Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 8, 2010

You can post status updates, leave comments on other people's profile (think: wall). If an org has 5,000 employees, Chatter is a fantastic way for folks from one side of the building to keep up with what's happening on the other side. These new offerings bring Chatter outside an org without additional cost. I followed people.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

Most Jewish nonprofits know that this is the best excuse to come up with punny costumes and read the Megillah, but even if you aren’t an org focused on Judaism, you could team up with a local JCC, synagogue, or Hillel: This is also a holiday where it’s tradition to give back. This could be especially fun for an animal or wildlife-focused org.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 27, 2017

Our Communications team ended the planning meeting early and quickly mobilized to prepare for communicating the rescue to news media, staff, volunteers and our donors. Comments rolled in as the livestream continued. Respond to comments during the live stream: This is really important. We were surely in for a surprise.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. org inspired him in ways he never imagined." I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Today, Wikipedia is the most widely used reference work in the world.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

This session was my suggestion, so I volunteered to be point person on it. It's a nice mix as you have someone from a larger org, someone from a smaller org, and a consultant-type. A big issue I face in my small org is how to be security cop without hindering productivity. Leave a comment »

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Tech Soup

JULY 22, 2014

And while you might be a super worker or volunteer, you're not super human so you shouldn't be expected to know everything about everything. Another great resource for training staff, volunteers, and the people you serve is Microsoft's Community Technology Skills Program. Log in and share with us in the comments.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 29, 2010

also has a list of post topics in their post 10 Blog Content Ideas for Nonprofit Organizations which includes, " interview experts, volunteers, donors and board members." • Sandra Sims of Cause Blogger says to have a juicy blog you need to have an attitude of gratitude. Nonprofit 2.0 Include a photo in the post if at all possible.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

You can visit the original post and comment there, or see the repost in full below. It’s the story you tell in a grant application, on your website, in an elevator, and to a room of volunteers getting ready to help you with a project or event. This is my guest post on Care2′s Frogloop blog. Revisit your Story. You have one.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

These volunteer service leaders have enabled the scale we’ve reached by providing volunteer leadership and management capacity to our more than 70,000 nonprofit partners. Some might be working with our local affiliates, some with other volunteer organizations and others might be leading efforts on their own. Perhaps that’s true.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2010

But then, you ARE doing good work, so the occasional, inevitable comment troll will be drowned out by all the folks who know you best. First-person stories: Clients, volunteers, donors and others share with the public, in their own words, how this nonprofit serves its community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

Deepen relationship through custom apps that improve on org activites (event fundraising, petitions). joewaters @ kanter Re: @ mary_joyce comments. jpickett1968 @ kanter Ask them to tour your facility to assist with fundraising or volunteering. Please leave a comment. See example of EQCA No on Prop8 [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

There were a number of questions related to tools and tactics that I couldn't answer off the top of my head - so I decided to crowdsource them on Twitter asking for answers in the comments. I'm elevating them from the comments because they make a great post. Although our members will comment and post on our Facebook and Twitter.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 13, 2013

I also like Ariel Gilbert Knight’s 5 Steps To Creating Your Org’s Tech Plan that appeared in the March 2012 issue of NTEN:Change. SCORE has over 11,000 volunteers and their work is supported by the U.S. Please log in to comment on this blog post. online magazine. Look for it on page 49. Images: Mobile Beacon.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

We welcome your comments and feedback. In our recent Arizona Giving and Volunteering* research, we asked respondents if they could recall a decision to stop giving to an organization they had previously supported. Currently (on my lowly grad student budget), I only give money to one nonprofit org.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2009

If you missed it (or were there but have something else to add), please add your 2 cents in the comments. . Sessions on engaging volunteers, and on using SM for education/outreach rather then just fundraising or talking about your org. Don't forget to add your thoughts for the 2010 NTC Agenda in the comments. Leadership.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Whether you need to gather volunteers’ dietary preferences for an event, ask donors for feedback, or survey your nonprofit’s staff about when they’d like to have your office Christmas party, form software can help you design the right form to gather crucial information. The professional plan is $24.50/month.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Every month NetSquared volunteers hold free or low cost educational events for people and organizations who want to use technology for social good. Check each month that there are events in each region, and comment out the un-necessary regions. Ever wanted to use open data in support of your advocacy campaigns?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

