NTEN

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

In 2008, NTEN began asking the community to tell us what they thought of the tools they use. We hope that, by broadening our view of the software question, we can acheive two things. Tags: CMS CRM Data E-mail Integration & APIs Open Source Web Sites IT Staff. Of course, life is rarely that simple. We wanted to.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

The year is 2008. If one’s work as an executive director of a nonprofit organization is a vocation, a “calling,” the answers to the following questions are likely to be YES!: Put out a mailing to past donors, create a marketing campaign and yet another fundraiser. (A Donnalee Sarda, LPC , Executive Director.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

Yesterday, they published the list of organizations that have lost their exemption from paying income tax due to failure to file required reports in 2007, 2008, and 2009. The "Fall Festival" advertised on their homepage is for 2008, and the "events" link opens up to a May 2009 calendar. Long overdue, the IRS finally pulled the trigger.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

Regardless of whether you believe direct mail is on its way out -- and many smart people seem to disagree with each other on this point – nearly everyone agrees that the role of online giving is only becoming more important over time. The total amount of money raised online increased by 26 percent from 2007 to 2008.

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Care2

MARCH 25, 2008

60) Search « Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmarks Released | Main | LOLseals: Flickr API Contest Gets HSUS Over 3,000 Entries » Tuesday Mar 25 2008 Whats an Email Address Worth? Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 12:36PM | by Eric Rardin How to Measure the Value of an Online Supporter Over here at Care2 we get this question a lot.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Let's take a step back, and ask one simple question: "Why?" Step 2: Ask the Right Questions. Step one begs the question: How do you know what you need to know? You probably have too many questions you want to answer at your organization. What channel (direct mail, email, social media) the gift came through.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

60) Search « Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmarks Released | Main | LOLseals: Flickr API Contest Gets HSUS Over 3,000 Entries » Tuesday Mar 25 2008 Whats an Email Address Worth? Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 12:36PM | by Eric Rardin How to Measure the Value of an Online Supporter Over here at Care2 we get this question a lot.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

7] Additional questions? If you have additional questions, please contact us through the Ask the Nonprofit Specialists section of the ASU Lodestar Centers website, or call us at 602-496-0550. In 2008 the IRS instituted the 990-N that requires those with $25,000 or less income to annually file; this is a postcard form.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

The data were collected in the summer of 2009 by asking people to reflect on their volunteering during all of 2008. On one of the pages, amid all the charts on who volunteers and what they do, is a big banner depicting the following result: "33 percent of Arizona adults volunteered in 2008." One in three. But is it right? One in four.

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See3

DECEMBER 12, 2007

Here’s today’s headline for you: NEARLY 95% OF EMAIL IS JUNK Nearly 95 percent of the e-mail sent in 2007 has been “spam,&# junk advertising loathed by its recipients, according to a report released Wednesday by a US Web security firm. Here is the link, [link] Let me know if you have any questions. Christopher S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2010

Amazon, in 2005, and Google, in 2008, learned the hard way. Just as there are best practices and benchmarks for marketing online, via email, direct mail etc. This is not a program that one or two people — who have other corporate responsibilities — can do in their spare time.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

I just finished reading the 2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarks Analysis , put out by Blackbaud company Target Analytics. By many measures, online fundraising had a red letter year in 2008: Online donors are younger and have higher incomes than traditional, primarily direct mail donors. Get the report and read it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008. Nancy White answers a question posed by Laura Whitehead " Getting the most from social media for nonprofits: what would you recommend? Network-Centric Advocacy blogs points to a new feature at Alex's Lemonade Stand called "From the Mail Bag."

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

A 2008 study shows that the nonprofit sector employs approximately 13 million people in the United States. [1] How to Start a Nonprofit Organization: Questions t. We welcome your comments and feedback. 1] In the past few decades, the nonprofit workforce has become increasingly professionalized. Pollak, T. & Blackwood, A.

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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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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

You can quickly see the actual cost per friend you recruit, the supporter you recruit, or cost per donation and hopefully compare that to other options - web traffic, direct mail, ads, email, events, etc. Is it irresponsible of me to spend ANY staff time on social networks? Colman Thanks for your comments, Kira & Jonathon.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

Who should attend: Professional communicators in DC Sponsor: IMC Program at West Virginia University Questions?: Copyright © 2008, Care2.com 60) Search « Worldwide Protest Organized on Facebook | Main | Who Will Be the Next $100,000 Purpose Prize Winner? Reader Comments There are no comments for this journal entry.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

That begged the question, are the good people of Austin giving more outside of Austin because of their propensity for living a wired lifestyle? I also did a little, non-scientific analysis of some of the cities that had jumps of 20-30 places in their 2008 to 2009 ranking. Check out the list and let us know what you think.

