Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2020

As event organizers have sought to eliminate as many physical touchpoints as possible amid COVID, mobile scoring has been widely adopted as a replacement to paper scorecards. For many nonprofits operating on conservative budgets, it’s often not realistic to adopt technology—even if its benefits are numerous.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Pictures can be useful tools, but nothing is quite as effective as walking through a virtual war zone or experiencing what happens in late-stage dementia firsthand. The best thing about this tool is that you don’t even have to invest in expensive virtual reality headsets. Virtual reality can do just that. Google Cardboard.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

Let’s do the math and make a conservative estimate. Select the Right Tools. Nonprofit Volunteer Management Tip #2: Select the Right Tools. Adopting the right software can completely transform your volunteer program. The best tools offer access through a mobile app so volunteers can self-check-in and out.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Mission : To promote, develop and implement unarmed civilian peacekeeping as a tool for reducing violence and protecting civilians in situations of violent conflict. Animal Adoptions by the National Wildlife Federation: From alligators to walruses, givers can adopt animals in the name of friends, family, or colleagues.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Continuing with our animal shelter example, you may have three main groups of supporters: Young adults looking to volunteer, families looking to adopt, and older adults looking to donate. This information may entice families looking to adopt a pet to seriously consider choosing that particular shelter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2012

They are early adopters and boldly pioneer the Social Web. There’s always room for improvement since social media best practices change as often as the tools themselves. Nature Conservancy :: nature.org. They have found the right balance of what kind of content to post on their social networks and how often.

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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. They streamline the reporting process, making it not just about number-crunching but a strategic tool for engagement and decision-making. The ability to schedule reports has saved as much as two hours in a day.

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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. 33) Gorilla Conservation Coffee :: pangols.com. The Lucky Iron Fish is a cooking tool that adds extra iron to your daily foods or drinks.

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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. Nature Conservancy :: m.nature.org. Metropolitan Opera :: m.metoperafamily.org. Monterey Bay Aquarium :: m.montereybayaquarium.org.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2022

Trees are one of the most powerful tools we have to combat the climate crisis. SRI promotes ocean conservation and sustainability through proactive education, research, community engagement, and habitat restoration programmes in order to protect our seas and all life within. Plant for the Planet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2008

These same tools become very powerful in the hands of activists. tools from outside the United States that help digital activists evade Internet censorship and promote human rights issues to a wider audience. This got me thinking about the adoption challenges faced by nonprofits in embracing these new tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

With all the new tools out there to experiment with, why would individuals and brands want to start over on site with a bad brand name and tainted history? 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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 7, 2011

The time is ripe for the early adopters in the nonprofit sector to embrace m-Advocacy, otherwise known as mobile advocacy. As more group text messaging and Mobile Web vendors flood the market, the price of early adoption will become more manageable and thus accessible to more nonprofits. 22 Nonprofit Mobile Websites.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Philanthropy at Dreamforce: $1M to Conserve, Restore, and Grow Trees. ACT: Check out our How-To-Guide for all the steps and tools needed to plant a tree in your own backyard. We’ll also have always-on adoption resources and information about Success Offerings and our pro bono program.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 20, 2023

If you don’t leave yourself enough time to complete this part, your budget may not be realistic or accurate and that won’t serve you very well later when you’re depending on this tool to guide your financial decisions. Here’s a list from Forbes to get you started on your research into which tool will work for you.

