TechImpact

APRIL 24, 2014

Because of this, anticipating tech trends is the only way to ensure your nonprofit is staying ahead of the latest technology. Here are 9 buzz words and tech trends that your nonprofit needs to be on the look out for in the coming months and years. The cloud’s role in nonprofit computing is expected to continue to grow into 2015.

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 19, 2013

All of your servers exist off-site in an environment, which is most likely far more sophisticated than one you are able to provide. Green benefits. The post 5 Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Care About Cloud Computing appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology. No servers.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2011

Profits were allowed, but they were legitimized by the mission within the business charter. In modern-day America, businesses are held legally accountable to maximize profits for shareholders, frequently at the exclusion of all else. A structure has emerged to serve this purpose, called the Benefit Corporation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

The typical incubator model works well where a team has formed around a technology innovation and is looking to graduate a for-profit company. What happens, however, with technology applications that could provide great social benefit but that won’t generate big profits? This is where Benetech comes in.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2018

In light of the recent high profile suicides by Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, Vu Le wrote an excellent piece on what nonprofits need to know about mental illness. One of the points he brings up is the importance of creating an environment where life/work balance flourish. Research on Toxic Workplaces. Working when sick.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

For a long time, the nonprofit sector was largely insulated from the pressures of competition common in the for-profit world. As more and more organizations enter the nonprofit arena, however, attention from donors and volunteers becomes increasingly precious.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

The next time you set your digital device of choice to record your favorite show so you can watch it whenever you want, take a moment to be thankful that you’re protected from lawsuits from the entertainment industry. Even Bookshare, with its position as an entity that can use the Section 121 exception, benefits greatly from fair use.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

The Great Recession and its aftermath have forced nonprofits to seek out new and different ways to address their challenges. In order to make change that is sustainable and scalable, additional funding sources need to be considered to help nonprofits achieve their core missions. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

If you loved our 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2018 calendar! We've searched far and wide for the best and brightest nonprofit conferences from all around the country! Nonprofit Management. Nonprofit Technology, and more! Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar 2018.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

This is the second part of a two-part article exploring a potential career transition to a nonprofit position. In the previous segment , overall large picture differences between for-profit and nonprofit were discussed, with the seasoned executive in mind. Work Environment. What are they like?

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

They’ve supported a number of good causes; they might have even been a board member to a nonprofit. Surely, an organization can benefit from their honed organizational abilities, communication skills, management experience. For-profit: . That business’ purpose is to make as much profit as is possible (legally).

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Separated by just a few lines, which route you go to classify your nonprofit will have a big difference on what type of actions are legal and how you manage your finances. In fact, there are 29 different types of 501(c) organizations including cemetery companies , Teachers’ Retirement Fund Associations and Black Lung Benefit Trusts.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

All of us here at NTEN and in the greater nonprofit technology community were deeply saddened to hear of the sudden and tragic loss of Dan Scharfman, a long-time prominent member of the nonprofit technology community. His loss will be greatly missed by all those who have known him and benefitted from his work.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Both large and small nonprofits earned top honors this week for their attention-getting taglines, demonstrating again that an organization of any size can craft a powerful, pithy motto to build awareness and connect with its key audiences. More than 4,800 nonprofit professionals cast votes in the final selection round.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

I was up too late editing a screencast to do a content analysis yesterday, instead I found a great thread on Nonprofits and Vlogging over at Social Edge facilitated by Patrick O'Heffernan. It's called Web Video for the Social Benefit Sector. Some examples of nonprofits using Web Video that cover a spectrum of approaches.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

There are others, such as Shawn Olds and Andrew Ng, who believe in the benefits of human and artificial intelligence partnership. As a fundraiser, I understand all of these matters impact nonprofits, and the trend is leaning—hard—toward privacy and donor data protection. . So, what changed? Technology Goes Mainstream.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

But it is also theme of a panel that I’m moderating at the Innogive Conference on Monday, April 2 that will focus on how this trend is and will continue to impact nonprofits’ communication strategies. She is also the Membership Director at NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network. Her blog is Contentious.com.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Community ownership of software is in itself consonant with the missions of many nonprofit organizations, whose role is in strengthening community. As open source software moves more and more into the application layer, it is increasingly relevant to nonprofits. Current Trends. Getting Prepared. Concluding "Rant" :-).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

At Fort Mason on San Francisco Bay investors, fund managers and social entrepreneurs put their heads together to discuss what it will take to do better, and do more, in the space that lies between strictly nonprofit and strictly for profit. I sought out sessions that focused on setting industry standards for social measurement.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

Blackbaud’s latest Charitable Giving Report sheds light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. Couple that with the rising cost of donor acquisition and you’ve got an incredibly difficult environment for fundraisers (and their nonprofits) to succeed. But we can and SHOULD change this!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

Instead, I dip into the NpTech Tag Stream and notice this post from NTEN about a new book about nonprofits and technology. IT Adoption among Nonprofits" by Paul-Brian McInerney (who is an editor for the forthcoming NTEN and Gilbert Center "Journal for ICT in Social Change Organizations). MediaJumpStart, 2002).

