Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Originally published in the November 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine where I have written a quarterly column throughout 2011. In June 2007, I presented my first social media training to a small group of nonprofits in Lowell, MA. At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube. Though Facebook had gone public nine months previous, Facebook Groups were only just beginning to be used as community-building tools by nonprofits and Facebook Pages didn’t exist yet

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NetWits

DECEMBER 1, 2011

The tie between online advocacy and fundraising is significant. So significant that organizations who run effective online advocacy campaigns followed by timely and relevant fundraising appeals are seeing double the fundraising response rates. ( Download the full report ). But why? Connecting Online Advocacy and Fundraising: The 1 Key to Success. If your organization pursues online advocacy, you already have a lead-in to online fundraising; if not, you should explore other ways to connect online

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Wild Apricot

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Here is the round-up of free non-profit webinars being offered in December. Along with our Wild Apricot product overview and Membership Database webinars, we've found 22+ on topics ranging from non-profit sustainability to Facebook enhancements.

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NCE Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2011

I wanted to share some social media tools and nuggets I’ve come across recently. 1. Roost – this social marketing platform allows you to create a marketing campaign. They have free and paid versions (of course with more bells and whistles). 2. Wildfire – allows you to track and monitor social media mentions. manage your social media campaigns, and manage social media pages.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Date: Wednesday, January 25. Time: 1-1:45pm EST. Cost: Free. Register: Here ! The content and tone of this mini-webinar is specifically tailored for executive staff in the nonprofit sector, particularly those that are skeptical of the value of social and mobile media. The idea for this webinar arose from presenting more than 100 social and mobile media trainings and webinars in 2011 to thousands of nonprofit staff and still hearing that the number one frustration voiced by nonprofit social

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Ever buy something that’s “one size fits all?” Maybe a hat or pair of gloves? It usually doesn’t work out so well. The same is true with your holiday email appeals. While nonprofits often deliver highly relevant content in direct mail appeals – based on giving history, interests and past actions – that approach isn’t always carried over to their email appeals.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

A while ago now, I wrote about reimagining the "American Dream." I've been reading a fair amount about economics lately, and I've found two interesting threads. The more dominant thread is the one you know well. The story of the 99%, whose earnings and wealth have stayed pretty much the same over the past 30 years, while the earnings and wealth of the top 1% have grown tremendously.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Note from Beth : As I’m sprinting to towards the deadline of my next book on Measurement and Networked Nonprofits , co-authoring with the goddess of measurement, KD Paine , I’m grateful to have some terrific guest posts like this one from Simon Mainwaring. How non-profits become experts at Social Branding, Guest Post by Simon Mainwaring, Founder/Author WE FIRST.

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Wild Apricot

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Our product design team has already moved on from Version 4.3, our developers have stopped all the work on new features and changes quite a while ago and are only fixing bugs. Thus, our QA team has the lead on Version 4.3. Our current estimate for.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

posted by. Peter Bonanno, M.Ed. , Information Volunteer. for State Expansion. MindUp Program The Hawn Foundation. Paula couldn’t figure out why things had stopped running smoothly. As the CEO of medium-sized business, she was admired for her decision-making ability, moral conscience, and close coordination of staff activities (“Paula Front-and-Center,” they called her).

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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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

A while ago now, I wrote about reimagining the "American Dream." I've been reading a fair amount about economics lately, and I've found two interesting threads. The more dominant thread is the one you know well. The story of the 99%, whose earnings and wealth have stayed pretty much the same over the past 30 years, while the earnings and wealth of the top 1% have grown tremendously.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

"Art is a wound turned into light."- Georges Braque As I mentioned in my Fun-Do list last week, one of my favorite things to do is collage. The process of combining words and images helps me to work things out in a different way than writing in my journal does. I truly believe that art can heal, which is why I love producing the Arts and Healing Podcast for the Arts and Healing Network.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Is your organization new to Facebook? Here is a round-up of helpful posts about Facebook that we found on AssociationJam.

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See3

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Change the world, one video at a time.Miss Representation Trailer | 2:49 missrepresentation.org Mother, Aunt, Sister… Stripper, Hooker, Dominatrix… all of these words are evocative, but do we often conflate them? Societally we are to denounce the latter and honor the former, but our media portrayals muddy the waters. Jennifer Newsom’s film Miss Representation asks [.].

