Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

While volunteers were sorting donated computers and electronics , Shawn Ahmed [@ uncultured ] interviewed homeless advocate Eric Sheptock [@ ericsheptock ] about his activism for homelessness in DC. The good folks at Event360 kept us warm and powered with coffee ! Meal Preparation at DC Central Kitchen.

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APRIL 5, 2012

You can now download the 2012 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , just released at the 2012 NTC by M+R and NTEN. Here's the kicker: These mobile users were less likely to click, donate, or take action in response to the email. The median nonprofit email-driven donation form had a completion rate of 17%. a third had not.

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MARCH 18, 2011

[As part of the 2011 NTC, a group of attendees are documenting their experiences at the conference on the NTEN Blog.] Cisco donated the equipment and our fearless leaders Peter and Theresa taught us what to do.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Today, we exceeded our scholarship campaign fundraising goal for the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference! With the matching $10,000 gift from Convio , that's enough for a record 62 scholarships to the NTC. More than one-hundred of you have donated to far, and I don't mean to leave you out.

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JANUARY 11, 2011

They've raised their hand to voice their support for your mission through their donation. Gift information helps you understand how frequently they donate or what specific projects they support. You may have an existing special occasion donation program, but you haven't figured out how to publicize it. Are they bringing friends?

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JANUARY 4, 2011

To accomplish that, we need your help with the 2011 scholarship campaign. Please donate an item or service -- or recipe or cartoon, or cupcakes! -- for our online auction !

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MARCH 18, 2011

While volunteers were sorting donated computers and electronics , Shawn Ahmed [@ uncultured ] interviewed homeless advocate Eric Sheptock [@ ericsheptock ] about his activism for homelessness in DC. The good folks at Event360 kept us warm and powered with coffee !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2010

On Thursday, April 9th at 8:00 am, we kicked off the tenth Annual Day of Service at NTEN's NTC which was a resounding success! Every year, we include a large group hands-on project where an army of 30 techies help with computer recycling or install a wireless network with parts generously donated by Cisco. Photos: Lydia Mann - Flickr.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 23, 2011

New Report: 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study | NTEN – "A high unsubscribe rate is bad, right? Not necessarily, according to the 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study, just released at the 2011 NTC by M+R and NTEN. As it turns out, a high unsubscribe rate correlates directly with high fundraising results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2012

A third of total online giving happens in December alone, so now is the time to improve online appeals and the digital donation experience. Donors are frustrated by difficult donation forms, lack of receipts and a dearth of information on the impact of their gifts. October 24th is that day.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

That's the reason behind our annual NTC Scholarship Campaign: it's important that we make the NTC as accessible as possible, regardless of our attendees' budget sizes. Convio is matching donations dollar-for-dollar, up to a total of $10,000. Scholarships cover only the cost of registration for the NTC. >

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2013

” The first nonprofit technology conference (NTC) was in 2002 in Orlando. I was a coordinator for the Annual Day of Service from 2002-2011, a day where nonprofit techies gave their time and skills back to the community where the conference was hosted. Please consider making a donation to NTEN as part of my campaign.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2011

The winner will receive a cash award of $1,000, plus $1,000 to donate to their favorite charity. The prize will be awarded on March 18th at the Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC). The 2011 Care2 Impact finalists are (drumroll please): • Darrell Hammond, CEO and Founder, KaBOOM! • Phil Aroneanu, U.S.

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APRIL 4, 2011

For those of you who have read Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard , by Chip and Dan Heath – or if you were at the 2011 NTC and saw Dan's Plenary – you've probably already started thinking about the Direct-Motivate-Shape the Path triumverate for helping people change their behavior.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 9, 2011

Text-to-Donate Fundraising for Non-Profits. NTC - Nonprofit Technology Conference. This conference has over 4,000 professional fundraisers registered in 2011 and is in Chicago this year. Mark your calendar for October 3-5, 2011 in Baltimore, Maryland as the Convio annual conference returns to Charm City! Convio Summit.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

The 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference kicks off tomorrow and one of the key elements to Community Day is the Science Fair. Demo participants are eligible to receive up to 4 free iPads® if their organization purchases ClientTrack by July 31, 2011. Curious to know what kind of emails are driving donations?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Last week was the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference and not only did I have the pleasure of presenting a couple sessions, it was also my first NTC as a staffer, as I joined NTEN earlier this month. Thanks again to everyone who participated at the NTC! Events: NetSquared Camps. It was great; the community loved it.

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JULY 14, 2010

By the way, participants will be able to earn points toward special software donations from Microsoft, free 2011 NTC registrations, and more!). > Please take some time to review the application guidelines , gather the necessary materials, and apply to the Technology Leadership Academy before July 30th. (By

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

One of the case studies I shared was about NTEN’s recent social fundraiser to raise scholarship money for NTC conference attendance. Engage before, during, and after. Thank you not the last touch. These platforms allow nonprofits to seamlessly integrate social media into an online campaign.

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MARCH 24, 2010

Between Barack Obama’s much discussed use of texting to mobilize supporters during the campaign to the most recent successes charitable organizations had in raising money via “text to donate” campaigns after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, text messaging is now seen as the “new” must have in any marketing plan for nonprofits.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2010

Between Barack Obama’s much discussed use of texting to mobilize supporters during the campaign to the most recent successes charitable organizations had in raising money via “text to donate” campaigns after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, text messaging is now seen as the “new” must have in any marketing plan for nonprofits.

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NTEN

JANUARY 19, 2011

If you think that a mash-up of online tools for capacity mapping and resource matching would assist nonprofits, philanthropies, and the communities that they serve, then we invite you join us at our upcoming session at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Will we need any permits from the city?

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NetWits

APRIL 11, 2012

There was also a session on creating email campaigns that increase donations and optimizing emails for mobile phones , which leads into the next takeaway. adults use smart phones as of February 2012, up 11% from May 2011 and 10% said that their phone was their primary means of getting online. 2) Mobile (as expected) is On the Rise.

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DECEMBER 18, 2012

The big nonprofit tech trends this past year seemed to be in the areas of making websites viewable on mobile phones, using mobile phones more in the workplace, cloud computing, social media fundraising, foundations and Microsoft donations, greater self-sufficiency among NGOs in developing countries, and some cutting edge things like hackathons.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

of high net worth households donated to charity in 2009 85.4% of wealthy households reported that they give when they believe their gift will make a difference 67% of wealthy households would somewhat or dramatically decrease their charitable contributions if they received zero income tax deductions for their donations 67.5%

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

We're on pace to deliver more than 1,000,000 messages in 2011, so our data is beginning to amount to something meaningful. Just for webinars, we've sent out more than 200 unique messages in 2011, even though we've only had 60 events. Despite the increased volume, we've managed to increase our absolute open rate year-over-year.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 6, 2013

Our analytics team looked at Convio Luminate Online email performance data from 2009-2011 to identify trends for organizations to enhance their existing year-end fundraising efforts. Have you tried a lightbox with an embedded donation form? In January, we concluded the series with a post that summarized the 2012 year-end findings.

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