Double the Donation

JUNE 10, 2021

With this in mind, here are eight simple yet impactful ways to improve your peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns and events: . If you’re running peer-to-peer campaigns, it’s important to strike a balance between growing your peer-to-peer fundraising programs and working with limited resources. . Make things easier for your website visitors.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

I’ll keep this simple, as many of us have a lot on our minds as we experience the world grappling with a public health crisis. According to a study by The Russell Sage Foundation and The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, the GFC reduced total giving by 7 percent in 2008 and by another 6.2 Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

There is a good blog article , which, in some regards, might be seen as a criticism of the dataportability.org group, but which, to my mind, actually defines quite well what I’ve thought data portability means. I’m involved in the evangelism action group. .&#

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2021

Help children that are worried or are experiencing eco anxiety by finding a group or organization with like-minded people. FBE: I’d say three things: Motivation — As a parent who has been involved with climate change since 2008, I know what’s at stake for our children. It’s important that kids see us acting for their future.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants April 14, 2008 I like hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. Mostly, because I get to read blogs by people that aren’t on my list of feeds I read regularly.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 28, 2022

Mark Becker, Founding Partner at Cathexis Partners – Mark founded Cathexis Partners in 2008 to help nonprofit organizations get the most from their existing technology tools, implement new technology to address gaps, and find the best overall approach to using technology to support their missions.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology My Theory of Practice July 10, 2008 I finally had the reason to begin to more completely articulate my theory of practice. My theory of practice is different than my consulting philosophy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

That said, the best practices below are based on Nonprofit Tech for Good’s experience using Twitter almost daily since 2008. Experiment and keep in mind that those who use Twitter regularly tend to love Twitter. If your nonprofit doesn’t, then either decide not to use Twitter or tweet minimally with low expectations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

It is actually pretty mind-boggling. The event itself has been fab. As one of those monolingual American types, I’m learning a huge amount about what it takes to create open content in different languages. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

NTEN is, to my mind, a critically important organization in the ecosystem that is the Nonprofit Technology field, as the convener of the gathering that anchors the community, as well as a unique and necessary multi-dimensional resource at the regional and national levels for all sorts of constituents in the nptech world.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 8, 2009

It's often a hard thing to wrap our minds around because so much of social media doesn't provide straightforward numbers. 2008 Online Giving Trends - Connections - Want to compare your 2008 numbers/results to other organizations? Check out some great designs that could get you thinking!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 15, 2007

There is no question in my mind that free software has won the CMS/Blogging race, hands down. { There is no question in my mind that free software has won the CMS/Blogging race, hands down. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2011

These new websites enable people to support the causes they’re passionate about and connect with like minded individuals – inspiring further interaction, engagement and support. Social media for social good is grassroots organizing, fundraising and impact in the digital world. ammado supports 76 currencies and 12 languages.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2007

Xen comes to mind. I think we’re pretty close to the model of Intel or Red Hat’s contribution to the Linux kernel: Zmanda pays folks (like me!) to develop open source software. You could add a few more OSS apps to your list. Zend seems to have done a pretty good job maintaining PHP while also doing business.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 30, 2007

Before I took off, I wanted to mention a few things that have been on my mind (and on my plate.) That is actually one of the things I’m going to try and change – to set up to do a post every weekday. We’ll see how that goes. First, some of you might know that the new version of the NOSI primer has been in the works.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

In 2008, over two trillion text messages were sent worldwide. One thing to keep in mind is that most new services when first launched are expensive, but go down in price significantly over time as new vendors flood the market. MySpace estimates that 50% of its Website traffic will be mobile within 24 months.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

at 11:17 pm Keep in mind that your EC2 nodes don’t have a static IP address or persistent storage. In my country, there still are no good hosting companies, though our internet speed and ping inside the whole country, is better than the most of europe, that’s why I use e-insites. 2 Brian 11.23.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2007

