The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Thousands of nonprofits use EveryAction every day to raise money, manage offline fundraising through pledges and grants, send emails, run nonprofit digital advocacy campaigns, and so much more. Aside from fundraising and digital tools, EveryAction also is a leading provider of nonprofit advocacy technology.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

When you bring the Internet, online social tools, mobile technologies, and all the rest into the equation, you do not fundamentally change how communities organize or make change. We should approach offline action as one of many channels available to us to reach our mission. You do, though, change the scale and the opportunity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Note from Beth: At last year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I was lucky enough to join a “birds of a feather” lunch table. Among them: Have a place to plan, reflect and think offline. Getting offline for thinking on paper and writing are known tools to improve our thinking and creativity.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Many early adopters in the nonprofit community were already working hard (despite announcements from Google that they would police use and roll-out an organization-specific profile option) to start building a space for their organization’s profile on the new social network since it originally launched. The Price of Early Adoption.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 11, 2010

User adoption is a tricky beast. Naturally, clients tend to focus on the technical aspects that surround adoption: picking a solution that meets the list of user needs they have identified. But what about the people/social factors that influence adoption? Even better. Please share your own in the comments section.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2011

Including: "More than one-half of US Millennials (51%) say they influence the technologies their parents adopt and 41% say they influence the products they buy." "Our message to nonprofits: Your mission is noble, and your intentions are honorable.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 31, 2022

This digital-first mindset embraces the central role that technology plays in the lives of their customers and employees. To meet rapidly changing donor expectations, we need to adopt a digital-first mindset to keep our organizations relevant and grow our missions. Retailers know all the ways you engage with them online and offline.

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Kindful

AUGUST 19, 2021

They grew up with technology and are savvy and early adopters. They’re still helping their parents and grandparents with technology. They can be reached through: Either online socially or offline socially, including the online advocate program, events or speaking engagements (church or other places).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The current technology of live-streaming on the Web has been around for a few years, but only recently with the launch of smartphone Apps that convert phones into video cameras and social media integration, has the technology started to reach mass adoption by Web users ( its up 600% in the last year !). Amazing technology!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 31, 2022

This digital-first mindset embraces the central role that technology plays in the lives of their customers and employees. To meet rapidly changing donor expectations, we need to adopt a digital-first mindset to keep our organizations relevant and grow our missions. Retailers know all the ways you engage with them online and offline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2016

Another way to take a break is a “Digital Detox,” a period of time when a person does not use technology, the Internet, or mobile phone in order to reduce stress. Otherwise, what do you do to take a break from technology to revitalize your mind and body? Zentangle: Meditative Drawing. Zentangle Pens and Pencils. Artist Tiles.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Granted, the positives do outweigh the negatives, but it is important to step back occasionally and take a critical look at how social media is impacting nonprofit technology at your organization as well as your digital staff. But even full-time social media managers have to take a break and embrace offline vacations.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 29, 2016

Technology facilitates smarter messaging, smarter asks, and more personalized experiences with our organization. But NTEN is certainly not the only organization leveraging advances in technology to make fundraising a donor-centric process. To do so, let’s use an example that isn’t about technology at all: an annual gala.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Consistently changing technology landscape. Two of the challenges are directly related to fundraising with a third ( fundraising technology ) that’s at least partially related. Oh, and those who implement multi-channel fundraising strategies that take online donors to offline channels see up to 3X better fundraising results.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2020

The result is relevant innovations and improvements that include people-focused and technology-focused solutions. CX mapping provides the opportunity to visually illustrate the organization’s internal processes, technology, people, and things that interact with a constituent’s needs and perceptions. Real-World Results.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

It turns out one of the most important strategies for our time is the ability to effectively generate, exchange, and adopt new ways of doing things. Online brainstorming tools, like Miro and Lucid , replicate the offline experience using virtual templates. Do you have one in place? Here you can review a comparison of virtual tools.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2013

We have recently revised this content in our Disaster Planning and Recovery page to reflect changes in the way nonprofits and libraries are using technology, namely: Mobile. Many nonprofits and charities are incorporating mobile technologies like smartphones and tablets in their organizations.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

In 1999, Blackbaud pioneered the nonprofit technology market by introducing reliable, secure, and donor-friendly online donation forms. Let me also suggest that we need to stop placing a wall between offline and online giving strategies and tactics. This online versus offline wall is mostly in our own heads. of total sales.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2017

