Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

The long awaited brand pages on Google + are here. I put a post out on Google + asking what nonprofits had set up pages and was able to identify 88 from all the responses and placed them in a open circle here. What’s your nonprofit’s approach to setting up a brand page of Google +? Wait for maturation?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

How should nonprofits position themselves in this ever changing world of technology? To answer these questions and more, we at Smart Online™ used this last quarter of 2010 to try and unravel the ‘Technology Trends for Nonprofits’ in 2011. Engagement is the new Investment: How engaged is your nonprofit?

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sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2023

The impact of burnout is particularly significant for nonprofit organizations. Automating just a few tasks in your fundraising team’s workflow delivers interconnected benefits. Operate More Efficiently Gartner projects that 70% of organizations will implement structured automation by 2025. Not sure if it’s right for you?

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NTEN

JULY 1, 2009

Every Wednesday, Gartner does a free webinar on a variety of topics. There are lots of benefits to virtualization, chief among them, the power savings. There are lots of benefits to virtualization, chief among them, the power savings. According to Gartner, the average server uses 65% of its power just sitting idle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

But having been in the nonprofit technology since 1993, I've seen a predictable pattern of cycles with new tools and technology. It closely follows Gartner's Technology Hype Cycle. Or be bailout for our nonprofit. It may not make sense for your nonprofit to get mobile . Maybe I'm jaded. Technology Trigger.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2013

In a perfect world, your nonprofit would have the resources to equip every worker and volunteer with a secure laptop. Unfortunately, the world isn’t perfect—that’s why nonprofits exist in the first place—so you probably deal with a hodgepodge of personal devices. That’s not a bad thing.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 24, 2016

posted by Rudy Frank Graduate Student, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. When thinking about gamification, nonprofits have to start thinking outside of the box if they truly want to engage the masses into more positive social behaviors. Target Audience. Player Goals. Engagement Model.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

No surprise that Principle #1: Avoid being seduced by Shiny Object Syndrome generated great insights. My colleague Geoff Livingston says that “Shiny Object Syndrome&# makes nonprofits and individuals to adopt the latest cool social tool based on peer pressure, buzz, or a strange desire to be one of the first.

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

Strangely, I find that one side of the philanthropy coin seems to get the lion’s share of attention — nonprofit technology. I know that by the numbers, there are far fewer foundations than nonprofits in the US (94 percent charities versus 6 percent foundations), but most foundations are relatively small. Attend webinars.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 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. During the month of October, join TechSoup.org and the TechSoup Global Network for our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign. NASSCOM Foundation's Survey of NGO Cloud Readiness.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2011

Last week, Gartner “the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company” issued a press release around the results of a worldwide survey of CIO’s in the commercial sector. ” Vinay often talks about the reason we are a cloud platform is because it “matched the way nonprofits operate.”

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sgEngage

MARCH 27, 2023

and “Does my nonprofit really need one?” CRM stands for “customer relationship management,” and is often called “constituent relationship management” when used in a nonprofit or educational context. And, yes, your nonprofit probably needs one. Donor Retention Nonprofits grow when they build loyalty to their cause.

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

Strangely, I find that one side of the philanthropy coin seems to get the lion’s share of attention — nonprofit technology. I know that by the numbers, there are far fewer foundations than nonprofits in the US (94 percent charities versus 6 percent foundations), but most foundations are relatively small. Attend webinars.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

If you work for a nonprofit and want to learn how to use artificial intelligence (AI) and low-code automation to create your own digital solutions, applications, dashboards, and workflows, you are not alone. What are the benefits and challenges of using low-code platforms? But what is low-code and how is it related to AI?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

"As the use of virtual environments for business purposes grows, enterprises need to understand how employees are using avatars in ways that might affect the enterprise or the enterprise's reputation," said James Lundy , managing vice president at Gartner, Inc. Protecting your nonprofit from your employees is another touchy area.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Large and small nonprofits are finding ways to automate repetitive tasks, reach out to supporters in new, more personalized ways, and connect applications that don’t usually connect. Automation Changes the Game for Nonprofits. We work with a nonprofit organization that noticed small gifts from major donors slipping through the cracks.

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Neon CRM

MAY 25, 2023

Implementing a CRM solution can be a real game changer for small or midsize nonprofits. Neon One’s Product Marketing Manager, Samantha Nyland, has extensive experience guiding nonprofits through the buying process. When Should Nonprofits Buy a CRM? I’ve generally found that there is. And that’s just not feasible.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In 2021, Gartner named Salesforce a leader in the CRM Customer Engagement Center (CEC) Magic Quadrant for the 13 th consecutive year. Mark Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, put forth the 1-1-1 program, whereby Salesforce donates 1 percent of its time, 1 percent of its product, and 1 percent of its money to support nonprofit s.

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