Yesterday, this tweet from Howard Rheingold, author of NetSmart got my attention! It is a simple, elegant way to train your attention while working online to keep mindful how you are spending your time. As he says in his book, your attention is one of your most available assets. MORE
So, here is a list of 20 ways to help your organization capture the attention of donors on the go and increase donations. While charitable giving has actually increased 10% in the last year, so has the amount of effort it takes to get a donation. Fundraising donations MORE
Use the Word “Profit” to Get Your Board’s Attention! The idea of leaving money on the table is one that will get people’s attention. I bet your total is a serious number that gets attention! Showing your leaders what your actual potential might be gets their attention. MORE
Global Voices, co-founder, Ethan Zuckerman co-authored this post with Joi Ito to explain why it is important to call attention to this bill on January 18th with the planned Internet strike. Source: globalvoicesonline.org via Beth on Pinterest. MORE
How long can you pay attention when working online before your mind wanders? According to the Statistic Brain site list of attention span stats , in 2000 we had a 12 second attention span compared with an 8 second attention in 2013. Photo by BirgerKing. Take a guess. MORE
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Making a difference, a positive impact in the world, is the entire reason your nonprofit organizations exists. Having a voice and a way to spread your message are critical components of making the impact you’re after. Without them your ability to create change decreases significantly. MORE
There is a big difference between organizations or companies who use marketing to sell something, and those who use marketing to create passionate subscribers to their brand. One way to accomplish this is through content marketing – a marketing technique that informs, engages, and/or entertains your audience with the goal of ultimately driving constituent action. […]. Content Marketing Nonprofits audience content marketing marketing MORE
When it comes to fundraising, we all know that there is no “one size fits all” solution, schedule or strategy. Each nonprofit has to consider its donor profile, budget, programming, specific needs and other factors that lead to the investment that makes fundraising as successful as possible. MORE
Part of the M+R Infographic for Benchmark Study. MORE
Flickr: bitzi One of findings from our latest annual Nonprofit IT Staffing and Spending Survey stood out to us: Those organizations that evaluated their Return on Investment (ROI) for IT expenditures were much more likely to be leaders— 44 percent, compared to just 17 percent of stragglers. 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. MORE
In the last few weeks, there have been a few good research studies and web sites relaunched that cover technology, data, funding, and trends. Here’s a roundup. Foundation Center’s Glasspockets Site ReLaunches with A Wealth of Data About Foundation Transparency. MORE
The post Attention nonprofits: We don’t know our donor data! Understanding data is critically important to success in any business. Unfortunately, data can be boring, even confusing. Many nonprofits don’t know their donor data. While that’s understandable, it is also a big problem. If we don’t know our donor data, how can we effectively plan a fundraising appeal? Build a fundraising strategy? Combat the challenges of donor retention? MORE
Woulda Coulda Shoulda #GivingTuesday | Nonprofit Marketing | Getting Attention : "Would you have generated donations your organizations wouldn’t have gotten otherwise if you had participated in this year’s #GivingTuesday? Could you have tried some new strategies this year, like the matching gifts offered in so many #GivingTuesday campaigns? MORE
As Gen X rebounds from the Great Recession, Gen Xers are entering their peak giving years and nonprofit fundraisers would be wise to pay more attention to how they give and why. There is a lot of discussion in the nonprofit sector about Millennials (a.k.a. MORE
March is not only great for basketball, but is also good for nonprofit research studies about digital strategies and launches of new data tools. So if you like looking at and thinking about data and love to get your hands dirty with a data jujitsu, here’s a couple of goodies for you. MORE
The attention economy is a human economy. The post How to Design a High Holiday Appeal for the Attention Economy appeared first on The See3 Blog. Donors want to feel like their contribution is making an important difference, rather than perpetuating the status quo. MORE
September Issue NTEN Journal. The new issue of the NTEN Change Journal is all about data! Or rather how we all should love data! Whether you call it data-driven or data-informed , the issue has several excellent articles about how to use data for decision-making as well as lots of useful tips! MORE
