Care2

DECEMBER 30, 2012

According to the 2012 Nonprofit benchmark Social Network Benchmarking Report, 98% of nonprofits didn’t raise a dime on Facebook, which is second most trafficked site on the web in the U.S. These numbers are dismal and nonprofits should not expect these figures to change drastically heading into 2013.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

2013 was the year of an ever-widening NSA spying scandal with its revelations of how little digital privacy we really have – even heads of state. The much-heralded wearable computing era arrived with a crop of smartwatches during 2013. A 2013 survey from The Millennial Impact. Smartwatches. Green Technology.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Using a greater variety of software, channels, and payment methods correlates strongly with fundraising success. If you’re interested in reading the full report, you can check it out HERE. 2013 at a glance. 2013 marked the largest year-over-year increase in charitable giving since The Great Recession. 2013 at a glance.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

An Interview with Matt Roberts-Davies , General Manager of M-Changa – an official partner of the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. M-Changa also makes it easy for NGOs to account for funds coming in from multiple paymnet channels with automatic reporting and statements. 11% are enrolled in a monthly giving program. ?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

The 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge is underway! Cara Jones is a multiple Emmy Award winning writer, reporter, and producer with vast experience in using video to tell compelling, inspiring human-interest stories. Elliot Harmon manages Creative Commons' various communications and social media channels.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Which web communication channels are the most effective? 47% of nonprofits generated the same or less revenue in 2013 compared to 2012. Using a greater variety of software, channels, and payment methods correlates strongly with fundraising success. Fundraising report Fundraising' Diversification is key.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Have you downloaded the 2014 Luminate Online Benchmark Report yet? Throwing back to the 2013 Benchmark Study , we witnessed an explosion of growth of sustainer giving – a 27% increase over the previous year. Download the report for the details on our methodology. . Register here!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Shanon Doolittle (@sldoolittle) February 11, 2013. Colleagues Zan McColloch-Lussier and Peter Drury managing the back channel, the Twitter was rich with almost 1,000 tweets and the hashtag #kantersea trended locally. I pulled together a curated collection of the best tweets on storify , but here are a few tweets that resonated.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2013

And even though a recent report pointed out that email open and donor response are dropping in the nonprofit sector, I can’t help but wonder if current (yet old) e-newsletter design trends have a lot to do with the results. Link to video on the HRW YouTube Channel. Bottom of e-Newsletter: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2014

15 Tips for Nonprofits on Instagram (2013) by Giftworks. Instagram can be a great channel for your CEO – whether they have their own account like charity:water CEO Scott Harrison or use your organization’s branded account like Udi Ofer, CEO of NJACLU. Free Report: Simply Measured. Vintage Photo Editing Apps (2012).

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NTEN

JULY 22, 2013

This edition of Member Round Up shows folks busy doing research, releasing reports, and unveiling a new community platform to help nptechies connect and learn. They''re looking for folks to take a short survey about the content marketing practices of their organization so they can produce their report. Read her entire post here.

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Care2

APRIL 9, 2014

The report, which analyzed data from 53 nonprofits, over 2.1 Monthly giving revenue grew 25% in 2013, and accounted for 16% of total online giving. Monthly website traffic for study participants grew by 16% in 2013. Email surpasses social media channels both in audience numbers and in revenue acquisition.

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NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2013

Haven''t renewed your 2013 NTEN membership or thinking of joining? From July 1 through August 30 you can join or renew for 2014 and get the rest of 2013 free! There''s a lot of talk about Millennials these days and here''s a report to add to the chatter, or better, possibly help shed some light on this generation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Now, in your 6th year, drum roll, tell us Give to the Max Day by the numbers : Total raised: $18,316,626.42 (7% increase over 2013). Total gifts: 120,664 (13% increase over 2013). Total organizations: 5,544 (a 25% increase over 2013). Total donors: 62,607 (a 20% increase over 2013).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

No doubt you’ve taken a “ selfie ,” a self-portrait taken with your mobile phone camera and shared on Facebook or other social media channels. Recent research suggests that taking and posting too many selfies on your Facebook profile (or other social channels) can be damaging to your relationships.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

If your nonprofit has a good content strategy in place and understands the power of integrating all your nonprofit’s communications channels (website, email, Facebook, texting, etc.), There absolutely is a math to social and mobile media. Track the number of monthly donations and the total given. How the Spreadsheet Works: 1.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

Last week Blackbaud along with partners HJC, Sea Change Strategies, and Edge Research released findings from the 2013 Next Generation of Canadian Giving study. The study looked at the following: What are the preferred giving channels for Generation Y (18-32); Generation X (33-48); Baby Boomers (49-67); and Civics (68+) ? Embrace it!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

If your nonprofit has a good content strategy in place and understands the power of integrating all your nonprofit’s communications channels (website, email, Facebook, texting, etc.), There absolutely is a math to social and mobile media. Track the number of monthly donations and the total given. How the Spreadsheet Works: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

