Wild Apricot

JUNE 29, 2010

There’s no more convenient way to brush up on your skills than to do your professional development online - and July 2010 brings us lots of free online presentations and seminars for fundraisers, board members, administrators, active volunteers, volunteer coordinators, and other non-profit folks.( read more ).

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

October 2010 is notable for the variety of topics in the free nonprofit webinars on schedule – both recurring events and special one-time opportunities for professional development. And if you’re offering a free webinar of interest to non-profit folks that didn’t make October’s list, please leave a comment.( read more ).

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Free Case Study Profit Newsletter 121

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2010

This past Sunday was October 10th, 2010 – also know as 101010, the Global Work Day for climate action supported by 350.org Tags: blogging campaigns. Try the water calculator – the questions are insightful and make you think, and the usage answer at the end may surprise you! org and others. This year’s topic is water.

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Action Maldives Oman Malaysia 147

NetWits

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

The week before last, I was lucky enough to attend the Email Marketing Summit Australia 2010 (EMSA). Tags: Marketing and Communication brand eMail marketing. It was fantastic to see mix of new and experienced email marketers, as well as a variety of organisations, both Nonprofit and otherwise.

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Database Doc Newsletter Australia 109

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

The TwtPoll results are often surprising and can be very useful for nonprofits as they forge ahead with their 2010 communications strategies. Related Posts: Tags: ROI (Return on Investment). 39% Yes… it’s in the works. 22% Yes… but we have no idea where to begin. 42% Yes… and it was useful.

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Results Communication Strategy Myspace 193

Wild Apricot

MAY 31, 2010

Our regular monthly round-up of free professional development opportunities for nonprofit folks is back for June 2010. Tags: Non-profit technology General non-profit interest Fundraising nptech Marketing Web 2.0 It’s that time again! As always, Wild Apricot Blog readers will undoubtedly find events I’ve missed and add them in.(

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Here’s a look at the most popular links submitted to Association Jam in October 2010, by topic category: Membership Are you a membership based nonprofit? Tags: association Association Jam association management association marketing Associations Non-profit technology nptech. read more ).

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Associations Retention Nptech Profit 102

Wild Apricot

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Here’s a look at the most popular links submitted to Association Jam in November 2010, by category: Membership Association Horn-Tootin' and Why Being Member Driven is Only Half the Battle Carol-Anne Moutinho | Association Resource.( read more ).

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Associations Social Media Leadership Tag 98

Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

By category, here’s a look at the most popular links submitted to “AJam” in September 2010: Membership What's Keeping You Awake At Night Part 1: AE's Riding Out the Current Economic Storm.But Bigger Clouds on the Horizon Carol Anne Moutinho | Association Resource.( read more ).

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Associations Nptech Profit Social Media 98

Wild Apricot

JULY 27, 2010

Best of all, you’ll find a number of brand new faces here, among the excellent content submitted to and voted up in “AJam” through July 2010: Membership It's That Time Again: NFP Pulse on Member/Donor Recruitment & Retention has Officially.( read more ).

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Associations Retention Profit Nptech 100

Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Here are the most popular links at “AJam” in August 2010.( Tags: Associations Non-profit technology General non-profit interest nptech online community Non-profit Communications Association Jam association management. Events came in close behind, as association professionals were all geared up for ASAE10. read more ).

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Associations Profit Nptech Social Media 93

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2010

In the meantime, and thanks to an article by CNBC yesterday called Your Smartphone Can Change the World, One Dollar at a Time , SwebApps has extended the free set-up offer to nonprofits to 7/31/2010. We saw that with social media in 2008 and 2009, and the same will be true of mobile technology in 2010.

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Mobile Adopt Fun Nonprofit 179

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

In addition to all those wonderful programs, I wrote up 11 more for 2010. Tags: Online Fundraising. Last year’s list of nonprofit holiday gift programs has been getting a lot traffic over the last two weeks thanks to Google searches. It’s been a tough year for nonprofits … they could use your support.

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Gift Place Benefit Program 249

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 2, 2010

Tags: Nonprofits of the Month. Flickr: Farm Sanctuary. Related Links: Circuses.com. The Trouble With Tigers. Free Tony the Tiger. American Anti-Vivisection Society. Factory Farming. Free and Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Database.

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Tennessee Myspace Flickr YouTube 207

Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Here’s to change in 2010. Tags: Geek Posts Personal Posts. Like when I see a link I like and I post it to Facebook with a couple of sentences. That feels comfortable to me. Blogging in the traditional sense isn’t coming naturally to me anymore.

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Feeds Convio Google Hosting 124

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 2, 2010

Tags: Nonprofits of the Month. Villagers queue for a chance to fill containers with fresh drinking water, delivered by truck to the dry villages of south China’s Guangdong Province. Related Links: National Geographic Freshwater Facts, Resources, Photos, Videos. Circle of Blue | Water News.

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China Conservancy Linkedin Flickr 200

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 19, 2010

Tags: Nonprofits of the Month. YouTube: Public Citizen :: What a Gas. MySpace: Rainforest Action Network. Know of other nonprofits working to hold corporations accountable? Please post them below.

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Myspace YouTube Nonprofit Test 185

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Tags: Nonprofits of the Month. The nonprofits above are featured throughout the month of January on the Nonprofit Organizations Twitter Profile , the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page , the Nonprofit Organizations YouTube Channel , the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace , and the Web 2.0 for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group.

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Haiti Myspace YouTube Linkedin 170

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Tags: community events 4change chat community building monthly chat offline community online community. Share your ideas ahead of time in the comments below, or on twitter using #4change and/or #commbuild – have an idea for a better hashtag for this chat? Please leave a comment with your idea! Did you miss last month’s chat?

