Sat.Feb 02, 2013 - Fri.Feb 08, 2013

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HOW TO: Merge Your Nonprofit’s Facebook Community Page with Your Official Page

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Most nonprofit’s have no idea that they likely have a Facebook Community Page. Launched in 2010, the purpose of community pages are still mostly unknown although a sound hypothesis would be that their existence is now connected to the recently launched Facebook Graph Search. The hope of many admins has thus far been that community pages would just [poof!

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You have been abandoned

NetWits

Most nonprofit websites see a donation form abandonment rate of around 50% - 70%. Yes, that’s more than half of the people who have found your website, gotten interested enough to click the “donate now” button and looked at the donation form decide not to make that donation. Here's what you can do to improve this.

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 2012 was a year of titanic shifts in the fields of consumer technology, education, and publishing, along with the requisite challenges brought about by such rapid change. At Benetech, where innovation is the engine behind our mission, we did our best to make the most of it and help lead the charge into the future.

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Event Planning - A New Normal

Wild Apricot

Technology and social media are changing events and creating a "new normal" in terms of how we "market, consume and measure events." Here are some thoughts and tips to help small organizations update their events.

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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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Annual Calendar of Social Good and Cause Campaigns

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Launching online communications and fundraising campaigns around annual social good and cause campaign events is good strategy. Many nonprofits however, are not made aware of such campaigns until the day of (via social media) which is too late. You need at least a month to prepare your campaign materials and craft your messaging in order to build a sense of anticipation among your fans and followers.

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4 Fascinating Facts about Online Fundraising (and some ideas to help boost your fundraising results)

NetWits

If you had to guess how much charitable giving grew in 2012, what …

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How Small Nonprofits Approach Communications Differently: More Emphasis on Events

Wild Apricot

In this guest post, Kivi Leroux Miller reviews her 2013 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report findings to see how the results from the smallest nonprofits compare to the report’s findings overall.

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March 28 Webinar: Facebook and Facebook Apps for Nonprofits :: Advanced

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Date: Thursday, March 28, 2013. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. Cost: $50 or Winter Webinar Special. How to Register: Sign up ! Presented By: Heather Mansfield. View: All Webinars for Nonprofits. This webinar is presented with the assumption that your nonprofit has been using Facebook Pages for at least six months and that you have a working knowledge of the difference between Facebook Profiles, Groups, and Pages.

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Bridging the Data Disconnect Between Nonprofits and Their Funders

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Next week, I’m headed to Seattle for a couple of “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” book events generously sponsored by Microsoft. I’m very excited to participate in one of the evening events, a curated discussion on Data, Transparency, and Impact with Jane Meseck (Microsoft), Paul Shoemaker (Social Venture Partners) and Eric Stowe (Splash) and moderated by: Erica Mills, Claxon Marketing.

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Nonprofit Film School Primer: Or, The Idealware School of Video for Nonprofits Who Don’t Video Good (Part 1)

NTEN

Kyle Andrei. Research Analyst. Idealware. Many nonprofits have jumped on board the video bandwagon without paying much thought to cost, equipment, or the experience needed to make videos worth watching. As a species, we watch a lot of videos on our computers. Heck, being able to share short videos—a disproportionate number involving cats—helped make the internet so popular.

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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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The State of Small Membership Organizations

Wild Apricot

We've just released an article - BIG Insight Into Small Membership Organizations - Survey Highlights - that offers an overview of the key findings from our recent survey.

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Salesforce and your nonprofit

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by. Travis Butterfield , Project Coordinator, Marketing/Communications. ASU Lodestar Center. Whatever your nonprofit experience level and situation, you probably have to keep track of donors and other key constituents. Many of you have probably relied on multiple Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and maybe a Microsoft Access database at some point in your professional life.

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Cheap and Cheerful Audience Analysis for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Matthew Field. Note from Beth: One of the most common questions I get at workshops or webinars is, “Should our organization be on XYZ social or mobile platform?” My answer is: ”Don’t ask me, ask your audience.” That to say that you need to know your audience and how they get their information. Even more importantly, what motivates them.

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Defining Website Success Before You Start Building

NTEN

David Hartstein. Partner. Wired Impact. How will you know if your new website is actually helping your organization do more of that good stuff you do? People get excited about websites. It’s common at the outset of a website project for folks to want to rush right into discussing design and functionality. But before diving headfirst into the look and feel of your new site, you need to spend a bit of time thinking about measuring “success.”.

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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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5 Posts To Help Plan Inspirational Events

Wild Apricot

Here are 5 posts that offer insight and inspiration to shake up your event planning this year.

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Pollination Project: $1,000 seed grants to individual change makers

Have Fun - Do Good

Do you have an idea for a world-changing project that could bloom with some seed money? The new Pollination Project is giving $1,000 seed grants to individual changemakers, every day, 365 days a year. You can find information about how to apply on the Pollination Project website, follow them on Twitter at @Pollinationproj, and like them on Facebook.

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Active Training: To Get Nonprofit Audiences Engaged, Keep Them Moving

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Next week, I headed to Seattle for a couple of days of events around my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-authored with KD Paine. I’m doing a session for the NW Philanthropy and have been asked to talk a little about how to design peer learning and trainings for nonprofits. Having trained nonprofits on every continent of the world (except Antarctica), I had a great laboratory to develop my instructional design and delivery skills.

