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Silicon Valley’s Developing Conscience: It’s Called Apple

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Silicon Valley has a problem. In our quest to build better products and better meet the needs of the world for information, we built the most amazing system for effortless government surveillance as a byproduct. It is now incumbent on Silicon Valley to remedy this situation. Forcing tech companies to weaken their products through compelling the creation of backdoors would be a massive step backwards.

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Fast Company: The CEO’s Guide To Building Diverse Teams (And Keeping Them That Way)

Amy Sample Ward

“By now there’s little disagreement, at least in principle, about the value of diversity, and there’s plenty of great conversation out there about how to make more diverse hires. But working with organizations of all sizes, I still see little real understanding about how to organize internally in order to benefit from diversity. It’s one thing to hire diverse employees, another to keep them around , and still another to build teams capable of actually utilizing all the be

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Tapping the Emotional: How to Use Facebook’s New Reactions Feature for Your Non-Profit’s Social Media Strategy

Byte Technology

This week Facebook rolled out—to great fanfare—its new Reactions feature, a very welcome addition that finally allows users to forgo the simple “like” button that, to be honest, doesn’t always fit the occasion. With the new Reactions option, we can now express “love,” “ha ha,” “wow,” “sad” and “angry” when responding to people’s posts, giving us the ability to share more of our feelings on a particular topic or subject and, hopefully, giving everyone the chance to foster more dialogue and become

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February Update: A Special Online Series To Help You Grow

Wild Apricot

For this month’s update, I’m excited to announce a special event that’s been in the works for some time now. In the last update, I gave you a sneak peak into what it is, but now I can share the full details. So, without further ado….

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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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Ratify Marrakesh!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The United States Senate has a terrific opportunity to expand opportunity The United States Senate has just been presented with the ratification package for the Marrakesh Treaty. We are joining with our peers in the disability and library community in a joint statement to strongly encourage the Senate to ratify the treaty and for Congress to implement the minor legislative changes recommended as part of the package.

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Reboot Yourself: Take A Digital Detox Day

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In the “ Happy,Healthy Nonprofit ” book I’m writing with Aliza Sherman, a big theme in the book is “Technology Wellness,” which is how to self-manage your technology usage at work and in life. We are doing a workshop at SXSW on March 13th at 3:30 on this theme called “ Go Reboot Yourself: Get A Grip on Your Tech and Life ” As the Internet has become integrated into how professionals communicate, access information, and connect to one another at work

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Not just another webinar - This is THE ONLINE EVENT of the year

Wild Apricot

For one reason or another, your organization's membership growth has plateaued. Now you're looking for new strategies to bring in new members, but you're unsure of where to start. Look no further, because we've got just the thing for you.

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#MCON IS BACK!

Achieve

Looking back, I honestly can’t believe how much has happened since MCON’s debut. Five years ago our team set out to connect a community of thought leaders who were interested in social change and driven to turn their interest into action. In 2015, 20,000 of you joined us online while 300 of you attended in-person. You were a national trend on Twitter on both days, 89.2 million timeline deliveries and 78.1 million media impressions.

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How To Be A Wizard at Tech Training: NTC 2016 Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In a couple of weeks, one of the sessions I’m facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Jose is called “ How To Be A Wizard at Tech Training.” As you can tell from the slide, we have a Harry Potter theme for the session. My colleague Cindy Leonard has used her photoshop magic to help each of the speakers transform into a character.

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[Guest Post] Engaging Your Major Gifts Officer

Donor Search

This blog focuses on the world of prospect research and various related fundraising topics. To diversify our subject matter, we like to feature the work of our friends and colleagues in the community. Join me in welcoming Casey Woodard of Casey Woodard Consulting.

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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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Not just another webinar - This is THE ONLINE EVENT of the year!

Wild Apricot

For one reason or another, your organization's membership growth has plateaued. Now you're looking for new strategies to bring in new members, but you're unsure of where to start. Look no further, because we've got just the thing for you.

