Sat.Feb 04, 2012 - Fri.Feb 10, 2012

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Social Media for Social Good :: Your Nonprofit Tech Checklist

Nonprofit Tech for Good

At the end of the Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits is a nine-page “Nonprofit Tech Checklist” which I have copied and pasted below. Each item on the list is discussed in the book and some items won’t make sense unless you have read the book, but most will. I hope you find it useful. That was my number one priority when writing the book… to create a comprehensive, useful social and mobile media how-to guide for nonprofits.

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Why You Need a Mobile Ready Email Template

NetWits

This is a guest post by the talented Brett Meyer , Communications Director at the Nonprofit Technology Network. Make sure to check out their annual Nonprofit Technology Conference , taking place in San Francisco, April 3-5 2012. — Did you know that nearly 90 million Americans use their phone to read email ? If you’ve been been putting off accepting the growing reality that people read the messages your organization sends on mobile devices, stop right now.

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Bookshare International Now Serves Thirty Countries

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

People with print disabilities around the world have a right to high-quality ebooks that they can read with assistive technology. Benetech’s Bookshare library continues to expand its international service providing accessible books and publications to members in more than 30 countries. Our international Bookshare service recently announced new partnerships with three organizations that are reaching out to readers with print disabilities in their home countries.

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Pinterest and privacy

Robert Weiner

I was planning to check out Pinterest to see what the buzz is about, but their privacy policy gives me the creeps. I can only sign up by linking a Pinterest account to my Facebook or Twitter account. The description on the Twitter link page says this allows them to: Read Tweets from your timeline. See who you follow, and follow new people. Update your profile.

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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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Facebook Timeline Launches With Three “Giving” Apps – Many More Likely To Come

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As Facebook Timeline continues to roll out to individual users site wide, it’s worth noting that three ‘Giving” apps have been launched in Facebook’s new App Gallery for Timeline: Causes , FundRazr , and Artez Interactive : Organized under the category of “Giving” in the new App Gallery for Timeline , two of the apps focus on social fundraising (friends asking friends to donate to causes and their favorite nonprofits) and one is a simple Share-on-Facebook-th

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World Map of Social Media

NCE Social Media

I recently came across a world map of social media on the Vincos Blog. I really enjoy their post because it shows you the gradual change in social networks in different parts of the world. Only three years ago you can see that there are many different social networks dominating in different countries. As social networks have matured and the weaker networks have faded away, you can see what is left.

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Lame spam of the day: job offers from ITX

Robert Weiner

I got 5 versions of this over the last few days, all offering the position of Regional Agent with ITX LLC. Quite a hiring spree. Some claimed to come from job.com, others from monster.com. None had links or attachments, just a reply address. Sender: Beulah Maldonado (noreply@monster.com). Subject: Job with a flexible work schedule. Text: An Employment for You!

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Taking Baby Steps to Social Media Maturity with Your Peers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Johnny Hall. Note from Beth: This past year has been a deep exploration into how nonprofits can use measurement and reflection to improve their practices as a networked nonprofit and social media. As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I designed and facilitated several peer learning groups and exchanges. It was a fantastic laboratory to explore the power of peer learning and the right mix.

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Setting Up Your Wild Apricot Website Webinar - Tomorrow

Wild Apricot

If you are new to Wild Apricot and want some help setting up your website - sign up for our free webinar tomorrow - Wed. Feb. 8th.

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Interning in Guatemala on the Archive Project

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A guest Beneblog by Max Schneider People don’t typically associate boisterous merengue music with high-tech statistical analysis. Then again, I shouldn’t have been surprised when I heard the playful notes of a street band wafting through the window while in Guatemala with Benetech's Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG). You see, HRDAG is anything but a typical organization.

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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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Lame spam of the day: Prize Winning.

Robert Weiner

This one should win a prize for lameness. No graphics, no links, no attachment, no signature, nothing. Is someone testing their new spam toy? Sender: WorldWide Lottery (bevile@bevilehotel.com.br). Subject: Prize Winning. Text: Did you receive our email ??

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What does monitoring your brand on social media channels really mean?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Source: journalism.org via Lucy on Pinterest. “Listening” or tracking what people are saying about your brand or issue has always been hailed at the first most important step in building your social media or network strategy. Listening is the process tracking brand mentions or related key words and transforming a “river of noise” into insights that allow you to make decisions.

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Inconvenient Truths About Committees

Wild Apricot

A new article in our Hub offers tips and strategies for effective committee development and management.

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Tell Your Nonprofit's Story More Effectively (with the Help of a Few Masters)

NTEN

Danny Alpert. Executive Producer. See3 Communications. There are no rules for effective storytelling, but there are things to think about that will help you when you choose to tell your stories. Here are a few, with the help of masters of storytelling. Storytelling is as old as humanity. So why the obsession? Why now? Is it that now we all have the power to tell stories?

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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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Daily DoGooder: The Majestic Plastic Bag – A Mockumentary

See3

Change the world, one video at a time.The Majestic Plastic Bag – A Mockumentary | 4:00 Heal the Bay Irony abounds in this movie from Heal the Bay. Jeremy Irons’ calm, intriguing voice moves us through the story of a plastic bag on its journey to the sea and the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch”. The [.].

