Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

Elaina Todd, an environmental planner who develops social marketing campaigns with the nonprofit conservation group Rare, is profiled in our most recent case study for Benetech’s Miradi software. Miradi, is used by nature conservation practitioners around the world to design, manage, monitor and learn from their projects.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Proceeds benefit the Best Friends Animal Society, a nonprofit working to end the killing in America’s animal shelters through adoption, spay and neuter education, and no-kill initiatives. 100% of profits help fund Surfrider’s mission to protect the world’s ocean, waves and beaches. 27) Fair Indigo :: fairindigo.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2012

In that case, go to Bing Images and search by color (to match your nonprofit’s avatar ) and you’ll be presented with hundreds of potential header images that could look as good as the eleven chosen by the early adopter nonprofits listed below: 1. National Parks Conservation Association :: @ NPCA.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

Source: United Nations Population Fund. Also, to save Africa’s iconic wildlife from extinction, NGOs will be instrumental in conserving land and defeating wildlife crime. NGOs that do not prioritize mobile technology and become early adopters of mobile payments in the coming years will struggle to remain relevant.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Proceeds benefit the Best Friends Animal Society, a nonprofit working to end the killing in America’s animal shelters through adoption, spay and neuter education, and no-kill initiatives. 100% of profits help fund Surfrider’s mission to protect the world’s ocean, waves and beaches. 27) Fair Indigo :: fairindigo.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2011

They know the importance of being an early adopter. For example, and as much as I love Sea Shepherd and appreciate their effort to be an early adopter in group text messaging, so far all of their text alerts have linked to their desktop site. The most recent was received on April 26: The bit.ly

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

My hypothesis as to why nonprofits are falling behind is that they think that adopting the Mobile Web is expensive or time-consuming, or they equate the mobile technology solely with text-to-give. Child Fund International :: m.childfund.org. Jimmy Fund :: m.jimmyfund.org. Nature Conservancy :: m.nature.org. 350.0rg :: m.350.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2012

They are early adopters and boldly pioneer the Social Web. Nature Conservancy :: nature.org. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) :: unicef.org. They consistently get retweeted, repinned, and reblogged and have an active fan base on Facebook and Google+. London Symphony Orchestra :: lso.co.uk.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2022

At Salesforce.org, we are proud to see how much of our community — whether it’s our employees, our partners, or the nonprofits we support — is jumping in through funding, advocacy, or volunteering. One of their most popular programs is their adopt-a-seal program, which connects their supporters directly to the seals they’re rescuing.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

As an example, assume you run an environmental nonprofit whose mission statement says the following; Our mission is to preserve and restore the natural environment for present and future generations by promoting sustainable practices, advocating for conservation policies, and fostering environmental awareness and education.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

That said, in the Acknowledgments section of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , I mentioned and gave credit to the early adopters of Myspace and the Social Web. There were many, many skeptics back then about social media in general and being an early adopter was not easy.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

Ease of use: A game changer Ease of use significantly affects the adoption and effectiveness of a CRM. Diana Otero, Product Marketing Manager at Bloomerang , is actively involved in nonprofits, having served on the board of the Nantahala Hiking Club , one of the 31 trail-maintaining clubs of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Whether you’re part of an animal shelter, wildlife conservation organization, or advocacy group, these insights will help you navigate the ever-evolving world of nonprofit marketing. In this guide, we’ll provide four tips for marketing your animal-related nonprofit. Tell the story of those impacted by your organization. Problem solve.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 20, 2023

Your budget will also help you get funding because you can show donors that you know exactly what it costs to deliver services. Lay out each fundraising activity you plan for the year along with a conservative estimate of how much you think you can raise from each one. But you need some practicality and planning to go with it.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 14, 2022

More nonprofits are adopting special events in the coming year to build emotional connections with donors, and develop lasting relationships. As a nonprofit funding groundbreaking cancer research, the V Foundation hosts an annual symposium for medical researchers to share and discuss recent advances in the fight against cancer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

What investments can the Brainerd Foundation make over the next five years to help build an effective infrastructure of advocacy that builds power for conservation that will endure beyond the foundation’s sunset? How might we create a funding model that nourishes flexibility and innovation? New Technology for New Power Movements.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Also, in some places of the world there is lower adoption rates of social — for example in very rural areas of the developing world – where this data would not be useful for informing a funding strategy. ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.” Here’s a blog post by Rachel Dearborn describing the process.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 28, 2009

Whenever I need a little pick me up, I watch videos of the new kitties who are ready for adoption through a local organization, Maine Coon Adoptions, where we got our first cat. One of my many favorite things about my new iPhone (wahoo!) is that it's easy to watch my YouTube subscriptions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2011

Most nonprofits implore: “Just fund a development director position for us, and it will pay for itself in a year, enabling us not just to survive but to thrive.” Fundraising advisors encourage this support too. To see and comment on the comprehensive set of results, visit the foundation’s wiki.)

