Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

In-person events are on hold this fundraising event season, but fortunately, streaming tools like Zoom implemented new features throughout the year that make virtually interacting with guests a lot easier and way more fun. 2) Gain fun face time opportunities with virtual events. Don’t wait for your supporters to find you on social media!

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Volunteer Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Make sure you can customize and embed your donation form within your website so that supporters have easy access. Is your website accessible to all? Web accessibility is the idea that anything on the web should be able to be used by any person, regardless of their abilities. Volunteer management software.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

In order to adapt to this new normal, many nonprofit event planners have been exploring virtual or hybrid alternatives. Live-streamed experiences. Sell tickets to your virtual event and provide instructions on how to access the livestream video. Live-streaming or video conferencing tool. Individual remote activities.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

It states that your UA property will continue to collect and process new data up until the July 1st deadline, but once that time comes, the organization will have only six months to access the data that has been collected. For any nonprofit with UA, you will need to set up a new GA4 property and start collecting data from scratch.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

If you’ve created a Facebook group and/or set up a streaming service event participants can watch activities unfold from, send them that information. Tip 2: Make activities accessible from anywhere . It’s important to determine how to still give participants access to the activities at your event.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 14, 2020

While lockdowns and stay at home orders are in place, virtual events are the best alternative to postponing or canceling an event altogether. Are you promoting cutting edge technologies in a physical trade show supported by access to virtual trade show elements? . Offers live streaming video. Long term goals?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2022

Across the world, leading funders like the Ford Foundation are implementing climate action strategies that go well beyond their own governance responsibilities to end investment of endowments in fossil fuels and seek opportunities to invest in alternative and renewable energy. Funding Community-Led Climate Action.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Green Building Council makes sure that LEED brings in multiple streams of revenue. There are membership fees to be affiliated with the group in order to network, help your employees have access to learning tools, savings related to green building expos, and more. How they make money: The U.S.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 30, 2021

The size, type, and mode of access to attend a fundraiser has permanently changed for events going forward. They were very cost-effective alternatives that added money to their coffers by lowering production expenses across the board, while still bringing in an amount that rivaled traditional in-person galas.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

Easily replaced with free or lower-cost alternatives. Subscription models , also called membership-based models, describe those in which members receive access to your entire eLearning library in exchange for a monthly, quarterly, or even annual fee. It allows members to access a wide breadth of eLearning courses at a lower cost.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Follow accessibility guidelines such as ensuring sufficient contrast between text and background colors, adding alternative text to images, putting captions on videos, and making it possible to navigate the site with keyboard controls. This way, site visitors can access your donation form from any page in just one click.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 22, 2019

She answered a few questions for us about their success with alternative funding and the journey they went on to create a diversified program. This fund consists almost exclusively of foundation grants and alternative funding sources like PRIs or public/private partnerships. How do you know that’s the right mix for your organization?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

For nonprofits, crowdfunding is also a new way to reach out to prospective donors and can provide a significant revenue stream along with an opportunity to raise awareness and increase engagement with their cause and programs. Donors should have access to customer support to deal with questions and problems.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Although this appears at first glance to be beyond reach in a virtual setting, consider breaking down each aspect one by one to consider online alternatives. Couple this with the power of live streaming and your guests may socialize with each other while they eat from the comfort of their own home. 3) Cooking classes.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

If you wish to make a difference that may mean looking at an alternative place to affect change than the one you first envisioned. Today, nonprofit leaders have access to software, like a donor database , that can help them reach their funding goals. Try not to create a stream of generic thank you emails and letters.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2023

Ultimately, these platforms can help your nonprofit retain more donors over time, building reliable revenue streams. Accessible , with high-contrast colors, alternative text for images, and clearly labeled form fields. Ask your vendor if they have a publicly accessible changelog.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Real time access to information enables nonprofits to more effectively advance their mission in a rapid response world. But anytime/anywhere access comes with a price, which can vary significantly. How often do your workers need mobile access? Some will even cut off access for you — a last-ditch drastic tactic.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

This can be done in many different ways, such as hosting the event using live-streaming services or converting the event content into videos for an email sequence. All of this data is readily available when you have access to well-built out donor profiles. . Perhaps you’ve rescheduled them for next year or canceled them outright.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

This can be done in many different ways, such as hosting the event using live-streaming services or converting the event content into videos for an email sequence. All of this data is readily available when you have access to well-built out donor profiles. . Perhaps you’ve rescheduled them for next year or canceled them outright.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

What makes Machine special is its brand of humor and accessibility, combined with a real dedication to experimenting on the borders of art, science, and ideas. The Waffle Shop is a cafe and live streaming TV channel that serves a diverse audience of late night club-goers and locals in an urban neighborhood.

