Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What do web stats mean, anyway? Allan’s argument is that because NTEN is in a leadership position in the field, it should lead in showing transparency by publishing its web stats.

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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. It’s marketable, it’s ripe for good storytelling, and can ease the process of coming up with a fresh campaign concept.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2009

The post's author, Ali Cherry is the Online Campaigns and Marketing Director for Beaconfire Consulting and summed up four key things nonprofits can be doing to improve their engagement with their online communities. My favorite on her list is number 1: Measure your reach, not your get.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2017

When should you start your End of Year campaign? Whats the best way to creatively announce a year-end campaign? Before putting energy into coming up with a creative way to announce a campaign, I would first determine IF you need to announce the campaign at all. What do you hope to accomplish by announcing the campaign?

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Whole Whale

JULY 10, 2021

This year, Whole Whale predicts that $605 Million will be raised on the day, read more about the stats and predictions for GivingTuesday 2020. Check out our course with Chief Whaler George Weiner and GivingTuesday’s own Director of Digital Strategy Kathleen Murphy. since 2012, and only continues to grow in reach and influence.

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NTEN

JULY 7, 2011

By Brenna Holmes, Deputy Director, Interactive Services, Chapman Cubine Adams + Hussey. This post is all about how you can integrate your social campaigns into your website AND make them trackable. Effective social media integration is time consuming, and unless your org is powered by volunteers, paying your employees costs money.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

If you can’t meet with them virtually, if you can’t have an event virtually right now, it’s just not going to happen for your org, this is the way that you re-engage. Scenario Number 3, your current campaign is doing better in the last two years been in the history of your organization. I bypass it totally.

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