Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

This week, I was fortunate to get a sneak peek at two of the nonprofit sector’s leading tech experts musing on their technology trend predictions for 2016. In 2016, we’ll stop succumbing to mission drift when donors feel a consistent, authentic, and purposeful brand story from every tweet, email, text, video, blog post, anywhere.

Trend 20

Trend Tech Meme Retention 20

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

However, another trend that is emerging is that we'll be discovering the limitations of social media in fundraising. During the last several years, TechSoup's Storymakers project has been focused on highlighting the most compelling nonprofit videos. In 2016, video will continue to be the most interesting media on the Internet.

Tech 36

Tech Change Mobile Images 36

Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2014

The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas just finished up on January 10 th so we thought we’d call out some of the products and trends that we hope are fun and interesting to nonprofit techies. It was by most accounts a good show with lots of weird stuff on display. The thing costs $200. It is described in Kickstarter.

News 54

News Technology Las Vegas Info 54

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

You can watch all kinds of videos, see what we’re all about, especially if maybe you’re shopping for a new database here in the near future. I’ve been reading your LinkedIn posts, catching your Facebook live videos that you do on Fridays, right? Adult brains don’t learn new things that easily.

Technology 99

Technology Video Nonprofit System 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2007

I've been following Marc Sirkin's blog for about a year before I met him at last year's Games for Change Conference where he taught me Brain Age and Mario. (At We are being far more strategic and we look at monthly trends - the goal is to minimize the average cost per click and up the click through rate.

Adwords 69

Adwords Google Game Campaign 69

Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

There’s all kinds of goodies on there you can check out, watch videos and really get a good sense of what we’re all about. She creates a five-minute personal selfie video talking about her idea and the challenge and sends it out without second thought to 20 donors who she knows are going to be excited. Visit our website.

Raise 82

Raise Video Map Fundraising 82

.orgSource

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

ANNs are inspired by the structure and function of the human brain. CV techniques identify objects and scenes in images and videos, track objects over time, and perform tasks that involve visual perception. That makes understanding current and emerging trends critical.

Language 221

Language Problem Knowledge System 221

NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

In this example info-graphic from David McCandles, he was inspired by Clay Shirky's claim that the world has an enormous ‘cognitive surplus' - untapped hours that we could be using our brains, but simply are not. He also advises senior executives about technology, trends, investment planning, and execution. Tell Your Story, Literally!

Data 100

Data New York City Storytelling New York 100

Byte Technology

JUNE 20, 2016

Of course website trends and fads move quickly these days, so it’s vital that any and all non-profit organizations be proactive about page design in order to put their best face forward in successfully attaining their goals. . This is a fantastic way to convey important information in a way that doesn’t require a user to wade through text.

Design 100

Design Profit Trend Websites 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

The morning also includes sharing the principles of successful social media, a talk that I have been giving and refining over the past 5 years and changes with new trends and developments in social media. It Isn’t Enough To Tell People About Best Practices: Hands-On, Brains-On.

India 102

India NGO Network Exercise 102

Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

If the donor retention trend continues, we’ll eventually end up with donor retention rates under 20%. First, believe deeply – in your heart and then in your brain – that donors matter. Take a look at what charity:water did with their YouTube videos, or Epic Change with their thank you cards.

Retention 37

Retention Donor Change Blackbaud 37

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Last year , I heard Jerry Michalski use the metaphor of the global brain in talk about the future. So, the folks at NMC who build objects on Hakone might be creating a big, huge, global brain that when clicked will open up web links of some of the best crowdsourcing on the future technologies and how they will impact the nonprofit sector.

Virtual 84

Virtual Brain Nonprofit Global 84

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

People curious to learn more about these trends packed a room at the National Press Club in Washington on September 16 to discuss the challenges and successes of content syndication. Fortunately for DC, an entire team was devoted to the data warehouse and scoured paper files, databases, and people’s brains to set up the catalog.

District of Columbia 52

District of Columbia Management API DC 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2007

These patterns point to some larger trends about generational shifts, digital divides, and dancing in the space in between. It was a late afternoon session and I was brain dead. I didn't capture his quote on the video, but he was talking about writing a book about games. But a few points he made really stuck me.

Digital 50

Digital Slides Game Conference 50

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

If the ten-year trend continues, we’ll eventually end up with donor retention rates under 20%. First, believe deeply – in your heart and then in your brain – that donors matter. Take a look at what charity:water did with their YouTube videos, or Epic Change with their thank you cards. Third, behave accordingly!

