Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2013

'Launched in 2007, YouTube’s Nonprofit Program has gone through multiple changes over the last six years. Initially the program was only offered to qualified U.S. nonprofits and the benefits were limited to premium branding functionality and the ability to add a Google Checkout donate button to nonprofit YouTube channels. Today, however, the program has been expanded to Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, and the United Kingdom and it offers some very powerful free tools t

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VisionLink

JULY 19, 2013

'This week, I attended a wonderful Denver Tech4Good session on how nonprofits can make their websites more usable and easier to navigate. This is important because the more people are able to use your site, the more they will learn about your cause, donate, and give support. Below are a few tips and tricks I picked up that may come in handy! Consider the 5 key factors in "user-ability" Learnability - your website''s functioning needs to be predictable and similar to other sites Efficiency - user

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TechImpact

JULY 15, 2013

'We’ve talked a lot about the importance of optimizing your organization’s website for use on mobile devices, but it’s even more critical than you probably thought. According to a recent post from ThirdSector, about half of the people who attempt to give to a charity or nonprofit on a mobile device never actually get to … Continued The post Make Mobile Donations Easy Or Risk Losing Funds appeared first on Tech Impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

'If you have been following me on Twitter, Facebook, this blog or other social media channels, you know that my father passed away several weeks ago. I decided to metabolize my grief by doing an online fundraiser in his memory to raise money for Surf Rider Foundation for ocean conservation as well as do a virtual online memorial event where I asked people to tweet with the hashtag #OceanLoveEarl on July 3rd and share their favorite ocean stories.

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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

JULY 13, 2013

'Nonprofit Tech for Good offers a series of social and mobile media webinars ideal for training social and mobile media managers, communications and fundraising staff, and volunteers and interns. Each webinar has an individual price of $50, but through September 21, 2013 they will be offered at the following discounted rates: 2 Webinars: $80. 3 Webinars: $100. 4 Webinars: $130. 5 Webinars: $160. 6 Webinars: $190. 7 Webinars: $210. 8 Webinars: $230. 9 Webinars: $240.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 17, 2013

'Here''s a look at the "Overhead Myth" and calls for new ways of thinking about and measuring non-profit and charity success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2013

'Photo Source: Mlaraevski on Flickr. As part of your organization’s digital strategy, you need to create engaging content for your web site, email newsletter, or blog. This content can be easily optimized for social channels like Facebook or Twitter – with a focus on making it visual. And, of course, there are benefits to visual content like increased engagement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2013

'A well-promoted mobile alert campaign is hard to find in the nonprofit sector. If a nonprofit is going to invest in mobile alerts, then mobile opt-ins and short code and keyword pitches should be integrated into multiple communication channels such as print, web, email, and social and mobile media. Yet strangely, it rarely happens. Mobile alerts and text-to-give campaigns seem to be managed, implemented, and promoted completely in isolation from an organization’s primary communications an

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Wild Apricot

JULY 19, 2013

'We recently celebrated our 7th anniversary at Wild Apricot where we enjoyed meeting and talking to clients about what motivates them personally in their volunteer and staff roles.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

'In early education, children learn the fundamentals of reading and writing in order to communicate, collaborate, and contribute in the world. But what if kids learned basic tech skills along with reading storybooks and taking spelling tests? And what if a person, regardless of age, could learn anything from typing to HTML to using an iPad without any cost or accessibility barriers?

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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

JULY 18, 2013

'Throughout the day, well be living blogging sessions from MCON13 , a conference to help leaders engage the Millennial generation. We''re attending virtually through the livestream. This session featured Ido Leffler of Yes To, Inc. speaking on millennial leadership.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 18, 2013

'Content marketing isn’t a widely used term in the nonprofit and charity world. Kivi Leroux Miller is out there evangelizing content marketing. I’ve shared some thoughts here on npENGAGE as well as other publications about how nonprofits are doing content marketing. But, in general, the concept of strategically using great content to attract, engage and retain constituents (i.e. donors, advocates, members, volunteers, etc) isn’t something that our sector subscribes to.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 15, 2013

'As a follow-up to our What About Free Memberships? post, here are two examples of associations with free membership models.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2013

'Do your supporters want to be able to access your websites on the go? There's a good chance the answer is yes. The good news is that there's a range of ways to make your site mobile-friendly depending on your. needs. This free webinar on Thursday, July 25 at 11 a.m. Pacific time (2 p.m. Eastern time) will provide a high-level overview of this topic. from a non-techie perspective.

