NetWits

JULY 16, 2012

In my last session as part of the Schools out for Summer Series I took a deep dive into how Schools can get the most out of Facebook. It was a lot of fun presenting (and talking to) this extremely engaged group of people. You can find out about upcoming sessions here. Here’s are the 6 Steps we covered in the session. — We already know that Facebook is crushing it and that schools have an incredible opportunity to use the platform to deepen relationships with families, students and

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 16, 2012

It’s been challenging for the nonprofit sector to create iPhone and Android Apps that people want to first download and then repeatedly use – at least in large numbers. In general, your supporters have minimal interest in downloading a budget-friendly app that only includes a news or blog feed, a link to your YouTube Channel, and “Donate” option.

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VisionLink

JULY 20, 2012

'Last week VisionLink had the pleasure of attending the N4A “Answers on Aging” Annual Conference & Tradeshow in our neighboring city of Denver. While we went in expecting to learn about current themes, best practices, and challenges in the world of elderly care, we left with a strong inspiring sense of the collaboration taking place in this small yet passionate community.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 15, 2012

'I was in my car, on the way back from a shopping trip to *cough* Whole Foods, when I spied a man and what seemed to be his female partner and their little kid. They were young, and he was wearing his jeans past his you-know-what, and that little litany began in my head, "why.?" Then, I realized something about fashion. Now I would say that I never really liked what is called "fashion," and I''ve never been one to be fashionable (I thought.

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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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NCE Social Media

JULY 20, 2012

Livestreaming is a way to broadcast meetings and events across the internet in real time. Here is a video from NTEN of Maddie Grant interviewing Evonne Heyning about how livestreaming can benefit your organization’s communications and engagement. Maddie works at Socialfish and is someone who knows her stuff when it comes to social media and nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 16, 2012

Watch Video. Via BBC News Magazine : . The internet was once considered a great equaliser, a platform that could bring strangers together, even across racial boundaries. But internet users of the same race have recently begun clustering on certain social media websites. Micro-blogging website Twitter has seen an upsurge in traffic from Hispanic and African-American audiences.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 15, 2012

I was in my car, on the way back from a shopping trip to *cough* Whole Foods, when I spied a man and what seemed to be his female partner and their little kid. They were young, and he was wearing his jeans past his you-know-what, and that little litany began in my head, "why.?" Then, I realized something about fashion. Now I would say that I never really liked what is called "fashion," and I've never been one to be fashionable (I thought.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 18, 2012

Here's an interview with Michael Lenczner of Ajah about Fundtracker - an online service that connects Canadian non-profits with funders - and theSector.ca.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 19, 2012

At long last, the new LinkedIn News Feed is here! For years I have been completely baffled by LinkedIn’s partnership with Twitter to allow a mass automation of tweets to be published the LinkedIn News Feed. All those robotic tweets rife with too many hashtags and bad punctuation essentially rendered the LinkedIn News Feed useless, gave it the appearance of a cluttered mess, and was the antithesis of social (as in social media).

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 18, 2012

posted by Sheryl Keeme , Executive Director, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. If you are depending on special event income to fund your mission, it’s likely you’ve noticed the last five years have felt like you are moving up the down escalator. Perhaps you have noticed that sponsors are gripping their pocketbooks with a tighter fist, attendees are not as plentiful as they once were and high-end table buyers are downsizing their commitments.

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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 20, 2012

Kari Ann Kiel. Marketing Manager. DoJiggy. An online donations page may be the right solution for some organizations, but you may want to consider the additional features that can be included in a full-fledged microsite. A fundraising microsite is a dedicated website where nonprofit organizations can share information about an upcoming fundraising campaign, manage participant registrations, collect donations online, and more.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 16, 2012

Want to include your SurveyMonkey surveys right on your Facebook page? Here are some tips and information.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 15, 2012

Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2012. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. Cost: $50 – [View Webinar Special ]. How to Register: Sign up ! Presented By: Heather Mansfield. This webinar begins with an introduction to the Mobile Web and its rapidly increasing role in nonprofit communications and fundraising. Next, the webinar covers in-detail how to easily launch a mobile website and a text messaging campaign on a shoestring budget and then moves on to explore current trends mobile fundraising, such as text-t

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 15, 2012

More business leaders today are turning to executive coaches to help them become: more personally fulfilled with their contributions more effective with direct reports, peers and other executives better able to coach their team members more flexible in challenging situations Susan C. Gatton , a Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX-based executive coach, has worked with a many leaders and she says that if you answer "yes" to any of the following ten situations , you are a likely candidate for executive coaching:

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Advertiser: Digital Ocean

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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Care2

JULY 16, 2012

There are a ton of smart people writing about nonprofit technology and communications to help nonprofit communicators keep up on the latest online trends and developments. When you need to take a really deep dive into critical topics, but don’t want to rely on your own trial and error it helps to look beyond blogs and social media. Thankfully, you can take advantage of great in-depth research and findings published in nonprofit reports.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 20, 2012

Here are 5 of the hot posts we've bookmarked on Apricot Jam this week.

