Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Twitter and Nonprofits April 10, 2008 This actually was a post to the Progressive Exchange discussion list. I love twitter, which in some ways surprises me, and in some ways doesn’t.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2020

According to a 2019 Statistica report on social media use, users spend an average of 136 minutes per day on social channels such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat. Thanks to technology the world is literally at one’s fingertips. In addition, because of technology information is available 24/7. Make it easy.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Recent evidence from the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) indicates that grantmakers are asking the same questions with slight differences across funders, wasting a significant amount of a nonprofit's time during the application process. Applicant Contact Information. Applicant Contact Information.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 5, 2024

The Power of Personal Connection: Contacting Elected Officials Imagine equipping every supporter with a magic wand, one they could wave to instantly share their voice with decision-makers. While we might not have wands, we have the next best thing: technology that makes reaching out to elected officials a breeze. Ready to dive in?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2022

Several years ago, Allison Fine and I started talking about our next book together and started writing and thinking about the implications of an emerging technology that we describe as “Smart Tech,” and what nonprofit leaders need to know to be prepared. Here are some messages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2022

The Smart Nonprofit is a jargon-free roadmap for nonprofit staff, boards, volunteers, and funders on the ways “smart technologies” like artificial intelligence are changing social change work. Please contact me if you are interested in hosting a book event or having us speak at your event. Here are some messages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Increased access to online and mobile giving technology in Africa, Asia, and South America will likely grow these numbers significantly in coming years. Organizations must invest in technology to stay relevant. 20% say Instagram, and 13% say Twitter. 8) Generational differences are lessening due to technological advances.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2014

Phones also provide a reliable contact method for people who have no permanent address. A recent study by California nonprofit Community Technology Alliance found that almost 70% of the homeless people surveyed in their county did have a mobile phone. nonprofit technology news nptech NPTech news cloud computing'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

All communications were strictly limited to my blog, Twitter and Facebook. Two donors were former colleagues who also have Twitter accounts. However, most of the donors were definitely social media contacts with whom I have had more in-depth conversations. I counted most on Twitter followers to spread the word.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

She also said that they learn about new technology mostly by word of mouth throughout their church network. Church Technology Listservs. particularly interesting like her piece 4 Technology Options that Might Kill the Church Bulletin. Church Tech Review is a technology review site for faith based specific IT.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Twitter has a mobile website ( m.twitter.com ) and its own official Twitter App for iPhone, iPhone Touch and iPad. Twitter Apps for Android and Blackberry are also available. TwitPic.com allows you to easily share photos on Twitter in real-time. TextPlus allows you to easily send group texts to your smartphone contacts.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2013

I have to admit that the venerable Association of Fundraising Professionals website was one of the last places I looked to find fresh interesting coverage of fundraising technology, but I have mended my ways. I’m now a fan of Reed Stockman’s AFP technology blog. Much of their blog contact is tagged (e.g. ?NPtech

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Subscribe to social media and mobile technology blogs. Get the necessary training (HTML, digital photography, video, social media, and mobile technology). Write social media and mobile technology policies. 2) Twitter. Create a Twitter Profile. Find your Twitter voice. Create Twitter lists. 3) YouTube.

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Bloomerang

MAY 19, 2021

Segments use information you already have about contacts to categorize them. . Can you easily add tags to contacts to document their acquisition source or engagement data? Twitter | LinkedIn | The post The Busy Fundraisers Guide to Picking a Nonprofit Email Provider appeared first on Bloomerang.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Our lead story in this issue of TechSoup’s Nonprofit Technology News is the creation of the Mobile Giving Alliance that will help charities develop their mobile giving. Fund for UNICEF, and United Way Worldwide to bring more mobile technology resources charities. Forget Batteries: New Technologies To Power Electronics Devices.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

Twitter requires a time investment that many small nonprofits simply do not have. Small nonprofits can barely invest the time it takes to manage a Facebook Page and Twitter Profile. Not all, but most small nonprofits should have a Twitter Profile and should be tweeting or retweeting a minimum of once a day. Yeah, right.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

They’re not quite taking off yet , because like most folks, I don’t quite see the use of them except to function of as a companion to our smartphones – an at-a-glance device on our wrist to see our appointment reminders, who is contacting us, check our pulse rate, and, uh, to see what time it is. Green Technology.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 24, 2011

