Sat.Sep 18, 2010 - Fri.Sep 24, 2010

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HOW TO: Launch a Broadcast “TV” Channel for Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Websites like Ustream.tv and Justin.tv allow individuals and brands to launch their own Web-based “TV&# channels. Currently, these channels can not easily be viewed on the digital TV sets in our living rooms, kitchens, and bedrooms, but it’s just a matter of time. Think about that for a second. Nonprofits will soon be broadcasting their own live TV programs to households around the world simply with a Ustream channel and a smartphone.

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Women Who Tech: Tools and Apps to Energize your Base

Amy Sample Ward

Yesterday was the 3rd annual Women Who Tech Telesummit , bringing together over 600 women (and men) from for-profit and nonprofit organizations and technology start, connecting developers and techies with those new to the field, igniting conversations and long-term collaborations. I have always been proud to support WWT both during the telesummit and during the rest of the year with other offline meetups, online content, and more.

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Salesforce as a CMS?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Salesforce is a very powerful platform onto which one can build a large variety of interesting kinds of custom applications. I’ve already talked on this blog about Salesforce integration with Drupal , Plone , and others. Today I’m going to delve into Salesforce-based CMS systems – systems build as applications on top of the Force.com platform.

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Mass Market Accessible Books

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We've worked with O'Reilly Media for a long time. They were the first publisher to sign on to deliver their books electronically to Bookshare back in 2003, and gave us permission to provide their books outside the U.S. We take their files and convert them to the DAISY format which is a digital format designed specifically to create accessible materials for people with print disabilities.

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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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Reel Impact

NCE Social Media

Are you using video and movies to share your story? Is it on YouTube or Vimeo ? Are you combining still photos together with music or a voice over on MS Movie Maker ? Are you using Miro or Ustream or any other of the multitude of sites that allow you to share videos online? This video from FilmAid briefly explains how you can use film (and video) to educate and move people to action.

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Great reads from around the web on September 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of September 23rd). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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Great 2-1-1 Reporting

VisionLink

'Kudos to the United Way of Denver and their Colorado 2-1-1 partners. We are pleased to support their work with our Community Operating System (formerly Tapestry) and wanted to do a shout out about their excellent reporting. Note in particular the clearly presented information about top met and unmet needs, presenting needs, the monthly snapshot, and trend data.

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How to Get Your Board Members to Blog

Wild Apricot

Many hands make light work, and many voices can make for more interesting reading. Yet, getting your board members to contribute to the organization’s blog can be like pulling the proverbial hens' teeth! Let’s take a look at what lies behind that reluctance to blog, and how you can help your board members get past those roadblocks to blogging. But first things first -- Why should Board members contribute to your nonprofit’s blog?

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The Ladder of Love: Growing Facebook Fans

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ladder of Love on Facebook. I was lucky enough to spend my last afternoon in Alaska driving to Talkeetna with Aliza Sherman who lives in Alaska who I’ve known since 1995 and with Cassandra Stalzer my host! I love the framework she created for identifying and cultivating Super Fans on Facebook. I like to call it the ladder of love! The very first step is getting attention and getting people to “like&# or join your Facebook page.

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How-to: Edit for the Web

NTEN

Let's get this out of the way up front: it's not true that people don't read on the Web. They do. Gerald Marzorati, Editor of The New York Times Magazine , has revealed that "contrary to conventional wisdom, it's our longest pieces that attract the most online traffic." Slate's Fresca initiative -- a program requiring its editorial staff to take 4-6 weeks to investigate and write up in-depth pieces -- found the same thing , netting millions of page views for its long-form journalism.

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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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Profile of ESRI Founder Jack Dangermond

Tech Soup

We have dozens of donated and discounted green products on TechSoup and from time to time, we like to have a deeper look at our green product donor companies. This summer, the Financial Times of London ran a very interesting profile piece on the founder of ESRI , the company that makes professional mapping software that has been so useful to nonprofit environmentalist organizations like Conservation International and international relief organizations like the Pacific Disaster Center.

