VisionLink

OCTOBER 11, 2012

'This past week, we had a poetry contest about helping others in your community. The winner of our poetry contest is (drum roll please.) Synthia Laura Molina of Central IQ, Inc.! Feel their pressing needs, Offer soulful remedies. (Servant leader leads.) Congratulations Synthia and thank you for sharing such a beautiful and inspiring poem. For a chance to enter future fun contests focused on nonprofits, community-building, and helping others, like us on Facebook or follow us on twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Responsive web design (often abbreviated to RWD) is defined as an approach to web design in which a designer intends to provide an optimal viewing experience — easy reading and navigation with a minimum of resizing, panning, and scrolling — across a wide range of devices (from desktop computer monitors to mobile phones). Stated simply, a nonprofit website that is responsively designed will alter and format itself depending upon whether the visitor is viewing the website on a desktop, a tablet,

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 8, 2012

'I moved to Oakland in September of 2008, for a number of reasons. Some were very clear to me, others didn''t become clear until years later. I''d learned a little about Oakland in my 18 months in seminary in Berkeley, from forays to Oakland for hanging out, events and the White Horse, of course. I met Ruth in Oakland - she is a long-time Oaklander.

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Judi Sohn

OCTOBER 9, 2012

We’re an Apple family, since way before it was cool. Right now, I have a 2.5 year old iMac that is still going strong, iPad 3 and iPhone 4S. Husband has an iPad 3 and iPhone 5. Teenager #1 has an iPad 3 and uses a hand-me-down iMac for writing/school work. Teenager #2 has her dad’s hand-me-down iPhone 4 and my hand-me-down 2009 MacBook. I see many families like ours.

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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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NetWits

OCTOBER 9, 2012

People are voting on your website every day. Maybe not with polls and surveys, but they are voting with their actions. You can track this to give them more of what they want and cut down the clutter of things they don’t need.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2012. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. Cost: $50 or Fall Webinar Special. How to Register: Sign up ! Presented By: Heather Mansfield. View: All Webinars for Nonprofits. This webinar begins with a brief explanation of the difference between Facebook Profiles, Groups, and Pages and then quickly moves into a short click-by-click demonstration on how to successfully create and manage a Facebook Page for your nonprofit.

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NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2012

The number one billion is quite a large number. Facebook’s number of monthly users recently surpassed it. But what does it really mean? With 14% of the world’s population using it there are still 86% who are not. . Here are some other numbers just as important: 300 Million – number of photos uploaded to Facebook daily. 600 Million – number of monthly active users who used Facebook on a mobile device like a smartphone. . 43 Billion – that is Facebook’s marke

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 6, 2012

Date : October 6, 2012. Location : Harvard College, Boston, MA. Topic : Social Media for Social Good. Description : This panel included Arthur Grau, One Economy; Laurent Adamowicz, Bon’App; Amy Sample Ward; and moderated by Kelsey Overby, Account Executive at MRY. Related Links: Igniting Innovation Summit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2013. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. Cost: $50 or Fall Webinar Special. How to Register: Sign up ! Presented By: Heather Mansfield. View: All Webinars for Nonprofits. Although social media has revolutionized how nonprofits communicate online with their supporters and donors, online fundraising tools like “Donate Now” buttons and e-newsletters are essential building blocks to a successful social media strategy.

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NetWits

OCTOBER 12, 2012

If the election has taught us anything this year, it’s that transparency is …

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2012

October 11 has been declared the “ International Day of the Girl ” and the launch of an international campaign called “ Because I am A Girl ” by the Plan, one of oldest and largest children’s development organizations in the world that works in 50 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 10, 2012

New LinkedIn enhancements offer three new reasons why your organization might want to take a closer look at this social network.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Date: Tuesday, October 16, 2012. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. Cost: $50 or Fall Webinar Special. How to Register: Sign up ! Presented By: Heather Mansfield. View: All Webinars for Nonprofits. This webinar begins with a brief explanation of the difference between Facebook Profiles, Groups, and Pages and then quickly moves into a short click-by-click demonstration on how to successfully create and manage a Facebook Page for your nonprofit.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar or practitioner to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. We welcome your comments and feedback. posted by. Stephanie La Loggia, M.A. Manager of Knowledge Resources, Research and Academic Affairs, ASU Lodestar Center.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Note from Beth: My take away from this guest post is the advice that my co-author, KD Paine, has been saying for years. ”Don’t measure the world, if you don’t have the time and resources to do so.” It is a key theme in our book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” What we talk about is the idea of taking baby steps in measurement to build the practice and you won’t be able to do that if you attempt to measurement too many things and collect to

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In honor of the Thanksgiving holiday today in Canada, here is some food for thought on thanking your donors.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Whether it's already happened, or is about to, the face of supporters is changing. The very fact of that change brings us to a key question. Do nonprofits really know their supporters?

