NTEN

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The day before I set off for the Nonprofit Technology Conference in 2012, my boss back in Australia warned me: "Now, don''t you go falling in love with San Francisco and not come back.". NTC sessions on social media, Google Analytics, and video strategy opened my eyes. His warning was prescient. March 13-15.

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NTEN

MARCH 4, 2009

Perhaps that's why there are so many choices when it comes to CMS (oodles of which are rated in our CMS satisfaction survey ). I spoke with her about her session at the 2009 NTC , " Comparing Open Source CMSs: Joomla, Drupal, and Plone ", and why CMS seems to be the area where open source has really taken off in the sector: .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2014

h/t Robert Scoble ) This aggregate data shows exactly when and how many people in the San Francisco were bolted awake by the recent Napa Valley earthquake. It opens up the question: Who owns our data? This a big topic in the open data and nonprofit big data field.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2015

The Rock isn't going to save San Francisco after a cargo ship-moving, bridge-splitting, tsunami-causing earthquake … but cutting-edge technology might. This San Francisco workshop was one of many that occurred across the world. Now, he can open and close his hand thanks to a 3D-printed hand brace.

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NTEN

JANUARY 11, 2012

Well, since we're amping up the awesome this year with new additions like the Connect track and a first day opening reception – more on both of these later – we know you want to join us in San Francisco. What does this have to do with the NTC? Volunteer at the NTC.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2012

Here are a few fun tidbits: The San Francisco metro area is almost 4 times larger than the Vancouver metro area (almost 7 million in population vs. Vancouver’s slightly over 2 million), so keep that in mind when hailing a cab. The US open rate is about 18%, in Canada it is almost 30%!

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

Additionally, you can increase the traction and conversion rates of specific actions you want people to take by using Facebook to provide simple proof. They are able to get people to login to their site via Facebook and increase the conversion rate and effectiveness of their fundraising appeals using Facebook’s APIs.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2012

In follow-up interviews we discovered that many nonprofits were using cloud-based software without even realizing it, so the adoption rate could be even higher. The TechSoup Survey will be open through March 23, 2012. If you’re coming to the upcoming NTEN NTC 2012 conference in San Francisco next month, I hope to see you there!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2016

Some organizations survey participants after every interaction with the organization, which can create “survey fatigue” and lower response rates and quality of feedback over time. CEO implements text-based smartphone surveys with both numeric and open-ended responses. More is Not Always Better—Evaluate Frequency.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Finally, profiles are not open, whereas anyone can decide to follow your page. Try to catch folks in their downtime: morning and evening posts see a 20 percent higher rate of engagement , according to Buddymedia. Shorter Is (and Isn’t!) Sweeter: Online, it’s "keep it simple" with a twist.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2015

The Saskatoon Public Library opened its doors to these evacuees, and staff members stepped up their efforts to help the evacuees communicate with their family and friends. Bonner decided to keep the library open and reassured the community that the library would stay open as a safe space and resource for the citizens of Ferguson.

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NTEN

MARCH 6, 2009

Mia Hamm GoldMail Example Despite declining email open rates and our general fatigue with bursting inboxes, I think most of us agree that email is still an important component of communicating with our supporters and driving their actions. They ended up increasing their donor conversion rate over an earlier email-only campaign.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

Are you headed to San Francisco this week for the Nonprofit Technology Conference ? to networking opportunities galore, join us in San Francisco for the multi-day event. Several of us from TechSoup Global will be there, and we'd love to see you! From panels, plenaries, and presentations (oh my!) Anna Jaeger.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 30, 2008

Give me a little bit of behind-the-scenes insight, like the Palmer Museum twitterer who bragged about helping a registrar move a 700 pound box or the Whitney Museum which trumpeted its "very nice" toilet rating. Same goes for the San Francisco Zoo , which often tweets out visitors' cute photos taken at the zoo. Of course not.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

We're tracking open rates, web site hits, blog comments, people served, high-dollar donations, staff productivity, and thousands of other things across our organizations. 16% retention rate . They (whoever "they" are), were spot-on when they named this the Information Age. 129 have donated again in 2010.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

At Fort Mason on San Francisco Bay investors, fund managers and social entrepreneurs put their heads together to discuss what it will take to do better, and do more, in the space that lies between strictly nonprofit and strictly for profit. People are open sourcing their metrics, and building taxonomy. Lagging indicators -.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

decentralized/open. From @davidahood: We tend to track email opening and click through rates, what percentage of people take action from click through and growth in numbers of fans/followers/members. From @davidahood: San Francisco Zoo has done a wonderful job and engaging and supporting their community.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2015

