Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

By: Rakesh Bharania, Director, Humanitarian Impact Data, Salesforce.org and Alex Parker, Senior Platform Architect, Salesforce.org. In recent years, the international humanitarian community has responded with a number of data protection guidance documents, such as those from USAID , ICRC , OCHA , and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

TechSoup recently updated its disaster planning and recovery guide, The Resilient Organization , to include the new ways nonprofits, charities, and public libraries are using technology. To supplement this section, we compiled the best disaster preparedness apps from TechSoup donation partners, government agencies, other nonprofits, and more.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Interoperability Made Real: Open Referral’s Data Standard for Resource Directories Visionlink is dedicated to data standards and data exchange as a necessary part of supporting successful communities. In the community services market, we have converted, migrated, and exchanged more data than any other provider.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Many nonprofits handle sensitive personal information belonging to community members — whether it's names or email addresses or payment information. But are you handling this data properly to prevent a data breach? Oftentimes, ransomware will encrypt your data, preventing you from accessing it.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 24, 2015

On this 10th anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, we polled a variety of smart NPtech cognoscenti on the single most important thing charities need to do to prepare for a disaster. These services all store data at geographically-diverse datacenters that are mirrored to more than one location. Here's what they said.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

We focused on two main goals in making this expanded data and information on Candid’s racial equity page freely available. contacted us with two primary concerns about the way the data was presented: the distinction between racial equity and racial justice funding, and the mixing of grants and pledges. What we learned .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2010

The Red Cross is hosting the Emergency Social Data Summit today Thursday, August 12, 2010 from 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM (ET). This U-Stream will be archived via The Emergency Social Data blog. This is a great way for your voice to be heard and added to the Crisis Data wiki ( [link] ). You can participate remotely. EDT/10 a.m.

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Double the Donation

MAY 25, 2021

Contact Benevity to learn more about their services and pricing. CyberGrants is another top corporate giving software solution that offers fully integrated tools for grants management, employee giving, volunteerism, disbursement, disaster relief, and more. Contact CyberGrants for a demo and to learn more about pricing.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 16, 2024

Let’s dig into the data to uncover what it means for fundraisers as we prep for the second half of the year. The big uptick came around October or November and was likely motivated by external factors such as global conflicts, the war in the Middle East, and international disasters. Might 2024 be the year things turn around?

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sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

Inform supporters about their role in workplace giving. More than likely, you’ve been using your fundraising technology to collect data and build detailed donor profiles in your CRM. However, one piece you may or may not have tracked is your donors’ employment information. name, contact information, giving history, etc.),

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. But the way we think about and turn to social media in a time of disaster is changing. The disaster in Haiti is a perfect example of these changes: the impact of the Real-Time Web and the power of our phones. Fundraising.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 25, 2022

Whether you’re looking to contact lawmakers, gather petition signatures, or mobilize public support using social media, you can measure and increase support for your mission by presenting your audience with a digital form across their preferred channels. What does this mean when you zoom out of the data?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 18, 2021

And if there proves to be an interest, use that data to shift more focus on planned giving. It’s simple, non-invasive, and COVID/disaster response-friendly! Data Culture: Cultivate A Data-Driven Staff. Data is great. But to make that happen, your data must be actionable. Going Forward: Step-by-Step.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2021

Fearing the sky was falling, they thought people would hunker down and fundraising would be a disaster. The good news is that data reveals that you’ve got a lot to work with at every level of giving. . I didn’t receive any information at all after making a gift to a not-for-profit last year.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Text-to-donate campaigns are most useful for urgent fundraising needs or opportunities, such as a telethon or disaster relief campaign. You won’t get as much personal information about donors from text-to-give compared to a text-to-donate, where donors make gifts via your online donation form. Non-branded experience.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2024

In the face of humanitarian crises or natural disasters, the generosity of individuals often shines through, leading to a significant influx of donations. Tracking open and click-through rates for each segment provides data to refine messaging. The key is relevant, consistent and personalized contact across channels.

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DipJar

JANUARY 23, 2023

So long as you effectively manage your donor data , you can easily tap into these corporate philanthropy opportunities. As we’ll explore, a dedicated tool can make this information instantly available, even before a donor submits their gift. Proactively Fill In Missing Employer Information. Clean up your data.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

And ignoring it can lead to innumerable headaches, stress and even disaster down the road. Having a regular backup of all your site’s data means you’re never in danger of losing all your hard work. Far too often new users to WordPress, giddy with excitement, leave one critical element out of the planning process: security.