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 10, 2012

posted by Pat Lewis , Senior Professional. in Residence. ASU Lodestar Center. What is the nonprofit sector’s contribution to society’s economics? This is a question often asked — but responding in true economic terms has been more difficult. Although the ‘double bottom line’ — profit and social value — have long been recognized, there are now new ways of looking at this question, encompassed in new terms: social, core, and monetary economies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Many of you have asked when the Kindle version of ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” would be available and I’m happy to announce you can get download your copy from Amazon now! Want to share freight costs to NZ of “Measuring the Networked Nonprofit”? New book by @ kanter @ kdpaine amz.to/measure-networ… DM me. — stephen blyth (@sablyth) October 9, 2012.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Here's a guest post from our summer intern who shares his experience working with Wild Apricot.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Betsy Ensley. Director of Professional Services. ThinkShout, Inc. The emerging field of Engagement Scoring provides the tools for nonprofit communication specialists to make data-driven decisions to engage site visitors. If your organization is like most, you have a communications team pushing content through multiple channels. No matter the outlet – whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, mass emails, direct mail, blogging or SMS campaigns – how does your team know how well they're doing?

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Care2

OCTOBER 10, 2012

In 2005, the Congressional Management Foundation reported that communications to Congress had increased fourfold over the previous decade, and had doubled between 1999 and 2004. Given the proliferation of channels and tech since 2005 making it even easier to mobilize a click to communicate to Congress, once can only assume that those communications have continued to increase exponentially.

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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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2012

As a leader, the time will come when you will have to speak with an employee about his or her poor performance. Here are six steps that will guide you through that process: Tell him what performance is in need of change and be specific. Tell him how his actions negatively affect the team. Let the discussion sink in. Set expectations of performance improvement and timeframe, and get his agreement on the desired outcome.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

One of the biggest trends in mobile giving right now is gamification: the integration of game dynamics, like points, badges, or levels, into a fundraising or social good campaign. These apps have the power to help nonprofits and charities reach a whole new audience and raise awareness about their mission. As part of the App It Up 2: Transforming Communities project, we had the opportunity to explore how charities and nonprofits are using gamification.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Now that nonprofits have embraced the idea that we need to be data-driven, the question arises: what exactly do we do with it all? With so much data and so little time to analyze it, you need to avoid vanity metrics and focus on what will help you move your mission forward. We'll give you 30 ways to do that at our upcoming webinar series. Thanks to the generous support of Google, you can attend for free!

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Have you guys heard of Coursera ? A just learned about it last weekend, and think it's the coolest thing ever. It's a social entrepreneurship company that partners with universities to offer courses online for free. According to their website , part of their vision is to: "[G]ive everyone access to the world-class education that has so far been available only to a select few.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 8, 2012

The goal of any investment is to produce a higher return at some …

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Looking to learn more about apps? Wondering how apps can benefit your organization? Join us for a free one-hour webinar on Thursday, October 25 at 11 a.m. Pacific time to explore the wide world of apps for nonprofits and libraries. Find the app that's just right for you! Recent Pew Internet studies show that 45% of American adults now own smartphones and 50% of adult cell phone users have downloaded an app.

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Care2

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Are you looking for a better way to tell your organization's story? Tired of watching your cause drown in the flood of marketing messages that surround us? Ready to get people to listen to what you have to say and - even better - become evangelists for your cause? Join Jonah Sachs, CEO of Free Range Studios and author of Winning the Story Wars: Why Those Who Tell (and Live) the Best Stories Will Rule the Future , and Justin Perkins, Director of Nonprofit Services for Care2, on October 18th at 2P

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2012

According to Pew Research Center's population projections, in 2030, all members of the Baby Boom generation will be 65 or older, and 18% of Americans will be at least that age. I believe that new models of aging and senior life will emerge from this wave, and can't wait to see what is created, which is why I loved stumbling upon The New York Times article, For Healthy Aging, A Late Act in the Footlights.

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