Sat.Oct 16, 2010 - Fri.Oct 22, 2010

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I am writing a book about social media for nonprofits!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That’s right! I am writing a book about social media for nonprofits. It will be published by McGraw-Hill in New York City and is scheduled to hit bookstores, Amazon and e-readers in Fall 2011. The book will be a very comprehensive social media how-to guide that will be based on the lessons I have learned from spending over 10,000 hours utilizing social media for social good over the last five years.

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Unlocking the True Value of Social Media

Amy Sample Ward

I have the fun opportunity to be a presenter at the 2010 Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits! My session today focuses on the topic of “Unlocking the True Value of Social Media.&#. Slides. Unlocking the True Value of Social Media. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Helpful Links. There were some great questions in the session and I promised to send out links to some resources.

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If you could Ask One Question what would it be?

NetWits

Blackbaud’s conference for nonprofits is a few days away. As the conference nears I’m getting ready for an exciting session focused on the use of social media in the non-profit sector, but I need YOUR help (make sure to read the whole post).

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Google Maps Dirty Trick or Malfunctioning "Feature?"

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Wasted about 30 minutes this morning thanks to a weird coincidence. I'm going to the Internet Archive's new office at 300 Funston in San Francisco, to attend the Books in Browsers conference. However, Google Maps routed me to a point two miles away when I typed 300 Funston into my Android phone's Google Map function. Not really knowing all of San Francisco's streets, I got out and recognized the old location of the Internet Archive.

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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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Is Your Nonprofit Losing Members? Maybe It’s Not You

Wild Apricot

Busy modern lifestyles mean limited time for volunteer and membership activities after work and family obligations. Nonprofits know this, and have been re-tooling their programs, offering more “value” to recruit and retain members. But there’s another reason why your membership may be declining: your other members.( read more ). Tags: Associations member recruiting membership Membership management nonprofit non-profit volunteer management Volunteers.

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Join me for an NTEN Webinar! More than just a community: Using communities to reach your program goals

Amy Sample Ward

Next Tuesday, I’m running a webinar with NTEN discussing “More than just a community: Using communities to reach your program goals.&# As always, I hope it’s a fun and informative session, but it’ll also have space for sharing and lots of questions. I hope you’ll join me! Description : Your nonprofit has a presence on Facebook or maybe your own private online community.

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Bookshare International’s Viji Dilip Profiled in Magazine

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The staff I work with at Benetech are committed to the communities that we serve with our technology. Among the people I’m privileged to call a colleague here at Benetech is Viji Dilip, the International Program Coordinator for our Bookshare International service. Washington Square Magazine, which is published by Viji’s alma matter San Jose State University, included a profile of Viji in their most recent issue.

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Time Management for Small Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

In very small nonprofits, one person often must carry the full workload – but how can the one-person shop "do it all"? How do you handle prioritizing and time management? If you missed last Friday's #smNPchat Twitter chat on the topic, catch up now with a transcript and a free handout on Time Management for Small Nonprofits. Sparked by Seth Godin’s recent comment that “doing a mediocre job on nine things is going to guarantee that you’re mediocre,” last Friday’s #smNPchat Twitter chat tackled th

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Great reads from around the web on October 18th

Amy Sample Ward

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 October 18th). 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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How Networked Nonprofits Use Twitter and Other Things I learned in Vegas

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How networked nonprofits use twitter. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Last week, I parachuted into BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas for less than 24 hours. I presented on two panels (How Nonprofits Use Twitter and CrowdSourced Philanthropy) in the Cause Track curated by Chris Noble and the good folks at WhatGives. During the conference, there was a hashtag campaign – #beatcancer where PayPal and SWAGG will donated $0.05 for every hashtag mention to cancer charities.

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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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Amy Potthast, Idealist.org: How I Have Fun and Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

The third guest post in my have fun, do good blogger series is by Amy Potthast. Amy is the Director of Service and Graduate Education Programs at Idealist.org , and lives in Oregon with her husband and two sons. You can follow her on Twitter, @amypotthast How do I have fun and do good? — Amy Potthast, Idealist.org This year, this question is easier to answer than ever.

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Raise money online this year

Get Fully Funded

As we approach the deep fundraising season, many folks are asking about online fundraising, so I wanted to share a few things. Remember that the internet is a tool you can use to raise money. Just like any other tool, it’s the your skill in using the tool that will determine success – not the tool itself. It’s definitely NOT a “build it and they will come&# model.

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Better Together: Conference for Nonprofits from Blackbaud

Amy Sample Ward

Date : October 20-22nd, 2010. Location : Washington, DC, USA. Topic : What’s the True Value of Social Media? Description : Everywhere you turn there are tons of great stories about organizations doing wonderful things online to build communities and engage their supporters through Social Media. But what is it all for? We’ve all heard the sayings “If you build it, it will come”, “the value of Social CRM”, other concepts around understanding what is the value of Social Media.

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The Ultimate Multi-Tasking: My Networked Nonprofit Keynote at the Blackbaud Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Blackbaud’s Nonprofit Conference is from October 20-22 in Washington, DC. Here’s the list of sessions. I’ll be doing a keynote about the Networked Nonprofit on Thursday, October 21st from 8-9:30 am along with Allison Fine (live-streamed here ). But, I’ll be in Atlanta at the Independent Sector Conference. No, I can’t be in the same place – that is physically – at the same time.

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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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Zen Peacekeeper, Marianne Elliott, Shares How She Has Fun, Does Good

Have Fun - Do Good

We write and teach what we want to learn, at least, I do. One of the reasons I keep this blog is to help me figure out how to have fun, and do good, and o ne of the ways I learn is by example, so I've asked a handful of bloggers from my Have Fun, Do Good blogroll to share how they have fun and do good. The first guest post is by Marianne Elliott. Marianne is a change-maker, a human rights advocate, a yoga teacher and a writer.

