Sat.Feb 11, 2012 - Fri.Feb 17, 2012

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11 Must-Follow Nonprofits on Pinterest

Nonprofit Tech for Good

With 10.4 million registered users, Pinterest hit the 10 million-user benchmark last week making it the fastest growing website ever. My theory on why Pinterest has become so popular so fast is that it has arrived at at time when people are increasing becoming overwhelmed by the volume of tweets, status updates, and “Breaking News!” being thrown at them 24/7.

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Online Fundraising and 3 Reasons to Start a Recurring Gift Program

NetWits

Guest post by Bill Connors , author of Fundraising with The Raiser’s Edge: A Non-Technical Guide. Make sure to check out his upcoming webinar where Bill will talk about Making the Most of Recurring Gifts with The Raisers Edge — 2/22/12 @ 2pm ET — Register Now ! — Recurring Giving - The #1 way to create steady fundraising revenue. You’d probably agree that, along with looking to increase the lifetime value of donors, many nonprofits (possibly yours) are striving to do more with less

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What I'll be doing for Lent

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Over the past few years, I have had an interesting relationship to Lent. As a Unitarian Considering Christ (or, as my spiritual co-conspirator Joellynn Monahan says "Universalist Chillin' with Christ",) Lent has never been about penitence. Growing up Protestant, and even in my brief flirtation with fundamentalism in my early adulthood, I never paid attention to it - I thought it was a Catholic thing.

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Your Nonprofit Video in the Spotlight (and on YouTube’s Homepage)

Amy Sample Ward

The DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is back and calling for your best 2011 nonprofit videos! Are you a nonprofit? Did your organization create impactful videos in 2011? Do you want your organization to be recognized for making great videos and maybe win some incredible prizes? Perfect. The 6th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is taking submissions starting February 1st.

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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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Crypto is Not Broken

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

By Patrick Ball On 14 February 2012, the New York Times reported that a Swiss team had found a weakness in a key algorithm used to make secure connections online. We were worried because the algorithm (called RSA) is also a central part of Martus , our self-encrypting database that backs itself up to a network of servers. The bottom line: We've consulted with cryptographers and studied the Martus code, and we do not believe that there is a weakness affecting Martus users.

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2011 Online Giving Trends

NetWits

Blackbaud released its 2011 Online Giving report today. The report combines findings from The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving with additional multi-year giving data to provide the most comprehensive analysis of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. The report includes 24 months of online giving data from 1,895 nonprofit organizations, online major giving data from 2,397 nonprofits, and both online and offline data representing $5.1 billion in total fundraising from 1,560 nonprofits.

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Great reads from around the web on February 15th

Amy Sample Ward

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of February 15th). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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National 2-1-1 Day

VisionLink

'Congratulations 2-1-1! Today, 2/11, is national 2-1-1 day in honor of the call and resource specialists, and the many community organizations which work so hard to connect needs and assets in communities across the United States and beyond. In fact, more than 260 million people across America can reach information about health and human services in their community by simply dialing 2-1-1.

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What I'll be doing for Lent

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Over the past few years, I have had an interesting relationship to Lent. As a Unitarian Considering Christ (or, as my spiritual co-conspirator Joellynn Monahan says "Universalist Chillin' with Christ",) Lent has never been about penitence. Growing up Protestant, and even in my brief flirtation with fundamentalism in my early adulthood, I never paid attention to it - I thought it was a Catholic thing.

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2012 Blog Reader Survey Results - Part 2

Wild Apricot

Here's Part 2 of the results from our Blog Reader Survey for 2012 - including insight into key issues facing membership organizations; expected growth for this year, as well as challenges.

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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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How After Action Reviews Can Improve Your Social Media Strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Source: nwlink.com via Beth on Pinterest. The After Action Review is a reflective practice that can be used for anything, but I find it especially valuable for social media pilots and experiments. The After Action Review (AAR) is a structured way to capture the lessons learned from any project, with the intent of improving future performance. It is an opportunity for a group to reflect on a project, activity, event or task so that they can do it better the next time.

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Research Friday: Corporate Volunteer Programs: Synergy in Business and Nonprofit Actions

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Annette Sutfin , Kinship Program. Manager, Southwest Human Development. Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit professional to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. We welcome your comments and feedback. Many volunteer managers cite recruitment as their greatest challenge; however, Brudney and Meijs (2009) contend that “the preoccupation with recruitmen

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2011 Online Giving Trends

sgEngage

Blackbaud released its 2011 Online Giving report today. The report combines findings from The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving with additional multi-year giving data to provide the most comprehensive analysis of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. The report includes 24 months of online giving data from 1,895 nonprofit organizations, online major giving data from 2,397 nonprofits, and both online and offline data representing $5.1 billion in total fundraising from 1,560 nonprofits.

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Wild Apricot Software Overview Webinar - Feb. 15

Wild Apricot

Tomorrow - Feb. 15 - we're hosting a free, live webinar that offers in an introduction to Wild Apricot membership management software.

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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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Social Media Measurement and Learning Analytics: How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count the Ways

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I Love Social Media Measurement. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Yesterday, I had the honor of kicking off Compasspoint’s Webinar Week , with a webinar on social media measurement 101 as part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. To mark Valentine’s Day, I took some inspiration from Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the vintage Valentine’s Day Cards pinterest board to create a presentation about social media measurement love.

