Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

We all know someone quietly changing the world each and every day. He or she is not on the front page of the newspaper, and not mingling with the Gates and Buffets of the world. Everyday people have shown extraordinary commitment to making this world better and actually get to work doing it. The CTK Foundation “Heroes with a Heart” Grant Award asks for your nominations of a “Hero with a Heart,” and gives them a chance to win $5,000 – a simple thanks for the hard wor

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Heroes With A Heart Grant. The CTK Foundation’s "Heroes with a Heart" Grant Award wants YOU to nominate a “Hero with a Heart,” and give them a chance to win $5,000 as thanks for the hard work that they do. There are three awards: $15,000 for Three Heroes One Hero with a Heart from each of the three categories of Health and Human Social Service, Animal Rights and Environmental Protection and Arts and Literacy will be awarded $5,000 USD and a professionally produced video about their affiliated no

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 28, 2012

A Guest Reflection by Dr. Patrick Ball, Benetech's Chief Scientist I am terribly sad to learn today of the untimely death of a friend and mentor, Dr. Karen Ramey Burns. Kar was a forensic anthropologist who specialized in human rights cases, and she was a founders of our Colombian partner organization EQUITAS ). Over the last 17 years, Kar and I crossed paths in Haiti, Guatemala, Colombia, and many times at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 29, 2012

Back in September, as I posted that I was leaving Fight Colorectal Cancer to join Convio , I had a picture in my head of what my new job would be like. I’m happy to say that the reality is turning out to be better than I was imagining back then. I love my job. I love the people I’m working with now just as much as I did before. I don’t love sitting on a Windows PC all day, but I’m getting used to it.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Source: causes.com via Beth on Pinterest. On Tuesday, the Susan G. Komen Foundation , a leading breast cancer charity, pulled hundreds of thousands of dollars in breast cancer screening funds from Planned Parenthood. Each year millions of women are screened for breast cancer at Planned Parenthood, and Susan G. Komen’s funding pays for about 170,000 of those screenings.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 30, 2012

I wrote about a version of this one last year, but the language of this version is so tortured that I have to post it. No official-looking seal this time. Sender: FBI OFFICE (office.fbi3@gmail.com). Subject: FROM IMF HEAD OFFICE. Text: Anti-Terrorist And Monetary Crimes Division. FBI Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Federal Bureau Of Investigation. J.Edgar Hoover Building. 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, Nw Washington, D.C. 20535-0001. www.fbi.gov.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

posted by. Anne Byrne , Professional-in-Residence, ASU Lodestar Center. The most frequent question posed on the ASU Lodestar Center's " Ask the Nonprofit Specialists " service is about how to start a nonprofit organization. Recent research by Civic Ventures suggests that there is strong interest and intention among "boomers" (individuals in their 40s, 50s, and 60s) to create jobs for themselves and others as entrepreneurs, making a positive social impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2012

Infusing Social Into Social Justice Organizations – Guest Post by Daniel Jae-Won Lee, Executive Director of the Levi Strauss Foundation. Time Magazine provocatively named “The Protester” as its 2011 “Person of the Year” for its riveting influence on last year’s social and political events. As courageous citizens connected with each other to express dissent and organize public actions, social media tools spurred activism and social change in unprecedented ways.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

This one is simple and intriguing, but obviously a scam. This site says it's a malware delivery mechanism. Sender: KATHRINE BURRELL (accounting@rlweiner.com) -- nope, no Kathrine Burrells work here. Subject: Need your help! Text: Hello! Look, I've received an unfamiliar bill, have you ordered anything? Here is the bill (link leads to [link]. Please reply as soon as possible, because the amount is large and they demand the payment urgently.

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Wild Apricot

JANUARY 30, 2012

Here are the results of our Membership Trends Survey and our impression of the key takeaways.

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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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NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2012

Evan Bailyn, our presenter for " Activating Your Base of Supporters ", has more 112,000 fans on Facebook. In his just-released book, " Outsmarting Google ", he details how he attracted more than 50,000,000 visitors in a year. That's a lot, so he's doing something right. In our next webinar, he'll explain how to use Calls To Action to activate potential donors when they're most energized and willing to give.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2012

Content Curation for Nonprofits. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Here are my slides and curated resources materials for a talk called “ What Can Nonprofits Learn from Robin Good, the Best Content Curator on the Planet? ” that I will be presenting at the Social Media for Nonprofits. This area, content curation , is a social media competency that I’m focusing in my own learning and teaching.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 31, 2012

One of the most frequent questions I hear at events from nonprofit professionals in the field is how to coordinate teams to produce compelling media across offices, time zones and countries. Our ability to collaborate effectively in the cloud and create meaningful media together is quickly evolving as more nonprofits expand their borders. We learn to use mobile production tools, cooperative social sites for group curation and unique filesharing services like Dropbox , Skype along with new tools

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Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Here's an update of new resources that are now available in our Membership Knowledge Hub.

