NTEN

MAY 15, 2009

We just released the 2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study with our fantastic friends at M+R Strategic Services. Or, for those of you who can't be bothered to open another link -- that's how I roll, so I feel you -- here are some highlights from this year's report: Social Media is hot, but email is where it's really at.

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Care2

JANUARY 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) Headlines should be short.

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Newsletter Social Media Advocacy Tips 51

NetWits

JULY 9, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Giving Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. No matter how well an organization is doing with its online fundraising, it will eventually hit plateaus and declines.

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Online Giving Haiti Fundraising 144

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

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. Stated another way, organize and simplify. I have a confession.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Armed with a fundraising page and email tools, peer-to-peer fundraisers turn their family and friends into donors. So, I thought I’d share five ways your organization can increase peer-to-peer fundraising revenue. So, I thought I’d share five ways your organization can increase peer-to-peer fundraising revenue.

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Forum One

APRIL 20, 2010

But have you ever wondered how you compare to other organizations? To help with this, Convio has released their Online Nonprofit Benchmark Study , which shares 2009 data from over 500 of their clients. Seventy percent of organizations raised more than they did the previous year. percent ( sign up for our newsletter here! ).

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Metrics Measure Web Convio 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Submitted by Jordan Viator, of Connection Café Hundreds if not thousands of online tools are available to help nonprofit organizations with online communication. What tools do you think will be the best and easiest for nonprofits to use in 2009? File Sharing. User Experience.

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Care2

MAY 14, 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) Here are the highlights. messages per month.

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Benchmark Social Media Studies Advocacy 28

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

A story about Rapleaf in Clickz (a newsletter for online marketers) says this : Rapleaf allows you to quickly and inexpensively find out the social networking footprint of those you’re marketing to. I actually thought this could be quite useful for organizations to figure out how to allocate sparse resources in the Web 2.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 17, 2008

They have released two studies, one on the “wired wealthy&# and another which is a “nonprofit benchmark index&# study – basically providing some benchmarks for organizations to measure themselves against, traffic, email newsletter click through rates, etc.

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Open Source Convio Benchmark RSS 111

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

A lot of nonprofits will now have to update their website, e-mail newsletters, and most costly, their print materials. 2) From my e-mail newsletter. All the major case studies are about large national and international organizations, and their success on Facebook has a lot to do with their brand being well known. Not even good.

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ROI Integration Question Facebook 244

Care2

APRIL 22, 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)

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Social Media Twitter Action Advocacy 68

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Your organization can create a page on your Web site announcing the new App and promote it in your e-newsletter and on social networking sites. Through December 31, 2009, Sweb Apps will defer all set-up fees for nonprofits organizations and all you are required to pay is $25 a month to host the App.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

More than $250 million was raised online for Haitian relief efforts in the first 21 days after the quake through Convio powered emails, websites, and other campaigns (up from approximately $120 million in the same period during Katrina). Many of these organizations continue to see 2X to 3X the daily traffic of average days in 2008. (A

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

The Nonprofit eBenchmarks study also analyzed specific list segments, such as donors vs. non-donors, geographically targeted audiences, surveys and tell-a-friend emails. Email: While more than 35 percent of American adults now have a profile on at least one social networking site – the best way to reach supporters is still email.

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Benchmark Studies Case Study Rate 28

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Can having a blog benefit your organization? Blogs help provide quick, up to the minute news about your organization and cause. If you've worked for a nonprofit, you know how painfully long it can take to put together a newsletter. Use a service like Feedblitz or Feedburner Email to facilitate readers' subscribing by email.

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Benefit Stumbleupon Newsletter Digg 76

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. How do you compare?

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Care2

MARCH 22, 2011

Are enewsletters still worth your organization’s time? Check out the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from M+R Strategic Services and NTEN which surveyed 40 nonprofit organizations and analyzed all of this data and more. Online fundraising grew 14% from 2009 to 2010. Online Advocacy and Email. Online Fundraising.

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Benchmark Advocacy Studies Metrics 76

Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 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) All rights reserved.

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Social Media Difference Advocacy Case Study 28

Care2

JANUARY 19, 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) To view the webinar presentation, click here.

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Social Media email Advocacy Practice 28

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2006

Sure, I’d love to see more nonprofits move from sending their newsletters out by email, to getting them into an RSS feed, which I can choose to look at, or not. Otherwise – I think it depends a lot on the mission of the organization, for sure. How many nonprofits really need to have a blog?

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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. How do you compare?

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Advocacy Social Media email Online 44

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

Can having a blog benefit your organization? Blogs help provide quick, up to the minute news about your organization and cause. If you've worked for a nonprofit, you know how painfully long it can take to put together a newsletter. Use a service like Feedblitz or Feedburner Email to facilitate readers' subscribing by email.

Benefit 50

Benefit Stumbleupon Newsletter Digg 50

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

That sort of information could be a newsletter sign up, a contact form that should be responded to, an online donation or an event registration. Forms sent go to email, or a separate database, and someone manually enters that data into the CRM. First, the what – what to integrate? The old fashioned form of integration.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. For many people who find you online, your website is the organization.

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Forum One

MAY 4, 2010

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on how organizations can use Convio’s Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study to determine how well they are doing online compared to others. They also pointed to specific testing done on their email campaigns, to determine the best copy to send to their constituents. donating money).

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Benchmark Convio Trend Statistics 49

Connection Cafe

MAY 19, 2009

Hundreds if not thousands of online tools are available to help nonprofit organizations with online communication. What tools do you think will be the best and easiest for nonprofits to use in 2009? Amid his top picks, David harped on a few tools and sites in particular. David's top picks include: 1. Social Networks. File Sharing.

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Tools Online Cancer Files 38

NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Those articles are now up on our blog, and the most popular -- as determined by page views, time on page, and number of comments and retweets -- will be featured in our November newsletter later this month. Writing for the Web: Tips for Nonprofit Organizations. How To: Create a Listening Dashboard for your Organization.

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NTEN Social Media Knowledge Newsletter 57

Care2

JUNE 5, 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) Prices vary widely, from about $0.12 - $0.60

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Social Media Online Advocacy Media 47

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

An obvious place to sign up for an email newsletter. I’ve seen how these tactics can boost the results of a nonprofit’s website, but there’s plenty more that organizations can do on this front. Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2009: Evaluating Your Website’s Effectiveness. Author: Emma Zolbrod.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

Check out these best practices to help protect both yourself and your organization. In August of 2009, the following exchange occurred between an employee known only as "Lindsay" and her boss, "Brian": [Lindsay]. Create lists to organize personal and professional contacts to control what they can or cannot see.

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Social Media Professional Personal Practice 100

Care2

MARCH 26, 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)

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Convio Benchmark Studies Social Media 31

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Most of us now host all of our applications and our data and our email systems documents/spreadsheets, etc. In addition to running a youth organization or a job training program or an environmental advocacy campaign, you are also running an information and technology system on which you do your work. on our own servers or desktops.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

Your organization was one of the early adopters of mobile phone apps. The original Seafood Watch iPhone app was released in January 2009. Finally, as a conservation organization, we’re always looking at ways to reduce our use of paper. An app is not another form of email or social media channel.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Most of us now host all of our applications and our data and our email systems documents/spreadsheets, etc. In addition to running a youth organization or a job training program or an environmental advocacy campaign, you are also running an information and technology system on which you do your work. on our own servers or desktops.

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Social South America Disaster Mobile 61

Care2

JUNE 13, 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) June 11, 2009 | Jeff Patrick Great article !

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Facebook Social Media Advocacy Online 50

Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 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)

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Demographics Social Media Advocacy Online 34