Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 12, 2011

I was perusing Social Source Commons (something I don’t do nearly often enough,) and catching up on the SSC blog , and I thought it might be worth sharing with this audience what tools I use for basic consulting workflow. The center of my workflow, like for most consultants, is email. Evernote rocks my world.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Brent Merritt is a digital strategy consultant at Metric Communications and blogger at The Caliper. How do you get your appeals in front of your Facebook audience despite the significant decline in organic reach and the resulting reduction in engagement caused by changes to the News Feed algorithm?

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Double the Donation

JUNE 10, 2021

Letting supporters know that their donation will help feed a family of four or send a child to school for a year is more impactful than asking for a specified amount of money. Every communication — whether it’s an email, text, or social media post — should have one clear purpose. Tie money to real items. Everyone wins.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Feed people? Consider hiring a consultant to help you establish a fundraising plan that will help you make sure you can cover your costs. Consider working with a branding consultant to get this just right. Set up an email account: Most nonprofits use Gmail, which is fine. Everyone starts a nonprofit to make a difference.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 29, 2022

Take a look at what we have in store for the mainstage sessions: Feeding Community and Fueling Hope. By embracing flexibility, building deep relationships, and leveraging powerful technology, this global nonprofit establishes resilient food systems, empowering communities to feed themselves. A meal is so much more than a plate of food.

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3rd Sector Labs

MAY 29, 2014

Over the past 10 years, the industry has been introduced to a lot of new technologies – dynamic website content management, CRMs, email marketing, multi-channel marketing, event management, social, etc. Sending out mail or email to bad addresses? How does your web or online lead generation tool feed your CRM database?

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Robert Weiner

MAY 13, 2010

I received an email newsletter today with the following pitch for a web-based donor database (perhaps you can guess which one): The Cloud offers you constituent relationship management (CRM) software that's less expensive, easier to maintain, more accessible, more intuitive, and with greater flexibility and capacity than you've ever seen before.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Letting them subscribe to your site content through RSS feeds or email can help them ensure they’re getting the most-update information from your organization with ease and convenience. Most of the CMS tools we reviewed can support this, but surprisingly few allow you to moderate which of the items from that RSS feed are displayed.

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NTEN

MAY 23, 2014

Weiner Consulting Leon Wilson, Senior Director, Technology and Data Engagement, Michigan Nonprofit Association Meico Whitlock, Senior Manager, Communications, National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors We know this power team will help make the 15NTC programming our best yet!

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). It can also distract citizens and feed apathy. Yes, the Internet can help activists mobilize and re-frame public issues.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2013

Join Care2, Blackbaud and Feeding America for this free Expert Webinar, and discover the essential tips that can help you stay ahead of the curve. At Blackbaud, Dennis has managed the Strategic Services Practice, comprised of consultants in Business Analytics, Design & Information Architecture, Deployment Services and Agency Services.

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

Get the latest data on email open rates, social media usage, email churn, and more. Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. All Rights Reserved

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The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 20, 2020

Heartbeats is a term I learned from fellow communications consultants at Capulet Communications. This could include blog and website content, social media updates, press releases, email marketing, and so on. I saw something like this on a lifestyle blogger's Instagram feed and I loved the idea.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 1, 2007

I am hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants this week. Ken Goldstein of The Nonprofit Consultant Blog is excited that YouTube Ups the Ante for Nonprofits with the launch of the YouTube Nonprofit Program : "Online video has become a vital communications tool. nonprofit carnival consultant fun nptech

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 17, 2014

Anyone who would like to go through the math in detail, just reach out to my email. Second, how easy is it to get your data OUT of the CRM database – not get into, but get it out, whether you need to run analytics, feed another system, or even migrate to a new solution. So we ignore the expense side of the equation.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

100 feeds a food-insecure family of five for 2 weeks.” Some donors might prefer emails, while others might prefer direct mail outreach or phone calls. A great way to do this is through your blog or email newsletter. From there, your donors can look up their employers to see if they’re eligible for donation matching.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2013

Members can contact him directly to get answers on which technologies are useful for fundraising and reaching donors and several other things like when to use consultants. so that fundraisers can get RSS news feeds or social media feeds on the exact subjects they’re interested in. From Email To Social Media.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 30, 2016

John is a trainer, coach, consultant, speaker, and author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies. The Humane Society, The White House, the MET, and many smaller nonprofits are broadcasting news-as-it-happens, museum tours, and even feeding time for baby raccoons ! Send an email to your email list.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 29, 2017

For the savvy nonprofit, that means approaching traditional marketing tactics— like email list building— in new and different ways. Quick responses to breaking news can help focus attention on your organization’s work and drive quick bursts of email sign-ups. Need a little help with your email acquisition strategies?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 27, 2011

Sources: ^ [1] "Convergence: How Five Trends Will Reshape the Social Sector" from La Piana Consulting was commissioned by the James Irvine Foundation. It was completed and published in November 2009. Click here to download a PDF copy. Research Friday: Really, Your Tax Exemption has be.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations.

