trended locally. I pulled together a curated collection of the best tweets on storify , but here are a few tweets that resonated.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

I have been tracking this giving day since its first Giving Day back in 2009 and every year do a debrief post or interview. 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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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. Tweeting Cow (@Cow1321443) November 20, 2013. With Dave Evans - Futurist At Cisco.

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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. Monthly Giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

“…we are taking a much more thoughtful approach to our outreach strategies using your editorial calendar! ” – Elaine Chen, 2013. “ This is a great tool to help them do just that, thanks for sharing it! ” – John Kenyon, 2013. In order to help focus their online communications, I recommend every nonprofit have an editorial calendar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

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. But many nonprofits are not properly measuring whether their engagement efforts are worth the time and cost.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

The survey was reviewed by several social media and research experts then released to the public January 29, 2013. At last month’s Social Media Week Washington, DC 2013 , the SM4GH leadership team presented Benchmarking: Stop Comparing Apples to Potatoes.

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AUGUST 13, 2014

This past January, Steve MacLaughlin analyzed 320 emails sent to him from 55 nonprofit organizations between December 1 st and 31 st of 2013. A complete workbook and checklist for creating your campaign theme and tracking progress. Best practices in designing fundraising appeals that work across multiple channels.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

The Community Engagement Manager is charged with managing (monitoring, analyzing and acting on) NTEN’s social channels to increase engagement, grow NTEN’s reputation, and build connections in the community. The Community Project Manager contractor is charged with successfully managing two cohorts in the Communities of Impact program in 2013.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2015

We hear so much about the importance of sending multi-channel campaigns and integrating direct mail, email, social and website messaging. Where I see nonprofits often still coming up short, though, is measuring multi-channel results, especially beyond email conversions. Track It: This shouldn’t be difficult to calculate.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

Speaking during bbcon 2013, Blackbaud’s Conference for Nonprofits in National Harbor, Md., Here are five of the ideas they shared the following tips for letting data drive the dollars: Track conversions with Google Analytics. Track not only donations and event registrants, also conversions such as email and volunteer signups.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

Use your most powerful images to create galleries that you can post to your website or social media channels. PowerPoint 2013 can be used to create image slides and animations like nonprofit Trickle Up did. You can also use Visio 2013 to make dynamic diagrams and charts for your story.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 24, 2014

The device syncs with my apps that help me track my miles and meals while the FitBit itself tracks my activity level, steps, and my sleeping patterns. Start tracking the email usage among your overall and specifically your top fundraisers, then begin to think about how your organization can encourage that behavior.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

"We went live with Shopify towards the end of April 2013, and in that time we’ve seen a 75 percent increase in sales from the previous year, mainly due to the professional look of the store and the ease of the process. Shipping is made easy: Integrate shipping with every major carrier and provide tracking information to customers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

You can then make each testimonial a piece of content for your social channels by quoting the best parts in an image. Then tell these stories in multiple mediums: on your website, on your blog and in your social media channels, for example. Pencils of Promise (@PencilsOfPromis) December 10, 2013. RSVP today & come join us.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Let’s look at some practical examples for engaging and connecting with your Alumni Network on social media channels. For example, use Twitter lists to track alums and subscribe to their Facebook updates. Sharing memories from Seminar 2013 at the #icnola reunion! RamahSeminar (@RamahSeminar) December 24, 2013.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

The Community Engagement Manager is charged with managing (monitoring, analyzing and acting on) NTEN’s social channels to increase engagement, grow NTEN’s reputation, and build connections in the community. The Community Project Manager contractor is charged with successfully managing two cohorts in the Communities of Impact program in 2013.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 18, 2014

“We went live with Shopify towards the end of April 2013, and in that time we’ve seen a 75% increase in sales from the previous year, mainly due to the professional look of the store and the ease of the process. Teespring will send you the profit, and let you track the results. Track sales and growth trends.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

