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25 Online Gift Stores That Benefit Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

'According to Shop.org’s annual Holiday 2014 Pre-Holiday Retailer and Consumer Study , two out of five U.S. consumers started their holiday shopping in October. The study also found that o nline shoppers plan to spend 16 percent more than brick-and-mortar shoppers this holiday season on gifts, decorations, greeting cards, and food. All told, online shoppers expect to spend an average of $931.75.

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Best Halloween costumes ever? We dressed up as our favorite nonprofits.

EveryAction

'You have just a few hours before your end-of-the-day office costume contest and evening Halloween festivities, but have no idea what to be. Well, we have your back. For the ultimate procrastinator, we''ve got 6 nonprofit costume ideas that you can do with (almost) no planning at all.

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Your Brain On Good Stories: Why Storytelling Matters For Nonprofits

TechImpact

'Your brain loves a good story. Now, this might sound a little strange, but it’s true. There is a distinct chemical reaction that happens in one’s brain when they’re reading a compelling or interesting story. According to a recent study published by the Harvard Business Review , a “trust chemical” is produced by your brain called Oxytocin, when you meet new people who you can identify as trustworthy.

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Welcome, Mark Roberts!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

'After an intensive search period, I’m delighted to share that Benetech recently appointed seasoned executive Mark Roberts as our Vice President of Engineering. Mark is former Senior Vice President of Engineering, Consumer Products, and Operations at TiVo Inc. He’s leading the development, testing, and deployment of Benetech’s tools and services across all its program areas.

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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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How #GivingTuesday Can Help Your Nonprofit Reach PhilanthroKids or Generation Z Donors

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

'I’ve been a huge fan of GivingTuesday since I first heard about it back in September, 2012 during a conference at Stanford. I’m pleased to see that some of the skepticism and complaints have now morphed in to more capacity builders providing tips for nonprofits to take advantage of this national day of giving. Giving Days organized by local communities are being adopted by many more communities than ever before and a stronger understanding how these efforts can help build the capac

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Moving Beyond Your “Hard Core” Volunteers

Wild Apricot

'Do you have a small group of volunteers that you rely on at your organization? Here are thoughts on recruiting and motivating volunteers from our Small Membership Advisory Community.

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Join Benetech in the Skoll Foundation’s 2014 Social Entrepreneurs Challenge!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

'Zach Bryant loves reading non-fiction. This wasn’t always the case, though. Zach has Cerebral Palsy , which causes movement and coordination problems, and which keeps him from speaking and walking. To communicate his thoughts, he uses an alternative augmentative communication device. Tasks like turning a printed page are difficult for him, which makes reading standard print discouraging.

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Get ready for NTEN’s Member Appreciation Month celebration of our members all throughout November!

NTEN

'NTEN Members work hard every day to make a difference in the world through their work. So each year, we like to let our members know just how much they are appreciated. In fact, we’re devoting the entire month of November to saying "Thank You!" to our NTEN Members. Get ready for NTEN’s Member Appreciation Month (MAM) all November long! Throughout the month, come celebrate with free programming and prizes exclusively for NTEN Members, plus special local events and content.

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Halloween Link Round-up

Wild Apricot

'Just in time for Halloween tomorrow, here''s a link round-up that offers some wonderful nonprofit tricks, treats and powerful insight as well.

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10 New Ideas For Managing Volunteers On A Low Budget

TechImpact

'Image courtesy of Axiall. No matter what kind of budget your nonprofit has, everyone can agree that volunteers are one of the best investments–primarily because they are free! However, mismanagement of volunteers due to other budgeting restraints could turn a fun, giving-back experience into a stressful, this-feels-like-work one. Here are our top 10 tips for managing your volunteers, especially if you’re working with a small budget: Look like a team.