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

'Throughout the day, we''ll be live blogging sessions from MCON13 , a virtual conference to help leaders engage the Millennial generation. Here are my notes from the second session, a talk by Mike Del Ponte with a brief Q&A at the end. Find Mike Del Ponte at @mikedelponte on Twitter. Mike is the co-founder of Soma: drinksoma.com. He also founded the nonprofit Sparkseed.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 14, 2013

'When you start reading Mark Thompson’s and Brian Tracy’s book, Now…Build a Great Business! , you may feel like you are reading 200 pages of Blog posts, but the bite-sized approach to providing tools, practical steps and ideas, rather than theory, is precisely the authors’ intended approach. The book thoroughly explains the seven keys for how to achieve business success : 1.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2013

'We did it. Last week, my museum hosted Hack the Museum Camp , a 2.5 day adventure in which teams of adults--75 people, of whom about half are museum professionals, half creative folks of various stripes--developed an experimental exhibition around our permanent collection in our largest gallery. We now have a painting hanging from the ceiling that you can lie under and experience in 3D.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2013

'This post was authored by Brenda Hough and was originally published on TechSoup for Libraries. One of the things I like best about working with TechSoup for Libraries is our connection to TechSoup , which provides opportunities for me to think beyond libraries and to consider technology in the broader non-profit environment. Last week I attended attend a TechSoup webinar, Developing Mobile Apps from Idea to Launch.

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

'Throughout the day, well be living blogging sessions from MCON13 , a conference to help leaders engage the Millennial generation. We''re attending virtually through the livestream. This session featured panelists, Jenna Golden , Twitter ; Jessica Mason , YouTube , and Danielle Deabler , NPR , discussing Millennials and Social Change.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 15, 2013

'Guest post by Josh Loye , Blackbaud’s Sr. Internet Product Marketing Manager. Get ready to hear some great insights from an experienced marketing pro that has a passion for building products that serve the nonprofit community and Blackbaud customers. — — — . Before beginning, let me explain one thing. I love music – everything about it – the way it makes you feel, its ability to take you to a certain place in time, its ability to communicate meaning, everything.

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AFP Blog

JULY 17, 2013

'10 Surprising social media statistics that might make you rethink your social strategy - The Buffer Blog : f you’re managing social media for your business, it might be useful to know about some of the most surprising social media statistics this year. Here are ten that might make you rethink the way you’re approaching social media.

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Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2013

'Being a nonprofit techie can be lonely work, since our role requires that we be change agents in our organizations as we help them discover the future! Change-agenting is exhausting (and rewarding!) work, but we can renew our energy to connecting with our peers. Find your local #nptech tribe by joining a NetSquared Local group. This week we’re gathering in places as diverse as the Ivory Coast, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, and the United States.

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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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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

'Throughout the day, well be living blogging sessions from MCON13 , a conference to help leaders engage the Millennial generation. We''re attending virtually through the livestream. This session featured panelists Nicole Roy Tobin from Deloitte ; Heidi Jark , Fifth Third Foundation , and Nicole Robinson , Mondel?z International Foundation discussing Millennial Leadership.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 15, 2013

'npVOICES goes deeper into topics that matter in the nonprofit sector. We hope you’ll listen, comment, and share. Subscribe in iTunes Subscribe in a reader. In this episode… - Roger Craver with The Agitator and DonorTrends discusses donor retention and loyalty. - Will Cary with the Portland Museum of Art shares how the organization invested and innovated to grow. - Amy Braiterman with Blackbaud talks about key trends and metrics in peer to peer fundraising.

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AFP Blog

JULY 15, 2013

'CharityGiving website is suspended : According to the Dove Trust, Framjee was meeting with a "large charity" this morning in a bid to try to "salvage the situation" and ensure charities do not miss out on funds raised for them. Framjee’s recent assessment indicates that there is a shortfall between the funds due to the charities donated through CharityGiving, and the cash held by the Dove Trust.

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Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2013

'Try to remember: what was the last thing you did on your phone? I just responded to a text message then took a quick peek at my Instagram feed (I'm addicted!). Now, think about the last time you thought about your organization's mobile strategy. Can't remember? That's okay – you're probably not alone. But if you haven't already started thinking about it, now is probably the time to start planning how your nonprofit or library can have a presence on mobile.

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JULY 18, 2013

'1 Throughout the day, we''ll be live blogging sessions from MCON13 , a virtual conference to help leaders engage the Millennial generation. Here are highlights from the session with Paul Schmitz and notes from the talk with Rachael Chong. Note: the speakers today are being introduced and interviewed by journalist and emcee Nadira Hira , on Twitter at @nadirahira.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 16, 2013

'by Joe Garecht, The Fundraising Authority. As nonprofit fundraisers, we like to think of fundraising as a very linear process. First, we find a new prospect. Then, we cultivate that prospect. Finally, we make an ask, either for the annual fund, a campaign we are running, an event sponsorship, or some other opportunity. Hopefully, if things go well, that donor will donate again next year, perhaps even upgrading their gift level.

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AFP Blog

JULY 19, 2013

'The government uses social media tools like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to connect with people and communicate official information, so it’s important to know if a social media account is really managed by the federal government. This tool lets you verify if a social media account is managed by the U.S. federal government. Verify U.S. Federal Government Social Media Accounts | USA.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2013

'Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. It originally appeared on NetSquared. This week have a look at the just completed Open Data for Africa platform and learn more about the brewing open data revolution in the MENA region.

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