Sat.Mar 05, 2011 - Fri.Mar 11, 2011

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Five Nonprofits That Have Found Their Facebook Voice

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Ninety percent of your nonprofit’s success on Facebook is dependent upon the Admin who manages your Facebook Page. If she or he doesn’t have the personality or passion to elicit Comments and Thumbs Ups in response to their Status Updates, then the ROI from your Facebook Page will be minimal. Community building on Facebook and other social networking sites is an art and finding your Facebook voice takes time and experimentation.

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Blackbaud Headed to SXSWi 2011

NetWits

Blackbaud @ SXSW 2011. It’s that time again. South by South West Interactive 2011 is upon us. There are a ton of great activities, networking opportunities and sessions focused on the non-profit space this year – one of which Blackbaud will be moderating. It should be a great conversation between (check out the panelists below) social networking providers and their non-profit users.

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Creative credit card donation scam

Robert Weiner

A friend forwarded the following description of a scam aimed at a well-known college. Fortunately, they didn't fall for it. I would like to make everyone aware of a recent situation here that is most likely a scam to launder stolen credit card funds, appearing as a gift. A $9,000 gift is received and approved from an unknown entity (in this case a “Cassandra Harvey”), with Smyrna, GA address, Yahoo email and legitimate phone number.

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Open Source vs. Proprietary: Desktop Productivity

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I recently wrote a blog entry about LibreOffice (LO), the fork of OpenOffice.org (OOo) that came after the acquisition of Sun (the old holder/maintainer of OOo) by Oracle. For the purposes of this blog entry, at this moment in time (early 2011,) LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org are the same. (funnily enough, for both packages, the executable is still called ‘soffice’ – for ‘Star Office.’).

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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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The Three Most Common Mistakes Nonprofit Group Admins Make on LinkedIn

Nonprofit Tech for Good

LinkedIn Groups can be very high in ROI as long as you’re patient and willing to invest at least an hour a week promoting and monitoring your LinkedIn Group. Unfortunately, many nonprofits have created LinkedIn Groups over the last few years and when results were not immediate, they abandoned their Group much too soon. It’s at that point that the spammers take over and once a LinkedIn Group becomes overrun with spam, forget it.

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Why Do Your Email Recipients Unsubscribe?

NetWits

Why do people unsubscribe from your email? While there are a number of possible reasons, many can likely be traced to unmet expectations. The content doesn’t interest me. They send too much email. So, how can you align subscriber expectations with your actual email program? Start with your email sign-up form. Set the right expectations here and you’ll avoid complaints and misunderstandings later on.

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My Browser Stats

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I was looking at my Google Analytics report for this blog, and came across an interesting thing. The browser share of those visiting my site, and the North America browser share from Statcounter. Here are my stats: Here are the stats from Statcounter: It’s a bit hard to see, but my stats have IE as third, where as the Statcounter stats have IE as out front, by a fair bit.

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Share Buttons and Bars

NCE Social Media

Are you using share buttons and or bars on your websites? They are a key enabler to make your site and it’s content viral, i.e. allowing people who view it to easily share it with others. While you can get all fancy and create your own buttons, bars, or code, you really don’t need to at all. Many companies offer the buttons and bars for free and make it easy for you to use them on your own site so all you have to do is cut and paste the code.

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Non-profits Are You Listening?

Wild Apricot

Many small non-profits and membership organizations are wondering how to get started with social media. As we noted in an earlier post, Is Social Media a Waste of Time for Your Association, if you are new to social media, you should start by listening.( read more ).

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Firefox error: sec_error_untrusted_issuer

Robert Weiner

I picked up some malware recently and one of the many annoyances it caused was problems with Firefox's security settings. When visiting secure (https:) web sites Firefox would say "the connection is untrusted." When I said I wanted to trust the site I would get a further error saying "sec_error_untrusted_issuer" (The certificate is not trusted because the issuer certificate is not trusted).

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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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SXSW Panel: Join A Global Discussion About Free Agents and Nonprofits in a Networked World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Illustration by Jonny Goldstein who will provide live graphic facilitation of this highly interactive and fun panel. I’ll be at SXSWi Festival next week to moderate a panel and discussion on Free Agents and Nonprofits in a Networked World on Sunday, March 13 at 3:30 pm. Our panelists include Danielle Brigida, National Wildlife Federation, Mark Horvath, Invisible People, and Jessica Dheere, SMEX Beirut.

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11NTC Tip of the Day: Connect to the Community

NTEN

The Nonprofit Technology Conference is just around the corner, so we're posting 11NTC tips every day until the event starts - in one week! Today's tip: meet, mingle, and get to know the members of this awesome community! The NTC is packed with opportunities for rubbing elbows with your best friend in the nonprofit technology space, and for making five new best friends at the same time!

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Membership Marketing Resources

Wild Apricot

Here are three free resources that offer food for thought for membership and non-profit organizations in your marketing efforts. For membership organizations that want to better understand relationship building - or breakup; the power of content; or if you simply want to hear what other nonprofit communicators have to say on these topics, we've identified a report that outlines what drives engagement through email, Facebook and Twitter; a white paper on why marketing is content; and a Guide to N

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Mary Mulliken, Intentional Motherhood: How I Have Fun, Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

The eighth guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Mary Mulliken. Mary is a coach, a writer, a contemporary ceremonialist, and a mom to baby Orlis Blackbird. She works with individuals through relationship and live-cycle transitions and creates and leads public and sacred rituals of all kinds, while cultivating intentional motherhood one day at a time.

