Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Of course, improving the experience and productivity of the meeting would have to be a goal for everyone involved because you’d be allocating some meeting time to improving the process versus reports or decision-making. First, contact those who will be present through the phone beforehand to discuss how they will participate.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Erica has been an immensely important source of knowledge for our work with emergency response, filling our heads with information, contacts, and context. At the event we talked to some very smart and committed ham radio experts to understand new technologies useful for converting ham radio signals to readable messages on a laptop.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Store their contact info like email addresses and phone numbers and easily track donor interactions when they make a donation or volunteer for your organization. Your supporters are more likely to engage with your organization if they’re being contacted regularly and receiving information that’s relevant to them. Bloomerang.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2013

ReadyTalk Mobile (iPad) makes it easy to jump in on a meeting if you left your work laptop behind. You can view presentations, mockups, or reports – pretty much anything the presenter shares on screen. TechSoup Donor Partners. Although working during vacation isn't ideal, it happens to the busiest of us.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 23, 2024

According to Westfall Gold’s 2021 Major Donor Generosity Report (cited in Donors: Understanding The Future of Individual Giving ), 88% of a nonprofit’s donors who have the capacity to make a major gift are not current major donors. Starting your relationship off with an introduction from a mutual contact establishes trust from the get-go.

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JUNE 27, 2013

Earlier this week it was reported that Facebook had a bug that affected 6 million users and exposed their phone numbers and email addresses. On Facebook it’s a multistep process to restrict the general public from seeing your content, such as your basic info including contact info, status updates, photos, videos, etc.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

"There was a time when you could send a press release and expect a reporter to follow up with you to do a thoughtful story. So we're doing a lot more work to contact many media outlets to provide background information and writing up stories. Braided River received a Dell Core i5 Windows 7 Laptop from InterConnection.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

"There was a time when you could send a press release and expect a reporter to follow up with you to do a thoughtful story. So we're doing a lot more work to contact many media outlets to provide background information and writing up stories. Braided River received a Dell Core i5 Windows 7 Laptop from InterConnection.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Juice jacking is a data theft practice you may not have heard about yet: Public charging stations can be configured by bad guys to read the data on your phone or laptop and also upload malware when you charge your device. Do you have some nonprofit technology news you'd like to report? USB Condom is its official name.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

So, the key to success is to ensure that all of your gift officers and related staff are entering in their contact reports (also known as "actions" in the Raiser’s Edge CRM software) in a consistent manner. Without accurate and consistent data entry, you can't measure accurate results.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

As smartphones mature, we’re doing more on them and less on our laptops. Often our best contact lists are now on our phones. Microsoft with its Surface line of tablets that are a hybrid of laptops and tablets, is working hard to transform tablets from personal entertainment devices to business productivity machines.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Volunteer operations were hard-hit in the pandemic, with many nonprofits shuttering contact with volunteers entirely. They solicit community members to volunteer, bring them into mission activities, and broadcast their work to the public.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 27, 2017

Their tools are so easy to use that a supporter can quickly give on a laptop or on the go, making @Pay a great choice for nonprofits hosting events, holding weekly church services , or appealing to donors around the world. You can also contact @Pay individually to discuss high volume discounts and custom integration costs. Price Point.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 29, 2015

Right, of course that data is in an Excel file on the Invisible Man’s laptop, wherever he is. Basic contact information, preferred modes of communication and matching gift information that can help to maximize fundraising should be available in an instant. Report and analyze event finances and registration trends.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. The report also talks about a new growing form factor called "ultramobiles." They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Tablet sales are up 53% while laptop and desktop computers are down 11% from the previous year. Fast Company reports that the fastest growing age group using Facebook and Google+ are people over 45. It is biometric censors embedded in livestock to report on their heath, and probably biometric sensors on or in you for the same purpose.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

I'm happy that my new laptop has an extended battery life so I am writing some reflections on the plane en route to Boston. I also didn't focus on some of the techniques I learned from She's So Geeky speaker training - the eye contact and the verb. The report out was amazing. What worked? What didn't? Observations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Every nonprofit needs two things to drive sustainable growth: new contacts and new donors. You might be thinking this is unnecessary, but it only takes a few minutes to test both – on your laptop and your phone – and it could save you huge headaches in the long run.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2005

How to sustain the contacts made and energy for a year? Link to Women Bloggers - I've done quite a bit of that in my live reports, but I need to add the blogher blogroll. Cultivate contacts made at blogher - You get energized from a conference and then you go home and don't reconnect. Get ecto on my laptop. To Do List.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

