Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

You have my sympathies!) Before you consider updating or overhauling your website, make sure you know who uses it and why. Tasks will tell you what people need to get done on your site, which helps you organize it efficiently. In the examples below, some websites chose to ask their visitors what they need.

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Candid

JUNE 8, 2023

Over the past five years of researching and writing about AI adoption for the nonprofit sector, we have argued for nonprofits to use AI ethically and responsibly—which means taking a human-centered, strategic, and reflective approach. NEDA employees and approximately 200 volunteers could barely keep up with demand.

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 5, 2022

An Email Preference Center (EPC) can contribute greatly to ensuring your prospects continue to receive the content they want from you, without bombarding them with unwanted communications. Why do you need an Email Preference Center? Why do you need an Email Preference Center? Determine your lists.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Mastering online user experience and messaging. Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. It’s important to showcase how what you do relates to what’s top of mind for folks. So, what speaks to people?

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 1, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Maximizing Outreach: Why Nonprofits Need a Powerful Online Presence As a leader of a nonprofit, you know the importance of reaching your audience effectively and making the most of your limited resources. But have you ever considered the benefits a dedicated website could bring to your nonprofit?

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sgEngage

JULY 20, 2023

What does this mean for scholarships? Use a technology that everyone across campus can access with role-based segmentation, so each user easily views their areas of responsibility. There are three steps to consider. A good award management system benefits both students and administrators.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

If your organization falls in this range, you may be interested in free, discounted, or affordable software solutions to help carry out your strategies while staying within budget. You may not see a significant difference in the features you’ll use when comparing free and paid options. Is it worth it to spend the money?

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

You can read part one here. Mastering online appeals, user experience and messaging. Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. Master online appeals, user experience and messaging. Mastering relevant content marketing.

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NetWits

JULY 10, 2012

Once Facebook conquered colleges the now web-giant with more than 900 million active monthly users moved on to support high schools. 1) Stick to 3 Platforms - Blog / Facebook / Twitter. First off, your school should have a blog that’s the center of your social media strategy. Publish it on your blog.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

You may be wondering where to focus your fundraising as we emerge from the fog of 2020 and into, perhaps, a less cloudy future when it comes to nonprofit giving trends. No matter what happens in the economy or world, be it war, recession or natural disaster, people who can help DO. Or people simply chipped in what they could.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Your nonprofit’s mission is the foundation of everything you do. Your nonprofit mission statement is how you communicate your organization’s impact to supporters, clients, and the community at large. What Is a Nonprofit Mission Statement? Impact: What impact do you hope to make in the world or your community?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2013

With this three-part blog series on our expansion of the proven Bookshare model internationally, we’d like to give you a glimpse into the ways in which Benetech provides people with disabilities around the world equal access to knowledge. The second blog post looked at our growing Bookshare Spanish-language program.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 19, 2016

When looking around for the right person to design or redesign your website, it’s especially crucial to be thorough: after all, this designer will be crafting a product that introduces you to the world at large and educates your visitors as to what you wish to accomplish with your site. Will users be able to navigate with ease?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master. ” What is Human Centered Design?

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 12, 2021

As you know, your organization’s website is the heart of your online fundraising strategy. Still, sometimes encouraging potential donors to contribute can be a little tricky without the right nonprofit website builder backing you up. . But don’t let this intimidate you! Enter WordPress. Research and add plugins.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 24, 2021

This new reality and shifting landscape have created significant opportunities to use virtual and hybrid events — and the technology that powers them — to elevate brand awareness, increase demand generation, enhance user acquisition, and ultimately accelerate growth for your company or your clients. What’s Next?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Algorithmic Bias: Better Policy and Practice for Civil Society: This podcast about #datadiscrimination and algorithmic bias was hosted by Digital Impact, an initiative of the Digital Civil Society Lab at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS). You can watch the keynote on YouTube.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

Are you creating new eLearning courses to provide value to members and bring in revenue for your association’s learning business? If so, you’ve probably encountered the challenge of how to price those courses. Pricing them too high may deter members from investing. 5 eLearning Pricing Models for Your Courses.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

But, where do you begin? An eLearning consultant can help you answer this question and more. However, it’s important that you understand the parameters of their services, whether they’d be a valuable addition to your team, and how to find the ideal partner for you. What does a learning consultant do? That’s great!

