TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

“Nonprofits tend to invest more in their missions and programs, and not necessarily in technology resources,” Anthony Pisapia, Director of Development and Programs for Tech Impact, explained. Beyond the social sphere, nonprofits see less activity from mailing (i.e., Image courtesy of Rensec IT Consulting.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 13, 2023

The average nonprofit email open rate is 23%. 85% of all emails are spam. But we have a tendency to leave our common sense at the door when we cross the thresholds of our nonprofit offices. Your marketing director says “We don’t want to risk people unsubscribing.” Does any of this sound familiar?

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 10, 2021

What are the basics of a good nonprofit e-newsletter? I’ve signed up for hundreds of emails from nonprofit organizations. When that happens, your ask looks like spam in my inbox. What’s in my Inbox | A nonprofit email newsletter that keeps it simple. Related Posts: Nonprofit Donor Newsletters | Print or Enews?

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Roundtree

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Mission Increase (MI) of Portland, Oregon and Roundtree Agency of Chattanooga, Tennessee announced today they have entered into a formal collaboration as part of Mission Multiply, MI’s initiative to help nonprofit organizations clarify their story and improve their donor communications. . And we're promising not to spam you.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2017

A recent study published in May 2017 by digital tool provider EveryAction reported that over 18 percent of nonprofit fundraising emails ended up in junk folders in 2016. Nonprofit staffers across the country are taking notice. How Your Emails Become Spam. Email Deliverability Defined. Six Tactics to Improve Email Deliverability.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Online fundraising allows your nonprofit to earn donations from a wide audience, growing your network and raising more for your cause. Today, most modern nonprofits engage in at least limited online fundraising to engage supporters even while following social distancing guidelines. Applying to Fundraise Online. Legal Requirements.

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John Kenyon

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Regardless of size or assets, your nonprofit is either being hacked right now or an attempt is being made to hack it. For a long time, nonprofits have believed they are not a target for being hacked because they are too small, have too few assets or too little data. Your technology systems are under attack daily at a minimum.

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Roundtree

AUGUST 10, 2021

6 Tips for Building Your Nonprofit’s Social Media Following. Thoughts from our irreplaceable Creative Director, Jonathan Moore. At Roundtree, we help nonprofits grow their donor base and take their marketing to the next level (including giving them a customized social media strategy). And we're promising not to spam you.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

This is the second post in a year-long blog and webinar series called 101 Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. BCC is an absolute worst practice, please don’t do it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The primary function of a Content Management System—making it easy for non-technical staff to update content—helps facilitate constituent interaction by helping your nonprofit better attract and engage visitors to its website. She’s a frequent speaker and writer on nonprofit technology topics.

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3rd Sector Labs

MARCH 1, 2015

Do development directors have to sift through duplicate records … or worse yet, conflicting records? Have you been blocked for sending out spam because too many of your emails go to bad addresses? Consider a nonprofit with 100,000 names in its donor database. Consider the following examples. The cost of discovery.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

" George Tilesch , senior director, strategic programs, says, "I am using two-step verification whenever possible. " I would add that HTTPs Everywhere was created by two nonprofits: The Tor Project and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. TechSoup: Safer Online for Nonprofits: Practical Advice to Keep You Safe.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2013

TechSoup's own Kevin Lo noticed some strange activity on his email accounts when friends were replying to spam he was supposedly sending out. The Chronicle of Philanthropy picked up the story when it broke and used it as a call to action for nonprofits to update their systems. Paranormal Email Activity. You can fight back!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2009

. NTEN offered a fantastic Webinar today featuring Randi Zuckerberg, Director of Marketing at Facebook and Adam (didn't get his last name) from the DC Office on the emerging best practices for nonprofits who want to set up Facebook Fan Pages. Nonprofits on Facebook set up as a mechanism to share nonprofit best practices on Facebook.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

The greatest enemy of a direct response email is the spam filter. And then hand it off to someone else to keep that collaboration going. ———— Will Valverde is a senior creative director at M+R and co-writer of The M+R Guide to Effective and Ethical Direct Response Creative. Q: What if I cut out all the plain text?

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

One of the best ways to stay in touch with your donors on a consistent basis is through a nonprofit email newsletter. Purpose of your nonprofit email newsletter Your email newsletter has a specific purpose. The right nonprofit email newsletter format. CAN SPAM laws so you don’t have to worry about it. Neither does boring.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #5: WordPress January 24, 2008 It seems like a good day to talk about WordPress. Installation of WordPress is scarily easy. WordPress is expandable with tons of plugins.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2012

Keeping your critical data on an online cloud service has sparked ongoing debate in the nonprofit sector, not just in the U.S., argues that cloud-based services are likely to be safer and more secure than most in-house nonprofit computer systems. He is director of programmes at CTT, which is our TechSoup Global partner in the UK.

