ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 20, 2013

When you review your list of hits, look at the web address; is it from a reputable source such as a.edu, a government agency or peer journal? Include your city or state in the search to mine local data. Is it local data? This is best, and the more local the better, but. local data can be difficult to find.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2015

Digital technologies are connecting residents in neighborhoods, catalyzing community discussions, changing the way governments and citizens interact, and making government more transparent. This growing field of “civic tech” is aiming to harness technology to spur citizen engagement, improve cities and make government more effective.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 2, 2011

Given the recent substantial cutbacks in state government support for many nonprofits, I believe the sector needs to get very creative about expanding revenue sources. Only two of the ten most generous states (Utah and Arkansas) had higher state and local tax burdens than Arizona. Like this article? Get another!

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 27, 2013

If the scope of your aspiration is local, find charities that are based in your neighborhood or city. You can learn more about a charity by visiting its website, requesting information and studying its annual report. If you're interested in a local charity, you can call or visit its offices to find out about the organization's goals.

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NTEN

JULY 24, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an article from NTEN:Change. I assume you’ll use your website to market the program, so you should include a percentage of your web hosting costs and any staff or consulting expenses you might incur to update the information online. By Paula Jones, Director of Technology, The N.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

There are a few ways to go about attracting new visitors to your website, the challenge of finding that new audience, can in many ways be broken into two pieces: identifying and attracting & serving). Are there specific business or government groups that might be interested in the work you’re doing? Identifying New Audiences.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

HRP team members presented papers at academic conferences, published articles in academic journals, and offered many public talks. In my Fall 2011 President’s Update , I mentioned PBS NewsHour’s two stories, and complete press coverage of our work is listed on our website. All HRP’s publications are available online.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Insights on Government Funding. Since government is a major funder of rural programs, it's useful to know that a clear trend in government funding is interagency collaborations. More government grants are looking for collaborations among multiple organizations that are able to address an issue from different angles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2013

This guest post is a summary of a longer piece posted on The Whitman Institute ’s website titled From The Kids’ Table To The Adults’ Table: Taking Relationships Seriously in a World of Networks. The article makes a compelling case for funders to focus on relationships rather than networks.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

When you hear the term "hackathon," you might imagine a group of coders getting together to break into a protected website or engaging in some other shady activity. A hackathon is an event where programmers, developers, designers, and leaders come together to collaborate on an app, website, or software projects.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Federal Government shutting down Megaupload for their illegal download activities. If you don’t do that, then you might check out the British Terms of Service Didn’t Read website to see if they've sussed out the gotchas that the major cloud providers have in their fine print.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Many microgiving websites make it outrageously simple to donate, and with mobile giving on the rise, we can definitely expect an increase in the number of smaller donations. Join leaders from nonprofit, government, and business organizations to find out! Like this article? Click here to learn more about our Fall Conference.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 26, 2023

That can be daunting, but don’t worry, according to the United States’ population census there are currently 335,755,690 Americans (as of writing this article) and 56% of them gave to charity in 2021. Think about hosting a pop-up shop or partnering with local businesses to host events. million in the United States alone.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. You've developed e-advocacy tools to rush public policy action alerts to supporters who can advocate for fair and ethical local, national and global policies. Articles using clear, well-edited copy that's relevant to your readers (i.e.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2016

And using cloud services means we don't need to spend as much on IT staffing costs to maintain local networks. Power BI — transforms your nonprofit's data into visuals including graphs and charts from your own CRM or from your website using Google Analytics. Benefit #2: Working from Anywhere.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 24, 2020

Many local nonprofits are better positioned than a typical acute care hospital to meet the nonclinical needs of community members. This, in turn, can attract more attention and more dollars from independent grantmaking foundations, government agencies, and individuals. Broaden their scope without re-inventing the wheel.

