Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The actual giving experience for recurring donors is often better too, since the organization needs to work for the repeat support each month (not dissimilar to other subscription services in your life). This past year has been one of the most challenging we’ve faced as a sector, but that doesn’t mean we can’t learn from it.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

No matter what happens in the economy or world, be it war, recession or natural disaster, people who can help DO. When charities made their case, donors answered the calls to action with remarkable generosity. It’s indicative of what I call “circle of life” theory. ACTION: Conduct a website self-audit. Giving in the U.S.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

The bottom line: you need a fundraising plan built on the right fundraising plan template — one that outlines goals, actions, and the specific results you want. Think in terms of action. You need two main pieces for your fundraising plan: a yearly calendar and a 90-day action plan. No two nonprofits are exactly alike.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 18, 2018

These are the five actions that winners take to get on track and to help stay on tract. Theses actions create Serial Winners, explains Larry Weidel in his book, Serial Winner. Serial Winners leverage a cycle of winning action to make progress," says Weidel. If you don't go for what you want, you'll get whatever life hands you.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2017

These are the five actions that winners take to get on track and to help stay on tract. Theses actions create Serial Winners, explains Larry Weidel in his book, Serial Winner. Serial Winners leverage a cycle of winning action to make progress," says Weidel. If you don't go for what you want, you'll get whatever life hands you.

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NetWits

JULY 6, 2011

But as with anything, it can be challenging to figure out where to start or how to ensure your efforts are going to be effective. It’s really no different than real life in that people want to get to know who you are, what you stand for, how you’re changing the world and what they can get by connecting with you.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 25, 2017

These are the five actions that winners take to get on track and to help stay on tract. Theses actions create Serial Winners, explains Larry Weidel in his book, Serial Winner. Serial Winners leverage a cycle of winning action to make progress," says Weidel. If you don't go for what you want, you'll get whatever life hands you.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

Urgent Action Fund. MADRE works in communities that war or disaster have rendered difficult to fund and challenging to reach. Urgent Action Fund. Organizations must also be community centered, working to enact long-term sustainable change at the community level and focused on social justice actions. Point of Pride.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 25, 2017

These are the five actions that winners take to get on track and to help stay on tract. Theses actions create Serial Winners, explains Larry Weidel in his book, Serial Winner. Serial Winners leverage a cycle of winning action to make progress," says Weidel. If you don't go for what you want, you'll get whatever life hands you.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2016

These are the five actions that winners take to get on track and to help stay on tract. Theses actions create Serial Winners, explains Larry Weidel in his book, Serial Winner. Serial Winners leverage a cycle of winning action to make progress," says Weidel. If you don't go for what you want, you'll get whatever life hands you.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 19, 2016

These are the five actions that winners take to get on track and to help stay on tract. Theses actions create Serial Winners, explains Larry Weidel in his book, Serial Winner. Serial Winners leverage a cycle of winning action to make progress," says Weidel. If you don't go for what you want, you'll get whatever life hands you.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2015

These are the five actions that winners take to get on track and to help stay on tract. Theses actions create Serial Winners, explains Larry Weidel in his new book, Serial Winner. Serial Winners leverage a cycle of winning action to make progress," says Weidel. People get chance after change -- as long as they don't quit.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Virtual bbcon 2020 is fast approaching, with thousands of nonprofits registrants, many of whom are fundraising, communications and marketing pros like yourself: ready to expand your vision with fresh ideas and actionable inspiration! Fundraising During Challenging Times. Robyn Mendez – Blackbaud. Paige Grainger – Blackbaud.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Jake Wood , author of, Take Command , weaves together hard-learned lessons in leadership and teamwork from his experiences in college football , as a former Marine sniper and as cofounder and CEO of Team Rubicon -- a disaster relief organization that unites military veterans with first responders deployed to areas hit by natural disasters.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

It is a nonprofit tech company that develops free and open-source software for information collection, visualization, and crowdsourced interactive mapping to help mitigate disasters. Ushahidi was a NetSquared Mashup Challenge winner in the fabled 2008 Netsquared conference in Santa Clara, California. Image: BRCK in action ( Ushahidi ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Games — both digital and analog — provide a great opportunity for inviting players to interact with a real-world causes and societal challenges. million players’ in-game actions into real-world donations totaling $500,000, providing 250,000 books and $198,600 for fistula surgeries. Games for a New Climate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2014

They showed Harry Dickerson reclaim his life from homelessness on their Giving Tuesday campaign and raised over $70,000 with this storyline. For example, I raised $120,000 for Japan disaster relief by showing how the tsunami destroyed cities and displaced communities. You can focus on the negative as part of your storyline.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 8, 2012

Games structure participation in vital civic actions like voting, budgeting, advocacy, movement-building, solving major challenges, and simulations for disaster preparedness. (BS). Live social actions in gameplay include scavenger hunts, games connected to events, and crowdsourcing energy for new actions. (EH,

