Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants April 14, 2008 I like hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. Marketing and Fundraising Ideas tells us about how not to ask for a major gift.

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Forum One

MAY 4, 2010

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on how organizations can use Convio’s Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study to determine how well they are doing online compared to others. The findings mirror many of benchmarks in the Convio report. Organizations with smaller list sizes have better response rates.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Alan Cooke, Convio. There is little debate that online communication, fundraising, and advocacy have become important parts of the modern nonprofit's fundraising and marketing mix. 3) Technology that equalizes the playing field for all nonprofits. Nonprofits, Donors and Consumers Adopting Online Lifestyle.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Because I come from the nonprofit world, where women and men are both valued and seen as rock stars in their roles spearheading online communications programs in online advocacy, online fundraising and social media. In the nonprofit-driven circuit, panels are often gender balanced. The response to my Act.ly

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

We're only 20 days away from the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference -- but who's counting? This opening reception provides an opportunity to network with nptech professionals while checking out the over 100 exhibitors showing off their latest and greatest offerings to the nonprofit sector. Convio in booths 107 & 108.

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NTEN

APRIL 19, 2011

Adriane Berg and Pat Bohse have created just such a show, the Not-for-Profit Exchange, featuring some of the leading voices in nonprofit technology. Berg and Bohse attended the NTEN Conference for the first time as Media, and recorded a live show from the conference , speaking to companies such as Google, Convio, Feeding America and more.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

We're only 20 days away from the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference -- but who's counting? This opening reception provides an opportunity to network with nptech professionals while checking out the over 100 exhibitors showing off their latest and greatest offerings to the nonprofit sector. Convio in booths 107 & 108.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2009

Coming up from April 26-28, NTEN's Nonprofit Technology Conference (or NTC) 2009, is the go-to event every year for nonprofit professionals. From panels, plenaries, and presentations (oh my!) to networking opportunities galore, get yee online to register to attend and join us in San Francisco for the three-day event.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 5, 2009

As I wrote this post on the flight back from my third NTEN Conference I know I felt similar to many of the other 1,600 “NPTechies” (Nonprofit Techies) who are leaving San Francisco. I know work in the nonprofit sector is serious and sometimes tough business. We are all lucky to have her at the helm of NTEN.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

With matching funds from Convio , we've now got enough funding to send 18 people to the NTC. We can add a little extra incentive as well: On Friday, February 20, one of our favorite NTEN members, John Merritt , will match our first $100 donation of the day. It would be such a gift if I were able to attend." Thanks John!

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 11, 2009

This list came from my head, my bookmarks, and lists compiled by NTEN and Idealware for their donor management software surveys (and I’m not certain all of these are actually donor databases). QuickBooks Nonprofit. I thought it might be useful to compile a list of all of the commercial donor databases I’m aware of.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Once again, the amazing NTEN community rallied to support one another. Thanks to the generosity of Convio , we can add another $10,000 to that total, bringing us to $17,195. That's 48 scholarships we can offer to staff at small nonprofits. Keith Booe (thanks for the extra big gift!). Exciting, right? Jennifer Augsburger.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2010

If you currently work in a nonprofit organization, or the corporate world for that matter, you've no doubt had a conversation in the past year about "generational differences" today. Many nonprofit staffs are led by Boomers and Matures so the focus is often put on these groups overall for fundraising. Author: Jordan Viator.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Today, we exceeded our scholarship campaign fundraising goal for the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference! With the matching $10,000 gift from Convio , that's enough for a record 62 scholarships to the NTC. To date, we've raised a grand total of: $12,287!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. Unlike credit card companies, airlines or any number of other consumer-oriented businesses, nonprofits today still depend largely on employees to manually integrate all information about each constituent for marketing purposes. Matt McCabe, Orange Leap. [Ed.

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NTEN

JUNE 29, 2011

When it comes to nonprofits – and particularly, nonprofits on Facebook – we're all looking for the answer to the question: What's the ROI? If you're on Convio, sourcing Facebook recruits is easy. At our last analysis, our Facebook recruits had donated a total of $3,793 in the last 12 months, with an average gift of $79.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

The 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference kicks off tomorrow and one of the key elements to Community Day is the Science Fair. This opening reception provides an opportunity to network with nptech professionals while checking out nearly 100 exhibirors showing off their latest and greatest offerings to the nonprofit sector.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2010

Personally, I’m already a week into my New Year diet and exercise regimen, but for nonprofit organizations, resolutions can be used to revitalize a number of initiatives around organization efficiency, relationships with donors and new goals to make a number of areas of better for both the nonprofit and its constituents.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

In my recent chapter “Managing Fundraising and Building Communities Online” in the book Internet Management for Nonprofits (Wiley, April 2010), I write in depth about one method to tackle the subject – what are organizations across the country doing? How do you appropriately implement them? And how do you check results? Tell a friend.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Amy VanWyngarden, Convio. UNICEF’s Trick-or-Treat campaign at Halloween did this successfully and brought in $110,000 through 1,315 gifts. Although registration is typically limited due to capacity constraints, these events can prove to be lucrative fundraisers for nonprofits. Tags: NPTech NTEN Fundraising.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

Tad Druart, Convio. While online fundraising continues to be a growth engine for many nonprofit organizations, the data -- real and anecdotal -- shows that engaging constituents through an integrated, multi-channel approach provides the greatest return over the life of most supporters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

ve already partnered with 50 non-profits, like Care2 , Greenpeace , and Amnesty International The question it raises for nonprofits is, join an existing network like Facebook or MySpace or build your own social network or combination? But these sites have two important limitations that give nonprofits reason to look for additional tools.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2009

In the nonprofit technology community, I've heard stories of cut backs on "nice to have" items and expenses such as travel and training so that organizations can focus on their most critical goals first and cut back on what they deem not to be completely necessary. (An Every dollar of your gift will be matched by Convio , up to $10,000.

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Care2

JULY 10, 2008

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!" Also, NTEN recently published a report on the results of a survey covering CRM satisfaction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

The most recent example comes from Holly Ross, Executive Director of NTEN, who is willing to loose her dignity to help $10,000 for the Nonprofit Technology Conference scholarship fund. The Nonprofit Technology Conference is the premier meeting for people who work with nonprofits and handle the technology.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 27, 2013

So Chas Offut told us back in April when he and Dennis McCarthy presented a sneak peek of the Blackbaud 2013 Online Marketing Benchmark Study for Nonprofits at NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference. Sustainers and repeat gifts. And it’s way, way easier to retain a sustainer than to retain a single-gift-giver.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

A few weeks ago we announced a joint effort between NTEN and Convio to raise scholarship funds to help people get to this year's NTC in the rough economy where travel budgets are being cut. Check out what we all have in store if the thermometer tips $10K below (originally posted on the NTEN blog earlier today by Holly).

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Over 900 of you have already registered for the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference. But we also know that the economy has made it impossible for some our members to join us, so we've been raising scholarship money to send up to 57 nonprofit staff to the nonprofit technology conference. I did, in fact, just kick it up a notch!

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

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!" nonprofits in 2008. nonprofits in 2008. So I do know whereof I write.

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