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20 Insightful Nonprofit Technology And Social Media Stats

TechImpact

'Image courtesy of StavtrupPortalen. Some of the most current and meaningful stats about nonprofits and the digital realm, from sources such as Nonprofit Tech For Good , Waggener Edstrom , TechSoup , and the Artez Interactive. Social media: 56% of people donated to an organization because they read a story via social media. 59% of people donate after becoming a follower of a nonprofit’s social network.

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Five Recent LinkedIn Group Updates Nonprofits Need to Know About

Nonprofit Tech for Good

'With the launch of new a LinkedIn Groups design , the company resolved one of its most pressing problems – LinkedIn Group spam. Group management had become cumbersome and time-consuming for many admins of medium and large groups. Flagging irrelevant discussions as promotion posts or deleting them altogether can take up to thirty minutes a day and if you didn’t invest the time to get rid of the clutter, then the group would become overrun with spam and lose its appeal to group members.

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Congressional Testimony Statement before the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

'On August 1, 2013, I testified before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet on the subject “ Innovation in America: The Role of Technology.” In my prepared statement, I explained why well-balanced intellectual property laws inspire technology innovation and social good, and described how our Bookshare initiative models the good that copyright exceptions can create.

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Free Non-profit Webinars for September 2013

Wild Apricot

'Here is the round-up of free non-profit webinars for September 2013. This month we''ve found 21+ webinars to help you get ready for fall.

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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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11 Reasons To Fundraise In September, According To Google

TechImpact

'Image courtesy of Guide Creative. Google analyzed donation-related searches, finding and increase of 30% from August 2012 to September 2012, according to a study conducted by Google and Millward Brown Digital. The Chronicle of Philanthropy and Fast Company reported the following statistics from the report: 40% of those surveyed in the study researched nonprofits on their phones. 25% of respondents made a donation via a mobile device. 79% of donors were influenced by an online video ad. 57% dona

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Building Capacity for Social Change 2.0

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

'Photo by Beth Kanter. Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to participate in a meeting with other capacity builders who work with networks. I wrote a quick reflection on some of the techniques used to facilitate the meeting. This convening of ”network practitioners” (consultants and others who are working with or networks of people and organizations on social change goals) took place at the Packard Foundation and designed and facilitated by consultants Gigi Barsoum and Hea

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Labor Day Links

Wild Apricot

'Here are the top 5 posts we''ve bookmarked on Apricot Jam this week. These links offer: the latest event trends; tips for successful database management; thoughts on building better member benefits and a list of sources for low-cost images.

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4 Tips For Making Giving Day A Success

TechImpact

'Image courtesy of Coordinating Public Relations. The Knight Foundation released the Giving Day Playbook this past week (Aug. 21, 2013), with a step-by-step guide to creating an organized and successful Giving Day Campaign. Beth Kanter, an expert in nonprofit networking, and Bahia Ramos, Director of the Communication Foundations Program for the Knight Foundation, co-authored a blog post, sharing their commentary and tips about the Playbook.

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Unlease Your Organizations Knowledge Sharing Processes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

'Note From Beth: Many of us don’t value taking the time for intentional learning within our organizations. We are so focused on getting things done, checking it off the to do list and the forward momentum that it requires, that we miss an important opportunity to hit the pause button, reflect, and improve process. Being intentional about learning can also help an organization scale effectively.

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5 Ways to Know That Blogging is Part of Your Purpose

Have Fun - Do Good

'1. You know someone needs to read what you have to share. If you have a feeling that there is a community of people, no matter how big or small, whose lives would be richer because of your writing, photos or videos, don’t wait. Start your blog. Don’t worry about the numbers. Write for your people. They are waiting for you. 2. You know you need to publish now.

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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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Wild Apricot Software News August 2013

Wild Apricot

'A discussion about the pitfalls we''ve experienced with developing Version 5.0, and the lessons we''ve learned about managing Wishlist requests.

