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10 Signs Your Small Nonprofit Excels at Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Small (and medium-sized) nonprofits have a different experience on social media than large nonprofits. Small nonprofits have to work harder at growing their following and most often the work of social media management is added to an already full job description. On top of those challenges, Facebook reach has dropped to an abysmal 1%. Twitter requires a time investment that many small nonprofits simply do not have.

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The Next Five Big Trends in Mobile App Development

Byte Technology

If the tech industry could share one overarching motto, it would be something like “ever forward.” And in no specific sector is that more true than in field of mobile app development. Indeed, designers are constantly seeking new ways to entertain, inform, network and generally make our lives more seamless through technological innovation. So what does 2016 hold in store in the realm of app development trends?

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Is Your Nonprofit Too Old To Barf Rainbows on Snapchat?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SnapChat has been around for a few years, but I have not focused on it because as a babyboomer I’m not the target demographic. Snapcha t is a mobile app that lets users exchange text messages, photos and videos that disappear in 24 hours. This is called disposable media. Snapchat users share “snaps” or micro moments of their lives privately with a their friends, or as “stories” with their followers.

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29 Free Non-Profit Webinars for April 2016

Wild Apricot

April means spring, and what better way to celebrate spring than with free education? There is no better way! So, it's a good thing I've put together this super list of free educational webinars for nonprofits and associations.

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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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Are You Compliance Ready?

Gyrus

Compliance training ensures that employees, contractors, and partners have the right knowledge and understanding to comply with an organization’s legal, operational, ethical aspects of business. It is something that organizations can’t compromise on, if they don’t want to risk a complete business failure. Despite regular reiteration of all state and federal compliance guidelines and audits, organizations fail to be compliant with the latest regulations and research indicates th

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4 Grant Writing Tips to Bolster Relationships with Foundations

NonProfit Hub

Grant writing is a time-consuming process. It can also be nerve-wracking if you’re inexperienced or working on a particularly important grant. Jeff Kutash, the executive director of the Peter Kiewit Foundation in Omaha, Neb, deals with grants on a daily basis. What does the head of a foundation that gave $18 million in grant money last year have to say about grant writing and the relationship between foundations and nonprofit professionals?

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How a 5-Step Marketing Funnel will Bring in More Members

Wild Apricot

No, this isn’t the latest 5-step dance move. This is a process that captures someone's email address from an offer on an online sign-up page, and then through a sequence of automated emails, entices them to become a member of your organization.

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When Was The Last Time You Asked Your Employees These Six Questions?

Eric Jacobsen Blog

As explained in John Baldoni's, book, Lead With Purpose , Marshall Goldsmith suggests all leaders make it a habit to regularly ask their employees these six questions: Where do you think we should be going? Where do you think you and your part of the business should be going? What do you think you're doing well? If you were the leader, what ideas would you have for you?

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How to Turn Your Volunteers into Fundraisers

NonProfit Hub

Andrew Stanley is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub, and is the co-founder of VolunteerMark and Chief Product Officer at WonderWe. He is an avid volunteer and change-maker. _. Have you ever thought about asking your volunteers to help you fundraise? If not, you’re missing out on one of the best opportunities to deeply engage them. Volunteers are natural sources of support because they have large networks that can be activated to help grow your nonprofit’s reach.

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5 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Text Messages

Tech Soup

If you think text message (SMS) marketing is only for businesses, think again. It's true that businesses have gone mobile, but that's because the rest of the world has too. In the U.S. alone, a full 90 percent of the population has a cellphone, with two-thirds of adults owning a smartphone. The Red Cross led the nonprofit texting revolution back in 2010 when it launched a successful mobile campaign to ask for donations for the earthquake victims of Haiti.

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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 Every Nonprofit and Charity Can Use Google Adwords Grants

Wild Apricot

You don’t need to be an expert to figure this all out, but knowing the basics will give you a super start on creating your own Adwords campaigns. Plus, with the right amount of testing and optimizing, you’ll soon become a Google Ads SuperHero!

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High Performing Teams Have These 10 Characteristics

Eric Jacobsen Blog

According to Ron Ricci and Carl Wiese , authors of the book, The Collaboration Imperative , high-performing teams have the following characteristics: People have solid and deep trust in each other and in the team's purpose--they feel free to express feelings and ideas. Everybody is working toward the same goals. Team members are clear on how to work together and how to accomplish tasks.

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With Respect to Abraham Lincoln, Not All Are Equal in Fundraising

Connection Cafe

As an American—and an Illinoisan—I grew up on a steady diet of Abraham Lincoln. I visited the historic sites, read books about him, and even diagrammed “The Gettysburg Address” in the eighth grade. (If you have no idea what I mean by that, you’re clearly not a product of the Chicago Public Schools.). The famous first line of that Address states that “all men (and women) are created equal”—an idea borrowed from our American Declaration of Independence.

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Can Content Marketing Boost Your Nonprofit's Reach and Exposure?

