Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing, take 2 January 31, 2008 Back in August, I did a review of web conferencing tools, with a decidedly unusual slant – as a presenter, I had to be able to share my Linux desktop.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing. Wish I were!

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 15, 2020

Youtube is a massive platform, it’s now the second largest search engine and is the fastest growing video sharing website in the world. . Understandably, a lot of nonprofits struggle with this, as youtube seems to fall in a grey area between a search engine and a social media platform, with its own set of rules and opportunities.

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2023

If you have a lot of lapsed commitments, ask a board member to locate the donors on social media or get new contact info from people in your organization. Prospecting is the act of compiling lists and contact information for potential funders, including individuals, foundations, businesses, and other grantmakers.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

Actively engage with followers by answering their questions, tagging them in photos and videos, and commenting on and resharing posts they make about your organization. Search for those who exhibit both wealth indicators (real estate and stock ownership, large previous charitable gifts, etc.) Treat volunteers as potential donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

Unless you plan on working at your current nonprofit for the rest of your life, it’s entirely possible that during your next job search, recruiters and your future boss will be browsing your LinkedIn Profile. Connections can contact you directly through LinkedIn Mail. Make Connections.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

When people search for your organization on LinkedIn, the first thing they’ll see is your company page, so it’s important that your page is as informative as possible. With its extensive search function, you can easily use filters to search the platform for specific users with the experience you’re looking for.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2013

Print, broadcast and digital media outlets have embraced Twitter, but I’ve yet to see a nonprofit press release that includes a Twitter username in the contact section of a press release. 1) Include your nonprofit’s Twitter username. 8) If your press release is related to breaking news, tap into the power of #hashtags.

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Forum One

APRIL 28, 2022

Compared to a contact form, visitors get what they need right away, and your staff can use their time for other tasks. Convert new visitors into contacts faster. Many organizations’ websites currently include more than 1,000 pages, which can make it time-consuming to find information via navigation or search. First Name.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 28, 2011

welcome series of emails to new contacts. Our strategy: We want to send new non-donor contacts a series of 3 short emails. Add contact fields for monitoring Unfortunately, unlike other email sent on-the-fly through Salesforce, there's no activity record left on contact records when a workflow rule sends an email.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2018

The Google Ad Grants program gives nonprofits up to $10,000 per month in free in-kind AdWords across the search network through the Google for Nonprofits platform. We love this grant so we contacted the Ad Grants Team for comment and they were nice enough to explain what is going on.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Google Ads Platform overview: Google Ads are digital advertisements that appear across the Google ecosystem, including Search, YouTube, and Discover. Fees or limitations: Nonprofits can access $10,000 per month in free Google Search advertising via the Google Ad Grant. The professional plan is $24.50/month.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Leveraging their own networks as well as their board members’ networks, nonprofit leaders now have free access to a premium LinkedIn feature that lets them search for and connect with professionals who meet the needs of their organization on LinkedIn. You can contact them through LinkedIn and the interface has tools to manage your search.

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Whole Whale

MAY 12, 2020

Remember to tag the guest and any companies mentioned to increase the potential for engagement and comments. Searching on Podcasts.Apple.com and Podcasts.google.com and Spotify can help you create a contact list of potential list of podcasts (quick hack: most podcasts list the <itunes:owner> email in their feed).

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

In the last few months, participation had diminished to only a handful of actual commenters during the chat (though there were always many more “lurking” or following without commenting). But, during the last two weeks, I’ve had multiple people on Twitter contact me and ask for a chat again.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

style and tolerance for change, I decided to do a seperate action learning experiment on my own dime and reflect in real time along with doing the work: What are some useful techniques social search techniques that might yield richer leads and connections? What thinking shifts are needed to make your social search more successful?

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Forum One

MAY 6, 2022

From our discussions with nonprofits, foundations, associations, think tanks, and government agencies over the last two years, a common challenge is the ability to communicate changes, updates, and brand-new information to visitors and contacts. Modernized communication. Get in touch today. First Name. Email Address. Organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2007

I'm using some traditional ways to research this topic: -Email to listservs -Posts on online forums -Google search. I am also eager to test out some of the tools and ideas I learned about social search during the Yi-Tan call. I was most curious about ChaCha - a search engine that lets you search with human help.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 10, 2019

This means commenting, liking and sharing DAILY. One tactic I like to use is connecting with 2nd degree contacts with very specific job titles or keywords related to an industry I’m trying to target. For example, take the phrase “nonprofit marketing” which has over 800,000 search results when filtered by people.

