Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 3, 2016

Published in English , French , and Spanish , the goal of the 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Survey is to gain a better understanding of how nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide use online technology. The data will be released on January 30, 2017 in the second annual edition of the Global NGO Online Technology Report. The survey will be live through October 31 and your participation and promotion of the survey is greatly appreciated.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 1, 2016

By this point you’ve likely read article after article about why you should be creating a welcome series. A quick search returned over 10 articles from this year alone. If you haven’t already set one up, go do that now, I’ll wait. See, that wasn’t so bad was it? Now we’ve seen a lot of nonprofits set up a welcome series, but very few go beyond that.

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 5, 2016

If you're organization is struggling to recruit volunteers, have you considered using social media to do the work for you? In one of this month's free nonprofit webinars, you'll learn how to recruit volunteers right from Facebook, Twitter, and even YouTube.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 3, 2016

Welcome to a new ASU Lodestar Center Blog series, “Get to Know the Lodestar Center!” We’d like to provide our readers with a peek into what we do each day to accomplish our mission by introducing members of the faculty and staff via short interviews and conversations. Meet the folks who are here to help you and your nonprofit succeed! Anne Kotleba Lecturer/ Program Coordinator, Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Anne Kotleba is our newest staff member, joining us as a lecturer in the School of Comm

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2016

That’s me on a Kayak on Monterrey Bay on the Coast of California getting eye level with some otters and harbor seals during my recent summer vacation. As Aliza Sherman and I write in the Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Impact Without Burnout due out in the fall, taking breaks is critical to working at your optimal levels of focus and attention, productivity, and creative thinking as well as coping with stressors throughout your day.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 5, 2016

The Olympics and Learning – A Fierce Combination. With the games already under way and the Opening Ceremony beginning tonight. It seems appropriate that we compare the games to our industry. In the Learning and Development market, as in most, there are incredible similarities and strange happenstance where the lines seemingly cross without much of a thought.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 30, 2016

A lot of companies struggle when creating their mission statement. Author Peter F. Drucker provides the following good advice in one of my favorite book's of his, The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization :" Every mission statement has to reflect three things : Opportunities Competence Commitment In other words, he explains: What is our purpose?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2016

Optimizing your nonprofit’s advocacy action alert doesn’t have to end with a supporter receiving a humble “thank you” from a thank you page or email. All too often, a tally is recorded and that’s the extent of online advocacy. But, what if we dig a bit deeper? This experience in online advocacy doesn’t have to yield this outcome. In fact, we should be asking so much more than the standard questions: What is our list size?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 4, 2016

BoxWorks is back and better than before for nonprofits. Join us on a full scholarship September 6 – 8 and amplify your impact! When Box says, "The Platform for What's Possible," we mean it. More than 5,000 nonprofits have made the switch to Box as their modern content platform, and BoxWorks is where they get inspired and equipped to assure their successful use of Box.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 4, 2016

For this edition of the Hubcast, we caught up with Robbe Healey, Vice President for Philanthropy at Simpson Senior Services. She is also a founding member of Aurora Philanthropic Consulting and a world renowned speaker and currently serves on the AFP Ethics Committee. Ethics in the nonprofit sector, as well as in general, aren’t black and white and that’s what makes the topic so tricky.

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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

AUGUST 4, 2016

Consider this advice from author Paul R. Timm. He recommends a different twist on asking your customers questions: Stop asking your customers the "typical" questions and instead ask them open-ended questions. Here's specifically what Timm recommends: Don't Ask : How was everything? Can I get you something else? Did you find everything you need? Will that be all?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2016

Every time that I talk about how arduous grant writing is, inevitably someone will say something like, “That’s why you should focus on individual donors! Statistically, individual donors provide 72% of the funds for nonprofits!” “Why, I knew this one organization that was struggling, and they decided focus on individual donors.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2016

What if there was a place for your nonprofit to get free technology support from local experts? What if there were regular gatherings where nonprofit techies could come together to learn, laugh, and network with their peers? Well, there are! TechSoup's NetSquared is the world's largest volunteer-driven network of in-person nonprofit technology training and peer support events.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 5, 2016

Yesterday, the local paper in Santa Cruz published a great article about my new book, The Art of Relevance. I loved the piece. but I wished it could have included more of the conversation reporter Wallace Baine and I had about my father Screamin Scott Simon's experience as a rock musician in the band ShaNaNa. I've learned so much from my dad about making art, putting on a great show, inviting audience participation , and navigating celebrity.

