Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

'With 51% of Facebook’s referral traffic now coming from mobile and more than two-third’s of Twitter users being mobile, many nonprofits are finally starting to come to the realization that their social media campaigns are doomed unless they embrace a mobile-first approach to online communications and fundraising. Your nonprofit must now assume that the majority of website and blog content you share on social networks is being read on a mobile device and if that content is not mobil

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

'Image courtesy of ok.gov. Let’s be honest, we’re all suckers for numbers. They captivate us, put things into perspective, shock us, and give everyone something to talk about at the coffee pot in the morning. Nonprofit statistics seem to grow more positive with each passing day. Donation numbers are growing steadily and the pervasiveness of technology is saturating nonprofits with opportunity to become more efficient and expand into new markets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

'Photo by One Squiggly Line. Earlier this month, I crossed an item off my bucket list when I gave a talk at TedXBerkeley. I spoke on the topic of ”ISR” or what I call “Individual Social Responsibility. ” The idea is that when you give in small amounts – anything – your time, money, or skills and encourage your network online to amplify it, you can have a great impact as an individual.

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Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

'Overwhelmed with all of the event technology options? A new article in our Hub offers ideas for identifying relevant event trends and optimizing your existing tech tools.

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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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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

'BoardAssist is pleased to welcome nonprofit finance pro Paul Konigstein, who wrote this post, as our first guest finance blogger. We are very grateful to Paul for sharing his expertise. As someone who has over two decades of experience assisting nonprofit organizations with their finances, we knew when it came to nonprofit finance, our readers would be eager to hear from Paul. .

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

'Image courtesy of Diaryofageek.com. Email marketing is a timeless and important part of any nonprofit’s outreach efforts. In most cases, individuals have take the time to intentionally sign up for your messages because of a genuine interest in what you have to say. Of late, however, email marketing campaigns have suffered. Nonprofits are seeing their read rates plummet and their content click rates fall even further.

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Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

'We''ve found 28 free webinars on great topics for non-profits this March - check them out!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

'Today, I am pleased to share again a guest post from Garret Kramer of InnerSports LLC about how to be a great coach: 14 Attributes of Great Coaches By Garret Kramer, Author of Stillpower: Excellence with Ease in Sports and Life There are many, many coaching manuals and books on the market today. Unfortunately, virtually all of them provide an external blueprint or "positive" guide to successful coaching and leadership.

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

'If there was any doubt before, everyone now knows social media is here to stay. The seemingly endless flavors of platforms are all filling their respective niches and enrapturing audiences across the board with engaging, user created content. Finding ways to tap into theses audiences for marketing purposes has been a challenge. Marketers must tread lightly to not disrupt the delicate balance of content and alienate users.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

'About a year ago, Mario Marino reached out to me and several colleagues with some provocative questions about e-learning in the nonprofit sector. E-learning is using internet technology and your networks to learn in real-time – either as an individual, within your organization, or a network and learning is applied to get results. This e-mail exchange with a dozen or so colleagues evolved into a guest post about one aspect of the topic.

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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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Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

'This month''s Software News offers an update on Version 5 release and a focus on one of Wild Apricot''s services partners.

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

'With nearly 2 million board seats opening up in the United States ever year, it’s not easy for nonprofit leaders to successfully compete for, and win over, fantastic new board members. Our job at BoardAssist is to do just that – identify and “lock in” those high impact agents of change for our nonprofit clients. If you are navigating this process on your own, here are some useful tips.

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

'Image courtesy of Data Hive. Cloud computing is an exciting technology that is projected to become pervasive in not only nonprofits, but in the common person’s daily life. However, there is a sense of discomfort associated with the novel technology. Many do not fully understand the technology, what it can offer an organization, or even fully understand exactly how it works.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

'DJ Muller. President and Founder. WebLink International. A recent survey by the Content Marketing Institute showed that 92% nonprofits are using content marketing. While nonprofits are using a wide variety of sites and services to distribute their content, the effectiveness of these efforts is often uncertain. Without a plan for content creation, it’s pretty hard to gauge success.

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Advertiser: Digital Ocean

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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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

'I used to have the terrible habit of writing out a to-do list in a notebook or scrap of paper and then completely neglecting or losing it. Task manager apps can help you stay on track with features such as timers that alert you when a task is due, collaboration features, and email inbox integration. Most of these task manager apps are cross-platform, too, so you can use them on your work PC, home computer, and mobile devices.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

'New startups are launching every day, and it''s a lot of work for the nonprofit community to weed through which platforms are useful, and which aren''t the right fit. A new social platform, ChronicleMe (CMe) launched recently, and it''s a free, anonymous social media platform. The creators of the platform state that "although paradoxical, we believe that anonymous social media will provide millions with deeper connections than ever before.