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Kindful

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Filing your articles of incorporation allows you to be recognized as a business entity in your state. You should be able to find information on how to file your articles of incorporation on your secretary of state’s website. It does not give you nonprofit status, however. Create your bylaws. Apply for federal tax-exempt status.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

Whether you are fully dependent on donations or utilize a variety of revenue sources like government grants, corporate partnerships, major contributions, or membership fees, successful fundraising is key to maximizing your impact on your mission. Common channels include email, direct mail, social media, phone calls, your website, etc.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Think about signage throughout your waiting and public areas that drives people to your website. Put the stories on your website to drive engagement, with everything approved in advance to protect privacy. Hold a kickoff at a volunteer’s home or local gathering place. Make it Fun!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In 2016, doing traditional search engine optimization on our websites will be good for fundraising — just like it was 10 years ago. government initiative that aims to bring accessible broadband access to residents of low-income housing throughout the U.S. Forty percent find charities through plain old web searches.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out. With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

Outlined in the brief article below is a new way of using the Web and web services to gather peoples’ stories – anecdotes, video clips, podcasts, blog posts and all sorts of other snippets – and help not-for-profit organizations move into action planning based on the “raw material” of what people are saying and talking about.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Membership in associations can be driven by individuals, businesses, or by local chapters, but all associations exist, primarily, to serve their members’ interests and advance their goals. Local Memberships: With this model, an individual or business joins a local chapter which provides its own network, resources, and benefits.

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Forum One

APRIL 4, 2006

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out. With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue.

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Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Forum One

APRIL 4, 2006

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out. With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue.

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Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

As this article from BusinessGreen says, boycotts have gone up by 123 per cent from 2010-2012 ; if consumers consider you irresponsible, they won’t buy your product. If you are considering a material like so-called biodegradable plastics, take a look at this article on why this m ight not actually be that sustainable. Be paperless.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

As this article from BusinessGreen says, boycotts have gone up by 123 per cent from 2010-2012 ; if consumers consider you irresponsible, they won’t buy your product. If you are considering a material like so-called biodegradable plastics, take a look at this article on why this m ight not actually be that sustainable. Be paperless.

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Create Tips Green Product 52

Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

Upgrading to Open Source Government When: Monday, March 16th from 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm: Room Hilton D Description: The 2004 and 2008 campaigns use of collaborative tools, blogs and social networking have shown citizen activism and online communities can wield powerful influence. Panel: Delicious Tech for Localism: Sustainable Food 2.0

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Update your website. Is your donation form easily accessible on your website, or do your donors have to dig around your different pages to find it? Update your website. Research shows that 75% of young donors are turned off by out-of-date websites. Improve your existing donation form. Use consistent branding.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And all kinds of information on our website, you can watch videos, get a really good sense of what we have to offer. ” “Well, we went to the city website and that was about how many people that they said,” you know, “they said 25,000 to 30,000 and we assumed that a portion came by our table. ” So what?

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3rd Sector Labs

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Have you recently read an article or attended a webinar where you were told that your data or software had to be in “the cloud”? For more detail, read How Cloud Storage Works on the howstuffworks website. How secure are your local computers? Make sense? It is a little dated, but still very good. 2 – Budget.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2017

Media are the everyday bloggers, local groups and traditional media. There, you’ll find all of the education we provide in podcasts, classes, webinars, a print magazine, and online articles that are published throughout the week. Those institutions were business, government, nonprofits and media. Our Cause Camp website is live.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

It is hugely important that we get governments and multi-nationals to change the way they treat the planet, but that doesn’t mean we cannot do anything to show we care. Vote with your pound; support environmentally aware companies and boycott those that treat the planet irresponsibly, such as those in this Ethical Consumer article.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 3, 2012

A recent article from The Wall Street Journal offered up a compelling argument that nonprofits should be operating more like commercial businesses — using similar efficiencies, disciplines and strategies. Author: Guest Blogger. If you aren’t varying your income streams, consider branching out.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

There’s all kinds of good stuff on our website. So diving in here, “Forbes” published an article pretty recently that revealed some interesting trends that we’re seeing and shifts in these giving tendencies. A government can’t just come in and decide to print more like the U.S.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

It is hugely important that we get governments and multi-nationals to change the way they treat the planet, but that doesn’t mean we cannot do anything to show we care. Vote with your pound; support environmentally aware companies and boycott those that treat the planet irresponsibly, such as those in this Ethical Consumer article.

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Impact Change Green Alternative 52

NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Local, state, and federal agency representatives spoke about efforts to extend broadband connectivity to small businesses and individuals as a crucial stepping stone towards economic development and civic involvement. However, Simmons highlighted one area where Missouri farmers might benefit from government support.

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