Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

NpTech Community Snippets Who let the (NpTech) dogs out? First there was a flickr group for NpTech Dogs and then we started seeing NpTechers with dog profiles on their Facebook profiles. Beaconfire Consultants has an analysis of nonprofit apps on Facebook. Read/Write web has the top ten Facebook Apps. Just what we need!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Clean1982 The NpTech Tag Summary is a weekly compilation of resources tagged with "nptech" by those who follow all things nonprofits and social media. Michael Stein has an interview with Jonathan Coleman about his success building a donor base on Facebook. Rapid Donor Cultivation white paper from Common Knowledge.

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NTEN

MARCH 31, 2010

Session: Beyond Donors and Dollars: Analyzing Past Events to Boost Returns. I think the most important trend is the increased collection and analysis of the information that organization’s have at their disposal. Tags: 10NTC cathexis partners Data E-mail mark becker NPTech Web Sites Fundraising.

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NetWits

JUNE 13, 2011

Although the findings of the recently released 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report haven’t changed much since the last edition three years ago, its release has (re)fueled the conversation fire in the #nptech community. It shows that where we fail to engage donors, we also fail to raise funds.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

Donors are the lifeblood of nonprofit organizations. A donor management system is sometimes called a fundraising system or a donor database. A donor management system is sometimes called a fundraising system or a donor database. Eric Leland, Five Paths , Laura Quinn, Idealware , Chris Bernard, italics media.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Also, are you attending an NPTech-related event this month? Whether it''s in-person events, such as NTEN Labs or 501 Tech Clubs , online Communities of Practice or webinars , or deadlines for contributing content or applications - this weekly round-up has you covered.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Blackbaud's analysis of online giving in 2008 found that December accounted for about 21% of the year's transaction volume, but 48% of the total dollars raised. for Blackbaud customers in the entire analysis. Compare that with a recent downward trend in donor acquisition using offline channels like direct mail. in 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

KM4Dev has a section devoted to Social Network Analysis process and tools. Reacting to the Chronicle's Direct Mail is Dead , the Donor Power blog says not so fast. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. The Nonprofit Blog reviews InStedd.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

The NTEN's NTC and NPTech Pipe. We have the NPTech Meta Tag Feed (which aggregates about dozen feeds of NpTech tagged items and I'm still using for various reasons); Kikono.org (which uses an NpTech feed and digg like features) and now we have the two pipes from NTEN - the NTC pipe and the NpTech Pipe.

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2011

million gifts 1.879 million unique donors 66,470 different nonprofits Seven-year time span (2003-2009) Donations from a wide range of nonprofit sizes and types About the Study The purpose of this data mining wasn’t to create another study about the rapid growth of online giving (though it is skyrocketing). We looked at: 3.6

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2014

The patch relays the info to a cloud app for analysis and in due course the info shows up on a doctor’s smartphone. Many donors have ongoing conversations with HandUp clients, says Rose Broome, founder of HandUp. Do you have some NPTech news you’d like to report? Please log in and give us the scoop.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

There’s lots of interesting NPTech news this month. As I suspected, privacy and security remain a very hot topic in NPTech and in the general tech zeitgeist. Apple is a major donor with a pledge of $100 million. Do you have any NPTech news items you'd like to add? Privacy and Security. The Day We Fight Back.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

The analysis represents the largest study of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. An analysis of the past 36 months of online giving continues to show positive growth despite challenging economic conditions. The analysis also looked at a subset of the same 1,703 nonprofits in 2008 and 2009. Year-Over-Year Growth Trends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Most NpTech blogs are high school level. Second, we're hearing from most organizations that despite the huge membership of MySpace and Facebook, only 5-15% of their current donors are on either site. So nonprofits that focus exclusively on these sites are failing to fully engage 85% of their existing donors ???

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

Want to recruit new donors? More than 1,000 leading nonprofits rely on Care2''s fast, cost-effective campaigns to recruit millions of targeted donors, supporters and facebook fans. Our high-quality data management and analysis software enable nFocus Solutions'' clients to achieve clear, well-defined results that change the world.

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NTEN

MAY 16, 2011

Don't let the phrase "geographic gap analysis" turn you off: it's just another tool in your search for new donors. If you discover that a large number of your current donors are, say, 50-year-old women in the suburbs, you'll be able to find areas with similar demographics you may not have reached yet.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

The analysis represents the largest study of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. An analysis of the past 36 months of online giving continues to show positive growth despite challenging economic conditions. The analysis also looked at a subset of the same 1,703 nonprofits in 2008 and 2009. Year-Over-Year Growth Trends.

