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KAUST Winter Enrichment Program 2013: Beginner’s Guide to Social Media

Amy Sample Ward

Description : Social media presents a confusing blur of personal and professional profiles. The course will include a lecture providing insight into the best practices of featured tools, and a hands-on learning component to help participants explore the tools directly on their laptops or in small group facilitated discussions.

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Geek Heresy

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Of course, from my long experience in the field, I didn’t find Toyama’s choice of targets all that surprising. Toyama on that issue: If a private company is failing to make a profit, no one expects that state-of-the-art data centers, better productivity software, and new laptops for all of the employees will turn things around.

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15 Top Online Fundraising Platforms to Ramp Up Donations

Bloomerang

With the help of an online fundraising platform that’s integrated with your nonprofit CRM , you can automatically transfer donor information to donor profiles. Supporters can use these platforms to give quickly and easily from their laptops, desktop computers, and mobile devices. Give donors an easy way to show their support.

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How to Plan a Virtual Holiday Fundraiser

AccelEvents

You may be able to stream some live video, with integrations to social media platforms of course, but you might also want to record content and upload it at a scheduled session time. People want to step away from the digital space, desktop, or laptop every so often, so try to keep sessions and segments short and as engaging as possible. .

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How to Upgrade Nonprofit Donors Using Suggested Donations

Bloomerang

For example, you might explain that a $100 gift can purchase five new coding workbooks for your after-school program, and a $500 gift can buy a new laptop for a student. These lower recurring gifts actually drastically exceed those one-time gifts over the course of the year. . Using social proof to choose suggested donations.

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Best Practices for Securing Data in Humanitarian Crisis Situations

Saleforce Nonprofit

You can do this by going to Profile > System Preferences > disable “Export Reports”. Off-Salesforce tips and best practices: Device Management: If your organization has MDM (Mobile Device Management) tools in place, this can ensure that data is protected at the device-level (laptop, mobile, etc), remotely wiped and monitored.

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Protect Donor Data When Working with Third-Party Vendors

NonProfit Hub

High-profile data breaches in recent years show just how vulnerable some organizations can be to attacks from outside. Consider providing online courses in scam detection for anyone who might work with sensitive donor data. Protecting your nonprofit’s data is crucial, no matter who you work with. Secure Your Connections.

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