January, 2016

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More Likes, More Comments, More Shares: Using Psychology to Get the Most from Your Facebook Page

Byte Technology

For many non-profit social media directors, much of their time is spent crafting stellar content, posting engaging photos, distilling compelling video and much more for the organization’s Facebook page. And nothing is more discouraging than seeing all that hard work not translate into trackable actions. Why aren’t followers liking our pictures? Why aren’t they passing on our important information to others?

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11 Must-Know Stats About How NGOs Worldwide Use Internet Technology

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A collaborative research project by the Public Interest Registry and Nonprofit Tech for Good, the 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Report is an inaugural effort to gain a better understanding of how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide use online technology to communicate with their supporters and donors. Based upon the survey results of 2,780 NGOs from Africa, Asia, Australia & Oceania, Europe, North America, and South America, the data gleaned from the online survey is unpreced

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An Eleven Step Program to Cure Shiny Object Syndrome

Robert Weiner

NTEN just published of mine called " An Eleven Step Program to Cure Shiny Object Syndrome " (technically, they reprinted an article that AFP will publish this summer). My co-conspirators were Dahna Goldstein , Marc Baizman , and Tracy Kronzak. The four of us, plus Vered Meir , will be leading a workshop on the topic of shiny object avoidance at NTEN's Nonprofit Technology Conference in March.

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[RECAP] Two Tactics for Refreshing Your Social Media Strategy in 2016

EveryAction

You made it! The first week of 2016 is halfway over and you're finally getting back into the swing of things, but it's hardly business as usual. Hopefully, you've taken all of the insightful nonprofit knowledge from 2015 and started applying it to your work in the new year. right?

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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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2-1-1 Colorado and Lafayette's Foothills United Way Expand Services for Immigrants & Refugees

VisionLink

2-1-1 Colorado , which provides information and referrals to immigrants and refugees on resources such as citizenship classes, English as a second language programs, legal services and others, are supporting the expansion of the program. Read more about the expansion of this program by clicking the link.

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January Update: Getting Started with 2016

Wild Apricot

Can you believe that January is already over? January was a big month for us. We’ve confirmed a lot of our strategies to improve our software experience and already started acting on them.

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8 Fundraising Tools to Watch in 2016

Nonprofit Tech for Good

2016 is going to be a big year for mobile and digital wallet payments. Apple, Facebook, Twitter, Google, PayPal, and Amazon are scrambling to be your chosen first choice and while this is predominantly playing out in the consumer market, in 2016 we will finally start to see mobile and digital wallet payments impact online fundraising in the nonprofit sector.

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New book: “Advancement Services: Enhancing Fundraising Success”

Robert Weiner

CASE has just published the third edition of its guide to Advancement Services. The title of this edition is " Advancement Services: Enhancing Fundraising Success." The book was a labor of love for over 2 years by 25 of advancement services professionals, led and edited by the esteemed John Taylor. I'm honored to have written two chapters. You can buy a copy from CASE by clicking here.

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The 2016 Nonprofit Fundraising Strategic Plan Guide

EveryAction

For some things, spontaneity is highly desirable, but any fundraising professional will tell you that planning a campaign isn’t one of them. Having a detailed strategic plan in place before embarking on a fundraising campaign can be a huge determinant of its success, even before the first dollar is raised. But it isn’t enough to have a rough idea of messaging, an incomplete timeline, some scheduled tweets, and an arbitrary fundraising goal.

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“Survey Says” VS. Research

Achieve

“Survey says!” You remember the catch phrase, right? These words became synonymous with the long-running game show. The Family Feud. The premise of the game, as you may recall, was a competition between the members of two families to see which family could more quickly and accurately guess the results of survey questions. The show’s success was no doubt derived from the often outrageous answers. by both the contestants and the survey respondents.

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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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January Update: 1 month down already?

Wild Apricot

Can you believe that January is already over? January was a big month for us. We’ve confirmed a lot of our strategies to improve our software experience and already started acting on them.

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Back to School: New Tech for the Classroom of the Future

Byte Technology

With the surging popularity of every manner of tech device—on our wrists, strapped to our heads etc.—it makes sense that, finally, designers would begin to look past the frivolous and fun aspects of their gear and towards truly worthwhile applications. Imagine this scenario: instead of staring at a wall map of foreign lands, students can don some hi-tech headgear and be transported to those places in a 360-degree virtual world of images.

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DoGoodData Conference 2016: Early Bird Registration Ends 1/31

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Do you believe data can help make the world a better place? Are you wondering how your organization can more effectively harness and gain value from your data? Are you constantly thinking about how to gain the information you need to improve your program? Then Do Good Data conference on April 27-29 is for you! It is a great place to connect with nearly 1,000 of your peers and learn from them.

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Meaningful LMS Use Case Scenarios

Gyrus

For those who are unfamiliar with use case scenarios, they are simply the scenarios that users of your system would perform. Put another way: This is a way for you to make a case for the usage scenarios of your potential LMS users. It is pretty difficult to decide on an LMS provider if you haven't first decided how your employees will be using the LMS.

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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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Millennials Who Manage

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Drawing on extensive research, including a comprehensive, original workplace survey and in-depth interviews with Millennial managers, Millennials Who Manage , offers teaches Millennial readers how to overcome workplace perceptions and become great leaders. Chip Espinoza and Joel Schwarzbart are the authors of the new book, and Espinoza was kind enough to share his answers the following questions about topics he covers in his book.