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Non-Profits Called to Explain Costs of Fundraising

Wild Apricot

Can you imagine asking for $100, and telling your donor up front that $80 will go to the telemarketing company that interrupted his dinner, and only $20 to your non-profit? You know that it takes money to raise money for a cause. And your donors, for the most part, can accept the reality that some part of their donation must go to cover overhead expenses.

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Alaska: And The Earth Shook Under My Feet

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Earthquake. Yesterday afternoon during the ForakerGroup 2010 Nonprofit Leadership Summit, I experienced my first Alaskan earthquake (4.9). I was scared – the floor swayed and I felt like I was on boat. Ironically, it was during a session facilitated by Phil Klein called “Tackling the Unexpected&# who shared insights about he took back his life after surviving a cancer diagnosis.

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Your Nominations: 13 People with Big Visions for a Better World

Have Fun - Do Good

Flickr photo credit: Ray of Light. Madonna by Micky Zlimen Wow, everyone! Thanks for answering my post from last week, Who Should I Interview for the Big Vision Podcast? I'm loving hearing all of your ideas. Here's who you've suggested so far: Casey Golden, Small Act Dr. Jeffrey Bryan, a veterinary oncologist Emily Jacobi, Digital Democracy Jenny Ramo, New Mexico Appleseed Kavita Ramdas, formerly of Global Fund for Women ( I interviewed Kavita in April 2008 ) Kenya Masala, Source Consulting Grou

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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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Write for NTEN Connect

NTEN

Every November, during Member Appreciation Month, our monthly e-newsletter features articles written by you, the NTEN community. At the beginning of November, we'll start to post the submissions we've received on our blog, at the rate of one or two per weekday. The best reviewed articles -- as determined by page views, time on page, social media mentions, and number of comments -- will be published in the newsletter in mid-November.

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Join us tomorrow for the Wild Apricot version 4.0 webinar

Wild Apricot

We're extremely pleased that Wild Apricot version 4.0 is coming out next week! And to help our customers better understand what this means to them, we're offering a free webinar tomorrow (Tuesday, September 21) from 3 PM - 4 PM EDT. You can sign up now at: [link] This webinar is for current users of Wild Apricot to get them acquainted with the new version 4.0 and ensure a smooth transition.

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Heard on the Street in Anchorage

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Walking down the street yesterday, I ran into Diane Kaplan , President of the Rasmuson Foundation. I did an impromptu “Woman on the Street&# interview and it reminded of Deb Schultz’s observation “ Technology Changes, People Don’t &#. Other posts about my Alaska visit; Postcard. Earthquiake. Walking down the street yesterday, I ran into Diane Kaplan, President of the Rasmuson Foundation.

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Configuring QuickBooks for Use in a Nonprofit: Planning and Implementation

Tech Soup

Mark McCallick, CPA, CITP has a practice dedicated to nonprofit organizations and small business — see www.mac-cap.biz. He has served nonprofit organizations for over 25 years and is a Certified QuickBooks Pro Advisor. He is also the founder of the website www.nonprofit-connect.com whose mission is to provide nonprofit organizations with a forum to collaborate with one another and share access to resources and best practices in the nonprofit industry.

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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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September Communications RoundTable : A Social Media Sharing Fest

NTEN

flickr: ryancr Not to toot our own horn (although we love to do that around here) but do you know about our RoundTables? RoundTables are monthly hour-long chats, free for NTEN Members, moderated by an NTEN member from the field of Consulting, Communications, or IT -- depending on which RoundTable it is. The events don't always have a set topic, but are open discussions for questions, sharing, and learning from your peers.

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Version 4.0 Q & A with Chief Apricot

Wild Apricot

When WildApricot Membership Management Software lunched four years ago, Chief Apricot DmitryButerin made it our mission to help simplify running small member-basedorganizations. Now, over 3,000 WildApricot customers are spending more time with their members and less time ontedious things like updating contact files, sending emails, and processing member registrations andpayments.