This example uses an app from the Salesforce AppExchange, called “ Salesforce for Facebook and Twitter.&# To make things just a tad confusing, this is also called “Salesforce for Social Media&# and “Salesforce for Twitter.&#. It’s all done via OAuth, which is cool. I’m not sure why this is, exactly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 10, 2010

years, I have been providing lots of little tips on how nonprofits can increase their ROI through my Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , and MySpace Best Practices, but now that the vast majority of nonprofits utilize social media and have been for awhile, I think most of us are ready some more advanced strategies. For the last 4.5 fundraising.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

For about a year, I moderated a monthly online chat focused on community building, community management, on and offline engagement, and the technologies that support those connections. But, during the last two weeks, I’ve had multiple people on Twitter contact me and ask for a chat again. So, what do you think?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

[Editor's note: Ontario 211 and NTEN asked Ontario nonprofits about how they were using technology – and how they’d like to be using technology – for their work. Where do you think your organization is particularly strong (a leader) when it comes to using technology effectively? If you’d like to share your stories, click here.]

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Aside from fundraising and digital tools, EveryAction also is a leading provider of nonprofit advocacy technology. The company is a leader in the nonprofit technology space. Match your contact records to nearly 100 social networks. Your nonprofit technology shouldn't look like it was built in 1983.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). The more than 260,000 people who follow the American Red Cross’s Twitter account were promptly informed of the discovery. Accidentally, of course.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

With an objective eye and knowledge gained from utilizing online technology for nonprofits for more than 15 years, Heather will review: The design and navigation of your nonprofit’s website to ensure that the aesthetic and functionality is compatible with today’s online donors and supporters.

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

It requires the right combination of fundraising expertise, engaged staff members, and savvy technology. As Anthony Sicola’s recently mentioned, fundraisers who use who use social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube increase fundraising results by up to 40%. Tell them how to approach their business contacts.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Is it easy for visitors to donate money online or contact your group for more information? Is your contact information easy to find? So be sure all these important elements are easy to locate on the site—preferably on the home page—and not simply tucked away in a contact form on an inner page. So is your website up to snuff?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter! Direct Content. Why Social Media?

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 8, 2017

Others connect you directly to a Twitter field. Feature rich, it allows you to set up social sharing as well as a contact form and integration with Google Maps. Indeed, there are dozens available that have all sorts of different capabilities. Some automatically duplicate your blog posts on your Facebook page.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

I posted some nonprofit technology trends and news late last month, but found some late breaking nptech news items I wanted to add. This is technology for good news from India. The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology. You can also link a Pinterest account to a Facebook or Twitter profile.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

That said, I do not cover personal LinkedIn Profiles in my upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use Twitter and LinkedIn , but LinkedIn Groups and Company Pages are covered in detail in both the webinar and in the book. Maximize the website and Twitter fields. Connections can contact you directly through LinkedIn Mail.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

With an objective eye and knowledge gained from utilizing online technology for nonprofits for more than 15 years, Heather will review: The design and navigation of your nonprofit’s website to ensure that the aesthetic and functionality is compatible with today’s online donors and supporters.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Deanna Zandt (DZ): How long have you been on Twitter? What inspired you to join?

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NCE Social Media

MARCH 17, 2010

First, I want to acknowledge that there are now 83 Arc-related groups on Twitter. That’s impressive adoption of this emerging technology in the past 16 months. Verizon Support contacted me through Twitter to see if they could help. The next morning Verizon Support contacted me again to see if it was back up yet.

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Kindful

MARCH 8, 2021

Simple marketing automation is the process where technology takes over repetitive marketing tasks so that you’re free to focus on the things that require your input and attention. Your expertise, intelligence, and passion cannot be replaced by technology; your donors still want to hear your story and interact with you.

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Forum One

APRIL 1, 2021

By leveling the playing field of access in terms of demographic and infrastructure access, Clubhouse has the potential to reach user groups that can be overlooked and shut out of modern communications technology. Provides free access to thought leadership and global collaboration. Potential barriers and concerns. Invitation only, iPhone only.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 25, 2020

If this person does not have a firm understanding of the technologies being used, it might be helpful to fill this role with a team of people that have collective experience and understanding. As event technology continues to grow and develop, an event technologist is becoming an increasingly important figure. Social Media Moderator.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

As mentioned earlier, both Network for Good and JustGive.org use GuideStar to empower their giving portals as well as the online donation processing technology of their partners, such as Facebook Causes, Crowdrise, and Jumo. Add a Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, or Other Pitch to Your “Thank You” Landing Page.

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