Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

An excellent example is last year’s “ Thank You from all of us from Ocean Conservancy ” video: 2) Add social networking pitches to your landing page. Your donors are your most committed supporters and very likely to also follow you on Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Tumblr, etc. and sometimes all it takes is a simple ask.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 3, 2011

Or, if your nonprofit works to protect the environment or animals, for every tragic loss of habitat or endangered species, share a story of conservation or progress. I can’t tell you how much I am dreading the next 15 months of 2012 election coverage and its potential impact here in the United States.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Argues for engaging in adaptive strategy given the data rich and rapidly changing environment for solving complex social problems. ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.” Larry McGill, “ Data for Good.” Harvard Business Review, March 2013.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 21, 2021

These are all sobering reminders that climate change isn’t just a distant threat anymore — it’s happening now. Jennifer Morris, CEO of The Nature Conservancy , is a self-described “impatient optimist” who believes in radical collaboration to create tangible results that last. © Cameron Davidson; May 2019.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2012

In It's Not You, It's Your Stories at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , Steve Daigneault (VP of eCampaigns at M&R Strategic Services ) and Sue Citro (Director of Digital Strategy, Global Programs at The Nature Conservancy ) shared their tips for telling better and more effective stories. Make them trip over it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Those of us involved in organizational learning of one type of another are at the forefront of trying to change this. She has been working in philanthropy for over 15 years in community and private foundation settings focused on social justice, conservation and health and human services.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River, a Seattle-based nonprofit publishing company, has undertaken 16 conservation projects to date with just three staff people. Braided River teamed up with Alaska Wilderness League to deliver 1 million signatures to President Obama opposing drilling in the Arctic in 2012. It's a very changing landscape."

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River, a Seattle-based nonprofit publishing company, has undertaken 16 conservation projects to date with just three staff people. Braided River teamed up with Alaska Wilderness League to deliver 1 million signatures to President Obama opposing drilling in the Arctic in 2012. It's a very changing landscape."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

GEO’s 2012 National Conference shared a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and presents opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of their peers. .” The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

No more is it the volumes of people helped, but the real lives changed. This reminds of something that Peter Deitz wrote about over at the Social Actions blog called "How Wil Your Nonprofit Raise Money in 2012?" Innovative Giving: The Nature Conservancy and (Lil) Green Patch. Interesting twist on "impact."

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

They started to conserve resources, send supplies to troops overseas and develop both civilian and refugee relief programs. This would forever change the world, and forced many to adapt to technology they’d never even had to think about before. billion in donations for nonprofits in 2012 and has only been growing since.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 9, 2013

read The Northwest London Blues - a gorgeous essay by novelist Zadie Smith about libraries, British politics, and changing perspectives on community space. I thought a library was one of the few sites where the urge to conserve and the desire to improve—twin poles of our political mind—were easily and naturally united.

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JUNE 30, 2012

Charities like Habitat for Humanity, Feeding America, and the Nature Conservancy are already on board. When you have internet access later on, your changes will be synced up. This post was pre-scheduled on Friday afternoon June 29, 2012. Takes with a fitness and cause driven movement that the app creators are hoping to foster.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

Charities like Habitat for Humanity, Feeding America, and the Nature Conservancy are already on board. When you have internet access later on, your changes will be synced up. This post was pre-scheduled on Friday afternoon June 29, 2012. Takes with a fitness and cause driven movement that the app creators are hoping to foster.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2011

Will it be a consortium of environmental conservation and wildlife groups? says that when they start accepting applications for new domains in January of 2012, they’ll be ushering in “the next generation of creativity and inspiration.” Cyber-squatters, suit up – it’s going to be a bumpy ride.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

Points of Light Institute’s primary mission is to inspire, equip and mobilize people to take action that changes the world. We believe that civic engagement is a vital part of a healthy democracy and therefore promote and support volunteerism in the broadest sense. What are the key results of this campaign ?

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

How To Save The Planet: 10 Changes With The Biggest Impact. With the clock ticking, we’ve evaluated the impact of the biggest changes we can make for the planet. But are our ‘little changes’ actually making the big impact we’ve been promised – or should we do more? by Zoe Allen.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

The analysis found that donors who cared most about conservation and research, animal care, and general zoo activities gave more than other donors. learned about the value of listening to its volunteers and adapting to changing circumstances. If you’re tentative about asking, and they’re uncertain, then take them to lunch.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

How To Save The Planet: 10 Changes With The Biggest Impact. With the clock ticking, we’ve evaluated the impact of the biggest changes we can make for the planet. But are our ‘little changes’ actually making the big impact we’ve been promised – or should we do more? by Zoe Allen.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 8, 2022

event held at the United Nations headquarters in New York, we presented the first adidas x Parley prototype: a shoe made with plastic waste collected in the Maldives, and illegal fishing nets recovered from the Southern Ocean by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society during their record-breaking campaign to thwart notorious toothfish poachers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 29, 2012

