Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

'As a follow-up to Five Online Fundraising Best Practices for Small NGOs in Developing Countries , below are five social media best practices specifically tailored for small NGOs in developing countries. Once your NGO has laid a foundation for online fundraising success by launching a mobile-optimized website, an e-newsletter, and having the ability to accept online donations, your NGO is then ready to use social media to maximize online fundraising and cause awareness.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

'Image courtesy of Wisepreneur. Gartner , a tech analyst firm, created a list of trending technology resources nonprofits and organizations are taking advantage of to make a greater impact using more robust resources, at a lower cost than traditional IT. The Cloud. “Doing more with less,” is something nonprofits are accustomed too, however cloud services are providing nonprofits with with more for less.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

'No, we’re not being sued (and we want to keep it that way). However, the time has come when we need a really smart attorney to join Benetech and help us navigate the intersection of technology and social good. Benetech has some of the juiciest and most exciting range of legal challenges I can imagine: the great majority of our legal work concerns intellectual property and human rights.

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Robert Weiner

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

'Another newbie spammer playing with a toy? This plain-text spam has no sender, subject, formatting, or graphics. Nothing unusual there. The bonus is that it mashes up a variety of spammer techniques, starting with a list of 3-letter words running from "act" to "dry". After that comes what looks like an email header, then some spam text, then a bunch of blank lines, and finally, to cap the effort, random text from travel guides.

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Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

'Last spring at the “ Advancing Social Media Measurement for Foundations ” meeting convened by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, practitioners from social media, measurement, evaluation, programs, communication, and philanthropy worked on a synthesis of these disciplines to address measurement. It struck me, that although we do usually think about measuring and learning to improve campaigns and program that integrate social media and networks, if done correctly it is essential outcome

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

'Image courtesy of Security Intelligence Blog. Cloud service associate, Gabriel Csanalosi of Tech Impact frequently receives questions about cloud security when nonprofits adopt Office 365. So today, we are addressing some common cloud security concerns. Administrative privileges. The ability to grant access to certain apps, software, and files in the cloud keeps confidential and highly sensitive information on a “need to know basis.” For instance, only your nonprofits CFO or HR staf

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

'Sara Rowland. Business Analyst. International Data Management. Everyone in the fundraising industry knows that fall is the busiest time of the year. Charities are gearing up for campaigns that will drive in a large volume of their year-end donations. Decisions are being made on which packages and audiences will drive the highest results. What these organizations may not be considering is how much bad data could be costing them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

'Note From Beth: The cartoon above is from my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” and was alluding to what I call the “ Cute Animal Theory ” that content performs better when you have a cute animal, a dog, a cat, or even a squirrel. The genre of cat videos has grown so much that the Walker Art Center initiated the Internet Cat Video Festival , curated by a “cat video curator.” This summer, it sparked news headlines worldwide, attracted a crowd of 1

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

'Image courtesy of The Cyphers Agency. According to Craig Haubrich, a contributor to npEngage , conferences are unavoidable for nonprofits, but getting through them, whether you’re a presenter or an attendee can be a breeze by following a few guidelines and using some tech tools. Split up. Haubrich recommends assigning sessions to colleagues if more than a few are attending the conference.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

'Highlights of our Multi-Chapter Benchmarking Survey and full infographic are now available in our Membership Knowledge Hub.

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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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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

'posted by Melissa Lopez, CNP , Founder. Soles-de-Soul. Many individuals start off already knowing their purpose, having several ideas for a nonprofit, or even believing that they need to jump on filling out Form 1023 as soon as all parties agree on a mission. Well, my journey was a little different. In fact, it was a little backwards. I started a community organization that, by choice, has yet to be registered.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

'Photo by Andrew Watt. I’m a list maker! I keep to do lists, mega to do lists, grocery shopping lists, lists of restaurants and movies, and you get the picture. There is something zen about making a list – it clears my mind and it is very satisfying to cross things off your list or it saves times because you have a place to start. And, lists are easy to create.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

'When Facebook launched hashtags many people questioned how useful this feature was going to be. Facebook assumed by rolling out hashtags, that organizational and brand pages using hashtags would receive increased exposure from other brands and organizations who were using the same hashtags. However, according to a new study by EdgeRank Checker posts with hashtags on Facebook don’t have as good reach as posts than those without.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

'Can we apply the "six STEPPS to crafting contagious content" to non-profit emails?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

'Back by popular demand. The 70 tips below make for a good list for learning how to become a better leader when you don''t have a lot of time to read books about leadership. And, if you''ve been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? 1. Don''t micromanage 2.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

'A couple of years ago, outreach, training, and fundraising consultant, Stephanie Gerding , posted some great basic grantseeking information on TechSoup For Libraries. I have updated Stephanie’s pieces a bit. Find the first installment of this series, Developing a Grant Project here , and the second installment, Researching Funders Part One – Government here.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

'Last week Blackbaud along with partners HJC, Sea Change Strategies, and Edge Research released findings from the 2013 Next Generation of Canadian Giving study. The study looked at the following: What are the preferred giving channels for Generation Y (18-32); Generation X (33-48); Baby Boomers (49-67); and Civics (68+) ? What are the preferred communications and engagement channels?

