August, 2016

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Getting the Message: More Tips for Achieving Inbox Zero

Byte Technology

It’s an ideal we all should—or at least want to—strive to reach: inbox zero. Indeed, the very idea conjures an edenic work existence where we take a rigorous approach to email management aimed at keeping the inbox empty—or almost empty—at all times. The purpose of reaching such a goal is obvious: less email-incurred stresses and vastly increased productivity, and an overall more relaxed sense of workspace calm.

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Seeing Through Walls for Greater Independence!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Kent Presents 2016 I just attended the second annual Kent Presents conference in Kent, Connecticut. It’s the brainchild of Donna and Ben Rosen, a New York power couple with connections to science, technology, politics, the arts and more. There were too many awesome talks to do them justice, but you are welcome to sample the session titles here. The talk that especially blew my mind was by MIT professor Dina Katabi.

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10 Website Design and Email Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The rapid rise of social media and mobile technology has had a profound impact on website design and email marketing, yet many nonprofits have not yet adapted to the new aesthetics and functionality of a mobile, social Internet. Based upon the knowledge and experience that the nonprofit sector has gained over the last 20 years of using websites and email for storytelling and fundraising, the webinar content below was presented August 23, 2016 to 1,662 nonprofit staff.

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3 Simple Email Improvements to Make More Money During EOY Fundraising

EveryAction

This post originally appeared in NTEN's July Connect newsletter. We’re just over halfway through 2016 and, if we’ve learned anything so far, it’s that online fundraising has really found its stride in the nonprofit sector. In fact, according to the annual Benchmarks report from NTEN and M+R , email fundraising revenue alone increased by a whopping 25% last year, outpacing the overall growth of other online revenue sources.

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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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How to Train and Develop Millennials

Gyrus

How to Train and Develop Millennials. Everywhere you look there are posts about millennials, mainly focusing on their abilities in comparison to their predecessors. There are some really fun ones out there, about how millennials are weaker than their parents, and how their neurological wiring explains their short attention spans. Most importantly these articles are mostly drawn up in the marketing world, and with good reason.

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36 Free Nonprofit Webinars for September 2016

Wild Apricot

If your organization is struggling to engage millennials, one of the things you’ll learn from this month’s webinars are 3 rules that will turn a new millennial member into a raving fan.

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Inside Goodwill’s #LaborofLove Campaign

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We’re approaching Labor Day Weekend. The Labor Day holiday is more than just the signal to the end of summer and a relaxing three-day weekend. The Labor Day Holiday, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. You may be familiar Goodwill as a place to shop, but the nonprofit does much more including helping people find jobs.

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How Nonprofit New Media Managers Can Manage Mobile and Social Media Burnout

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. Nonprofit new media managers often battle mobile and social media burnout. The mental energy required to actively engage multiple communities simultaneously is exhausting. Plugged in from early morning to late afternoon and early evening, many new media managers struggle to find balance at the end of day when they need to shift their mental focus to personal and family responsibilities.

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4 Fab Cat Nonprofits to Support on International Cat Day

EveryAction

Cat lovers, rejoice! It's International Cat Day , and if you're anything like us, you know one (or more) kitties that bring joy, laughter, and a whole lot of cat-itude to your life. To mark this year's celebration, here are four of our favorite feline-focused nonprofits to follow and fund! Introducing my new foster kittens: Jelly, Fritter, and Bearclaw!

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The Importance of Training and Development for Start-ups

Gyrus

The Importance of Training and Development for Start-ups and Small Businesses. With the hectic nature of start-up organizations today, one can easily make a claim that it is never too early to evaluate the effectiveness of a structured Learning, Training, and Development program. When starting out with a blank slate or attempting to move an organization into a direction in which they have never been.

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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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August Update: Software News

Wild Apricot

If you'd like to know about our latest software developments, you'll be happy to know that we released a major update just last week: Wild Apricot Version 5.8. Find out about the four major features in this release.

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Going Viral: How to Get Your Social Media Voice into the Mainstream

Byte Technology

It should come as no great surprise that social media posts are a fantastic resource for anyone actively operating in the virtual world. Whether you’re a media-conscious blogger, marketing maven for a non-profit cause or a new or established e-tailer, having your content feed into multiple social media platforms is a vital element to increasing your visibility and grabbing the attention you want and need.

