Sat.Sep 25, 2010 - Fri.Oct 01, 2010

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Nonprofit Tech 2.0 iPhone App :: Version 2.0!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Using SwebApps.com , I quickly threw together and launched an iPhone App for Nonprofit Tech 2.0 in the fall of 2009. Once it was available in iTunes , I quickly moved on to other tasks and quite honesty, paid no attention to it for almost a year. Then when searching for “nonprofit&# Apps in iTunes last month, I was surprised to see that the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 App had been downloaded almost 1,000 times and came up rather high in iTunes “nonprofit&# search results.

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60 Minutes

NCE Social Media

A new report by Sysomos has found that when you send a tweet it will mostly likely be retweeted within the first hour of posting. After that it likely will not be retweeted. Apparently, after an hour it’s old news and you can use it to line the bird cage. Are you measuring how people are retweeting your own tweets? Do you find that they retweet it within an hour?

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NTC 2011 is Upon Us!

NetWits

2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference (#11ntc) is ramping up by kicking off the community voting website for over 400 nonprofit focused sessions! We have until September 30 th to vote for those we think will be the most valuable to the overall NPTech community. If you’re not familiar with the Nonprofit Tech. Conference head over and take a look at the agenda , the sessions , the day of service , and who attended in the past.

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24+ Free Webinars for Nonprofits: October 2010

Wild Apricot

October 2010 is notable for the variety of topics in the free nonprofit webinars on schedule – both recurring events and special one-time opportunities for professional development. If you don’t find exactly the kind of training you’re looking for today, do check back here as the month goes on – any late-arriving webinar announcement will be added in the comments thread, below.

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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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Just Joined a New Federal Commission!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I recently was sworn in by Undersecretary of Education Martha Kanter as one of nineteen people serving on the Advisory Commission on Accessible Instructional Materials in Postsecondary Education for Students with Disabilities. The Commission has one year to do research, hold public hearings and make recommendations to Congress on what should be done to make higher education materials more accessible to students with disabilities.

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Surfrider Foundation: The Poster Child for a Networked Nonprofit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I grew up in a small beach town on the South Jersey Shore where I spent summers swimming and building sand castles. A deep appreciation for the ocean and beach is in my DNA. My father (photographed above) was a life guard, swimmer, and one of the first to take up surfing in the early 1960’s on our beach. So, I always had a fondness for surfing.

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Association Jam: Top Links for September 2010

Wild Apricot

Blog posts and articles on Leadership , Social Media and Technology stories came out on top at AssociationJam.org this month, in terms of the numbers of submissions, views and reader votes, with Membership and Fundraising not far behind. By category, here’s a look at the most popular links submitted to “AJam” in September 2010: Membership What's Keeping You Awake At Night Part 1: AE's Riding Out the Current Economic Storm.But Bigger Clouds on the Horizon Carol Anne Moutinho | Association Resourc

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The Future of Nonprofit Technology: Some Predictions

NTEN

By Nancy Lublin, CEO and Chief Old Person, DoSomething.org. If I had a crystal ball. I'd sell it and donate the money to DoSomething.org. But here are some predictions about the future of the not-for-profit world, in no specific order. 1. More organizations will depend on mobile donations. It doesn't feel like real money to people, because they text and the contribution is simply added to their bill.

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Vote for Your Favorite Nonprofit Technology Conference Panels

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference will take place on March 17-19, 2011 in Washington, DC. Part of what makes the NTC unique is how they involve the community in every aspect of conference planning. Community voting on the 400+ session proposals has begun and will run through September 30th. So, I spent some time reading through the proposals and bookmarked the ones I voted for.

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Does Suggested Content Capture Your Imagination?

NetWits

Yesterday, Chris Clark, product manager for Blackbaud Internet Solutions , shared the highlights of Blackbaud NetCommunity version 6.25, generally available in October. More than a dozen features have been added or significantly enhanced in the new version, including improvements to the way photos are managed, the ability to copy sites, and transaction management capabilities that go even further in serving donors by intuitively blurring the lines between online and offline giving.

