Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

We engaged, asked questions, held competitions, discovered advertising and had a great time teaching the world about our cause and how to keep kids safe. We worked so hard to get to 5,000 and then we took off! It may take a year or two, but if you follow the best practices in this book, you will reach that magic number.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 2, 2008

We're half way through 2008, so I thought I'd share how mine are going, and check in on yours. Challenge for the rest of 2008: I'm feeling a bit discouraged about what feels like a lack of progress in the situation. Challenge for rest of 2008: I only have 6 more interviews for 2008. My resolutions were to: 1.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

Three key themes emerged from the Summit: The power of building strong relationships to achieve your mission; the importance of flexibility, integration, and innovation to support your mission in times of change and growth; and the value of having secure data to gain deeper insights. . Relive Highlights from Nonprofit Summit. Watch On Demand.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 6, 2009

DIOSA Communications has been offering social media webinars for nonprofits since February 2008, but the content of the webinars and the time schedule mostly accommodate nonprofits in the United States. The webinars cost $40US each, or $70US if you register for both at the same time. Approximately 20 charities in the U.K.,

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

My curmugeonly thoughts fall into three basic categories of sucks: time suck, content suck, privacy suck. Time suck: Social networks are a time suck. At least the content-focused social networks, like del.icio.us, or flickr, or my personal favorite, our own Social Source Commons , there is some there there.

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Double the Donation

JUNE 10, 2021

When creating content, make sure you identify the action you want your reader to take and clearly communicate it (without adding several other asks!). Take time for one-to-one outreach. This, in turn, means more dollars for your mission. Everyone wins. Use clear calls-to-action. Have strategic follow-up procedures.

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Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

Achieve was founded in 2008 and started off working in the nonprofit sector primarily in research, strategy, and fundraising. At the time, the millennial generation was getting a bad rap; everyone envisioned them as kids absorbed only in their screens that didn’t care what happened around them. Q: Tell us a bit more about Achieve.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

To follow up on Monday’s post about why nonprofits should consider hiring a social media manger , below is an excerpt from Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits that helps further explore the time commitment necessary to create and sustain a comprehensive social media stategy for your nonprofit.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Here are the results for the 2008 Innovator Awards: Advocacy campaign or program Honorable Mention: National Parks Conservation Association Winner: Freepress for their StopBigMedia.com campaign Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies. Komen for the Cure race.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2009

I have many years of blog content. I have a confession. It is hard for me to find posts because I have too many categories (over 200) and an idiosyncratic way of organizing them. No wonder I get emails and DM's from folks telling me they can't find a particular blog post. Here's what it looks like: Concepts. Communication. Organization.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 29, 2011

Organizations must continually evaluate which programs get priority, and at times, make tough decisions as to which ones get cut. It provides an overview of the size and scope of philanthropic activities in our state, based on 2008 IRS data. Help us deliver the best content to you every week. How's our blogging?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2013

In online discussions with nonprofit techies, Megan Keane pointed to the loss of an anti-censorship tool in places like Iran, and Nancy Schwartz noted in an online discussion, “this is a kick to independent content publishing, not just convenience on the readers side. I tend to do this one or two times a year.

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Qgiv

MARCH 8, 2022

Qgiv: What have you accomplished during your time at Qgiv that you are most proud of? Qgiv: What have you accomplished during your time at Qgiv that you are most proud of? I am very passionate about my career, and during my time at Qgiv I became a new mom. When I came on board, our peer-to-peer system didn’t exist.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

One of the things I've been wanting to do for a while is review my blog content for the year and select the "Top 10" posts or the "best of" posts. But, a top ten post would focus on the content itself - and also jump start some thinking that I need to do for a redesign of this blog. Gnomedex Real Time Fundraising Experiment.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

The Rapleaf Business blog also has some great advice on incorporating user generated content instead of working from scratch. Those are all "How-to" links, by the way, but) if you're short on time, here are 50 Web2.0 Money earned is easy, but how do you figure if you're saving time and money? What's that you say?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2012

Here’s how it works, according to their recent Facebook and Tumblr posts: The Nature Conservancy has used photo contests to crowdsource photos from its network through social media in the post, as far back as 2008 when it ran a contest on Flickr. There are some obvious benefits: Engaging its network beyond the like on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

Stephen Blyth, a nonprofit capacity builder who I met when I keynoted Connecting Up in 2008, hosted my trip to NZ and arranged for this workshop to take place on Makaurau Marae which is the land of Maori. Too many times I have observed trainers simply launching into the new content without honoring what participants already know.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2009

It’s about the content and how it’s written—and sadly it’s usually the piece of a website that gets the least amount of attention. Remember, content is still king. Here’s a list of 10 best practices you can follow when working on your site content. What are your best web content tips?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 7, 2009

"2008 is going to be a challenging year." That was the lead sentence in an article Convio Chief Strategy Officer, Vinay Bhagat wrote for the Convio Connection newsletter last January titled, "10 Online Marketing Strtegies for Fundraising in Challenging Times." It's worth reading again, or for the first time if you haven't seen it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