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Care2

APRIL 21, 2010

Are these changes good for nonprofits bottom line too? Since Twitter has experienced exponential growth in the past two years, their popularity has also meant more noise and spam in users streams – noise people filter out. The jury is out. Promoted Tweets: Will Tweeters Revolt?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2011

Originally posted on Constant Commentary , here's four tips from Caroline Shahar at Constant Contact on how to increase the open rate on your nonprofit's emails. That could be your organization’s name, an acronym, a well known member of your staff like the Executive Director, or maybe the name of an initiative or event.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping October 1, 2007 I was reading Deborah Finn’s curmugeonly post about Facebook. I have been having curmudgeonly thoughts about social networks in general.

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Kindful

JUNE 17, 2021

Statistics like this make it clear that it’s in the best interest of every nonprofit to explore all of the ways that using Google for Nonprofits can benefit your organization. What exactly is Google for Nonprofits? Why we love Google for Nonprofits. Google Workplace. Google Calendar.

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NetWits

MAY 23, 2008

The direct mail world was broken the instant the first email was sent, but 80% of all email sent is spam. And the nonprofit fundraising world is being broken a little bit at a time too. The rate of change in the nonprofit world has been steadily increasing over the past decade. Kiva breaks it. Room to Read breaks it.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 7, 2021

Cloud for Good provides Salesforce implementation services for nonprofit organizations and higher education institutions, utilizing technology to transform your unique mission. In this blog, I’m going back to the basics to illustrate what exactly Salesforce’s many clouds can do for customers in the nonprofit space.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

What if they become viral or even SPAM? . As the Director of all sales and PR efforts Michael’s goal is to guide clients from the initial sales pitch to the eventual launch of their product. He has also spoken at FS/TEC, Boston University, The Center for Nonprofit Management, Network For Good, Pepperdine University and others.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

Get ready for some great insights from a marketer that has a passion for engaging the nonprofit community and Blackbaud customers. — —. What about continuing the conversations you have with first time donors – those who have taken a big first step towards a long term relationship with your nonprofit? Channel Marketing Manager.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

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!" 60) Search « Would you like a share of $5 million?

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

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!" 60) Search « Would you like a share of $5 million?

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Neon CRM

MAY 5, 2023

As a growing nonprofit, your organization is busy and your time is limited. That’s just one of the benefits of a CRM for nonprofits going through rapid growth. To realize the benefits of a CRM for nonprofits, you should choose one that offers the following features: Flexibility: All nonprofits have different information to monitor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." Myspace avoids spamming so the members usually blocks people from adding them directly unless you know them personally or their email. YouTube is also good in finding videos about Guimaras.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Jesse Lane will share the super-simple process for raising more money for your nonprofit. He and his team over at Branches Mission Lab do really awesome work for a variety of nonprofits, especially those of you in the ministry space. I know that you’re nonprofit leaders and for that, I want to say thank you.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 6, 2021

Creating a welcome email series for your new donors can help them get to know your nonprofit and learn what communications to expect from your nonprofit. Read on to learn how to develop an effective welcome series for donors to keep them learning about, supporting, and giving to your nonprofit. Tips from an actual nonprofit.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 17, 2016

Bonus: get a free Nonprofit Donor Persona Template + sample to start building your communications strategy now! Reporting to your board of directors. Word to the wise: Facebook and Google offer nonprofits free ad grants and this list of engagers is prime for retargeting if you’re interesting in taking advantage of those opportunities.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Many nonprofits treat their email program as simply a digital version of their postal mail efforts. Even worse, if enough of them use the "Uninvite" (or "Spam") button, you might find yourself permanently uninvited from your entire email list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2008

I'm doing a series of blog about lessons learned from nonprofits in adopting social media projects as the Cute Dog Theory. (If Neff is the Director of Web, Film and Interactive Strategy for the American Cancer Society. YouTube has tons of trolls and comment spam. What advice would you give to other nonprofits?

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Come to our session at the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference to hear the rest! By scheduling updates, you keep your communication regular -- and you can repost, without spamming the airwaves. Communications can no longer be the realm solely of the communications department and the executive director. Clarify Your Strategy.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

She is a nonprofit founder, former ED herself, and I always like to get that perspective whenever possible. I like to joke that I have had every job that is a Rubik’s cube in the nonprofit world, staff member, board member, founder, executive director. The average nonprofit sends almost 10 emails just in December alone.

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