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

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Lame spam of the day: Fake eFaxes

Robert Weiner

This one's scary since I'm an eFax user. But I was suspicious that it was asking me to click on a link (pointing to a server in Germany) rather than open an attachment. There were lots of warnings in 2010 about fake eFax messages delivering malware. I don't know what this one does and don't intend to find out. Here's what they look like. Sender: eFax (message@inbound.efax.com).

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Benetech, Bookshare and Google Summer of Code

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Many thanks to Thushan Ganegedara for this guest post about his summer open source project. I’m Thushan Ganegedara, a 3 rd year undergraduate from the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. My interests are Mobile Development and Computational Intelligence. My first-ever experience with Google Summer of Code has been with Benetech.

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This. Country. Is. Crazy.

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

'Yesterday, I''m sitting in my room in Oakland, and I hear a series of gunshots very close to my house. I look out of the windows, but don''t see much. The police block off the street, and apparently, someone was at least gravely injured, but I haven''t heard details. But of course, this was only one of many incidents of gun violence, in Oakland, in Californai, and in the United States. .

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Could Your Event Use a Makeover?

Wild Apricot

Could your event use a little refresh or a complete makeover? Here are some tips and resources for event planning this Fall.

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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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Lame spams of the day: More people sending me money

Robert Weiner

Even more people want to send me money. Here are a few examples: Sender: Authorize.Net (emailreceipts@authorize.net). Subject: Successful Credit Card Settlement Report. Text: Dear Customer, The following is your Credit Card settlement report for Tuesday, August 14, 2012. Transaction Volume Statistics for Settlement Batch dated 14-Aug-2012. Batch ID: 320541579.

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Four Important Lessons from a Nonprofit Board Nomination Process

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Ryan Johnson , Vice President, Publishing and Community. for WorldatWork. My term on the board of a national nonprofit professional association recently came to an end after more than 5 years—including a year as the chair of the board, and a year as immediate past board chair. Per the by-laws, the immediate past board chair leads the nominations process for incoming board members.

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Tips for Dating Your Donors

Wild Apricot

Here are two Mini-Guides from Network for Good that offer tips on how you can attract, cultivate and keep loyal donors.

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Lame spam of the day: How are you

Robert Weiner

OK, this is totally lame. No graphics, no links, no attachments. One copy came from Marcus Richmond (besiegersr032@chinesegamer.net) and one came from Brent Gaines (taciturnoxx28@wonderware.com). The subject line of both was "hi". The text was "How are you." That's it. Each took a twisting path through servers in multiple countries. I'm guessing someone is taking their new spam software for a test drive.

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A Simple 6 Step Plan for Creating a Facebook Page that Works

NTEN

Frank Barry. Director, Professional Services. Blackbaud. But is your nonprofit getting the most out of the platform? Are you using Facebook to its full potential? There's a high likelihood that you're not. We already know that Facebook is crushing it and that schools have an incredible opportunity to use the platform to deepen relationships with families, students and alumni.

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How Storytelling Captivates, Convinces And Inspires Employees And Customers

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Three months into my first job out of college my boss brings me into the company cafeteria and tells me things just aren’t working out. He states a few things he likes about my work. Then, he details a longer list of what he doesn’t like. I’m surprised. Worried I’ll lose my first real job. And, scared. I wonder, how will I tell my parents I’ve been fired from my first job.

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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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More Summertime Reading - QR Codes for Dummies

Wild Apricot

Here's a review of Joe Waters' book - QR Codes for Dummies.

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Lame spam of the day: You pig!

Robert Weiner

I got a kick out of this one. It's short and sweet -- and, I hope, ineffective. Sophos says it's a malware delivery device. Sender: LAU18eRogelio@aol.com. Subject: You pig! Text: You should be stoping ignoring me or i will send this photos to your spouse!!! Attachment: DCIM.zip.

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A Closer Look at Nonprofit Technology Benchmarks: Tech Adoption Levels

NTEN

[This is part three of a series taking a closer look at the key benchmarks from our 6th Annual Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Survey Report , conducted with The NonProfit Times. You can download the complete report for free here.] If you've been keeping up with this blog series about applications of our annual Nonprofit Tech Staffing & Investments research, you've noticed that we refer to "Tech Adoption" when gauging the impact of staffing levels or investments on an organiz

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Get Over Your Fear of Asking for Big Gifts

Get Fully Funded

One of the fastest ways to raise big money for your nonprofit is to work with individual donors, especially those capable of giving major gifts. It’s not that hard to do, yet many nonprofit Fundraisers avoid it like the plague. Here’s a short video where I explain how to get over your fear of approaching the donor and asking for the big gift.

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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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What's So Scary about Cloud Security?

Tech Soup

Keeping your critical data on an online cloud service has sparked ongoing debate in the nonprofit sector, not just in the U.S., but all over the world. Richard Cooper of Charity Technology Trust (CTT) in the U.K. argues that cloud-based services are likely to be safer and more secure than most in-house nonprofit computer systems. But is that the end of the story?

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Lame spams of the day: 123Greetings

Robert Weiner

Supposed friends have been sending me lots of electronic greeting cards lately -- a dozen in the past few days. Of course, the person mentioned in the cards is a stranger. The From address has been ecards@123greetings.com. The subjects have been: Your friend sent you an e-card. New e-card for you. An E-card from your friend. You have received an e-card.

