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Nonprofit Donor Engagement Strategies: Breaking Through the Noise

Neon CRM

Showing impact numbers and, more importantly, stories keep donors informed and engaged. Ask for details you might be able to use later, like demographic information, how they first learned about you, why they decided to give, and how they want to communicate with you in the future. Asking about donor motivations.

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Top 10 Threats to Higher Ed Computer Systems

Robert Weiner

In his article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy titled “ Top 10 Threats to Computer Systems Include Professors and Students ,&# Jeffrey Young says. They want to nab the identities of students and professors to go on shopping sprees with forged credit cards. No surprise there).

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Five Online Fundraising Best Practices for Small NGOs in Developing Countries

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The experience has made me acutely aware that access to information about trends in nonprofit technology, online fundraising, and social media often does not reach small NGOs – especially those in rural areas. It’s not for lack of desire or technical capability, but simply due to a block in information flow.

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12NTC: Engaging Youth Using Social Media

Tech Soup

Representing the youth perspective was Shub Sengupta (at 18, surely one of the youngest NTC presenters of all time), a current college student and former Pathways to Education program participant. It's a burial ground for spam." Pathways to Education serves over 600 students. Pathways to Education's Story.

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Do’s and Don’ts for Your Next Email Fundraising Appeal

Connection Cafe

Include enough information for people to make a decision, then provide links for them to either make a donation or get more information from your website. For example, you might ask for $25 to buy school supplies for one student (with the option to sponsor ten students for $250) or for $32 to pay for 20 hot meals for the homeless.

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Earth Day Roundup

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

A couple months ago I posted about "Green IT" and the growing awareness that information technology demands fuel and creates emissions like all other energy consuming activities. email SPAM is a major contributor to IT energy consumption, utilizing 33bn kilowatt-hours of energy every year, enough to power more than 2.4m

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Why Do People Stop Giving?

ASU Lodestar Center

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. I like to be informed of what the organization is doing, but I dont want mail solicitations.