Candid

JUNE 1, 2022

Here’s how a payment processor works: . There are two kinds of payment processors to choose from: aggregators and dedicated payment processors. Aggregators, which use one merchant account for many organizations, are cheaper to use but are less secure. Also reach out to professional colleagues for recommendations.

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The MatrixFiles

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Little tweaks like this can make a big difference, and good designers should be able to do this work fairly quickly. Google Data Studio lets you create beautiful dashboard reports that aggregate data and reports so you can see and understand your data more clearly. Refresh the most visited page on your website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

Check out blog for in-depth posts on Twitter tools, for example this one about url shorterners. I'd like to point a few examples that were not on his list and share some good nonprofit Twitter resources. I'd like to point a few examples that were not on his list and share some good nonprofit Twitter resources.

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Forum One

JULY 15, 2021

In an ideal world, organizations can be aggregating these data points to build a comprehensive marketing strategy; but in reality, most organizations aren’t fully utilizing basic data sources to make informed decisions about their marketing. Here’s how you can start small and work your way to an advanced personalization approach.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 26, 2024

We have different feelings, perspectives, and approaches to our lives and our work. For example, we can build incredibly meaningful opportunities and programs for employees to engage in volunteering, giving, and broader philanthropy, but if we have not addressed our alignment on values and purpose first, then it will be for naught.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2014

This is a graph of aggregate data from Jawbone,a wristband that people wear that tracks their steps throughout the day and their sleep patterns during the night. (h/t h/t Robert Scoble ) This aggregate data shows exactly when and how many people in the San Francisco were bolted awake by the recent Napa Valley earthquake.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 27, 2022

On LinkedIn, for example, posts from a company account are throttled and aren’t shown as much as posts that come from an individual account. . This can be used to quickly aggregate relevant news in the sector and show a summary to the CEO for quick reactions. Rev.com or Otter.ai Thoughts on Brand Voice.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 21, 2021

That meant more platforms, more apps, and more disconnected locations that collect and aggregate data. Otherwise, users of your data will be working at a disadvantage and the concept of ‘data-driven’ flies out of the window. No more working overtime or sacrificing weekends or vacations for tedious administrative tasks.

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Nucleus

AUGUST 17, 2021

There are data analytics tools now, specially built for associations, that make it easy to aggregate data from all the different sources that exist across your organization (such as your AMS, LMS, online community, e-marketing – as well as survey tools like SurveyMonkey) and help you find meaning through analysis and visualization.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

These insights can give you a clear picture of what parts of your website — pages, images, forms, buttons — are working to drive conversions and which ones need some help. Examples might include a steep drop in sessions that’s out of the norm or Google no longer indexing your site. Let’s take donation conversion as an example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2009

A few days ago, I asked for some stories " What is the value of listening through social media channels for your organization? " I wanted to see examples from nonprofit organizations engaged in listening and conversation and the value it has to their missions, programs, or marketing efforts. " But what does that really mean?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I’ve followed and supported the work of Peter Deitz and Social Actions ever since hearing about his passion and ideas a few years ago. I describe Social Actions as an aggregation of actions people can take on any issue that’s built to be highly distributable across the social web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2012

A curator needs to have superb social media monitoring and listening skills — that means knowing the right keywords on the topic and sources, agility with “ aggregator ” tools, and the daily discipline of foraging for the best content and evaluating your finds before sharing.

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sgEngage

JUNE 13, 2022

When working with grantees, it’s important to understand the type of data you have, be clear about how the data is used, and be proactive so you know what to do in case of an incident. For example, the funder asks about data management in their grant application and during check-in calls. For example, is data encrypted?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 31, 2022

Myth 1: Getting to know prospects is manual work Tools like iWave streamline our prospect research by automatically aggregating and analyzing publicly available data to create rich (pun intended) donor profiles for our major gift officers. For example, we integrated a tool called Arjuna ExactAsk with our Salesforce CRM.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Corporations and nonprofits alike are rapidly embracing the practice of letting employees work remotely. Many organizations are enjoying lower overhead, higher productivity, and happier employees by providing the option to work from home (WFH). Advances in mobile technology are significantly changing how we live and work.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 31, 2022

Myth 1: Getting to Know Prospects is Manual Work. Tools like iWave streamline our prospect research by automatically aggregating and analyzing publicly available data to create rich (pun intended) donor profiles for our major gift officers. For example, we integrated a tool called Arjuna ExactAsk with our Salesforce CRM.