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How to Access and Use Big Data in the Nonprofit World

NonProfit Hub

Marius Moscovici is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub. He is the founder and CEO of Metric Insights. He founded the company in 2010 to transform the way business intelligence is performed so organizations of any size can quickly and easily deploy powerful analytics. Marius has more than 20 years of experience in analytics and data warehousing and was previously the co-founder and CEO of Integral Results, a leading business intelligence consulting company that was acquired by Idea Integration

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Leadership Lessons From TouchPoints

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Some of my favorite parts of Douglas Conant 's and Mette Norgaard 's 2011 book, TouchPoints , are these lessons for leaders: You need to have dual vision. You need to be able to address the most pressing need and do it in a way that makes your employees more capable and ready to take on the next issue. No leader can succeed by being only tough-minded or only tender-hearted.

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From Bored to Blazing: 7 Steps to Get Your Board Reconnected, Re-engaged and Enthusiastic

BoardAssist

Are your board members bored with your board meetings? Fundraising pro Gail Perry tells us board meetings don’t need to be boring. Rather than torment your board with another boring board meeting, why not follow some of Gail’s tips in her terrific guest blog post this week? Great tips Gail! From Bored to Blazing: 7 Steps to Get Your Board Reconnected, Re-engaged and Enthusiastic.

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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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3 Reasons to Love Outcomes Measurement

Tech Soup

As a corporate funder turned consultant, I've spent the last decade helping funders make the shift from philanthropy to social, or impact, investing. What Is Impact Investing? Impact investing means more than simply "doing good." It means investing with purpose to achieve specific, measurable outcomes and impact. In the impact investing model, when we give to a cause, we should see specific and measurable returns in the form of social change.

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Marketing Tools for Your Nonprofit and When They’re Effective

NonProfit Hub

Lately, we’ve been talking about taking an integrated marketing approach. We’ve discussed what that means, how it’s a useful practice for your nonprofit and how your nonprofit should be looking at your marketing strategies. Today, we’re breaking it down further into the most common communication tools used in integrated marketing. Whether it’s direct mail or advertising, each marketing tool has a unique purpose and a place in your integrated marketing plan.

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Leadership And Motivation

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Take one hour to read Brian Tracy's pocket-sized guide for managers, Motivation. You'll finish the book within that hour, and it'll be worth your time. "You cannot motivate other people," explains Tracy, " but you can remove the obstacles that stop them from motivating themselves. All motivation is self-motivation. As a manager, you can create an environment where this potential for self-motivation is released naturally and spontaneously.

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Why We Do It: The Psychology Behind Volunteerism

VolunteerMark

Volunteering is something that betters our world, that much is certain. It helps countless groups of people who may be in need and offers assistance to crucially important nonprofits. But what draws people to volunteer their time and energy when they are not being compensated?

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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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4 Steps Nonprofits Can Take to Keep Data Private

Tech Soup

It's been almost three years since Edward Snowden's revelations about the National Security Agency's (NSA) surveillance of American's online and phone communications and records. Since then, the Pew Research Center began an in-depth study on how Americans view privacy and sharing of personal information. The most recent state of privacy report found that Americans have "a deep lack of faith in organizations of all kinds, public or private, in protecting the personal informat

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Social Media at a Glance: Twitter Timeline, Instagram Switches and More

NonProfit Hub

If you can count on anything to continue to evolve, it’s social media. Have you ever stumbled across a website that clearly hasn’t been updated since the beginning of the Internet’s inception? It’s kind of like that. In order to stay relevant, social media must change with the times. That’s why we’ve compiled some of the latest changes to social media that could affect your nonprofit organization.

