Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

As a trainer and facilitator who works with nonprofit organizations and staffers, you have to be obsessed with learning theory to design and deliver effective instruction, have productive meetings, or embark on your own self-directed learning path. The lab does research on the relationship between physical fitness and cognitive function.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Idealware recently released an update to their "A Consumers Guide to Low Cost Nonprofit Content Management Systems," which you can download for free here. It includes a summary comparison matrix for a quick reference, detailed product reviews, plus a directory of consultants that can help nonprofits select and/or implement solutions.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 30, 2012

Question: This question was recently posed to the ASU Lodestar Center’s “Ask a Nonprofit Specialist”: Every time the financial report is made at my organization’s Board meeting, the members seem to either fixate on a number that is not especially meaningful or the opposite: their eyes glaze over in boredom. What do you suggest?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The report is intended primarily for arts and performance organizations, but it has a lot of material that's useful to anyone who works with online media, including great summaries of what is and isn't covered under public domain and fair use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

I’m thrilled to be doing a session with Aisha Moore and Gina Schmeling at the NTEN NTC called “ Technology Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace.” When does technology boost personal productivity for nonprofit professionals and when does it get in the way? ” If you are attending the NTC, please join us.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

I recently submitted a proposal for NTEN’s 2017 Nonprofit Technology Conference with colleagues Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon and Jeanne Allen called “ Supercharge Your Technology Training ,” so please take a minute to vote for it. . Chuck Hillman from University of Illinois Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2009

The report includes a summary of design principles, some common visual formats, as well as a review and comparison of free/low cost tools. This report is one of many free reports on nonprofit software that Idealware has published over the years.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2011

There are some very interesting comparisons to make in this realm, and, I’d say first off, that the proprietary tools are in the lead, for sure. IIn summary, proprietary software has the popularity edge, mostly. I’ll start with basic graphics – graphic manipulation tools. It’s Windows only for now, though.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Slide Share Show, " Putting the U in YouTube " although geared for higher education institutions provides some really good practical marketing tips for social networking sites that should be useful for nonprofits too. Gavin's Digital Diner has a thoughtful essay titled " Do Nonprofits Dream of Electronic Sheep?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 27, 2009

The guide presents detailed comparisons of 33 donor databases that cost less than $4,250 in the first year. Some of the solutions they reviewed are available discounted our donated for nonprofits and public libraries via TechSoup Stock including: eTapestry , Telosa products, and GiftWorks. The guide is available for free here.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Raiser's Edge NXT is the new online fundraising and relationship management software for nonprofits by TechSoup donor partner Blackbaud. For example, it provides summary views of fundraising events that are easy to understand by executives and board members. The service is geared to mid-sized and large nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2012

” This was one of the reasons why I wanted to write the book, “ The Networked Nonprofit ,” with co-author Alison Fine back in 2008-09. I noticed a big change in 2010, the year the book was published. ” Does this signal that working in networks been become normal in the nonprofit sector?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

When I coach nonprofits on tactics and talk about measurement, their facial expressions change happy to annoyed. Collecting data is often viewed as an onerous task. Then at the end of the month, allocate a half hour to look at the numbers for the month in comparison to other months – and look for insights and trends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

Thanking donors individually on Facebook and including the link to the fundraiser triggered donations based on comparison of time posted and donation made, second most effective solicitation was a personal ask via private message. Approximately 85% of the donations were converted from my personal profile on Facebook. Mashable Story.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 22, 2013

Check out (https://www.blackbaud.com/nonprofit-resources/onlinemarketingstudy). You set up both form variations on your site with proper Google Analytics code and Google will automatically route some traffic to the new form and some traffic to the old form, giving you a side by side comparison.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 2, 2011

The answers I received were usually something around rollup summary fields. Essentially I was advised to create a rollup summary field that has the date ranges I want and then report on that field. December 31st is a big day for nonprofits. I even asked in the Challenge Us group in the Dreamforce app.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Whether your nonprofit is big or small, old or new, urban or rural, you have to have a good website. And you can’t build a great nonprofit website without a great nonprofit website builder—or, if you can, it’d be a huge hassle and you’re stretched thin as it is. In the year 2024, it’s simply not negotiable. Don’t worry!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2007

The nonprofit sector could benefit from these innovations that this openness has the potential inspiring. Almost a year ago, NTEN hosted a field wide discussion about the need for nonprofit tech vendors, particularly CRM systems for online fundraising, to offer open APIs. (A Judi Sohn has a comparison of the two approaches.

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sgEngage

MARCH 28, 2023

The members of your nonprofit’s Board of Directors are many things: knowledgeable and successful in their areas of focus, community leaders, passionate about your mission, and important decision-makers for your organization. What they might not be are experts in nonprofit finance and management.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Share Your Story: ROI, Social Media, Nonprofits. tags: nonprofits roi ). My chapter lays out a traditional ROI process that Nonprofit technology staff use to make major IT investment purchases such as hardware, video conference system, database system, etc. Look at what other nonprofits are doing in the space.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

What happens when your nonprofit uses an A.I. because this tool has transformed my life as a nonprofit fundraiser, and I believe it will do the same for you… Have you ever been faced with writing something and wished that you had an assistant to do the work for you? was the nonprofit. writing assistant for fundraising?

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sgEngage

APRIL 8, 2022

This year’s summit included data from a variety of sectors, drawn directly from participant CRMs and standardized to allow for consistent comparisons. A more reliable year to year comparison might be for donors acquired as sustainers via digital channels. For these donors, 13th month retention rates were high and stable at 68%.

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Tech Soup

MAY 17, 2011

Over the next five weeks, we're going to be sharing a variety of resources on web design and development for nonprofits and public libraries. A Cooperative Approach to Web Design Building a website doesn’t have to be hard, but it does require some thinking about your nonprofit’s message, audience, and goals.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2011

Over the next five weeks, we're going to be sharing a variety of resources on web design and development for nonprofits and public libraries. A Cooperative Approach to Web Design Building a website doesn’t have to be hard, but it does require some thinking about your nonprofit’s message, audience, and goals.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 4, 2013

million views online and he is the keynote speaker at NTEN’s upcoming 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Since then he has authored several books and has become a voice for change in the nonprofit sector. As Dan points out, “in Uncharitable , I tried to state the problem. Now it’s time to get to work solving it.”

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

You can read the summary of how the free agent community came together to self-organize and create a public action as well as a full report of the lessons learned and reflections on the #TakeBackThePink campaign in this public google doc. An interesting model to use for comparison is Occupy Wall Street. Five hundred people?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Time to find a fundraising solution that can’t be bought August 6, 2007 Blackbaud , which is one of the big gorillas in the CRM/Fundraising space bought a littler guy, eTapestry. million nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

I'm slightly out of my comfort zone here because I've only been following this topic closely for a short time, although I have co-authored a guide for nonprofits on technology evaluation and ROI. I'm looking to blend different perspectives and have a workshop session that can speak to nonprofits and grassroots media makers.

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