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5 Nonprofit Tech Solutions For Improving Internal Communication

TechImpact

'Image courtesy of MeetUp. For nonprofits, staying connected and efficiently communicating is a high priority. However, some nonprofits have multiple locations, staff that work in the field, and partners and sponsors across the globe. TechSoup discusses unified communication (UC), which is a type of internal communication structure that combines text messaging, web conferencing, email, video, and instant messaging, among other technologies to connect employees more effective and efficiently.

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How to make convenings count: a new hands-on guidebook

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

'Note from Beth: This resource has lots of useful framework and design tips for designing and implementing convenings which can also be applied to designing workshops, meetings, and other gatherings. How to make convenings count: a new hands-on guidebook. By Noah Rimland Flower. The Networked Nonprofit wasn’t only about making smart use of social media and metrics.

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Government contracts and nonprofit organizations: Problems and solutions

ASU Lodestar Center

'posted by Jeremy Higbee , Freelance Writer. There is a long history of nonprofit organizations partnering with the government, usually at the state level, through contracts to help provide for and respond to community needs. Through this powerful partnership, local services have improved, such as: enhanced human services, increased community development, greater economic development, and superior environmental protection.

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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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Infographic: 8 Effective Social Media Strategies

Care2

'Even though social media has been around for several years, many organizations have not adapted a formal social media strategy. Having a social media strategy is important to measuring its impact on your organization and the community you serve. If you are just starting to map out your social media strategy, check out this great infographic I found on socialmediaexplorer.com that highlights 8 strategies for you to consider.

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5 Simple Steps For Moving Your Nonprofit’s Email To The Cloud

TechImpact

'Image courtesy of IT Pro. Moving your nonprofit organization to the cloud is not as hard as you think and the benefits include saving approximately 30% on email services, increased storage space per user, and a more reliable email server, according to an article on The Daily Beast. In fact, technology grants exist for nonprofits that are looking for more sustainable tech solutions.

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Four Tips for Nonprofit Crowdfunding

Tech Soup

'Nonprofit crowdfunding is a big movement in the online fundraising space. If you're looking to use crowdfunding for your nonprofit, here are four proven steps to help make your crowdfunding campaign a huge success. 1. Crowdfunding starts with a compelling story. Your story is the foundation of your crowdfunding campaign. You want to create a story that is emotive and drives people to take action.

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Things We Like (August 2013)

NTEN

'A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources and other goodies. Like machine learning? Data mining? Check out The Shape of Data , but if you like math you could lose hours here. Have you ever stuck with a decision just to see it through, even though it might have been a bad choice? It''s okay to walk away from our bad decisions. You know that little voice in your head telling you you''re not good enough?

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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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How many fundraising emails should you send a year?

Care2

'After working on over 400 nonprofit email recruitment campaigns, and helping clients plan successful recruitment strategies, I’ve realized that most nonprofits don''t send nearly enough standalone fundraising appeals. I''ve seen clients make their money back on their investments with Care2 in as little as three months, or as long as four years.

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How To Avoid Being That Annoying Boss

Eric Jacobsen Blog

'A former co-worker shared a great blog post with me about the most common complaints about the annoying things bosses do without even realizing it. Here are the highlights: 1. Making social events unofficially required. 2. Pressuring employees to donate to charity. 3. Calling employees who are on vacation. 4. Holding endless meetings. 5. Not making hard decisions. 6.

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Back to School in Tanzania with a New Windows Multipoint Server Computer Lab

Tech Soup

'Jim Shemaria from Grace Ministries International walked in to Interconnection in Seattle and asked for a 20-station computer lab that he could fit in his luggage and take with him on the plane to a school in Africa. Charles Brennick happened to have just the thing he needed. Jim walked out of there with four refurbished laptops preloaded with Windows Multipoint Server and 16 NComputing thin clients. and was off to Tanzania.

