Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 16, 2013

Each year I select 31 Favorite Nonprofits to which I donate 10% of my webinar income. Part of the reason is a commitment to altruism, but I also use (for lack of a better word) these 31 nonprofits to study how nonprofits are progressing in online fundraising, social media and mobile communications. That said, over the last few days I donated $25 to each of this year’s 31 Favorite Nonprofits and was dismayed to see that most of the nonprofits are not successfully integrating social media an

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

This week in Geneva is a major meeting on the path to the expected Diplomatic Conference on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired. The goal of the Treaty is to make a copyright exception for the blind and other people with disabilities that stop them from reading print, and to make import and export of accessible content legal. As the operators of Bookshare in the USA, which was made possible through a great exception in our copyright law here, we would love to make all of our books available to

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

I got three of these today. There are a bunch of clues that they're not legit. First, there's no Apple logo (easy enough to fake, but still.). Second, the Apple ID it says was used is not my Apple ID. Third, the From addresses are not at apple.com (again, easy to fake so why not take the time?). But of course the biggest clue is that if you hover over the "Learn More" links you'll see that they don't point Apple domains.

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Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Here are the highlights of Capterra's recently released Top 20 Most Popular Membership Management Software Solutions, in which Wild Apricot ranked #1!

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

YouTube has begun rolling out a new YouTube Channel design entitled One Channel to a very small small group of YouTube users. A sitewide roll out is expected in early March. The new design offers much less customization, but enables more efficient browsing of your videos and the channels that you are subscribed to, and is more tailored for smartphone and tablet video watching.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Flickr Photo by neoporcupine. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of doing a webinar on measurement and nonprofit for Kivi at the Nonprofit Marketing Guide. One of the questions I was asked, ”Why Data Informed? Why Not Data-Driven?” Being data-informed is something very different from a data-driven culture. The term “data-driven” has been used to describe organizations that rely solely on cold hard data to make decisions.

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Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Do you have a process in place to manage transitions of staff or volunteers responsible for your social media?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. Cost: $50 or Winter Webinar Special. How to Register: Sign up ! Presented By: Heather Mansfield. View: All Webinars for Nonprofits. This webinar begins with a general introduction to LinkedIn , a social network with more than 200 million professionals worldwide. Nonprofits are increasingly participating in the LinkedIn community through LinkedIn Groups and Company Pages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

My colleague, Andrea Weckerle, has published a new book called: ” Civility in the Digital Age: How Companies and People Can Triumph over Haters, Trolls, Bullies, and Other Jerks ” and she gave me five copies to giveaway to five people or nonprofits who comment below. Andrea is the founder of CiviliNation , non-profit organization taking a stand against online hostility and adult cyberbullying.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

NTEN has retained Heller Search Associates to recruit our next CEO. As you know, NTEN's objective is to help nonprofits maximize the use of technology to fulfill their missions. The CEO will develop the operational and strategic plans of the organization while directing revenue generating efforts and developing relationships with membership constituencies and key strategic partners.

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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

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Here are some tips for keeping your donor's love alive so they keep coming back.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Avo Toasts I made from the VegCookbook Club's January VegCookbook, Crazy Sexy Kitchen Over the last 43 years, I've been a vegan, a vegetarian, and a meat-eater. Now I think of myself as vegan-ish. Because of how animals are treated in factory farms , the connection between meat-eating, climate change and poverty , and for health reasons , I want to eat a more plant-based diet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Flickr Photo by Domen Jakus. Note From Beth: Blog Carnivals are a themed collection of blog posts. They have been for a long time and some nonprofits, like Momsrising, have been using them as part of their engagement strategy. The nonprofit blog carniva l has been going for a few years, created by Kivi Leroux Miller, of the Nonprofit Marketing Guide, in 2006, and Joanne Fritz at About.com took over management of the carnival in 201o.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Karl Hedstrom. IT Director. NTEN. A look at the basics of NTEN's own continually evolving Google Drive Policies and Document Management System. While it's no secret that most people love spending their extra time elbow deep in their Internal Document Management Systems, tweaking things until everything is just right, I still do hear of the occasional fringe case where an organization is just trying to figure out the best way forward, as old policies and methods no longer match up with new s

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Advertiser: Digital Ocean

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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Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Is it time to set the bar a little higher for how you support your event volunteers?

