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Free Webinar for Nonprofits in Asia Pacific! How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media Successfully and Build Their Digital Libraries

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Date: To accomodate all schedules, this webinar will be presented twice – Tuesday, April 24 and Thursday, April 26. Time: 12-1:30pm Singapore/Kuala Lumpur. (10-11:30am New Delhi; 2-3:30 Sydney; 4-6:30pm Auckland). Cost: Free. How to Register: Sign up here to attend on Tuesday, April 24 or Sign up here to attend on Thursday, April 26. Presented By: Heather Mansfield.

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Major Gifts and a $260,000 Online Donation

NetWits

Guest post by Bill Connors , author of Fundraising with The Raiser’s Edge: A Non-Technical Guide. >> Join his free webinar on 4/17/12 @ 2pm ET - Making a major impact with your major gifts program. — Larger and larger gifts are being given online. In fact, Blackbaud’s 2011 Online Giving Report , noted that the largest online gift in 2011 was $260,000 !

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How Technology Increased Non Profit Funding in 2011 (Infographic)

VisionLink

'Here is a wonderful infographic we discovered on how both email marketing and social media were able to increase Non Profit Fundraising in 2011! There are some extremely interesting statistics here. Non Profit Technology Infographic Thank you NTEN and M+R for teaming up to create such an informative infographic! To read the full report or to view past studies, visit www.e-benchmarksstudy.com.

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Transforming Your E-Newsletter

Wild Apricot

Here's a review of a Network for Good e-book on making the transition from a print newsletter to an email version. And for those wanting tips on refreshing an existing email newsletter, here's an article that might help.

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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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Is Your Nonprofit Guilty of #Hashtag Spamming?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A recent study concluded that only about one-third of tweets are worth reading and with Twitter now generating 340 million tweets per day, that’s approximately 266 millions tweets that would have been better left untweeted. Finding your Twitter voice is a skill and it takes a concerted effort to first track what tweets your followers react to (or not) and then adjust your content and tweets accordingly.

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Reflections from 12NTC Panel on Data Visualization

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Click Thru to See Larger Image. Last week I participate on a panel on “ Data Visualization for Nonprofits: A Picture Is Better Than A 1,000 Words ” with Johanna Morariu from Innonet and Brian Kennedy of ChildrenNow. The day of the panel, I published a blog post that shared our slides, wiki, and resources. But the really wonderful thing about the Nonprofit Technology Conference, is that the knowledge capture is superb.

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9 steps to a powerful fundraising plan

Get Fully Funded

You know you need a fundraising plan, but if you’re like most, you don’t know where to start. . Although planning can seem overwhelming, it’s not really a difficult process, yet it makes all the difference in the world in the success you will enjoy in raising big money. You want that, right? Let me make it simple for you and share the 9 steps to creating a powerful fundraising plan.

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Is Your Nonprofit Guilty of #Hashtag Spamming?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A recent study concluded that only about one-third of tweets are worth reading and with Twitter now generating 340 million tweets per day, that’s approximately 266 millions tweets that would have been better left untweeted. Finding your Twitter voice is a skill and it takes a concerted effort to first track what tweets your followers react to (or not) and then adjust your content and tweets accordingly.

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Deanna Zandt: Share This! How You Will Change the World with Social Networking

Have Fun - Do Good

It was the power of people sharing the stories with one another that actually brought it to some sort of critical mass where mainstream media then took attention. After that, even after the mainstream media attention, it wasn't like, "Oh, and then it really went crazy." It continued on the same trajectory. It didn't actually help it all that much. It was much more important for people to be sharing the stories with each other for the traffic to blow up really, really fast.

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Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on the nonprofit sector in Southern Arizona!

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by. Stephanie La Loggia, M.A , Manager of Knowledge. Resources, Research and. Academic Affairs, ASU Lodestar Center. Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a. continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to. highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice.

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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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What to Include in Your Annual Report

Wild Apricot

What should you include in your annual report to inspire and inform?

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Free Webinar for Nonprofits in Asia Pacific! How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media Successfully and Build Their Digital Libraries

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Date: Thursday, April 26. Time: 12-1:30pm Singapore/Kuala Lumpur. (10-11:30am New Delhi; 2-3:30 Sydney; 4-6:30pm Auckland). Cost: Free. How to Register: Sign up ! Presented By: Heather Mansfield. This 90-minute social media how-to webinar is ideal for nonprofit communications and fundraising staff. Sponsored by Microsoft Corporate Citizenship and presented by Heather Mansfield of Nonprofit Tech 2.0 , attendees will gain practical knowledge about how to successfully integrate your nonprofi

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What Are Easy Ways to Be Generous Every Day?

Have Fun - Do Good

"Being generous or kind to oneself and to others can help. During times of sorrow and suffering, the heart becomes more open than usual. Creating the conditions for generosity to arise can help the heart open in a powerful way." The quote above is an answer to my question, "How do you ride the waves of challenge?" from my friend, Noel. So wise. I'd like to create a list of easy ways to be generous each day that I can use as touchstones, and of course, I'll share them with you, so that you can us

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If You Don't Ask, You Won't Get and Thinking Outside That Old Box

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by. Shelley Gillespie, Venture Court Productions , President. During my time with a national nonprofit in Washington, D.C., I found myself assigned to projects that were already in process or rehashes of annual solicitations. This required some fast turnarounds, as we were on tight deadlines. But, we still had to make these donor requests lively and effective.

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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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Using Everyday Technology to Improve Your Services

NTEN

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the March 2012 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete article -- and the rest of the issue -- when you subscribe to the journal for free! ] By Laura S. Quinn, Idealware and Amy Wagner, MAP For Nonprofits Many nonprofits think of innovation as a luxury they can’t afford. Staff time and budgets are limited, and improving the different ways they use technology seems out of reach.