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NTEN

JULY 17, 2012

Kelley Jarrett. Market Manager. Guide Creative. Websites are tools used to engage, interact with and mobilize your audience – and ultimately, inspire action. Here are tips 8, 9 & 10 on how to make your website more effective. Creating an effective nonprofit website isn’t easy. Like most things in life worth doing, creating great websites takes effort, persistence and some know-how.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 14, 2012

Open Leadership author Charlene Li reminds leaders to periodically ask themselves these " open leadership skills assessment " questions: Do I seek out and listen to different points of view? Do I make myself available to people at all levels of the organization? Do I actively manage how I am authentic? Do I encourage people to share information? Do I publicly admit when I am wrong?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 15, 2012

In honor of Have Fun * Do Good's upcoming 7-year anniversary on August 19, I'm taking a little blogging sabbatical till August 9. Seven years seems like a good time to take a break and reflect on where Have Fun * Do Good is going, and where it has been. I may put up one post during that time with a Have Fun, Do Good Reader Survey that I'd love for you to take.

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Forum One

JULY 16, 2012

We've all been there. Your boss walks up to your desk and has a great vision for what the team needs to accomplish, and it’s up to you to make it happen, and you don’t know where to start. Maybe it’s not your boss, maybe it’s a client, or maybe it’s your idea, but you just don’t know how to bring this vision into reality.

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NTEN

JULY 17, 2012

NTEN's going to head up I-5 to Seattle on August 8th to put on a one-day workshop that will explore ways you can make data easier to manage, more useful, and mission-focused. Thanks to the generous support of Google, we're able to bring this fantastic event to you for free, so you should: Reserve your spot today >> During the Nonprofits and Data Summit, you'll gain the knowledge you need to use data more effectively at your organization.

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Care2

JULY 19, 2012

Nonprofits raised $298.4 billion in 2011, according Giving USA, one of the largest studies conducted in the nonprofit sector. While $298.4 billion might seem like a lot of money, it’s only about 2% of the GDP. The study also shows how much charities are still struggling to raise money in a bad economy. Charitable giving only grew by 0.9%. At this rate, philanthropic giving would not recover until 2022, said Patrick Rooney, Executive Director of the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2012

This post was authored by Frank Barry, digital marketing strategist for Blackbaud. In my most recent session of the School's Out for Summer series, I took a deep dive into how schools can get the most out of Facebook. It was a lot of fun presenting (and talking to) this extremely engaged group of people. You can find out about upcoming sessions here.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2012

Hi Sandy: Thank you for staying in touch with me with your helpful information. I think one of the issues with getting things done, as well as keeping them going is that it is so disappointing to fundraise and not have anything come of it. Also, motivating people to help in these days is hard because everyone wants to be paid for everything they do.

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NTEN

JULY 19, 2012

Throughout the day, I'll be living blogging sessions from MCON12, a virtual conference to help leaders engage the Millennial generation. For my next session, I'm covering "Findings from the 2012 Millennial Impact Report", with Derrick Feldmann from Achieve and Angela White from JGA. This year's report focuses on communicating with Millennials, how and where they're communicating.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 19, 2012

During my blogging sabbatical ~ yes, I'm aware that I'm blogging right now :) ~ I'm doing lots of thinking about where Have Fun * Do Good has been over the past seven years, and where I want it to go for the next seven. You are the whole reason I write Have Fun * Do Good, so I've created a 10-question Have Fun * Do Good Reader Survey. Would you take a few minutes to answer the questions?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 15, 2012

According to The Collaboration Imperative co-authors Ron Ricci and Carl Wiese, transparent decision making requires that all stakeholders know the answers to these three questions : Who is making the decision? Who is accountable for the outcomes of the decision? What are the consequences--positive or negative--of that accountability?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2012

Hi Sandy: Thank you for staying in touch with me with your helpful information. I think one of the issues with getting things done, as well as keeping them going is that it is so disappointing to fundraise and not have anything come of it. Also, motivating people to help in these days is hard because everyone wants to be paid for everything they do.

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NTEN

JULY 19, 2012

Throughout the day, I'll be living blogging sessions from MCON12, a virtual conference to help leaders engage the Millennial generation. For my first session, I attended "Building & Sustaining Relationships with the Next Generation" with Holly Ross of NTEN. When it comes to donations, we're currently thinking about a few generations. These include Matures, (born in 1945 or earlier); Boomers (born in 1946-1964); GenX (born 1965-1980), and finally Millennials (born after 1980).

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Forum One

JULY 16, 2012

We've all been there. Your boss walks up to your desk and has a great vision for what the team needs to accomplish, and it’s up to you to make it happen, and you don’t know where to start. Maybe it’s not your boss, maybe it’s a client, or maybe it’s your idea, but you just don’t know how to bring this vision into reality.

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