Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Whether you are considering a new fundraising and engagement CRM, advocacy tool, reengineered database, custom integration, CMS or back office system, a separate discovery is the BEST approach to ensuring success. It’s like that old adage from carpentry, “Measure Twice, Cut Once.”. Discoveries Drive Alignment & Adoption. <

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 9, 2016

In my last post, I answered the age-old questions, “ Can my 501(c)(3) really engage in advocacy? ” With that settled, it’s time to move on to the benefits of advocacy. How can advocacy make a measurable difference for your organization? All this being said, advocacy can be difficult to quantify. New advocates.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 2024

It takes a strategic approach, strong advocacy, and collaboration to secure the funding that ensures your organization can continue its valuable work. Essential tools and tips for aspiring Executive Directors As an Executive Director, you’ll need several resources for effective fundraising. Use online fundraising tools.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Among grantmakers, there tends to be a lot of focus on impact and outcomes, as well as metrics to measure impact. Here, we explore for whom change is desired and who is defining and measuring that change. Who decides what is measured? Grantmakers want to know if their funding has created the change they have envisioned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2013

Here’s a summary of tips, tools, examples, and resources for getting the most of our your nonprofit event with social media. (Here’s a curated link list used to create this post). ” Other amplifier tools include JustCoz and Gaggleamp. The first step is to get organized.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

If you have not read Beth Kanter and KD Paine's awesome new book Measuring the Networked Nonprofit , then you must check out Care2's webinar on December 4th at 2PM ET led by Beth, Ashley Boyd of MomsRising, and Ryann Miller of Care2. The 7 steps of measurement. What you'll learn: How to lead with a networked mindset. Ashley has a M.A.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2019

In 2017, Race Forward merged with the Center for Social Inclusion to become the nation’s largest research, advocacy and services organization devoted to racial justice. Speaking of metrics, how do you measure your nonprofit site’s performance? Organizations are always changing. The web is always changing.

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Achieve

JANUARY 22, 2024

In this guide, we’ll cover: Strategies to Identify Mid-Level Donors Strategies to Connect With Mid-Level Donors Essential Tools to Grow Mid-Level Donor Relationships As you read through this article, consider how you can frame these mid-level donor strategies to your nonprofit’s unique audience.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

It encompasses activities such as community organizing, advocacy, and public service, empowering individuals to contribute to their communities. Advocacy and Policy Support: Foundations possess a unique position of influence and can leverage their voice to advocate for systemic change.

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Forum One

JUNE 9, 2023

The goal of the Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation is to care for and cure children through the provision of high-quality care, education, research, and advocacy. This 157-page report created a useful tool for Zero to Three’s advocacy at any stage.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Analytic Activism is a book about how advocacy organizations can make better decisions in the digital age. I wrote the book because it seemed like something was missing from the conversation about digital advocacy and activism. Most of the research on digital advocacy is focused on the new types of speech we now see online.

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Pamela Grow

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Consider the following security measures to ensure you invest in secure software: PCI certification: If your CRM offers a payment processor, check to see if it’s PCI-certified. Also, make sure your CRM has basic security measures in place, like two-factor identification and fraud prevention software.

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Care2

MARCH 3, 2011

Nonprofit campaigners have a gazillion tools to choose from that they can use for online outreach, social media, measuring metrics, updating their website, and much more. Probably because there are so many free tools on the market. What tools are most useful to you? But are most of them useful to you? Are they efficient?

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Candid

JUNE 28, 2022

Donor retention is the measurement of how many donors continue giving to your nonprofit year after year. Use your donor database and communication tools–like an email marketing platform, if you have one–to segment or group donors based on shared characteristics. Segmenting donors. Offering multiple ways to get involved.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

If you don’t use analytic tools, it’s impossible to know how many people are engaging with your content and what, if any, action they’re taking after that engagement. If you have no idea what a good or poor donor retention rate is, it’s difficult to measure your own performance. You know what they say about measurement, right?

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

Hard skills are measurable technical skills or certifications such as CRM management proficiency. Soft skills are typically shown through previous experience and hard skills can be measured through technical assessments. Offer a skills testing assessment to measure a candidate’s capabilities.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

Hard skills are measurable technical skills or certifications such as CRM management proficiency. Soft skills are typically shown through previous experience and hard skills can be measured through technical assessments. Offer a skills testing assessment to measure a candidate’s capabilities.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Two months in, I have tested many of Candid’s tools and, in the interest of helping fellow nonprofit students, I’m sharing the inside scoop on free resources that provide quality information and can support our development. . Additionally, GuideStar is a helpful tool for post-graduation job hunting. Real-time response tools .