To my mind, it bodes well for the open source tools. It wasn’t scientific, and the sample was about.05% 05% of the nonprofits in the United States (the foundation center says that there are about 1.4 million of them.) How could that be representative? NTEN did a great job of beginning to approach this topic, and it was great data.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing, take 2 January 31, 2008 Back in August, I did a review of web conferencing tools, with a decidedly unusual slant – as a presenter, I had to be able to share my Linux desktop.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Other studies, articles, and informal conversations show that the issue of staff turnover in the sector is clearly on the minds of nonprofit professionals. About the Author Mark Becker founded Cathexis Partners in 2008, providing technical and consultative services to nonprofits of all sizes and types.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 16, 2008

January 16, 2008 I’ve had a few interesting things happen lately which is making me wonder about what’s happening with open source, and the perceptions of open source in the nonprofit sector. Because the comments, in my mind, were criticizing it for not covering something that was a different topic.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

There are some really great men who hang out too, who don’t mind being around a bunch of geeky women. This community has been around for a while, and its full of women who know their way around a linux kernel (some of them even get paid to hack it,) and can answer just about any question on Apache mod_rewrite I can come up with.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

January 29, 2008 I don’t exactly know where the exclamation point came from, but if you want a scarily easy CMS to install, Joomla is a place to start. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #6: Joomla!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

It gave me space to give social media use some mindful attention. The product-driven learning is mindful, mostly linear, and focused. She recently wrote a post about how much time it takes to do social media based on some thinking from a post I wrote in 2008. Her blog posts certainly get me to think!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2007

I picked it up by happenstance, I think because I had NOSI on my mind, and I was thinking about how to talk to people about open source and nonprofits. The first book, called “ Made to Stick:Why Some Ideas Survive, and Others Die.&# It’s an interesting book, with a basic premise.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

These are the questions on my mind, and as I think more, and learn more, I’ll write more here. How do I talk about these issues in a way that people from all perspectives and traditions can appreciate, from completely athiestic, to deeply religious?

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 4, 2016

I joined ASU in Fall 2008, and it’s been 8 years. It’s not the lesson I have learned, but rather it’s generally an important point for junior scholars to keep in mind, to protect your time for research and learn to say “No”. For how long have you worked at ASU? What were you doing before this?

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Founded: 2010 Designed with fundraising staff in mind, iDonate’s overall mission is to move overall giving from 2% of disposable income to 4% by 2025. Founded: 2008 MobileCause has a pretty simple goal: Help nonprofits raise more money with less time and effort. MobileCause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

We decided to become a nonprofit in early 2008 and formed the Diabetes Hands Foundation in April 2008. One of the things that can get in the way when you work as a nonprofit is that you need to be much more mindful of who you partner with and how you partner with them. to partner around.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Being able to have your stakeholders engage with you – through social channels or otherwise, is what can help you win their hearts and minds, and eventually their donations.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 19, 2016

Sure there are special broadcasts that detail typical training regimens for certain prolific athletes, and I for one am quite interested in attempting to eat the 2008 diet of Michael Phelps, who famously proclaimed he was consuming 12,000 calories a day. Put in the work with all these aforementioned items in mind.

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Care2

MARCH 6, 2011

That’s a big question on nonprofits’ minds, which are trying to engage with them early in hopes of developing long-term relationships with these future donors. The study draws on survey data from a sample of 400+ California youth aged 19–22 who were surveyed after the 2008 presidential election.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

When Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, a longtime San Francisco resident, heard of the slothlike computer lab at the nonprofit in 2008, he said he “found the right civic-minded guy at Comcast” to fix the problem." ''via Blog this'''

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Steve Bridger

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at 11:05 am. 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. Please join the Colalife group on Facebook; 6,391 members… and counting. Filed under ideas , video.

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 9, 2008

Posted on Monday, June 9, 2008, at 10:31 am. Redesigning Charity for the Digital Age Skip to content Home More about Steve Bridger UK Charities Twitter 100 Woodland walk Took the family on a magical walk yesterday afternoon in Clevedon Court Woods. There’s nothing that compares to the majesty of trees. This was written by Steve Bridger.

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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. This year I’ve been focusing on data visualization and techniques for nonprofits – and working on my visual thinking skills without letting my basic drawing skills become a barrier.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

As you well know, one of the things that has been one of the most important to me is the availability of good software for nonprofits that’s built for them in mind. Katrin 3 Michelle Murrain 10.11.06 at 9:48 am Yes, this is all definitely worth a longer conversation. But my question is more than just exigency.

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