VisionLink

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Each day we find ourselves more and more reliant on technology. Our dependence on computers and smart phones has naturally produced some major advancement in technology. Though both exciting and liberating, major advancements in technology have also produced some unforeseen consequences. People with disabilities, for example, have increasingly faced barriers to access and enjoy the same technology we often take for granted every day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Chris Messina hacked a piano for a standing desk. There has been more and more research coming out on the health dangers of sitting too much during the work day and the benefits of standing and walking while you work. This recent article does a great job summarizing the newest research studies , but more importantly it reports that medical experts and researchers are starting to devise formulas for how long we should be sitting at work to avoid adverse effects.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Do you ever feel like there is not enough time to “get it all done”? What if we told you that you everything important could be done in.just one hour a day! Check out this podcast interview with productivity expert Ari Meisel and discover how you can Optimize, Automate and Outsource everything in your life - including your health!

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See3

OCTOBER 2, 2015

The lingo we use can be jargon-heavy and confusing if you've never created a video before. To get you well on your way to fluent video-speak, we sat down with See3 producers to get a list of key terms you need to know when making a video. The post Creating a Video? Here Are 20 Terms You Need to Know appeared first on The See3 Blog.

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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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Care2

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Drumroll, please… Facebook recently rolled out their Donate button for nonprofit pages. Previously the donate button was in beta and only a few selected nonprofits had access to it The Donate button links to your website’s donation page, and all gifts will be processed through your processing system. While your nonrprofit should not expect to raise millions of dollars with this new feature, it's definitely something nonprofits should be taking advantage of.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Grantees, Experts, and Partners at the end of the Brainerd Foundation’s 21st Century Advocacy Design Lab. What if a funder got real-time input from its grantees and other partners to develop its investment strategy? What if they used a design thinking process to not only get feedback from grantees but as a way to develop a more agile way of working?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I found this advise from Ken Goldstein (from his new book, Endless Encores ) particularly helpful. He says: "You have to be innovating all the time. The only sure path to a limited repertoire is not to push yourself beyond the familiar. Your range is only gated by your courage to pursue the unknown, despite the doubters who relish the false safety of narrowing your path.

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See3

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

The creative brief is a document that we use in video production to capture the essence of who you want to reach, what you want to tell them, and what you want them to do after they watch your video. What most nonprofits don’t know is that this is actually the trickiest part of our jobs. Here's a free template to house your next great video idea. The post The Video Creative Brief [FREE TEMPLATE] appeared first on The See3 Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Yvon Chouinard – Founder of Patagonia, flyer fisherman, rock climber, surfer and COHO ACTIVIST! Posted by Catie Clune on Thursday, September 24, 2015. This weekend, I got to spend some time at a beautiful conference center on Falling Leaf Lake with 140 grassroots environmental organizations, all grantees of Patagonia, at the Tools for Grassroots Activists Conference.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Since Windows 10 for PCs launched on July 29, 2015, adoption has been going at a pretty good clip. August set the one-month record for new users for any operating system. The fact that Windows 10 is a free upgrade for many users may account for much of the adoption. It is also a very good version of Windows by most accounts. More than 90 percent of laptop and desktop PCs are running some version of Windows.

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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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2015

" Frustration in the workplace is a silent killer," claim authors Mark Royal and Tom Agnew in their terrific book, The Enemy of Engagement. Further, "in an organizational context, frustration is not as simple as failing to get something you want. Rather, it involves the inability to succeed in your role due to organizational barriers or the inability to bring the bulk of your individual talents, skills, and abilities to your job.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

In the early ‘90s, a new superhero burst onto the scene. With his bright green hair, crystal blue skin and environmentally-focused attitude, Captain Planet was the ultimate do-gooder. However, Captain Planet didn’t exist all the time. He only appeared when the five Planeteers combined their powers. Whenever faced with a problem too big for any one of them to tackle, the Planeteers called upon Captain Planet to save the day.

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See3

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Ever seen an awesome video that reaffirms your faith in humanity and wondered how video creators can put so much emotion into a short but powerful combination of sound and images? We’ll let you in on a little secret, it all starts with a document called “The Creative Brief.” The creative brief allows professional storytellers to capture information like who you want to reach, what you want to tell them, and what you want them to do after they watch your video.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

The newest version of Office is now available as a donation through TechSoup! Eligible organizations can request the following Office 2016 products for Windows: Office Standard or Office Professional Plus. Access. Outlook. PowerPoint. Publisher. Project or Project Professional. Skype for Business (formerly Lync Desktop). Visio Standard or Visio Professional.