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Member Round Up: Inspiring events, new research, and contests!

NTEN

'Flickr: ccbrand Even though summer''s in full swing and it''s so easy to spend those lovely afternoons just sipping lemonade, the nptech community is hard at work putting out new research, collecting data, and figuring out how to put technology to work to solve today''s most pressing issues. Inspired? Read on to get the full effect: The Google Impact Challenge is in India!

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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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11 Ways to Make Conference Planning Easier

Care2

'Are you planning a conference? It seems like nonprofits are perpetually planning conferences. As a conference organizer, even when the conference finally ends, you breathe a sigh of relief only to realize that you have to update the conference website, send thank you notes, and put out your next ask. The problem with this is that nonprofits come in all different shapes and sizes, and sometimes staff capacity is short and time is limited.

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How To Build An Effective Corporate Culture

Eric Jacobsen Blog

'Fortunately, most of my career I’ve worked in effective corporate cultures. If I put together the best of each, here is what made those environments effective: • Leaders led by example on a consistent basis and were willing to roll up their sleeves, particularly during tight deadlines or challenging times. • Employees clearly understood how what they did made a difference and how their contributions made the organization either more profitable or more effective. • The workforce included a blend

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Will Facebook’s Internet.org Bridge the Global Digital Divide?

Tech Soup

'Facebook’s new Internet.org initiative is a big news item in NPTech and global digital inclusion news. The program aims to develop very low-cost Internet on mobile phones to bring the 4 billion souls on earth who don't yet have Internet to the information age — or is it? If you go to Internet.org most of what you’ll see is a short promo video with scenes of people around the world doing ordinary things with a stirring narration from a John F.

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Join the VegCookbook Club: Vegan Indian Cooking

Have Fun - Do Good

'Hello Have Fun Do Gooders! Just wanted to let you know that we''ll be cooking from Vegan Indian Cooking by Anupy Singla over at my other blog, VegCookbook Club. If you''ve never cooked with us before, here''s how it works: Pick up a copy of Vegan Indian Cooking at your local bookstore, online, your library, or download a free PDF copy of Vegan Indian Cooking on the Agate Publishing website.

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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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Pajama Parties? Three Rules for Running Virtual Meetings

Connection Cafe

'In my last blog post “ I Get to Work in My Pajamas ,” I got a ton of great comments and feedback which was very informative and also very fun. Working virtually is a hot topic and one that is near and dear to many people’s hearts. I’m no dummy. My plan for this post WAS to talk about running meetings more effectively and how to “take control” of a meeting, but given the pajama feedback I think we should discuss those topics from a virtual perspective.

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The Definition of Class In A Manager

Eric Jacobsen Blog

'AMACOM''s (of the American Management Association) sixth edition of the best-selling book, The First-Time Manager -- originally published in 1981 is a must-read for new managers and leaders in business. The book covers eight core responsibilities of a new manager , including: Hiring Communicating Planning Organizing Training Monitoring Evaluating Firing Expert advice is additionally provided regarding: Using Your New Authority Managing Your Mood Building Trust One of my favorite sections of the

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Software for Program Evaluation: What's Your Organization's Strategy?

Tech Soup

'Most nonprofits conduct some kind of program evaluation, whether it’s simply keeping track of how many people have been directly helped by an organization’s services or complex multi-year studies of a program’s effects on the larger community. There is a wealth of resources out there for a nonprofit looking to design a logic model or define indicators, and lots of smart people have plenty to say about program evaluation as a discipline.

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Guest Post: Weaving Community Collaborations into Permanent Installations at the Denver Art Museum

Museum 2.0

'Earlier in 2013, I was amazed to visit one of the new “Studio” spaces at the Denver Art Museum. The DAM is one of several large art museums that is embracing making in a big way—first, through their event-based programming and open art studios tied to temporary exhibitions, and now, through a 1,200 square foot studio in which visitors can do art projects tied to the permanent collection.

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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.