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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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5 Video Editing Shortcuts I Wish I Could Use in Real Life

See3

'As an editor, I’m all about shortcuts. I use them so much I forget it’s not possible to use them in the real world. The post 5 Video Editing Shortcuts I Wish I Could Use in Real Life appeared first on See3 Advice for Do-Gooders.

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Is the New Salesforce Analytics Wave Right for Your Nonprofit?

NTEN

'Michelle L. Chaplin. Senior Manager, Online Fundraising. PBS. What is Wave Analytics, and why are The Beach Boys singing about it? A few weeks ago at the 2014 Dreamforce Conference, Salesforce announced a new analytics tool called Wave. And by announced, I mean with all the expected Dreamforce fanfare, including The Beach Boys crooning “ Catch a Wave.”.

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Software News October 2014 – Support Solutions

Wild Apricot

'In this edition of Software News, we offer an update on challenges we''ve been facing and solutions for improved customer support.

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The Nonprofit Cloud: The Right Choice For Total Cost Of Ownership

TechImpact

'The total cost of ownership (TCO), is a financial estimate used in business to identify the direct and indirect costs of a product, system, or service. It’s a way for nonprofits to assess risk, understand the cost of something beyond the ‘sticker price’, and how it compares to an alternative solution or product. If you want to read more on how to calculate TCO, check out this awesome breakdown by Business Case Analysis.

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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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Web Lingo 101: IP Addresses, Hosting, Domains and FTP

See3

'Ever wonder how your IP address and domain name work together? Or what a hosting server does? Our web team provides definitions and explanations for basic web lingo to help you understand what makes your website work. The post Web Lingo 101: IP Addresses, Hosting, Domains and FTP appeared first on See3 Advice for Do-Gooders.

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Nonprofit Marketing: Beyond Social Media

ASU Lodestar Center

'posted by Ryan Stewart Owner Marketic As the owner of a Miami based SEO and digital marketing agency, I''ve helped hundreds of businesses solve complicated marketing problems. I can honestly say that the most challenging clients have been non-profit organizations. The combination of low funding, manpower and resources make it extremely difficult to complete your mission statement and make a positive change in the world.

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Ending the Overhead Myth — and Moving Toward a Solution

Tech Soup

'True or false: the amount of money a nonprofit spends on overhead has a direct correlation to a nonprofit's impact. If you answered "false," you are correct! The Better Business Bureau (BBB) Wise Giving Alliance, GuideStar, and Charity Navigator are tackling what they call the Overhead Myth head on. While overhead can help identify cases of fraud or mismanagement, it isn't an indicator of the impact and results of a charity or nonprofit's work.

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Get ready for NTEN’s Member Appreciation Month!

NTEN

'NTEN Members work hard every day to make a difference in the world through their work. So each year, we like to let our members know just how much they are appreciated. In fact, we’re devoting the entire month of November to saying "Thank You!" to our NTEN Members. Get ready for NTEN’s Member Appreciation Month (MAM) all November long! Throughout the month, come celebrate with free programming and prizes exclusively for NTEN Members, plus special local events and content.

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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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Challenging High-Potential Managers To Become Great Leaders

Eric Jacobsen Blog

'When I read business books, I turn the corner of every page that has something I really like, want to remember and easily reference in the future. Halfway into the 300-page book, Leadership Conversations , I had turned the corners of nearly every fifth pages. So, you can see why I believe this is such a good book. There is so much to learn from Leadership Conversations.

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Can You Make A Campaign Go Viral?

Care2

'Let me cut to the chase: You can''t make campaigns go viral. But that doesn’t mean you can’t create awesome campaigns that are compelling, sharable, and focused on building a ladder of engagement with your community and network. This is one of the key concepts that I discuss in my book Social Change Anytime Everywhere , co-written with Amy Sample Ward of NTEN.

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Healthy Fear, Healthy Habit: Teaching Privacy to New Internet Users

Tech Soup

'Digital peeping toms. That phrase gives you the chills, doesn't it? It scary to think that your activity online can be tracked by corporations, the government, hackers, and other nefarious (and seemingly un -nefarious) entities. But with proper education, Internet users can fight back against these digital creeps. Privacy has always been an important topic in digital literacy.

