NetWits

APRIL 5, 2013

based national nonprofits in 2012. Nonprofits often use this study to benchmark their own online activities and fundraising ideas. This follows a recent trend that email click-through rates have declined across all industries. For certain nonprofit sectors, the eNonprofit study cites real world activities as a possible cause.

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John Kenyon

MARCH 5, 2024

So, grab your popcorn and let’s chat about what AI won’t fix in your nonprofit. While AI can help crunch numbers and analyze trends, it won’t replace the wisdom and experience of your board members. ” But at the end of the day, nonprofits are all about people. Hilarious, right? Not happening!

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Change Mentoring Nonprofit Phone 102

Wild Apricot

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

A recent survey on Technology Trends for Nonprofits suggests that, compared to email and social media engagement strategies, nonprofits have a long way to go to tap into the fast-growing mobile audience.( read more ).

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Mobile Trend Technology Survey 112

NetWits

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

The report combines findings from The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving with additional multi-year giving data to provide the most comprehensive analysis of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. billion in total fundraising from 1,560 nonprofits. Smaller nonprofits grew 12.8% Large organizations grew by 8.6%

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Trend Online Giving Analysis 141

TechImpact

AUGUST 29, 2014

Social media is a staple of any nonprofit’s content marketing efforts. It’s the easiest way for nonprofits to connect with, and communicate its message to a wide array of demographics instantly. With so much emphasis being placed on social media, how big is the nonprofit social media marketing industry?

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Social Media Media Social Industry 154

NTEN

APRIL 9, 2014

Learn four strategies to consider based on four trends in mobile. In a world where almost everybody has a smartphone, it’s harder and harder for nonprofits to ignore the idea of mobile fundraising. Here are four specific strategies to consider, based on four hot trends in the mobile realm today.

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Mobile Trend Strategy Nptech 79

TechImpact

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Twitter is a powerful tool for any nonprofit. It is, in simply put, a free messenger that instantly connects your nonprofit to hundreds of millions of possible constituents. Upload an avatar, and fill out a short blurb about your nonprofit in the bio. Image courtesy of The Telegraph. Completely fill out bio. Research hashtags.

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Twitter Tips Nonprofit Avatar 254

Wild Apricot

JANUARY 17, 2011

Is your organization one of the 49% of nonprofits who said they have no formal marketing or communications plan for 2011? If you are still developing your plan or are curious to see what other nonprofits are planning this year, you should have a look at the 2011 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report.

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Trend Communication North America Report 116

TechImpact

JANUARY 27, 2014

It is impossible to ignore the importance of technology in today’s competitive nonprofit fundraising climate. Every dollar is tightly contested by other nonprofits whose missions are often equally as noble as your own. No one wakes up in the morning and says, “I need to make sure I give to a charity or nonprofit today.”

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Tech Strategy Fundraising Nonprofit 218

TechImpact

JANUARY 28, 2014

Social media is a comparatively very young frontier in the nonprofit sector which features surprises around every twist and turn. Because of this, it is important to keep up with the latest trends to make sure your nonprofit does not fall tragically behind. Image courtesy of Core 3 Solutions. Instagram rounds out the “Big 3”.

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Social Media Media Social Nonprofit 263

TechImpact

MAY 22, 2013

The world of nonprofits has no shortage of studies and reports claiming to contain answers for many of the problems facing organizations today. Many of the studies feature examinations of trends and benchmarks, but many offer ways to improve operations moving forward. Blog Fundraising Tech nonprofit nonprofit cloud npTech'

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Studies Challenge Fundraising Benchmark 113

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Every month Nonprofit Tech 2.0 creates and tweets (three times only) a TwtPoll related to nonprofit tech. Hardly thorough as a research method, the TwtPolls do however present some basic information about what trends were popular in 2012 and clues as to which #NPTech trends should be prioritized in 2013.

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Tech Social Media Spam Poll 187

TechImpact

AUGUST 4, 2014

Not properly using and refining your hashtags could be what’s holding your nonprofit back from maximum efficiency on social media networks. Here are 6 hashtag mistakes your nonprofit is probably making on Twitter and social media. You’re using trending hashtags wrong. Tool long, or too confusing.

