Robert Weiner

JULY 10, 2012

My colleague Charlie Hunsaker posted the following question on the FUNDSVCS Advancement Services listserve: I have two clients who are looking for new systems and want a “cost justification” for their acquisition to share with their management. and the third leg of people – trained, competent, available staff. Time-management.

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Database ROI Donor Listserv 181

Whole Whale

MARCH 15, 2023

This email type is sent with the usual goals of acquiring, recruiting, informing, or welcoming new subscribers to your organization’s email listserv. Promotional emails can be sent to a wide variety of people, including current subscribers, donors, community partners, and other stakeholders.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

took over the world, people were part of smaller online participatory communities called listservs. Yet even after all these years, many organizations still haven’t mastered how to use listservs in building successful and engaging online communities. The biggest barriers groups face is how to structure listservs.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 16, 2010

We heard from many people that there were too many holiday deadlines at work to make the chat so be sure to add your thoughts to the comments here after reading the archive to join in! Laura Norvig shared the guidelines used for their email listserv: E-mail discussion lists hosted by the Resource Center are not moderated.

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Community Guidelines Americorp Listserv 108

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Church Technology Listservs. I’ve been following the discussions on the Unitarian Universalist techie listserv and it’s a great information sharing group. Another is the ChurchMgmtSoftware listserv. That’s not surprising since faith-based organizations are all about community. Additional TechSoup Resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2016

My work was as a trainer, to teach people who to use these tools strategically. Back in the old days, there was a very small community of peer that I could ask questions and learn from — we had a listserv! That small community evolved into the organization – NTEN – the association for nonprofit techies.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Whether it’s on listservs, forums, blogs, facebook, twitter or anywhere else – there are so many people looking to foster open dialogue on issues important to and impacting the work of changemakers, activists and innovators around the world.

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AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

You will need to have a team of staff or volunteers available to direct traffic, answer questions, and help people navigate the event. An association usually hosts the event and will market it on their website, through academic and social forums, through listservs, word-of-mouth, and more. More Attractive to Attendees.

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Care2

JULY 14, 2009

RSS Feeds: Add an RSS feed to your blog and news sections so people visiting your site can subscribe to your feed and stay updated on your nonprofits latest news. Listservs: Participate in listservs that align with your nonprofit’s mission and where your organizations’ issues are being discussed. Easy to Moderate* 9.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Note: Cassie is the co-author of the chapter on "Finding and Keeping the Right People" in our forthcoming book, Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission.]. What do people love about working here? Cassie Scarano, Commongood Careers. [Ed. Screening Candidates. What sets us apart from other nonprofit organizations?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

Connected Citizens: The Power, Peril, and Potential of Networks – This new report from the Knight Foundation and Monitor Institute explores engaged communities: "Ten years ago, a tiny web site asked people to volunteer to write their own encyclopedia. Today, Wikipedia is the most widely used reference work in the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Note From Beth: I remember back when Hurricane Katrina struck, I saw a post to the Museum ListServ that said “ Chuck Patch Is Not Dead.” Above all, don’t reach out to people who have been directly impacted by the disaster, or it will come across as tone deaf. Flickr Photo by Rob Howells. Be specific. Want to know more?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 21, 2007

I love technology for its own sake, but it's always good to experience how technology promotes connections among people! Folks have set up, in addition to the traditional listservs, an online channel for the Bookshare.org community that allows both voice chat and text messaging in a way that is highly accessible to people with disability.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2009

RSS Feeds: Add an RSS feed to your blog and news sections so people visiting your site can subscribe to your feed and stay updated on your nonprofits latest news. Listservs: Participate in listservs that align with your nonprofit’s mission and where your organizations’ issues are being discussed. Easy to Moderate* 9.

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Track Social Media Tools Widget 50

AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Email, Facebook, posting to listserves, your website, direct mail—the list goes on and on. How do you know which of those channels is actually driving people to donate, register for an event, or even sign up for your eNewsletter? How do you know what story—across every channel—is doing the best job of driving people to take action?" 'via

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Measure Listserv Strategy Channel 20

Robert Weiner

JANUARY 15, 2015

The same topic came up recently on the APRA''s listserve, PRSPCT-L. How many people in your database have gone off the grid for 7+ years and then come back? A few months ago I wrote a post on the topic of whether nonprofits should delete old donor records. It would just be harder to get at the ones that are over 7 years old.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Email, Facebook, posting to listserves, your website, direct mail—the list goes on and on. How do you know which of those channels is actually driving people to donate, register for an event, or even sign up for your eNewsletter? How do you know what story—across every channel—is doing the best job of driving people to take action?

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NTEN

JANUARY 12, 2011

Ask on listservs ( ProgEx , NTEN Affinity Groups , ISF Yahoo group , etc.) Many non-tech people (i.e., people who aren't responsible for the technical decisions in your organization; all humans are tech people) will only tolerate a technical discussion if they can see immediately how it helps them. to get success stories.