Indeed, to differentiate and draw attention to your website, product line or service amongst the great virtual masses it’s now necessary to go to great lengths to grab a visitor’s or reader’s attention quickly and efficiently. MORE
Email Subject Line Length Matters SOMETIMES | Nonprofit Marketing | Getting Attention : "Welcome to our Proof Point series—highlighting research findings to use when advocating for the marketing approaches you know are right. Email subject line length DOES MATTER, as proven by Mail Chimp’s research on open rates for 200 million emails. The best email subject lines are short [50 characters or less]…and provide the reader with a reason to explore your message further." 'via via Blog this'. MORE
As Colling notes, getting attention online is less about driving donors and supporters to your website than it is about having them take actions—signing up for a newsletter, volunteering etc.—directly MORE
5 Attention Grabbing Twitter Marketing Tactics for Non-profits - SocialFish : "5 Attention Grabbing Twitter Marketing Tactics for Non-profits Editorial | October 21, 2015 Twitter is perhaps one of the fastest-moving social platforms. With hundreds of thousands of tweets being shared every day, maintaining visibility and driving engagement become key challenges for most Twitter marketers. MORE
LinkedIn users will be paying more attention to the both the “Home” news feed and “Companies” news feed in coming months so it’s definitely a good time to get more active on LinkedIn. At long last, the new LinkedIn News Feed is here! MORE
There are two fears at work here: People are so distracted by technology that they can''t disconnect to pay attention to what''s really important. This kind of behavior is a violation of attention no matter where it happens. Ready for something ridiculous? MORE
This blog focuses on the world of prospect research and various related fundraising topics. To diversify our subject matter, we like to feature the work of our friends and colleagues in the community. MORE
Charity Created Via Social Media Draws Attention From Facebook Execs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy : 'via Blog this MORE
The book shares how and why our mind pays attention to some events, ideas, or people and not others. Parr uses the metaphor of building a fire to describe how capturing attention works. There are three stages starting with ignition, what captures immediate attention. MORE
Let’s continue to pay attention and support this effort. Image Source: ntegrity. MORE
You’re competing for attention. They also see ads that are also competing for their attention. Capturing and recapturing people’s attention will always be a challenge on Facebook. Facebook attention marketing MORE
Strong visual content helps grab the attention of your followers amidst a stream of other tweets. Twitter is perhaps one of the fastest-moving social platforms. MORE
We may need to start wearing these here! RT @ kanter what every #datanerd needs in their wardrobe – I Love Data T-shirt bit.ly/QlhMt4. QlhMt4. Mission Measurement (@MissionMeasure) September 5, 2012. MORE
We couldn’t be more excited about where the global philanthropic community is headed. This industry is changing faster than ever before. At Blackbaud, we’re calling this change the Giveolution. It’s a movement that’s advancing the entire giving industry and the community that supports it. MORE
Guest Post: The Future is Now: Mobile Strategies for Social Impact. By Laura Efurd, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer, ZeroDivide. – @lefurd, @zerodivideorg. A Pew report released just last week declared that “the rise of mobile is changing the story” about the digital divide. MORE
I’d like you to remember what it was like to be in junior high. I know—it’s not a time any of us want to relive, but bear with me… Did you ever have a crush on someone that acted like you didn’t exist? MORE
The most important piece of information to take away as you prepare for year end is to speak to your donors in the way that they will hear you. If you are thinking like a donor and speaking to them in a compelling way, your year-end appeal will definitely get noticed. Annual Fund Direct Mail Fundraising fundraising Stewardship donor motivation end of year fundraising relationship building stewardship MORE
Do you love to read? I do! I read an absolute ton in airplanes and during the summer at the pool… yes, that’s basically when I find the time. Sigh. I also have a big pile of books on my desk that I want to get to (Sound familiar? I know you do too!)… MORE
Source: Mobile Mindset Study. Two excellent sources for stats on how mobile use in the US has become more pervasive. American’s are no longer tethered to their desktops to use the Internet, especially social media. MORE
