Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Though most nonprofits in the United States, Canada and the U.K. The successful implementation of social media for your nonprofit requires forethought and planning. To secure new volunteers?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

It was seemingly a year and forever ago when we last wrote about nonprofit trends reports. Back then, we were concerned about heady items like constituent-centric experiences, data-driven culture and strategy, technology for change, and use cases for technology. How nonprofits are traversing the extreme shifts in the workforce.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 6 of the recently released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. These basic LinkedIn Profile tips for nonprofit professionals serve as a foundation for when and if your nonprofit is ready to utilize LinkedIn Groups and Company Pages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 3, 2015

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. All medium and large nonprofits with multiple chapters eventually experience a unique, but common problem in their mobile and social media campaigns. In the cases where the head office has to reign in the chapters, it is much more complicated.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

In the next few weeks I’ll be making recommendations of which tools and trends in technology nonprofits should prioritize in 2013, but for this year’s post on New Year’s resolutions I wanted to get back to basics. ” we all know that is not the case. 4) Read more books.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 14, 2022

Nonprofits have radically needed to change their business models in light of the pandemic. In the early days, some nonprofits found themselves scrambling and struggling to adapt. CEO shared how his team uses their compulsory office day. Hybrid Work Emerged as a Staff Retention and Development Tool.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

I took some much-needed time off in December and was able to spend some down time reflecting on the future of social media and mobile technology for the nonprofit sector. Most nonprofit Thank You’s are still long, text-intensive messages which more often than not these days feel cumbersome and overwhelming to supporters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 6 of the recently released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. These basic LinkedIn Profile tips for nonprofit professionals serve as a foundation for when and if your nonprofit is ready to utilize LinkedIn Groups and Company Pages.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 13, 2021

My director of development & communications is giving serious thought to taking our hard copy newsletter and changing it to an e-newsletter. We continue to solicit donors using direct mail and emails. Here’s why: Donor retention continues to be the biggest problem in nonprofit fundraising. The stories can be tightened up.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 13, 2012

I wanted to let you know about 4 blogging workshops coming up, in case you're interested. Blogging for Nonprofits E-Clinic June 4-14, 2012 Virtual I'll be teaching with the fabulous Kivi Leroux Miller, author of The Nonprofit Marketing Guide. Hello Have Fun * Do Gooders! Share your blogging goals for the week.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

If your nonprofit has yet to get on Google+, now would be a very good time to start. If your nonprofit is already on Google+, then the best practices below are meant to help you better learn how to tap into and inspire the Google+ community. e-Newsletter. Set up your Google/Gmail Account and personal Google+ Profile. .

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 16, 2022

Nonprofit budgets are often tight, and each of your campaigns should aim to hit as high a return on investment (ROI) as possible. If these campaigns are falling short, you may end up with an unbalanced budget that impedes your nonprofit’s ability to fulfill and grow your mission. . You’ll also need to measure your outputs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2012

As I watched the last sunset of 2011 fade over the Pacific Ocean, I wanted to formally say farewell to Zoetica , the company I co-founded with Geoff Livingston and Kami Huyse that we announced in January, 2010 one day after my birthday, and one day before the Haiti Earthquake. Geoff has moved on to working on exciting projects , including a book (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2013

Two new books on measurement and analytics came to my attention this week. One is about nonprofit performance assessment and written for an audience of nonprofits, especially those that manage social service programs. ” Here’s a quick review of both books. ” Here’s a quick review of both books.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

To be alerted of when new best practices are posted, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 e-Newsletter. Also, since the Google+ Pages launched after the release of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , please consider this blog post a supplement to the book. ” .

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NTEN

AUGUST 24, 2012

In honor of the annual migration of children returning to school, NTEN member The Case Foundation is hosting a sweepstakes as part of their Be Fearless campaign. To enter, just vote for your favorite fearless book for a chance to win one of five Amazon Kindles loaded with a some pre-loaded e-books! Anything we missed?