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Achieve

AUGUST 27, 2021

For instance, you should vary your outreach approach by contacting prospects via email, phone, and direct mail. One gift of $50 can feed a family of four for a week! . Filling in missing information (such as phone numbers or email addresses). Use prospect segments to determine the right ask amounts. Every bit helps!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

The other day I got a Tweet from Joselin Mane a Boston-area social media strategy consultant from LITbel who has worked with small businesses and nonprofits, including El Mundo to let me know about his Social Media Kit. How do you organize your productivity tools effectively? 4) IGoogle - this would your customized gateway.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2022

It’s important that your volunteers have context about why you need, for example, to feed lunch to 100 people in an hour. Whether it’s a letter, email, social media post telephone call, or face-to-face conversation, many people will say that fundraising feels like they are asking for themselves — in other words, begging.

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Qgiv

JUNE 10, 2022

Types of advertising can include a combination of any of the following: Social media marketing and news feed ads Search engine marketing ads (Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc.) Video ads Display ads Native ads Email marketing Geo targeting and geofencing Mobile applications.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 19, 2018

Is a barrage of action alerts and fundraising emails burning out your activists? Are your email open rates and click rates dropping? One of email’s strengths is its flexibility: you can use it to deliver a wide variety of “asks” and to link to content such as videos, tweets, Facebook posts and photo galleries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2011

From email blasts to Facebook pages, in many cases it’s now nonprofits that find themselves with channels in need of content. But it takes content: you’ve got to feed those media platforms and seed those conversations. So long live new media, which places your nonprofit organization in the driver’s seat.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 29, 2010

This system feeds back in on itself -- people who see praise become repeat supporters because they've been thanked publicly and been given attention they didn't expect. email Joanne Fritz with"Carnival Mailing List" as your subject line to get on the mailing list. Leverage the inspiring acts to try to create more good acts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

By Sean Kosofsky , is the Nonprofit Fixer and founder of Mind the Gap Consulting. He offers courses, consulting, and coaching to transform your organization and your leadership. Consult with an attorney if you plan to do this. Mention the donor in emails directly about the event they sponsored. Get creative.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 17, 2014

That’s the advice we got this week from guest blogger Amy Eisenstein, a top fundraising consultant who has generously shared her terrific advice with our readers this week. They feed the hungry and house the homeless. Letter or Email. Amy Eisenstein is one of the country’s leading fundraising consultants.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 19, 2011

The Collaboration Prize itself is a joint effort by several pioneering organizations: The Lodestar Foundation has partnered with the AIM Alliance , the Foundation Center , La Piana Consulting , and other foundation and nonprofit leaders to support the 2011 Prize. By working together, youre boosting the potential of both organizations.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Tip: If you're going to use your blog as a regular communication tool, please allow readers to subscribe by email as well as rss. Use a service like Feedblitz or Feedburner Email to facilitate readers' subscribing by email. As a mention in your Twitter feed, and clicking through to read the rest. What do you think?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

First, consult the research and data available on nonprofit CEO compensation. We are, after all, asking our nonprofit CEOs to take on enormous tasks: things like, "can you and your organization feed the hungry?—oh And should a nonprofit really go over the top with CEO pay, the IRS will come knocking at the door.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

Tip: If you're going to use your blog as a regular communication tool, please allow readers to subscribe by email as well as rss. Use a service like Feedblitz or Feedburner Email to facilitate readers' subscribing by email. As a mention in your Twitter feed, and clicking through to read the rest.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

I didnt follow the voice prompts to a real person, but Id guess that the founders abandoned their nonprofit and maintained their for-profit consulting gig instead. And it seems that Summa is also involved in child care. In any case, Educational Care doesnt turn up other traces. Thanks for your keen insights!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. How well your nonprofit’s email and social media campaigns perform depend upon how well your website is designed. They have the resources to hire and consult highly-skilled website design firms and graphic designers.

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