Look for the unique value your org provides and share that value, help others. Use keywords to find people who care about issues ur org cares abt. sarahmarchetti: @kdpaine slightly diff perspective since I was Development Comm, but I think that the whole org is responsible for FR in some way. with your chapters and volunteers?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

And organizations and movements can certainly use twitter to organize – I think that’s a great strategy – as long as the majority of those to be organized are on twitter – which is quite a stretch for most orgs or movements. at 10:15 pm { 7 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Matt Radel 04.11.08

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2013

If you haven't upgraded to the new Office, be sure to read TechSoup's Microsoft Office: What Your Org Should Know and visit TechSoup's Microsoft donation program. Mavenlink (Office) is a project management tool that lets you invite coworkers, volunteers, or other constituents to a project in Microsoft Office.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

Has always been the accidental techie in arts organizations, starting as a volunteer, so how can can I transition and set a dollar value for my skills? Be able to articulate what you help orgs do and accomplish, not necessarily the technical products/skills? And needs new bathrobe to wear at work?

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2013

New and existing donors, volunteers, and others could be frustrated with perhaps their first interaction with your organization, miss out on particular initiatives, or never return to your site. Record by Phone or Upload : Your employees or volunteers can create the audio that visitors will hear. We Have a Solution.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 18, 2013

org, causes.org, and change.com. Tip: Test asking for additional information such as issue interest or if they wish to be a volunteer — just one or two pieces of information for you to append to the constituent record of your database. And email or comment on the blog with thoughts and questions. Convert to Donor.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 30, 2014

Spring is often event season in the nonprofit world and I’ve been involved in my fair share over the past few months as a speaker at a gala, volunteer at a 5k fun run, an attendee at a “friend raiser” for a local politician and a few others in between. Make it count!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond," I wanted point to a new (to me) UK nonprofit technology blog discovered via a comment to my post about technology stewards and also weave in some more notes on UK examples. Miles Maier is blogging at the London ICT Champion and he left a comment. Sustainable?

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

I come from the development and marketing world, and before I started my consulting business, which I’ve been running for about 12 years, I was that development, marketing volunteer coordinator, event planner, cleaning the kitchen sink and, you know, bringing the food and cheese and crackers to the events. I did all of it.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

At Convio Summit, our Art Director, Michael Chang, and I led the Mobile Homepage Design Slam session where we developed some mobile homepage layouts on the fly for audience volunteers. A great starting point for that conversation is filling in this mad-lib: "At [org name] we [verb phrase] so that [constituent group] can [verb phrase].".

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

But most importantly, I want to recommend and encourage all of you to chat in your questions and comments throughout the next hour or so. You know, it’s kind of difficult to harness the passion of volunteers and advocates. You know, that all flows up the org chart to me at the top. So don’t be shy. ” .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

I am wondering about the role of an evangelist or what Networked for Good report calls super activist, an individual who acts on behalf of an org, business, or other entity. I've been experimenting with this as volunteer for an organization where I serve on the board to raise money for Cambodian college scholarships.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Volunteer Appreciation, Open Houses, etc., If you share things that interest her, she’ll engage with you, liking your posts, commenting, and sharing. Engagement through thank-yous, polls, contests, or highlighting a volunteer or project. Donate, join, volunteer, help. Schedule in any organization events. JUST for fun!

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 21, 2008

Andresen noted, "No one here said, 'I gave or volunteered because of a tool,' like email or Twitter. One commenter wrote, "I hate these commercials." You supported a cause because of how it made you feel." It's easy for nonprofits to forget who is on the receiving end of their messages. The Yes We Can Obama video.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Q: How do we get past our fear of negative comments possibly being posted about the organization from activists etc.? It seems like reviewing all posts and not posting those comments would defeat the purpose. At first you won't get many comments - it takes time to build up a community of people who will comment.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2009

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) Reader Comments (12) Great list, Allyson.

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Judi Sohn

AUGUST 18, 2013

But please read on and comment on anything I’ve missed, okay? When that one-time volunteer or infrequent user needs to access Salesforce, you simply need to check the Active box on their license and then deactivate them when they’re done doing whatever they have to do.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 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) Were they mostly volunteers?

Causes 38

Causes Facebook Challenge Social Media 38

Care2

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

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) 3 Comments | by Share Article in Misc.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 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) Were they mostly volunteers?

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