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Eight “Thank You” Videos Created by Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

With each passing day your supporters, donors, activists and sponsors are becoming overwhelmed by the barrage of tweets, status updates, text messages, and emails being thrown at them on a daily basis. As a result, text-based “Thank You” messages are often unread and overlooked. That said, a video can often communicate your appreciation better than the written word and the eight videos below will help inspire your nonprofit to create a “Thank You” video.

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2012 SXSW Interactive – #nptech Highlights

Amy Sample Ward

Last week I was down in Austin, TX, for the 2012 South by Southwest Interactive Festival. Even though the majority of the attendees representing big brands, companies, and start-ups, the nonprofit technology contingency still had a strong showing with many socially good focused sessions on the agenda, the Beacon Lounge, and plenty of extracurricular events.

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Social Media for Social Good Book Tour Raises $17,130 for Partner Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

3/19/12 Update: Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits launched in conjunction with a social media and mobile technology training and book tour that also served as fundraiser for partners nonprofits – a total of $17,130 was raised. Thanks very much to those that attended, the nonprofit partners (listed below), and the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Sponsors that helped make it happen.

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Meeting the Geeks of Arabia at N2Vlabs Talks in Amman, Jordan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Rami Al-Karmi, N2V Lab. Note from Beth: I’m in Jordan and Morocco this week for the culmination of the E-Mediat program, a dynamic technology training and capacity building program developed to help grassroots organizations around the world use digital technology to tell their stories, build membership and support, and connect to their community of peers around the world.

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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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2 Wild Apricot Webinars This Week

Wild Apricot

Want to learn more about managing events in Wild Apricot? Or maybe you want to find out about using Wild Apricot within an existing website? We're offering an event webinar on Wed. Mar. 21 and a Wild Apricot Functionality webinar on Thurs. Mar. 22.

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The Internet Gets Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Mburpee. Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place last week in Seattle. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. GEO’s 2012 National Conference shared a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and presents opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of

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Mapping Your Path One Image at a Time

Have Fun - Do Good

Have you ever had one of those, When Things Fall Apart , times in your life? I think I'm in one right now. A blank page can be both exciting, and terrifying, so I'm filling mine with images. Inspired by things I learned in Lisa Sonora Beam's visual journaling workshop a couple years ago, and by my recent interview with Christine Mason Miller for the Arts and Healing Podcast , I've been pasting at least one image a day in a big 'ole journal.

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You're Invited to TechSoup Global's Digital Storytelling Awards and Screening Party

NTEN

In this year's Third Annual Digital Storytelling Challenge , powered by Lights. Camera. Help. more than 200 nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs from 25 countries submitted one-minute videos and five-photo slideshows to showcase the impact they are making on their respective communities. There was an overwhelming amount of talent and stories shared through the contest!

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Register Today for CiviCon 2012

Tech Soup

This is a guest blog post from Dave Greenberg, on the CiviCRM Team. TechSoup readers can take advantage of a special discount to attend this year's CiviCon. Read on for details. CiviCon , the annual CiviCRM conference, is happening in the San Francisco Bay Area on. April 2. We've arranged a special 25% discount for TechSoup members. Enter. this discount code when you. register : civisoup CiviCon brings together end-users, implementers, and evaluators to share their experiences.

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CTOs for Good: White Paper

NTEN

CTOs for Good is a small group of chief technology officers (CTOs) at innovative nonprofits focused on scale and engagement. In 2011, NTEN, with support from the Knight Foundation , convened the CTOs for Good forum and conducted follow-up interviews with the participants in order to document and share the group’s experiences and challenges. The group addressed a number of issues over the course of the year, many of which are reflected in this white paper.

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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.

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Pathfinder and Pancakes!

Connection Cafe

Author: Emily Goodstein. Today’s "Behind the Convio Admin Curtain" installment is full of juicy Convio best practices, and even a restaurant recommendation for stellar chocolate chip pancakes right outside Boston. Read on to learn how Jamie-Alexis Fowler pushed fundraising goals to bring in more dollars for Pathfinder International and leveraged the services of Convio’s Strategy team to amplify her organization’s message.

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Free Webinar: Your Supporters Are Mobile. Are You?

NTEN

It's not necessary to sling around statistics about the growth of mobile anymore. We see it every day: on the bus, in supermarkets, in our own homes. For all intents and purposes, everybody has a mobile device. So we need to think of mobile as an opportunity – and a challenge. How can we reach our supporters where they are (and get a word in edgewise between games of Words with Friends and Twitter updates)?

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Director Less Than Invisible In Underwear And Is Hospitalized - TheNonProfitTimes

AFP Blog

Director Less Than Invisible In Underwear And Is Hospitalized - TheNonProfitTimes : The director of the viral video “Kony 2012”, which is rapidly approaching 100 million views, was hospitalized in San Diego, Calif., after running through the streets in his underwear and vandalizing cars.

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2012 NTC Preview: Laura Quinn on Cloud Security

NTEN

Are you ready for the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference ? We're playing host to over 100 breakout sessions this April 3-5, and we're delighted to bring you a video preview of just a few of those, starting with Laura Quinn, Executive Director of Idealware. Here, Laura highlights some of the points from her session, The Cloud Beckons, But Is It Safe ?

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Nonprofits Are Leveraging the Cloud, but Does It Have to Be So Complex?

Effectively managing cloud technology is getting more complex. From cybersecurity concerns, vendor lock-in, cost increases, or lack of transparency on costs, it can quickly get out of control. Knowing what you can control and finding a platform that’s built with nonprofits in mind is key.

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Wozniak to speak at AFPTechKnow 2012

AFP Blog

TechKnow General Information Home : Apple Co-Founder and philanthropist Steve Wozniak confirmed to speak at AFP TechKnow!

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