Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

First impressions are very important online, and the four nonprofits listed below have gone out of their way to make a strong one upon potential new Facebook Fans. Beyond the obvious graphic design work, what’s exceptionally clever is that they have created long vertical profile pics that when cropped in Status Updates produce a solid, square avatar that’s seen by their Fans in their News Feeds.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

A member of the PRSPCT-L listserve (for prospect researchers) asked "What do other institutions do to regulate or “police” data entry work, specifically when you have multiple users with authority to make updates?". It's a tough problem. Here are a few approaches (other than locking down data entry): Policies. You need clear data entry standards. Security.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

There’s been a lot of talk about mobile throughout the last few years, but it seems that many of us still struggle when it comes to creating a website that can be read easily by mobile browsers. If you are looking to create a site that can be easily read by mobile surfers, take a quick peek at the following checklist to make sure that you’ve got everything covered: Create a seperate mobile site.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Here’s my latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review – you can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR Blog or below. —– The Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference takes place Febrary 28-March 2 in Austin, TX, and I’m SO honored to be a keynote speaker! I’m gathering my thoughts to start putting together my slides and presentation and wanted to stop for reflection and sharing.

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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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NCE Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Okay, so you haven’t set up your agency fan page on Facebook just yet. Fear not. Here is a 2 minute video with easy to understand instructions on how to do it. Once you’ve set up your fan page, you can embed them on other websites. A previous post of the NCE Social Media Blog discusses how to embed fan pages.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

'We are pleased to be a sponsor of San Diego''s 2-1-1, Five-Year Celebration today. Held on National 2-1-1 Day, the event features Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Qualcomm Inc, and Jessie Knight, Jr., Chairman and CEO of San Diego Gas & Electric San Diego 2-1-1 is a thought leader for 2-1-1s and information and referral across the nation.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards , from See3, in partnership with YouTube, are back again for the 5th year! The Awards are open for submissions from members of the YouTube Nonprofit Program until March 2nd. This year, winners will again have the chance to win one of four $2500 grants generously provided by the Case Foundation , awesome video cameras from Flip Video , a free registration to next year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference provided by NTEN and more.

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Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

There are 77 million Baby Boomers in the US and another 10 million across Canada. "Boomers" are generally well educated, wealthy and skilled individuals who have already proven their willingness to volunteer - with nearly a third of Boomers volunteering for formal organizations. But to take advantage of this "untapped resource of extraordinary proportions" organizations need to rethink how they attract and utilize Boomer volunteers.( read more ).

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

'February 11th is National 2-1-1 Day. Best estimates are that nearly 20 million people have used 2-1-1 to seek assistance of one kind or another by dialing 2-1-1 on their land lines or cell phones. We are particularly pleased to be a premier provider of 2-1-1 software. In fact, our 2-1-1 customers, along with our customers in the general information and referral business, elder care, homeless management, education, and disaster relief sectors support clients and resources in more than 14,000 cit

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Judi Sohn

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Personally, I love the term "accidental techie.". Maybe I'm lucky that no one ever made me feel less than adequate when they found out my dirty little secret.that I didn't set out my career to be focused around technology. ::gasp:: I'm not even a Salesforce Certified Administrator (yet) ::double gasp:: I was thrilled and honored when the folks at NTEN (Nonprofit Technology Network) asked me to contribute a guest blog about what it's really like to be an accidental techie.

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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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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The Global Scale project has had a slow start. Bonnie and I saw a need for a shared space to pool questions, ideas, lessons learned and examples from the work of many organizations, campaigns, and even community groups were doing to try to scale success, especially across geographic boarders, to help create a better world. That’s where the impetus came from to set up the Global Scale wiki and google group – they were to serve as that place, that meeting ground, where we could find others,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Note from Beth: Alison Zarella is the co-author of the recently published “ The Facebook Marketing Book.&# I received a review copy from O’Reilly. The book is not only an excellent reference for many Facebook questions, but also provides tactical recommendations for an effective Facebook content, engagement, and measurement strategy.

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Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Through our Wild Apricot Blog Reader Survey and comments to recent posts, we're hearing that our blog followers want more information on social media for membership and non-profit organizations. So we thought we'd offer a "Round-up" of Wild Apricot blog posts that might be helpful for organizations just getting started with social media.( read more ).