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The Nonprofit Technology Community Remembers Dan Scharfman

NTEN

All of us here at NTEN and in the greater nonprofit technology community were deeply saddened to hear of the sudden and tragic loss of Dan Scharfman, a long-time prominent member of the nonprofit technology community. His loss will be greatly missed by all those who have known him and benefitted from his work. In honor of Dan, we'd like to share this moving remembrance from his friend and colleague, Deborah Elizabeth Finn.

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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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5 Key Findings From the Charitable Giving Report

sgEngage

The 2012 Charitable Giving Report was just released and includes 24 months of overall giving data from 3,144 nonprofit organizations representing $7.9 billion in total fundraising. The report also includes online giving data from 2,581 nonprofits representing $512 million in online fundraising.

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How To Build Trust

Eric Jacobsen Blog

You can't lead if your employees, team or followers don't trust you. Building trust takes energy, effort and constant attention to how you act. To help build trust, follow these 16 tips , recommended by author Susan H. Shearouse: Be honest Keep commitments and keep your word Avoid surprises Be consistent with your mood Be your best Demonstrate respect Listen Communicate Speak with a positive intent Admit mistakes Be willing to hear feedback Maintain confidences Get to know others Practice empath

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Measurement Wisdom for Nonprofits from Bill Gates

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week, Bill Gates’ 2013 Annual Letter highlighted the power of data and measurement to help lift the world’s most needy up from poverty. I heard about it from several tweets asking me if he had read “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and colleague, Marion Conway, wrote a great summary of the letter which was also available in an interactive format on the web.

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The Cost of Out of Date Donor Information

NTEN

Kim Kupferman. Director of Professional Services. Heller Consulting. It might not be the most exciting topic to think about, but consider this: how your constituents react to your organization is a result of how they perceive you. If your communications with your constituents are in any way inaccurate, that is what they remember. Not your message. Having clean and accurate data doesn't just leave a good impression, it allows your mission and message to come through loud and clear.

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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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The 2012 Charitable Giving Report

sgEngage

In 2012, overall charitable giving in the United States was up 1.7% on a year-over-year basis and online giving grew 10.7%.

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Encourage Employees To Learn From Their Mistakes

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Mistakes happen. The best thing you can do as a leader is to help your employee learn from his (or her) mistake. If your employee is afraid of ever making a mistake, he will be paralyzed from taking action or taking even calculated risks. If he knows that mistakes happen in the course of doing business and that one learns from making mistakes, you will have a more productive employee.

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Four Rules for Maturing Your Field: The Bootcamp Model for Foundations, Associations and Umbrella Orgs

See3

'We’re already a month into 2013, and for many, those New Year’s resolutions are becoming a little less resolute every day. It’s a curious phenomenon we all see each year in gyms, classes and homes. Individuals have the will to make BIG improvements, but without some guidance, clear goals and even a few incentives to […].

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Nonprofit Film School Primer: Or, The Idealware School of Video for Nonprofits Who Don’t Video Good (Part 2)

NTEN

Kyle Andrei. Research Analyst. Idealware. You don’t need to have a film school degree to make low-budget videos that don’t look low-budget. If you follow the basic principles of video production, and know how and when to use certain equipment, you can avoid such common mistakes as shaky video, poor lighting, inaudible audio, and boring scenes that make videos look amateurish and cut through the crowd of bad cat videos.

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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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Three Ways Nonprofits Can Rein in Social Data

Tech Soup

We're in the era of "big data." We understand that to some, this concept can be overwhelming, but its power is incredible. If you have the right data and you know how to use it, your organization can be unstoppable. There are almost an infinite number of ways that data can be used. However, our goal is not to paralyze you with a thousand ideas, but to enable you to apply social data in a few practical ways.

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5 Leadership Quotes For Today

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Some of my favorite quotes for leaders are: A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit -- Arnold H. Glasgow I praise loudly, I blame softly -- Catherine II of Russia Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress -- Mohandas Gandhi A long dispute means that both parties are wrong -- Voltaire The least questioned assumptions are often the most questionable -- Paul Broca These and many more compelling quotes can be found in Susan

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Ramp Up Fundraising & Monthly Giving with Social Media

Care2

Last week, Care2 held another great webinar about the benefits of cross-channel integration for nonprofits featuring Paul Habig of Sankynet, Sarah Alexander of Food & Water Watch, and Care2's own Eric Rardin. Why should your organization integrate its donor channels? -Increases donor response rate -Increases the average gift -Increases the long-term value of donors Sankynet's Paul Habig provides tips for how to build social media into your email and website to spread your message, and how to

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Beyond Like and Follow: Engaging Nonprofit Supporters Through Social Media

NTEN

Maria Johnston. Senior Designer. MSDS. Facebook, Twitter & Pinterest are changing the face of supporter engagement and the road that leads to the most desirable form of participation—donations. So far, most nonprofits have responded to the challenge by including social media as just another outreach tool in a crowded kit that includes direct mail, PSAs, personal outreach, and more.

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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.