Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

During 2009 I created and promoted 34 TwtPolls to help better understand the needs of nonprofits. 2) ATTN Donors: Have you ever donated to a nonprofit organization through your cell phone? [ [link] ]. 43% Yes… our organization blogs regularly. 13% Check/snail mail. 43% Yes… our organization blogs regularly.

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Results Communication Strategy Myspace 193

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

From 2009 to 2010, the open rate for organizations of all sizes and sectors declined by 12% on average. Meanwhile, unsubscribe rates held steady from 2009 to 2010. International organizations once again stood out for their low newsletter click-through rates. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Highlights.

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email Marketing Nebraska Omaha 169

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Nonprofits throughout the world have sent millions upon millions of e-mails, Tweets, bulletins, updates, etc. 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. asking their supporters to “Become a Fan!&# on Facebook.

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ROI Integration Question Facebook 248

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

Just send the company your e-mail list and tell it what social networking sites those on your list are using, their demographics, the numbers of friends they have, how many widgets they’re using, even their interests. An interesting conversation ensued on the list – with some arguing that this was a problematic thing.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2010

I’m connected in different ways to numerous nonprofit organizations. From my interactions with them over the years, I became aware of how these organizations could engage me more effectively so that I feel even more committed to supporting their cause. Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2009: Multi-Channel Engagement.

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Channel Lesson Learning Haiti 32

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Scheduled to occur sometime between late 2009 and early 2010, some major changes are coming to Facebook Fan Pages. The ability to extract the e-mail addresses of your Fans will become available… maybe. My first instinct is that the changes below are going to significantly impact nonprofits, and in some cases, not in a good way.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

He has some good ideas and suggestions about how to be transparent as an organization through the website. The Hack Artist suggests that it’s important to marry direct mail efforts and a web presence. And, since I’m the host, I get to add a couple of bonus mistakes. Check This List 07.28.08

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Consultant Open Source Nonprofit Websites 124

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

How do you determine which technology, or set of technologies, will be best suited to your organization? Here are just two examples from organizations that I found to be most successful and effective. It was to serve as the kickoff for Red House 2009 and was hosted by a board member. How do you appropriately implement them?

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Campaign New York City Community Build 65

NTEN

JUNE 2, 2009

Your Grant To Meet Your Organization's Goals ", to learn best practices from. Goals and Setting Yourself Up for Success (6/5/2009). Performance and Monitoring Your Google Grants Account (6/11/2009). Your Google Grants Ads and Keywords (6/19/2009). Your Google Grants Ads and Keywords (6/19/2009). > Learn.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 3, 2008

It’s easy to set up accounts, move mail around, and do sophisticated filtering of mail, and such. Thunderbird is in the process of being spun out of the Mozilla Foundation into it’s own organization, dubbed “MailCo.&# I use it every day, nay, almost every waking minute, since email is such a critical beast.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Highlights include: 77% raised more money this year than they did in 2009. 85% saw the same or lower email response rates than they did in 2009. 85% sent more solicitations this year vs. 2009. As the economy improves, nonprofits will continue to raise more money online and across channels (direct mail, telemarketing, etc).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

in August 2009 and within a few months came to the conclusion that blogging had been the missing piece in my social media campaigns. has turned out to be the glue that holds it (the “Nonprofit Organizations” brand) all together and makes it work, surprisingly. Initially a reluctant blogger, I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Content Ideas Nonprofit Interview 260

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

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Promise to read the rest of this before you send me hate mail, though. " Net2 Think Tank Round-Up: Best of 2009 | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – Check out the diverse submissions to the December Net2 Think Tank that simply asked for the best blog posts of 2009! ."

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eBook Web Open Source Bookmarking 108

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) This is down from 19% in 2007 and 21% in 2006.

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Benchmark Social Media Studies Advocacy 28

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2010

I had to use both email and regular mail, contacting every person in my address book. Despite these challenges, I became one of the organization’s top fundraisers in Northern California that year. And who better to push them along than the organization behind the event! I have a history with your organization.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Two organizations that have been early adopters and pioneers in their use of social media are the National Wildlife Federation and the World Wildlife Fund. If you are going to design your own mobile Website, make sure you check out the article Mobile Web Design Trends For 2009. How about your nonprofit? Do you have a mobile Website?