The rise of social media has significantly changed how our supporters digest our messages online and as a result website and e-newsletter design has evolved dramatically in recent years. The “Donate Now” process of many nonprofits, however, still seems to be stuck in 2005. World Wildlife Fund :: worldwildlife.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Many of you, especially those in greater Chicago, may be familiar with the Data Analysts for Social Good group that Andrew Means founded in May 2012. Andrew is already cooking up some big changes for next year’s conference, so don’t miss out. Report back from the first-ever Do Good Data Conference by Julia Smith.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

While this represents around 150 million more users than this time last year, these numbers may still be conservative. CERN (@CERN) July 4, 2012. Adding up all the users in individual countries around the world, there appear to be around 2.5 billion global internet users today – roughly 35% of the world’s population. Higgs #ICHEP2012.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Blackbaud just released the "Charitable Giving Report: How Nonprofit Fundraising Performed in 2012". Nonprofit Quarterly looks at three key takeaways from Nielsen’s 2012 Social Media Report and points you to where you should consider spending your social media efforts. Got an idea to change the world? Anything we missed?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. Competition is real in the marine conservation space. Our philosophy at Upwell is that we’re part of a big ocean team that includes marine conservation organizations, marine scientists, and ocean activists.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 29, 2012

The rise of social media has significantly changed how our supporters digest our messages online and as a result website and e-newsletter design has evolved dramatically in recent years. The “Donate Now” process of many nonprofits, however, still seems to be stuck in 2005. World Wildlife Fund :: worldwildlife.org.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2016

In its 2012 State of Nonprofit Data Report , NTEN identified the four common types of data used by nonprofits: Financial and operations: income and expense tracking, number of volunteer hours, or amount of cash in hand. Comparing your results from year to year can help you understand how you are changing over time. Run Experiments.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2016

In its 2012 State of Nonprofit Data Report , NTEN identified the four common types of data used by nonprofits: Financial and operations: income and expense tracking, number of volunteer hours, or amount of cash in hand. Comparing your results from year to year can help you understand how you are changing over time. Run Experiments.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

Be sure to check out 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , and 2011 too. The Nature Conservancy gets the Best Text Message Award for the second year in a row. Would you like to change a life in 2016? 3 days left to change a life. Get last-minute gifts that carry a lifetime of change. Change the world with your IRA.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 1, 2015

Be sure to give the 2013 , 2012 , and 2011 reviews a look too. My multichannel award goes to The Nature Conservancy. But only one nonprofit, The Nature Conservancy, sent me a text message with a donation ask. This One Is About Changing Lives. Changing the course in 2015. Be the change. Here it is!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

That said, in 2012 I had the opportunity to travel to Africa and Asia and from those travel experiences three themes emerged that inspired the selection of this year’s nonprofits: 1) Women’s and girls empowerment; 2) Conservation of wildlife and wild lands; and 3) Access to medical care. Wildlife SOS :: @ WildlifeSOS.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

It combines everything a good social media manager knows to maximize on the Social Web in 2012 i.e., graphics, images, statistics, and inspirational quotes. For a great example of a nonprofit using Meetup, see the the Nature Conservancy’s Picnic for the Planet. Infogr.am :: infogr.am. Instagram :: instagr.am.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

It combines everything a good social media manager knows to maximize on the Social Web in 2012 i.e., graphics, images, statistics, and inspirational quotes. For a great example of a nonprofit using Meetup, see the the Nature Conservancy’s Picnic for the Planet. Infogr.am :: infogr.am. Instagram :: instagr.am.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

With YouTube’s resources behind the project and tablets changing the way donors and supporters consume Web content, you’d be wise to spend two minutes reserving and protecting your nonprofit’s Zeen username. Named one of TIME’s 50 Best Websites of 2012 , Outlook.com is Microsoft’s new Web-based email service.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It is trite to start a discussion of advocating for change by mentioning the dysfunction in the US political systems, but here we are. So when does it make sense to look at lawsuits in the hope of creating systemic changes? This collaboration created a pipeline for case referrals and have the potential to create impactful change.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

Department of Education was to serve 100,000 students by the end of our five-year contract in late 2012. Based on hitting that number two years early, we’re now projecting that we could serve perhaps twice as many students, 200,000, by the 2012 milestone date. of Education won’t change: we’ll do twice as much for the same price.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Named one of the six start-ups to watch in 2012 by Mashable, it’s unclear at this point whether mobile wallets, QR codes, texting, or a tool yet to be released will dominate mobile fundraising in the near future, but all nonprofit fundraisers should be watching the rapdily-evolving mobile payment technology very closely.

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