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The Rise of #Hashtags

NTEN

By David J. Neff, Founder, Lights. Camera. Help. and Randal Moss, Social Media Marketing Manager, MeadWestvaco. The hashtag, as defined by Twitter , was created because Twitter provided no easy way to group tweets or add extra data. Since Twitter did not develop this capability into its system, the community came up with their own way: hashtags. A hashtag is similar to other web tags: it is metadata that helps add tweets to a category.

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HealthCare.gov: A Model Facebook Page

Forum One

HealthCare.gov , the federal web site that is officially charged with helping consumers make sense of the new health insurance landscape, was substantially improved this month. For starters, they added information from over 200 insurers on 4,400 plans. As data is added in the coming months, the sites' health insurance "plan finder" promises to significantly improve consumers' ability to untangle the mess of insurance options available to them.

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Rules of Social Media Engagement

Care2

Yesterday in part one " Measuring the Impact of Your Social Media Program " of this blog series, I discussed the importance of audience reach, how people see your key messages, and how to measure social media reach. None of these measurements will be helpful unless your organization knows how to truly engage people on social networks. Engagement. Social media is fundamentally about engagement, which is the interaction among people.

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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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Crossing the Digital Divide: Meetups Bring Online Conversations Home

Tech Soup

Guest blogger Carrie-Jaffe Pickett ( @carriewriter ) is an award-winning writer and editor specializing in e-newsletters, public relations, website copy, and editorial solutions for clients. She blogs about social media and communications at carriewriterblog.com , and her portfolio and other links can be viewed at carriefreelance.com. This month's Online Community Meetup here at TechSoup's San Francisco headquarters featured Charles Baker, strategy and community development manager at Meetup.com

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Leonie Allan of Goddess Guidebook Shares How She Has Fun, Does Good

Have Fun - Do Good

I hope you all enjoyed the guest post by Marianne Elliott on Tuesday. She shared how she has fun and does good by making over gardens for busy young families. Leonie Allan of Goddess Guidebook will be the next guest blogger to share how she has fun and does good. Goddess Leonie helps you see the goddess inside you. You can download her latest little offering (for free) here: A Printable Pocket Goddess Gratitude Diary.

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How Might We Get the Change We Were Promised?

NTEN

By Holly Ross, Executive Director, NTEN. In 2008, the words hope and change swept the nation. The fever pitch of optimism may have been felt most acutely in the nonprofit sector. After all, we're all about change, and it suddenly seemed we might have a larger than life, charismatic partner in the endeavor. Two years on, it's pretty clear things haven't turned out quite like we thought they might.

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Measuring the Impact of Your Social Media Program

Care2

As nonprofits and advocacy groups delve deeper into social media, the need to assess their return on investment (ROI) is critical. Given the organizational goals of advocacy groups, it should be abundantly clear that ROI encompasses far more than fundraising, and in many cases will not include fundraising at all. So what should the ROI for advocacy groups’ social media programs be and how can we measure them?

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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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Free Webinar This Week on Open Source Software in Libraries

Tech Soup

Register now for TechSoup's "Story of an Open Source Library" webinar, this Thursday at 11 a.m. Pacific time. This webinar will cover specific open source tools (some of which you may not have heard of before!) that work well for libraries and the benefits and challenges associated with their use. We will talk with staff from the Meadville Public Library who use open source tools for their websites, e-mail, Internet firewall, wireless router, proxying, filtering, and productivity software.

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Free Hugs: Have Fun, Do Good Friday Video

Have Fun - Do Good

Last Friday I shared an inspiring video with you for Blog Action Day about Women's Earth Alliance's Global Women's Water Initiative (GWWI) in Africa. Today's Have Fun, Do Good Friday video is by my friend, Gabriela Masala, and her project, the One Love Alliance.

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What is it about Bennington women (and nonprofit technology)?

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

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Pro Bono Role Model of the Year

Care2

Do you know a mom or dad who is a professional superhero? Then you must nominate them to Taproot Foundation’s first-ever Pro Bono Role Model of the Year. Wondering what makes a professional superhero? "These are the parents that get the kids dressed and out of the door, are rock stars at work and, in between, get everyone motivated to make a difference faster than a train, plane or automobile," according to the Taproot Foundation’s website.

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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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The Green Side of Cloud Computing Campaign: Security

Tech Soup

The theme for this week of TechSoup's GreenTech Initiative campaign, The Green Side of Cloud Computing , is security in the cloud. This is the topic that covers whether or not it's risky for you to put your data on someone else's website that you don't have any direct control over. This week we're featuring an article by TechSoup Global's expert in data security, Richard Collins.

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What's your baby?

Connection Cafe

Author: Sally Heaven. Last month I talked about how the quality of your email list is rapidly becoming more important than the quantity of folks who are on it. You need to make sure that people on your email list are opening and reading your emails, lest you get tagged as a spammer by internet service providers. So how do you get your constituents to open and read your emails?

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5 Common Themes in Online Fundraising : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success

AFP Blog

5 Common Themes in Online Fundraising : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success: "I was recently honored to help host the ArtezInterAction ConferenceOpens in a new window at the MaRS CentreOpens in a new window in TorontoOpens in a new window. The day centered around looking at all that is happening in the world of technology, including Internet, payment systems, social and mobile media, and how.

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What To Think About For Next Year

Eric Jacobsen Blog

skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO).

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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.