Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

In 2013, in only its second year, 10,000 groups in 40 countries participated. Some of the ways she mentioned are: Cities and counties raising funds for several local charities. The GivingTuesday.org website provides tools and resources for getting started , like ideas and examples, logos and web banners, and toolkits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

However, this type of community giving (known as Harambee in Kiswahili) usually goes towards individuals rather than organisations, common examples include medical bills, funeral costs & weddings. M-Changa also makes it easy for NGOs to account for funds coming in from multiple paymnet channels with automatic reporting and statements.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Donor-advised funds (DAFs) have become one of the hottest tools in philanthropy over the last few years. While the funds have been around for decades, the 1990s ushered in an increasing interest in DAFs as financial planning and planned giving tools. What makes a donor-advised fund so attractive? Here’s How it Works.

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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 project was originally funded by Microsoft for the Transforming Communities of Practice grant. If fraud is suspected, the company will reverse the fund transfer. You have to trust Square.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2014

The first is The Giving Day Play books which a collective archive of formally documented processes, examples, check lists, and case studies planning and hosting giving days. After processing about 66 donations per minute during their 2013 event, the website crashed at 12:30 p.m.—for for five hours.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2013

You see, several months later, the federal Department of Education challenged us to compete against a well-respected national nonprofit 60 times our size in a bid to provide accessible educational materials for US students who are blind, dyslexic, or otherwise print disabled. I was wrong. million contract to do just that.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

Here are a few examples of what purpose-driven companies do that set them apart. This is increasingly important now, at a time when companies are being challenged to make tough choices and corporate social responsibility is top of mind. For example, My Special Aflac Duck is a social robot that helps kids cope with cancer.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

For example, if you were writing a post on how to keep dogs cool in the summer, you could reference a dog popsicle recipe on your blog, providing a direct link to that page. Draft your blog in advance of your due date so you have time to edit. Link to resources In your blog posts, make sure to reference other pages on your blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Also, check out Lucy’s Digital Civil Society wiki for examples of open data used for the social good. Harvard Business Review, March 2013. SSIR Blog, January 2013. We identified several great examples of nonprofit using social media data for decision-making, mostly to support communications strategy. Not Data Driven.”

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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. Department of Education Office for Special Education Programs (OSEP). We’d love to meet you there!

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 28, 2013

Nonprofit Finance Fund. Conducted in January and February 2013, Nonprofit Finance Fund’s 2013 State of the Sector survey assessed the financial and management challenges facing 5,983 organizations across the country. But there are major hurdles in this race toward diversified funding. Welcome to Research Friday !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

I’ve taken a little break from blogging to enjoy some much needed family time. I’m lucky because my colleague, Joe Waters, offered me a guest post for your to read while I’m away from blogging. Things have just changed a lot in a short amount of time.”. However, the true genius of GoFundMe may have been its timing.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Shirkey also said, “Now is the time for experiments, lots and lots of experiments.” Knight Foundation ; Sharon Pian Chan, Director of Journalist Initiatives, the Seattle Times ; and Joe Neel, Deputy Supervising Editor, NPR. According to the 2013 Foundation Center report , U.S. and James L. million in 2009 to $687.6

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Around 2013 we began to notice an exciting renaissance in the SF tech scene as startups and entrepreneurship took off. Airbnb and Uber, for example, were created by Outsiders who had no institutional knowledge of the hotel or taxi industry – and that was a big part of their edge. Littman & Camp : There’s no time like the present!

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

Bonus: some helpful examples and templates to put this into action now. ). Exploring funding source prospects. By doing so, you’ll avoid the extra time and energy required to redo this work and ensure your forward-facing messaging about your organization is consistent. Exploring funding source prospects. Making your case.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2013

You also want to get a sense of how to create a video for these short form platforms. Madeleine Hammond did some scanning on Vine and Instagram, and came up with these stellar examples mostly from the UK. If you’re still unconvinced that Vine & Instagram are right for your brand, then the following seven examples should be of interest.

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Achieve

JUNE 8, 2023

It might be time for a capital campaign. They’re major investments of your time and resources with potentially huge payoffs—an increased capacity to drive impact, strengthened relationships with donors and partners , and tons of valuable fundraising experience. Don’t underestimate the amount of time you’ll need.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 25, 2021

Around 2013 we began to notice an exciting renaissance in the SF tech scene as startups and entrepreneurship took off. Airbnb and Uber, for example, were created by Outsiders who had no institutional knowledge of the hotel or taxi industry – and that was a big part of their edge. Littman & Camp : There’s no time like the present!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Around 2013 we began to notice an exciting renaissance in the SF tech scene as startups and entrepreneurship took off. Airbnb and Uber, for example, were created by Outsiders who had no institutional knowledge of the hotel or taxi industry – and that was a big part of their edge. Littman & Camp : There’s no time like the present!