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Social Media Mobile Media Myspace 196

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)

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Social Media Difference Advocacy Case Study 28

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

The last three months of the year represent a critical time for the fundraising efforts of nonprofit organizations. Blackbaud studied 1,274 nonprofits to compare their online fundraising results for the first six months of 2008 to the same period of 2009. Steve MacLaughlin, Blackbaud. Not bad for all the doom and gloom being reported.

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Care2

MARCH 24, 2010

Acquisition is critical to your organization’s success. In contrast, direct mail has long been the staple of the acquisition diet for nonprofits. However, new research shows that direct mail is in serious trouble. Organic Online Recruitment. It also usually requires a big budget!

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Mail Nonprofit Blackbaud Newsletter 57

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2008

“I look forward to the growth of this community, and the ongoing development of the MPower solution as an open source alternative CRM for nonprofit organizations. So far, there is basically no activity in the forums and mailing list. So my hope is that they really begin to use the platform. 1 trackback } Bookmarks about News 11.09.08

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

For example, your fundraising email list versus your Facebook page versus your direct mail—three different channels translates to three different communication tactics. Email thoughtfully ( check out BuzzMaven’s e-mail marketing check-list on how to write effective emails).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

The organization wants to capture the demographic details, as well as make sure that data is synchronized with the data they might already have on that web user, so they can track their constituents over time. at 12:59 am @sudha My organization is getting ready to launch a Drupal site with deep Salesforce.com integration.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

For example, your fundraising email list versus your Facebook page versus your direct mail—three different channels translates to three different communication tactics. Email thoughtfully ( check out BuzzMaven’s e-mail marketing check-list on how to write effective emails).

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Channel Data Strategy Tips 59

NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

When you remove the estimated $122 million in corporate pledges from that number, more than half of all funds raised came online through those organizations. Many of these organizations continue to see 2X to 3X the daily traffic of average days in 2008. (A To get your invitation visit [link].).

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Online Giving Convio Mobile 74

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) Direct Mail typically generates a 0.5%

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Demographics Social Media Advocacy Online 34

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) Direct Mail typically generates a 0.5%

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Demographics Social Media Online Advocacy 45

NTEN

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The results elp organizations understand what software is in use by their peers, and how happy they are with the. In summer 2009, we went looking for a better way. find out how happy organizations are with each of the tools they use, but also what tools make up their ecosystems, and how happy they are with those ecosystems as well.

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NTEN Report Data Open Source 65

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)

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Social Media Online Advocacy Media 47

Care2

JANUARY 7, 2011

As organizations continue to plan for 2011, it’s important to examine 2010 benchmarks such as the Membership Marketing Benchmark report that surveyed over 400 association executives. Check out these Stats: In 2009, 31% of associations reported that membership renewal rates decreased in the previous year.

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Benchmark Associations Stats Offline 67

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

More lately, I’ve been working to focusing my advising practice on helping people implement open source software (mostly server-side) in their organizations, providing advice and training. Next up, let’s see how the details of migration (web, mail, address book, etc.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 18, 2007

And it’s amazing how much it can do, and how much an organization can do with it. There are plenty of very small organizations (and not so small) that run on Excel. I’ve thought that it was truly one of the best pieces of software ever written. Many shouldn’t, but, some, arguably, certainly can.

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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 news no doubt sent many board members scurrying to their organizations to find out if they are on the list. We welcome your comments and feedback.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 27, 2011

While that’s all well and good, there’s nothing like seeing an organization put these tips into practice and learning from their example. In 2009 Volunteers of America looked to get more out of their online fundraising program by tapping into the power of integrated online and offline fundraising. What were the results?

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America Results Volunteer Offline 24

NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Last year, Convio clients raised more than $777 million online and 2009 looks to be even better. Organizations of all sizes can get into the game, you just need a playbook. ™ , which is designed specifically for organizations that have a website and know they need to do more online, but were reluctant to invest in Internet tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

in August 2009 and within a few months came to the conclusion that blogging had been the missing piece in my social media campaigns. has turned out to be the glue that holds it (the “Nonprofit Organizations” brand) all together and makes it work, surprisingly. Initially a reluctant blogger, I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Content Ideas Nonprofit Interview 117

Care2

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

With all the new technology out there, nonprofit organizations have more ways than ever to reach donors online. and learn by example through a case study about carrying one message across many platforms.

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Channel Integration New York City Campaign 52