Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

Press release going out? Create a document to track them if you use obscure terms (or just keep them simple). The visitor’s browser or operating system. How can we track marketing initiatives using UTMs? UTMs can be used in ads, emails, and anywhere you’re sharing a link. Your Instagram famous “link in bio”?

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sgEngage

MARCH 12, 2024

The important point is to have a roadmap and a system in place for navigating it. Exit 1: Disqualification Road Exit 2: Proposal Avenue Exit 3: The Stewardship Fork Once you know what road you’re on with a potential donor, you can decide to press the gas or to let it go and move on to a better-fit major gift prospect.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

Long hours and endless to-do lists press an already-depleted staff more than ever before. The increased need brought high levels of urgency, so it was essential to get funds in the system and back out through grants quickly but thoughtfully. Using technology to support these tasks can win back valuable productivity.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

When the customer calls to make an appointment, the corresponding backstage step is the salon staff utilizing their scheduling system to book the new customer’s service. Finally, when the customer pays for the service, salon staff will likely use a point of sale system to complete the transaction.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2022

By keeping careful documentation of all of this personal data, the museum was able to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars from its major donors each year. In this guide, we’ll cover how nonprofits can leverage their donor management software as well as how your organization can find the best solution to solve your most pressing needs.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 23, 2024

Specifically, we’ll cover: 6 Benefits of Blackbaud for Nonprofits Working With a Blackbaud Support Consultant Blackbaud Support Resources Your Blackbaud solutions hold the potential to help your nonprofit move its mission forward in significant ways, but you’ll be hard-pressed to do so if you’re stuck struggling to use your tools properly.

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

Nonprofit database software solutions serve as your nonprofit’s hub of information and documentation, allowing your nonprofit to make data-driven decisions to improve operations while staying organized. . Errors come in all shapes whether they’re data entry related, a bug in the system, or a security vulnerability. Fixing errors.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

Check out recent press coverage of our work, featuring the head of our human rights team, Dr. Patrick Ball, in Foreign Policy magazine and NPR's On The Media. Perform a little bit of GNU/Linux system administration. What you will do: Write computer programs for human rights data analysis projects.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 14, 2017

For-profit entities were the first to develop systemic policies, procedures, and practices to identify, analyze, and assess risks as well as to communicate the context and outcomes of risk management. In my experience, the issue is not one of competence but of systems. Documentation. Access Controls. Physical Audits.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

government is working on a new warning system to replace their oft criticized five-color coded terror index, and according to a new document obtained by The Associated Press, they're turning to Facebook and Twitter." " The US will use Twitter and Facebook to issue terror alerts – "The U.S.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 16, 2023

A lightweight framework can also help organizations that are in the process of updating an existing strategy – whether that’s understanding data and systems, solving known and unknown challenges, or improving operational performance and member experience. Try to avoid adding more than 5 people per group or department.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2011

The report is often an important piece of research designed to show leadership on an issue and attract the attention of the press and governments to affect social change. What PDF’s do well is prepare a document for printing. At See3, we think this is like the launch of Drupal or WordPress – two content management systems that.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

It’s meant for them to take the reports they see, the minutes they review, and the documents they sign very seriously. You should introduce them to any policy documents, such as conflict of interest policies. If you have a board portal or cloud storage system (Google Drive, Dropbox, iDrive, etc.) This isn’t meant to scare them.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

Organizations with healthy IT infrastructures are continually making iterative improvements based on their program needs, documenting those improvements, and monitoring for future iterations. Document all of those lists and take note of how much overlap there is among them. She's great. That may be trickier than you'd think.

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Achieve

JULY 28, 2021

But hopefully, your organization’s experience during the pandemic has had some silver lining, pressing you to get creative and rethink your normal way of doing things. . COVID-19 brought on unique challenges for nonprofits of every size, affecting how we define. successful fundraising. and programming. You might have. embraced hybrid events.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

Organizations with healthy IT infrastructures are continually making iterative improvements based on their program needs, documenting those improvements, and monitoring for future iterations. Document all of those lists and take note of how much overlap there is among them. She's great. That may be trickier than you'd think.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

(If you read that link, which is basically a copy of a press release from Microsoft, you’d think they had it all sewn up. Instead of adopting the already ISO approved Open Document format, it attempted to get through ISO a standard that, among other things, depends too much on non-standard, non-publicly available legacy file formats.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2011

As someone interviewing for a top job, how can you detect warning signs of organizational system decay *before* your professional credibility is on the line? Do you have a documented succession plan? 34% of nonprofit executives will depart within 2 years, yet only 17% of organizations have a documented succession plan.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2016

We must track and communicate well with our donors, members, and volunteers — really anyone who interacts with our organizations, including press and partner organizations. CRM (constituent relationship management) applications are becoming the center of our nonprofit IT systems. These can greatly simplify a nonprofit network.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Electronic press releases. Receive some effort / appear to be useful: Press releases, Slideshare, Delicious, Event sites. We don't really use YouTube or Scribd internally, for example, but have had good luck with clients that produce lots of video or documents. Blogs (five). Newsletters (two). Twitter (six accounts). Slideshare.