Note from Beth: By the time you are reading, I’ll probably have been on a jet plane for far longer than I want to be and maybe have landed in Rwanda. Once I recover from the journey, expect read reports about the Networked NGO in Rwanda and use of social media to support Women’s Rights organizations. If you’re motivated to go deeper on LinkedIn after reading this summary, you will want to check out my curated list of nonprofit and LinkedIn resources here. MORE
These days, there's a lot competing for our attention ("Hey, is that a cat video?") It's an ongoing challenge to keep yourself focused, yet also capture and hold the attention of your supporters. This week's member round-up is full of tips for staying focused, ideas for your communications strategy, and insights on where to put your attention and efforts to build momentum for your cause. Speaking of paying attention, how do you catch the interest of others? MORE
Odds are your nonprofit has a LinkedIn Page. Most nonprofits have claimed their pages and set up the basics, but very few regularly post on their LinkedIn Pages. Snapchat and Instagram may be all the buzz, but ignoring LinkedIn Pages is a mistake. MORE
Or more specifically, a plugin that highlights your “popular posts” and gives readers a little help by highlighting what has gotten the most attention and simplifying finding such material. The Top 10 plugin—also free—is really convenient in that it registers the number of page views your posts receive on an hourly basis and automatically displays those getting the most attention. Creating a ton of great content is a wonderful thing for a blogger utilizing a WordPress-based site. MORE
Nonprofits have a leg up over other brands vying for attention on Facebook since every single nonprofit has a multitude of meaningful stories to tell. Stories have the capacity to captivate in a short amount of time, which is great since attention spans are short on social media. MORE
All of these items are there because the retailer knows they have your attention at an extremely critical moment: You are giving them money. The point here is that they’ve recognized (and capitalized) these critical moments of attention, and so can you. MORE
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Do you love to read? I do! I read an absolute ton in airplanes and during the summer at the pool… yes, that’s basically when I find the time. Sigh. I also have a big pile of books on my desk that I want to get to (Sound familiar? I know you do too!)…
NonProfit Hub
JUNE 9, 2017
Nonprofits have a leg up over other brands vying for attention on Facebook since every single nonprofit has a multitude of meaningful stories to tell. Stories have the capacity to captivate in a short amount of time, which is great since attention spans are short on social media.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 24, 2013
Yesterday, this tweet from Howard Rheingold, author of NetSmart got my attention! It is a simple, elegant way to train your attention while working online to keep mindful how you are spending your time. As he says in his book, your attention is one of your most available assets.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 3, 2015
The book shares how and why our mind pays attention to some events, ideas, or people and not others. Parr uses the metaphor of building a fire to describe how capturing attention works. There are three stages starting with ignition, what captures immediate attention.
SocialFish
OCTOBER 21, 2015
Strong visual content helps grab the attention of your followers amidst a stream of other tweets. Twitter is perhaps one of the fastest-moving social platforms.
NetWits
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
Making a difference, a positive impact in the world, is the entire reason your nonprofit organizations exists. Having a voice and a way to spread your message are critical components of making the impact you’re after. Without them your ability to create change decreases significantly.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
How long can you pay attention when working online before your mind wanders? According to the Statistic Brain site list of attention span stats , in 2000 we had a 12 second attention span compared with an 8 second attention in 2013. Photo by BirgerKing. Take a guess.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 22, 2012
Source: Mobile Mindset Study. Two excellent sources for stats on how mobile use in the US has become more pervasive. American’s are no longer tethered to their desktops to use the Internet, especially social media.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 22, 2015
As Gen X rebounds from the Great Recession, Gen Xers are entering their peak giving years and nonprofit fundraisers would be wise to pay more attention to how they give and why. There is a lot of discussion in the nonprofit sector about Millennials (a.k.a.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
We may need to start wearing these here! RT @ kanter what every #datanerd needs in their wardrobe – I Love Data T-shirt bit.ly/QlhMt4. QlhMt4. Mission Measurement (@MissionMeasure) September 5, 2012.