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Austin Online Learning Minneapolis 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

AARP California Twitter Account Last week at the WeAreMedia Workshop, someone asked a question about babyboomers and social media use. It may be mean rethinking multi-channel campaigns, particularly use of direct mail as Allyson Kapin writes on the Frog Loop blog. If it were a question of age, then folks like me would be using it.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2007

In the end, Marketing Sherpa reports that nearly three times the number of walkers and donors were recruited via the email test series than the mail control – resulting in a 30% increase in ROI! Like any fabulously interesting test, this one left me with a few burning questions: How were prospect names gathered for the test and control?

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

You can quickly see the actual cost per friend you recruit, the supporter you recruit, or cost per donation and hopefully compare that to other options - web traffic, direct mail, ads, email, events, etc. Is it irresponsible of me to spend ANY staff time on social networks? Colman Thanks for your comments, Kira & Jonathon.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 27, 2008

60) Search « HSUS YouTube User-Generated Video Competition Grows List | Main | Props to MyEmma for Doing Good » Wednesday Feb 27 2008 Revamped Politics Online Conference Ready for Its Closeup Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 12:02PM | by Heather Holdridge I’ve been attending IPDI’s Politics Online Conference since 2004.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

60) Search « Email Is Most Popular for a Reason: Its the Strongest Performing | Main | Join WVU for Integrated Marketing Degree Information Session » Wednesday Feb 06 2008 Worldwide Protest Organized on Facebook Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 10:43AM | by Caitlin Ochs Need more proof of the organizing power of social networks?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

You can quickly see the actual cost per friend you recruit, the supporter you recruit, or cost per donation and hopefully compare that to other options - web traffic, direct mail, ads, email, events, etc. Is it irresponsible of me to spend ANY staff time on social networks? Colman Thanks for your comments, Kira & Jonathon.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 9, 2016

In my last post, I answered the age-old questions, “ Can my 501(c)(3) really engage in advocacy? ” Others still measure by the number of letters mailed to editors of major newspapers and periodicals that are published as commentary or whether a newspaper publishes an op-ed from a nonprofit organization’s CEO or Executive Director.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

The summaries are more focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. I suspect that the good folks at SeaChange are busy updated the 2008 the Procrastinators Guide To Year-End Fundraising. Do you remember the Grasshopper and the Ant Fable ? More coverage in the blogosphere and beyond here.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 15, 2023

Need a list of scholarship recipients who graduated from Harvard between 2008 and 2018? Need to segment contacts into different mailing lists? Custom fields would be an ideal way to list which individuals should receive different mailings—and to flag people who should not receive solicitations at all. No problem!

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Care2

MAY 2, 2007

Nancy Schwartz , our friend from the Getting Attention blog , informed us about this just-released study that questioned 350 nonprofits about their marketing initiatives. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com The survey supported the concern that nonprofits fail to maximize their marketing potential. All rights reserved.

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Care2

APRIL 20, 2007

Schwartz A Few Recommendations on E- Newsletter Tools [link] Nonprofit Marketing Blog Katya Andresen Back to Basics: 4 web site tweaks [link] Nonprofit Integrator DMA Nonprofit Federation Walking the Walk: The Right Questions to Ask Online Technology Providers [link] Post a Comment | by Share Article in Misc. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008.

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Care2

OCTOBER 17, 2007

link] Feel free to contact Karen Matheson at kmatheson@mrss.com with any questions or requests for a copy of the study when it comes out in November. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Post a Comment | by Share Article in Marketing Research Reader Comments There are no comments for this journal entry. All rights reserved.

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See3

MARCH 12, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman MAR 12, 2008 Why do people give charity?

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Care2

APRIL 22, 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): Im pretty sure we started in May or June of 2008. www.MHPonline.org April 22, 2009 | Rick Bernardo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

I think the better question is, why not be on YouTube? While we dont have hard metrics at this time, I would encourage nonprofits to read your previous Frogloop interview with Carie from the Humane Society, where she details how a YouTube contest helped add 2000 new members to their mailing list. Everyone is on YouTube. com , Inc.

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

I think the better question is, why not be on YouTube? While we dont have hard metrics at this time, I would encourage nonprofits to read your previous Frogloop interview with Carie from the Humane Society, where she details how a YouTube contest helped add 2000 new members to their mailing list. Everyone is on YouTube. com , Inc.

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Care2

MAY 8, 2009

The study also discusses how nonprofits continue to question whether it’s better to build a community on a popular social networking platform like Facebook, or to build their own in-house social network. May 11, 2009 | Caitlin Jennings Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All rights reserved.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

The audience will have ample opportunity to ask questions and respond. Or if anyone has any SXSW questions, this is my 4th so I might have some answers. :) See you at the Poetry Slam! Tuesday, March 17th from 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Room 10 March 13, 2009 | Allyson Kapin Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Panelist: Tara Hunt, Intuit 7.

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