Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

According to the 2020 Benchmarks Data from M+R , overall online giving revenue increased by 10% in 2019, and revenue from monthly gifts increased by 22%. Access to an entire library of marketing templates, sample fundraising campaigns, and industry best practices.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. " The Role of Libraries. Additionally, 30 million library users reported going to the library for employment-related activities.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

We've hit something of a benchmark in this successful program: we've distributed a little over 50,000 refurbished devices through RCI — including laptops, monitors, servers, and tablets. Our customers are organizations like the Waukesha Public Library. " Thank you, Waukesha Public Library!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

TechSoup for Libraries. For the past few years, TechSoup for Libraries has been part of the Edge Initiative , an effort to create benchmarks and tools that support continuous improvement and drive investment toward public access technology. 3D printing at your local library? Technology for Good Goes Global.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Step #2: Set Your Fundraising Goal(s) Benchmark your success by setting goals for your major gifts program. A $50,000 gift will build the library structure, and a $20,000 gift can supply all the desks our students need.”Helping Take into account what would be meaningful for your organization based on its current and future needs.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

From TechSoup for Libraries. Sarah reports on the Public Access Technology Benchmarks project. App It Up highlights library apps and apps by and for nonprofits , and shares their nonprofit and library app survey results. TechSoup Canada is growing and looking forward to 2012. From Our Other Projects.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

Libraries Building Bridges. Public libraries are also working diligently to close both the digital and the opportunity gap: from giving free classes on resume-building to providing free access to technology. TechSoup for Libraries: Edge Benchmarks: Gadget Instruction. Digital Divide Microsoft libraries youth education'

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 28, 2023

A service like this will help you track unique downloads by client/device that uses the Apple Podcast library. None of these tools gives us 100% accuracy on our listeners, rather a benchmark to try to build on. In order to find subscribers, you need to have a third-party hosting service like PodTrac or Podbean.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

Koios By specializing in libraries, Koios empowers clients to make their resources more discoverable online. Through expert Google Ad Grants management, this agency enables libraries to boost search traffic and expand beyond their existing patron bases. Catalog awareness: This is the bedrock of this agency’s services.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Currently, nonprofit organizations are measuring effectiveness in a variety of ways including benchmarking, organizational effectiveness evaluations, key performance indicators, and outcome based evaluation. Benchmarking. Strengthening Nonprofits: Capacity Builder’s Resource Library. References : Bridgespan Group.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Are you a nonprofit or library with questions about data? In this event we will address what kind of data is relevant for your specific nonprofit or library. Additionally we will look at how to incorporate social networking data into your analytics and how you know what benchmarking to use for your challenges.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 1, 2013

reveals a host of smart new features that our nonprofit, charity, and library members will all find more useful. Let's back up a minute first and discuss what surveying can mean for the nonprofit and public library sector. Release of FluidSurveys 5.0. Change can be good—really good. The release of FluidSurveys 5.0

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Free video services like Instagram and Vine that feature short videos now attract millions of users, offering nonprofits, charities, and libraries an opportunity to connect with new audiences. Benchmarks for nonprofit video and guide for creators. Storymakers: Tell Your Library's Story. Here's what we learned.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

By studying the benchmarks, we can get insights into achieving greater fundraising success – and the solutions definitely vary depending on the type of event. Learn more about using peer-to-peer benchmarks to get better results. Download the current Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Benchmark Study.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The tweet chat covered why data is important for nonprofits and libraries, how to identify what data to collect, and provided guidance on software resources organizations could use for collecting and analyzing data. Here are some of the highlights.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Commentary from higher education and library sectors about the report, but most interesting is Geoff Livingston at LivingstonBuzz who has a detailed analysis and commentary about the findings and the "Do Good" sector. This was the most disappointing benchmark revealed by the report.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Top feature: Adobe users have access to a robust asset library of over 195 million royalty-free Adobe Stock collection photos, videos, and music. Their free tool is Adobe Express , which allows users to develop everything from newsletters and presentations to videos and annual reports.