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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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Network Skills for Personal Productivity and Organizational Strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Open Net?WORKing Organizations 10 Dimensions. View more presentations from Jenny Ambrozek. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about applying the “network mindset&# to one’s works, whether that be philanthropy or nonprofits. There are two different frames — you can use a networked mindset to increase your personal productivity or think of it in organizational strategy terms.

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Does the Internet Inspire Youth Activism or Slacktivism?

Care2

Will the Millennials be a generation of social activists or slacktivists? That’s a big question on nonprofits’ minds, which are trying to engage with them early in hopes of developing long-term relationships with these future donors. Unfortunately, Millennials have been portrayed as the “me generation&#. They are viewed as techies and quite fickle when it comes to activism.

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Membership Database Selection Blog Series

Wild Apricot

One of the issues facing small membership organizations identified in our Blog Reader Survey was finding ways to better manage membership databases. So in response, we’re creating a blog series to help organizations identify your membership database requirements; understand the various options available; and help you determine the best solution for your specific needs.( read more ).

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Get Out the Vote for the DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards

NTEN

The 5th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards are off to a record start with over 1,350 videos from over 800 organizations. That's a lot of tear-inducing, action-starting, video storytelling! Now comes the hard part: voting. Along with the other partners, See3 Communications and YouTube hope you can vote now and vote often to help select the winners!

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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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craigconnects: A Network of Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: I’m honored to host a guest post from friend Craig Newmark who is launching a new site, a network of networks. I&# m still recovering from jet lag from the E-Mediat project where I spent time training technology trainers who work with NGOS about the Networked Nonprofit. We’re living in a connected world, and Craig is going to take where no nerd has gone before.

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Jamie Ridler, Creative Living: How I Have Fun, Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

The seventh guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Jamie Ridler. Jamie is a creative living coach and the director of Jamie Ridler Studios. Through coaching, workshops and a variety of online events, Jamie helps women find the confidence and courage to discover and express their creative spirit, whether that means exploring their artistic self, or bringing more of their creative capacity to their life and business.

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Free Webinar: Managing Your Membership Database in Wild Apricot

Wild Apricot

Want to learn about Wild Apricot membership management? Attend our free webinar on Thurs. Mar. 17 at 3 pm EST. We'll dig deep into the membership database portion of Wild Apricot software, including online database structure and composition; membership directory; integrating widgets into Wild Apricot; and much more.( read more ).

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How Will 3D Printing Affect NPOs and NGOs?

Tech Soup

3D printing is an emerging technology that's generating increasing excitement among technologists and trend watchers so I'd like to speculate briefly about its possible impact on nonprofits and the communities they serve. While the precise technique differs somewhat from model to model, all 3D printers create objects by stacking layers of material (usually a liquid or powder) and using some energy (such as a laser or electron beam) and binding materials to solidify the layers and fuse them toget

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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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Happy International Women’s Day: Meet Keo Savon

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Happy International Women’s Day ! It is a major day of global celebration of women. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women’s economic, political and social achievements. Tom Watson has written about a remarkable woman in Cambodia, Mu Sochu.

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The NPTech Response to Japan

NTEN

Flickr photo: Logan was his name-o It's been just a few hours since one of the largest recorded earthquakes and subsequent tsunami hit off the coast of Japan. The photos and video coming out of the region are awe inspiring and scary. Our hearts go out to the people of Japan. Fortunately, the quick response to the quake, especially in the realm of technology, has been equally impressive.

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Emily Goligoski, The SanFranista: How I Have Fun, Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

The fifth guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Emily Goligoski. Emily is a w riter and digital strategist who blogs as TheSanFranista. She produces tech entrepreneurship content for the organization Women 2.0 and teaches yoga in San Francisco. You can follow her on Twitter at @emgollie. When I moved to San Francisco five years ago, I couldn't have known how important yoga would become to me.

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Idealware's 2011 Field Guide to Software for Nonprofits

Tech Soup

You probably know Idealware from the excellent product comparisons and other articles that its writers contribute to our Learning Center. Those articles are just the tip of the iceberg: visit Idealware online for a treasure chest of articles, handbooks, webcasts, and much more. Last year, we wrote about Idealware's Field Guide to Software for Nonprofits.

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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 write knockout proposals

Get Fully Funded

I read this book last week called “How to Write Knockout Proposals&# by Joseph Barbato. It was a quick read and had lots of golden nuggets. I thought I’d share a few with you along with my interpretation of them. One size does not fit all. Don’t put together one proposal then send it to lots of different funders. It’s lazy.

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Poetry and Songs: Not Your Usual Grant Application Process

NTEN

You may remember my predecessor, Katrin Verclas, who started and runs MobileActive. After a little over three years at the helm of NTEN, I still thank Katrin almost daily for one particular gift she gave us: our values ! She sat us down and had us draft these at our first all-staff meeting with her. My personal favorite is the last: We believe that laughter, irreverance, fun, and a deep joy about what is and what is possible are essential to our work.

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Desiree Adaway, Global Service and Leadership: How I Have Fun, Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

The sixth guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Desiree Adaway. Desiree is a consultant, strategist, coach, storyteller and explorer. She uses her superpowers-her voice, sense of adventure and belief in the transformative power of community-to help organizations design programs that create unrestricted revenue, volunteers and advocates. You can find out more about her at www.desireeadaway.com , or follow her on Twitter at @desireeadaway.

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What Is the Value of the Cloud for CSOs in the Developing World?

Tech Soup

This is the second of a three-part series about cloud computing as it relates to civil society organizations (CSOs) by Keisha Taylor, Communications Manager, at TechSoup Global's GuideStar International. You can read the original post here. There has been a lot of talk lately about the benefits of cloud computing to the nonprofit sector, but many civil society organizations (CSOs) in the developing world are unaware of how important this technology is quickly becoming.

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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.