Sat.Dec 27, 2014 - Fri.Jan 02, 2015

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6 Clever Mobile Apps Created by Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

'All launched in 2014, the mobile apps listed below created by nonprofits clearly demonstrate that nonprofits are evolving in their approach to mobile apps. The hard truth is that only 39% of mobile apps are opened 11 times or more and 20% of apps are only opened once. That said, the rapid sales of smartphones worldwide ensure a growing a mobile app audience in coming years, but for nonprofit mobile apps to be successful they must be well-designed and useful.

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Why Your Nonprofit’s Website Needs To Be Responsive

TechImpact

'Huh? Responsive?! You mean my website needs to be able to talk to web visitors all by itself? Not exactly. What it does mean, however, is that your website needs to be able to talk to devices. A responsive website is one that, depending on the type of device a web visitor is accessing your […]. The post Why Your Nonprofit’s Website Needs To Be Responsive appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology.

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7 End-of-Year Tips for Saying Thank You to your Donors

EveryAction

'In the nonprofit world, donors are essential. And at the end of the year, after all of the fundraising and cold calling and calling-to-action , it''s important to express appreciation for the supporters that are so instrumental in keeping your organization moving forward (and if we''re honest, keeping the lights on!). A standard thank you is always nice, but going the extra mile to show your donors how much they mean to you can pay out dividends down the road.

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Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

'The Sun Sets on 2014. This year I took off a full two weeks during the holiday, spending time with family on the Big Island on a coffee farm and mostly offline. I didn’t do a complete unplug, as we’re so dependent on the Internet for information in navigate our daily lives, which is a huge change since I first got online in 1993. And, now with those beautiful sunsets behind me, I look ahead to 2015.

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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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To Build or Not Build an App: Should It Be a Question for Your Nonprofit?

NTEN

'Zee Hoffmann Jones. Content Producer/Web Developer. Ad Council. Satisfying the repetitive, bored, and/or urgent needs: Is building a custom app a good idea for your nonprofit? If you work for a nonprofit and are thinking about building an app, you’re already on the right track in many ways: There are many “mobile first” evangelists who believe that the mobile user should be the first and main target when creating any digital experience, in spite of potential drawbacks and missed testing opportu

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3 Ways To Improve Nonprofit Pinterest Marketing

TechImpact

'There is a new up-and-comer in the social media sphere and it is called Pinterest, a virtual, interactive bulletin board where organizations and individuals can ‘pin’ their interests. It is basically a virtual board or scrapbook that allows you to organize and share things you find on the internet, with its main demographic of users […]. The post 3 Ways To Improve Nonprofit Pinterest Marketing appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology.

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Fitness for the Soul: A Resolution for Donors

See3

'The first step to recruiting more monthly donors is for you to believe, deeply, that giving month after month is a soul-strengthening endeavor. The post Fitness for the Soul: A Resolution for Donors appeared first on The See3 Blog.

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How To Be A Better Leader In 2015

Eric Jacobsen Blog

'Four years ago, Lynn Flinn of EWF International wrote the following in her business'' newsletter. It''s so powerful I wanted to bring it back again this year as 2015 gets underway. So, here goes.Lynn''s advice for leaders: • Do something that you are afraid to do. Run through the fear rather than running away from it. • Take a personal risk. Tell someone something you''ve always wished you''d said to them. • Write a note to someone who inspires you but probably doesn''t know it. • Pick one char

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The 5 Factors That Helps Predict Future Donors’ Giving

TechImpact

'Have you and the decision makers at your nonprofit ever been sitting around a table trying to decide which demographic you should target during an upcoming donation campaign? Well, predicting your nonprofit’s fundraising potential is not a mystery. Future prospective donors can be predicted with surprising accuracy based on a handful of factors. Considering a […].

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Wild Apricot Update December 2014: Looking Back and Moving Forward

Wild Apricot

'This month''s Software News looks back over 2014 and ahead to what''s coming from Wild Apricot in 2015.

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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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Guaranteeing Successful New Technology Adoption

NTEN

'Kathryn Engelhardt-Cronk. CEO. Community TechKnowledge, Inc. Choosing a new technology for your organization should be a comprehensive solution, not a deferred headache. So, you’ve decided to move to a technology-based solution that enables your staff and volunteers to reach the next level of excellence in nonprofit service delivery and management.

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3 Resolutions Every Nonprofit Should Aim For in January

Care2

'I love year-end planning. It forces me to reflect on what worked this past year and what didn''t. While many nonprofit practitioners are setting personal resolutions at this time of year, I think it''s equally important that nonprofits set resolutions too. Here are three that are at the top of my list. Join me and kick them off in early January. Reconnect With Your Donors.

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How Your Non-Profit Can Design a Social Content Strategy That Converts

TechImpact

'Content is key for non-profits looking to utilize social media. It can be used to get attention, engagement and action between your organization and its target audience on both a local and global scale. It also prepares your readers to respond positively to your conversion optimization tactics that should be employed on your landing page. […].

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Top 15 Blog Posts In 2014

Wild Apricot

'Here''s a look at the top 15 most popular blog posts on the Wild Apricot Blog during 2014.

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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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The Impact of Your Donation: Ivana Braga, 14NTC Scholarship Recipient, Shares

NTEN

'Last year, NTEN Community Champions helped to raise over $36,000 to support the NTEN Community Challenge , which enhanced NTEN''s program accessibility, including sending over 50 people to the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference (14NTC) and the 2014 Leading Change Summit (14LCS) with scholarships. To whom did the scholarships go, and what was the impact of your donation?

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Means and Ends: Who does What

BoardAssist

'What’s the biggest source of friction we hear about from our nonprofit clients and board candidates? The answer: where the line should be between what nonprofit board members can and should do and what responsibilities more properly reside with the staff of the nonprofit. Luckily for us, governance consultant Tom Okarma has written a terrific guest post for us this week on exactly this topic.