I just spent two amazing days at the Social Innovation Summit 2013 , a cross disciplinary crowd of people who work on social good in the areas of technology, investment, philanthropy, international development, and business. Tweeting Cow (@Cow1321443) November 20, 2013. With Dave Evans - Futurist At Cisco.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

Use your most powerful images to create galleries that you can post to your website or social media channels. PowerPoint 2013 can be used to create image slides and animations like nonprofit Trickle Up did. You can also use Visio 2013 to make dynamic diagrams and charts for your story.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 5, 2013

Blackbaud’s 2013 Peer to Peer Fundraising Benchmark report provides information that you can use to not only measure your success but to learn about trends and best practices in event fundraising. What are you doing to ensure your fundraisers have the tools they need to be multi-channel in their outreach efforts?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

The Next Generation of Canadian Giving 2013. hjc, Blackbaud, Edge Research, and Sea Change Strategies recently studied the giving habits and communication preferences of four generations of Canadian donors and published their findings in a report called The Next Generation of Canadian Giving 2013. A recent study says no.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

The Community Engagement Manager is charged with managing (monitoring, analyzing and acting on) NTEN’s social channels to increase engagement, grow NTEN’s reputation, and build connections in the community. The Community Project Manager contractor is charged with successfully managing two cohorts in the Communities of Impact program in 2013.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 24, 2014

A great place to start if you are reviewing your data at the conclusion of your event 2013 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Study Blackbaud released this month which (like my little fitness device) will provide you with data to allow you to compare yourself with some of your event fundraising peers.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 13, 2014

2013 was a strong year for fundraising, with charities posting their best increase since before the economy plunged in 2008, according to the 2013 Charitable Giving Report. With serious disasters abroad in 2013 eclipsing those in the U.S., “It costs money to bring in money,” McGinly said. .

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

In our recent survey “ The Next Generation of American Giving ,” it was no surprise that Boomers and Matures report giving the most money to the most charities; they are more established financially and in their charitable values. They are truly multi-channel donors, and they want to hear about the impact of their donation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

You can then make each testimonial a piece of content for your social channels by quoting the best parts in an image. Then tell these stories in multiple mediums: on your website, on your blog and in your social media channels, for example. Pencils of Promise (@PencilsOfPromis) December 10, 2013. RSVP today & come join us.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Julia Smith, NTEN''s Community Development Manager, reports back from the first-ever Do Good Data Conference in Chicago that took place earlier this month, as a guest blogger on Beth''s Blog. Download the full report, Nonprofit Challenges: What Foundations Can Do. Download the report. Check out their work at [link].

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

"We went live with Shopify towards the end of April 2013, and in that time we’ve seen a 75 percent increase in sales from the previous year, mainly due to the professional look of the store and the ease of the process. I can run a report quickly, and it will tell me how much we’ve sold of what item.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 10, 2019

In the 2019 State of Advocacy report earlier this year, Phone2Action found that organizations that employed a full range of tools—text messaging, SMS shortcodes, social media lead ads and more—and kept at it were successful. Since 2013, NPCA has experienced…. Last year, the association decided to up its technology game.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The session was pretty successful, in that the Committee called for an extraordinary general assembly meeting in December with the aim of calling a diplomatic conference to finalize the Treaty for the Visually Impaired in June 2013. The rest of this post looks at this draft treaty in its current form.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

The Community Engagement Manager is charged with managing (monitoring, analyzing and acting on) NTEN’s social channels to increase engagement, grow NTEN’s reputation, and build connections in the community. The Community Project Manager contractor is charged with successfully managing two cohorts in the Communities of Impact program in 2013.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

In fact, the 2013 Online Benchmark Report reported monthly giving revenue increased 27 percent in 2012 over 2011. Choose your channels. Time is of the essence, and different audiences require different touch points (read: Next Generation of American Giving ), so choose your channels wisely. Channel coordination.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

TechSoup's own social media team weigh in on the report and offer their advice for making wise social media decisions. ” When you’ve just started to feel a tiny bit confident with Facebook and Twitter, new anxieties around niche channels start to set in. Simply Measured touts.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

Based on research from the Blackbaud Institute’s Charitable Giving Report , online giving in the United States represents 8.5% Studies done by Dunham+Company in both 2013 and 2018 reveal that even many leading nonprofit organizations have struggled to implement common best practices. of total fundraising revenue. Consumer-Led Giving.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 10, 2013

hjc, Blackbaud, Edge Research, and Sea Change Strategies recently studied the giving habits and communication preferences of four generations of Canadian donors and published findings in a report called The Next Generation of Canadian Giving 2013. LinkedIn use rose 24% from our 2010 study to 48% in 2013.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2013

It’s also been reported as the top tactic to deliver relevant and engaging content.*. You can insert personalized content that: Cultivates (thank recent donors/volunteers; report how gifts were used). I cover more —mobile, channel integration, messaging, structure—in a recent AFP webinar, which you can watch here.

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