Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

By default, logging in regularly to approve new members also makes you a better group manager, because while you are logged in, you should also be participating in discussions and managing spam. Requiring approval to join forces you to be engaged in your group on a regular basis and take responsibility for monitoring spam.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

“Originally the annual appeal was sent by direct mail, then we saw a shift to email, but even now email is becoming less effective–spam filters are picking up more and people are growing numb to solicitations.” Nonprofits want technology resources they can trust, and they want to know they are getting good advice.”

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2021

While some advice may suggest starting with determining a channel, the reality is, if you want the best results, you need to know who your audience is FIRST—and let that drive your decision about which channel you think they will respond to. . Tip #2: Locate. Now that you know who you are looking for, you can actually go looking!

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Bloomerang

MARCH 13, 2023

85% of all emails are spam. Practical advice: How often to message people? The average nonprofit email open rate is 23%. So more than three-quarters of the folks on your list will never see your beautifully crafted, compelling message. You’re not their priority. So how can you increase the odds your message will be received?

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Robert Weiner

JULY 22, 2011

TELEPHONE: (206) 309-0312. FAX: (202) 666-5283.

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Roundtree

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

My one piece of advice to my daughter and son-in-law at their wedding was “never assume what has never been said.” And we're promising not to spam you. Here are four habits your organization can develop to build stronger relationships with donors and retain them: #1: Communication is the key. . This is also true with donors.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Email or direct messaging on Facebook or Twitter might just be a solid course of action, but be sure to do it smartly: send personal and custom messages, not formulaic missives which may be interpreted as spam; honor the recipient’s rules for messaging, such as sending them to specific addresses depending on the topic etc.;

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

While you may already be sending emails to talk to your supporters, everyone can use some extra advice when it comes to making donation appeals via email. . Still others are marked as spam and go to the trash folder, never to see the light of day again. . Where are your nonprofit’s emails going? Make it bold.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Over the decade that followed, most groups became overrun with spam and tech glitches, and as a result, LinkedIn Groups almost became obsolete. LinkedIn launched Groups in 2005 as a means for professionals to connect with other professionals in a public forum.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2009

More troubling, the title of the blog was changed to a funky spam link. We figure the spam title was because the default WordPress install that replaced my database was an older version which immediately fell victim to known security exploits. I couldn’t log in to wp-admin. All panic and I can’t think logically.

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Everyaction

JANUARY 29, 2018

Did you know an average of 18.21% of emails go straight to spam? Tackling list segments can seem daunting at first but our advice for an easy way to start is to create donor personas. Over time your email list can gather users who are no longer engaged or worse have all your emails sent to spam (see deliverability).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

Paul Buchheit is the created of Gmail and Adsense and has set up collaborative process to get advice on how he should donate "a bunch of money." He isn't relying on the traditional approach of asking an expert, but wants to crowdsource suggestions through social networks.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 7, 2017

GivingTuesday 2017 Webinar Series : Stay up to date with advice, how-tos, and more in the coming months with this webinar series. How Nonprofits Can Improve Their Email Deliverability : Ensure that your emails are being delivered to your donors’ inboxes and avoiding the spam folder. Preparing your database. Stewarding your donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

" So, I'm sharing a little getting started advice, a mini-case study, and a list of resources. Myspace avoids spamming so the members usually blocks people from adding them directly unless you know them personally or their email. I've been experimenting quite a bit over the last 18 months way too many social networking tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2007

We aren't talking about commercial use or spamming. Over the summer Ranger Rick's exposure was growing (slowly because I didn't want to spam people) and he had over 500 friends when his account was disabled. What is your advice to nonprofits are thinking about using Facebook to promote their cause? Especially for Non-profits.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 22, 2009

I didn’t want anyone to think I was attempting to dispense medical advice, and I don’t censor any comments posted as long as they’re not flaming or spam. If I tried to make it anything more than that, I was afraid I would ruin it.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 22, 2009

I didn’t want anyone to think I was attempting to dispense medical advice, and I don’t censor any comments posted as long as they’re not flaming or spam. If I tried to make it anything more than that, I was afraid I would ruin it.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

"I tend to receive a lot of phishing spam, especially to some of the generic info@ email aliases that are posted publicly. TechSoup: Safer Online for Nonprofits: Practical Advice to Keep You Safe. I don’t use it to sign up for services or anything. I have a couple of others for everything else."