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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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NTEN

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Brett Meyer. Communications Director. NTEN. Nearly 90 million Americans use their phone to read email. If you don't improve your email template, you may be ignored by a large part of your audience. If you've been been putting off accepting the growing reality that people read the messages your organization sends on mobile devices, stop right now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Alex Abelin: Google + for Nonprofits. View more presentations from Social Media for Nonprofits. Does Google + have the potential to be a valuable platform for nonprofits or is it just another shiny object to distract nonprofits? Should your nonprofit do more than simply set up a presence on Google + and not invest any more time? What is a productive way to experiment and learn to the answers to these questions without wasting time?

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Inspired by my post, 20 Ways to be a Generous Blogger, I shared 12 Prompts for Generous Living and Blogging in this month's Juicy Blogging e-News. You don't need to be a blogger, to try the Generous Living prompts, so I thought I'd share them here too. If you'd like to receive the Juicy Blogging eNews in your in-box once a month, you can subscribe by clicking here.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

posted by Kelly Proulx , MNpS Student & Research Technician, Arizona State University. Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. We welcome your comments and feedback.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

This week, our members are releasing new fundraising tools, hosting workshops, and even awarding grants. While we’re encouraged by some statistics our members released regarding nonprofits and technology, we’re also thrilled that anyone could like us this much: Thank you so much for all your help in the NTEN Champions Fundraising Campaign , Corey Pudhorosky !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Heroes with A Heart Grant Recognizes Unsung Nonprofit Heros – Guest Post by John Haydon. If you’re like most people, you get most of your inspiration from people who are quietly changing the world each and every day. They’re not on the front page of the newspaper, and they’re not mingling with the Gates and Buffets of the world.

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Care2

JANUARY 30, 2012

In January of last year I wrote up a quick summary on how some of our clients' end-of-year fundraising campaigns did vs. the prior year, and I thought it’d be nice to repeat the exercise to see how nonprofits fared in 2011. The results below come from aggregate data from 14 organizations we work with – a big thanks to them for letting us include their data in this post.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 29, 2012

Entrepreneur magazine's February 2012 issue offers these great tips on how to give praise : Praise followed by criticism is not praise. Praise followed by praise is probably a little too much praise. Ending an expression of praise with ".and stuff" nullifies the praise. And, Make it timely. The closer the recognition is to the behavior, the more likely the behavior will be repeated.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Karl Hedstrom. IT Director. NTEN. While communications styles may clash, we still need to find ways to work together. Knowing what your own style is may help. We all have different communication styles. Often, they clash. It's an issue we all deal with in our workplace to some extent. Yes, even at nonprofits. I recently attended a workshop during the EDUCAUSE Institute New IT Managers Program , where we took one of the myriad of tests that help determine your primary communication style.

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See3

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Change the world, one video at a time.Hungry Kate: The Girl With A Belly Ache | 2:02 Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank Pictorial analogies have a way of hitting home those concepts which seem distant and removed. This animation of Kate’s reality in changing from ‘normalcy’ to ‘hunger’ presents a scenario which may seem distant but which [.].

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 31, 2012

As some of you know, this year I started a new blog, VegCookbookClub.com , where each month myself and readers cook through one vegetarian, or vegan cookbook. We share tips, opinions and advice about recipes in the comments, on Twitter, on Instagram, and on our own blogs. We just finished cooking from Appetite for Reduction. In February, we're going to cook from The Vegan Table.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Are you interested in receiving TechSoup product donations and discounts, but do not know where to start? We're happy to announce that we now have three short videos designed to help guide you through the TechSoup's processes of registration and determining eligibility. The three videos, available on the TechSoup YouTube page : The TechSoup Eligibility Tutorial.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is back and calling for your best 2011 nonprofit videos! Are you a nonprofit? Did your organization create impactful videos in 2011? Do you want your organization to be recognized for making great videos and maybe win some incredible prizes? Perfect. The 6th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is taking submissions starting February 1st.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2012

Eric Harvey and Al Lucia wrote a booklet called, 144 Ways To Walk The Talk. They provide the following great advice about giving feedback: 1. Make it timely -- give your feedback as soon as possible to the performance. 2. Make it individualized -- tailor your feedback to the feedback receiver. 3. Make it productive -- focus your feedback on the performance and not the performer. 4.

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See3

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Change the world, one video at a time.If a Tree Falls Trailer | 2:10 ifatreefallsfilm.com A terrorist is defined as someone who utilizes systematic terror as a means of coercion. Is it possible that someone might fit this definition without knowing it? Is worse if they don’t? If a Tree Falls: A Story of the [.].

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

?????On January 26, I had the pleasure of facilitating the interesting and informative webinar, Making the Most of Your Microsoft Software Donation. During the webinar, we heard from TechSoup's Julie Navejas and Brian Calvert on a variety of Microsoft related topics, including the eligibility rules and Microsoft's Get Genuine program. We also heard from Microsoft's Gretchen Deo, who discussed Microsoft's relationship with TechSoup, the Volume Licensing Service Center , and more.

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