Sat.Jan 17, 2015 - Fri.Jan 23, 2015

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5 Social Media Analytics Your Nonprofit Should Care About

TechImpact

'Here at Tech Impact, we love numbers, analytics, and anything else that shows us exactly how effective our online content is. And why wouldn’t we? Being able to prove how much all of you love our content gives us a great feeling! We’re tracking not only the performance of our Twitter account, but we’re also […]. The post 5 Social Media Analytics Your Nonprofit Should Care About appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology.

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Martin Luther King Day 2015

VisionLink

'As we do several times a year, we pass along this essay from Stan Stahl. His well crafted aspirations remind us of the positive and amazing progress this nation can take on, even when we seem bent towards argument. The community operating system of VisionLink is built to enable the operational connections between needs and assets across our nation''s communities.

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Sponsorship As An Alternate Revenue Stream

Wild Apricot

'If you''re looking for some insight into using sponsorship to generate some non dues revenue, here are some ideas shared by our Small Membership Advisory Community members.

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Talking Shop with Network Designers and Weavers for Social Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

'We learn so much about professional practice from having honest and candid conversations. Not only do we learn something new, but it feels great to connect with other people who are asking the sames types of questions about their work. A part of my practice is around network design and facilitation and one of my most respected colleagues in this area is Eugene Eric Kim.

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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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4 Strategies To Help Your Nonprofit Communicate Its Finances

TechImpact

'Talking about money is hard for anyone. However, communicating financial information is an often necessary task for non-profit executive directors to perform. Financial information can seem uninteresting or boring, and often times there’s a certain level of transparency that you can’t cross. But it is critical that your staffers have some idea of your organization’s […].

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Red Cross Installs Smoke Alarms over MLK Jr. Weekend

VisionLink

'Over Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday weekend the American Red Cross installed smoke alarms and safety information to those in high-risk communities. The American Red Cross embarked on a national campaign in October 2014 to reduce deaths and injuries caused by home fires. The goal is to reduce these deaths and injuries by 25% during the next five years.

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Digital Adoption Survey: A New Research Project from NTEN and Mobile Citizen

NTEN

'How is the Internet making it possible for your organization to meet its mission? NTEN is excited to partner with Mobile Citizen on a new research project to explore how online services and Internet access help you and your colleagues deliver services and programs, and connect you with your constituents. This survey explores how organizations keep staff connected, from offices to virtual teams, as well as how the Internet factors into program or service delivery.

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Infographic: The Psychology Of Color

TechImpact

'Whether you knew it or not, your nonprofit is projecting itself on the community in ways you may not have realized. Your nonprofit’s brand, or the symbols, content, and overall online image that’s associated with it, is heavily influenced by color. And it may not be exactly how you thought. The truth is, our brains […]. The post Infographic: The Psychology Of Color appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology.

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Getting Your Money’s Worth From a Nonprofit Consultant

BoardAssist

'There comes a point in most nonprofit’s lives when they need to go outside their organization and hire a consultant to help with one issue or another. Who better to ask for advice on how to do that well than Ellen Simon, the former head of one of Harlem’s most prominent nonprofits and a leading nonprofit consultant now herself. Thanks for the great advice, in this week’s guest post, Ellen!

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How To Cultivate Enduring Customer Loyalty To Keep Your Business Thriving

Eric Jacobsen Blog

'"Today''s customers demand something unlike anything they have ever wanted in the past -- a connection with your business," explains Noah Fleming , author of the new, must-read book , Evergreen. "This means that in order to increase customer loyalty, you need to create a relationship with that customer on a deeper and much more profound level," adds Fleming.

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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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The Secret Science of Email Deliverability

NTEN

'Laura Packard. Partner. PowerThru Consulting. Are your emails reaching your supporters? You might be surprised…. I work with a wide variety of nonprofits around the country. They all tend to have one thing in common, though: organizations are having a harder and harder time reaching their supporters'' inboxes.

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Why Nonprofit Content Marketers Are Turning to Podcasts

TechImpact

'There are many types of mediums content marketers use for their non-profits, but one unlikely candidate organizations are turning to is the podcast. For those that don’t know, podcasts are digital audio files available on the internet for downloading and are usually part of a larger series. Interested listeners can usually subscribe to podcasts and […].

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Nonprofit Communication Trends to Expect in 2015

Care2

'According to the 2015 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report , by NonprofitMarketingGuide.com, nonprofits are becoming more confident and more intentional about reaching out to target audiences, raising money, and retaining donors through engagement. For the first time since 2011, nonprofits have significantly increased the frequency for both email and direct mail appeals.

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How to Manage People Who Work Remotely

Tech Soup

'Call it what you will, telework or telecommuting or remote work has grown nearly 80 percent in the U.S. since 2005. It is also something that TechSoup and several of our donor partners have championed for years. Telework means an employee or volunteer regularly does work outside of the office, usually at home or when traveling. In this age of mobile devices and cloud computing, many workers now have ample tools to work effectively wherever they are, but one major concern organizations still hav

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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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Inking The Deal: What We’ll Discuss at the #15NTC Contract Negotiation Session

NTEN

'Peter Campbell. CIO. Legal Services Corporation. Navigating a contract can be the beginning of a beautiful customer/vendor relationship. The 15NTC session, “ Software and Service Contracts: How To Negotiate Reasonable Terms in the Cloud Era ” is the third in my series of, “How wonky can we get?” information exchanges.

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10 Elements Of A Successful Nonprofit Executive Director

TechImpact

'We all work hard. But it’s the executive director, or CEO, at our nonprofit that is there before everyone else to open the doors, and turns the lights out at night. Let’s be honest, they’re almost always the hardest working people at our nonprofit. And they should be. They’re often the founders of the nonprofit, […]. The post 10 Elements Of A Successful Nonprofit Executive Director appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology.