As Jeremiah Owyang , founder of Crowd Companies , describes it as drones, robots, chat bots, and AI. He should know, having tracked and observed the disruption caused by online technology over the past decade. And after that technology will be merged or implanted in humans. Think cyborgs.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2016

Since the first NetSquared challenge in 2006, TechSoup has continued to offer people and organizations opportunities to connect, share ideas, and collaborate; they work on solutions online and offline through events, meetups, and hackathons. It motivates and engages citizens across central and eastern Europe, the Balkans, and Turkey.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 5, 2009

NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference held each Spring is always THE place to be for nonprofit techies: whether you work in a nonprofit organization or with one, are totally technical or fell into your techie job, like social media or like wiring an office. >> Do You Have the Right Balance of Online/Offline Communication?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Certainly there’s been a correlating growth in the adoption rate of social media by the general public as well as nonprofits and schools themselves. It was exciting to see that many of the nonprofits and schools adopted our tactics and put them to use leading up to and on the day of the event. Check out the webinars here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Networking: Weaving Online and Offline, Strong Ties and Weak Ties. I’m also thinking of nonprofit technology professionals like John Haydon and Debra Askanase are another example. They work in the nonprofit technology field and we connected and have conversations online before meeting in person.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2012

The episode examined some of the ways technology and social media can be harnessed to support causes. Social media adoption continues to grow and technology becomes more accessible. Harnessing Technology to Create Good. Harness Technology and Social Media to Raise Money. on the Future of Fundraising back in 2011.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

One of the reasons I made a commitment to blogging about professional topics regularly was because I was inspired by Marnie’s nonprofit technology blog, ext. 6: Use social media to close the loop between online and offline action. 9: Assesses organizational culture and has strategies to address issues that may prevent adoption.

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2011

Any giving that took place on sites that do not use the Network for Good platform or that were made offline are not included. But raising funds online is not about technology, any more than raising funds through the mail is about paper. In addition we found the gap between offline and online donor behavior is closing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

While there have been different surveys on nonprofit adoption, for example, these two recent studies I profiled last month, I wish there was a benchmarking study. Dutch native Marc van Bree is a public relations practitioner in Chicago with more than 5 years of experience communicating—on and offline—in the nonprofit environment.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

The people who donate, listen in, connect with our programs by calling in, reading or commenting online, and coming to our offline events are our community. Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission. We are not actually engaging with every member of our service area, we don’t know who they all are or what they all do.

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NTEN

MAY 18, 2011

But the following also jumped out at us (and not in a good way): According to our survey, only about 20% of respondents had ever actually evaluated the ROI for a technology project. We're tackling this important area of organizational effectiveness in our Nonprofit Technology Leadership Academy.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

At the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference I attended a group discussion breakfast about personal vs. professional branding. Kara Carrell (aka @Karitas ) pointed out that she has a "How I Roll" post that she links to and updates as her on and offline world evolves. I'll accept if we've had a conversation I can remember, on or offline.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

At the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference I attended a group discussion breakfast about personal vs. professional branding. Kara Carrell (aka @Karitas ) pointed out that she has a "How I Roll" post that she links to and updates as her on and offline world evolves. I loved that idea. Fantastic organization.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 24, 2011

This is a communiqué on the current state of cloud adoption in TechSoup's NetSquared international community from Marc Manashil, community evangelist for NetSquared. The NetSquared community consists of Local groups in 80+ cities worldwide that hold offline events for those interested in technology and social impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Adopting a networked mindset is believing in abundance rather than scarcity. You need to let them know why you are making the introduction and these can be done both online and offline. These can be done offline and online. Adopting a networked mindset is believing in abundance rather than scarcity.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2012

Nonprofits and Mobile Technology. More nonprofits and libraries are using mobile technologies to educate, activate, and engage audiences and constituencies of all shapes and sizes. So, if you haven’t had your own “Holy mobile, Batman!” ” moment like Ben Rigby from Sparked, now’s the time!

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

traditional offline software) into the cloud (a.k.a. First, conduct an ad hoc technological assessment. How easy is the solution to adopt/learn? These organizations provide research material and support articles to help you make informed decisions about technology. online software) without too much hassle.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

traditional offline software) into the cloud (a.k.a. First, conduct an ad hoc technological assessment. How easy is the solution to adopt/learn? These organizations provide research material and support articles to help you make informed decisions about technology. online software) without too much hassle.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

While system data and trends show online giving is growing, consumer research reinforces the need for nonprofits to focus on how they integrate online and other technology into their marketing and development programs – not just for today, but for the future. . 2) Mobile technology. 2) Mobile technology.

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