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Care2

APRIL 23, 2009

For most nonprofit organizations the idea of greening their IT system is a daunting notion, especially in these tough economic times. Teach your staff that the power button on the front of their monitor can be pressed at anytime. It is estimated that the average document is copied nine to 11 times at a cost of about US$23.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

However, while in Asia I got to watch CNN Asia and the BBC and read the local press. Essentially the Cloud is a server/service where you can store your hard drive/database/documents/apps/software making it accessible any where at any time thus giving it mobility. By early December I was anxious, angry, and hopeless.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Analytic Activism documents how nonprofits are using analytics to listen, experiment, learn, and thrive in the digital era. The power of any advocacy or activist tactic has always been determined in part by how it aligns with the broader media system. A press release is just a piece of paper in the absence of media organizations.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Another perspective on the concept of social economy is that of Edgar Cahn, who suggests we have created two systems that are inter-related: the monetary economy and the core economy. Just 17% of organizations have a documented succession plan. Sigel Press, 2007. He explains that the monetary economy is what we measure.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2011

BR for POGO: POGO exposes systemic problems in the federal government that are related to ethics, accountability, and inefficiency—and then it tries to fix them. All that info presented a fun challenge on the Convio side—how to present these documents in a useful way to the public?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2020

Whenever you log in to your organization’s content management system, or CMS, to make updates or post new blog articles, you’re interacting with the backend. . If you work with a tech consultant to make upgrades, make sure they give your team full documentation and training as needed. It’s the actual nuts and bolts of your website.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

As we speak, we've already begun to do a robust free Cloud Computing for Nonprofits Webinar Series that covers things like cloud based office productivity applications, cloud backup and disaster recovery, and even cloud-based phone systems. Who knew of such things? And it's hard. Because we say we need it. We know we need it.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 11, 2011

This is good if you don't want to open another program just to glance over a document, or if you receive an attachment you're hesitant to download. Press Enter , and the contents of the box will be inserted into your message. And: make sure your operating system is compatible! Or, click on Screen Clipping.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2010

Page ID – Use a numbering system here for reference and to indicate hierarchy of each page. I typically start on the homepage and then click all of the links in the navigation, documenting each as I go. but these columns represent the basic information you’ll need to get started. Keep your list updated!

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Start by developing a responsible party list that documents each individual’s key roles. Documentation: The consultant documents their recommendations. Use a ranking system to assign importance to various pain points and areas for improvements in your current tech. Step 2: Outline a budget. Step 5: Identify your needs.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2005

It's very useful to step back and take a look at what the non-profits we work with have been trying to accomplish with their information systems. Getting all their in-house and on-line systems talking to each other seems to be a pressing concern of the organizations we work with. What are the challenges these groups are facing?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

That basically entails figuring out how to allow staff and volunteers to get work email, documents and other data on their own mobile devices – and what to do when phones and tablets get lost or stolen. The mainstream IT press was alive with the topic. There are remedies. Big Data and the Internet of Things. Big picure time.

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Whole Whale

MAY 5, 2021

In the case of the above grassroots fundraiser, lots of international press easily verified the fund’s legitimacy. registered nonprofits), audited tax statements, and other documents like annual reports on your website. In late 2020, Charity Navigator announced significant changes to its rating system. Charity Ratings.

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Neon CRM

APRIL 27, 2023

For most kinds of live events, you’re probably going to need some sort of sound system. Make sure you also decide on any discount codes before you start setting up your system. That way, you don’t have to navigate multiple systems—you’ll have everything in one place! Technology: What kind of tech are you going to need?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 31, 2010

Can you talk a little bit about what the crisis is, and what the connection is between today's food system and climate change? If you add up the whole food system, the whole food sector, what you find is that it contributes to one-third of all of the man-made greenhouse gas emissions. We are co-producers, then, in the food system.

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

Over 180 people with over 635,000 total followers signed up to participate by authorizing Epic Change to post via their Twitter account using JustCoz , an online relay system that lets you donate a tweet a day to help raise awareness for causes that matter to you.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Include bloggers on your press list. When you are creating your press list, be sure to search on Technorati and Google Blog Search to find bloggers who are writing about your organization's issues and send them your press release as well. The Ann Arbor District Library System uses a blog for the front page of their site.

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