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How To Be An Effective Listener

Eric Jacobsen Blog

'A good book to add to your 2015 reading list is AMACOM''s (a division of the American Management Association ), The 11 Laws of Likability. From the book, here are some great reminders on listening -- what to do and what not to do to be a leader who''s an effective listener : Do : Maintain eye contact Limit your talking Focus on the speaker Ask questions Manage your emotions Listen with your eyes and ears Listen for ideas and opportunities Remain open to the conversation Confirm understanding, p

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Juicy Blogging E-Course: The Art and Play of Blogging

Have Fun - Do Good

'The Juicy Blogging E-Course is back! Do you want to re-energize your blog and blogging practice, or rediscover the ? of your blog? I’ll be offering this ever popular e-course January 20-February 17, 2015. During the course, you’ll play with fun assignments on a private blog with your fellow juicy bloggers. “The best part of it all is that it is just so much fun !

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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 Impact of Your Donation: Johanna Cricenti, 14LCS Scholarship Recipient, Shares

NTEN

'Last year, NTEN Community Champions helped to raise over $36,000 to support the NTEN Community Challenge , which enhanced NTEN''s program accessibility, including sending over 50 people to the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference (14NTC) and the 2014 Leading Change Summit (14LCS) with scholarships. To whom did the scholarships go, and what was the impact of your donation?

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How to Make Next Year and This Year Converge

NonProfit Hub

'We made it—another trip around the sun will conclude tonight at midnight! This moment every year provides us with plenty of opportunity to reflect on what has been, and also dream of what might be during this upcoming year. For nonprofits, next year is a figurative time when you figure out all your problems, come up with the perfect fundraising formula and become the place where everyone wants to work.

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Industry Leaders Who Influenced Me During 2014

Eric Jacobsen Blog

'Thanks to these incredibly talented individuals who published excellent content that taught me so much during 2014: Tanveer Naseer - Leadership Coach, Speaker & Writer. Tanveer writes timely, thought-provoking blog posts about leadership at least weekly. Each post is well worth the read. I Tweet nearly every one of his posts. They are that good.

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The philosophy of Ubuntu

VolunteerMark

'The injustices in this world impact us all - it just forms in different ways. We all come from different backgrounds, live in different zip codes, have varying circumstances, and live different lives. If the Ubuntu philosophy guides us as people on this planet, it shouldn’t matter how indirect or direct the impact of those injustices are because we are all connected to each other simply by virtue of occupying this world together.

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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 Impact of Your Donation: Ari Gluck, 14LCS Scholarship Recipient, Shares

NTEN

'Last year, NTEN Community Champions helped to raise over $36,000 to support the NTEN Community Challenge , which enhanced NTEN''s program accessibility, including sending over 50 people to the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference (14NTC) and the 2014 Leading Change Summit (14LCS) with scholarships. To whom did the scholarships go, and what was the impact of your donation?

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What You Lose When You Become Embedded, and a Moment of Mourning for Blog Conversations

Museum 2.0

'In the community engagement universe, there''s a high premium on arts organizations becoming "embedded" in their communities. Instead of being lone islands of culture, the goal is to be part of the fabric of diverse cultural life. I''m proud of the way that my own museum works on embeddedness. For us, it means showing up at other people''s events. Supporting organizations and community projects that are extended family to our own goals.

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Quotes To Help Me Start 2015

Eric Jacobsen Blog

'"The first step is you have to say that you can." - Will Smith "Some people want it to happen. Some wish it would happen. Others make it happen." - Michael Jordan "There are only two options regarding commitment; you''re either in or you''re out. There''s no such thing as life in-between." - Pat Riley "In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity." - Albert Einstein "Mental toughness is essential to success." - Vince Lombardi.

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Finding what motivates you while volunteering

VolunteerMark

'Whether you’re volunteering through extrinsic or intrinsic motivation, the opportunity to work alongside and serve others has the potential to be deeply personal and meaningful. What is YOUR reason for volunteering? What is your motivation to make a difference in your community and the lives of others?

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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 Impact of Your Donation: Laura Baum, 14NTC Scholarship Recipient, Shares

NTEN

'Last year, NTEN Community Champions helped to raise over $36,000 to support the NTEN Community Challenge , which enhanced NTEN''s program accessibility, including sending over 50 people to the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference (14NTC) and the 2014 Leading Change Summit (14LCS) with scholarships. To whom did the scholarships go, and what was the impact of your donation?

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400 More Email Subject Lines from End of Year Fundraising

Connection Cafe

'Here it is! The 2014 edition of my annual review of year-end fundraising email subject lines. Be sure to give the 2013 , 2012 , and 2011 reviews a look too. For 2014, I reviewed 445 email messages sent to me from 74 different nonprofit organizations between December 1st and 31st, 2014. Here are some insights, trends, and the complete list of email subject lines.

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Linking Company Culture With Customer Needs

Eric Jacobsen Blog

'What separates market leaders from the pack? The answer is alignment , explains Edgar Papke , author of the book, True Alignment : Linking Company Culture with Customer Needs for Extraordinary Results. "Alignment is the single most critical business challenge for any organization and its leaders. Without it, inefficiency, conflict, and disengagement will cripple your ability to provide value to your customers," says Papke.

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Our favorite VolunteerMark content from this year!

VolunteerMark

'Wow! 2014 was a great year for VolunteerMark. We had some amazing contributions on our blog from guest writers, launched one of the few podcasts dedicated to non-profit leadership, and even ventured into video production at the end of the year! Who would''ve thought a year could bring so much. Join as we celebrate the best blogposts, podcasts, and videos in this year end review!

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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.