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 11, 2013

I think if there is a project that we could choose to fund, we would want do it in several locations." Time, talent, treasure and ties Yes, ties. For example, one interviewee, David, is a financial adviser from a family of long-term philanthropists. Will they dive into new funding mechanisms? Only time will tell.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

GlassLab ( [link] ) explores the potential for existing, commercially successful digital games to serve both as potent learning environments and real-time assessments of student learning. One infamous example is Foldit , a protein-folding puzzle game that crowdsources potential real-world protein structures and solutions. In Education.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

One of the biggest changes to Bookshare in the last ten years has been in the area of education, through funding from the Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). Time flies when you’re having fun…and apparently so do books. For example, if you haven’t looked since December 31, you are SO 2012.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

While finding the right partner may take some time, having a solid understanding of the business motivations driving a company’s philanthropic programs will make it a whole lot easier. For example, if you don’t already have a corporate volunteer program, create one!

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

Last week Blackbaud along with partners HJC, Sea Change Strategies, and Edge Research released findings from the 2013 Next Generation of Canadian Giving study. For example, d irect mail is not dead. Though you should note that this takes a lot of staff resources, planning, and time to raise significant money.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2017

While this seems to be quite frequent, and perhaps more often than some of you may like, if you think about your website in terms of technology, four years is a very long time! And perhaps most notably, 2013 was also the beginning of responsive design (Mashable). devices at the same time. Apple Pay). Multiscreen Supporters.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 23, 2014

In 2013, online fundraising grew by 13.5 As more and more fundraising moves online, organizations are always looking for new ways to raise funds, and digital merchants are looking for ways to capitalize on this interest. Affiliate storefronts are a perfect example of a mutually beneficial relationship. They save time.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2014

Blackbaud hosted an educational webinar with Farra back in June on the effective use of email to Improve Online Fundraising Results that was not only entertaining, but included tons of practical examples and takaways for nonprofit professionals, which you’re sure to receive in this session as well.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2015

Or how about asking your family to purchase gift wrap as a way to raise funds around the holidays? But, with a 60 percent increase in the use of peer-to-peer fundraising between 2012 and 2013 , peer-to-peer is on the rise. Do you need to raise a lot of funds in a short period?

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 31, 2015

But for the nonprofit sector, this new way to get to people and funds can seem overwhelming—especially if your organization has been around for awhile and developed a strong cohort of traditional donors. Today, let’s spend some time to learn the basics of nonprofit crowdfunding. What Is Crowdfunding? Why Crowdfund?

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 31, 2015

But for the nonprofit sector, this new way to get to people and funds can seem overwhelming—especially if your organization has been around for awhile and developed a strong cohort of traditional donors. Today, let’s spend some time to learn the basics of nonprofit crowdfunding. What Is Crowdfunding? Why Crowdfund?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2013

Case Foundation (@CaseFoundation) April 13, 2013. Youth Business Initiative : Planning and implementing a big idea for an event on a small budget and for the first time, will no doubt include some mistakes and problems will arise that are beyond your control. These are terrific examples of how to learn from mistakes and little bets.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

For many organizations, the terms "transparency" and "accountability," when uttered in the same sentence as "indirect/administrative costs," mean only one thing: it's time for another round of belt-tightening. How GrantStation Can Help Your Nonprofit Fund Administrative Costs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

At the time of writing this article nearly 180,000 people had collectively raised almost $29 million on charity: water’s online platform. Social proof is particularly powerful when famous people are setting the example. We want our donors to be advocates. Identify Your Unique Value Proposition & Broadcast it to Your Audience.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 8, 2013

The following article originally appeared in The NonProfit Times Live from bbcon newsletter. The rise of crowd funding coupled with a changing donor demographic has led to a surge in nonprofits of all types building do it yourself (DIY) fundraising programs. Provide prospective fundraisers a plethora of ideas, examples and tools.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2013

Solicits (matching funding interests). The more you can include funding opportunities that match someone’s interests , the more success you’ll have. For example, if you know I’m interested in lung cancer issues, send me a lung cancer project or research to fund. 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

The Next Generation of Canadian Giving 2013. hjc, Blackbaud, Edge Research, and Sea Change Strategies recently studied the giving habits and communication preferences of four generations of Canadian donors and published their findings in a report called The Next Generation of Canadian Giving 2013. A recent study says no. Fundraising'

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2013

continuing modest upgrades or asking for the same amount time after time. If this sounds like your organization, then it may be time to do some sort of analysis of your database to help uncover some potential upgrades to your annual fund and major/planned gift prospects to assign and qualify in your portfolios.

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