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Major Gift Fundraising: 13 Expert Tips (Nonprofit Tech Carnival)

Donor Search

This month’s Fundraising Strategies & Nonprofit Tech Carnival is all about one thing: major gifts. At DonorSearch, we’ve written extensively about major gift fundraising and the various elements that go into the entire process, from prospect identification all the way through to post-gift stewardship and ongoing retention.

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Announcing the 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Survey!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Published in English , French , and Spanish , the goal of the 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Survey is to gain a better understanding of how nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide use online technology. The data will be released on January 30, 2017 in the second annual edition of the Global NGO Online Technology Report. The survey will be live through October 31 and your participation and promotion of the survey is greatly appreciated.

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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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You've Set Up an Email Welcome Series, So Now What?

EveryAction

By this point you’ve likely read article after article about why you should be creating a welcome series. A quick search returned over 10 articles from this year alone. If you haven’t already set one up, go do that now, I’ll wait. See, that wasn’t so bad was it? Now we’ve seen a lot of nonprofits set up a welcome series, but very few go beyond that.

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The Olympics – A Guideline to Continuous Learning

Gyrus

The Olympics – A Guideline to Continuous Learning. With the Olympics coming to a close and the closing ceremony occurring this Sunday. One cannot help but reflect back on these past few weeks, the incredible athletes and what they have accomplished. Years and years of training have culminated in either a medal for some of these participants or the drive to train even harder for one more chance at glory in the Tokyo Olympics of 2020.

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20 Free Nonprofit Webinars for August 2016

Wild Apricot

If you're organization is struggling to recruit volunteers, have you considered using social media to do the work for you? In one of this month's free nonprofit webinars, you'll learn how to recruit volunteers right from Facebook, Twitter, and even YouTube.

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Less is More: The Dos and Don’ts of Facebook Advertising

Byte Technology

It’s hard to determine whether or not Mark Zuckerberg himself truly envisioned what his simple social media platform would become 12 years after he first launched the site from his college room in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Indeed, what started as a way to connect with people in an online world has now become the domain of all elements that drive our world: non-profit causes, e-commerce behemoths, social activism extraordinaire, political wrangling and, of course, lots and lots of controversy.

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Nonprofit Technology Kick Start: Free World Class Board Meeting Software

Looking for cost reductions for your nonprofit? Why not consider modernizing with a digital board management system that's designed to work with remote meetings, with immediate cost reductions if you still distribute paper packets to members? Get going in less than an hour on a fully hosted cloud solution built on the latest technology that runs on any device - from desktops to tablets and smartphones - without any installation.

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Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Pat Lewis

ASU Lodestar Center

Welcome to a new ASU Lodestar Center Blog series, “Get to Know the Lodestar Center!” We’d like to provide our readers with a peek into what we do each day to accomplish our mission by introducing members of the faculty and staff via short interviews and conversations. Meet the folks who are here to help you and your nonprofit succeed! Pat Lewis Sr.

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How to Get the Public Behind Your Cause in 2016

Achieve

The following blog first appeared on. Philanthropy News Digest. If you’ve followed me on this blog or through my series of articles here, you’re familiar with my take on the need to move potential supporters from mere interest to deep engagement with your cause over time. There are lots of people out there who want to do good, who stand up for what is right, and who even devote most of their time to organizing others, but in general nonprofits are not doing all they could to tap into that intere

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The Key to Great Year-End Fundraising? Your Brand.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr photo by Mallix. Note from Beth: We are in the “dog days of summer,” that quiet time of year when a lot of people are on vacation and we might catch a glimpse of the Perseid meteor shower lighting up the night skies. It is not only a time for rest and relaxation, it is also an important time to start thinking about your nonprofit’s year-end fundraising campaign.

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How to Persuade your Boss to Invest in an LMS

Gyrus

How to Persuade your Boss to Invest in an LMS. Your learning program has been managing itself for years, or at least that’s what your boss thinks. But you know the dark secret that is lurking barely below the surface. You spend a ridiculous amount of time organizing and determining methods of learning dispersal among personnel within your organization.