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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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Ninety Percent of Consumers want Companies to Support Causes

Care2

While nonprofit campaigners like to debate the merits of cause related marketing, according to the 2010 Cone Cause Evolution Study , American consumers are huge supporters of cause marketing campaigns. In fact, these types of campaigns even inspire a new group of supporters. According to the study, high-touch engagement, such as volunteerism is up 11%, advocacy is up 8% and philanthropy is up 9% since Cone’s last study in 2008.

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Nine Fair Trade Chocolate Bars

Have Fun - Do Good

Green and Black's uploaded by Madzia Bryll When Global Exchange starts advertising its Fair Trade Trick or Treat Action Kit , I know we are entering chocolate season. From Halloween to Thanksgiving to Christmas to Valentine's Day to Easter chocolate lovers (like me!) have a multitude of excuses to buy and eat chocolate. Yum. Unfortunately, as John Robbins points out in his post, Is There Child Slavery in Your Chocolate?

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In Search of Bachelors and Philanthropy in Rural Alaska and Video Story Capture Tips

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Story. Last week, my adventure in Alaska started with a meeting with representatives from community foundations around the state of Alaska hosted by the Alaska Community Foundation. That’s where I met Joe Page from the Jessica Stevens Foundation who told the amazing about the Talkeetna Bachelor Society. The Talkeetna Bachelor Society is a program of the Denali Arts Council, a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation.

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The Hard Choices of Shoes and Social Media

NTEN

Flickr photo by Sarah and Mike.probably Decisions are tough. Just choosing which shoes you'll pack for your trip can be tough, not to mention the big, life ones. Then there are those decisions in between that might not change the direction of your life or work but will certainly shape and impact it. That's usually where social media decisions fall. But should they?

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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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Cutting Edge Integrated Social Media Strategies: Download the Presentation

Care2

Social action isn't sending a tweet or sharing a petition on Facebook and calling it a day. Social action is about mobilizing people around your issue and turning them into advocates. As Frogloop has said before, the most successful nonprofit campaigns, utilize several tools and mediums at their disposal to build movements that make an impact. Yesterday, Care2's webinar on Cutting Edge Integrated Social Media Strategies highlighted the importance of developing integrated campaigns that not only

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Zero Waste and Electronics Reuse

Tech Soup

I just attended a great event at the EPA offices in San Francisco called the Zero Waste Brain Trust , which was organized by Portia Sinnott of the nonprofit Zero Waste Sonoma County. Over the years in our advocacy for computer reuse and refurbishment, TechSoup has been publicizing the environmental case for refurbished IT equipment. What we haven't spoken about much is the zero waste movement , the environmental niche that electronics reuse fits in.

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The Networked Nonprofit Update

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Allison Fine and I have been thrilled with the reception that our book, The Networked Nonprofit , has received. I’m very grateful for support and more so for the conversations and thoughtful blog posts you have shared. I wanted to share a few recent posts that I’ve enjoyed and a couple of upcoming book events. If You Want An Answer, Ask Everyone by Jane Wales, Huffington Post, provides an overview of crowdsourcing in philanthropy and quotes from the chapter in our book on crowdsou

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Sorry, You Can't Say That: Text Message Censorship

NTEN

Since the earthquake in Haiti, we've seen an explosion in interest for all things mobile. Donations via text messages , tweeting real-time updates , mapping need and resources : all examples of stories that captured our sector's attention and got people talking about mobile. The time for mobile is clearly now. More nonprofits are adopting it and experimenting with it as a communications and engagement channel.

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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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Seal the Deal: Confirm Relationships with Social Supporters

Care2

So your nonprofit’s staff has drunk the social media Kool -Aid. You’re updating your Facebook status, your Executi ve Director and program officers are tweeting away, and your staff is on board helping you deliver great blog and video content for your fans and subscribers. Your even fostering some nice conversations and it feels like your work is paying off.