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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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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 12, 2021

Trends become trends for a reason, so if you haven’t already, you’ll want to adopt some of these strategies for your nonprofit’s fundraising efforts. A few types of common CSR initiatives include environmental conservation, fair labor practices, supporting volunteer activity, and philanthropy. Appealing to younger donors.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Philanthropy at Dreamforce: $1M to Conserve, Restore, and Grow Trees. ACT: Check out our How-To-Guide for all the steps and tools needed to plant a tree in your own backyard. We’ll also have always-on adoption resources and information about Success Offerings and our pro bono program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2014

My Ocean , is a niche social network of more than 9000 divers and this guest post by Darren Barefoot describes some powerful outcomes for ocean conservation by bringing together several strategies: niche social network, crowdsourced data mapping, and deep engagement. million divers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Are there methods and tools in the nonprofit and philanthropic sector for using it effectively? There is not much value in the raw data unless you have the tools and skills to synthesize it. The professional tools for monitoring and analyzing social media data can be expensive and pose a steep learning curve.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 13, 2019

Technology in the nonprofit sector is historically integrated more slowly than in other sectors, which stems from many nonprofit organizations having restrictive budgets and a more traditional or conservative mindset. Data analytics is an emerging and incredibly valuable tool that will be beneficial for a nonprofit organization.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

Geeks are textbook early adopters. But, the gentle speed of turtle mode conserved the last kiloJoules of electrical energy and we glided to a stop in front of the charging station at my house. I believe electric cars are going to be a great tool for most people, especially for families with at least one other car. We'd made it!

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2009

… Elkin reports that his Facebook app Yes We Conserve has gotten about 5,500 visits as a result, but only 233 people have installed it. What questions about ROI do you or your organization have when considering the build or integration of a Facebook app or similar tool? and 22735 kilograms of CO2 per year.&#. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2007

They are exploring how non-profit organizations use the Web and the tools available for them in the last three years or since this Wired article was published ( For Nonprofits, Web Is Windfall ). Also, what Web tools and resources are you aware of that non-profits can use? What about the challenges to adoption?

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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. Inspired by the post, 80+ Environmental Organizations to Follow on Twitter on Planetsave , I thought I'd share the list with you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2011

Since 1997, the Packard Foundation has awarded 1,392 “organizational effectiveness” grants to an array of groups, most of which have annual operating budgets of $1 to $10 million, and operate in the human services, environmental conservation, population, and arts fields.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." I've been experimenting quite a bit over the last 18 months way too many social networking tools. Katya Andresen has written a fantastic five minute guide to social networking tools.

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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2012

I’m always intrigued to see how nonprofits find creative ways to use new social media tools, but I didn’t think seriously about Pinterest’s potential for nonprofits until I read Joe Waters and Beth Kanter’s thoughts. Pin pictures of families who adopt animals from your shelter. Did she need medical care?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Third, if your nonprofit regularly shares stories on Instagram, make a strong first impression by creating custom Highlight covers using a graphic design tool or a mobile app. To get access to Insights, to post ads, set up a Shop, and use Instagram Charitable Giving Tools, your nonprofit must have an Instagram Business Account.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 9, 2015

And unlike Millennials, who merely grew up with the World Wide Web, the Founders have never had to live without computers or the internet, making them that much more savvy with these tools. In fact, because they witnessed the Millennials struggle through the Great Recession, the Founders are more financially conservative.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

The Non-Profit Tech Blog drills down deeper on the limitations and suggests waiting before adopting. Nonprofit Social Media ROI and Adoption Issues The meme of the last week continues with a look at specific metrics like engagement. A short case study about the Nature Conservancy uses e-metrics. I wholeheartedly agree !

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" So Im surprised by the reversal in adoption by boomers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

The difference is that the social entrepreneur pursues change at scale primarily as a tool for social justice, not private enrichment. We provided a tool that blind individuals could use to scan and read their own books independently. The Arkenstone reading tools became a key mode of independent access to books.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 14, 2022

With a mission to inspire conservation of the world’s aquatic treasures, the Aquarium is consistently ranked as one of the nation’s top three aquariums, and as Maryland’s largest paid tourist attraction. Old processes and tools weren’t allowing the National Aquarium to fully maximize its efforts. The Old Ways.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

27% of donors worldwide cite social media as the communication tool that inspires them the most often to give. Be an early adopter of digital payments. Sign up for Facebook’s new donation tools. Ocean Conservancy: The Ocean’s Least Wanted: 4 Invasive Species to Know ( Twitter , Facebook , Instagram ).

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