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Care2

JULY 15, 2008

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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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. One was a discussion on benchmarking of IT costs, and whether outsourcing was more expensive than doing it yourself. This was really brought home by two conversations.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out. We sincerely invite your nonprofit or library tech news nominations. Congratulations to the winning app developers and all those who participated in creating apps for positive change. NPTech Online Fundraising Trends. Very, very cool, I must say.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 12, 2008

And yet it wasn't apparent to me--until quite recently--that there are tomes which serve as benchmarks for exhibit design, books that help us see where we've been and hint at where we can go. Then I read Elaine Gurian's Civilizing the Museum , which changed my thinking. I read Visitor Voices , which clarified some options. Are We There Yet?

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 8, 2016

This is the key metric on which you can benchmark, guide and then track the success–or failure–of your intermediate and long-term strategies. There’s never been a better time for Roger Craver’s book. Why let one more hard-won donor leak through the bucket when instead, they could be a lifetime supporter of your organization.

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sgEngage

MAY 17, 2021

CASE has contributed to the dialog through a number of resources available to our members from our recent Currents cover story, “ Reckoning with the Past ,” to our extensive library collections of subject guides and samples related to renaming, how to talk about race, and other critical topics. The full picture is what is most helpful.

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Education Conversation Giving University 55

Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 29, 2012

Last month I donated online to 25 of my 32 Favorite Nonprofits in celebration of reaching the benchmark of following 100,000 nonprofits, nonprofit staff, and nonprofit service providers on Twitter. What a lost opportunity to convert their donors into Facebook Fans, Twitter and Pinterest Followers, and blog subscribers!

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Other Examples: An Annual Giving Campaign, like National Center for Youth Law did $10k for a new Alzheimer’s research project Raise $25,000 to fill a new school library. The 2021 M+R Benchmarks report saw an increase in fundraising email response rates. Email still works, folks! Social Media For Year-End Fundraising.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 27, 2005

Read More » More Nonprofit Benchmarks Kyle Keller in Influence 4 May 2010 A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on how organizations can use Convio’s Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study to determine how well they are doing online compared to others.

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Forum One

APRIL 18, 2005

Read More » More Nonprofit Benchmarks Kyle Keller in Influence 4 May 2010 A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on how organizations can use Convio’s Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study to determine how well they are doing online compared to others.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 29, 2012

Last month I donated online to 25 of my 32 Favorite Nonprofits in celebration of reaching the benchmark of following 100,000 nonprofits, nonprofit staff, and nonprofit service providers on Twitter. What a lost opportunity to convert their donors into Facebook Fans, Twitter and Pinterest Followers, and blog subscribers!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

If cost benchmarking doesn’t make sense (as in the field of human rights), can we dramatically change the way people operate in a given area? Bookshare is terrific, but it’s fundamentally a separate system where a specialized library becomes the primary source of books for its patrons. Enter the Born Accessible movement.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

Building a custom library of original photos and videos that you can use throughout your campaign (and beyond) is a great idea. Aside from total dollars raised, are you tracking average donation size, donor retention rate, donation page conversion rates, or email benchmarks like open and click-through rates? Sound interesting?

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The app includes journals and trackers to allow parents to record important information, a glossary of commonly used terms, a community and resource library, a directory of NICU family support partners, a postpartum checkup, and more. This project took home six awards this year!

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The app includes journals and trackers to allow parents to record important information, a glossary of commonly used terms, a community and resource library, a directory of NICU family support partners, a postpartum checkup, and more. This project took home six awards this year!

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 21, 2020

This will help you pinpoint and benchmark your current retention rates by fundraising stream, and average donation information. Fundraising Letters offers a library of easy templates just for these purposes. What’s the average gift amount for your campaigns compared to events? Help with corporate sponsorship letters.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out. We sincerely invite your nonprofit or library tech news nominations. Congratulations to the winning app developers and all those who participated in creating apps for positive change. NPTech Online Fundraising Trends. Very, very cool, I must say.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Maya Angelou In December 2007, the New York Sun article, Why Giving Makes You Happy reported that: "According to the Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, a survey of 30,000 American households, people who gave money to charity in 2000 were 43% more likely than non-givers to say they were 'very happy' about their lives.

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Twenty Hats

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

We contacted other museums to do some benchmarking,” Jessica continued, “We found that this was a common situation. For example, in the museum’s research library, volunteers work on vertical file projects that staff don’t have the time to get to. Up until then, there was often some overlap in employee and volunteer roles.

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