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The momentum is building for Nonprofits in Motion next week!

NTEN

'The momentum continues to build for this year''s Minnesota Council of Nonprofits'' (MCN) annual conference, Nonprofits in Motion: Momentum for a New Minnesota (NPIM14), Nov. 6-7 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. I''ll be there presenting with NTEN''s Marketing and Publications Director, Joleen Ong, and we''re excited to connect to many NTEN Member attendees, as well as learn from and meet other nonprofit folks in Minnesota.

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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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The Six Drivers That Maximize Employee Engagement

Eric Jacobsen Blog

'Overland Park, Kansas-based author Leigh Branham, along with Mark Hirschfeld, awhile back completed a survey of 10,000 employees in 43 states to better understand what separates a "best places to work" company from other companies. What Branham and Hirschfeld discovered is that the best companies use six "universal drivers" that maximize employee engagement: Caring, Competent, and Engaging Senior Leaders Effective Managers Who Keep Employees Aligned and Engaged Effective Teamwork at All Levels

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Is It Time For A New Website?

Care2

'It''s easy for nonprofits to get lost in the shuffle of acquiring new donors, engaging audiences, and planning online campaigns. This makes it easy for you to forget about your website - huge mistake! Your website is where your donors will come, where your activists and volunteers will engage, and where your campaigns will live. It''s critical that you update your site, and that you revamp it when the time is right.But when IS the time right?

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New to TechSoup: Reading Eggs Online Educational Program

Tech Soup

'TechSoup is proud to announce Reading Eggs, our newest donor partner. Reading Eggs is an online reading education program for children aged 3 to 13. See the program page for details about the subscription plans offered by TechSoup. Is It Right for My Organization? Reading Eggs is ideal for organizations that work with literacy among children and want to motivate them through games.

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Beyond the Idea Accelerator with Ann McAlpin: "Connections - Aged-Out Foster Kids and Caring Adults"

NTEN

'As the grand finale to NTEN’s first-ever Leading Change Summit , a number of intrepid 14LCS attendees pitched and developed 24 awe-inspiring projects during the Idea Accelerator. The Idea Accelerator was designed by LimeRed Studio’s Emily Lonigro Boylan, Owner and Creative Director, and Demetrio Cardona Maguigad, Director of Strategic Design, who teamed up with NTEN to carry out the event.

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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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How To Foster Creativity

Eric Jacobsen Blog

'Here are some great tips and guiding principles for how a manager and leader can build a culture to foster creativity. Give a good idea to a mediocre team, and they will screw it up. But give a mediocre idea to a great team, and they will either fix it or come up with something better. If you don’t strive to uncover what is unseen and understand its nature, you will be ill prepared to lead.

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Dearest Donors: A Love Letter

Care2

'Your donors are likely your organization''s lifeline, and it''s important to acquire donors, keep them egaged, and move them further up the ladder of engagement. But you need to treat your donors with love, and cultivate a real realtionship. Blackbaud brought together 14 nonprofit experts in an eBook to share tried-and-true donor retention strategies, tips, and ideas.

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Storymakers 2014 Winners — A Global Success

Tech Soup

'The world is changing. The landscape of communication is evolving at an exponential rate, and digital media creation is riding at the head of the wave. In the past few years, we've seen the transformation from long to extremely short-form digital content like that on Vine and Instagram, and we've experienced the rise and fall of numerous storytelling apps never to be seen or heard of again.

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Resources for See3?s #SM4NP Video Presentation

See3

'Resources for the attendees of our #SM4NP presentation: "How to Leverage Video to Turbocharge Your Fundraising". The post Resources for See3′s #SM4NP Video Presentation appeared first on See3 Advice for Do-Gooders.

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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.