Examples include goals for implementing new fundraising channels or techniques, top prospects you hope to engage, check-in points along your timeline, and any limitations that could keep you from adjusting the plan as necessary to account for challenges that arise. This should help you keep you on track and your objectives achievable.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

That might seem low, but it’s actually on track with other online trends. Studies done by Dunham+Company in both 2013 and 2018 reveal that even many leading nonprofit organizations have struggled to implement common best practices. Do not confuse the channel of engagement with the channel of the transaction.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

For example, in post-earthquake Haiti, Dd trained and empowered local women to track and document incidents of gender-based violence. In January 2013, Dd also hosted a hackathon mainly comprised of local students and programmers, further cultivating ownership and sustainability in the process. Key Challenges in Working in Remote Areas.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 21, 2013

I just returned from BBCon 2013 where one of the most frequent questions I was asked by my clients was about CRM (Constituent Relationship Management) systems. In addition, CRM can help you track program results that can then be used to inform donors of the impact they have had, as well as recruit new donors or advocates to your cause.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The online protest was to raise awareness on NSA mass surveillance practices and also to promote ‘Aaron’s law’, a response to the 2013 suicide death of activist Aaron Swartz who was convicted of hacking data on an academic website and getting a sentence of 35 years in prison. Joining the Safer Internet Day Twitter party.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 2, 2013

target="_blank">The Blackbaud Index that tracks fundraising revenue for congregations and other faith-based organizations. percent for the three months ending October 2013, compared to the same period a year earlier. After flat years in 2011 and 2012, giving to religion has grown slightly in 2013.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2015

Normally, leaders are so involved with leading that they lose track of the trench workers and are unfamiliar with their systems and processes. 47% of nonprofits generated the same or less revenue in 2013 compared to 2012. Using a greater variety of software, channels, and payment methods correlates strongly with fundraising success.

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MARCH 24, 2022

Its original focus was marketing across multiple channels (leading the charge for an omnichannel approach to marketing) and was purchased by Salesforce in 2013. Marketing Cloud was founded in 2000 under the name ExactTarget. I struggle to find something that you can’t do in Marketing Cloud.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

The hours don’t reflect exactly how much time one should spend on the sites themselves, rather the time spent and the time necessary researching and preparing the content for each social network, setting up and maintaining the profile and pages, and tracking ROI. Chapter 5 :: Introduction to YouTube Channels.

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Care2

JULY 15, 2013

Multi-Channel Loyalty Programs: Increasing Customer Engagement and Frequency July 16, 2013. Next generation loyalty platforms have made it easy for brands to reward consumers for engaging online and offline through any channel: web, social, mobile, retail, and now email. Generation 2 Generation Award Celebration July 19, 2013.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

The hours don’t reflect exactly how much time one should spend on the sites themselves, rather the time spent and the time necessary researching and preparing the content for each social network, setting up and maintaining the profile and pages, and tracking ROI. Chapter 5 :: Introduction to YouTube Channels.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

As we prepare for our leap into 2014, let’s learn from 2013′s ups and downs – triumphs and flops – and make this next year one for the record books. Here’s Your 2013 Nonprofit Roundup: THIS – thanks to Marc Koenig of Nonprofit Hub: Nonprofits, 2014 is the Year of the Blog. Checklists.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" billion in 2013. " Costs are going up for direct mail, so as a channel it will need to evolve.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2014

YouTube (1 hour weekly): To upload video, create playlists, subscribe to other channels, and study the video campaigns of other nonprofits. Feedback (1 hour weekly): To track and report on success. LinkedIn (4 hours): To share two to three posts weekly, maintain your personal profile, and participate in LinkedIn Groups.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2014

The organization used multiple communication channels and technology services to request donations across all platforms which resulted in raising over $5 million worth of medicine and health care supplies. Read the case study. Read the case study.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Our vision is that the same ebooks available through mass channels like the Amazon Kindle or the Apple iPad should be fully accessible. This breakthrough instrument was negotiated in 2013 and has now been signed by over eighty countries. Enter the Born Accessible movement. And so we campaigned for the Marrakesh Treaty.

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