Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2020

If your organization tends to not put much strategic thought into its toolkit aside from periodically purchasing new tools, it’s definitely worth your time to get started. A nonprofit technology plan is a strategic roadmap for how your organization’s entire toolkit fits together and supports your broader mission and goals over time.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 31, 2022

Who they are: Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation (VBCF) is a statewide, Richmond-based nonprofit committed to the eradication of breast cancer through education and advocacy. Check out the DIY and Network Fundraising toolkit. Curious about additional resources that can help you host a cost-effective campaign?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2017

One important part of effective digital measurement is being able to benchmark your performance relative to your organization’s past performance or compared to peer organizations. One excellent resource to use for benchmarking nonprofit digital results (in the US) is the annual M&R Benchmarks study of nonprofit digital advocacy.

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Candid

MAY 20, 2021

At the Capital Campaign Toolkit , we’ve also thought deeply about these questions over the past year. In fact, at the Capital Campaign Toolkit, we’ve developed a special program specifically for this purpose—raising $100,000 or more in an eight-week period. It’s definitely do-able.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Hunter Arscott : If we truly want to empower women to live bold and brave careers, courageous advocacy can’t stop with advocating for ourselves. The book can be used as a comprehensive guide and toolkit as readers build their bold and brilliant careers. Question: How can women best support and advocate for other women?

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

The Marketplace should be your main resource for finding a consultant or add-on tool for your Blackbaud toolkit. Working exclusively with nonprofits, we understand the unique set of needs and pressures that fundraising brings and can create fully customized solutions for your Blackbaud toolkit. Learn more about our array of products.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2020

By revisiting these lessons, we can assemble a valuable toolkit to aid social good organizations as they navigate this period of uncertainty. From each one of these events, a key fundraising lesson has emerged. These events can cause a metric like retention or new donor acquisition to swing up and down.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2015

One we like that is oriented toward open source and also advocacy is the Library Freedom Project (LFP). This advocacy project aims "to protect each library user's right to privacy and confidentiality with respect to information sought or received and resources consulted, borrowed, acquired or transmitted.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The consultant you partner with can provide insight that significantly changes your organization’s technical toolkit and your team’s approach to technology. Advocacy Strategy: Our team can conduct a needs analysis for your nonprofit’s advocacy strategy, source software, and customize solutions as needed to advance your advocacy efforts.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

DECEMBER 18, 2018

One is doing advocacy around ensuring voting rights and access to democracy work for young people. The other piece that we do around this type of mobilization is putting together toolkits with graphics and messages people can share with their friends encouraging them to vote. To reach them we have two buckets of work.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2016

Sometimes, it requires taking a step back to gain perspective on all the different ways data storytelling can enhance advocacy efforts. IJNET, the International Journalists' Network, put together a journalism safety toolkit for journalists in the field. Creating a Searchable Database. Online Guidelines and Handbook.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

When we momentarily set aside the many foundation models or toolkits for addressing a particular task, we start to remember that the essence of knowledge is shared meaning making—how we, together, come to understand and engage in community, in the world around us, and in change itself. Whether knowledge is spoken or not, it is public.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Our team members are creating an “accountability toolkit” – a set of innovative techniques for identifying patterns of responsibility for grave human rights crimes. We’re honored to support the process towards justice and accountability at this critical time in Guatemala’s history.

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See3

OCTOBER 10, 2014

It’s likely that your organization is already focused on the donor or advocacy funnels or lifecycles. Designing CX has compiled a full CX Journey Mapping Toolkit which includes templates and guides to facilitating internal sessions. Creating Your First Customer Journey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2006

" The description is: How can organizations educate their masses for door-to-door canvassing, fundraising, or advocacy? The Toolkit contains helpful resources as well as an interactive digital game that teaches doorknocking. There is a companion training manual that outlines a full training that integrates the game.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 8, 2012

Games structure participation in vital civic actions like voting, budgeting, advocacy, movement-building, solving major challenges, and simulations for disaster preparedness. (BS). Go to the GamesforChange toolkit to find a full interactive guide to get started in game design. (MB, Design Process.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

I’ve managed campaigns ranging from about $5 million to over a billion dollars in health care, education, arts and culture, and advocacy sectors. And then what I think about is a toolkit that we can use to help support our board members. And I want to talk about an experience I had working with an advocacy organization.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 7, 2020