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

In 2013, Chuck Longfield was on a mission to shed light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. Today it’s 27%, and even lower in some industries. Rachel Muir , CFRE, Nonprofit Consultant, Speaker & Trainer. That’s shocking (and pretty scary). But we can and SHOULD change this!

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Classy

MARCH 29, 2021

At Classy, we believe that a company will find its greatest success by marrying purpose and profit. Social responsibility, beyond driving a social movement and building a more inclusive and sustainable economy, also benefits companies in their recruiting and consumer marketing efforts. Companies are no longer content to do well.

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 12, 2013

You may ask: Will this substantially benefit my nonprofit? As soon as you know a major or minor technology change is imminent for your nonprofit, alert your staff, and, if possible, provide training. Begin training in a low-pressure environment. Is this technology worth the time it will take to implement?

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 27, 2021

Salesforce technology is the engine of innovation for over 150K companies across industries and sectors. The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has been able to migrate from TargetX into a custom EDA environment for recruitment & admissions that is compatible with Saleforce.org’s new Admissions Connect tool.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

The more successful you are, the more you have to give back." -- Jose Corona, Inner City Advisors Jose Corona is the Executive Director of Inner City Advisors , a nonprofit that helps build sustainable and responsible inner city businesses that create quality jobs, reinvest in the community, and contribute to the local economy.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2022

The social good industry is long overdue for an overhaul of the user experience and must find a better way to do good now—when our communities need us more than ever. The social good industry is long overdue for an overhaul of the user experience and must find a better way to do good now—when our communities need us more than ever.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" But the impact on the environment from direct mail actually goes far beyond the number of trees cut down.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

On behalf of our nonprofit organization, Benetech, and the thousands of similarly situated social enterprises in the United States, we are writing to support this rejection. Unfortunately, there are literally hundreds of nonprofit social enterprises operating in all of these areas.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Of course, this is a familiar concept to me as someone who started his career building for-profit tech companies in Silicon Valley. The primary goal in the Valley is massive change, because when you’re a for-profit that magnitude usually yields massive profits. Credit: Martin, Roger L. and Osberg, Sally R.,

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

Ephraim Gopin moderates a panel of nonprofit pros – Mimosa Kabir, Sarah Willey, and Lisa Chmiola – to look at the issue of being laid off and ask: what next? We got a really fun panel discussion for you all around what you should do if you happen to find yourself out of the job in the fundraising and nonprofit sector.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 30, 2021

A CRM is customer relationship management technology that helps nonprofits, educational institutions, and businesses manage their relationships with current and prospective constituents, students, and customers. CRM can help you manage mission-critical functions for your school or nonprofit, such as: Managing marketing campaigns.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

My name is Britt Bravo, and in today's show I talk with Steve Williams, the co-founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit, POWER: People Organized to Win Employment Rights. Almost never do they receive healthcare benefits or vacation time and oftentimes, have to work in incredibly oppressive environments.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

Paul Rice, the founding president and CEO of the Oakland based nonprofit, TransFair USA , answers these questions and others in an interview for the Big Vision Podcast. That same trend can be seen in all kinds of industries, particularly in food. That, I would argue, is the other big benefit for consumers of Fair Trade.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

I’m with Nonprofit Quarterly , and I direct our Advancing Practice program. Our organization is a nonprofit, and we are on a mission to use technology to better serve the world. But for now, let us go into a poll, and our Nonprofit Quarterly friends are launching that right now. But they’re not really from a nonprofit angle.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Nonprofit Research Collaborative Releases First Report Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 29th, 2010 The Nonprofit Research Collaborative released its first report today. The Health, Public?society

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2014

Sam’s philosophy is that there shouldn’t be an expectation for busy nonprofit people to be experts in technology, but it is important that they be self-sufficient. You’ll have a chance to meet Sam at our Office 365 For Nonprofits: a DYI Overview webinar on March 20th. That is truly important work for two reasons.

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