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What are News Discovery Tools? Why Use Them?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last month, I had the pleasure of doing a session on Content Curation called “ What Can Nonprofits Learn from the Best Content Curator on the Planet: Robin Good? ” Robin joined me on Skype all the way from Rome. One of the points he made during our planning call is that in order to curate, you need two sets of tools – news discovery and curation tools.

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Volunteer Recruitment Resource

Wild Apricot

Here's a new volunteer recruitment resource that offers tips and secrets from volunteer managers.

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Leaders: How Will The Value Of Your Days Be Measured?

Eric Jacobsen Blog

I recommend that all leaders every so often read the What Will Matter poem by Michael Josephson. It serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of unselfishly serving and leading with character. I've highlighted in bold and in color my favorite parts of the poem: Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end. There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days.

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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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Top 10 Most Generous Cities in the U.S.

Care2

Ever wonder how charitable your city is? You’re in luck because Convio recently released their report on the 273 most generous cities across the United States. Convio analyzed cities with total population of more than 100,000 based on per capita online giving and the total amount donated through the Convio platform. The average gift size remained steady in 2011 at about $65 with more than $435M donated to charities.

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Keeping Them Coming Back for More: Your Communications Arcs

NTEN

Kivi Leroux Miller. President. Nonprofit Marketing Guide.com. Story arcs are what keep you coming back to your favorite TV shows: you care what happens next. What does this have to do with nonprofit marketing? Everything! If you have a favorite TV show, you are familiar with the concept of the story arc: what happens last week influences what happens this week, and that influences what happens next week.

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Blog Reader Survey Results - Part 1

Wild Apricot

Here's the first of two posts with the results of our Blog Reader Survey for 2012.

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Great Leaders Grow. Guest Post By Author Ken Blanchard

Eric Jacobsen Blog

On Monday, February 26, Ken Blanchard's and Mark Miller's book, Great Leaders Grow , hits the brick and mortar and online bookstores. In honor of the book release I welcome guest blogger Ken Blanchard. How to Evaluate Your Leadership Style By Ken Blanchard, Co-author of Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life Today, I'm going to give a short, one-question quiz.

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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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Accountability is key in nonprofit fundraising

Get Fully Funded

Many of my colleagues and I have been preaching for years that accountability is KEY in fundraising. And now there are several instances of accountability gone wrong in the news. Here are three and lessons every nonprofit can learn from them. If you haven’t heard about the Susan Komen Foundation’s debacle, then you’ve been living under a rock.

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How To Track Everyone Who's Anyone To You: Is A Single Database Right for Your Org?

NTEN

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the December 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] By Laura Quinn, Idealware Since most organizations don’t track just one type of constituent, the idea of a single database for all of them—donors, volunteers, clients, email subscribers, advocates and everyone else—is something of a holy grail.

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Daily DoGooder: Active for Life PSA

See3

Change the world, one video at a time.Active for Life PSA | :57 Active for Life The statistics leveraged in this video elucidate a dynamic surrounding activity and children: sports, games and recess are not accessories but necessities for healthy physical development. “Active for Life” shows the change in energy, activity, and health, as kids [.].

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How To Make E-mail Communication More Effective

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Are you leading an organization where e-mail communication is ineffective? Here are some wise guidelines that Verizon Wireless has used to promote effective, efficient and responsible e-mail use within its company. You can find these guidelines in the book, Managers, Can You Hear Me Now? , written by Denny F. Strigl, former CEO and President of Verizon Wireless.

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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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Growing Good Habits + a Happy Reminder Board (video)

Have Fun - Do Good

Happy Reminder Board (special appearance by Dora the Cat) from Britt Bravo on Vimeo. Whether I'm working with bloggers and creative entrepreneurs , or talking with a friend, everyone I know is trying to grow good habits. They want to write "morning pages," meditate, exercise, blog, cook dinner, make art, stretch, drink 8 glasses of water, eat healthier, and give thanks more often (sound familiar?).

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Ten Things Your Nonprofit Needs to Know About Video

NTEN

You know bad video when you see it, right? We're exposed to so much video these days, many viewers simply don't have the patience to watch it anymore. (Unless it features somebody's cute cat.). As nonprofits, we already have a tough time competing for viewers' limited attention against companies willing to spend millions on – often terrible * – video, so we need to make sure we get it right.

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Software to Grow Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

As a nonprofit ourselves, we at TechSoup know what it feels like when your organization starts to grow. On one hand, you’re able to help more people and expand the reach of your mission. On the other hand, you suddenly have several next steps to take, all at the same time, to make sure your growth is sustainable. Do you need software to manage volunteers and human resources?

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50 Ways To Brainstorm

Eric Jacobsen Blog

According to Brian Cole Miller in his new book, Quick Brainstorming Activities For Busy Managers , there are 50 ways to improve your brainstorming at your company or in your organization. My favorite is the Paper Swap brainstorming activity: A brainstorming technique where participants write their input on separate pieces of paper; then they swap papers and continue to add input.

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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.