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Social Media Hints Nonprofit Technorati 177

NTEN

APRIL 4, 2012

First up is an illustrated poster of 100 trends in nonprofit technology: Yep, you're really going to want to take a look at that full size. We'll be featuring more of their artwork over the next couple of days.

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Trend Technology Artist NTC 84

NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

How should nonprofits position themselves in this ever changing world of technology? How important is it for them to understand and keep up with the new trends in technology? To answer these questions and more, we at Smart Online™ used this last quarter of 2010 to try and unravel the ‘Technology Trends for Nonprofits’ in 2011.

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Trend Technology Gartner Nonprofit 100

TechImpact

MAY 12, 2014

Nonprofits across the world are outfitting their nonprofit to bring their missions to the palm of everyone’s hand. If your nonprofit isn’t sure how to make the move to mobile, Tech Impact has you covered. Here are 14 statistics that will get your nonprofit thinking mobile now, instead of later. Equinux (June 2013).

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Statistics Mobile Marketing India 168

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 29, 2009

If used correctly, #hashtags can be very useful to nonprofits on Twitter. Below I have posted 10 hashtags commonly used by nonprofits. Nonprofit : Occasionally, you can replace the word “nonprofit&# with “#nonprofit&# in a Tweet, or tag it on to the end of Tweet that mentions a nonprofit or nonprofit trend.

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Nonprofit Twitter Avatar Nptech 196

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

There is often a lot of speculation and guessing about what’s happening to fundraising in the nonprofit sector. The recession certainly had an impact across the entire nonprofit sector. The Index shows that online giving remained positive during most of 2009 and the trends for 2010 have been very encouraging.

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Trend Online Fundraising Offline 86

Care2

JANUARY 14, 2013

One of my favorite parts about starting a new year is reviewing all of the top 10 (or in some cases the top 133) lists and trends. Don’t worry though, we have taken care of the heavy lifting at Frogloop and summarized our favorite “best of” lists that highlights strategists favorite trends and strategies from 2012.

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Trend Bookmarking Case Study Org 71

TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Your website should serve as the nexus of all your nonprofit’s digital marketing efforts. Your nonprofit is always looking to increase its reach, and get its message out to as many people as possible. A lot of nonprofits say that Google Analytics dash board is intimidating.

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Analytics Websites Nonprofit Attention 158

NTEN

JANUARY 5, 2012

NTEN member and nonprofit communications expert Kivi Leroux Miller just released the 2012 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report , based on a survey of over 1200 participants at the end of 2011. but, on the other hand, nonprofit communications professionals have a lot of obstacles in the way of those plans.

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Communication Trend Report NTEN 80

Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

He publishes how-to articles on NTEN, TechSoup Canada , and the surprising Nonprofit MarCommunity site. When I asked Jason why he is interested in so many different NPTech things, he said it’s probably because he spent his formative years in Kitchener Waterloo in West Ontario where he went to Wilfrid Laurier University.

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Technology Canada Nptech Award 93

Connection Cafe

JULY 11, 2013

Nonprofits have begun to adapt, with many planning/creating mobile-optimized websites. Here are a few mobile trends that will begin to impact nonprofits : Mobile SEO. For nonprofits, this could mean higher rankings for local mobile searches on homeless shelters, animal adoption or volunteer opportunities. Mobile Email.

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Mobile Trend Analytics Search 42

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The Barcelona tradeshow sets the mobile trends for the year with major announcements expected from Nokia, Samsung, LG, and others. As my colleague Jim Lynch noted in his January NPTech News column, wearable technology is hot this year. What mobile trends are capturing your attention? Wearables, Smartphones, and Tablets Galore.

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Mobile Trend Italy Phone 57

Care2

JULY 8, 2014

This is our final installment of Nonprofit 2.0 He encouraged every nonprofit and strategist to embrace being fearless. Nonprofits need to cultivate a culture of evaluation, to learn what is working and what is not. 1 in 8 nonprofits devote $0 to evaluation. We need to get rid of 1/3 of nonprofits. Be Fearless.