Petition signatures or other advocacy activities. At any point, you may be trying to sign up volunteers, secure petition signatures, get the word out about contacting your elected officials, and disseminate a toolkit or other training resource. For nonprofits, the most important and popular goals include: Donations. Email sign-ups.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Connecting with supporters in their preferred channels helps make your fundraising and advocacy appeals more productive. 2017 Analytics Toolkit : Learn how to put data analytics to work within your organization. Declining email engagement rates serve as a reminder how important it is to message consistently across multiple channels.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In their role as Community Engagement Manager at AuSM, Zephyr used clear communication, robust toolkits, and strong marketing strategies to create successful fundraisers. AuSM serves Minnesotans, throughout their lives, with a fundamental commitment to advocacy, education, support, collaboration, and community building.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

and nonprofits trainers' toolkits. Michele Martin has an excellent post about how to make the most of Netvibes, an RSS reader, for nonprofit applications such as advocacy, marketing, and customer service. Frogloop has a brief report from this week's Internet Advocacy Roundtable. " from Deborah Finn.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

Web tools: we use ActionKit which is the online organizing toolkit used by MoveOn.org and built by the same development team. We use ActionKit mainly for online advocacy and fundraising but we also use it to manage our supporter database, email blasts, and donations. It requires very little maintenance.

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Care2

MARCH 12, 2015

You get support and advocacy. We created a toolkit and free training to help nonprofits better fundraise. Image credit: Olaf Meyer Relationships last longer than donations and produce a win-win environment. Supporters feel good about your organization and the impact they’re making. Segment donors. About Lori Finch.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

To wit: we’ve put together this simple guide to the donated software that most all nonprofits and libraries need in their toolkit, especially when they’re just starting out. Plus: we also offer numerous free learning resources to help you better manage your staff, volunteers, and business consultants.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

Web tools: we use ActionKit which is the online organizing toolkit used by MoveOn.org and built by the same development team. We use ActionKit mainly for online advocacy and fundraising but we also use it to manage our supporter database, email blasts, and donations. It requires very little maintenance.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

blog, we’ve put together this second toolkit based on what fellow nonprofits told us their biggest concerns were. This book walks you through topics like fundraising, managing technology, marketing, finances, advocacy, and working with boards. Making wise and affordable technology investments can help in all of this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Network-Centric Advocacy blogs points to a new feature at Alex's Lemonade Stand called "From the Mail Bag." Let's Fondle The Tools the Right Way Chris Brogan's A Sample Social Media Toolkit describes a few sample tools and what they can be used to accomplish. Her selection criteria.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 15, 2023

Whether you’re upgrading to a new CRM system or adding a new Blackbaud product to your fundraising toolkit, Blackbaud consulting services can be invaluable in the early stages of your engagement with the Blackbaud suite.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

There are numerous examples of Giving Tuesday or other campaign-specific toolkits you can find online. Look how Selfies With AEDs saw their social media ambassador was posting from the city where a partner organization is located and took the opportunity to tag the partner (and share their advocacy campaign in the process).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

Educating to Mobilize the Masses David Williamson Shaffer (UW-Madison), Doug Nelson (Doorknocker Simulation/ Kinnection), Nelson Layag (CompassPoint Nonprofit Services) How can organizations educate their masses for door-to-door canvassing, fundraising, or advocacy? They don't learn the skills.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2019

That said, projects like MIA 's MassAction toolkit ( creators listed here ) shows real, important work is happening to make museums more equitable. Social Justice and Advocacy: Museums are acknowledging their power and looking at how their work is politically charged. The work has been brooked mostly by black women and people of color.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 14, 2006

resources, toolkits, tips and inspiration for fathers and stepfathers of girls on our website (our new site will launch in July); 2. With See Jane, we are getting endorsements and action from the entertainment industry in response to our research and advocacy. Describe the work that Dads and Daughters does.

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Everyaction

MARCH 19, 2018

While Greenpeace may be known around the world, that doesn’t stop them from continuously innovating with best-in-class donation and advocacy forms. They created the “Climate Activists Roadmap” to encourage advocacy at every level. With clear text and a demonstrated need, their advocacy form entices users to take action.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

This year I'll be adding Radian 6 to my toolkit and sharing what I learn. I am remember something that Ethan Zuckerman said at the first Netsquared Conference, " Don't Speak, Point " He was talking about citizen journalism and advocacy in the age of read/write web.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 20, 2007

When it comes to advocacy in museums, working from "natural extensions" can both give people a pat on the back and challenge them at the same time. While narrative is a compelling part in the exhibit design toolkit, it can lead to uncomfortable situations if the storyteller proves untrustworthy from the visitor's perspective.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2018

In the nonprofit advocacy world, we’re used to having to fire people up. As the idea of a school walkout and the March for our Lives took shape, advocacy organizations like Everytown for Gun Safety offered to help with logistics and planning , but the students themselves still led the work. Let the grassroots be grassroots!

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