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Community Offline Comment Build 164

Tech Soup

JULY 7, 2010

Microsoft's new version of Office 2010 is interesting in several ways, especially in its approach to green IT and cloud computing. The free online version of Microsoft Office 2010, called Office Web Apps for Home and School is free to anyone regardless of whether or not they use a desktop version of Microsoft Office.

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Sharepoint PowerPoint Green Application 56

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Tags: Nonprofits of the Month. The nonprofits above are featured throughout the month of January on the Nonprofit Organizations Twitter Profile , the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page , the Nonprofit Organizations YouTube Channel , the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace , and the Web 2.0 for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group.

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Myspace YouTube Linkedin Nonprofit 181

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 1, 2010

Tags: Nonprofits of the Month. The nonprofits above are featured throughout the month of March on the Nonprofit Organizations Twitter Profile , the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page , the Nonprofit Organizations YouTube Channel , the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace , and the Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group.

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Arts San Francisco Myspace Museum 179

Wild Apricot

MAY 3, 2010

Fundraising and nonprofit technology topics are in the lead for May 2010, but I think you'll find a little something here for everyone.( read more ).

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Free Profit Social Network Mail 66

Get Fully Funded

JULY 6, 2010

All entrants will receive a free copy of the fully-updated 2010 Nonprofit Tagline Report in late 2010. Tags: Communications/Public Relations nonprofit taglines. This program is designed to help close that gap. Please take 3 minutes now to enter your nonprofit’s taglines today while it’s on your mind.

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Award Model Public Survey 60

NCE Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2010

Tags: Education and Training Facebook Microblog Research social media twitter facebook privacy. Posting private information on social media sites takes that to a whole new level. A copy of the recording should be up shortly but in the mean time here are the slides from my presentation.

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Social Media Media Social Slides 117

Wild Apricot

JANUARY 27, 2010

What will you do in 2010 that you've never done before to help your associations thrive? Tags: Associations Non-profit technology Fundraising nptech Marketing Volunteers Google Social networking Non-profit Communications membership websites event managment Membership management social media Association Jam. read more ). read more ).

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Associations Social Network Profit Nptech 60

Wild Apricot

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Tags: nonprofit non-profit Non-profit technology nptech webinar. Busy as this season is for nonprofit folks, with year-end fundraising campaigns and family events for the holidays, still there’s no better time to sneak in a bit of professional development to get you ready for a bright New Year! read more ).

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 28, 2010

Social Media once again ranked as the top category for blog posts, reports, articles and news stories submitted to and voted on by visitors to Association Jam this month, but Leadership and Events both tagged along very close behind. Tags: Associations Non-profit technology nptech Association Jam. Rosetta Thurman.( read more ).

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Associations Nptech Social Media Profit 60

Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Tags: Fundraising Marketing Membership management nonprofit non-profit Non-profit Communications Non-profit technology nptech SEO social media Social networking training volunteer management Volunteers webinar. Still, you'll find plenty of free opportunities for online professional development all through the month! read more ).

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Free Profit Social Network Nptech 115

Wild Apricot

MAY 27, 2010

Here are the most popular links for May 2010 in each “AJam” category – Membership, Events, Leadership, Volunteers, Fundraising, Social Media, Technology, Other, and Fun: Membership What Would Reverse Innovation Look Like in Your Not-for-Profit? Carol-Anne Moutinho | Association Resource Center Reverse Innovation.( read more ).

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Associations Case Study Profit Nptech 60

Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Tags: Non-profit technology nptech events training webinar. Coming out of the holiday season, I thought we might find January a slow month for free web-based professional development opportunities for nonprofit folks — but, in fact, with 33 different webinars in the list, this month's round-up of training events is larger than ever!

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Free Nptech Training Train 133

Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2010

The brand spanking new Microsoft Office 2010 slate of products has just hit the shelves and is now available for donation through TechSoup. There are also three new versions of Visio, the popular graphics and diagramming software: Microsoft Visio Standard 2010 , Microsoft Visio Professional 2010 , Microsoft Visio Premium 2010.

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Sharepoint Software Product Database 43

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

We're looking for your bright ideas that will make the conference the place to be to learn about nonprofit technology in 2010. . > The 2010 Steering Committee worked with us to create a list of major themes and ideas we'd like to cover in the 2010 Agenda. Tags: 10NTC agenda NPTech NTEN.

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NTC Guidelines Nptech Registration 72

Care2

DECEMBER 28, 2009

But what's coming up in 2010? Frogloop asked some of the best nonprofit experts what should organizations focus on in 2010 to be successful in fundraising, online advocacy, online marketing, and social media? Cheryl Contee, Fission Strategy: In 2010, nonprofits need to get serious about mobile outreach. Here's their advice.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 30, 2010

Tags: Non-profit technology General non-profit interest Fundraising Marketing Volunteers Non-profit Communications event management Membership management Donor management webinar social media. read more ).

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

As always, you'll want to start with your 3 big vision goals for 2010. Then, write down 3 goals (related to your 2010 goals) that you'd like to complete before fall ends (December 21). Finally, write down 3 goals (related to your 2010 and fall goals) that you'd like to accomplish before the end of the lunar month (December 5th).

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Fun Free Goal Tag 52

Wild Apricot

MARCH 30, 2010

Here’s a look at the most popular links submitted to “AJam” in March 2010: Membership A Different Way to Look at Lost Members Summer Faust | Acronym Conventional wisdom says to ask your members what.( Tags: Associations Non-profit technology nptech Association Jam. read more ).

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Associations Nptech Profit Social Media 60