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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

AUGUST 3, 2016

Here are some great tips from Michelle Tillis Lederman's book, The 11 Laws of Likability. They are all about: what to do and what not to do to be a leader who's an effective listener : Do : Maintain eye contact Limit your talking Focus on the speaker Ask questions Manage your emotions Listen with your eyes and ears Listen for ideas and opportunities Remain open to the conversation Confirm understanding, paraphrase Give nonverbal messages that you are listening (nod, smile) Ignore distractions Do

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 5, 2016

Chances are you’ve heard of Pokémon Go – maybe you’re even playing it right now! In the few weeks since the public release of the app, an estimated 75 million downloads have occurred! Trendswatch 2016 predicts that augmented and virtual realities are going to provide arts and cultural organizations with new ways to make exhibits more accessible. Pokémon Go’s popularity is proof that virtual reality technology isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. *.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2016

Earlier this year, TechSoup conducted a survey to better understand how we can help you make the most of technology at your organization. More than 1,400 people responded to our survey. Here's what they had to say. 1. Your Top Tech Challenges. We expected fundraising to top the list of nonprofit technology challenges. It's definitely on the list (number 2, in fact).

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 1, 2016

There was time when nobody would dream that it was possible to take a picture of a check and deposit it into a banking account. Or use a fingerprint to check out at the grocery store. Or even that a computer could track our purchases and alert us to the best deals on the things we want and need. And yet it’s all happening, and right now. We’re quickly moving to a cashless society driven by big data in a virtual cloud world, and the tools available to us—in retail-integrated marketing, financial

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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

AUGUST 2, 2016

Here are five important questions you , as a manager and leader, should ask during employee performance reviews: What have I done to help - or hinder - your job performance? What can I do in the next review period to help you achieve/improve? What conditions here enable you - or make it hard - to do your best work? What do you want most from your job?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2016

Have you ever taken apart a mechanical clock? (Or maybe the better questions is, “Have you ever tried to put a mechanical clock back together again?”) Thanks to my dad, I have a collection of antique American-made clocks, and out of necessity, I am trying to improve my clock repair skills. What I do know is that once you remove the screws holding the front and back plates together, chaos reigns.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 3, 2016

Why We Need Learning Management Systems. Have you found yourself fighting your way through the learning and development market without a guide? Blindfolded, and marching straight into certain and immediate danger? All the content in the world cannot save you from the harsh reality that an LMS is designed to mitigate. As to not shroud this document with bias, I have taken the liberty of pulling the dictionary.com definition of a Learning Management System, which appears below: noun.

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Care2

AUGUST 5, 2016

Nonprofit campaigners who work on hot-button issues can struggle with community management. Dicussions on social networks can be meaningful, powerful, and even controversial. But sometimes these discussions can also attract online harassment, which can be challenging to manage. In 2014, I helped conduct a national poll on online harassment with Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist and craigconnects, and Lincoln Park Strategies to learn more about the types of harassment people endure.

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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

AUGUST 2, 2016

From John Blakey 's new book, The Trusted Executive , published just a couple weeks ago, here are these four tips from Jim Collins for how to be a humble leader : Demonstrate a compelling modesty, shunning public adulation and never be boastful. Act with quiet, calm determination and motivate others through inspired standards, not inspiring charisma.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2016

Since we did a special storytelling episode for Designing for Good #3 , Tim Hammond and I decided to cram the last 3 months into a single, double-meat episode. Our favorites this month have been culled from hundreds of graphic and interactive designs across the industry. This month, we discovered a strong theme in many of our favorite picks: juxtaposition.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

As a leader, it's critical that you understand the real reasons employees leave your company. To do that, you need to ask specific questions that may not be ones you currently include in your exit interviews. Fortunately, Richard Finnegan, shares in his book, Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad , four key questions you should include in your exit interviews : Why did you decide to leave us?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 31, 2016

Here are some of my favorite leadership and life tips and advice from William Arthur Ward , one of America's most quoted writers of inspirational maxims: Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.

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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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 31, 2016

Be |Dsecisive A manager who can't make a decision or who can't make a timely decision will frustrate his/her employees. Equally bad, a lack of decision will impede the progress of the manager's team. Some managers make endless requests for data as a way to postpone their having to make a decision. Employees end up spinning in circles, slicing and dicing the information far beyond what is truly needed for the manager to make a decision.

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