Thu.May 12, 2011

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Using Social Media Increases Fundraising by 40% [Study]

NetWits

Do you know how many of your supporters use popular social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube? 42.3% of the entire American population use Facebook. Twitter has over 16 million users. YouTube is the second most used search engine in the world. With usage stats like that it’s probably safe to assume that a large portion of your supporter are using at least one social network, right?

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Social Media, Foundations, and Grantees: What Works, What Doesn’t?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This week I attended Center for Effective Philanthropy’s conference “ Better Philanthropy: From Data to Impact &# where I participated on a discussion panel about social media, foundations, and grantees. Vincent Stehle moderated and other panelists included Paula Goldman , Omidyar Network, Jacob Harold , Program Officer, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Travis Manzione , Director of Assessment Tools for CEP.

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Data and Storytelling: 6 Ways to Use Data to Move Your Mission

NTEN

By Kurt Voelker, CTO, Forum One Data is the new black. These days everyone is releasing it, visualizing it, aggregating it, and mashing it up. And for good reason. Data is so much more than a stack of numbers or a server filled with client outputs. It can justify the work that your organization is doing, help others understand why it is critical, and offer exciting new ways to motivate others to help solve the problems your organization is working on.

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Day at University of Washington

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Leaders to Legends Breakfast Lecture Series

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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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Social Media 101 TweetChat: Twitter

Tech Soup

TechSoup continued its Social Media Mondays in May with a discussion on Twitter to expand on the resources offered in its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki. The second installment of the weekly TweetChat series offered some useful advice on nonprofit Twitter use, a tool that can be difficult to understand for many nonprofit leaders. The chat kicked off with the question, "What makes a great tweet?

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Daily DoGooder: How to Clean Up an Oil Spill – Scamwow!

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Daily DoGooder delivers one – just one – excellent cause video to your inbox each day. Changing the world, one video at a time.How to Clean Up an Oil Spill – Scamwow!| 2:06 Greenpeace USAThis spoof-o-mercial employs the low-production values of the hawker-style, late night sell to mock oil executives multi-million dollar Image [.].

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PdF Discount and Call: The Internet's Future - Will It Be Free?

Tech Soup

Personal Democracy Forum (PdF) 2011 is. coming up June 6-7 in New York, and as the content, speakers, and attendees are all. uniquely suited to a large part of your community, they have extended a. substantial discount (25 percent off) to the whole TechSoup universe! The theme this year is Agents of Change and TechSoup's own Daniel Ben-Horin (one of our CEOs) will be speaking on a panel.

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Social Media Contingency Planning: The Operational Plan | Social Media Explorer

AFP Blog

Social Media Contingency Planning: The Operational Plan | Social Media Explorer : "But what if a disaster, natural or man-made, struck your company, building, city or country? Do you have a contingency plan for how your social media would actually operate? Nearly 80% of companies worldwide feel they are unprepared for a social media crisis. Don’t be in this majority; determine if your company is ready by considering the following.

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25 Largest Online Fundraising Nonprofits in 2010 | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a Blackbaud Blog

AFP Blog

25 Largest Online Fundraising Nonprofits in 2010 | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a Blackbaud Blog : "Recently The Chronicle published data about online giving for 2010. The chart below represents the 25 largest online fundraising nonprofit organizations for 2010:".

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The Aunt Mabel Effect (a lesson from Digital Leap) | NetWitsThinkTank.com

AFP Blog

The Aunt Mabel Effect (a lesson from Digital Leap) | NetWitsThinkTank.com : "I just returned from Toronto, where Blackbaud sponsored the Digital Leap conference for the second year in a row. It would be tough to relay all the great new statistics, pointers, and tidbits I picked up at the conference, so I’ve narrowed it down to my favorite takeaway, nabbed from the session led by Ted Hart on Online Fundraising Success and Social Media.".

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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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Why Facebook Photo Tags Are The New (And Possibly More Powerful) Likes | Fast Company

AFP Blog

Why Facebook Photo Tags Are The New (And Possibly More Powerful) Likes | Fast Company

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Charity Auctions Online: Benefits Beyond Financial Success | eJewish Philanthropy: Your Jewish Philanthropy Resource

AFP Blog

Charity Auctions Online: Benefits Beyond Financial Success | eJewish Philanthropy: Your Jewish Philanthropy Resource : "may seem strange that in almost 35 years as a Jewish nonprofit Lilith has not yet held a large-scale fundraising event. A couple of years ago, though, when we hosted a small spring cocktail party in Manhattan as an egalitarian way to draw in women across the age spectrum for an evening of “friendraising,” socializing and good talk, we decided to pair it with a silent auction.