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Kindergarten is fun by woodley wonderworks If I ask: 5 + 5 = ? You know the answer, right? But if I ask: ? + ? = 10 The answers are infinite. How we ask questions, enhances our creativity. This was one of numerous examples and stories Tina Seelig shared during her fantastic talk last night, Unlocking Your Creativity Quotient , hosted by UpStart Bay Area.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

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 11th). 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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Watech4good Summit. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Last week, I facilitated an interactive keynote in Seattle at 2011 Tech for Good Leadership Summit sponsored by Microsoft Community Affairs , in partnership with NPower Seattle. By all accounts , the event held the space for peer learning. It was great to see long-time colleague from NPower Seattle Peg Giffels who I met ten years ago when she first joined the staff.

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Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

In this guest post, Trish Hudson, president of the Melos Institute, shares an approach she learned from her mentor, designed to forge strong partnerships each year with his leader partners. She presents four key focus areas that he incorporated into a special "expectations conversation" that not only helped get the year off to a great start, but also generated long-term productive working relationships.( read more ).

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

By George Weiner, CTO, DoSomething.org If you were building an office building for your nonprofit, when would you bring in an architect? Would you wait until the construction crews were showing up to pour the foundation or would you have them at the table from day one? This is an obvious choice: when you're actively building something, it makes sense to have an expert on building involved.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

One of the biggest concerns nonprofits express to me about launching or maintaining their blog, is lack of staff time to update their blog with compelling posts. (Note, please don’t confuse “compelling posts&# with long articles that take hours or days to write, a simple photo and caption that illustrates a good point around your issue is compelling).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Integrating Network Mindset. View more presentations from jolivacea. Adopting a networked mindset is believing in abundance rather than scarcity. Scarcity thinking is the conviction that we need to do everything ourselves. That holds us back from embracing networked ways of working. This is especially important if you want to be effective using social media for your organization, but it is bigger than that.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

It's hardly news to anyone that we're experiencing a gradual convergence of phones, Internet, computers, video, and social networking. The rather unimpressive term for this huge shift is Unified Communications. I say unimpressive because unified communications doesn't sound like something that is dramatically changing the way we live and work. I've come across a few hints at the brave new world of teleworking.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The Nonprofit Technology Conference is a big production. We rely on the whole community to put on a good show, from our amazing line-up of volunteer speakers to attendee-led social events. Another way to be a part of the conference is to join the NTC Volunteer Team ! Working the NTC is a fun job, whether you're helping other attendees register, selling NTC merchandise at the bookstore, or monitoring a session live-stream.

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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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Care2

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

You may be aware that there is a big debate going on in the social media blogosphere about "influence". We're all familiar with the mantra that we should be out there leveraging influencers in our communities in order to get the word out about our causes, brands or services. and that makes total sense from a generating-word-of-mouth point of view. But hold on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Trying to figure out mobile giving for your nonprofit? Headed to Washington, DC for the Nonprofit Technology Conference ? If your answer is yes, then you need to register for the Innogive Conference. This event brings together nonprofit and industry experts in mobile technology, fundraising, and social media to share trends, tips, and strategies to incorporate mobile fundraising.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

This post originally appeared on TechSoup's NetSquared Blog and was authored by Claire Sale. Microsoft believes technology can do amazing things. That's why they donate software to eligible nonprofit organizations and public libraries to help them use technology to further their missions. The Technology for Good Contest sought to highlight the stories of how these groups use Microsoft software to help them create real community impact in Washington State.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

For the 5th year in a row, the annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest , presented by YouTube and See3 Communications , is open for submission during the weeks leading up to the Nonprofit Technology Conference. If you're a nonprofit and you made a video in 2010, you should: > Submit your video today! What do the winning nonprofits win you ask? This year, winners will again have the chance to win: One of four $2500 grants generously provided by the Case Foundation.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Photo by JD Lasica. Holly Ross is the dynamic leader of the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN), the membership organization that supports nonprofit technology professionals. Holly has not only been the visionary leader of NTEN for years, but she has been in the center of efforts to professionalize and support “Nptechies.&# It has been through Holly’s extraordinary creativity and energy that NTEN’s signature event, The Nonprofit Technology Conference , has become one of

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Let's say your organization is running one desktop database program to manage its constituents, one to organize your finances and fundraising, and maybe a cloud-based one to track your email marketing. Caspio Bridge , now available through TechSoup, can be used to create, customize, and host all the databases you need all in one place. With this cloud-based tool, you can build searchable online databases and tailor them to your organization's needs.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Thank you to everyone who who has bid so far in our online auction to benefit the 11NTC SCholarship campaign. Between donations, sponsors, and bids so far in the auction, we're just about $2000 shy of our $10k goal. We're almost there! > Create an auction account and start bidding ! (After you create your account, you can see the full list of items.

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