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The 27 Challenges Managers Face

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Take a look at the list below. How many of these 27 management challenges are you facing right now? And, how many do you believe you'll face during the rest of this year? Going from peer to leader Coming from the outside to take over leadership of an existing team Bringing together an entirely new team Welcoming a new member to your existing team Helping an employee who has a hard time managing time Assisting an employee who needs help with interpersonal communication Getting an employee more or

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Engaging in the Moment: Leveraging Technology for Good

Connection Cafe

When was the last time you were unexpectedly and unreservedly inspired? How about deeply immersed in an experience— actually present and engaged? What made that moment so special and so memorable? In today’s world, where our devices seem to blur the lines between personal and professional, it’s easy to lose sight of the actual moment we are living in.

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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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Caravan Studios Showcases Diverse Apps for Social Good

Tech Soup

From fracking to birth control, food ingredients to encryption, seven apps were featured in the Apps4Change event. Caravan Studios , a division of TechSoup, hosted a breakfast in San Francisco's Chinatown neighborhood for nonprofits, app developers, and anyone interested in changing the world for the better. Each of the presenters showcased apps that allow us to better share data and take personal action to further social benefit causes.

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Facebook Now Ranks Live Videos Higher in the News Feed 

AFP Blog

Facebook Now Ranks Live Videos Higher in the News Feed : "To counter this Facebook have made some updates to the way the News Feed works when it comes to displaying Live video content. Facebook wants to draw attention to Live video broadcasts in-the-moment, and the data appears to show that Live content will keep users attention for longer. In a blog post, Facebook shared that people spend more than 3x more time watching a Facebook Live video on average compared to other video content.

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How To Rewire Your Brain To Be A More Effective Leader

Eric Jacobsen Blog

This week brings the new book, The Mindfulness Edge , a fascinating manual that teaches you how through mindfulness training you can become a better leader. The science of neuroplasticity shows that you can learn the practice of mindfulness training that results in physical changes to the structure of your brain -- in some cases as quickly as eight weeks -- that can be linked to better leadership skills.

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More Than the Sum of Our Parts: A Recap of Peer-to-Peer Forum

Connection Cafe

Since 2007, the Peer-to-Peer Professionals Forum, formerly the Run-Walk-Ride Fundraising Council, has been the leading conference for the peer-to-peer fundraising industry. This year was the largest conference ever, and that fact alone speaks to the continued growth of the space. For the entire history of the conference, Plenty has been proud to be the analyst and key thought leadership partner of the conference and its Fundraising Thirty study.

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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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Lower Admin Fees on Hardware

Tech Soup

You asked for it, and we delivered! TechSoup has lowered the admin fees on 12 of its most popular refurbished hardware products. Now you can save up to $64 on desktops and laptops from TechSoup's Refurbished Computer Initiative program. Refurbished Desktops. Dell OptiPlex 780 Desktop. Admin fee: $250 $196 Save $54! Get the OptiPlex 780. Dell OptiPlex 755 Desktop, 80-GB Hard Disk Drive.

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New Washington Monthly Project Highlights Philanthropic Success Stories - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

AFP Blog

New Washington Monthly Project Highlights Philanthropic Success Stories - The Chronicle of Philanthropy : "A foundation-sponsored project launched this week by The Washington Monthly magazine aims to plant philanthropies’ good works directly under the noses of influential policy makers. Successes of Philanthropy will serve as an online catalog of philanthropic wins — something its creators believe Washington power brokers need to hear more about.

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Managers Versus Leaders

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Today, I share some of my favorite managers versus leaders quotes from Kevin Cashman's book, The Pause Principle. "What sleep is to the mind and body, pause is to leadership and innovation." "Managers assert drive and control to get things done; leaders pause to discover new ways of being and achieving." "Managers require competency to drive results; leaders embody character to build a compelling, sustainable future.

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5 Ways the 2016 Oscars Were #HereForGood

NonProfit Hub

In case you missed the Oscars, you missed the usual; bowties, shiny shoes and glamorous dresses filled the Dolby Theatre. But Sunday night also featured a new trend. There was something deeper going on throughout the night that had us excited about the future of social change. From acceptance speeches calling out today’s issues to performances captivating the audience to tell the story, here are all the ways the 2016 Oscars were #HereForGood. .

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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.