Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs? We use Hootsuite and Sprout Social to manage our accounts and track metrics.

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NTEN

JANUARY 6, 2011

Danielle Brigida from the National Wildlife Federation -- one of our amazing panelists for the upcoming presentation at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , "Let's Go Stalking! Your organization may already use a traditional CRM like Convio, Blackbaud, or Salesforce to track and maintain information about your members.

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

Every campaign, every organization, and really, even every individual engaging with others online has a set of tools and techniques they've learned from and rely on every day. The ToMamaWithLove campaign saw them try some new tools as well as some trusted favorites, even with a budget of $0 and a lot of volunteer time. Infrastructure.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs? We currently use a plethora of online tools to spread the word and talk to people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Note From Beth: Back in 2011, I had pleasure of facilitating a panel discussion Grantmakers in the Arts pre-conference on technology and media with Rory MacPherson and Jai Sen from Sen Associates where I learned about research study they were conducting about social media use in the arts. How Strong Is Your Social Net?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs? Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? The ROI for us is measured in lives saved more than just the money raised to do so. What is on your To Do List for 2011?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Quite simply, donor retention is a measure of how many donors continue to donate to your organization. We recommend investing in software that will help you track this retention rate each and every year so that you not only get today’s retention rate, but also an overview of how well your retention rate is improving over time. .

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Starting over may not be an option, but in the absence of that, here are ten things event fundraisers and marketers should be considering to reinvent their plans for 2011: Become more data driven. Bottom line: the tracking, mining, and analysis of data should be central to your 2011 event fundraising strategy. Is it being used?

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The format will work for pretty much any event type, including: Auctions 5Ks Fundraising concerts Conferences/panels Galas Remember, as you plan a hybrid event, come up with ways to engage both audiences in equal measure. You wouldn’t want to focus all of your attention on one set of supporters, causing the other attendees to feel neglected.

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NTEN

JANUARY 11, 2011

Market segmentation is an effective tool to talk to each of these groups in a way that will resonate with their giving motivations. With most online fundraising and communications tools, you have the ability to easily group people together and send specific messages based on what you know about them. Are they bringing friends?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Last week, I facilitated an interactive keynote in Seattle at 2011 Tech for Good Leadership Summit sponsored by Microsoft Community Affairs , in partnership with NPower Seattle. By all accounts , the event held the space for peer learning. What people in the room were most hungry for were tips and steps on listening and measurement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

Learn about the tools available that bring mobile, web and social together. When Goodwill was planning their mobile site, they knew from their web analytics that their most popular feature would be the store locator; more than 7 million visited the Goodwill website in 2011, and more than 6 million of those visited the locator.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2010

NGEN leaders are committed to covering the NGEN track of the conference on a special blog set up for the conference. A recent study of foundation leaders use of social media , indicates that more leaders are personally using the tools, but there is a long way to go. The question I often hear from this group is: How to get started?

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

We knew we would ultimately be in 16 countries by the year 2020, which meant that tracking, monitoring, and evaluating projects would become more complicated by the day. When we started, we were creating an internal tool for project management and quality assurance. We rolled out ProvingIt.org in October 2011. It isn’t perfect.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2015

This new free online data visualization and mapping tool demonstrates the value of applying technology to philanthropy, in this case, creating a place to find out how and where foundations are supporting U.S. Foundation Center's new Foundation Funding for U.S. To quote an overly used advertising tag line: know the gaps.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

This morning, I had the huge honor of presenting the keynote at the 2011 MyCharityConnects Conference in Toronto, ON. What do you measure every day, week, month, year? Lastly, in order to train the community to drive, you have to share your tools. The full keynote and presentation are below. How do we move away from slacktivism?

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Meaningful tools to evaluate effectiveness are largely absent (Liket and Maas, 2015). Currently, nonprofit organizations are measuring effectiveness in a variety of ways including benchmarking, organizational effectiveness evaluations, key performance indicators, and outcome based evaluation. Jossey-Bass. MacKenzie works for St.

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

In our session on Community Voice at NTEN’s 2011 Nonprofit Techology Conference, Arthur provided a case study of the LikeMinded program and how it was built based on engagement with the community. We also used tools like UserVoice to get feedback from those who could not join us in person. Tools to Reinforce Positive Interaction.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 5, 2014

Data published last year in the Chronicle of Philanthropy shows this trend clearly: online donations to nonprofits increased 14% in 2012 relative to 2011, while overall donations increased by only 1.5% Testing, ultimately, might be the most useful tool in the online fundraiser’s toolbox. in the same period.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 29, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, April 29, 2011 Research Friday: The Office or the Impact? For example, a study done several years ago in Los Angeles suggested that South Central Los Angeles is devoid of much-needed services provided by nonprofits (such as domestic violence shelters) because census track data did not reveal any located in the area.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

This month the news is about WiFi embedded in a magazine, Braille smartphones, ultramobile devices, innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the mobile app of the month. Online revenue grew by 21 percent since 2011.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

This is an update of a TechSoup article we posted online in November 2011. The late Apple founder and CEO, Steve Jobs, famously announced the post-PC era in March 2011 during the launch of the iPad 2. RCI), for example, has been tracking the price of refurbished computers since 2005. Jobs was as usual quite prescient.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2011

A third (33%) of nonprofit executives take over from someone who was fired or forced to resign, according to the 2011 Daring to Lead report, which surveyed 3000 nonprofit executive directors earlier this year. or whether you’ll be leading a team that’s limping along with 30 piecemeal tools cobbled together (and never in sync).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

What do you track? Last month, I heard a talk by author Jonathan Salem Baskin about his soon to be published book, “ Histories of Social Media.&# The book looks at social media concepts and ideas, asks is this really new? The technology tools certainly are, but history provides a context for every behavioral quality of new media.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2022

AnnieCannons gives human trafficking survivors the tools to support themselves and their family. It also uses the NPSP as its CRM (constituent relationship management system) tracking interactions with donors, contractors, grantmakers, advisors, board members, volunteers, customers, and students. AnnieCannons.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

And in each of these we will talk a bit about tools, tactics and strategies. Analog Tools. What this means for tools, specifically, is that we don’t actually like technology. The tools in an analog world fulfilled a specific function but did not influence our planning or programs. Digital Tools. So let’s dive in!

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 14, 2016

Think of all the time it takes to keep track of all this stuff. But if you search for @apple , you’ll find that username has been locked down since 2011 but never tweeted. Sit down and figure out your social media strategy so you know when a social network is worth your time and how you’ll measure success. Coincidence?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2011

Note from Beth: I’m working on the sequel to the Networked Nonprofit – it is a book about using measurement to prove and improve results with the Measurement Goddess KD Paine. (Her recent book, Measuring What Matters , is a must read.). Eventually, we anticipate adding these tools to our chapter websites as well.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

This month the news is about ultramobile devices, NPTech innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, online fundraising trends, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the environmental mobile app of the month in honor or Earth Day 2013.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 18, 2011

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? In February 2006, WITNESS first social media tool was the launch of its YouTube Channel. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs?

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 13, 2017

Back in 2011, Google Panda was released with one purpose in mind. It would be a stretch to prove a link between the post and exceeding donation goals without tracking analytics. You can also use a free design tool like Canva for nonprofits to create visually compelling case studies on a budget. What was the result? .

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

We have certainly seen some examples of maps or charts that the user can interact with, but with the over saturation of static infographic images, 2014 and the plethora of tools emerging that make these options really easy, we will see more organizations using data for storytelling that users can watch, click on, and really explore."

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