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NTEN

JANUARY 15, 2010

That's the warning coming through the NTEN Discuss list this week when someone asked the list for advice about their domain, which someone from China emailed them they should "protect" by registering other like-domains through them. Robert Weiner has been documenting this type of SPAM and sharing with the community since 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

I have a really good spam filter ( Spam bayse ), I use rules/filters to direct project related email and listserv email to folders, and am fairly good at "zeroing" out my inbox. We've done this a lot over the past year or so) Anyway, she has some terrific advice on this topic here.

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Spam filtering, fraud detection, and recommendation systems are examples. Even though Chat’s decision-making is governed by algorithms, its data set is large enough to provide advice on a myriad of topics. These are the major players across broad categories of applications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

I am avoiding spamming all three networks with cut and paste streams. .&# NWF is in the “imaging&# stage of what the potential is for the platform. I am also experimenting with techniques for network weaving across platforms and curating content related to effective practice of networked nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

I thought I’d tweeted about it so much that Twitter was going to suspend my account for spamming—yet many of my followers didn’t even know about it. The best piece of advice? Late in the evening on 09/09/09, I DM’d a few people whom I assumed followed my every breath—and was shocked to find they didn’t even know about the Twitterthon.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2011

Care2 provides visitors to their site green-living advice and the opportunity to act on behalf of the causes they care most about. Maintain Members’ Trust : The first method by which Care2 works to maintain their members’ trust is to protect their community from spam and trolls to maintain a safe online community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2006

Rik wrote a great post this called Global Poverty Death Counter: good cause, @!#(*@() implementation (Rik used another word in the headline, but I don't any trackback spam). " He goes on to offer some advice: Get to know the community first. It is a rant about the billboard put up by the World Development Movement in Second Life.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 19, 2016

Part of this is rooted in a legitimate desire not to spam people. The worst way to disrespect participants is to ignore the advice, experience, and expertise that you asked them to provide. At my institution, we (embarrassingly) did this for a long time. You'd assume that something hadn't gone well. Use their input.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

TechSoup’s Elliot Harmon has great articles on developing your first website and how websites work , full of tips, advice, and in-depth information to help you make the best choices. Don’t let this happen to you!

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Robert Weiner

AUGUST 1, 2011

I advice you to get back to me immediately for further arrangement towards the transmission of your inheritance fund to you. Thanks, Best Regards. Dr. Lamido Sanusi ( Cbn Governor).

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Our community of readers is our lifeline; sharing back with us their nonprofit marketing wants and needs plus advice for us to share with their peers. Ideally this includes a strict anti-spam policy, automatic SPAM cleaners, ISP-specific controls and white-list approvals.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 29, 2009

I’d accepted the friend request and then started getting spammed. My best advice is to have an open mind, do your research and to just get online and play. I gave her an example of an example of a Facebook friend that I recently had to let go. We went to high school together but we barely knew each other.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2006

At first, I thought it was comment spam promoting a porno site but far from it. What advice would you offer to nonprofits who want to use tagging? Today I discovered Cityzenjane's blog and her i_like_to_watch tag/delicious rss feed via a comment to one of my blog posts. A girl can dream can't she?) Why do you tag?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

That’s equivalent to sending an email to your supporters and 98% of your emails going to spam folders. For further advice on using Facebook Stories effectively, please see this Complete Guide to Facebook Stories. either way, Facebook organic reach is estimated to be an abysmal 2%. 9) Experiment with Facebook Live.

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Qgiv

MAY 7, 2021

Want more advice for hosting peer-to-peer events at your medical nonprofit? This way, they can give via text without you spamming their phones with messages. Need more advice around telling impactful stories in appeals without violating patients’ right to privacy? We’ve got you covered. Gala fundraisers.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

The reality is, we're all bombarded with digital messages and shares and likes and spam. Great advice! I worked with a nonprofit several years ago, and we had the most success with donors when we actually talked to them. Currently (on my lowly grad student budget), I only give money to one nonprofit org.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 6, 2021

Before we dive in, check out this advice from Susan Dannemiller, Executive Director for Children’s Day Preschool. Susan’s great advice can help tremendously when planning your welcome series. Read on for tips to make your welcome emails engaging for donors. Tips from an actual nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

One unique idea is in the area of donor advice, for example developing a personal assistant for donors to help them decide where to donate. The technology of text-analytics has been around for a while, for example it powers the spam filter you rely on to tame your inbox manageable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2005

I'm looking at the advice I just offered and realized that this theme of integration and connection permeates my work. They are both spam magnets and I have enough trouble dealing with email spam as it is. Write for other people's blogs and have them write for yours. Collaborate. Find other ways to connect with your readers.

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