Care2

MARCH 17, 2014

Is your nonprofit effectively engaging donors? Are you moving donors up the ladder of engagement? And, if you were surveyed on your donor engagement, would your org fall under the good, the bad, or the ugly? Here''s a sneak peek into what was discovered during this undercover donor testing: Thank You Emails.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

By focusing on projects, NGOs can gain the confidence of donors by keeping them updated on how funds are to be used. Finally, M-Changa seeks to build trust from both local and international donors. M-Changa has assisted 28,000 projects to raise $5 million from 350,000 contributors since 2013.

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Kenya Trend Mobile Giving 193

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2013

When was the last time you had to look up a donor's contact information while you were away from your desk? Mobile CRM apps can help you stay organized and track potential donors while you're at a fundraising event, on the road, or networking at a conference. TechSoup Donor Partners. Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Mobile.

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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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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2014

In 2013, mobile donations on PayPal increased by over 200%. How to engage donors in a mobile world. mobile apps webinars mobile phone fundraising donors TechSoup Event nonprofits tsevent mobile phones online fundraising event tsevents' Nonprofits can expect that growth to continue to skyrocket in 2014 and beyond.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2014

Why would a homeless person need a mobile phone? For one thing, phones allow them to look for work, housing, or medical help. Phones also provide a reliable contact method for people who have no permanent address. Many donors have ongoing conversations with HandUp clients, says Rose Broome, founder of HandUp.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 3, 2014

I work as the Donor Relations Coordinator at Lena Pope , an agency that serves children and families through counseling and education. We impact over 10,000 lives each year, and in 2013 we had a donor retention rate of 43% ( compared to 27% ). Over a 5 year period, we’ve gone from retaining 29% of our donors to 43%.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

All the traditional fundraising tools (phone-a-thons, direct mail) are. Plus, the way donors are. 34% of smartphone Internet users go online mostly using their phones. 34% of smartphone Internet users go online mostly using their phones. In October 2013, mobile phone users sent an average of 678 texts a month!

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Turkey Fundraising Phone Mobile 59

ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 10, 2020

These changes have significant consequences for how organizations connect with donors, clients, partners, and employees. According to Pew Research Center, a whopping 96 percent of Americans now own a cell phone, and the share that own smartphones is now 81 percent—up from just 35 percent in 2011. Speed is a priority for users.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Eastern time as they discuss why your organization needs to have a sound mobile strategy in 2013. Join Network for Good's Katya Andresen and PayPal's Tanya Urschel on February 26 at 1 p.m.

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People Phone Donation Paypal 47

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2014

Whether compared to adoption of the wheel, the car, or even fire, the mobile phone is the most popular tool in human history. Case in point: if your website takes more than 2-3 seconds to load on a computer, or especially a phone, you can expect to lose about half your visitors. It’s easy to switch.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2013

On a four-inch smartphone screen, a potential donor scrolls to the far corner of the youth outreach program's webpage. New and existing donors, volunteers, and others could be frustrated with perhaps their first interaction with your organization, miss out on particular initiatives, or never return to your site. It's Here.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2014

In honor of the release of the newest npExperts ebook, Show the Love: Thoughtful Engagement to Retain Donors , this roundup all about retention. I mean, is it just me or is anyone else a little concerned that donor retention remains a lower priority for nonprofits across the industry? Donor retention. We think so.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Furthermore, smartphone sales skyrocketed last year while PC sales are expected to decline in 2013. The speakers at The Chronicle of Philanthropy's Nonprofit Technology Forecast for 2013 , held in January, all emphasized the importance of responsive design for nonprofits this year.

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Library Mobile Design Web 71

Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2014

Fairphone wanted to do something more so they decided to make their dream earth-friendly phone a reality. Owners of a Fairphone will also be able to easily order new parts in case their phone is damaged. By encouraging do-it-yourself phone repairs, Fairphone and iFixit hope to cut down on e-waste. Anti-Phone-Theft Pledge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

I was honored to be invited to cover this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum , a community of donors and social investors committed to international causes. Gwen Walden (@WaldenPhil) April 15, 2013. Nonprofits and donors find it time consuming to find and analyze meaningful data to help outcomes. gpf13 #philanthropy.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 27, 2017

As mobile phone use continues to surge, texting is becoming an increasingly relevant tool for nonprofits. Mobile phone subscriptions worldwide were at 4.01 billion in 2013 and are expected to reach 5.07 Text messages allow organizations to contact donors in real time, making texting an efficient tool in fundraising campaigns.

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Giving Libya Demographics Adopt 49

BoardAssist

MARCH 10, 2015

A responsive website is one that, depending on the type of device a web visitor is accessing your site from, whether that be a smart phone, tablet, or laptop / desktop computer, the website functions and displays correctly. 91% of American adults own a cell phone. • Donors, donors, donors. Did you get my email?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Four quick bits of news: a new life for New York City pay phones, a more "conversational" way to search for information, the recently-launched Give app, and smart garbage. Useless Pay Phones to Become Free WiFi Hot Spots in New York City. Google launched a similar service for their Chrome browser in 2013. The Give App.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2013

While beautiful charity galas and creative offline campaigns still gather support for nonprofits’ causes, they slowly slip away from donors’ focus. According to the 2013 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , online revenue grew by 21% over 2011 totals, presenting nonprofits even more reasons to pull out the heavy gear and start online fundraising.