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Hunger Unconference Evaluation Nonprofit 75

Care2

MAY 12, 2016

The 2016 Benchmarks Study was recently released and highlights the latest nonprofit trends and strategies with an eye on shifts throughout the past decade. The study is comprised of a diverse mix of 105 nonprofits of various sizes and sectors. The study analyzed 2.8 million advocacy actions.

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Trend Online Impact Benchmark 28

TechImpact

AUGUST 7, 2014

Naturally, the nonprofit sector is looking at this trend and searching for the most effective way to leverage the power of the new technology to aid fundraising and volunteer recruitment efforts. Mobile giving wants to trend up. The problem is, nonprofits are not giving it a chance to.

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Mobile Kansas City Giving Kansas 123

TechImpact

JANUARY 2, 2014

Data security is on the minds of every nonprofit executive around the world. These questions and more are likely being asked right now by you or someone in your nonprofit organization. Nonprofits are often recipients of large, or a high volume of credit card donations online and as a result of this they are obvious targets.

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Issue Help Tech Problem 179

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

I took some much-needed time off in December and was able to spend some down time reflecting on the future of social media and mobile technology for the nonprofit sector. Most nonprofit Thank You’s are still long, text-intensive messages which more often than not these days feel cumbersome and overwhelming to supporters.

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Social Media Media Management Social 240

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

The September 2009 issue of NTEN Connect had a review of trends in online giving. 2009 proved to be another important year for online giving by nonprofit organizations. Blackbaud has been actively engaged in researching and analyzing trends in the nonprofit sector for quite a while. Year End Online Giving Trends.

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Haiti Trend Online Giving 82

TechImpact

JANUARY 21, 2014

These “4 A’s” just might be your nonprofit’s new way of planning your data management. But if done right, has the potential to be one of the most rewarding and profitable endeavors your nonprofit can engage in. Industry News Tech CRM data database nonprofit nonprofit technology npTech technology'

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Process Data Management Phase 186

TechImpact

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The move to mobile is no longer an unavoidable, upcoming trend. And with every twist and turn, your nonprofit must contort to meet new challenges contemporary society throws at you. And with every twist and turn, your nonprofit must contort to meet new challenges contemporary society throws at you. It is officially upon us.

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Mobile email Strategy gMail 234

Care2

AUGUST 29, 2014

In the past, nonprofits would just have someone on staff (usually the Communications person) run all things tech at the organization, plus their organizational duties, and sometimes that''s still the case. Over 750 individuals from nonprofits participated in taking the survey, ranging from various operating budget size, staff size, and more.

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Tech Nonprofit Adopt Survey 66

TechImpact

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Your nonprofit has to do what we refer to as ‘purposeful blogging.’ Posting an article that’s not advancing your nonprofits message, mission, or a specific initiative is, to put it bluntly, a waste of time. We want nonprofits to use tech, in whatever capacity, to further their mission. Understand blog’s purpose and goal.

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Calendar Content Tech Technique 114

Care2

MAY 19, 2014

Is your nonprofit investing the right amount of money, resources, and strategy into digital? To help get your organization thinking about this investment, check out the key findings from the Charity Dynamics'' report: How Today''s Nonprofits Approach Digital Spending and Why It Matters to You. Probably not. 332 individuals responded.

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Digital Money Mobile Benchmark 73

TechImpact

JUNE 4, 2014

Despite the efforts of social media networks like LinkedIn , many nonprofits still struggle engaging, gaining, and retaining volunteers. Starting to think more like a marketing manager, instead of a volunteer manager , might be just what your nonprofit needs. Better organization. Anything that the majority of volunteers like?

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Retention Volunteer Marketing Help 184

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

The September 2009 issue of NTEN Connect had a review of trends in online giving. 2009 proved to be another important year for online giving by nonprofit organizations. Blackbaud has been actively engaged in researching and analyzing trends in the nonprofit sector for quite a while. Year End Online Giving Trends.

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Haiti Trend Online Giving 68