Connection Cafe
MARCH 27, 2015
We couldn’t be more excited about where the global philanthropic community is headed. This industry is changing faster than ever before. At Blackbaud, we’re calling this change the Giveolution. It’s a movement that’s advancing the entire giving industry and the community that supports it.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 15, 2013
In the last few weeks, there have been a few good research studies and web sites relaunched that cover technology, data, funding, and trends. Here’s a roundup. Foundation Center’s Glasspockets Site ReLaunches with A Wealth of Data About Foundation Transparency.
Connection Cafe
DECEMBER 17, 2014
When it comes to fundraising, we all know that there is no “one size fits all” solution, schedule or strategy. Each nonprofit has to consider its donor profile, budget, programming, specific needs and other factors that lead to the investment that makes fundraising as successful as possible.
Wild Apricot Blog
NOVEMBER 14, 2016
So, here is a list of 20 ways to help your organization capture the attention of donors on the go and increase donations. While charitable giving has actually increased 10% in the last year, so has the amount of effort it takes to get a donation. Fundraising donations
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 3, 2012
Note from Beth: By the time you are reading, I’ll probably have been on a jet plane for far longer than I want to be and maybe have landed in Rwanda. Once I recover from the journey, expect read reports about the Networked NGO in Rwanda and use of social media to support Women’s Rights organizations. If you’re motivated to go deeper on LinkedIn after reading this summary, you will want to check out my curated list of nonprofit and LinkedIn resources here.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
September Issue NTEN Journal. The new issue of the NTEN Change Journal is all about data! Or rather how we all should love data! Whether you call it data-driven or data-informed , the issue has several excellent articles about how to use data for decision-making as well as lots of useful tips!
See What's Out There
SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
The attention economy is a human economy. The post How to Design a High Holiday Appeal for the Attention Economy appeared first on The See3 Blog. Donors want to feel like their contribution is making an important difference, rather than perpetuating the status quo.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JULY 19, 2012
LinkedIn users will be paying more attention to the both the “Home” news feed and “Companies” news feed in coming months so it’s definitely a good time to get more active on LinkedIn. At long last, the new LinkedIn News Feed is here!
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
See What's Out There
AUGUST 28, 2014
There is a big difference between organizations or companies who use marketing to sell something, and those who use marketing to create passionate subscribers to their brand. One way to accomplish this is through content marketing – a marketing technique that informs, engages, and/or entertains your audience with the goal of ultimately driving constituent action. […]. Content Marketing Nonprofits audience content marketing marketing
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 26, 2012
Guest Post: The Future is Now: Mobile Strategies for Social Impact. By Laura Efurd, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer, ZeroDivide. – @lefurd, @zerodivideorg. A Pew report released just last week declared that “the rise of mobile is changing the story” about the digital divide.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 12, 2012
Part of the M+R Infographic for Benchmark Study.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 27, 2013
March is not only great for basketball, but is also good for nonprofit research studies about digital strategies and launches of new data tools. So if you like looking at and thinking about data and love to get your hands dirty with a data jujitsu, here’s a couple of goodies for you.
Museum 2.0
APRIL 24, 2013
There are two fears at work here: People are so distracted by technology that they can''t disconnect to pay attention to what''s really important. This kind of behavior is a violation of attention no matter where it happens. Ready for something ridiculous?
NTEN
MAY 18, 2011
Flickr: bitzi One of findings from our latest annual Nonprofit IT Staffing and Spending Survey stood out to us: Those organizations that evaluated their Return on Investment (ROI) for IT expenditures were much more likely to be leaders— 44 percent, compared to just 17 percent of stragglers. 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.
John Haydon
APRIL 25, 2012
All of these items are there because the retailer knows they have your attention at an extremely critical moment: You are giving them money. The point here is that they’ve recognized (and capitalized) these critical moments of attention, and so can you.
BoardAssist
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
Use the Word “Profit” to Get Your Board’s Attention! The idea of leaving money on the table is one that will get people’s attention. I bet your total is a serious number that gets attention! Showing your leaders what your actual potential might be gets their attention.