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NetWits

JUNE 22, 2011

And by all means, please share your secrets in the comments below. Contact team captains regularly with recommended actions to take on a particular day. For those job-searching, teams may provide new networking opportunities. Leave a comment. I think you’ll find some useful stuff here. Focus on team captains.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 17, 2011

Over 180 comments for years. I have built a number of custom objects, most are the children of the account or contact. I continuously run in the same wall when I can’t report on all objects related to a contact or its household at the same time. 9 other ideas merged into this one. How about Campaign inclusion reports ?

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Through comments, shares, direct messages, and fun hashtag challenges, you can foster relationships that would be harder to form through more traditional channels of communication. Interactions on social media include every click, share, and comment your posts receive from other accounts. Engagement. Fundraising. Interactions.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 3, 2019

This means commenting, liking and sharing DAILY. One tactic I like to use is connecting with 2nd degree contacts with very specific job titles or keywords related to an industry I’m trying to target. For example, take the phrase “nonprofit marketing” which has over 800,000 search results when filtered by people.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

Unless you plan on working at your current nonprofit for the rest of your life, it’s entirely possible that during your next job search, recruiters and your future boss will be browsing your LinkedIn Profile. Connections can contact you directly through LinkedIn Mail. Make Connections.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Snapchat then searches your address book to find the Snapchat usernames of your friends. Once that's all set up, you can start sending vanishing photo and video messages (also known as Snaps) to your contacts. After I loaded in my contacts, I was sending Snaps of my awesome desk plant to as many people as I could.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2011

This means users can share content publicly with subscribers (and privately with their direct contacts). This increased activity in a public channel is increasing search results on Google too. You can now see beyond the Likes and comments on your page.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 23, 2021

Post the opportunity on job search engines for nonprofits, like Idealist. While board members can make phone calls and write personalized thank-you letters, you’ll want to add new donors’ contact information to your database and send regular communications. We’d love to hear from you in the comments.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2010

I can't imagine how helpless Jeff must feel, but he has been using social media and social network tools, along with phone calls to search. If you have any additional advice, or if you want to help beyond retweeting his message, please leave a comment.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 9, 2018

Its easy-to-use system allows for everyone in your organization to be in contact with each other to get stuff done. It allows for you to search for documents, threads and hashtags. You can make comments, change due dates and upload documents for other team members to download. Take to the comments below to let us know!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

As a general rule, donations pages should be simple, optimized for mobile giving, and ask for the minimal amount of information required to make a donation and to capture a donor’s contact information. A public search has a way of getting in front of new eyes, thus new donors and sponsors. Double the Donation is only open to U.S.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 28, 2014

You can find a lot of help via Google searches. To the comments in the question above, archive that retired data. Contact us so we can help figure this out. For more information about donor data migration, data management, and data planning, please contact us. As a general rule of thumb, though, use the importers.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2013

This data included contributions, addresses, numbers, contact information, and more. It was also still accessible through Google search for a few weeks. In the case of People Plus, the director contacted all of the individuals with compromised data. Share if you dare in the comments below.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

This will give you a good idea of how effective the website is (generally) in Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and if people are interested in your cause. Another important digital marketing KPI is your click-through rates (CTRs) for things like ads, organic search results or referral sites. Website traffic. How do I track KPIs?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 21, 2009

It’s always a little weird to talk over the phone and not be able to hear or see those you are presenting to, but everyone was really great with comments and questions and responding online so I knew I wasn’t talking to myself! How do you separate personal and professional contacts or content online?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

Most CRMs, like Salesforce , Microsoft Dynamics and Salsa , have APIs to access and edit your contact records. You’ll be able to direct your supporters to the correct officials to contact, elevating the effectiveness of your organization’s advocacy. Eventbrite and TicketLeap have APIs for managing your events and attendees.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2021

Such tools as [link] provide you with the detailed statistics of your business visitors and replenish your list of targeted accounts with the contact details of decision-makers. It will help you to become familiar with your audience’s interests and will be useful in searching for touchpoints. Use social media to get in touch.

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