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Forum One

MARCH 9, 2023

Alexis Bonnell is the former Chief Innovation Officer of USAID, where she had the privilege of working with thousands of innovators, inside and outside of USAID who are changing the world and helping millions of people become self-reliant. At work, ensure all players are on the same page. Alexis: AI is not a set-it-and-forget-it tool.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

The first time I focused on DIY Community Engagement Metrics and shared lots of templates and examples. Here are the definitions I use in my work and when talking to groups I work with. You are working very quickly or flexibly (where communication with the crowd could be difficult or time consuming). Definitions.

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3rd Sector Labs

MAY 29, 2014

Working with a partner, 2Dialog , we have been co-hosting a webinar series “Drive Your Fundraising Success with Strategy, Smart Technology and Better Data” The message of the program centers on the need to align strategy, tech and data. We are aggregating answers with each recurrence of the event. The back story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

X Number of Tips, Resources, Tools, Things, Shortcuts Lists : Anytime you can create content that has a headline like X number , it screams easy to skim and useful. Take for example, John Haydon’s ” 8 Ways To Get More Reach With Your Facebook Page.” Here’s a good list of bookmarking tools still available.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2022

They work to prevent and reverse the course of childhood diseases, improve health care delivery, and keep children safe and healthy. For example, let’s say you had an auction event and a peer-to-peer event that were raising funds for the same new facility fund.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 21, 2010

Phew – after a long conversation and work session like this, it was exiting to talk next steps! For example, there are others creating or sharing content specifically about tech, like ComputerWorld, UKRiders and CharityWebForum. Whatever it is, we need to identify the people/roles and resources needed to make it successful.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 9, 2022

This initial data integrity is vital to making the system work well – after all, “garbage in, garbage out” – but just as vital is the continued focus on keeping the data relevant. . This last pathway – direct marketing – can require very intensive data manipulation in order to create the relevant list of people to send to.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

LazyFeed consumes both PubSubHubbub and RSSCloud feeds in real-time as part of its topical blog search and YourVersion won't disclose what technology it uses but says the company has been working on real time since before it was cool. Real-Time Sharing. There would be no reason for Google to poll websites for changes over and over again.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 25, 2023

For example, choosing a platform that supports your online-based fundraising ideas will help you overcome any setbacks so you can quickly set up a fundraiser. For example, what if a school bus breaks down and your soccer team quickly needs to raise enough to pay for transportation to its next championship game?

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 30, 2023

When’s the last time you heard a board member say, “Members want…” followed by an aggregate of the last five conversations they’ve had. Dig Below the Surface to Find Gaps in Member Retention It’s likely that your organization measures retention rates, but are you looking at the surface or digging in below the aggregate level ?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

There are examples of organizations succeeding with a certain campaign but when the campaign is over, they aren’t sure what to do. There are other examples of organizations finding some tricks and functionality that really help them make connections with supporters, and then Facebook changes the functionality. Referral Rates.

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Candid

JULY 1, 2021

Corporate funders are for-profit organizations funding philanthropic work. An example of an itemized pledge is from PayPal. Some corporations provide updates by maintaining a web page that simply mentions the organizations the funder is working with (e.g., billion dollars. This data is available on our racial equity map.[

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

That’s because some fee structures work better for different-sized organizations. Here’s a breakdown of the structures that work best for large and small nonprofits: Large nonprofits with more transactions: Some payment options offer lower fees for higher donation volumes, which can be helpful for larger organizations that process more gifts.

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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. As a premier provider of digital services , they deliver a steady flow of work to people around the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

RSS readers worked for us in the early phases of social media, but as more people are connected through social networks and sharing and publishing information, there is more and more information out there. Algorithmic: These tools find sources and people to follow or of interest based on your past choices and use a mathematical formula.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 3, 2010

Just as our tools get more interesting and dynamic for global collaboration and impact, so do they for locally-focused work, campaigns, and communities. Check out the Meetup Everywhere site to see examples of how organizations and causes, like the Gulf Coast Benefit for Fisherman and Wildlife , are taking off. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2015

A stellar example of content curation : Content curation is not aggregation or a big gigantic list of links. A content curator v ets, filters, organizes, and presents information in a instructional way. Here’s an example: Make Ideas More Visible. Most are free or low cost.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 6, 2010

I have followed the development of Social Actions over the last few years and really believe in the work that Peter, Christine and the community have done to shape a collaborative, open tool that benefits so many people and organizations in all kinds of ways. Learn more and support this work! Add a minimum of three (hopefully more!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

in philanthropic work, and highlights the social media activity of two “power users&# in the field. Nearly three-quarters of respondents believe social networking services have been at least somewhat useful in furthering the work of philanthropy in general, but only half said it has helped further their own foundation’s work.

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Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

Throughout our work, we’ve seen the rise of LXPs firsthand. LXPs accomplish this by aggregating a variety of learning materials from different sources and providing artificial intelligence-assisted recommendations to each learner based on their past interests. Even further, should you invest in one? Driven by the learner.

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