When there, volunteers set up a laptop that guests could use to make a donation via CC’s web site. CC also reported a significantly increased web presence and that it had engaged a much different constituency of young donors that the organization had not seen before—great potential for the future. Online Metrics as of June 23, 2009.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

The more data points you have on your donors—from email and street addresses to job titles and company names, giving capacity, philanthropic history, contact preferences, and general interest—the more you will be able to target your asks and create fundraising campaigns that speak directly to them. Check it out!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

In addition, we will be using a wiki to showcase learning and a private Facebook group for daily contact and “just in time” support. We had wifi in the room and participants brought their laptops – this give us the opportunity for open lab time or what I call “shoulder to shoulder” learning.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Just start contacting people, say, “Hey, I know you’re not new to the organization, but I’m new, and I’d love to get to know you better. If it’s too late for that, and you have too many donors that you need to contact, then you can call them on the phone. Just start building relationships. You know what?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Installation and Maintenance – With a cloud solution, administrators and end-users have nothing to install or maintain – no hardware, no servers, no special laptop or desktop software, etc. In addition, solution providers typically comply with Service Organization Control reporting, also known as SOC2.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

" The article refers to the Dunbar number - 150 - the ceiling on the number of personal contacts a human has the capacity to maintain. Check out Steve Dembo's Geek Toys that'll give you Geekbumps which includes the Give One Get One XO Laptop Campaign (hurry offer ends on November 30th) and a Chumby (hmm. Last word from Prof.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

About 100,000 new weblogs were created each day According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project report, "Bloggers: A Portrait of the Internet’s New Storytellers" from July 2006: 8% of Internet users, or about 12 million American adults, keep a blog. Today, the blogosphere is doubling in size approximately every 230 days.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2022

News & World Report. According to ReCharity’s nonprofit fundraising strategy guide , prospect research is “the process of evaluating a potential donor’s financial capacity and affinity to give to your organization prior to contacting them with a donation ask.”.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Beyond choosing a solution, this partner can help you use the solution to author courses, ensure they end up in your LMS solution correctly, and report on the efficacy of those courses after the fact. To learn more and request a demo of this solution, contact the Web Courseworks team today. 10+ Top Tools. Adobe Captivate.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking It’s the Seating Chart, Stupid Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 18th, 2010 Where should the Internet team be on the organization chart? Who should own the Internet at our nonprofit? Howard Lake Yes, fully agree.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 30, 2022

These elements all work together to form branded content that can be shared via email or printed as a report. With the ongoing trend of adding stickers to water bottles and laptop cases, making branded stickers is sure to get interest from supporters! Annual Reports and Fliers. Social Media. Adobe Premiere. Lightroom.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

You run a report, you run a query, and you’re immediately second-guessing, or you want to start let’s say a new donor welcome series, and you don’t have a lot of confidence that your data is actually going to be able to serve up just new donors. She runs some reports. She does batch gift entry. So this is a big deal.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

The Lumia 720 is reported to have a superb camera, and will be available at an affordable price. For example, you can work on a document in the new Microsoft Office on your Windows 8 laptop, take a break, and then pick up where you left off on your Windows Phone. Windows Phone 8. App Development Just Got Easier.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

The report also talks about a new growing form factor called "ultramobiles." They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. Find a summary of the report by Chronicle of Philanthropy's Nicole Wallace. Social Media. Very, very cool, I must say.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Ideal for capturing contact information for your mailing list, event registrations, and even customizing PayPal into your website for donation processing, Wufoo is well-reviewed and reasonably priced. Live-streaming is ideal for reporting live from conferences, fundraisers, and protests. report back from Wimbledon. Present.me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

I've packed everything except for my laptop, the wireless router, all seven Avett Brothers CDs, and the beloved coffeemaker. So each time we complete a major effort on these social media venues, we measure our results and report back on our progress. You've experimented with quite a few Web 2.0/Social The case I???m

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2021

People use their phones, laptops, and other devices for almost everything nowadays, including working remotely, online shopping, and staying connected with friends and family. Data reporting: Your CRM should generate comprehensive reports on everything from financial information to individual donor engagement.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

This spring, I was a member of the advisory board for the New Media Consortium's 2008 Horizon Report on emerging technologies in museums. If you are writing a report with other people, creating the content directly on a wiki is much simpler than endlessly emailing around partial documents. On March 22, they released the wiki.

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