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2018

Foundations have consistently remained conservative in their grant and operational spending since the financial market crash of 2008 and have been looking to do more with their limited resources. In order to combat the resource battle, foundations have continued to strategize ways to stretch their funding dollars. Data and Analytics.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 14, 2010

Mission inspired gifts specifically, or using ecommerce to allow supporters to “purchase” certain tangible objects that reflect what funds are used for in supporting an organization’s mission, have proven to be an effective way of harnessing these elements in raising funds online.

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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2012

Joe also shared some great Pinterest use-cases for nonprofits to experiment with including a Pinboards of fashionable used clothes available in Goodwill stores and beautiful images endangered frogs Conservation International is working to save. Pin pictures of families who adopt animals from your shelter. Did she need medical care?

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 14, 2014

In all of the above cases, what looks like a risky, costly endeavor often turns out to be a pretty conservative, big-reward investment when viewed over the long haul. Adopting an Attitude of Abundance. This year, instead of a gut-reaction of scarcity, I’d love if our sector adopted an attitude of abundance.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2013

If your nonprofit decides to become active on LinkedIn, it’s recommended that you follow some of the early adopters and study their LinkedIn Pages to help get a sense of the LinkedIn community and what type of content they engage with. Conservation International. linkedin.com/company/conservation-international.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2015

Braided River is a Seattle-based publishing organization that is committed to inspiring support for critical conservation efforts. Orangutan Outreach used a donation of Adobe Creative Suite to produce and electronically distribute high-quality digital content for thousands of "adoptive parents."

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 17, 2016

They are funded primarily by foundations (or are foundations themselves). By being onstage as visible, powerful beacons of a particular methodology, they both engage audiences and inspire other institutions to consider adopting some of their approaches. We need more empowerment in this world, and these institutions offer it.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 19, 2007

World Water Day (March 22) was adopted by the UN in 1993 to bring attention to the over 1 billion people who are without access to clean, safe drinking water. According to the United Nations Population Fund's "State of the World Population 2001" , "Worldwide, 54 per cent of the annual available fresh water is being used.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Kudos to Conservation International ! That’s an incredibly high donor retention rate for a set of tools that are still in their early adoption phase. Similar to the “Link in Bio” strategy, your nonprofit will need to embrace a “Donate on Profile” strategy to raise funds on Instagram.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Peer-to-Peer Events Arts & Culture Events Community Events Educational Events Events for Grown-Ups Events for Kids & Families Nonprofit Peer-to-Peer Events Peer-to-peer events raise funds and generate buzz by having your supporters and participants get their networks involved in your event.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 22, 2021

I support nature conservation — the mission is urgent and essential, and the numbers too compelling to overlook — but this blitz of high-impact marketing materials left me cold. I have given to conservation-focused groups in the past, so the high-level mission fit was there. They need a concise, compelling reason to engage.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Be an early adopter of digital payments. 3) Create and fund a budget. Ocean Conservancy: The Ocean’s Least Wanted: 4 Invasive Species to Know ( Twitter , Facebook , Instagram ). Online giving is set for exponential growth over the next decade ( especially through social networks ). Sign up for Facebook’s new donation tools.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen set forth the “Innovator’s Dilemma” which states that companies that have accomplished great change are reluctant to adopt the next disruptive innovation because of its impact on the existing successful business. In the human rights field, we have been part of major shifts in practice.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

This event was very exciting, as we have never previously received federal funding for Bookshare.org. We've been developing Miradi for three years together with the Conservation Measures Partnership (which includes groups like The Nature Conservancy and the World Wildlife Fund), and began beta testing the software in 2007.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

2d Code is a must read for the early adopters. In just a few clicks your supporters can donate a tweet or status update to benefit your cause (see The Global Fund ). For a great example of a nonprofit using Meetup, see the the Nature Conservancy’s Picnic for the Planet. Based in the U.K., intl/en/landing/internetstats.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

At this point, you've probably heard a lot about the benefits of the cloud: how it can save you time, help you conserve resources, and boost productivity and collaboration among your staff members. Key Considerations for Cloud Adoption by NGOs. But perhaps you're still not sure where to start. Tell us in the comments.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

At this point, you've probably heard a lot about the benefits of the cloud: how it can save you time, help you conserve resources, and boost productivity and collaboration among your staff members. Key Considerations for Cloud Adoption by NGOs. But perhaps you're still not sure where to start. Tell us in the comments.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

We just won a $5 million competition that will fund our DIAGRAM R&D center to tackle the problem of image accessibility for people with print disabilities. We’re helping the environmental movement become more effective through using Miradi to manage its conservation projects and to better steward environmental assets.

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