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DipJar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Facebook: With live streaming and story capabilities, Facebook is ideal for spreading the word about your upcoming fundraisers and events. Follow accessibility guidelines. High contrast, alternative text, and closed captions ensure that there are no barriers for people with disabilities. . Ensure your site is easy to navigate.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Having access to donor data is important for learning donor habits and increasing donor retention. Make sure you provide an easy way to access the information they’re looking for. Use the communication streams that your supporters use the most, including: . Don’t be afraid to ask your donors for donations! Text messages .

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

By focusing on connecting with these donors, showing them how their investment in your cause is making a tangible impact, and offering alternative ways to get involved, you can support steady or increased retention at your organization. If a donor is still hesitant, consider offering alternative ways to give or contribute.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2013

I like my parks hard to access, sparsely populated, and minimal in services. It’s an uncomfortable truth which is forcing me to examine my arguments for inclusivity, access, and populism in museums. In the Tetons, I had a highly exclusive, hard to access, fabulous experience. Few people go for it. That’s part of why I love it.

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Kindful

MARCH 16, 2021

Kindful CRM Integration: No, Salesforce is an alternative to Kindful. Hidden fees or limitations: JotForm’s free online forms plan limits your access with only five forms and 100 submissions per month. Google Sheets. JotForm also offers a 50% discount on paid plans if you decide you want to upgrade. per donation processing fee.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Emerging tablet computing devices, such as the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy, promise the benefit of mobile access with a larger form factor than a phone screen, making it much easier to do work in the field. Organizations will upgrade and switch to product versions/services that allow for seamless mobile access.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 19, 2016

Roughly 21% of this came from gifts, donations, and grants, while 79% came from fees, contracts, and other revenue streams. of all households reported having high-speed internet access. In every age category, over 50% of households have high-speed internet access. Provide information about alternate methods of donating.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 21, 2009

An iPhone app created by a company called Melodeo that streamed Christmas music for $2.99. $1 Eric Leland of FivePaths suggested the LogMeIn app explaining that it, "allows you to connect to remote computers, over 3G, nice simple remote networking alternative for accessing your desktop on the road."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2011

But in these tough economic times, new advances in technology are making virtual events an interesting and compelling alternative to the traditional in-person conference. This scenario plays out time and again in cities across the country. Engagement cannot be left up to chance, and is vital to the success of a session.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2009

I had just gotten my N95 and I live streamed some of our dinner conversation. . Patti includes a list of network activity: Content creation, access, discovery and use. Close down alternative or back-door communication channels. I first met Patti in Cambridge during a dinner with John Smith and other colleagues from CPsquared.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

So, why would you be interested in the debate about getting broadband Internet access to under-served communities? You need access to high speed Internet to participate in our society. If you don't want your news "pre-chewed"; by large corporations, your only alternative is the Internet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 9, 2022

As we plan for 2023 fundraising and all that the year might bring, we know that diversified revenue streams mitigate the risk of losing any single source of funding. Healthy nonprofits diversify revenue by tapping a variety of resource streams and funding channels. This type of donation is similar to streaming services like Netflix.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 14, 2012

When done right, these types of online campaigns can provide a nice complement (and a revenue stream) to your overall peer-to-peer fundraising strategy by providing individuals who are not interested in your traditional staff-driven events with alternative ways to support your organization by hosting their own style of fundraiser.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 3, 2024

For example, Redpath’s Salesforce Marketing Cloud guide explains how this tool allows you to set up automated email streams that are highly customized and triggered by donors’ actions. For example, Salesforce for Nonprofits now includes access to Salesforce’s predictive AI tool, Einstein.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I love alternative history novels. I was thinking I’d do a few alternative histories of museums for the first post of the last month of the decade. I tried to picture an alternative with AleiaBrown and Adrianne Russell ’s # MuseumsRespondtoFerguson and LaTonya S. But I couldn’t get there.

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Forum One

AUGUST 17, 2009

Some users are more savvy with Twitter and wikis, while others need help just accessing the conference wifi network. Plan ahead and try out new techniques for online engagement, but don't be afraid to switch direction mid-stream. Knowing your audience: what they want to get out of the online portion of the event (e.g.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2006

I got a press release this week (I feel so alternative media), announcing that Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontiéres has started podcasting (yay!). Photo via wayfaring stranger's Flickr stream. The podcast, Frontline Reports will feature emergency updates from Doctors without Borders projects all over the world.

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