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

'Image courtesy of Social Media Marketing.com. Access Group’s Nonprofit Division comes together every year for an annual think tank to uncover what they believe will be key trends to be aware of in the upcoming years. The debate is held between consultants, clients, and journalists, each of whom brings some level of expertise in the field. Here are the 5 trends their focus group foresees as being markedly important in the coming years.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

'Beth Kanter. Master Trainer, Author, and Blogger. Wondering what to do before, during, and after leading an effective technology training. The design work you do prior to delivering your session, if done well, can have a huge impact on whether your participants walk away inspired to practice their skills or apply their knowledge in the real world. Here are four tips that will help you design fun, interactive, and highly effective technology training workshops.

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Advertiser: Syncrony

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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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

'BoardAssist works with nonprofits serving locally, nationally and internationally to find high impact agents of change for their boards, but most of the boards we support meet somewhere in the New York tri-state area. If you are interested in giving back through board service, and can’t attend board meetings in the New York area, what should you be thinking about as you talk to nonprofit board matching services?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

'Want more volunteers? Want to give your current volunteers more satisfaction and flexibility in supporting your organization? Want to reach. potential volunteers that you aren't reaching now? Virtual volunteering - volunteers doing some or all of their service offsite, via a home or work computer, via their smart phone, or via another. networked device, allows you to do all this and more!

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

'Online fundraising optimization —a fancy schmancy term for improving how nonprofits raise money via the internet. Over the past few years, this has been a hot topic, likely because the growth in online giving has been nothing short of remarkable. In fact, in the past 10 years, no other fundraising channel has seen such impressive numbers. Online giving in the U.S. now exceeds $20 billion annually and has continued to grow at double-digit rates for most of the past decade.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

'Danny Boice. President and COO. Speek. Since launching, Speek has been covered by numerous major publications both in print and online. They were the subject of a Wall Street Journal documentary and have won countless awards. We rank on the first page of Google search results for all relevant search terms. And they achieved all of this without a PR firm and with a negligible marketing budget.

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Advertiser: DonorDock

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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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

'Is it spring yet? It is warm and lovely outside today, and I''m feeling between seasons. It''s technically winter, the time of the year when I''m supposed to stay inside and embrace the quiet and the darkness, but it''s also spring-like (at least in California), which is inspiring a desire to bloom. Very confusing weather that is reflective of the transition time I''m in.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

'It's high time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news! This time I’ll review some new developments in privacy and security, social media, cloud computing, digital inclusion, gaming for good, and the new tech blog, Re/code. There’s lots of interesting NPTech news this month. Privacy and Security. The Day We Fight Back.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

'One major focus of health reform efforts is on Health Information Technology (HIT), which is trying to pull health communications into the 21st century through Electronic Health Records (EHR), Telemedicine , and other technologies. CheQPoint.org provide an overview of major Health Information Exchange efforts in California. read more.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

'We’ve been working hard the past few days and are happy to share that we’ve narrowed down this year’s DoGooder Video Award submissions to a few special finalists! We received a wide array of funny, moving and informative videos that embraced strong storytelling to communicate important messages. It was a difficult task, but the DoGooder Team have chosen the finalists- and now it’s up to the public to choose the winners!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

'Here are the seven smart things you need to do to succeed in the future , according to leadership expert. John Baldoni, in his book, Lead With Purpose : Make purpose a central focus. Instill purpose in others. Make employees comfortable with ambiguity. Turn good intentions into great results. Make it safe to fail (as well as prevail). Develop the next generation.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

'This week, the world is gearing up for mobile's biggest global tradeshow, Mobile World Congress (MWC). The Barcelona tradeshow sets the mobile trends for the year with major announcements expected from Nokia, Samsung, LG, and others. Besides being a launch pad for shiny new gadgets, MWC has also been a forum for green technology news, digital inclusion efforts, low-cost smartphones, and other mobile for good innovations.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

'Steven Shattuck is VP of Marketing at Bloomerang. As a HubSpot Certified inbound marketer, he is a contributor to Nonprofit Hub, National Council of Nonprofits, Ragan, Social Media Today, Search Engine Journal, The Build Network, HubSpot, Content Marketing Institute and Business2Community. Steven has spoken at national and local conferences, and is frequently interviewed by media outlets for his expertise in digital marketing. _.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

'14NTC is just around the corner and the community is buzzing with tips, recommendations, and other advice on making your Washington D.C. and NTC experience a rewarding one. We''ll be crossing our fingers for a blizzard-free time (13NTC, anyone?) and some early cherry blossoms. But besides packing that warm jacket just in case, you can plan your D.C. trip with the help of your fellow nonprofit attendees.

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