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6 Great Interactive Data Visualization Tools (Part 1)

NTEN

Paul Chamberlain. Senior Producer. MSDS. While it's tempting to just jump in and add the latest cool feature to your site, you have to first make sure it's a good fit for your users and your brand. Websites are loaded with eye candy these days — from slick user interfaces to interactive maps to cool photo slideshows — all achieved without Flash, just HTML, CSS and Javascript.

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Get Over Your Fear of Asking for Big Gifts

Get Fully Funded

One of the fastest ways to raise big money for your nonprofit is to work with individual donors, especially those capable of giving major gifts. It’s not that hard to do, yet many nonprofit Fundraisers avoid it like the plague. Here’s a short video where I explain how to get over your fear of approaching the donor and asking for the big gift.

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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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Three Strategies to Plan Campaigns and Engage Supporters

Care2

As a consultant to nonprofits , I get calls and emails daily from organizations are who are looking to market their online campaigns, grow their email list, and raise more money. Often they are looking for a quick fix, which is just bad strategy and frankly a waste of money. When you focus on one-off marketing campaigns (even if they are done through multiple channels) that don’t have a long shelf life, you see a quick bump and everyone at the organization is jumping for joy.

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Thai Chickpea Almond Curry from Let Them Eat Vegan!

Have Fun - Do Good

During my blogging sabbatical , we started a new cookbook over at VegCookbook Club : Let Them Eat Vegan! by Dreena Burton. So far, most of the things I've made from it have been super yummy. To tempt you to cook with us (we've still got 17 days left in August), I asked the folks at Da Capo Press if they had a recipe from the book I could share with you.

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Pinterest for Program Planning (And Other Ways this Museum Uses Free Tools)

NTEN

Without any official IT roles on this small staff, MAH takes advantage of free online tools to manage information and programs internally, and to curate museum activities and art for their community. At the Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center (MAH) in Santa Cruz, California, community engagement is central to both mission and vision: to create a thriving gathering place for Santa.

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Voices from the Community: Security

Tech Soup

Voices from the Community is a series of blog posts highlighting various threads from the TechSoup Community Forums and other TechSoup online community channels. This edition is focused on security-related discussions from the TechSoup Community Forums. The Internet is great because it connects us all so easily and allows us to so easily share information.

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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 to Share Bad News with Your Supporters and Keep Your Choir Engaged

Care2

You look forward to sharing victories with your community. Who wouldn’t? A big win offers a jolt of enthusiasm and shows that your hard work is paying off. As any seasoned campaigners know though, advocacy work isn’t always smooth sailing. You are bound to hit patches of rough water. The way you address these challenges and how you share bad news with your community are critical to the long-term health and strength of your movement.

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Compassion and Play

Have Fun - Do Good

Compassion: "from com- ' together'. + pati ' to suffer'" Play: " pleien to leap for joy, dance, rejoice, be glad " Rainbow with lightening strike by thinboyfatter This summer, during the course of a week, one family member prepared for death, another was told she needed a mastectomy, and a friend had a stroke that required his re-learning how to speak.

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Online Surveys - Tips and Tools

NTEN

Lori Halley. Engaging Apricot. Wild Apricot. Here are 5 tips to help ensure your online survey is effective in capturing the information you need. Online surveys are a great way to gather information from and gain insight on your members. So if you’re preparing for summer planning sessions and want member feedback on priorities, programs or issues, an online survey might be the answer.

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New Work Reimagined Website Connects Workers With Businesses That Value Expereinced Professionals

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Older displaced leaders seeking work have a new online resource to help connect them with businesses with a special interest in workers with long experience. AARP launched a new website in July called, Work Reimagined. The site is powered by LinkedIn , the career-oriented social media site. Work Reimagined is the first talent exchange dedicated to helping companies find experienced workers and to helping experienced professionals connect to more satisfying careers.

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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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37 Tips to Engage Your Website Visitors

Care2

If you are in the process of planning to redesign your organization’s website, we have 37 tips and best practices for you to check out. Last week I had the opportunity to co-present on the panel 37 Must-Have Strategies to Better Engage Your Website Visitors at the annual Bridge Conference in Washington, DC. During the panel, Sue Anne Reed of the Engage Group, Rob Manix of Defenders of Wildlife and I spent 90 minutes talking to a packed room of nonprofits.

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Imagining Apps for a Better World at Mozilla Ignite App Challenge Idea Jam

Tech Soup

What happened when TechSoup gathered a room full of nonprofit and library professionals, social entrepreneurs, and programmers together on a recent Thursday ? A range of highly innovative ideas emerged for potential new apps that would benefit from ultra high-speed Internet speeds. The ideas addressed major areas of concern for the U.S.: education, manufacturing, health care, and green energy.

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6 Great Interactive Data Visualization Tools (Part 2)

NTEN

Paul Chamberlain. Senior Producer. MSDS. While it's tempting to just jump in and add the latest cool feature to your site, you have to first make sure it's a good fit for your users and your brand. Welcome back for the second part of my series on interactive data visualization (dataviz) tools. In part one , we covered three cool tools for visualizing charts and graphs and many other data types on a webpage.

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Get Over Your Fear of Asking for Big Gifts – part 2

Get Fully Funded

What does it take to get started working with major gifts? In the beginning of my fundraising career, I thought it was very complicated and that I wasn’t ready. I found out I was wrong. Watch this video to hear me explain the 5 things that must be in place before you begin.

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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.