Mon.Feb 13, 2012

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11 Must-Follow Nonprofits on Pinterest

Nonprofit Tech for Good

With 10.4 million registered users, Pinterest hit the 10 million-user benchmark last week making it the fastest growing website ever. My theory on why Pinterest has become so popular so fast is that it has arrived at at time when people are increasing becoming overwhelmed by the volume of tweets, status updates, and “Breaking News!” being thrown at them 24/7.

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Lame spam of the day: U.N. natural disaster victim payment

Robert Weiner

This spam is both lame (no graphic, no attempt to make the senders address look legit, mangled English) and odious -- preying on disaster victims (one can hope they're just preying on greedy idiots who will pretend to be disaster victims). Sender: Ban ki Moon (Info@cast.net). Subject: United Nations Headquarters. Text: United Nations Headquarters. 760 United Nations Plaza, New York, New York 10017, U.S.

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How After Action Reviews Can Improve Your Social Media Strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Source: nwlink.com via Beth on Pinterest. The After Action Review is a reflective practice that can be used for anything, but I find it especially valuable for social media pilots and experiments. The After Action Review (AAR) is a structured way to capture the lessons learned from any project, with the intent of improving future performance. It is an opportunity for a group to reflect on a project, activity, event or task so that they can do it better the next time.

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Getting More Social in 2012

Wild Apricot

Here are some resources for organizations just getting started with social media.

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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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Love your Techies: Send Them to the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conferenece

NTEN

Every February, with Valentine's day just around the corner, we take some time to appreciate all the nonprofit techies out there working to connect the organizations we love with the technology they need. This year, as you may have heard, the NTEN staff is stepping everything up a notch – we like to call it " amping up the awesome " – and February is no different.

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Online Community Recap: "Secret Sauce” Tips to Building Engaged Online Communities

Tech Soup

The Online Community Meetup kicked off 2012 with Bill Johnston , head of Global Community at Dell ; Gail Ann Williams , community director at Salon / The Well ; Rachel Luxemburg , group manager, Community at Adobe ; and Thor Muller , chief technology officer, Get Satisfaction. Together the panel shared their “secret sauce” tips to building engaged online communities and even took the time to look at some of their failures.

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Make Your Videos Better

Tech Soup

Kyle Henri Andrei is a research assistant at Idealware and is a recent graduate of communications at Indiana State University. He authored a newly-published article comparing A Few Good Tools for Video Editing , as well as this blog post with tips on making video better. Visit TechSoup's Digital Storytelling Challenge for more great resources on creating effective videos for your organization.

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Technology and the New Workplace Currency

AFP Blog

Technology and the New Workplace Currency : Cisco has recently come out with a new study, the 2011 World Technology report, that looks at the [internet] habits of college students and young professionals entering the workforce. The report asks specifically whether ”their demands for information access are changing business communications and the future of work”.

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Tag, You're IT! An Introduction for Technical Managers: Coaching Employees

Tech Soup

Grant Howe is VP of research & development for Sage North America’s Nonprofit Solutions business, based in Austin, Texas. Follow him on Twitter and read his first post in the Tag, You’re IT! series. Technical leadership generally gets a bad rap for not having quality soft skills. in managing people. Most of us have grown up through a technical career. ladder that values technical brilliance over these desired soft skills.

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AFP Blog - Untitled Article

AFP Blog

The tone of life on social networking sites | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project : The overall social and emotional climate of social networking sites (SNS) is a very positive one where adult users get personal rewards and satisfactions at far higher levels than they encounter anti-social people or have ill consequences from their encounters.

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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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What Goes into a Social Media Strategic Plan?

NTEN

J. D. Lasica. Founder. Socialbrite. A social media strategy should support the overall organization, not just a single department. It is your blueprint, the animating force that connects goals to actions. How many nonprofits do you know that have incorporated social as part of their overall strategy, or even their communications strategy? Let's go further: How many nonprofits really have a strategy?

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5 Things Virtual Event Platforms Can Learn from Pinterest ? It’s All Virtual

AFP Blog

5 Things Virtual Event Platforms Can Learn from Pinterest  It’s All Virtual : 5 Things Virtual Event Platforms Can Learn from Pinterest.

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