Tech Soup

JANUARY 19, 2016

Now that the United Nations Millennium Development Goals have expired and in some ways, have succeeded surprisingly well , the UN has developed a new set of even more ambitious goals. That may be why technology (for example, rapid mobile phone adoption worldwide) may be so important for realizing the new goals. In 1990, 1.9

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Global Giving

APRIL 27, 2018

Regardless of whether or not Ginger is the right animal for you, chances are she will be adopted. Thanks to the great work by facilities like the Austin Animal Center, half of these animals (the majority of which are cats and dogs) are adopted. So what makes an animal more likely to be adopted? Each year, approximately 6.5

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Tammy Knapp, CFO of National Math and Science Initiative , says, “I want people to understand the rationale, because then they can join us on this journey where we’re trying to improve what we’re doing.” Adopt a robust fund accounting system. Will this help you launch a program or expand your reach?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Respondents were from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, the Netherlands and Nordic nations (Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland). Of the surveyed nonprofit employees, roles included responsibility for programs, fundraising, grants management, technology, HR/office, or marketing. First up is finances.

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VisionLink

JULY 29, 2010

Funded by Gates, Ford, Carnegie, Kellog and the Lumina Foundations, this is a nation wide initiative building voice and capacity to increase college completion rates, with a state by state strategy. We endorse this focused effort on college completion rates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Unesco has a paper and a call to action for international and national policies and regulatory frameworks to ensure that artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies benefit humanity as a whole. Since many NGOs are just not far along on their digital transformation journey , the bar for AI adoption is fairly high.

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

Best of all, you really only need to adopt a few proven and productive cultivation and engagement methods to start converting your peer-to-peer event participants into monthly donors. Determine their motivation and inspiration : Apply behavioral psychology and consider response rates and participant profiles.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Higher Conversion Rates = Raising More Money. The Audubon Society's Porter Mason said that EveryAction's network effect "increased conversion rates by a magnitude of 5x to 20x". #2. If you're not already an EveryAction user, here's 50 reasons to make the switch today. #1. It's trusted by some of the largest nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The interactive mapping tool harnesses COVID-19 incidence rates, community vulnerability scores, and detailed nonprofit profiles to help donors invest in the communities most affected by the pandemic. As Allison Fine and I like to say, we are just at the beginning of the adoption curve for these emerging technologies.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 26, 2009

2010 is going to be the year that the large national and international nonprofits launch iPhone Apps. Over time, design and functionality will likely improve significantly, but if you want to be a very early adopter and wow the world with your cutting edge adoption of the Mobile Web, then Sweb Apps is for you. . Very expensive.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

For example, if your nonprofit is focused on promoting fire safety, you can offer a how-to guide for keeping your home fire-safe in dry months, citing instructions and best practices from the National Fire Protection Association. Track engagement across marketing channels to determine which platforms lead to the highest click-through rate.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 4, 2021

So we’re uniquely positioned to address workforce development during this time that it’ so highly relevant across the nation. The rate at which tech is advancing is exponential and we know we have to be technology-minded in our approach. Even before the pandemic, workforce development was a big part of our mission.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 18, 2021

So, for the benefit of the entire industry looking to solve hunger across communities, cities, and nations, I present to you your guide for Foodbank Fundraising in 2021. In all honesty, never has there been a better time to gain, sustain, and upgrade donors and expand your digital efforts to accomplish your mission.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Food insecurity threatens to worsen as households continue to face setbacks due to COVID-19, fears of a global recession, and the highest increase in inflation rates and food prices seen in the last 40 years. In 2021, 53 million Americans turned to food banks and community programs for help putting food on the table. Melanie Calhoun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2012

Note From Beth: With the rise of mobile adoption and the primary use to access the Internet and social platforms, it is reaching across consumer segments of all income levels. Nonprofits that receive high ratings and reviews from the people who use their services will attract greater supporters and funders.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

This represents a 10x growth over the past 6 years, and a 20% and 25% growth, respectively, over less than a year: growth rates associated more with successful commercial services, and unheard of in our field. What about yet another order of magnitude beyond that?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2017

As Jeremiah points out, we are entering the next phase where robots, drones, bots, AI, and self-driving cars will have widespread adoption. National Geographic the Albert Einstein Bot to accompany its Genius Film Festival. And after that technology will be merged or implanted in humans.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

The Donor: Establish a DAF with a public charity, like a community foundation, or a charitable fund (Fidelity Charitable or the National Philanthropic Trust, for example). For some, DAFs are a great alternative to setting up a charitable remainder trust or family foundation, and adoption rates prove their growing popularity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Note From Beth: I’m a huge fan of Giving Days because they raise the awareness, engagement, and donations to nonprofits and being generous. Last week, we watched as a national day of giving and awareness campaign for “Giving Tuesday” unfold and spur spikes in donations. Check out the webinars here.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

