Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2009

Convio has released a new online fundraising benchmark report that is based on data from 600 of Convio's nonprofit clients from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008. The study reports: Positive year-over-year growth in all of the key areas of online success. in 2007 and 2008. in 2007 and 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Their inquiry adds great richness to the reports which includes an overview of the technology, case studies of how early adopters are using it, and synthesis of current research. This report is not just your father’s PDF file!

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

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. We included them in the study because that was the most recent return we had for them. Most of them are very small.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2011

Jeff Pryor and Alexandra Mitchell from Pathfinder Solutions shared some specific case studies about how 30 nonprofits in Colorado are measuring the ROI of Social Media, specifically what they are learning from some preliminary research results. This will be very valuable information to the field.

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Steve Bridger

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Just this morning, Mark Charmer of Akvo alerted me to a United Nations University study , which says providing sanitation and safe water is the top route to reducing world poverty. Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at 11:05 am. Filed under ideas , video. This was written by Steve Bridger. Tagged colalife , video , water.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 1, 2011

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. They file a different 990 form (the 990 PF) and are also subject to additional rules and taxes. ASU Lodestar Center.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

While celebrity endorsements have power in marketing, studies suggest that most people are more open to a transfer or exchange of knowledge with a respected peer. Published Friday, June 06, 2008 8:13 PM by Rebecca. Filed under: General non-profit interest , nptech , Best practices , Non-profit Communications , training , publicity.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 19, 2017

Functional Allocation Time Study (internal) : Many organizations classify all of their employees’ salaries to overhead, and many donors view employee salaries as overhead. Therefore, conducting these time studies will help organizations better allocate their employees’ time based on the work they do in a typical work-week. Gregory, A.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) And we should. Environmental $2.59

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Care2

APRIL 15, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Check out the full study here.

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Care2

MARCH 28, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Check out the full study here.

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Care2

MARCH 25, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) And we should. Environmental $2.59

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) March 4, 2008 | Carie This girl is on the ball!

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Care2

MARCH 3, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) March 4, 2008 | Carie This girl is on the ball!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

" Those points are common in the nonprofit sector despite the growing number of studies and reports that show that online fundraising continues to grow — even during the tough economy. In 2008, Convio pioneered a new program called Convio Go!™ 8 percent of file are donors. You can’t afford to wait any longer!

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

Many privacy experts argue that the recent decline in reported data breaches ( 498 in 2009 versus 657 in 2008 (PDF)) is not due to an improvement in data security practices, but rather that fewer organizations are publicly reporting such breaches. Eradication & Education. How long do you keep donor information?

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

We spent a lot of time at the end of 2008 working with one of our clients, the Humane Society of the United States, and our friends at the Watershed Company to come up with a nice mobile test for end of year fundraising. HSUS had already built a mobile subscriber list of about 12,000 activists through Mobile Commons by December of 2008.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Response : studies show that people expect a response on social media. As always, you can also review the speaking notes by downloading the file for your own review.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Speaking of open rates and click-through rates, there's a fascinating new study from Return Path that Sean Donahue from MarketingSherpa breaks down for us. Even though the study is from for-profit emailers, we can learn from the results. Here's a gem of a post from Peter Genuardi in 2008 that addresses this exact point.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Whats the longest video a nonprofit can post?

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Whats the longest video a nonprofit can post?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Very cool project from 2008: Twitter Vote Report. Did you know you can embed an audio file in Google Earth?) The new map galvanized the community because they were able to really understand the impact of the plan. Read the full case study here. You can read the full case study here. Why is Joomla listed twice?

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) 60) Search « How Sticky is Facebook?

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Read the full case study here.

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) ” Whereas Web 1.0 2) Make it simple.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

As these forms spread to other European countries, researchers began to study their effectiveness (Defourny et al., The traditional method of receiving tax-deductible donations is to file for 501(c) status with the Internal Revenue Service, an application for 501(c)(3) status designed for a religious, charitable, or educational purpose.

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2009

And finally, we’ll learn from a few case studies and go over some production best practices. data from edison research from 2008 on podcasting listenership. if you are recroding with multiple people, you can record them to separate audio files so you can edit more easily. Check out their postcasts: Corey: 501c3cast.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2014

increased by 60 percent from 593,802 in 1998 to 947,274 in 2008 (IRS. Business Master File, 2010). A study of nonprofit volunteer. 2008, making 2009 the largest single-year increase in the number of. The number of public charities registered with the IRS. While many of these new nonprofits may be. In 2009, 63.4

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 5, 2010

So for the fourth year in a row, Convio is proud to provide you the latest copy of our Online Nonprofit Benchmark™ Study with hopefully enough to satisfy every sweet tooth, or hardened online marketer. At a macro cross-segment level, this study revealed the following: - Online giving grew 14 percent despite a difficult economy.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

What about nonprofits that don’t file an IRS Form 990 ? Getting it right would mean doing a lot of things including the following: The Right Organizations Who should be eligible to get a donation through an iPhone app? Only 501(c)(3) organizations? What about the 27 other types of tax exempt organizations in the US?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) and, yes, some will never give.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) and, yes, some will never give.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2008

The “Ghosts of a Chance” alternate reality game (ARG) ran from July 18 until October 25, 2008 and was a collaboration between the Smithsonian American Art Museum and CityMystery. The Luce Foundation Center for American Art, the museum’s innovative open storage and study center, seemed like the perfect fit for the project.

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