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VisionLink

NOVEMBER 27, 2009

For more information about activating this feature switch on your VisionLink CommunityOS system, please contact our help desk. We were the first to endorse and implement the AIRS Resource Exchange standard (to allow the exchange of resource data between systems). Douglas Zimmerman President & CEO VisionLink'

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

It can be a tedious chore, but if you use mobile devices at your organization, it is likely there is valuable data stored on them. Fortunately, backing up your contacts, photos, and apps is easier than ever. With Google's mobile operating system, Android, you can link your phone or tablet data with your personal Google account.

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M+R

MAY 31, 2022

Sure, you’d get the occasional bot open or someone with images blocked, so it wasn’t a perfect data point, but it was a fairly stable, useful number. That means the portion of your list signed up for MPP goes from 100% open rate to 0% — meaning any deliverability issues show up loud and clear in your data. Messages that end up in spam?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Afghans were frantically trying to make their way through the chaos to the airport while collecting the critical information needed to support their request to leave the country. Hooper reached out directly to me after he was contacted by AA21. Air Force aircrafts evacuating people from Afghanistan.

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Care2

DECEMBER 16, 2013

From all the donor data I have seen on Facebook, the answer is NO! I predict that the majority of nonprofit organizations won’t raise very much money on Facebook unless your organization’s mission is to protect cute wildlife and animals, or works on disaster relief during a disaster. No Access to Donor Data.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Your supporters will receive a link that provides donation amounts and information about your campaign. From there, donors fill out their contact and billing information on a mobile-friendly form. Invest in a PCI-compliant software platform to ensure your donors’ information is safe and secure. Simplicity of use.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 20, 2020

Did you receive an email asking you to click a link or attachment in order to update your merchant services, credit card, or bank account information ? Phishing attacks like this are used by fraudsters to install malware and gain access to your personal data (and that of your constituents). . Hover over (don’t click!)

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2012

It can be a tedious chore, but if you use mobile devices at your organization, it is likely there is valuable data stored on them. Fortunately, backing up your contacts, photos, and apps is easier than ever. You can now easily back up your data by linking it to a personal Microsoft account (as you can do with Google Android).

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

You also gain a full picture of the software your team is currently working with, which can inform your fundraising, advocacy, stewardship, and technology-related efforts going forward. In that instance, a tech assessment would help you do so in an informed manner. Data: Is your data “clean?” After the Assessment.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

Contact Us 3 Individuals and Organizations to Ask for Donations When asking for donations, it’s key to tailor your asks to the person or group you are asking. If you analyze donor data and see that a patron has given $100 in the past, for example, you can use that figure as a baseline in your ask.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Phishing emails entice recipients to click on malicious links and provide credentials or confidential information, which can result in security breaches. Make sure that no confidential content is sent via email by checking emails and attachments for sensitive information such as social security numbers and credit card data.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

As our Internet connections have become increasingly faster and more reliable, the concept of “cloud” hosting has become a popular way for nonprofits to change how they store and access their data. If you have a small or non-existent IT department, moving your data to the cloud may be for you.

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Care2

AUGUST 19, 2010

The American Red Cross hosted the Emergency Crisis Social Data Summit last week, which brought together over 100 influentials (including Robert Scoble) and practitioners from the tech, social media, and emergency response communities to brainstorm how we can use social media to respond better to emergencies and disasters.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Their iCloud online storage was targeted, and hackers stole personal data and photos from their mobile phones and iPads. That means that your organization's data is only as secure as your employees' device security settings and behavior. How to Protect Your Data. Why It Should Matter to Organizations.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Cloud computing offers us all the same freedom for our information infrastructure. Most of us now host all of our applications and our data and our email systems documents/spreadsheets, etc. CrisisCamps are independent, disbursed, volunteer efforts to develop lightweight technology solutions to help with disaster relief.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Cloud computing offers us all the same freedom for our information infrastructure. Most of us now host all of our applications and our data and our email systems documents/spreadsheets, etc. CrisisCamps are independent, disbursed, volunteer efforts to develop lightweight technology solutions to help with disaster relief.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Your organization must have the tools to efficiently collect donations, manage transactions, and ensure the security of donor information. Processing Payments in a Time of Crisis In 2023, wildfires created the deadliest natural disaster in Hawaii’s history. Every dollar counts when it comes to fundraising.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

It's not polite to categorize people based on just a little information that you know about them in person. Segmenting your audience by using data you already have (or data that they likely will volunteer to you) is a great way to make sure you're sending the right information to the right people.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2015

Applying technology to disaster relief has evolved by leaps and bounds since I joined 2,000 people, most of whom I'd never met, to tackle the problem of creating a single searchable database of every person displaced by Hurricane Katrina in the days after the disaster. Technology Challenges in Katrina Disaster Relief.

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