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My Goals For 2009

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've had a post in draft for a couple of weeks now about some personal/professional goals or my New Year's resolutions for 2009. I read Chris Brogan's " Your 3 Goals for 2009 " and I loved his process. Think of how you want to be successful in 2009. Just something to keep in mind if you're pitching me. .

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A Fundraising Cliff? What does the data say?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” Also keep in mind that only 30% of American taxpayers itemize their deductions, which often gets overlooked in end-of-year holiday appeals. The National Bureau of Economic Research said that the recession ended in June 2009, and fundraising historically takes three years recover from a recession. billion in revenue.

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The Best Donation Platforms for Nonprofits

Whole Whale

transaction Setup Fee: $0 Commitment: None Integration: Salesforce, MailChimp, Eventbrite, Optimizely, Google Analytics, Google Docs, HubSpot, Insightly, Stripe. Founded: 2009 A leader in the crowdfunding space, it doesn’t get much more straightforward than setting up a page with Fundly for a simple means of collecting donations online.

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What do web stats mean, anyway?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

How odd is it then to teach Google Analytics to nonprofit techies but then say that site statistics had nothing to do with a nonprofit’s mission? They can be used for a nonprofit’s mission and that is why nonprofits should exercise transparency on web site analytics. Why bother having a web site at all? 5 Richard from GoStats 09.18.07

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My Top 16 tools of 2008

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’m betting that in 2009, many folks will move from shared hosting to VPS servers. This is an awesome cross-platform mind mapping tool. I use TweetDeck, Twhirl, and the Analytics reporting suite among others. I am administering and/or responsible for a couple of Virtual Private Servers that use it. Proprietary Tools.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

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There’s just a human tendency to get excited about a good idea and view it as the solution to all your problems: “if all you have (on the mind) is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” Think of those Google Alerts you excitedly set up in 2008 and haven’t read since 2009. Slope of Enlightenment.

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Guest Post by Steve MacLaughlin: Creating a Social Networking Strategy (Part 0)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

in 2009 reminds me of Web 1.0 I recently had a chance to discuss social media strategies with members of our Target Analytics Customer Advisory Board. And it is the lingua franca for dealing with Generation Y and younger-minded supporters. Before starting to create a strategy it makes sense to set a baseline. Where are we today?