Retention 55

Retention Donor Change eBook 55

Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 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) 2 Comments | by Share Article in Misc.

Convio 28

Convio Social Media Award Advocacy 28

Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Research has found that emotion-based storytelling in communications can trigger positive reactions through the release of brain chemicals like dopamine and oxytocin. Make your storytelling more emotional by using the following techniques: Include direct quotes or video interviews of your story’s protagonists. Tell compelling stories.

Tips 59

Tips Storytelling Images Camera 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

It is important to do this type of listening as a prelude to setting up your own profile or placing videos on YouTube - and as an going part of your social media strategy. Pattern Analysis You'll want to be look for patterns and trends. Your tools are social bookmarking and the excel spreadsheet and, of course, your brain.

Literacy 51

Literacy Technorati RSS Bookmarking 51

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Given my right brained, non-linear and visual way of presenting ideas, I thought it might be helpful to write up a few notes about the above talk. You can also share the impact of your organization's programs through podcasts, sharing photos on Flickr, or videos on YouTube or other video sharing sites. More information here.

Marketing 70

Marketing Blackboard Social Social Media 70

OneCause

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This doesn’t mean that you should talk down to your donors or that they’re unintelligent: it just means that they’re probably using their brain power for other things and quickly skimming emails and mailers. Donors are more likely to read your messages and act on them if they’re straightforward and easy to understand.

Mind 59

Mind Communication Donor New York City 59

Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That’s why you have to plan ahead: A robust content plan will save you time—and brain space—and help you produce great nonprofit content while also tackling the rest of your mile-long to-do list. The calendar is available as a downloadable PDF , which also comes with a list of related blogs, videos, ebooks, and community resources.

Calendar 52

Calendar Content Strategy Cancer 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

But it is always a good exercise to make your brain think in a different way. My chapter lays out a traditional ROI process that Nonprofit technology staff use to make major IT investment purchases such as hardware, video conference system, database system, etc. Document on the fly. Test and tweak.

ROI 50

ROI Social Media Slides NTEN 50

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

You can get a demo, you can watch videos, all kinds of cool things on our website. We’ll start with a few key trends in philanthropy that will ground our conversation. So with that, what we wanted to do is start our conversation by understanding your understanding of key trends in philanthropy. Okay, so positive trend.

Leadership 60

Leadership Fundraising Gift Slides 60

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Myth #4 : Video meetings will look “unprofessional” to major donors. Citing the research of Dr. Russell James of Texas Tech University, Green explained that when the human brain was studied in relation to legacy gifts, subjects showed activity not in the empathetic part of the brain, but rather in the autobiographical part.

Lesson 29

Lesson Canada Charity Gift 29

Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

There’s all kinds of goodies on there you can check out, watch videos and really get a good sense of what we’re all about. She creates a five-minute personal selfie video talking about her idea and the challenge and sends it out without second thought to 20 donors who she knows are going to be excited. Visit our website.

Raise 70

Raise Map Fundraising Money 70

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Our 5-year-anniversary video from charity: water on Vimeo. We also keep a close eye on the video views for the campaign trailer as well as referrals – we think it’s a great piece of content so we hope a lot of people will watch it! charity:water continues to be an innovator in the area of online fundraising.

Interview 101

Interview Central African Republic Ethiopia Metrics 101

Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 16, 2009

She is a co-founder of the award-winning SheSource.org , an online brain trust of women experts designed to close the gender gap among commentators in the news media. It's just natural in our brains, if you look at the brain science and everything around that, women want to build community. It may be animal rights.

Authoring 46

Authoring Marketing Change Interview 46

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

" Our brains naturally migrate to scoreboards, report cards, and stock market returns For nonprofits, it isn't about making money. Here's a brain dump of some key points. You typed in a URL and a file with text and links (and later pictures and video) would be delivered. What is the trend? Life was good.

Metrics 56

Metrics Social Media Media ROI 56

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Check out this post: Nonprofit Content Marketing – Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends for 2014 and don’t miss the associated Nonprofit content marketing infographic. bonus: she includes video and slides}. What would your nonprofit showcase in a 15 second video? Or just tapping into a narcissistic trend ?

Story 54

Story Nonprofit Social Media Content 54

NonProfit Hub

JUNE 1, 2016

We’ve gathered some of the more popular web design trends from around the Internet. A popular trend is to use these photos as the backdrop of their home page or splash page. A popular trend is to use these photos as the backdrop of their home page or splash page. This is another trend that can prove to be beneficial for NPOs.

NPO 28

NPO Trend Design Web 28