Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2013

'With more than 225,000 registered users worldwide, LinkedIn pages have the potential to be very powerful for nonprofits. The vast majority of nonprofit staff, board members, volunteers, and funders use the site on a regular basis to network and make connections. Thus far most nonprofits have concentrated on using LinkedIn groups to build their brand inside the LinkedIn community, but as any regular LinkedIn group member knows, groups can become easily overrun by spammers and overzealous markete

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

'Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind. With the goal of promoting braille literacy, this landmark meeting brought together braille experts from around the world to Perkins’ campus in Watertown, Massachusetts.

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Judi Sohn

JULY 21, 2013

'It’s been a while since I posted anything that wasn’t related to Salesforce, hasn’t it? Here’s something a little different, but still cheerleading technology and tools I like, which I used to do a lot more of. Over 3 years ago, I wrote a blog post about my quest to find decent project management software for Fight Colorectal Cancer.

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VisionLink

JULY 19, 2013

'This week, I attended a wonderful Denver Tech4Good session on how nonprofits can make their websites more usable and easier to navigate. This is important because the more people are able to use your site, the more they will learn about your cause, donate, and give support. Below are a few tips and tricks I picked up that may come in handy! Consider the 5 key factors in "user-ability" Learnability - your website''s functioning needs to be predictable and similar to other sites Efficiency - user

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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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TechImpact

JULY 15, 2013

'We’ve talked a lot about the importance of optimizing your organization’s website for use on mobile devices, but it’s even more critical than you probably thought. According to a recent post from ThirdSector, about half of the people who attempt to give to a charity or nonprofit on a mobile device never actually get to … Continued The post Make Mobile Donations Easy Or Risk Losing Funds appeared first on Tech Impact.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

'Some newbie spammer posted a message on my site that shows the contents of their spam merge database. It goes on and on, but you''ll get the idea pretty quickly. I found it fascinating. I recognize so many snippets that have appeared in my spam folder over the years. { {I have|I’ve} been {surfing|browsing} online more than {three|3|2|4} hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 5, 2013

'I’ve been actively advocating for an international copyright exception model that would greatly benefit people with disabilities, as anyone who has read my blog over the years can attest! My passion at Benetech for the last twenty-five years has been making technology tools to meet the reading needs of people who are blind, dyslexic or have other print disabilities.

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NCE Social Media

JULY 5, 2013

'I recently had an article published on the ethical use of social media. I realize ethics is one of those topics that people like to avoid because it makes us feel uncomfortable. However, it is germane to our profession as nonprofit leaders. Here’s my article: Social Media Ethics. While it has an emphasis on fundraising it can directly apply to your everyday work in nonprofits.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 22, 2013

'Here are 4 key reasons why your organization should have a blog, as well as a Movie Monday video that offers a look at how one organization "built excitement and community engagement" with a blog.

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TechImpact

JULY 11, 2013

'Your website is the face of your organization, but is it doing enough to engage visitors and transform them into something more? According to a recent post from GuideStar the concept of conversion, often used in the world of sales and marketing, can be applied to nonprofits as well. Every time someone visits your … Continued The post Is Your Nonprofit Converting Online Visitors Into Supporters?

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

'If you have been following me on Twitter, Facebook, this blog or other social media channels, you know that my father passed away several weeks ago. I decided to metabolize my grief by doing an online fundraiser in his memory to raise money for Surf Rider Foundation for ocean conservation as well as do a virtual online memorial event where I asked people to tweet with the hashtag #OceanLoveEarl on July 3rd and share their favorite ocean stories.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2013

'Launched in 2007, YouTube’s Nonprofit Program has gone through multiple changes over the last six years. Initially the program was only offered to qualified U.S. nonprofits and the benefits were limited to premium branding functionality and the ability to add a Google Checkout donate button to nonprofit YouTube channels. Today, however, the program has been expanded to Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, and the United Kingdom and it offers some very powerful free tools t

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NTEN

JULY 2, 2013

'Ross Berenson. Designer, Developer. MSDS. If you’ve been discussing a website redesign with just about anyone these days, you’ve no doubt heard the term “Responsive Design” come up one, or a hundred times. Responsive Design, one of the more effective ways to approach designing websites for mobile devices, is all the rage. And rightfully so. If you’ve been discussing a website redesign with just about anyone these days, you’ve no doubt heard the term “Responsive Design” come up one, or a hundred

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NCE Social Media

JULY 3, 2013

'Since it’s the 4th of July tomorrow, here are four things that are trending in social media right now. 1) Instagram video. Earlier this summer Instagram released it’s video component to compete with Twitter’s Vine. Some say it hit Vine hard. Others say, not so fast. In my opinion I like the filters you can use on Instragram but the 15 seconds seems too long compared to Vine’s 6 seconds.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 17, 2013

'Here''s a look at the "Overhead Myth" and calls for new ways of thinking about and measuring non-profit and charity success.