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2011

It’s about the relationship between the nonprofit and the donor who wants to support a cause. People who give online are no different from other donors in that most of them expect a relationship— not simply a transaction—with the organization they support. lower than for donors who give via charity-branded giving pages.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 16, 2014

An Ogilvy & Mather analysis of 100+ brand pages found the organic reach of Facebook posts has declined 49% since October. Interactive Social Media #nptech Donor Relations donor retention Facebook Multichannel Social Media Strategy' Facebook admitted an impending drop-off in organic reach last December.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar. Fort Collins, Colorado: Tech4Good in Fort Collins: Donor CRMs. Chicago, Illinois: Engaging Your Donors for Lifelong Giving. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects.

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NetWits

JANUARY 3, 2011

Now that they’re one step closer to becoming a donor, event participant, or email subscriber, do you stop testing? If you are not using Blackbaud NetCommunity, you could use Google Optimizer to perform this analysis. Email may test different “Donate” calls to action to improve click-through rates.

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NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

The call to action in the letter is clear, and I think one that resonates with any nonprofit who struggles to find more efficient ways to achieve their mission and to raise support from grant-makers and donors to help them do that.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2016

* Our **San Francisco** group curates a list of [tech for good experiences each month]([link] --> Upcoming NPTech Events. If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group. Tuesday, June 7, 2016.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Network for Good has released a fantastic new report, " The Online Giving Study: A Call to Reinvent Donor Relationships ". Other findings include: Just as the strength of the donor-charity relationship heavily influences offline giving, the online giving experience has a significant impact on donor loyalty, retention and gift levels.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Teaser: Network for Good has released a fantastic new report, " The Online Giving Study: A Call to Reinvent Donor Relationships ". Blog Content: Network for Good has released a fantastic new report, " The Online Giving Study: A Call to Reinvent Donor Relationships ". lower than for donors who give via charity-branded giving pages.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2016

If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Make Your Donor the Hero. Monday, July 11, 2016. Tuesday, July 12, 2016.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2017

If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: DIY Donor Management System Selection. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects.

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2012

With the data available to us now, we can segment, slice, dice, even predict future donor behavior, all without a statistics degree. In this webinar, you'll learn: Why quantitative analysis is a strategic difference-maker in campaign preparation. Cost : $35 for NTEN Members, $70 for non-members.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

If you're holding monthly events that gather the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Austin, Texas: Engaging the Millennial Donor. Tuesday, October 10, 2017.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Gladwell says: The evangelists of social media don't understand this distinction; they seem to believe that a Facebook friend is the same as a real friend and that signing up for a donor registry in Silicon Valley today is activism in the same sense as sitting at a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro in 1960. Yes, I'm doing it to.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

Engaging in a quantitative analysis of their operations and capacity, and sharing this information with funders. Understanding that grant makers are often under pressure from donors and their boards to deliver a portfolio of outcomes. Putting an emphasis on listening. Nonprofits can help by: .

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NTEN

MARCH 1, 2012

With his analysis of "Give to the Max DC", Geoff hits on some important points that make the entire paper well worth a read, but here are a few things that stood out to me. The rest is gravy: 58% of participating nonprofits recruited new donors and 56% said they increased public awareness. Learn, learn, learn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2007

As Michael Hoffman describes the practical benefits: Imagine you run one program for your main donor database and another program for your email and online data. Judi finishes her analysis with the big picture, noting the downside is cost: Think of all the tools out there with open APIs that we???re

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

While Tides had previously produced annual reports that included the usual suspects – descriptions of initiatives, programs and client portfolio, bullet-point statistics and highlights, and financials – we wanted to push our analysis further by looking at our work in greater contexts and through different lenses. Where did those grants go?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 4, 2017

By committing resources to making sure that the data you take in is accurate and that your existing data is current, your donor database will be more reliable and save you money in the long term. " and includes modeling statistical analysis. Your donors expect you to know who they are: Use the data you have to personalize emails.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

I just finished reading the 2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarks Analysis , put out by Blackbaud company Target Analytics. By many measures, online fundraising had a red letter year in 2008: Online donors are younger and have higher incomes than traditional, primarily direct mail donors. Get the report and read it.

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