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Postcard From Alaska

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My First Trip to Alaska. The photo above is me at age 14 in Alaska with my mom. We did a cruise up the inside passage and visited the small towns along the way. I being a typical teenager who didn’t want to be away from her friends, so I really didn’t enjoy the natural wonders of Alaska and even refused to eat a salmon dinner. Thanks to the Rasmuson Foundation , I’m getting a second chance to experience the beauty of this state as well as learn a lot about the nonprofit an

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Blogging for Writers at The Writing for Change Conference & The Writing Salon

Have Fun - Do Good

Just wanted to let all of you writers who blog, or who want to start blogging, know that I will be teaching two Blogging for Writers classes this fall. A one-day workshop at the Writing Salon in October, and a shorter session at the San Francisco Writing for Change Conference in November. Hope to see you at one of them! The Writing Salon October 23, 2010 10 AM-4 PM $95 for members/$110 for non-members Strawberry Creek Design Center • 2121 Bonar St., Studio D, 2nd floor • Berkeley San Francisco W

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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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Share your passion

Get Fully Funded

I had the privilege of hearing a passionate Executive Director speak last night. He talked about how his organization has realized that they can’t just measure the work they are doing any longer – they must work to eliminate the problem before it occurs. He spoke about how they are doing that and the lives that are being changed because of it.

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Free Webinar Tomorrow! Social Media Decision Making

Tech Soup

You've heard that social media can be useful to your organization… but how useful? For what? What tangible results are people seeing from it? If you or others at your organization are asking these questions, this webinar is for you. Attend this free webinar on Tuesday, September 21, at 11 a.m. Pacific time (12 p.m. Mountain, 1 p.m. Central, 2 p.m. Eastern) and hear from Laura Quinn, Executive Director of Idealware about the Social Media Decision Guide , in partnership with the New Organizing Ins

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Social Media ROI: The Metrics and Strategies

Care2

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Women Who Tech TelSummit. One of the most anticipated sessions (for me and I'm sure I'm not alone) was this session with Beth Kanter, blogger and Zoetica Media and Lauren Varga, Radian6 and moderated by Roz Lemieux of Fission Strategy. I've long admired and respected Beth, and I'm a fan of Radian6, a social media monitoring tool.

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Internet Strategy in a World of Ubiquitous Tools: Sometimes You Just Gotta Launch and Learn

Forum One

Those of us who sell strategy services for a living tend to rely on the desire for measured approaches to big problems. This taps into deep-seated wisdom about how to manage large, complex situations: plan first, then execute. Heck, our language is littered with support for this view. "Look before you leap" is a cherished nugget. "His approach is 'ready, fire, aim'" is used as a criticism, as is "flying by the seat of one's pants.

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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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Do you ever get behind?

Get Fully Funded

You may have noticed how quiet it’s been around here lately. I’ve been gone more than I’ve been home in the past 2 weeks. I bet you can guess what I came back to – lots of email, lots of voice mail, lots to do. These days, we all work so fast that it’s easy to get behind. We put so much pressure on ourselves to work hard and fast, that when we take time out of our offices, things pile up.

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Building Reputation Systems Online: Live-Blogging from SF Online Community Meetup

Tech Soup

This was cross-posted on NonprofitCommons.org. Guest blogger, Lauren Friedman ( @lauren_hannah on Twitter) is a community manager, writer, blogger, and photographer. This month's Online Community Meetup featured facilitator, Bill Johnston , Online Community Manager for Dell and longtime online community expert, Randy Farmer , speaking about online reputation systems.

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Apps and Tools to Energize your Base

Care2

This is the thing about online apps and mobile: they are the next big thing for nonprofits today. Even if your organization doesn't have the budget or human resources, you might like to know what you could do if the budget fairy left you a surprise gift. Last week I attended a session on this topic at the Women Who Tech TeleSummit. The session was entitled Apps and Tools to Energize your Base.

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10 Tips to Jumpstart Your Nonprofit Social Media Plan

Connection Cafe

Author: Jordan Viator. Last week I had the opportunity to speak with Judy Chang of PayPal and Debbie Swider of the ASPCA on “ 10 Tips to Jumpstart Your Nonprofit Social Media Plan ” with examples of some of the amazing success the ASPCA has seen through growing its social media plan. I started off laying the groundwork for developing a social media plan and strategy with the first 5 tips, and then Judy shared the last 5 tips, focusing on nonprofits and raising funds.

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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.