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Communities of practice often include practitioners from the public, private and nonprofit sectors – all actively developing shared resources, best practices, and tools to solve some of society’s toughest challenges. I find it a wonderful way to expose myself to fresh ideas that drive my work forward, and in the process find my “tribe.”.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2017

According to the Ad Council, “doing good” is becoming as elemental to one’s life as faith, work and family. Imagery can also be static or show movement based on the desired action from the donor. The value of transformational experiences. So what does this movement mean for your nonprofit’s strategy?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 31, 2007

Amazing how fast we slide right back into "real life." Here are just a few of the Davos' I saw in action last week. You can learn more about the environment, about human rights, about development aid, about the digital divide, about microfinance, about healthy food and about disaster response.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

billion users, who are very engaged, take actions based on recommendations from friends,” he added. Whether it’s sharing a #CecilTheLion cartoon, or sharing a #PlannedParenthood petition, all of these actions are expressions of our passion for causes we love. million challenge videos. “More than 1.5 So is giving money.”.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2015

Something has gone awry and entered the world, be it illness, war, slavery, disabilities, or natural disasters, and your nonprofit has brazenly stepped forward to face the problem head on, with the hopes of a brighter, healthier, and more peaceful future. It may not be quite as dramatic, but isn't this the path of the nonprofit?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2015

Being ready for mobile donations to float in—if a natural disaster arises or the next big philanthropic challenge occurs—is a priority. In today’s world it is standard for people to use mobile devices to access the internet and take action to complete just about anything on their to-do list, including giving.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This wasn’t Tacker’s first go at responding to a disaster. Reaching people in the midst of a major disaster is challenging, said Tacker, and the Foundation depends heavily on its technology platform for outreach and processing. “In We are more than a call center answered by a bot. Check out our webinar, “ Too Much Tech?

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M+R

AUGUST 11, 2021

Disaster Girl Meme ” (sold for $500k). NFTs might put the “fun” in Nonfungible, but they come with plenty of significant challenges as well. Most concerning of all, they’re an environmental disaster. It allows users to take action or donate right from the streaming platform. Some well-known examples of NFTs are: .

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sgEngage

APRIL 22, 2021

The increase in single use plastics over the past year, due to the need for PPE and a huge surge in takeout for the restaurant industry, has presented yet another environmental challenge that can’t be ignored. Earth Day was no exception to the trend of using protesting and collective action to voice concerns and enact change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

It is a challenging and exciting at the same time." How would you organization cope with a natural disaster? CRAM = Connect, Reward, Action, Memorable - mentions Technorati as a tool to find your potential audience who have interest in your cause or programs. They will be using Skype, Second Life, Facebook, and MySpace.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 11, 2021

Indirectly, many children’s lives are impacted as more households get pushed into poverty, schools are closed, and strained health systems and by disruptions to life-saving health care like immunizations. UNICEF’s goal is to enable every child born in India to have the best start in life, to thrive, and to develop to their full potential.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The mission of IMPACT is to connect, educate, and mobilize college students, nonprofit professionals, and educators to strengthen their communities through service, action, and advocacy. All of this real-world experience is grounded in rigorous research and is taught by successful marketers who face your same challenges. Feb 22 - 24.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 8, 2017

In order to meet complex social needs, the interdependence between people and organizations across all sectors, need to engage to solve challenging social problems (Grudinschi, et al., Management Challenges in cross-sector collaboration: Elderly Care Case Study. References: Grudinschi, D., Kaljunen, L., Hokkanen, T., Hallikas, J.,

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Qgiv

JULY 29, 2021

Whether you’re raising money to clean up a community after a natural disaster or you need it for animals with life-threatening issues at an animal shelter, mobile fundraisers meet donors where they are and capitalizes on that contextual giving. Ask people to take action on urgent campaigns or petitions. Giving Days.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

I’ve lived here most of my life. So our job together anymore is to simplify what has become complex, whether that is because of the pandemic or the work you do is more challenging than ever, or the populations that you walk alongside are more stressed than ever. And it is for both online and offline actions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2015

Nonprofits are familiar with writing blog posts that provide program updates, tell success stories, comment on breaking news and current affairs, and promote calls to action. You should also preface your photo essay with one or two descriptive paragraphs and close your essay with a call to action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

A lot of research shows that if you record ordinary people’s conversations with their close friends and family and you will find that this is exactly what they do – talk about the mundane rhythms of life. Marc VanBree talks about it from his experience as a free agent raising money for disaster relief in Nashville.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 1, 2014

The use of end of year giving challenges has proven to be very successful for a number of organizations. A few words of advice and caution about these challenge campaigns: Don’t forget to follow-up with donors about the final results. Re: Take one last action in 2013. Take one last action in 2013. Last chance!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

But if Twitter and other social networks actually provide us this kind of life-force-like sensitivity to each other now, is that good, or bad? Because even though I may hope that we’ll never face something like 9/11 again, I know that communities face intense, desperate challenges far too often. I hope you’ll be there.

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