John Haydon
NOVEMBER 2, 2012
You’re competing for attention. They also see ads that are also competing for their attention. Capturing and recapturing people’s attention will always be a challenge on Facebook. Facebook attention marketing
Byte Technology
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Indeed, to differentiate and draw attention to your website, product line or service amongst the great virtual masses it’s now necessary to go to great lengths to grab a visitor’s or reader’s attention quickly and efficiently.
Connection Cafe
OCTOBER 24, 2012
The most important piece of information to take away as you prepare for year end is to speak to your donors in the way that they will hear you. If you are thinking like a donor and speaking to them in a compelling way, your year-end appeal will definitely get noticed. Annual Fund Direct Mail Fundraising fundraising Stewardship donor motivation end of year fundraising relationship building stewardship
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 17, 2012
Global Voices, co-founder, Ethan Zuckerman co-authored this post with Joi Ito to explain why it is important to call attention to this bill on January 18th with the planned Internet strike. Source: globalvoicesonline.org via Beth on Pinterest.
Donor Search
FEBRUARY 1, 2016
This blog focuses on the world of prospect research and various related fundraising topics. To diversify our subject matter, we like to feature the work of our friends and colleagues in the community.
NTEN
FEBRUARY 14, 2013
These days, there's a lot competing for our attention ("Hey, is that a cat video?") It's an ongoing challenge to keep yourself focused, yet also capture and hold the attention of your supporters. This week's member round-up is full of tips for staying focused, ideas for your communications strategy, and insights on where to put your attention and efforts to build momentum for your cause. Speaking of paying attention, how do you catch the interest of others?
Byte Technology
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
As Colling notes, getting attention online is less about driving donors and supporters to your website than it is about having them take actions—signing up for a newsletter, volunteering etc.—directly
Byte Technology
NOVEMBER 15, 2016
Or more specifically, a plugin that highlights your “popular posts” and gives readers a little help by highlighting what has gotten the most attention and simplifying finding such material. The Top 10 plugin—also free—is really convenient in that it registers the number of page views your posts receive on an hourly basis and automatically displays those getting the most attention. Creating a ton of great content is a wonderful thing for a blogger utilizing a WordPress-based site.
AFP Blog
OCTOBER 21, 2015
5 Attention Grabbing Twitter Marketing Tactics for Non-profits - SocialFish : "5 Attention Grabbing Twitter Marketing Tactics for Non-profits Editorial | October 21, 2015 Twitter is perhaps one of the fastest-moving social platforms. With hundreds of thousands of tweets being shared every day, maintaining visibility and driving engagement become key challenges for most Twitter marketers.
AFP Blog
MAY 26, 2015
Email Subject Line Length Matters SOMETIMES | Nonprofit Marketing | Getting Attention : "Welcome to our Proof Point series—highlighting research findings to use when advocating for the marketing approaches you know are right. Email subject line length DOES MATTER, as proven by Mail Chimp’s research on open rates for 200 million emails. The best email subject lines are short [50 characters or less]…and provide the reader with a reason to explore your message further." 'via via Blog this'.
AFP Blog
FEBRUARY 9, 2016
Charity Created Via Social Media Draws Attention From Facebook Execs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy : 'via Blog this
AFP Blog
DECEMBER 10, 2014
Woulda Coulda Shoulda #GivingTuesday | Nonprofit Marketing | Getting Attention : "Would you have generated donations your organizations wouldn’t have gotten otherwise if you had participated in this year’s #GivingTuesday? Could you have tried some new strategies this year, like the matching gifts offered in so many #GivingTuesday campaigns?
3rd Sector Labs
JUNE 30, 2014
The post Attention nonprofits: We don’t know our donor data! Understanding data is critically important to success in any business. Unfortunately, data can be boring, even confusing. Many nonprofits don’t know their donor data. While that’s understandable, it is also a big problem. If we don’t know our donor data, how can we effectively plan a fundraising appeal? Build a fundraising strategy? Combat the challenges of donor retention?
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