Connection Cafe

AUGUST 12, 2015

So when AAM and Blackbaud hosted Trends Watch 2015: Using Open Data and Personalization at Museums with Elizabeth Merritt , Michael Edson , and Stephen Watson , attending it was a definite no-brainer! In case you missed the event, here’s a recap of two of the top trends to watch this year: Open Museums and Content.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Based on my informal assessment of attitudes and interest in the NTEN community about open source software, I think there's a significant and growing number of folks and organizations who are either interested in, already using, or even evangelizing open source solutions. Current Trends.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The Barcelona tradeshow sets the mobile trends for the year with major announcements expected from Nokia, Samsung, LG, and others. In open source news, ZTE announced two smartphones that run Firefox OS 1.3, the Open C and the Open II. Check out Engadget's hands-on review of the ZTE Open C. Image 1: miuet.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 15, 2024

Market research is the process of gathering information about current and potential customers for your product or service, as well as general trends for your industry (e.g., is the purchase of your product trending up or down?). likes, comments, and follows) Email open rates and click-through rates SEO performance (e.g.,

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Candid

APRIL 29, 2024

Alternatively, when boards take a more collaborative approach to these duties, working together with staff, they can help advance the organization’s mission and vision. Two prevalent scenarios, both lacking collaboration I’ve observed two nonprofit governance scenarios prevalent across the sector.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

Tailoring your messaging for each segment can result in increased engagement and higher email open rates, ultimately leading to more significant impact for your nonprofit. 4) Stewarding and Engaging Donors One of the best things about ChatGPT is its ability to assist with donor stewardship, which is critical to boost donor retention.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Imagine empowering a teacher with generative AI to improve question-building workflows for online assessments and open-book evaluations. Imagine being able to ask your AI to review all your saved topics and suggest alternatives and improvements based on related assessments and grades.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 20, 2024

from Open AI, and (as mentioned above) Gemini from Google. Microsoft offers Copilot for Microsoft 365 as a paid add-on , Open AI offers ChatGPT 4 as a paid subscription, and Google is making Gemini Advanced available for a monthly fee. These might be tasks you already do, just significantly faster.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Trend Micro: January 30, 2017. The libraries (and charities) realize that even if the AV is being updated, they are basically leaving themselves wide open, right? The idea is to replace several major components of Windows XP with alternative software. Find a list of alternative browsers here. BitDefender: January 2016.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 3, 2024

As you plan your fundraising activities, choose marketing strategies, and set your annual goals, reading up on the latest giving trends can help you align your approach with what’s going on in the wider nonprofit community. In particular, technology trends are bound to play a part in your organization’s digital marketing efforts.

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DipJar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Overlooking important trends. Overlooking important trends. Start by doing social media research to find the right platform for your organization and consider those most trending among other nonprofits, including: . Email open rates, click-through rates, and conversions. Operating without a clear marketing strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

If you have not yet viewed your nonprofit’s website on a tablet or smartphone browser, it’s going to be a real eye-opener. I know this seems completely contradictory to current communication trends, but that’s exactly the time you want to do something different to get noticed. WWF Mobile. WWF Desktop.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The experience has made me acutely aware that access to information about trends in nonprofit technology, online fundraising, and social media often does not reach small NGOs – especially those in rural areas. It’s important to be aware that e-newsletters that are sent BCC often trigger spam controls and are blocked by email servers.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Look at each supporter’s giving history and identify trends. However, they generally don’t allow for the same level of personal interaction as the in-person alternative. You should also see specific trends in these numbers over time. Who is giving year after year or multiple times per year?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

What happens when you combine local government, open data, and creative and tech-savvy citizens? Led by TechSoup Europe , Apps4Warsaw challenged Warsaw's tech-for-good community members to create useful technology for their neighbors using city open datasets. Apps4Warsaw. A Contest Built on City Data. Second Place: Curtain up!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

According to the Global Trends in Giving Report , 27% of online donors say that email is the tool that most inspires them to give (social media 29%, 18% website, 12% print). The good news is that modern design trends for mobile email are also compatible with desktop email. Email messaging raised 28% of all online revenue in 2017.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

Study and implement modern design trends. Also, a quick search of “ website design trends 2020 ” will add an extra layer of creativity to your process and ensure that by the time of launch your website will include innovative and forward-thinking design elements. Use a top-rated Content Management System (CMS).