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Donor Engagement Guide: 8 Key Steps to Better Retain and Engage Donors

Are your donors your biggest fans, or are you lacking donor loyalty? The truth is, your donors have expectations of what their relationship with your organization should look like. This ebook will help you learn how to live up to those expectations!

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Read Good To Great

Eric Jacobsen Blog

If you haven't read, Good To Great , by Jim Collins, do so. Near the top of virtually every list you'll see of the best leadership books, you'll find Good To Great. The book, five years in the making, and published in 2001, addresses the all-important question of: Can a good company become a great company, and if so, how? Some of the lessons from the book are : "Leadership is equally about creating a climate where the truth is heard and the brutal facts confronted.

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Your Donor-Centered Appeal Letter Checklist

BoardAssist

You’ve taken the first step and realized your appeal letter might need a face lift to make it clear to your donors just how important they are. But how exactly do you create that perfect donor-centered appeal letter. Fundraising pro Gail Perry has some great ideas for us in this week’s guest post. Thanks for the checklist, Gail! Your Donor-Centered Appeal Letter Checklist.

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Marketing Text-to-Give: 7 Promotional Strategies

See3

Launching a successful text-to-give campaign may seem like a daunting task. But the truth is: it’s all about how you market your campaign. That’s why we’re going to be discussing 7 of the most effective and efficient means for promoting your text-to-give campaign: #1. Market Text-to-Give Via Email. #2. Use Video to Make a […].

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11 Moments to Relive from MCON 2016

Achieve

The dust is starting to settle from another remarkable MCON. This year’s event gathered leaders, social entrepreneurs, activists and students from all over the country to National Geographic’s campus in Washington, D.C. for an unforgettable week. Whether you made it to D.C. this year, took advantage of the free live stream or you’re just now hearing about the event, check out these 11 can’t-miss moments from MCON 2016. #11 Jay Newton-Small Talks “Broad Influence,” How Women Continue to Shape Pol

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Nonprofit Technology Adoption: Why It Matters and How to Be Successful

Organizations like yours are increasingly realizing that technology adoption is only as good as the technology you choose. Statistics from a 2014 NTEN study show that seriously investing resources in training for your staff corresponds to higher adoption and ultimately technology effectiveness. In this report, we’ll give you a high-level overview of how to get your organization in shape for technology adoption and best practices for facilitating this critical process.

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Taking a Break from Work: It Is Called A Vacation!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That’s me on a Kayak on Monterrey Bay on the Coast of California getting eye level with some otters and harbor seals during my recent summer vacation. As Aliza Sherman and I write in the Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Impact Without Burnout due out in the fall, taking breaks is critical to working at your optimal levels of focus and attention, productivity, and creative thinking as well as coping with stressors throughout your day.

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The Olympics and Learning – A Fierce Combination

Gyrus

The Olympics and Learning – A Fierce Combination. With the games already under way and the Opening Ceremony beginning tonight. It seems appropriate that we compare the games to our industry. In the Learning and Development market, as in most, there are incredible similarities and strange happenstance where the lines seemingly cross without much of a thought.

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How To Create A Positive Work Experience

Eric Jacobsen Blog

In the book, The Optimistic Workplace , author Shawn Murphy , explains that the following beliefs are essential to helping create a positive work experience : The team is more important than any individual. For optimism to be strong, a cohesive team is vital. People need to believe the team will be there for them when needed. A team is weakened when the first priority is the needs of each person, or when ego dictates a team's actions or inaction.

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Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Anne Kotleba, Part 2

ASU Lodestar Center

Welcome to a new ASU Lodestar Center Blog series, “Get to Know the Lodestar Center!” We’d like to provide our readers with a peek into what we do each day to accomplish our mission by introducing members of the faculty and staff via short interviews and conversations. Meet the folks who are here to help you and your nonprofit succeed! Anne Kotleba Lecturer/ Program Coordinator, Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Last time we introduced Anne, a new lecturer in the School of Community Resources &

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Achieving Organizational Transformation: Pathways to Success

Association executives—and hopefully their boards—know that they are facing perilous times. Driven by the pace of cultural and technological change, they are experiencing major disruptions in the traditional business models that used to guide organizational growth strategies.orgSource offers a straightforward approach to navigating these changes and readying your organization for growth.