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

While reading about the best practices for denim patching, you notice a little box to the right of the article that says “sign up for our e-newsletter.” No wants your damn e-newsletter. E-newsletters are an awesome way to keep in touch with your constituents, prospective clients and advocates of your causes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

How networked nonprofits use twitter. Last week, I parachuted into BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. How Networked Nonprofits Use Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

I’m thrilled to be doing a session with Aisha Moore and Gina Schmeling at the NTEN NTC called “ Technology Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace.” ” If you are attending the NTC, please join us. When does technology boost personal productivity for nonprofit professionals and when does it get in the way?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Note from Beth: In preparation for my book launch, I hired Rad Campaign to do a redesign of my blog. Aside from changing the color scheme to match the new book cover , I was ready to invest in “going mobile.” Nonprofit organizations are under the gun to keep up with current technology. Social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

For that to happen one has to look at a maturity of practice and where to take small steps towards improvement. I developed one for networked nonprofits and social media called “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly ” Click to See Larger Version. I think sometimes there is a disconnect between measurement and the actual practice.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 3, 2010

This is a continuation of my review of the recently published Nonprofit Guide to Going Green , which is a robust handbook on greening all aspects of a nonprofit organization’s program. The book is edited by Ted Hart, Adrienne Capps, and Matthew Bauer. Part one of this review is here. The green of?ce read more.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2012

Last year I made a personal reading list: 12 books in 12 months which felt incredibly reasonable since I love to read. It included books like The Life of Pi , The Deep End of the Ocean , Tuesdays with Morrie (all read, way to go me) and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (not read, in fact I forgot that one until just now).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Earlier this month, I had an opportunity to facilitate a full-day innovation lab for an amazing group of network thinkers using human design methods to inform the design of a leadership network. It has been exactly a year since I have committed to practicing the methods from Luma Institute as part of improving my facilitation practice.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 25, 2012

I really hesitate to use the phrase “perfect storm” here, because it has become so over-used since the movie of the same name was released more than a decade ago. Nonetheless, I think it is descriptive for what nonprofit publishers, like me, have experienced recently. for WorldatWork. cliché, I think some context is in order.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2010

This morning Allison Fine and I got up extra early for a Bagels and Books Event for The Networked Nonprofit at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service here in NYC. At book events, one of the most common themes we hear from nonprofits is about the fear that organizational leaders have about social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. Content Delivery Is Not Learning. Content Delivery Is Not Learning. Illustration by Beth Kanter.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2015

From time to time, we like to ask the TechSoup community, our staff, and other nonprofits what they're currently interested in. This time we asked what books folks recommend for summer reading on nonprofits, technology, or nonprofit technology. As always, we got some great suggestions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

It is the synthesis, sense-making, and sharing of the abundance of stories, knowledge, tips, resources, and wisdom that is happening in real time in the form of e-books or blog posts. Ymca of Metro Chicago Facebook Case Study. How To Use Measurement To Improve Your Social Media Practice.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

As a nonprofit professional, you appreciate the fact that email campaigns are an affordable and effective way to reach as many clients, donors, members and media as possible. You use e-newsletters to keep your members, supporters and volunteers up-to-date on your program developments and related issues. Special e-newsletter.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2014

I supported a vegan food truck, a book about metal dudes and their cats, a rescued chihuahua's hip surgery, and an iPhone case with a built-in taser. In other words, nonprofits and charities that are raising money for good purposes shouldn't be punished for the more nefarious crowdfunding campaigns. Neff of Lights.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 29, 2014

John Burnett is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub, and is the President of John Burnett Marketing and Professor Emeritus. He is the author of over 20 books, numerous academic articles and dozens of papers and presentations worldwide. You can check out his new e-book, “ How Marketing Can Make Your Nonprofit More Profitable ”. _.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Kivi got a call from a newspaper in Dallas writing about the nonprofit marketing angle. Whenever I get obsessed on a nonprofit story like this, where I find myself spending an hour, or two, or more focused on it, I know I have to blog it right away. And it worked! She also got quoted on an influential blog.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Much has changed with regard to fundraising and “friendraising” during the 12 years I have been a professional fundraiser, the most obvious being the use of technology. When there, volunteers set up a laptop that guests could use to make a donation via CC’s web site. CC launched Red House@Your House with a mail and e-mail campaign.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 12, 2010

book club, in which we'll focus on a business book about innovation and organizational learning. After much perusing, I've selected Sustaining Innovation: Creating Nonprofit and Government Organizations that Innovate Naturally by Paul C. It appears to blend high-level recommendations with specific case studies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The conference was created by Soren Gordhamer in 2010, author of the book, Wisdom 2.0. I use pen and a note book to take notes! I couldn’t help but think about how important content curation skills, information literacy, and encouraging a movement around this as Clay Johnson suggests in his book, the Information Diet.

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