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fusionSpan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Have you considered hiring a consultant to help you identify the ideal system for your association and help with the data conversion? If your nonprofit has a small staff, little technical expertise or limited time, a consultant may be just what you need. You’ll want to make sure the consultant you choose has relevant association experience to understand your organization’s needs.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

'If you are a leader already engaging with an executive coach, or contemplating engaging one, here are four ways to make your coaching experience a success, as reported in a relatively recent issue of Fortune magazine: Find the right match. Find someone to push and challenge you. To encourage you and to hold you accountable. Be sure the person you engage with is a person you can trust and can talk to easily.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

'Here’s some surprising information that has largely remained under the radar. Most copiers and larger multifunction printers (MFPs) made after 2002 have hard drives that store images of all documents that are scanned, copied, faxed, emailed and printed on them. These devices pose a data security risk for organizations that buy or lease them especially at their end of life.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

'Flickr: Juushika Redgrave This past weekend saw the first offical day of fall which means we can all look forward to months of potted mums, candy corn, and annual conferences. This latest Member Round Up features lots of goodies, from tips on social media and email campaigns, to new research on impact investing and Idealist''s funny obsession drawing a famous actor.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

'My friend, Jennifer Louden , is hosting a free, online event this week (September 23-28), The Shero''s School for Revolutionaries. Each day she''ll be sharing streaming audio and video interviews with women about how to express your gifts in service to the world. Each interview will be streamed for free for 24 hours from their start time. Here''s the line up for today, Monday, September 23: 2 PM PT/5 PM ET: Welcome to The Shero''s School for Revolutionaries with Jennifer Louden. 2 PM PT/5 PM E:

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

'In their book, Rapid Realignment , authors George Labovitz and Victor Rosansky, reveal the most common responses from thousands of managers and workers when they were asked to think of the best boss they ever had, and then answer the question: " What did that person do to qualify as your best boss ?" And, those most common responses were : My best boss listened!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

'Last month was a monster for NetSquared - we held 48 events during Social Media September , including 14 workshops and nine social media surgeries. October promises to be a bit quieter — we’re going to relax and eat candy. But we are prepared for Halloween, since we spent the month in costume dressed as (social media) surgeons! October’s NetSquared Events.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

'by Rachel Muir. Does the thought of making a six figure ask make your palms sweat? Take heart fellow fundraiser, practice makes perfect. Or, to put it another way, confidence breeds competence. Asking is part art and part science. A face-to-face solicitation comes at the culmination of you gradually deepening your relationship with your donor to understand his or her passions and interests.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

'North Carolina Museum of History 1988.39.4 I’m always amazed when my colleagues tell me that the biggest barrier they face to “opening up” the content at their museums is from registrars—the people who care for collection objects. In this courageous guest post, Adrienne Berney, a Collections Care Trainer who works primarily with history museums, gives us an insider’s guide to these issues.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

'Can you step back to lead forward ? That is the key question for you to answer as you start to read Kevin Cashman''s book, The Pause Principle. Because, Cashman firmly believes that as a leader, you need to pause to lead forward. " What sleep is to the mind and body, pause is to leadership and innovation ," explains Cashman. He goes on to say: Pause transforms management into leadership and the status quo into new realities.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

'As part of Social Media September (#SocMedSep), we've been tapping into the wisdom of our global TechSoup and NetSquared communities as well as experts in nonprofit technology. The best thing about these community-driven events is that you end up learning a lot just by talking to other nonprofits and listening to their experiences. I reached out to Alana Post, the Online Communications Manager at The World Affairs Council of Northern California to hear how this nonprofit uses social media t

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

'Guest post by Ryan King, Blackbaud’s Sr. Channel Marketing Manager. Get ready for some great insights from a marketer that has a passion for engaging the nonprofit community and Blackbaud customers. — —. I was doing some online shopping on a Swedish company’s website the other day that sells assemble-yourself furniture. Okay, so it was IKEA. Well, I found an item that was EXACTLY what I was looking for.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

'The Demographics of Users of Social Media, Summarized - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly : Business Insider released a report that breaks down some of the biggest social media giants’ audiences based on their demographics. This information could be very helpful for nonprofits in discovering where the majority of demographics your organization may be serving reside in the social media world.

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