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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. EveryAction users who rely on its Targeted Email tool experience some of the highest inbox placements in the industry.

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NTEN

MARCH 3, 2011

Many of these tools are Twitter-focused, because Twitter is the easiest place to get started in listening. tools I recommend to get started. Twitter is the most real-time account you have of what people are saying about you, so it’s really important to have a Twitter listening tool that matches your comfort level.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2011

They are integrating social media tactics to their online advocacy tool box with this Twitter tool. Its Stand Up For Health Care , a project of Families USA, has created a Twitter tool that easily lets your identify Twitter names for your US Representatives, Senators and Governor by typing your zip code.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Rob Cottingham, Social Signal – Cartoon for Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. Advocacy: The top of the ladder, the people in the influencer’s network become advocates for the nonprofit and its program by sharing content with their networks. There are a number of tools to do this research, many are free or low cost.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2016

Optimizing your nonprofit’s advocacy action alert doesn’t have to end with a supporter receiving a humble “thank you” from a thank you page or email. All too often, a tally is recorded and that’s the extent of online advocacy. This experience in online advocacy doesn’t have to yield this outcome. Step 2: Go to Bit.ly

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Whole Whale

MAY 17, 2023

You’re in the middle of organizing that virtual fundraiser, planning a crucial advocacy campaign, or just trying to catch up on your email backlog, and there it is: another forward from your boss, bursting with the latest and greatest in artificial intelligence (AI). Remember, AI is a tool, not a replacement.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The session was entitled Apps and Tools to Energize your Base. This session was an interesting look around the ever-evolving universe of online and mobile tools used to mobilize people online. It delivered on exactly what it said it would: the tools and apps. Here's the recap of what I learned: Test messaging.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 19, 2016

A few months ago, the MAH board and staff started discussing whether and how to create a formal policy for advocacy activities. Why create an advocacy policy? We realized that we needed a systematic way to evaluate these kinds of requests--a tool that would help us evaluate when to say yes and why to say no. Here it is.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2013

But the first test is to set up a way to measure it. For nonprofits, measuring their broader impact can be easier said than done. Plus, check out the new NTEN Voices section for tips and tools from our team and community! The true test of any nonprofit is to demonstrate impact. Get started!

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 25, 2010

Measuring the return on investment for any organizational effort is a standard of doing business. In a rapidly changing media landscape it can be overwhelming for organizations to know how to properly measure the various types of impact being made, especially when it comes to social media efforts. Measure actionable items.

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Care2

MAY 15, 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!" WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore View more presentations from Amy Sample ward.

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Everyaction

MAY 29, 2018

Our Feeding Wisconsin Hunger Fighter program is our advocacy program. Registrants give us a little bit of information about themselves and in return we connect with them with rich advocacy and hunger-related content at the state and federal level. Speaking of your advocacy programs, I was impressed with your advocacy forms!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

I have worked with many clients who opt against a CRM, preferring to keep track of donors in an excel spreadsheet or through Quickbooks, but these baseline tools don’t offer the functionality to track these relationships. Who Salsa is great for: Organizations of all sizes that engage in online advocacy.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2017

Advocacy is a way to showcase your organization’s mission while solving a problem at the same time. With a plan and resources, you can arm your biggest supporters with the tools they need to be stewards for your cause. But how do you create an advocacy program that actually works? A Closer Look at Museum Advocacy Day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2012

But, how do you measure the results? The report captures a conundrum in measuring social change movements or networked approaches. Outcomes for “ wicked problems ” can be easily counted – policies passed, housing the homeless, educating children.

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Givinga

MARCH 19, 2019

This is doubly true now, when digital platforms like Facebook are nixing organic reach 2 : a previously important marketing tool that was effective for SMBs with small budgets. One way to keep reaching new customers is through employee advocacy. Corporate Responsibility Can Have a Measurable Impact on Sales for SMBs.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 13, 2023

This software makes recording, saving, and referencing data more convenient by providing secure storage and reporting tools. It should also include features like visual reporting pages, mobile capabilities, and compliance measures that meet legal regulations around client privacy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

In my forthcoming book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-authored with KD Paine, my favorite chapter was about the sense-making process of measurement – called “Measurement and the Aha! Source: Hot Button Studio. Moment—Using your data to tell stories, make decisions, and change the world.”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

What we do: Benetech's Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) develops database software, data collection strategies, and statistical techniques to measure human rights atrocities. We help the human rights movement speak truth to power, because we believe each story of human rights abuse is a tool for justice.

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