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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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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 1, 2011

posted by. Angela Francis , Senior Associate. Nonprofit Finance Fund. Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. At Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), we use financial data every day in our work with nonprofits and their funders.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Who'd like to make more holiday gifts this year? Me! But I'm often stumped for ideas. One raw material I have more than enough to work with is photos, so today I'm brainstorming holiday gifts to make with them. I've listed 25 ideas below, along with 7 websites that can help you with your creations: Book Bookmark Calendar Coasters Cookbook Deck of cards DVD slideshow (with or without narration) Family history book Framed photo (you could decorate the frame too) Greeting cards iPhone case Magnet M

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Care2

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The 2011 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report provides some incredible data on how 11K+ nonprofits are using social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and others. The study also answers the biggest question on everyone's mind. Are nonprofits raising any money on social networks? Big Picture Data. Facebook is the most popular commercial social network for nonprofits.

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See3

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Change the world, one video at a time.A Fair Story | 1:31 Fairtrade International A Fair Story is a very cool and original short film telling the global story of Fairtrade. Not all trade is fair. Farmers and workers at the beginning of the chain don’t always get a fair share of the benefits of [.].

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

For those just starting out in fundraising, it can be overwhelming to figure out. Look around the community and you’ll see lots of different groups doing lots of different things. But what really works? And what should you be doing? Fundraising is about engaging people in the work your nonprofit is doing. It’s not about selling candy bars or having a golf tournament.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Over on the NetSquared blog , we've been running a great series of posts by Bari Samad about ways that nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries can leverage the power of human capital. He's written about limited-term volunteering , high-skills volunteers , and tips and resources for managing human capital. If you're looking to work with technical volunteers more effectively at your organization, I highly recommend TechSoup's Working with Technical Volunteers: A Manual for Nonprofit

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Care2

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Since many nonprofits receive up to 40% of donations at the end of the year, nonprofits typically focus on end-of-the year campaigns , specifically in December. Since today is Cyber Monday, I thought I would focus on organizations using the Thanksgiving holiday and the following shopping rush to engage their community. I found most of these examples by browsing my circle of nonprofits on Google+ to see what programs organizations were sharing there.

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See3

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Change the world, one video at a time.The #GoodSpotting Holiday Special | 2:07 Case Foundation This fun, retro video introduces the interactive #GoodSpotting campaign from the Case Foundation, whose mission is to promote everyday philanthropy and broaden the use of new technologies to make giving more informed, efficient, and effective. As we descend deep into [.].

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

For those just starting out in fundraising, it can be overwhelming to figure out. Look around the community and you’ll see lots of different groups doing lots of different things. But what really works? And what should you be doing? Fundraising is about engaging people in the work your nonprofit is doing. It’s not about selling candy bars or having a golf tournament.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Have you attended one of TechSoup's webinars and thought, "I want to do that!" Well, we're holding a webinar to show you how you can! Our webinar, Training an Invisible Audience: Delivering Effective Webinars , will be held on Thursday, December 8 at 11a.m. Pacific time. During this one-hour event, you will hear from TechSoup webinar program manager Kyla Hunt (hey, that's me!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Online newsletters. I'm not anything could be more simultaneously vexing and rewarding. Okay, that's hyperbole, but you get the idea. We spend hours pulling together content only for the majority of the folks on our lists to ignore it entirely – or delete it with malice aforethought. But then the click-throughs start to add up to engagement and you get that one, "I've never clicked on so many links.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Lose weight. Exercise more. Stop smoking. Read more. Shop less. Volunteer. Okay, so you're likely already working on selecting your New Year's resolution for your personal life. But, have you identified your New Year's resolution for your workplace life? If not, and you want to be a more effective leader for your team at work in 2012, select one or more of these 70 New Year's resolutions for leaders: Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your co

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See3

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Change the world, one video at a time.Adoption: The Hamster | 0:31 Adopt Us Kids To mark National Adoption Month we are highlighting The Adoption Campaign, which aims to significantly increase the awareness of the urgent need for parents to provide loving, permanent homes for children and teens in foster care. Currently, there are 518,000 [.].

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Care2

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Since many nonprofits receive up to 40% of donations at the end of the year, nonprofits typically focus on end-of-the year campaigns , specifically in December. Since today is Cyber Monday, I thought I would focus on organizations using the Thanksgiving holiday and the following shopping rush to engage their community. I found most of these examples by browsing my circle of nonprofits on Google+ to see what programs organizations were sharing there.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2011

The December issue of NTEN's quarlerly journal for nonprofit leaders is free and hot off the press. Featured in this issue: " From Outcomes to Impact ," by Julie Macalik with Greenlights for Nonprofit Success, which provides guidance for measuring the real impact of your nonprofit. " How To Track Everyone Who's Anyone To You ," from Idealware's Laura Quinn, which provides the foundation for why and how to lead your nonprofit to a "greener" bottom line.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Meatless Monday is a nonprofit initiative of The Monday Campaigns. Their goal is to help reduce meat consumption by 15% to improve personal and planetary health. Each week I share meatless recipes I've tried from cookbooks and online. You can see past Meatless Monday posts by clicking here. If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. ?

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