Luckily, I had a lot of smart and generous people in my network who took the time to help me understand the topic. Over the years, I've been able to rub elbows with metrics geeks, even to pretend to be one at the 2008 E-Metrics Summit in DC. A couple years ago, I made a screencast about Google Analytics for Nonprofits.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

Established in 2008 as a collaborative response to the growing number of complex elder abuse cases in NYC, the NYC Elder Abuse Center helps professionals, organizations, and systems prevent elder abuse and improve their response to it. Everyone brings something unique to the table, whether it's content, tech skills or social media know-how.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

All content must be verifiable. The results when we posted a TuDiabetes page on Wikipedia in 2008 were disastrous. It helps to get a copy of a book like Wikipedia: The Missing Manual , but you don’t need it as much these days as you used to back in 2008 when it first came out. Don’t kill the messenger! So, your blog?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2012

I’ve been a fan of Dan Roam’s work since his book “ The Back of the Napkin ” in 2008. ” Understanding this, I can adjust and customize the curriculum level and content. I use survey monkey and grab the visual chart for each question and dumping each chart into its own Powerpoint slide.

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Care2

APRIL 6, 2010

Establishing benchmarks helps organizations better leverage supporters, engage activists and keep websites dynamic with compelling content that drives people to take action. Even in this dismal economy, online donations grew 14% and 69% of nonprofits raised more in 2009 than 2008.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Huge shift in online collections beginning with Flickr Commons and CC licenses back around 2008 but it will take another decade for everyone to get onboard :) — Aron Ambrosiani (@AronAmbrosiani) December 2, 2019 And, when you make that kind of shift to shared ownership you're willing to share in an open, trusting manner, as Heidi mentioned.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

of internet user time is spent on social media and social networking. Did you know that mobile web use increased by 230% between 2008 and 2009? [1] 2] Also, 41% of mobile internet time is spent on email.[3] Making your existing content accessible to mobile users is the simplest thing you can do. It says that 22.7%

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

For example, if a tech officer knows that an organization wants to allow members to log into the site eventually, they may choose a different kind of content management system in the short-term so they can make this feasible down the line. Their goal is to save money and time for staff. What Does the Data Say? 'In Efficiency.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2010

Healthcare for America NOW (HCAN) started organizing in early 2008 by asking people to make pledges before a bill was even in existence. They knew that they needed time to build a list of people if they wanted to be involved in shaping the bill. This is a critical strategy.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 14, 2014

When the economy crashed in 2008, we all felt the negative impact, including K-12 private schools. Having talked to numerous schools during these down times, I’ve seen many make adjustments and succeed. While overall enrollment numbers have not completely returned to pre-2008 levels, the journey back is well underway.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Well, I just got my first one out in 2008! Benetech Update: Summer 2008 I'm thrilled to be writing you this update, because this year is unusually exciting even by Benetech standards. You can imagine the impact of Bookshare.org going from a $1 million per year enterprise in 2006 to over $7 million in 2008.

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Care2

APRIL 6, 2009

Elana Wolowitz, the Communications Director and voice behind the @wellstoneaction profile, took some time out of her hectic schedule to answer a few questions. Elana Wolowitz (EW): I'm pretty sure we started in May or June of 2008. Deanna Zandt (DZ): How long have you been on Twitter? What inspired you to join?

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

When a learner accumulates a sufficient balance of CE credits over a certain span of time, she achieves maintenance of certification. It’s still in the realm of custom content development – not something you can assign to your staff instructional designers – but it’s cheaper to do.

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Care2

MARCH 3, 2008

After reviewing the user-generated content (UGC), two winners would emerge: one picked by HSUS and the other by members. Since this brought dogfighting into the spotlight and put it on the minds of many Americans, we figured it was a good time to reach out to people. The only cost, as with many social campaigns, was staff time.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2011

As nonprofits have flocked to the e-newsletter as an inexpensive and timely way to communicate with stakeholders, the number of newsletter tips has also proliferated. The most difficult part is creating good content, content your subscribers want to read. We shook up our e-news format again in November 2008.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Over the past few years, there have been several fabulous examples of pop-up museums focusing on visitor-generated content. There was Jaime Kopke's Denver Community Museum , which existed for nine months in a Denver storefront in 2008-9 to celebrate visitors' creations. They come up with a theme, a date, and invite people to come.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

There’s no time like the present to improving your donor retention rates. Superb content. ’ This takes more time initially, but it produces the levels of support and advocacy we really want for our organization!” Their donor file has quintupled since 2008. So let’s get started, right?

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 24, 2010

I've long admired this museum for its all-encompassing commitment to community co-creation , and the visit was a kind of pilgrimage to their new site (opened in 2008). Vi was unapologetically personal about her own relationship to the content on display. Several times on the tour, Vi said, "I once had someone on a tour who told me."

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