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Is Your Non-profit In the Cloud?

Wild Apricot

Here's an overview of NTEN's State of the Nonprofit Cloud Report.

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7 Ways to Ride the Waves of Challenge

Have Fun - Do Good

Are any of you going through a rough patch? I have to say that the last little while has been tough for me. Lots of ups and downs. I thought I'd share some of the things I've been doing to help myself get through it. Color: I've been wearing lots of bright colors, and collecting color inspirations on a Pinterest board. Connect: In addition to being able to spend lots of time with the hubs , I'm lucky to have lots of women friends to chat with in-person, and over "Skype tea.

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How Do You Answer These Leadership Questions?

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Open Leadership author Charlene Li reminds leaders to periodically ask themselves these " open leadership skills assessment " questions: Do I seek out and listen to different points of view? Do I make myself available to people at all levels of the organization? Do I actively manage how I am authentic? Do I encourage people to share information? Do I publicly admit when I am wrong?

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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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12NTC: Engaging Youth Using Social Media

Tech Soup

Social media can be a useful (though often overlooked) tool for frontline workers in social service agencies to engage with youth, according to Jason Shim, a Program Facilitator at the Canadian nonprofit, Mosaic Counselling & Family Services. Shim shared a case study at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference on how his organization uses social media to communicate with youth participants in the Pathways to Education program.

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How Do Nonprofits Use Social Networks?

NTEN

As you may have heard, we released the 2012 Nonprofit Social Benchmarking Report at the NTC last week. The study, done in association with Common Knowledge and Blackbaud, has a lot of great insights into how the nonprofit respondents use social networks. Even better, you can hear directly from the authors this week at a free webinar – and ask them your questions.

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Webinar: Holy Grail of Monthly Giving: Finding, Keeping, and Loving Sustainers

Care2

Want to find a new, stable source of income that also works as a loyalty booster to existing donors? Three words: SUSTAINED GIVING PROGRAM. This webinar covers everything you want -- and need -- to know about monthly giving. Starting with the basics, Harvey McKinnon, renowned expert on monthly giving, will discuss why to have a monthly giving program and what it means for donor loyalty, along with the fundamental elements of all good monthly programs.

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4 Must-Ask Questions During An Exit Interview

Eric Jacobsen Blog

As a leader, it's critical that you understand the real reasons employees leave your company. To do that, you need to ask specific questions that may not be ones you currently include in your exit interviews. Fortunately, Richard Finnegan , shares in his book, Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad , four key questions you should include in your exit interviews : Why did you decide to leave us?

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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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Upcoming Webinar on April 18: QuickBooks Made Easy for Nonprofits and Libraries!

Tech Soup

Interested in learning more about Intuit's QuickBooks ? TechSoup offers a variety of ways to do so, including watching an archived webinar , participating in a forum discussion , requesting CD-ROMs through the QuickBooks Made Easy Donation Program , and reading in-depth articles. Now, you can also participate in a live webinar, QuickBooks Made Easy for Nonprofits and Libraries!

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Is Website Accessibility a Social Responsibility?

NTEN

Cindy Leonard, our presenter at " Access for All: Basics of Website Accessibility ", believes we as nonprofits have a social responsibility to make our websites more accessible : By their very nature, nonprofits exist to make the world a better place and to create positive social change. They should, therefore, be concerned with creating equal access to their programs, opportunities, and services.

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2012 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study Highlights Online Advocacy, Fundraising, and Social Media Metrics

Care2

The 2012 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study was just released and is packed with insightful data on advocacy and fundraising response rates across the nonprofit sector. In particular we were excited to see advocacy response rates increased 28% between 2010 and 2011. The study also has some great data on how nonprofits are expanding their use of social media and mobile.

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Integrated Marketing - It's Everywhere!

Connection Cafe

Author: Sara Spivey. I don’t know how many of you have bought a car recently, but have you ever noticed that BEFORE you actually buy the car, you don’t really notice how many are on the road? And then once you own it, it seems as though every car that catches your eye is the very same one you thought was so unique? It’s uncanny. I’ve noticed the same phenomena occurring when it comes to “Integrated Marketing.

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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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More than Apps: Mobile Tips from 12NTC

Tech Soup

You've probably heard the statistics. More mobile devices are sold worldwide than PCs, and mobile is expected to overtake PCs as the most popular way to access the Internet in the next few years. So what does that mean for your organization? Director of Idealware. Laura Quinn shared her ideas at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , in a session called More Than Apps: Affordable Program Delivery Through Mobile Phones.

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Member Round Up: Post NTC Happenings!

NTEN

It was amazing to see so many NTEN members at the NTC last week! This week, it’s even nicer to highlight some of the ways they're using technology, doing good, and educating the community. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to get your nonprofit ready in case of a technological disaster, take a free seminar on digital fundraising, or submit your amazing video to the nonprofit film festival.

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How Social Media Influencers Fuel your Fundraising Goals | NetWitsThinkTank.com

AFP Blog

How Social Media Influencers Fuel your Fundraising Goals | NetWitsThinkTank.com : Fortunately, research is weighing in with some great information that gives us insight into our social donors and potentials. With a new concept called Social Scoring, we now have a way to indentify and categorize the social media constituents in our databases by their reach or influence across their networks.

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Volunteers Give 10x the Dollars

Connection Cafe

Author: Jennifer Darrouzet. “As it happens, a lot of our volunteers are donors,” says Dora Chan. And she should know – she’s what colleagues refer to as the “database whiz” at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. And in fact, her statement is true of the wider nonprofit sector: a recent study by VolunteerMatch and Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund found that 67% of volunteers also give money to the organizations where they invest time and talent.

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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.