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Is Lack of Emotion Hurting Your Fundraising?

Achieve

Have you ever wondered, after the fact, why you donated to a particular cause or organization? You hadn’t planned on it. It wasn’t something that had been on your radar. So why did you give? The answer, in a lot of cases, is because it made you feel good. That’s how most of us feel when we do something to help others. It’s a feeling that has been well documented in studies and, recently, by the.

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Free Expert Webinar: 6 Steps to Transform Your Association's Culture

Wild Apricot

Discover the leadership mindset required to drive positive transformation across your organization in this live webinar with John Mattone – a world authority in leadership training.

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Social Media Mania: Why Your Non-Profit Should Focus on Channels That Get Results

Byte Technology

Love it or hate it, social media is a critical element of any successful non-profit’s overall marketing strategy. Having a profound and clear presence in the virtual world is one of the best ways to ensure your message and mission are being communicated to the widest audience possible and that the message is translating into time, talent and dollars for your group.

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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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New E-Book: Measurement 101 for Nonprofits by KD Paine @queenofmetrics

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I learned about measurement from Katie Delahaye Paine, who is the leading expert in measuring communications strategies. Why else would everyone call her The Queen of Metrics! I was honored enough to co-author a book with Katie, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” a book about measuring social media and networks. So, I know first-hand how incredibly brilliant she is!

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Are You One of the 25%?

Gyrus

Learning Management Systems (LMS) must evolve as the dynamic learning environment of its users change. If an LMS isn’t continuously improved then these users cannot benefit from better pedagogic techniques and methodologies. For example, learning no longer only takes place in classrooms, it happens online, in social settings, and on mobile devices: virtually everywhere.

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10 Reasons For Embracing Storytelling As A Business Tool

Eric Jacobsen Blog

From Paul Smith's book, Lead With A Story , here are the 10 reasons for embracing storytelling as a business tool : Storytelling is simple Storytelling is timeless Stories are demographic-proof Stories are contagious Stories are easier to remember Stories inspire Stories appeal to all types of learners Stories fit better where most of the learning happens in the workplace Stories put the listener in a mental learning mode Telling stories shows respect for the audience Smith goes on to say that:

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Well, Fido, It’s You and Me

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Maureen West Project Manager, Social Impact Measurement ASU Lodestar Center. We all know many of the reasons domestic violence victims don’t escape their abusers: fear, a sense of helplessness, and financial dependence among them. But an estimated 40 percent of domestic violence victims say that, among the ties that binds them, is their concern for what will happen to their pets if they leave them behind, as domestic violence shelters in Maricopa County generally don’t allow pets, exce

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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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The Who, What, and Why of Capital Campaigns

Wild Apricot

Whether you’re a university fundraising for a new library or a nonprofit with a big, mission-fulfilling task on the horizon, you should consider a capital campaign.

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YouTube Launches a Breakthrough in Nonprofit Fundraising

See3

Nonprofits struggle to make the connection between someone watching a video on a screen and someone completing a donation on their website. YouTube donations cards makes the process a lot easier. The post YouTube Launches a Breakthrough in Nonprofit Fundraising appeared first on The See3 Blog.

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Guest Post: Introducing the New GuideStar Nonprofit Profile

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Introducing the New GuideStar Nonprofit Profile – Guest Post by Jacob Harold, Guidestar. I’m excited to announce a major milestone in GuideStar’s history. GuideStar’s vision is to drive philanthropy by increasing nonprofit data collection, distribution, and innovation. Today, we take a giant leap toward further achieving that vision.

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[Guest Post] How to Capture a Baby Boomer’s Attention

Donor Search

This blog focuses on the world of prospect research and various related fundraising topics. To diversify our subject matter, we like to feature the work of our friends and colleagues in the community. Join me in welcoming Karen Blanchard of Alumni Finder, and please enjoy this post on engaging Baby Boomers.

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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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What To Ask During An Employee Exit Interview

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Knowing why an employee leaves your company can help you to reduce your employee turnover rate. That's because you can use the reasons a departing employee provides to gather information about processes, people and departments that might need some redirection to correct situations that may have contributed to the employee's reasons for leaving. So, do an exit interview whenever possible with each departing employee.

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Well, Fido, It’s You and Me

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Maureen West Project Manager, Social Impact Measurement ASU Lodestar Center. We all know many of the reasons domestic violence victims don’t escape their abusers: fear, a sense of helplessness, and financial dependence among them. But an estimated 40 percent of domestic violence victims say that, among the ties that binds them, is their concern for what will happen to their pets if they leave them behind, as domestic violence shelters in Maricopa County generally don’t allow pets, exce

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Five of Our Most Popular Blog Posts of 2015

BoardAssist

What were the blog posts that were most popular on the BoardAssist blog in 2015? Thanks to Google Analytics, its easy for us identify which ones resonated most with our followers. As the advice our guest bloggers offered in 2015 is certainly just as timely as we start 2016, we thought it would be a great idea to thank our guest bloggers again for their wisdom and republish their great advice with you now!

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Will 2016 Be The Year Of Video in Cause Marketing?

See3

Cause marketing is lesson of quid quo pro between nonprofits and for-profit companies. How can video help organizations and businesses make the most of this powerful relationship? The post Will 2016 Be The Year Of Video in Cause Marketing? appeared first on The See3 Blog.

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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.