Tech Soup

Content marketing is a powerful strategy for increasing the reach and exposure of your nonprofit organization. Nonprofit communications teams tend to be resource-deprived, to say the least. They have to be careful about where they invest limited budgets. They have a moral obligation to generate the best return on investment possible, and, consequently, are often conservative when choosing their strategies.

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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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How to Send Mass Personalized Emails using Gmail

Wild Apricot

Need to send out a massive amount of unique emails such as: An email to all your students with their unique grades An email of individual results to all participants from a competition A personalized thank you message to each guest at an event Note:

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How To Be A Responsible Leader

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Tim Richardson offers this great advice from his book on how to be a responsible leader : The responsible leader sees things as interconnected and interdependent. The responsible leader is both future focused and grounded firmly in the present, the here and now, and the practical on-the-ground impact of actions. Responsible leadership is about connecting at a deeper level with stakeholders - at the soul, story and heritage level that provides meaning for staff teams, communities and customers.

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The One-Size-Fits-All Donor Model Is so Last Century

Connection Cafe

At bbcon 2015 , some of the top minds in the nonprofit industry came together to present Big Idea sessions. These high-level discussions focused on key thought leadership topics and trends shaping the industry. In this monthly blog series, top Big Idea presenters will recap the topics they presented on so you can use their insight to build your next Big Idea. .

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The Biggest List of Earth Day Blogs You'll Ever Need

Tech Soup

I was so happy when Ronnie Deaver from ICT , an electronics recycler and refurbishment company in Massachusetts, sent me a link to ICT's list of The 87 Best Blogs for Treehuggers and Climate Change Warriors. Just in time for Earth Day! The list ranges all the way from the mighty TreeHugger to green office blogs like Eco-Office Gals. Here are some I particularly liked.

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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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A Nonprofit’s Guide to Creating Facebook Ads & Calculating ROI

Wild Apricot

Facebook has nearly become a dirty word when it comes to marketing, but don’t let that sway your opinion of how powerful a tool it can be in reaching new members.

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The Seven Ways To Be A Collaborative Leader

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Edward M. Marshall's book, Transforming The Way We Work -- The Power Of The Collaborative Workplace , remains relevant today, more than a decade after Marshall wrote it. Particularly useful is the book's section that teaches readers how to be a collaborative leader. Marshall says that there are seven different, important roles and responsibilities of collaborative leaders when leading teams , and those leaders should select the appropriate style to meet the team's needs.

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Bring Your Own App - Digital Flexibility Is Being Exercised - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times

AFP Blog

Bring Your Own App - Digital Flexibility Is Being Exercised - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times : "The request led her to crowdsourcing apps at national conferences. Pilcher presented roundtable BYOA sessions at the Transformative Learning Conference in Oklahoma City, Okla., this past March and then again at the Association of Nurses in Professional Development’s (ANPD) Aspire to Excel conference in Las Vegas, Nev., in July.

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The Only List of Earth Day Blogs You'll Ever Need

Tech Soup

I was so happy when Ronnie Deaver from ICT , an electronics recycler and refurbishment company in Massachusetts, sent me a link to ICT's list of The 87 Best Blogs for Treehuggers and Climate Change Warriors. Just in time for Earth Day! The list ranges all the way from the mighty TreeHugger to green office blogs like Eco-Office Gals. Here are some I particularly liked.

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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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Amy Sample Ward Kills it with her Presentation on Social Media for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

Amy Sample Ward, CEO of the Nonprofit Technology Network, shared some excellent social media strategies during her webinar.

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Care2 Awards Seventh Annual Impact Prize to Covenant House International

Care2

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Twitter Enhances Accessibility with Alt Text for Images – ProfHacker - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education

AFP Blog

Twitter Enhances Accessibility with Alt Text for Images – ProfHacker - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education : "Twitter Enhances Accessibility with Alt Text for Images" 'via Blog this'

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The Biggest List of Earth Day Blogs You'll Ever Need

Tech Soup

I was so happy when Ronnie Deaver from ICT , an electronics recycler and refurbishment company in Massachusetts, sent me a link to ICT's list of The 87 Best Blogs for Treehuggers and Climate Change Warriors. Just in time for Earth Day! The list ranges all the way from the mighty TreeHugger to green office blogs like Eco-Office Gals. Here are some I particularly liked.

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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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DonorSearch sponsors Nonprofit Sector Leadership Report

Donor Search

Check out The Nonprofit Sector Leadership Report by The Concord Leadership Group. It was put together by the phenomenal Marc Pitman of The Fundraising Coach blog and sponsored by DonorSearch. Check out the infographic below for some of the report highlights and visit this page to download the report in full.

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Is Your Organization Moving Towards a Skills Gap Crisis?

Gyrus

Skills gap can be defined as the difference between an organization’s current competency and skills and the required skills it needs to achieve a goal. With rapid changes in technology, consumer market, business process, it is very important for organizations to have the right skills set among their workforce. The skills gap is widening across many industries and organizations are struggling to find people with right skills set despite the availability of a large pool of candidates.

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