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

The recent Pew Internet & American Life Project report, The Demographics of Social Media Users, had many of the trends and findings aren’t shocking but a couple were more or less dramatic than I expected.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

posted by. Lindsay Walker. Executive Director. CSS. Last month, CompassPoint , in conjunction with the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund , released a report revealing some unfortunate statistics which provide real insight into the fundraising industry. Through raw data collected from more than 2,700 nonprofit and development professionals from across the country and representing a cross-section of organizational structures, Underdeveloped illustrates the oftentimes challenging career tract of fun

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

As Amy wrote recently, many of you have told us that 2013 will be the year you really tackle the data at your organizations. (If you missed that post, check it out for case studies, webinars, and other resources that might help.) One of our big projects for the year will, we hope, create a space for 19 thought leaders to do just that. The 2013 Communities of Impact (CoI) pilot program consists of two groups, both focusing on the ways that nonprofits measure, learn from, and share their data.

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Advertiser: Syncrony

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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Today, I welcome thought-leader Nathan Magnuson as guest blogger. Nathan writes : This is it, your first day in a formal leadership role. You’ve worked hard as an individual contributor at one or possibly several organizations. Now management has finally seen fit to promote you into a position as one of their own: a supervisor. You don’t care if your new team is only one person or ten, you’re just excited that now – finally – you will be in charge!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

As smartphones and tablets grow in popularity, mobile optimization is something libraries and nonprofits should pay close attention to in the coming year. Responsive web design (also known as mobile optimization) refers to designing a site to provide an optimal viewing experience across a wide range of devices. Why Mobile? Why should mobile be part of libraries and nonprofits' game plan?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The Marine Mammal Center (TMMC) is a marine mammal hospital and science research facility in Sausalito, CA. Since 1975, they have rescued nearly 18,000 seals, sea lions, dolphins, otters and other marine mammals from along 600 miles of California coast, with the aim of giving those in need a second chance at life in the wild. The Marine Mammal Center has a strong retail component.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Becky Odum. Vice President of Strategic Services. Barton Cotton. If you're still struggling to find the right method for integrating your fundraising, our advice is to keep it simple at first: take a common sense approach. It's certainly true that multi-channel marketing has been around for as long as marketing has been around. Communicating with your audience via print media, radio, television, mail, phone, Internet and email is a regular part of most marketing plans.

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Advertiser: DonorDock

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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

A former co-worker shared a great blog post with me this past week 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.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

With over a million apps now available to smartphone users it's easy to believe that there's an app for everyone. Sadly that's not the case. The target for cell phone apps is largely a mainstream one. Apps for Donors, Not Communities Served. Apps created specifically to address the needs of low-income and underserved communities in the United States are few and far between – despite the fact that smartphone adoption rates are higher within minority communities where social serv

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Explaining the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to consumers outside the beltway can sometimes be like translating a foreign language. Health reform and health insurance exchanges can be tricky. An authoritative, credible online resource for this information is vital for state governments to provide their populations. Explaining the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to consumers outside the beltway can sometimes be like translating a foreign language.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Finding new supporters is hard, converting them into advocates and donors is even harder, and re-engaging them is the holy grail. Join the online campaigning and fundraising experts at Change.org for a 3-part webinar series that will guide you through the three steps: finding new supporters, engaging them with your cause, and keeping them engaged over the long haul to maximize their lifetime value to your organization.

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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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

Take the opportunity today to teach an employee something new. Nearly everyone likes to learn and is capable of tackling a new challenge. Teach your employee something that expands his (or her) current job description. Teach something that will help him to get promoted within your organization at a later date. Teach him a skill that uses new technology.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Who doesn’t love a good Internet meme?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

DC Social Media Week has arrived and there are tons of great panels and parties to attend. If you are looking to squeeze in a few events this week, check out my top 5 must attend events. Digital Politics, Wednesday, February 20th. The growth of social media and the rapid adoption of internet-enabled mobile devices have changed the way Americans engage in the political process.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Coming to the NTC in April? We're bringing Ignite talks back for the fifth year running, and we want YOU to apply to give one ! This fast-paced, fun, thought-provoking event takes place the very first night of the conference and offers a terrific opportunity to share your fascinations and passions with the NTC community. But there's a catch: each speaker is strictly limited to five minutes and twenty slides, which advance automatically every 15 seconds.

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