Sat.Aug 27, 2011 - Fri.Sep 02, 2011

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Frogloop Guest Post: 4 Tools to Help Any Nonprofit Tell Stories Online

Amy Sample Ward

My guest post is up on Care2′s Frogloop blog; you can read the post and join the discussion there. or read the entire post copied below. —– Whether you are part of a nonprofit organization, an action campaign, a local community, or a school, you know that it is through stories you can showcase your work, change people’s minds, inspire them to make change, or join you to make a difference.

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JVIB 2012 Special Issue on Technology: Today's Game Changer

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I'm very excited to be a guest editor with the awesome Donna McNear on next year's special technology issue of the Journal of Vision Impairment and Blindness. JVIB is the peer-reviewed journal of record in the field of vision loss, and a past tech issue in 2003 featured my article, In the Palm of Your Hand, a vision of what mobile devices would mean for blind people in the future (a future that has already happened, of course!).

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Five Types of “Tips” Nonprofits Can Post on Foursquare Venue Pages

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As a follow-up to last week’s post on how to create a Foursquare Page for your nonprofit , listed below are five different types of “Tips&# that your nonprofit can post on Foursquare Venue Pages using your nonprofit’s Foursquare Page (not your personal Foursquare account) to both gain new followers and inspire the Foursquare community.

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Shameless Ask, Looking for SXSW 2012 Nonprofit Votes!

NetWits

SXSW 2012 session voting is nearing the end. We’ve got until Friday Sept 9th (right, tomorrow). If you’re not familiar with the process The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March, 2012 in Austin, Texas) is a huge new media event. Final program is selected through a combination open voting and secret SXSW staff magic. That mean’s is WE NEED YOUR VOTES !

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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 Spam(s) of the Day: Federal Tax payment rejected

Robert Weiner

Since spammers don't bother with list hygiene, a new variant results in multiple messages in my spam folder. Today I got 4 versions of this spam. That should be a dead giveaway to anyone receiving these messages. Each one had a different "tax transaction ID". Looks like the sender tried to include a graphic but it didn't work (just the old red X in a box).

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Changes to Facebook

NCE Social Media

This week Facebook launched new changes. You can tag people who you’re with, geographic tagging for your posts, and how to separate posts to your groups. Here’s a video explaining these changes. If you’ve begun using the new tools, please share your reaction in the comments section.

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New Follow Up Manager

VisionLink

'To help call operators, case managers, outreach staff and others follow up with their clients and contacts even more efficiently and effectively, VisionLink has released an enhanced Followup Manager (creative name, yes?) The solution defaults to a view with today''s followups listed, with one click access to followups that are past due, or due in the next 7 or 30 days.

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Can Stories Be Data?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Caramel - Creatives Common Licensed. Your numerical data can tell stories , but can stories be data that leads to continuous improvement? Do numbers only matter? There are lots of debates in the amazing world of measurement and learning. The only valid data is quantitative data. Real time analysis is not useful because it is drive by analysis.

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Can Small Non-profits Succeed with Cause Marketing?

Wild Apricot

We asked Joe Waters (Cause Marketing for Dummies) to offer up some advice to small non-profits on how they can partner with business for mutual profit.( read more ).

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Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Training for Nonprofits in Chapel Hill, NC

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Date: Thursday, October 27, 2011. Time: 9:30am – 3:30pm. Cost: $149 per person. Location: The ArtsCenter. 300-G East Main Street, Chapel Hill, NC ( Google Map ). How to Register: Sign up! View: Training Agenda (PDF). View: Trainings in Other Cities. This one-day intensive social media and mobile technology how-to training is ideal for nonprofit communications and development staff.

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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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VisionLink iPhone App Makes Top Ten List

VisionLink

'The Shelter View iPhone App, contributed by VisionLink to the American Red Cross, ranked in the top ten free utilities this weekend on the iTunes Store. The Red Cross opened more than 500 shelters, providing local assistance across the entire eastern seaboard. The impacted area from Hurricane Irene was larger than the European continent. The challenge now is to keep the public engaged as the storm resulted in more chaos than the reports of "missing the bullet" would suggest.

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Measuring Social Media Outcomes Is Easier than Measuring Hurricane Strength

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Source: Nasa. I grew up in a small town by the New Jersey shore in a house a block from the Atlantic Ocean that my elderly parents still live in today. With Hurricane threatening a direct hit and potential devastating damage, emergency officials called for a mandatory evacuation — something that hasn’t happened in many years. While my family and their home dodged a bullet, like millions in NYC, other locations had catastrophic flooding and there was a loss of lives.

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Never Try To Reason With An Elephant

Wild Apricot

What is it about change that seems to automatically trigger resistance? Our Fresh Apricot offers an overview of Switch and some insight into how it can shape the change you want to see.( read more ).

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Call for Submissions: Contribute to the NTEN Blog, e-Newsletter, and Journal

NTEN

Flickr: LexnGer In case you hadn't noticed, NTEN is a community of nonprofit and technology professionals sharing information about using technology effectively for nonprofit work. That means all the knowledge behind NTEN resources – the how-tos, best practices, strategy tips, recommendations, etc. – come from the experts and practicioners in our community.

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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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Leadership Within Your Organization: It's "Everyone's Business"

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by. Conni Ingallina , Founder and President. SOS-Association Management Solutions. In the age where people expect more for less and at a pace that reflects the era of an instant-gratification lifestyle, it's no surprise that associations are looking for solid leaders who will keep their mission at heart, as well as keep the association moving forward — quickly.

