Wed.May 23, 2012

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5 Ways to Empower Your Crowdsource Fundraisers

NetWits

Crowdsourcing has become a popular term in recent years, but the word has only been around since 2006. It’s popularity has made the word commonplace when you interact in social networks. It’s also spreading around the fundraising and nonprofit world. Some people are starting to call it “Crowdsource Fundraising” But haven’t we been doing “crowdsourcing” for a little longer than 5 years in the event fundraising space?

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2012 Women Who Tech Telesummit – Using Technology and Social Media to Build Social Justice Movements

Amy Sample Ward

Are you a social change maker or NPtechie? Then this panel is for you. We’ll explore what it takes to build a powerful movement online filled with passionate people and matched with the right technology and tools to connect and engage our activists and donors across multiple online channels. Related Links : WWT Information. Session slides. Session recordings.

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Net Smart: How To Thrive Online

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NetSmart is Howard Rheingold’s latest book. It synthesizes his 30 years of experience if being a model digital citizen and what he has learned from asking other this simple question: How to use social media intelligently and mindfully? Lately, I have been working in far flung places which means long, very long airplane rides without Internet access!

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Nonprofits Going Mobile - Submit posts to the Nonprofit Blog Carnival

Wild Apricot

How is our increasing use of mobile devices (Smartphones, tablets, etc.) impacting non-profits and membership organizations? We're hosting this month's Nonprofit Blog Carnival and we want submissions on mobile for non-profits.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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CRM is Exactly What Your Nonprofit Needs

NTEN

Tal Frankfurt. Founder/CEO. Cloud for Good. Salesforce implementations, just like any other implementations, have costs associated with it. But you know what? Not using technology also has a cost. I recently had a conversation with a colleague about the advantages and disadvantages of using a constituent relationship management (CRM) system such as Salesforce to manage multiple types of relationships.

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Nonprofits As Trusted Messangers During This Election Year

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by. Timothy J. Schmaltz , ASU Lodestar Center. NMI Instructor /. PAFCO Coordinator. Protecting Arizona's Family Coalition. Nonprofits have a unique character in our society. And it is not just their legal status. This legal status recognizes that nonprofits exist for more than a bottom line. Nonprofits exist for the community. Most nonprofits don’t think of themselves as a political organization.

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4 Ways to Use Pinterest to Encourage Corporate Volunteerism

Tech Soup

This post originally appeared on the NetSquared blog, which is an initiative of TechSoup Global's, and was written by Causecast. Causecast helps connect nonprofits (for free) with businesses, volunteers, and corporate donations. Lets face it; it’s hard to look away from Pinterest. The hottest new social media site has become a go-to source for the. latest shopping tips, design advice, and funny dog pictures.

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Keep your eyes on the KPIs

Connection Cafe

Author: Alissa Ruehl. Last month I pointed out a few of the ways you can use Google analytics , or other web analytics tools, to gain a better understanding of your audience. The next step is to keep track of changes to audience and audience behavior. Your audience can change over time, or change behaviors as they adapt to new technology. Adjustments to your website can affect your visitor behavior as well.

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10 top tools for cause campaigns

AFP Blog

10 top tools for cause campaigns

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The Imperfect Storm

Connection Cafe

Author: Guest Blogger. This post was written by Marc Chardon and Hal Williams. It was orginally featured on The Huffington Post , May 18, 2012. The storm, for nonprofit organizations, is fully brewed. The demand for services is up; contributions have barely regained their pre-recession levels; government funding is way off; and expenses are rising. We are tempted to call this a perfect storm.

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How to Design a Seamless & Personalized Digital Donor Journey

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio

The average nonprofit uses five or more different software platforms to create their donor’s journey, making the experience clunky and disjointed. If you want to design a magical online giving experience for donors, making their journey as seamless as possible is key. In this webinar with expert Tim Sarrantonio, you’ll learn the fundamental steps to create an immersive and personalized online giving experience for your donors.