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TechImpact

JULY 12, 2013

'It’s no secret that mobile devices are changing lives across the world, but you might not often think about how they’re changing the way nonprofits do business. According to a recent post from The Huffington Post, a recent study shows that the use of mobile devices will more than double this year. Tablets, smartphones, they’re … Continued The post Nonprofits’ Use Of Mobile Technology Could Double This Year appeared first on Tech Impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2013

'Note From Beth: Last month, I did a webinar for the SalesForce Foundation on measuring social media. The Foundation is offering webinars and publishing white papers for nonprofits. Two recent papers that caught my eye were: ” How to Use Social Media for Social Good ” and “ Building Meaningful Engagement.” Recently, I had an opportunity to meet Tal Frankurt, CEO of Cloud for Good, where he shared some thoughts about how a well-designed SalesForce database could be

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2013

'Nonprofit Tech for Good offers a series of social and mobile media webinars ideal for training social and mobile media managers, communications and fundraising staff, and volunteers and interns. Each webinar has an individual price of $50, but through September 21, 2013 they will be offered at the following discounted rates: 2 Webinars: $80. 3 Webinars: $100. 4 Webinars: $130. 5 Webinars: $160. 6 Webinars: $190. 7 Webinars: $210. 8 Webinars: $230. 9 Webinars: $240.

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NTEN

JULY 29, 2013

'Our friend Beth Kanter says that when we make a misstep, we should “remove the demons of self-doubt and self-judgment,” share it publicly, learn, and move on. In that spirit. On Wednesday we sent emails out to about 24,000 subscribers who (we thought) hadn’t opened up an email in over a year. We were hoping to confirm which folks wanted to remain a part of the community, let the others off the hook, and do it in a way that we thought was light-hearted, even a little silly.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 24, 2013

'posted by Nell Edgington , President. Social Velocity. Board members sometimes stand in the way of what their nonprofit needs most. I’ve written before about the meaningless at best and destructive at worst distinction between “overhead” and “program” dollars. And board members often are as bad as donors at forcing nonprofits to ignore the very real costs of the work they do and their very real need for organization building dollars.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 19, 2013

'We recently celebrated our 7th anniversary at Wild Apricot where we enjoyed meeting and talking to clients about what motivates them personally in their volunteer and staff roles.

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TechImpact

JULY 6, 2013

'There seems to be a misconception out there that nonprofits should only spend a tiny sliver of their overall budget on overhead costs like administrative staff or technological infrastructure. According to a recent post from Techsoup, this myth limits nonprofits can accomplish and their ability to grow. Many experts believe the opposite is actually true, … Continued The post Dispelling The Myth Of Overhead Spending appeared first on Tech Impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2013

'Photo Source: Mlaraevski on Flickr. As part of your organization’s digital strategy, you need to create engaging content for your web site, email newsletter, or blog. This content can be easily optimized for social channels like Facebook or Twitter – with a focus on making it visual. And, of course, there are benefits to visual content like increased engagement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2013

'A well-promoted mobile alert campaign is hard to find in the nonprofit sector. If a nonprofit is going to invest in mobile alerts, then mobile opt-ins and short code and keyword pitches should be integrated into multiple communication channels such as print, web, email, and social and mobile media. Yet strangely, it rarely happens. Mobile alerts and text-to-give campaigns seem to be managed, implemented, and promoted completely in isolation from an organization’s primary communications an

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NTEN

JULY 8, 2013

'Julia Reich. Principal. Stone Soup Creative. An organization’s brand is everything it stands for - its vision and values, and the emotional connotations it inspires in everyone who comes in contact with it. With all the focus on social media, multi-channel campaigns, and mobile technology, we may have let slip to the back burner some key reminders of how your website plays an anchor role in your nonprofit's brand.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 10, 2013

'posted by Cooper Nelson , Marketing Manager. DNA on a SHIRT. Supporting a cause is now easier than ever. Forget throwing on overalls and a pair of gloves to pick up trash or dig through rubble. Never mind laboring in the heat to plant trees or paint houses. Scrap the notion that in order to support a cause, you have to actually get your hands dirty.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 30, 2013

'Since we have just celebrated 7 years since we released the very first beta version of Wild Apricot, this is a good time to review some interesting statistics related to how we''ve grown, and how organizations are using Wild Apricot!

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TechImpact

JULY 2, 2013

'The use of mobile tablet devices is changing the way many nonprofits conduct fundraising activities during live events by allowing staff members to be more efficient. According to a recent post from Nonprofit Technology News, recently developed mobile applications are giving nonprofits options as they develop and improve their on-the-fly fundraising techniques.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2013

'Note from Beth: I first learned about this project last year, when Shiree Teng, the project leader, interviewed me as part of some research on capacity building consultants that lead to the design of ImpactRising. ImpactRising.org helps to make standards of practice explicit, so that social sector organizations like nonprofits, NGOs and foundations don’t have to reinvent the wheel.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 2, 2013

'A good manager is both a coach and a counselor. Generally, coaching should precede counseling. As a coach , a manager: identifies an employee''s need for instruction and direction and this need is usually directly related to his or her performance or career goals. Coaching is collaborative. It relies on mutual, progressive goal-setting, personal feedback, and an ongoing, supportive relationship.

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