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Effective Listening Traits

Eric Jacobsen Blog

In a couple weeks, AMACOM, a division of the American Management Association , will release Michelle Tillis Lederman's new book, The 11 Laws of Likability. I'm nearly finished reading the advance copy AMACOM sent me and will post a book review soon. In the meantime, here are some great reminders from Lederman's book on listening -- what to do and what not to do to be a leader who's an effective listener : Do : Maintain eye contact.

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Top Links on Association Jam for August 2011

Wild Apricot

Here are the top-rated posts on AssociationJam.org for the month of August. This month, the most popular posts were in the Leadership, Fundraising and Social Media categories.( read more ).

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Gaming for Good: Interview with Joel Bartlett, Director of Marketing at PETA

NTEN

By Frank Barry, Director, Professional Services, Blackbaud. Who are you, and what do you do at PETA? I'm Joel Bartlett, the director of marketing at PETA. What role do games play in PETA's online strategy and how has that role evolved over the years? Much of our strategy is to engage with people online—whether they are already PETA supporters or people who have never even considered animal rights—and games are a vehicle for engagement.

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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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The 7 Habits of Effective Personal Fundraisers

Forum One

By Rob Wu, Founder, CauseVox. Your supporters love your nonprofit and the work that you do. Many of them want to raise funds for your nonprofit or cause, but don't know how to approach it. We know it's a real struggle to fundraise effectively when you're not a professional fundraiser. We're with you and want to help your supporters become the best fundraisers possible.

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Why do they give?

Get Fully Funded

Thank goodness we’re not all the same! Wouldn’t the world be a boring place if we were? There would only be one flavor of ice cream (because we’d all want the same kind). There would only be one kind of music (I shudder to think what we’d all be listening to or singing karaoke with!!). If we were all the same, we’d be donating money for the same reasons.

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Never Try To Reason With An Elephant

Wild Apricot

What is it about change that seems to automatically trigger resistance? Our Fresh Apricot offers an overview of Switch and some insight into how it can shape the change you want to see. ( read more ).

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The September Issue of NTEN:Change is Now Available

NTEN

The third issue of NTEN's quarlerly journal for nonprofit leaders is free and hot off the press. Featured in this issue: " Measuring Your Social Media Success ," from Idealware's Andrea Berry, which provides guidance for measuring what matters when it comes to social media for your nonprofit. " Getting Started With Green IT for Your Nonprofit ," from Strategic Sustainability Consulting's Jennifer Woofter, which provides the foundation for why and how to lead your nonprofit to a "greener" bottom

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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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Multichannel Magic: Who’s got the secret sauce?

Care2

If you’re like 90+% of the nonprofits reading this blog, direct mail gifts still make up the overwhelming majority of your fundraising revenue. So it makes sense that your direct mail initiatives receive the lion’s share of your fundraising focus and resources. But as marketers and fundraisers try to reach out to new prospective supporters and look for new ways to keep current supporters engaged, many are discovering that there are great opportunities within a strategic multichannel

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When is a donor not a donor?

Get Fully Funded

Don’t assume that just because someone gives money to your nonprofit organization that they’re a donor. Even if it’s an activity that you consider “fundraising&# it may not really be one. . If people purchase tickets to an event, that’s not a donation – they’re getting something in return. Same thing if they’re playing in your golf tournament.

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Top Links on Association Jam for August 2011

Wild Apricot

Here are the top-rated posts on AssociationJam.org for the month of August. This month, the most popular posts were in the Leadership, Fundraising and Social Media categories. ( read more ).

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Fusing Mobile Fundraising with Email & Social Media Outreach

NTEN

By Bob Jones, CEO, CharityCall LLC. There is little argument that email and social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are fast becoming mandatory tools for supporter outreach. These communication channels provide nonprofit organizations with an immediate and effective way to solicit, cultivate, and engage donor support. From a pure fundraising standpoint, email and social media channels are only effective when the recipient is able to respond immediately to a CTA (call to action).

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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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Input Needed from Organizations Supporting Women and Girls

Tech Soup

Does your organization focus on the challenges faced by women and girls? If so, you are invited to join the Women and Girls Lead. community. As a first step, please provide your input via this technology survey. Women and Girls Lead is. an international public media initiative designed to educate and connect people worldwide regarding the issues confronting women and girls.

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Daily DoGooder: The Interrupters Trailer

See3

Change the world, one video at a time.The Interrupters Trailer | 2:29 interrupters.kartemquin.com “The Interrupters”, based on an article by Alex Kotlowitz, is a film about the senseless violence that has come to define America’s cities and Chicago in particular and a group of individuals who are trying to do something about it. This intimate [.].

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Can Small Non-profits Succeed with Cause Marketing?

Wild Apricot

We asked Joe Waters (Cause Marketing for Dummies) to offer up some advice to small non-profits on how they can partner with business for mutual profit. ( read more ).

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Hurricane Irene and the Nonprofit Social Media Storm

NTEN

We know our friends over at the Red Cross have been expertly using social media for disaster response for years now, but this weekend, with Hurricane Irene set to touch down all along the east coast, we saw many other organizations and government entities reaching out via social media, as well. For Hurricane Irene, the Red Cross used volunteers to listen as well as respond in the social media space, to ensure 24 hour coverage during the storm.

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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.