NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

When you think of nonprofits, you don’t always associate them with “high-tech.” With artificial intelligence becoming a major part of private businesses, nonprofits have also started using AI for automating the procedures and tasks. Here are some ways AI is being used to transform nonprofits: Automating customer service.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

I want to provide some updated findings for the entire year, as well as discuss the importance of online donations to support the Haiti earthquake relief efforts. 2009 proved to be another important year for online giving by nonprofit organizations. The analysis also looked at a subset of the same 1,703 nonprofits in 2008 and 2009.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Not to be confused with Text-to-Give campaigns (Text HAITI to 90999 to donate $10 to the Red Cross), text alert campaigns are when individuals opt-in to be alerted of breaking news or calls to action via text message. Text alerts can also be used to drive traffic to an organization’s mobile website and to ask people to Text-to Give.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

By David Farnes, Executive Director, Mobile Giving Foundation Canada , and Vice President, Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Associatio n and Jim Manis, Chairman and CEO, Mobile Giving Foundation. The results of the survey were very encouraging for the current and future state of mobile giving. Channel of Influence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Google and Microsoft sent me mobile phones in response to my complaints about the Apple iPhone in-app donation policy. Mobile can’t be this separate tactic or channel in your communications strategy. Also, fundraising may not be your first objective with mobile. Is mobile the best way to reach your target audience?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

If you’re like most people working at a nonprofit, you probably had a “Holy Mobile!” moment in January, 2010, when an outpouring of donations followed the devastating Haiti quake. But what you may not have anticipated was that $41m of these dollars flowed through mobile phones via “premium text messages.” You breathed in.

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

Not only is it an engaging donor experience, but peer-to-peer fundraising is often the push you need to reach essential fundraising goals. For example, many faith-based nonprofits will use peer-to-peer fundraising to generate participant support for walkathons or 5Ks. That’s where peer-to-peer fundraising comes in.

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TechImpact

JULY 17, 2014

In part 1 of this blog series , we discussed how essential posting and maintaining quality content on your nonprofit’s website is to generating traffic. In addition to quality content, we explored the reasons why your website has to be intuitive to use, and furthermore, why it ought to be responsive and load quickly on mobile devices.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2010

In the past 8 days, the surge of generosity for Haiti relief has been amazing. In less than a week, nonprofits using Convio systems have raised over $100 million through email appeals, websites and social media outreach and many other organizations are raising record amounts. Author: Jordan Viator.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2010

My mobile phone’s GPS has also changed getting me to the right place mostly on time. Of all the communication technology the mobile phone is probably as disruptive as any. The most recent development with mobile technology is that of a giving platform. Technology has changed all that. But I digress.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

But having been in the nonprofit technology since 1993, I've seen a predictable pattern of cycles with new tools and technology. With nonprofits, the Trough of Disillusionment comes when we start to understand the real challenges in implementing a new technology and stop looking at as a panacea that will solve all our problems.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Oxfam in Haiti – Google Maps – This is a great example of how you can use a tool like Google Maps to tell a story and provide easy access to information – great job Oxfam! "Oxfam "Oxfam is responding to the biggest earthquake for 200 years in Haiti. The future of the nonprofit sector depends on it."

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

How should nonprofits position themselves in this ever changing world of technology? To answer these questions and more, we at Smart Online™ used this last quarter of 2010 to try and unravel the ‘Technology Trends for Nonprofits’ in 2011. Engagement is the new Investment: How engaged is your nonprofit? is through mobile devices!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

A similar example is that of an Atlanta city councilman who chose to post a message to Twitter asking for a medic to respond to an unconscious woman on the street rather than to dial 911 when his mobile phone battery was very low. The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

In 1999, Blackbaud pioneered the nonprofit technology market by introducing reliable, secure, and donor-friendly online donation forms. The last three years, in particular, have shown how online giving continues to be a growth engine for fundraising in the nonprofit sector. Donor behavior is keeping pace with consumer behavior.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

It's no secret that nonprofits have had to get creative to raise money online in this down economy. Joanne Fritz of About.com, takes a look at how donors are relying more on microgiving than ever before. Because a big chunk of donations were raised via mobile which only allows between $5 and $10 donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2010

Given the visible success of the Haiti text to give campaigns, SMS is bound to become one of the tools in the an organization's fundraising bag if it isn't already. textPlus, a mobile app, offers users free texting with group text capability. textPlus, a mobile app, offers users free texting with group text capability.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Mobile phone ownership is reaching a critical mass worldwide. Taking this into consideration, it is not surprising that mobile giving has proven to be a highly effective form of fundraising. Advantages to Mobile Giving Campaigns. But what makes mobile giving so quick and painless? Is mobile giving secure?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

There is little debate that online communication, fundraising, and advocacy have become important parts of the modern nonprofit's fundraising and marketing mix. Some of the key trends supporting rapid adoption of technology by nonprofits are: 1) Online lifestyle, behavior and giving of consumers and donors leading to success.

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Care2

MARCH 22, 2011

Do you know the average click-through and open rates on action alerts and fundraising appeals across the nonprofit sector? Are nonprofits experimenting with mobile more? Key Benchmarks: How Did Your Nonprofit Measure Up ? Nonprofits need to pay special attention to this stat. Online Advocacy and Email.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Organizations around the globe are harnessing these tools and data to mobilize supporters, tell their stories and the stories of their constituents, and to share knowledge with people and communities everywhere. Humaninet is a nonprofit organization that supplies technical equipment and expertise to humanitarian disaster response teams.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Organizations around the globe are harnessing these tools and data to mobilize supporters, tell their stories and the stories of their constituents, and to share knowledge with people and communities everywhere. Humaninet is a nonprofit organization that supplies technical equipment and expertise to humanitarian disaster response teams.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 22, 2010

Anecdotally and intuitively nonprofit professionals know that changing demographics and technology are driving a shift in charitable engagement. Questions abound: How do donors of different generations learn about nonprofit organizations? It’s no different with fundraising. What are their preferred channels for engagement?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2010

Anecdotally and intuitively nonprofit professionals know that changing demographics and technology are driving a shift in charitable engagement. Questions abound: How do donors of different generations learn about nonprofit organizations? It’s no different with fundraising. What are their preferred channels for engagement?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Being asked to write a few words about "What's the future of mobiles for nonprofits?" I could point to the Haiti disaster as the tipping point in cell phones -- for the increased engagement with donors, and more importantly, for the contributions of information from survivors. I mentioned the need to pay attention.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2016

It's true that businesses have gone mobile, but that's because the rest of the world has too. The Red Cross led the nonprofit texting revolution back in 2010 when it launched a successful mobile campaign to ask for donations for the earthquake victims of Haiti. Here are my top SMS ideas for nonprofits: 1.

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 2 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 18th, 2011 Day 2 of NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ) in Washington, DC is when things really kick into high gear.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2013

Fundraising is crucial to any nonprofit’s success, but this labor of. Supporting more than 100,000 nonprofits, Network for Good provides an aggregation of resources including expert communications and fundraising training as well as webinars , e-books , and a wealth of how-to literature on everything nonprofit, all for.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 5, 2015

When I see donation pages out there that irritate, frustrate, and even frighten donors, I’m heartbroken. While best practices for donation form design have been well articulated for many moons , I suspect you have a “good friend” still losing money with a painful donor experience needing the love of intervention.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Tis the Season Is mobile fundraising the next frontier? Child's Play Charity targets gamers as a donor community, by Penny Arcade , raising millions mostly to provide games and equipment to child life programs at leading hospitals around the world. Key finding, as Sarah Dopp notes " The Nonprofits Are Winning."

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