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

Virtual options can be particularly helpful when fundraising for education, as they allow you to reach out to supporters of your students who may be further away, such as aunts and uncles, grandparents, and family friends. They also give you a unique opportunity to get the family members of those students to make a recurring donation.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 1, 2010

was the most effective, and what type of message generated the most giving. was the most effective, and what type of message generated the most giving. So now that it’s over, I wanted to share some thoughts that might help you and your nonprofit. Wait, Go Back: What is Movember Again? Multimedia Tells the Story.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Once we hit November and we’ve gotten through Halloween, Daylight Savings Time, and the first frost, it’s officially the holiday season – and for nonprofits, that means it’s also time for year-end giving campaigns. Do a review of your annual projections and goals, and look at what you need. Is there income you need to make up?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Sean Stannard-Stockton has just posted my guest post on the Tactical Philanthropy blog. You can read it and the comments on the blog here , it’s copied below. But to many people active in online social action communities, these events had deeper meaning. To some, these events were unimportant.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. What’s so important or interesting about this? I’m joining a panel to talk about the response for support after the Haiti earthquakes last year.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

My biggest takeaway from the summit: the time could not be more urgent, and more hopeful, for the future of braille and the prospects of those who need it. What’s alarming is that for decades the number of braille users has been on the decline. Accordingly, U.S. federal law supports braille instruction.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 4, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! Executive Director ASU Lodestar Center Welcome to Research Friday !

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2014

I've found the best way to find out what's resonating with people at an event is to see what their sharing on social media. What are Hashtags and Why Use Them? When you put a "#" in front of a word, it gets tagged and is searchable on the platform in which it is used. Did that hurt your eyes?

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See3

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

In addition to only appearing in a very limited way on the video, it only works on YouTube and not when you embed the video on other sites. But I knew they could make it much better. In front of the NTEN crowd I challenged them: “What would be really amazing would be to allow for outside links in the annotations features.”

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

ASU Lodestar Center. Whatever your nonprofit experience level and situation, you probably have to keep track of donors and other key constituents. Many of you have probably relied on multiple Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and maybe a Microsoft Access database at some point in your professional life.

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Qgiv

MAY 6, 2021

What happens when we combine a near-universal dependence on texting with the desire to do some good? In this guide, you’ll learn: How Text Fundraising Can Be Used For Small Nonprofits? Learn everything you need to know about text fundraising with our awesome crash course. Text fundraising! Ready to dive in?

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.orgSource

JULY 17, 2023

Understand the Context Before considering Jane and Amy’s ideas, it’s helpful to have some context about this bot that so effortlessly hooks users into time-melting conversations. You are already experiencing AI’s magic in many applications. If you query ChatGPT frequently, you’ll notice that it regularly references its pedigree.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

Best of all, there are professional Google Grants managers out there to help you navigate the program and make the most compelling ads possible. Claiming 92.58% of search engine market share worldwide , Google is the world’s most popular search engine, so you’re missing out if you haven’t already joined the program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Next week, Michael Hoffman will be participating in the WeAreMedia Webinar - you can take a deep dive with him about storytelling in video and get your questions answered. In addition to only appearing in a very limited way on the video, it only works on YouTube and not when you embed the video on other sites.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 1, 2013

But if you've got utility in mind, a load of new functionality will get you excited to about this release too. Let's back up a minute first and discuss what surveying can mean for the nonprofit and public library sector. FluidSurveys reports that the new interface is easier to navigate, not just more attractive.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

Here are some live blogging notes from the SXSW session. What is sustainability? - What is social media? - Blogs, wikis, social network platforms, forums, chats: aka user generated content, conversations, communities. World Data Center for Climate: shared computational cycles. Rob Reed - Max Gladwell.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2015

Taking long walks is good for you in many ways as this blog post from Canva points out. Regardless of what you call it, this disorder is a manifestation of anxiety, plain and simple. Noise to Signal Cartoon. He dedicated this hilarious cartoon to me and several others of his fitbit obsessed colleagues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Once you or your organization views the world with a networked mindset, then you need to visualize the network. While they are fun (and addicting), they are most useful if you set aside some time to not only generate the visual, but think about what does it mean for your current practice.

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