Although Vietnam is regarded as a developing country, it has a literacy rate of 94 percent. Among all developing countries, Vietnam has one of the lowest unemployment rates. It is proper etiquette in Vietnam to politely ask your age, nationality, and marital status on the first meeting. There are 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

This strategy helps educate them that you have a lot on tap already and that you won’t be dropping everything to sell poinsettias, publish a cookbook, enter a national contest, or write a letter to a celebrity asking for money (or whatever else they’ve come up with). THAT’S what increases your retention rate! And another. And another.

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NTEN

MAY 17, 2012

In the recently released Nonprofit Network Social Network Survey , we see that when it comes to social media, smaller nonprofits are keeping pace with their larger counterparts, adopting and using social media at similar rates. Melissa Barber, Electronic Communications Specialist with Death with Dignity National Center , agrees.

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NTEN

APRIL 21, 2009

conference, is designed to assist community and business leaders by offering best practices for improving Internet access and adoption. Registration is free to nonprofit, academic and government employees and the corporate rate is $195. View the agenda and sign up online at [link].

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Nonprofit organizations are vital to the nation’s economic well-being and have nearly doubled in the last 30 years (National Center for Charitable Statistics, 2015). Should nonprofits become more aggressive in adopting new business models that can add needed revenue? Social enterprise models may well offer an answer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2011

Packard recently surveyed 274 of these grantees from 2007-2009 (grant amounts ranged between $7,000 and $160,000) and analyzed the responses from 169 (a 62% response rate) to ascertain the outcomes. ( To see and comment on the comprehensive set of results, visit the foundation’s wiki.) Paul Connolly.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

In 2015, 193 world leaders came together at the United Nations to launch the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , a universal call to action adopted by all nations to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people can enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030.

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

Flickr Photo by Chi King The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comment on how to draft America's national broadband plan. It also requires the FCC to begin drafting a national broadband plan. None of the nation’s largest telephone companies compete against one another. It's essential that they hear from us.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2014

He is also the former executive director of the Craigslist Foundation , one of the founders of the national Social Media for Nonprofits conferences, and the author of Nonprofit Management 101 (Jossey-Bass) among many other things. What the Mobile Impact 101 Webinar Covered. Efficiency with Clients)? Darian’s Final Techie Tips.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Some of the key trends supporting rapid adoption of technology by nonprofits are: 1) Online lifestyle, behavior and giving of consumers and donors leading to success. Nonprofits, Donors and Consumers Adopting Online Lifestyle. 2) Mobile technology. 3) Technology that equalizes the playing field for all nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2015

The Department of Homeland Security chose this start-up challenge format for wearable technology because the format might speed up the development and adoption process. npVault Managed Backup Service — Access to Discounted Rates. Image 4 : The National Guard / CC BY. Looking Forward to More Emerging Technologies.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

On September 11, despite having reunited several families, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children had a list of 1,600 children listed as missing by their parents, or who were seeking their families. Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Institutions can no longer rely solely on national rankings and athletics as the primary means of building public trust. With limited experienced technical resources , thinking through how solutions will be adopted is a key component in helping to avoid long-term technical debt. ? .

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2014

One is the nonprofit Mission Asset Fund , where community-based lending circles in Latino communities are helping lower-income immigrants raise small amounts of capital, establish good credit ratings, reduce individual lending risks, and work together to fill a financial need that traditional lending institutions aren't willing to fill.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2010

Convio, SeaChange Strategies and Edge Research (the team the brought you insight into the online habits of major- and mid-level donors in the "Wired Wealthy" research) have produced a first-of-its-kind national research study into the charitable giving behaviors and attitudes across Gen Y, Gen X, Boomers and Matures.

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EveryAction

JUNE 20, 2023

Those consequences can have local, national, and even societal implications: when nonprofits are able to raise the funds they need to do their work, a whole range of social good programs and actions get the fuel they need: People experiencing food insecurity, housing insecurity, or a need for medical care have more of their needs met.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Even if your success doesn’t make national news headlines, you can execute a great giving day that propels your annual giving program forward. Opportunity 2: Who said unruly participation rates were a problem? Opportunity 1: Adopt a process from direct marketing called the “drip campaign.”

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

A team led by the International Institute of Information Technology in Hyderabad, India, is working on a battery-powered diagnostic device, costing less than US$100, which can monitor a patient's heart rate, blood pressure and oxygen levels. The reality is, however, that most nonprofits are not prepared to take advantage of these new models.

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