You can continue to subscribe at the discounted rate after your first year by requesting the special renewal package through TechSoup. If you hold down the Shift key on your computer while opening the TINT dashboard, you get an extra life. This post was written by Elliot Harmon , a writer and open web activist. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 10, 2015

Adobe Creative Cloud: Get access to discounted rates for Adobe's world-famous design and creativity software for your Windows and Mac machines. This post was written by Elliot Harmon , a writer and open web activist. He lives in San Francisco. FileMaker Pro: Easy-to-use software for building and managing a database.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

In addition to being super active in her San Francisco nonprofit community, she also does a lot, including teaching a CFRE class. So I just want to say, by the way, that artists have left a huge legacy around San Francisco during this pandemic. ” So you can open your eyes. And is just all over the place.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

It’ll open with candid stories about the ups and downs of working in social good and close with an afternoon of action and volunteering with local nonprofits. AFP / San Francisco, CA / Not available. YTH / San Francisco, CA / Not available. Affect Conf / Portland, OR / Less than $200. Apr 30 - May 2. 12/31/2017. *

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 11, 2012

She will be coming to TechSoup's headquarters at 525 Brannan Street, Suite 300 in San Francisco next Wednesday, October 17 from noon to 1:30 p.m. And if you're in the San Francisco area, join me at the TechSoup Global headquarters next Wednesday, October 17 from 12 - 1:30 p.m. Pacific time.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

It’s impossible: the field has always been very big, and is now expanding in complexity and scope at an accelerating rate. every contract should have your hourly rate in it. I’m not sure whether they’re open to a broader community, but I think they have archives online. San Francisco. Karen Nyhus.

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Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2011

All of a sudden, this woman who lives 1,000 miles away is a volunteer for a company here in San Francisco." With the launch of Open Graph integration back in October, Causes now has many more ways to help nonprofits connect with members. As a for-profit company, we do have a burn rate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Source: Dollar Bin, Flickr In February, I'll be co-teaching the " WeAreMedia Live " intensive two-day workshop in San Francisco from NTEN. What is the rate of change your organization can tolerate? To be successful, social media requires a mix of authenticity, openness, transparency and to a certain extent giving up control.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

One of their first programs, SEXINFO, began in response to rising gonorrhea rates among African Americans in San Francisco. Txt CLINIC +ur zipcode 4 clinics www.teensource.org Txt Stop 2end Stnd rates" With only $2,000 spent on marketing, ISIS already has 1,000 users signed up to receive the weekly tips.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

Heartbleed is an OpenSSL bug that creates openings in cloud servers in which attackers can go in and extract passwords, private keys, and other data. OpenSSL is nonprofit open source software that provides security on e-commerce and other websites by creating an encrypted channel between your device and the website.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 16, 2007

I talked to Chris Messina of Citizen Agency and Ivan Storck of SustainableMarketing.com about their green coworking space in San Francisco, Citizen Space for the Big Vision Podcast and have posted a transcript of the interview below. We opened up Citizen Space in San Francisco in November of last year, of 2006.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Project Open Hand. Top Nonprofit Website: Project Open Hand. Project Open Hand is a nonprofit providing “meals with love” to senior citizens and individuals suffering from critical illnesses. In doing so, they provide 2,500 meals and 200 bags of groceries for clients in the San Francisco and Oakland area every day.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

From #batkid to #GivingTuesday, the Next Generation of American Giving to Content Marketing for Nonprofits , storytelling to social fundraising, retention rates to relationship building, the roundup below covers it all (and everything in between). The ones that have gone dark and stopped responding to or opening your emails?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2017

Next week, NGOs from 50 countries, who operate together as the TechSoup Global Network, will gather for three days in San Francisco. Here in San Francisco, 90 individuals from the TechSoup Global Network will work together to reflect on the political, social, and economic challenges in the world. Net neutrality advocacy.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

Back in 1995, in the early days of the internet, a San Francisco innovator named Craig Newmark started a small email distribution list for friends, highlighting local events across the Bay Area. The open and direct connections among individual users would allow for the efficient exchange of goods, services, and information.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

I moved to San Francisco. The homicide rate, as people are probably aware of, has just really increased in the last few years in Oakland, where I live. I was actually talking to my mother recently about my work, and what we've seen emerge, just by opening up the space for women to really come together.

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