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Are Facebook Videos Dominating YouTube?

Care2

'Let''s flashback to 2013 when Facebook announced in a blog post that they''d start autoplaying videos: Since September, we’ ve been testing a way to make videos more engaging on Facebook , and as a result we’ ve seen views, likes, shares and comments increase more than 10 percent. We’re beginning to test a similar video viewing format for advertisers.

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Open Source for Nonprofits: What to Know (Part 1)

Tech Soup

'Many nonprofits exert most of their energy in pursuance of their mission. Success and survival require constant courtship of donors, vigilant monitoring of costs, and effective management of projects and stakeholders. So it should come as no surprise that buying an expensive software product isn't always high on the agenda. Some nonprofits fashion homemade, composite solutions with the tools they have — however dated or inefficient — to avoid the large expenditure that new softw

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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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Submit your nomination for the Care2 Impact Prize!

NTEN

'We invite you to submit nominations for the sixth annual Care2 Impact Prize, which recognizes a campaign or initiative in the nonprofit sector that has made an outstanding impact on the field of online advocacy, online fundraising, or both. The winning organization will receive a cash donation of $1,000 from Care2. The runners up will each receive the Care2 Innovation Award, and Care2 will make a $200 donation to each of these organizations.

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Listening And Learning As A Leader

Eric Jacobsen Blog

'In John Baldoni''s book , The Leader''s Guide to Speaking with Presence , he provides these tips for listening as a leader and learning as a leader: When Listening As A Leader : Look at people when they are speaking to you. Make eye contact. Ask open-ended questions, such as "Tell me about." or "Could you explain this?" Consider the "what if" question: "What if we looked at the situation like this?

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Perfect Pop-Up? Our Experiment With Email Acquisition Tactics

Global Giving

I spend a lot of time on the Internet, and I’m always looking for inspiration. I clicked a link to an article on Upworthy , a viral news site always on the forefront of testing stickiness and psychological hooks. When the page loaded, I was presented with this statement: It’s nice to be reminded of the good in the world. And it should happen more often.

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How TechSoup Does Telework (Part 3)

Tech Soup

'Working remotely can increase both productivity and employee satisfaction. That's why this month, we're sharing TechSoup's tips and best practices on telecommuting in a three-part series. Don't miss part one and part two ! Michael Enos — Senior Director for Community and Platform. I work on the Community and Platform team. It's a technical team that is building our next generation website.

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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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Will Your Nonprofit be Ready for the Future of Payments?

NTEN

'Stacy Dyer. Owner. TG Consulting. Bitcoin and other new payment systems: what they are, what they aren't, and why you should care. The timing is perfect for you to learn from trail-blazing organizations already breaking ground in new frontiers, while still being early enough to claim advantages for your own cause.

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How To Lead Breakthrough Change Against All Odds

Eric Jacobsen Blog

'David S. Pottruck ''s new book, Stacking the Deck , teaches readers a nine-step course of action leaders can follow from the first realization that change is needed through all the steps of implementation, including assembling the right team of close advisors and getting the word out to the wider group. This book tells the in-the-trenches stories of individuals who led bold, sweeping change.

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The Weight of Donor Retention [INFOGRAPHIC]

NonProfit Hub

'This infographic originally ran in our Nonprofit Hub Magazine, a free bi-monthly magazine dedicated to providing focused content on a particular topic. In our January/February edition, we explored how to keep donors around all year. To reserve your free copy of our March/April issue, sign up today. . ————————————————. The post The Weight of Donor Retention [INFOGRAPHIC] appeared first on Nonprofit Hub.

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Join Us at MuseumCamp 2015 to Explore Making Space for Self and Others

Museum 2.0

'illustration by Beck Tench Each summer, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History hosts MuseumCamp , a professional development experience that is part retreat, part unconference, part summer camp. This year, our theme is SPACE. I''ve been obsessed for years with the idea of " space making " as an approach to cultivating creativity, avoiding burnout, and empowering colleagues.

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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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Things We Like (January 2015)

NTEN

'A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources and other goodies. We start Things We Like in the cloud ( technology ebook, in.pdf ), complete with special Amy cameo. Returning to earth, specifically the Galapagos, this "last year in review" has everything: webcams, drones, and a shipwreck. Pure paradise! Last year was so … last year. Here are Kickstarter''s tech predictions for 2015.

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The Art Of Leading By Looking Ahead

Eric Jacobsen Blog

'Anticipate: The Art of Leading by Looking Ahead , gives readers practical guidance and concrete techniques to help leaders become more visionary. In his new book, Rob-Jan de Jong provides the developmental framework for visionary capacity, focusing on two key skills: The ability to see change early The ability to connect the dots Rob-Jan de Jong De Jong makes a clear distinction between the company vision and your personal vision.

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Nonprofits Competing for Funds: How to Stand Out (If Necessary)

NonProfit Hub

'We’ve all heard that we’re supposed to be the change we want to see in the world. Did Gandhi actually say that? It’s up for debate. Regardless, the concept is one we’re sure he could get behind. But what happens when you decide to be the change, and Betty down the street also decides to be the change, and even Paul across town? That’s a great thing.

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Making a difference: It takes a village

VolunteerMark

'Hello my name is Andrew. I''m the co-founder of VolunteerMark. I''m not a regular blog contributor but today I just wanted to reflect on some of the amazing opportunities we have been given. Thank you to all our great partners. I hope that by reading this, you will be inspired to collaborate with someone new, possibly unexpected, and work together to solve an important problem.

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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.