Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 12, 2017

Today, approximately 72% of internet traffic is video and one billion hours of that video is watched daily on YouTube. These early adopters were also embracing Myspace when the vast majority of nonprofits hadn’t yet had their aha moment about social media. The videos below are a snapshot of the history of nonprofits using video.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 22, 2011

Two new research reports - Heart of the Donor (Grey Matter/Russ Reid) and 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Report (Target Analytics)- offer interesting insight into donor behavior.( read more ).

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NetWits

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Back in January of 2008 he told us (the non-profit sector) that we should be looking to use the internet in new and innovative ways to build community and engage our supporters because direct mail, although still a huge revenue source, was beginning to show signs of fatigue. First Year Donor Retention is 29.3%.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

To answer these questions and more, we at Smart Online™ used this last quarter of 2010 to try and unravel the ‘Technology Trends for Nonprofits’ in 2011. And 92% of surveyed nonprofits plan on using at least one of these tools in 2011. of internet user time is spent on social media and social networking. It says that 22.7%

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Do you know what it is like to be a donor to your nonprofit? Network for Good is launching its first ever Be Your Donor Day on October 24th to inspire nonprofits to play the role of their donors and rate how they are performing from the perspective of those supporters. October 24th is that day.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

1) Access to the internet in Mexico has grown very rapidly over the last decade. When we started Fondeadora in 2011 (the first creative crowdfunding platform in Mexico, renamed to Donadora in 2016), processing online payments was very difficult. Can donors outside of Mexico give to campaigns on Donadora?

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. 90% of mobile subscribers in the US have internet-ready phones. Mobile Giving Trust and donations were huge in the Millennial Donor Report. Smartphones vs PCs - Smartphone sales beat PC sales with 100.9 million smartphones and 92.1

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

The truth is I think it has only just begun and that we’re on the cusp of a radical transformation in how we use the Internet in our personal and work lives as well as how we use it to foster social good. In 2011 I had gotten in the very bad habit of listening to (mostly) CNN in the background while working… all day long.

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NetWits

JUNE 24, 2011

So I’ve been extremely gratified to see the buzz surrounding Blackbaud’s 2011 donor Centrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmark Report. million donors and more than $1.16 million donors and more than $1.16 The report, which covers 15.6 The report, which covers 15.6 Register today!

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NetWits

APRIL 12, 2012

In fact, Blackbaud’s 2011 Online Giving Report , noted that the largest online gift in 2011 was $260,000 ! The report further noted, “87% of the nonprofits in this analysis had at least one online gift of $1,000 or more during 2011.”. Of course, the internet and our websites are important. For making the actual gift.

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NTEN

JUNE 8, 2011

Well, my favorite white paper of 2009 just became my favorite white paper of 2011! The 2011 donorCentrics Internet and MultiChannel Giving Benchmarking Report was just released last week, updating the version I excitedly blogged about , lo, those many moons ago. According to the report, the answer is essentially "not so much."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Are Qwerty Monsters the Nonprofit Donors Via Mobile Phones of the Future? While they may not be using nonprofit created apps or donating via SMS, are the next generation of nonprofit donors following on the heels of Millennials? Is mobile on your organization’s radar for 2011? Are larger gift amounts soon to follow?

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Donor Summary Mobile Phone 98

TechImpact

MAY 6, 2014

The truth is, with the internet of things on the horizon, mobile marketing will not only become the norm, it will become an necessary outlet that will enable marketers to automatically identify a potential donors and consumers, then deliver a targeted, compelling message directly to that person’s mobile device.

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Statistics Mobile Marketing Asia 121

Tech Soup

MAY 22, 2012

Online fundraising has become a popular method for increasing revenue and acquire new donors. While it does not yet amount to the bulk of fundraising for most nonprofits, online giving grew by 13 percent from 2010 to 2011. The only vertical experiencing a decline from 2010 to 2011 was International Affairs organizations.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2011

Organizations often find themselves outgrowing the smaller donor management software they have used for years. Regarding eTapestry, community member Laura Matana likes that it can be used to communicate with both donors and other constituents. Any Donor Database Suggestions? Do You Need a New Donor Management System?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 10, 2020

These changes have significant consequences for how organizations connect with donors, clients, partners, and employees. According to Pew Research Center, a whopping 96 percent of Americans now own a cell phone, and the share that own smartphones is now 81 percent—up from just 35 percent in 2011. SMS & MMS. Cloud Computing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Folks with regular cell phones with Internet browsing wouldn’t be able to read the content of those links at all. To reach out to your text-to-give donors. If your nonprofit is utilizing text-to-give, then more than likely (hopefully) you are also engaging those donors via text messaging. The web is going mobile.

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Mobile Websites United States Nonprofit 207

AFP Blog

JANUARY 12, 2012

Real Time Charitable Giving | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project : Yet while their initial contribution often involved little deliberation, 43% of these donors encouraged their friends or family members to give to the campaign as well.