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Offline Support Online Donor 38

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Interestingly enough, our 2013 budget projection for the Martus project is larger than the combined group was in 2012. This growth in human rights work, supported by strong donor relationships, makes it possible to carry out a spinoff at a position of great strength!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

According to 2013 Pew research : 91% of American adults have a cell phone, 55% have a smartphone, and 42% own a tablet computer. 63% of adult mobile phone owners use their phones to go online, and 34% of those users go online mostly using their phones. Fundraising Tech Planning Web Building mobile phones'

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Mobile Resource Donation Library 50

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

It's also a good way for your organization to attract new donors, and an incentive to keep contact information up to date. Provide a simple process through which donors can give to your organization via text messaging or mobile payment processing. 2give : Collect $10 donations billed directly to the donor's cellphone.

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Mobile Fundraising Phone Library 61

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2012

People-OnTheGo delivers the webinars using GoToWebinar, a product of one of TechSoup's donor partners, Citrix Online. With GoToWebinar, audio is available either through free integrated VoIP services or through toll-based phone conferencing. First Dates in 2013. Eligible organizations can request two licenses per year.

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Library License Audio Calendar 55

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2012

People-OnTheGo delivers the webinars using GoToWebinar, a product of one of TechSoup's donor partners, Citrix Online. With GoToWebinar, audio is available either through free integrated VoIP services or through toll-based phone conferencing. First Dates in 2013. Eligible organizations can request two licenses per year.

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Library License Audio Calendar 55

Tech Soup

JULY 30, 2014

Many experts believe that POTS phones will disappear from the workplace completely in the next 5-10 years. While you probably still have some time with your old phone system, many organizations are already shifting to mobile or Internet-based systems like VoIP. Many landline customers have noticed the cost of landlines rising steadily.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Imagine for a moment that your organization has a declining donor base. Most of your loyal donors are older and, frankly, they’re dying. You need to find new donors, and have decided to focus on acquiring younger ones. This sounds wise since Gen Ys are future donors and they’re attached to their smart phones.

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Giving Canada Generation Social Media 34

Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

As always, there’s plenty more news like how Facebook’s news feed policy is not good news for charities, how smartphone kill switch legislation will affect your organization, how things like your own perspiration will run your phone someday and some more NPTech quick hits. million phones were stolen in the U.S., Quick Hits.

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News Charity Mobile New York City 61

Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

The big recent digital inclusion news is the Federal Communication Commission's ( FCC ) proposal to extend the Lifeline Program , which has supplied discounted phone service to low-income people since 1985. Some Lifeline phone service providers also offer free mobile phones and minutes to low-income families. A Human Right.

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Accessibility Internet Work San Francisco 36

sgEngage

JULY 6, 2011

Every day, someone at a nonprofit is looking for a donor’s address or phone number online, Googling a name for past giving or searching for some biographical information on LinkedIn. Of course, a true prospect research unit would do far more than this in qualifying a prospect or profiling a donor. Completely!

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Question North America China Washington 75

NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

1] And not just that, according to Gartner Research, by 2013 mobile phones will take over PC’s as the most common web access device. [2] Now imagine if you had a simple mobile rendering that will allow them to easily view your web pages on their mobile phones. 2] Also, 41% of mobile internet time is spent on email.[3]

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Trend Technology Gartner Nonprofit 100

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

According to the August 2014 Symantec Intelligence Report , there were 259 data breaches between September 2013 and August 2014. If that laptop held a copy of your donor data, losing it is just as harmful as a hacker plotting an attack. So What Really Causes Data Breaches? Accidental leakage (21 percent).

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Laptop NGO Software Nonprofit 66

Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2014

It was the end of February in 2013 when Yahoo’s celebrated young CEO, Marissa Mayer, decided to end telecommuting at Yahoo to boost collaboration and communication within the company. You just need a phone to use it. This donor partner provides discounted rates for a $45 admin fee. The Media Frenzy. I remember it well.

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Policy Yahoo Work Audio 57

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

In a major study of more than 800 Canadian donors that we at hjc recently completed with Blackbaud , Edge Research , and Sea Change Strategies , two big trends stood out: mobile fundraising and crowdfunding. But, how will these two trends help you reach each generation of Canadian donors? First, let’s look at the generations studied.

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Generation Mobile Trend Giving 35

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Collect all these details: Basic Information: Funder name and contact information; background of key people (officers, donors, staff, trustees). From developing your own online store to taking donations from your phone, TechSoup has you covered. GiftWorks is fundraising and donor management software specially designed for nonprofits.

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Fund Research Grant Guidelines 55

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

" Facebook piloted "Donate" buttons for some big charities like the Red Cross and the American Cancer Society back in 2013. She does say that the new Donate Now button "gives organizations a further opportunity to entice a Facebook user who might otherwise not be a donor to give." GoodWorld takes a 4.8

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2014

Traditionally, a call to action has been to donate in response to a direct mailing or a phone call. The Online Marketing Benchmark Study released by Blackbaud in 2013 found that the median amount raised per email address on file is $13. Start by offering a call to action, an option for people to engage with your organization.

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