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Social Media for Social Good: 3 Secrets to Raising Big Bucks Online

NTEN

Frank Barry. Director, Professional Services. Blackbaud. What's the thing that separates the top 1% social fundraisers from the rest of the pack, and how can any nonprofit, large or small, put big numbers on the board? . According to a study by Blackbaud , NTEN and Common Knowledge, over 92% of nonprofit organizations have a presence on at least one social networking site, but most raise very little money through their social activity.

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Stacey Edgar, Founder of Global Girlfriend: Women-made, Eco-friendly, Fair Trade

Have Fun - Do Good

"I got the most moving email from them that with the first half of the money they had, of course, used it to buy their supplies and get started, but they were also able to each buy a plot of land in a safer area, outside of Goma, and when we sent the second payment, they were able to each get enough supplies to buy small houses and their families were coming from all of the country because they had the safest homes." ~ Stacey Edgar, Global Girlfriend Stacey Edgar started Global Girlfriend in 200

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Getting More Social in 2012

Wild Apricot

Here are some resources for organizations just getting started with social media.

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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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Reporting Social To Stakeholders

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by ESML. Note from Beth: This past year has been a deep exploration into how nonprofits can use measurement and reflection to improve their practices as a networked nonprofit and using social media. As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I designed and facilitated several peer learning groups and exchanges. It was a fantastic laboratory to explore the power of peer learning and the right mix.

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Did the Server Go Bump in The Night?

NTEN

Jenn Howard. Director of Technology. Kids In Need Foundation. Technology is an integral part of your communications process, even before your missives make it out the door. The idea for a great campaign can start anywhere within your organization, but it will still pass through the same hands on its way to the donor, through a similar process every time.

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Social Media: An Ingredient to the Event Planning Recipe for Nonprofits

Care2

When is the last time your nonprofit spent months planning a fundraising event? Did your organization use social media to help promote it? Probably not. According to a new survey from Constant Contact , the number one reason nonprofits aren't using social media for event planning is because 54% admit that they just don’t know how to use it effectively.

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doGooder Nonprofit Video Awards

Wild Apricot

The doGooder Nonprofit Video Awards are calling for submissions before Feb. 29th.

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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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How Do You Celebrate Reaching 10,000 Fans on Facebook?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This week my brand page on Facebook, Beth’s Blog Facebook Page , reached 10,000 fans when Kim Murray clicked the “like” button. Inspired by the Humane Society celebration of reaching one million fans , I couldn’t let benchmark go by without some commentary. While numbers of fans isn’t the most important metric, it is a milestone nonetheless.

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Love your Techies: Send Them to the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conferenece

NTEN

Every February, with Valentine's day just around the corner, we take some time to appreciate all the nonprofit techies out there working to connect the organizations we love with the technology they need. This year, as you may have heard, the NTEN staff is stepping everything up a notch – we like to call it " amping up the awesome " – and February is no different.

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Staff and Volunteer Training Tips

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by. Kate Elliott, Training Administrator, Planned Parenthood Arizona. Providing formal training to staff and volunteers has obvious benefits for an organization, individual staff members and volunteers. For the organization, it is a means of ensuring staff and volunteers are knowledgeable, making them exceptional ambassadors for the organization in and outside of work.

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Online Community Recap: "Secret Sauce” Tips to Building Engaged Online Communities

Tech Soup

The Online Community Meetup kicked off 2012 with Bill Johnston , head of Global Community at Dell ; Gail Ann Williams , community director at Salon / The Well ; Rachel Luxemburg , group manager, Community at Adobe ; and Thor Muller , chief technology officer, Get Satisfaction. Together the panel shared their “secret sauce” tips to building engaged online communities and even took the time to look at some of their failures.

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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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Six Social Media Week Events to Check Out

Care2

Social Media Week is happening in DC this week. While there are so many great panels to choose from, here are our top six choices that we think will be the most valuable for nonprofit practitioners. The Secret Sauce to Social Media Fundraising: DC’s Give to the Max Day Story. Hosted by: Razoo and AARP. Category: Social & Environmental Change.

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SOS! An Urgent Message from the NTEN Penguins

NTEN

I was diligently working in the NTEN bullpen, answering phone calls from Nonprofit Technology Conference registrants, when I heard a tap tap tap from under my desk. The penguins were communicating in morse code to send this urgent message: SOS! SOS! NTEN is subjecting us to unspeakable treatment. They have forced us to listen to NTEN staffers singing show-tunes, brought in Ninjas to limber us up – and are feeding us nothing but cupcakes!

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Leadership And Communication Quotes From John C. Maxwell

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The real gems in John C. Maxwell's book, Everyone Communicates Few Connect , book are the abundant leadership and communication quotes, such as these: To add value to others, one must first value others. People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude. All good communicators get to the point before their listeners start asking, "What's the point?

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Photo Friday: #Febphotoaday

Have Fun - Do Good

I've been enjoying fat mum slim's February photo a day challenge. Each day she shares a photo idea for you to take and share on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, or your blog using the hashtag #febphotoaday. It's only the middle of the month, if you want to join in on the fun! Here are some of the photos I've taken so far with Instagram: Feb 5 (10 AM): Our kitty Feb 6 (dinner): Soba Noodle Soup from The Vegan Table #vegcookbookclub Feb 8 (sun): Poppy in the sun Feb 13 (blue): Happy Reminder

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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.