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Tech Soup

JULY 7, 2015

While the charity online fundraising field is very crowded indeed, a major unmet need among charities is to find new, engaged donors. They have used their experience to create a fresh approach to attracting new donors for charities. In 2011, they joined the technology leadership of President Obama's re-election campaign.

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Good Nonprofit Infographics Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on April 12th, 2011 Who doesn’t love a good infographic? A lot of good information about how donors research their giving to nonprofits.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Nonprofit statistics covering fundraising, charitable giving, online giving, social media, mobile, donor retention, email marketing, stewardship, donor research, charitable organizations, donor trends, direct mail, giving, and other key not-for-profit charitable giving metrics and benchmarks.

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Statistics North America Benchmark Retention 55

NetWits

JUNE 13, 2011

Although the findings of the recently released 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report haven’t changed much since the last edition three years ago, its release has (re)fueled the conversation fire in the #nptech community. It shows that where we fail to engage donors, we also fail to raise funds.

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NetWits

AUGUST 8, 2012

Online donor solicitations are powerful. Such messages are able to reach large audiences, present …

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Offline Online Donor Fundraising 102

Connection Cafe

JUNE 10, 2014

There is no perfect answer, but we all know there are two basic ways to raise more money: Ask your existing donors to give more. Find new donors (while keeping the ones you have). Since donors everywhere are still a bit skeptical about the state of the economy, asking all of them to give substantially more may be a tough row to hoe.

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Care2

JUNE 2, 2011

Blackbaud just released the 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report. and includes transactions for over 15 million donors and $1 billion in revenue. about online donors and online acquisition. Online-acquired donors are younger. Online donors tend to have higher household incomes.

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BoardAssist

MARCH 10, 2015

Displaying webpages properly, reading easily, all the links working properly, have image display fully, making it easy on potential donors to access and give via mobile devices, among myriad other variables. The Internet is changing constantly, and users are beginning to gravitate heavily towards mobile. Mobile Internet use is booming.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2022

These events aim to showcase the work that the nonprofit has accomplished on behalf of the donors, and is also a great opportunity to involve beneficiaries to share their stories. Many times at an event alcohol is available, donors tend to be more generous in a spirited atmosphere. . Donors bid silently on bid sheets until a set time.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 8, 2020

In the past, members of the analytics consulting team at Blackbaud have written on this subject matter in the 2009 publication Building Fundraising Momentum in a Recession and the 2011 article Raising Money During Challenging Times. Donors may choose to protect their income for the next round of economic uncertainty with gift annuities.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

According to the 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report , online donations are larger on average than offline donations, and donors who make their first gift online and stick around to give again have a higher lifetime value (LTV) than similarly retained donors that start out giving offline.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2013

On a four-inch smartphone screen, a potential donor scrolls to the far corner of the youth outreach program's webpage. New and existing donors, volunteers, and others could be frustrated with perhaps their first interaction with your organization, miss out on particular initiatives, or never return to your site. It's Here.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Experience shows us that only 40% of your 2011 fundraisers will return for next year’s event. Kathryn Hall is an internet solutions consultant at Blackbaud. Making Participants and Donors Successful with Mobile Solutions. Click Here to Sign-Up and get 5 FREE Event Fundraising Whitepapers! That’s a challenging number to digest.

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Care2

JUNE 15, 2011

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard that multichannel fundraising, i.e. enabling your donors to give via postal mail, your website, telemarketing, social media, etc. and includes transactions for over 15 million donors and $1 billion in revenue. is the answer to all of your fundraising woes.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Joaquin was the founding director of the Institute for Next Generation Internet, which launched in 2005 from San Francisco State University. In 2004, Joaquin began the National Public Lightpath, advocating high-speed, fiber-optic network as the next generation of the Internet. Erinn Andrews. Vanessa Chase.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Today's good news is that the checkout services will be free for another year (until January 1, 2011), but only for nonprofits also enrolled in Google Grants for free advertising. If you have a Google Checkout account and a Google Grants account, you need to link them to take advantage of the donated checkout service. Tools Web 2.0

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AFP Blog

JULY 11, 2012

7 secrets to increasing fundraising results - TheNonProfitTimes : Online fundraising has become a popular and successful method for nonprofits trying to increase revenue and acquire new donors. While it does not yet amount to even close to the majority of fundraising for most nonprofits, online giving grew by 13 percent from 2010 to 2011.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2012

“In 2014, mobile Internet usage will overtake desktop Internet usage,” according to recent statistics released by mobiThinking. And already in 2011, “more than 50% of all ‘local’ searches were done from a mobile device.” There are easily more than 4.6 Over 1 billion of those are smartphones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

More than 85% of US internet users watched online video in July, and on average they spent more than 14 hours doing it. Bottom line: If you aren’t developing a video strategy you are not going to capture the mindshare of internet users. When appropriate, a compelling video can persuade your potential donor to take the final step.

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