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Free Webinar October 5: True Sustainability - Delivering Outcomes that People Value

Tech Soup

Nonprofit sustainability is not about writing a better grant or finding that one product or service for which you can charge a fee. It's about delivering outcomes that people value in order to make their community a better place to live. Join Tom Ralser, Principal / Director of the Outcomes Lab and GiftWorks on Tuesday, October 5, at 3 p.m. Eastern time for a free webinar on the Investment-Driven Model.

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I’m betting $10 Social Media Wins …

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My colleague, Clay Lord, Theatre Bay Area told me about a bet that the communications manager is having with the director of development. Here’s the bet : THE BET: I must use the It’s Not the Size of the Gift platform to raise $1,937 by 5pm EST Friday, October 1st, and I can only promote it over social media networks. (Why $1,937, you ask? Well, that’s the exact number of Facebook fans we have at the very moment I am typing this call to action.

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The Politics of the IT Department

NTEN

Flickr: elyob. If there's one thread that runs through nearly every discussion in the NTEN community, it's something like: "How do I convince folks higher up the ladder that this is worth pursuing?" We hear a lot of answers, answers that involve ROI, patience, and the like. I've dished out plenty of platitudes myself. I'm still waiting to hear an answer that wows me.

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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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How Do You Embrace Resting?

Have Fun - Do Good

Are you good at resting? I'm not. I have a terrible time falling asleep, and am a compulsive list-checker-offer In August I had great plans to Walk Into 41 by walking for 30 minutes every day for 41 days, starting on my birthday. The first day went great, and then life intervened. Lots of work and travel, plus I strained my big toe in dance class (badly).

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TechSoup Snapshot: Voices of the Community

Tech Soup

"What project management tool should I use?", is a question that frequently comes up in the TechSoup forums. Project management is a broad term that can cover many types of software to help manage projects and the people and resources associated with the projects. The common features TechSoup members are looking for include: read more. Tags: Office & Productivity Project Management Software.

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A warm welcome home

Get Fully Funded

If you follow me on Facebook, you probably know that I’ve been traveling a LOT this year, I had a really cool experience this week and wanted to share. I was on an early, early flight to Boston and I noticed a couple of young men in their camouflage military gear. Neither one looked like they were old enough to shave! I sat beside one and asked him if he was coming or going. “Coming home&# he said.

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Tom says "mergers and alliances" - we say "mashups and.

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

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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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A Better Approach to Monthly Giving

Connection Cafe

Author: Lacey Kruger. Recently, some colleagues and I started an email exchange about best practices for monthly giving. The question was whether or not, on a recurring donation form, to ask the user to determine the duration of their gift. The default configuration for a recurring gift form in Convio looks something like this: The suggestion was to simplify the form, making it look something like this: Truth be told, I’m a marketer.

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990 Grace Period: The Clock Is Ticking

Tech Soup

If your U.S.-based nonprofit still hasn't filed its 2009 Form 990, the clock is ticking. Regardless of size, any nonprofit that hasn't filed a 990 by October 15 is in danger of losing its nonprofit status. We've discussed the change a few times since a new law was passed in 2006 requiring all nonprofits to file. In this blog post from July , Chris gave a great summary of how the new law affects your nonprofit (Executive summary: If your organization previously didn't need to file and its annual

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Can True Activism Be Fostered Through Social-Networking Sites? - Give and Take - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

AFP Blog

Can True Activism Be Fostered Through Social-Networking Sites? - Give and Take - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Dear Malcolm Gladwell: The nonprofit technology world is not very happy with you.Mr. Gladwell's article in this week's New Yorker magazine, criticizing the hype about social media's ability to stir social movements, is drawing.

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Social Media for Good and Evil, Strong and Weak Ties, Online/Offline,and Orgs and Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Malcolm Gladwell’s article “Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted,&# brings the slacktivism , social media for social good or evil , strong and weak ties , and organizations vs networks debates to a mainstream audience. He tries to make the point: “Social change has been happening before the creation of Twitter four years ago&# but disappoints.

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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.