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Advertiser: Digital Ocean

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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

In Brian Tracy 's new book, Find Your Balance Point , he shares this helpful list of the seven indicators of the right work for you and the career where you will feel fully engaged and where you will be the happiest in serving other people: The right work for you is something that you really enjoy doing; something that you love to do. The right work for you is easy for you to learn and easy to do.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

You work for a non profit. And that means spending minimal amounts of money and pinching every dollar to get by, right? That’s the way many nonprofits think, but it’s not necessarily true. The secret is this—you shouldn’t feel bad about spending money. Well, unless you’re buying yachts and sports cars with money that should go toward your mission, but that shouldn’t have to be said.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

posted by Sajan Devshi Marketing Specialist Loopa. As a keen volunteer at our local charity, AlphaTutorials , I was tasked with helping them try to attract more students, as they were in decline every year. The charity seeks to improve the education of those in need for free, while also providing tuition for students. This is done with the help of local teachers who volunteer their time.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2015

TechSoup is proud to announce QuickBooks Online Plus , a new offering from our donation partner Intuit. QuickBooks Online is the cloud-based version of Intuit's popular accounting and financial management software. For more information, see what the Plus edition includes. QuickBooks Online includes many of the features from its desktop counterpart, including sales and expense tracking, unlimited estimates and invoices, and one-click sales and tax reports.

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Advertiser: Syncrony

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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

"Today's customers demand something unlike anything they have ever wanted in the past -- a connection with your business," explains Noah Fleming , author of the new, must-read book , Evergreen. "This means that in order to increase customer loyalty, you need to create a relationship with that customer on a deeper and much more profound level," adds Fleming.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Lauren Bejot is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub. She is a social media strategist at Firespring , providing custom analyses and recommendations to clients and developing social media marketing strategies for the Firespring brand. There’s no doubt that Twitter can be an effective way to engage with your constituents and spread the word about your cause.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was recently asked for advice on how to engage with all of the new donors that were added to a database as a result of a walk-a-thon. While my mind was immediately went to all of the buzzwords—retention, strategy, welcome series—I began to realize that there’s a definite lack of focus on post-event strategies across the industry. Organizations are so laser-focused on reaching the finish line with their P2P event that they often fail to put in place a complete game plan for their newly acquired

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 1, 2015

October 5 through 9, 2015 is official Customer Service Week by dint of presidential proclamation. TechSoup has some completely awesome customer service folks (we call their department Client Services) who help our members by phone or email to get the product donations they need. Meet TechSoup Client Services. Our Client Services department is the backbone of TechSoup.

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Advertiser: DonorDock

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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

For years, David Grossman has set the gold standard for delivering effective and actionable techniques for communicating with employees. Now, he’s raised the bar to a whole new level for publishing a book where every page is both incredibly visual and packed with must-read content. This is the third book for David, founder and CEO of The Grossman Group , and it’s called, No Cape Needed: The Simplest, Smartest,Fastest Steps to Improve How You Communicate By Leaps and Bounds.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Say “Yes!” to P2P Registration Data | npENGAGE : "Charity Dynamics just released a report that takes a deep dive into the registration form flow itself. Their 2015 Walk Registration Benchmark Study evaluated seven organizations, 6,000 local walk events, and 700,000 potential participants over the summer of 2015. Using funnels set up in Google Analytics, they followed users through the six-step registration process that many of the top event fundraising organizations are currently using.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

We recently explored the concept of the micro-yes , and the series of micro-yeses necessary to achieve the Ultimate Yes (registration). The micro-yes breaks down the P2P registration process into a series of split-second decisions where the person can either say “yes” and continue through the process or say “no” and not sign up. Micro-yeses occur when one chooses to open an email, clicks on a link to a website, decides to register, and then continues through each step of the registration process

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2015

The Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) at TechSoup now offers refurbished MacBook Air laptops along with other refurbished laptops to fit any budget. MacBook Air. Apple MacBook Air, $615.00 admin fee. We're very excited to expand our selection of Apple laptops! The MacBook Air weighs only 2.4 pounds but includes a powerful 1.7-GHz, dual-core Intel Core i5 processor to run Microsoft Office , Adobe Creative Cloud , and other resource-intensive applications (Office and Creative Cloud not inc

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2015

If you are stumped for how to write performance appraisal goals for a particular title and role in your organization, purchase Paul Falcone 's book, 2,600 Phrases for Setting Effective Performance Goals. Falcone devotes about a third of the 200-page book to various lists of goals for all types of titles and roles in a variety for organizations and companies -- including, this list of performance appraisal goals for a nonprofit fundraiser and development executive : Develop effective strategies f

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AFP Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Red Cross Fights Disasters With Social Media, Mobile Apps GOOGL - Investors.com : "In response, disaster relief organizations are creating mobile apps and better leveraging technologies like geographic information systems (GIS) and social media to improve their reach and services. In September, for instance, the Red Cross launched an interactive "Map Journal" designed as a one-stop resource to assist with the wildfires that hit the Western states.

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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Communication managers for non-profit organizations often find themselves struggling with one inherent problem of fundraising: determining what avenues and channels best attract the different elements of a varied demographic base. Whereas older generations still respond well to direct mailers, slightly younger people prefer email campaigns, and still younger individuals react to strong and engaging social media efforts.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Tammy Moloy is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub. She leads the Events Strategy Team at Ashley|Rountree and Associates —a nonprofit consulting firm based in Louisville, Kentucky. Tammy has managed events for more than 23 years in major markets such as Los Angeles, Nashville, Boston and Washington, DC, and has managed more than 75 special events in her career.

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