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

An all-new and more open API (application programming interface), which means that web developers and a charity's own IT team can get data in and out of the system much more easily. The Blackbaud Donation Program at TechSoup also offers eTapestry (an alternative to Raiser's Edge and RE NXT) and a prospect database called NOZAsearch.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 28, 2014

The less work that you can complete through the import tool, the more work you will have to address alternatively. For Open Source and custom databases, you can usually get directly to the database if needed. Unfortunately, based on our experience, the quality of these tools varies. You can find a lot of help via Google searches.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

Of course, I’ve been a wiki fan since the very beginning, and I haven’t lost the desire for true data portability , and open source alternatives to the current social networks. 2 trackbacks } Nonprofit Communications » Blog Archive » Nonprofit Trends - What’s Hot & Not @ the Carnival 08.15.08

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Care2

MAY 25, 2011

Registering a domain, purchasing hosting, installing an open source CMS like WordPress , and setting up a basic design theme can all be done affordably. If you're drawn to the power of Salesforce integrated featureset, Convio's Common Ground CRM which is built on the Salesforce platform may be a good alternative.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 16, 2023

Challenge: Clueless Cliff Cliff didn’t read the minutes, has no idea what’s going on, and possibly never opened the email that contained the agenda. But a Board member’s home can often be a lovely alternative, while still offering a private space for conversations. Your facility can work well and is usually the first choice.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Now that Facebook has opened it up to all charities, the new Donate Now buttons include a disclaimer. To add to that, Digital Trends reported earlier in the summer that users of the eBay mobile app for Android and iPhone in the U.K. Read about Insights from the Blackbaud #GivingTuesday Trends Report. GoodWorld takes a 4.8

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Regarding alternate price points for mobile donations, the research suggests that there is negligible donor erosion between the $15 and $20 levels, thus charities should forego the former and opt for the latter. 28 percent were open to "regular email updates from the charity". 89 percent said "$10 or more".

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Although this appears at first glance to be beyond reach in a virtual setting, consider breaking down each aspect one by one to consider online alternatives. Alternatively, you might combine a silent auction with a shop by allowing buyers to either purchase an item at a buy-it-now or have the item awarded to the highest bidder.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

It’s time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news again! TechSoup Global donation partner, Cisco , is starting to talk about an alternative to cloud computing, the paradigm that relies on huge data centers to do all our processing. Move Over Cloud Computing – Make Way for The Fog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process. The panel picker process just opened - so you can vote yes or no for the panels you think are worthy of being on the program or not until September 4th. A new way of leadership and managing is needed, called "Open Leadership".

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 20, 2018

Alternately, what could your top marketer tell you about the hospital’s foundation? She could probably provide similar information on your hospital’s cancer and orthopedic programs as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2009

I immediately opened it and started reading. Suggests that authority can also be measured by tracking trends of RSS subscribers - not just for your blog, but all sources. Mentions an alternative tool to Feedburner - Pheedo. Measured by inbound links for blogs. Important benchmark in your field.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2011

In the Games for Change Festival opening keynote speech, Former Vice President Al Gore jokingly admitted that his last video game experience was playing Pong , though he acknowledged the power of games, observing that "Games are the new normal for hundreds of millions of users. An epic win for the gaming industry?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process. The panel picker process just opened - so you can vote yes or no for the panels you think are worthy of being on the program or not until September 4th. Submitted by Dave Cohn. Is one better than the other?

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2020

We've morphed ourselves into an alternate history. But even as our institutions closed their physical doors, we have opened digital windows. This research will collect and aggregate metrics from standard digital reporting tools, then report on the trends uncovered. Sure, there could have been an earlier Renassaince.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process. The panel picker process just opened - so you can vote yes or no for the panels you think are worthy of being on the program or not until September 4th. Submitted by Dave Cohn. Is one better than the other?

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

First off, for 2010, there are some security questions you should ask yourself as trends emerge: Are robots attacking my servers? (Ro)bots Malicious hacking of websites using SQL injections, open ports, poor permissions, etc., Ro)bots (or spiders) are scripts or applications that search out information on the web.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 9, 2005

He also listed the following Green Economy Trends that are also available here : 1. We need to create positive creative alternatives. There is a growing movement focusing on building the local, green economy as an alternative to the transnational corporation. It is a GREAT book). He used the metaphor of the Titanic.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In fact, we found that 71% of donors are open to assisting in fundraising activities for organizations they support. This empowers your nonprofit to glean insights into donor behavior, preferences, and trends, allowing for the strategic tailoring of campaigns for maximum impact. And your donors want to help!

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