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Tech NTC Listserv NTEN 86

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The way I learned was through working with peer group of people who were supporting nonprofits in their quest to build capacity and skills using the Internet to realize their missions. In those days, we used listservs and online discussion software, but platform matter.

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Social Media Learning Community Media 102

Care2

JANUARY 12, 2011

If your group would make for an active and participatory email listserv, it will probably work as a group too. That said, I recommend capping membership numbers and I would avoid putting thousands of people in a Facebook Group. It could get unwieldy quickly. Can building a Facebook Group impact advocacy?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 15, 2008

Reading our volunteer email listserv this morning, I came across lyrics to a song about our volunteer community. Volunteering is a fascinating, fulfilling blessing resulting in my reading wonderful books, learning new things and getting to know people I enjoy, care about and admire. Thanks to volunteer Lissi for writing this.

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Listserv Volunteer Celebrate Mail 100

Robert Weiner

JULY 17, 2009

networking with people (and firms) who can refer their clients or subcontract with you. Sign up for CharityChannel’s CONSULTANTS listserve: [link]. Options include. writing articles. publishing a newsletter. public speaking. business cards. participation in online discussion groups. volunteer work. online and print advertising.

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Consultant Advice Listserv Associations 100

Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 8, 2010

You can post status updates, leave comments on other people's profile (think: wall). We have a couple of email listservs on Google Groups of our top-tier advocates that we've been interested in migrating to an online community. I followed people. It needs to get over itself and be where the people are.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2014

Should they have taken that new list of supporters (whether it was on Facebook, email, or Twitter) and focused on a ladder of engagement plan to build real relationships these new people? 5,600 new people in the U.S. And they cannot simply just fold these new people into their regular email and direct mail communications.

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Meme Cancer Awareness France 77

Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Pre-internet, people were limited to these passionate conversations with friends in person or by phone. Then in the 90’s people had some of these conversations via online forums and listservs. Connects people who are passionate about similar issues to each other.

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Social Media Tanzania Build Social 51

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2007

The "bacn" from this program was sent to a listserv, and it annoyed people on the list. I've gotten too many messages from colleagues that have the subject line "Do We Read The Same Books" and it encourages you to sign up for a social software called Shelfari.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

I’m always amazed when my colleagues tell me that the biggest barrier they face to “opening up” the content at their museums is from registrars—the people who care for collection objects. I encountered strong push-back on the listserv, with one subscriber calling my fitness for my job title, “collections care trainer,” into question.

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Accessibility Open Museum North Carolina 44

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

I've been doing Internet skills training workshops since 1995 and way back when I used to do one called "Digital Literacy" which was all about how to use email, listservs, and Internet search functions. I'm finding that some people's initial reactions to RSS is "OMG, information overload!"

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

I got the chance to present on a panel with three other people in an information session hosted by the U.S. We administrate the Refurbisher Listserv. And when we get the chance we also advocate for charities and libraries in other high places – like the U.S. Our latest opportunity was on February 13 2013.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

So, I can easily respect other people's tool preferences as long as I don't get too annoyed. It's the same kind of impatience I feel reading email from listservs -- only because my RSS reader makes scanning and reading a lot of information very eficient. I'm not going to ditch email or listservs anytime soon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

As Marnie Webb put it, to participate in this network, you simply has to raise your hand and be willing to meet people in a bar to talk about social media and social change. Some of the lessons learned include: -Could have provided the Netsquared community with more tools to do their work like listserves, web sites, etc.

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Global Difference Network Develop 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

After posting a query about various conferences people attended on some peer listservs, I got only one reply with four more leads -- two of which I had discovered via cha cha guide and search engine by digging deeper into the leads provided. Wow, better than a listserv! Okay, it is time to actually do some (billable) work.

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Search Listserv Social Reflection 50

Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2013

In contrast, many of the people I work with use visual social media formats as their lead tools for creating, sharing, and consuming information. It''s about the objects, the display, the people, the process, the event--the image of the experience. This is great for museums looking for authentic ways to engage with people online.

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Museum Images Listserv Bookmarking 47

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

A call went out over a combination of listservs and social media channels asking local nonprofits and libraries to share their most pressing needs and dirtiest jobs with TechSoup via video or text. While social media as a volunteer recruitment tool has been a popular topic recently, TechSoup flipped the equation on its head a bit.

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Volunteer Data San Francisco Listserv 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

There has been some discussion in nonprofit forums, blogs, and listservs about the pros and cons of Facebook Pages versus Groups for nonprofits. Mari Smith suggests these key reasons: More people can find out about your organization because your Page gets indexed and is search able inside and outside of Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

View the list of people who contributed their smarts, hearts, and souls to this campaign. Commentary here ) Maybe that's why we've heard rumblings in the blogosphere and on listservs that the YouTube Nonprofit Channel was backlogged on accepting applications. See the flickr pool of pea avatar photos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

So he cautioned me that some of the information might not be entirely up to date that he shared on listserv including a pointer to his awesome slide show with audio. We use it to go where people are already organizing against genocide, and give them tools to do so effectively.

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