Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2019

So how can nonprofits use this powerful tool to build their movements, advance their causes, and raise money for their organizations? . In August 2018, Erin Turner, Product Manager for YouTube Giving, announced that they are rolling out a new suite of fundraising tools for nonprofits , including: Fundraisers. Community fundraisers.

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sgEngage

MAY 14, 2024

Rather than focusing on driving value for shareholders, you’ll be focused on managing a continued flow of donations, grant funding, and program fees so your staff and volunteers have the tools to properly serve the community and accomplish your mission. Restricted funds , however, are donations tied to a specific purpose or time.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Be sure to opt into networking at time of registration to be able to connect with people through the tool. Give back to the Denver community by assembling hygiene and health kits, which will be donated to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. You can participate on Monday and Tuesday in the Expo Hall.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 17, 2021

Together they are a powerful set of tools for nonprofits, especially with integrations to automatically sync data between them. Unlike web-to-lead tools, these provide the flexibility of submitting data not just to Leads but to other standard or custom objects in Salesforce. Sample Apps or Tools: Ninja Forms with Salesforce extension.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2015

If you’re organization is using a non-profit software platform, check to see if it allows for a donation tool—it will help keep users on your site throughout the donation process and give your group a positive image.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

Keys to Datamaking Success Many of the tools and techniques that we have learned about data design and collection continue to be relevant in datamaking, such as: Ask clear questions and prioritize which data points, or combinations of data points, are most relevant to answering the questions. These are opportunities for meaning making.

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VisionLink

DECEMBER 18, 2009

We are releasing a new Annual Homeless Assessment Report, aligned with the new Homeless Management requirements from HUD. We consider the AHAR, focused obviously on HMIS reporting, one of a series of specialized report among more than seven levels of reporting tools in VisionLink''s Community Operating System (CommunityOS).'

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VisionLink

MARCH 21, 2012

The first is an inline fields tool. With this addition, call and client forms can be designed not only with one of several templates and pre-set vertical and horizontal layouts, specific data fields can be aligned in the same horizontal line. Now what we think should be summarized is not such a constraint. Stay tuned!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Impact Labs convenes community experts, or fellows, across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas, including homelessness , equity in education , and climate justice. The team also noted that many tools exist today yet have difficulty scaling beyond a specific community or organization.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2013

You can use Atomic Training to help your organization maximize its tech tools and software products. Job training for at-risk youth, veterans reentering the workforce, or even homeless populations. Each lesson is designed specifically for nonprofits and led by CPA Gregg Bossen, who's been teaching QuickBooks for over ten years.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

In the last few years, Microsoft has rebuilt LinkedIn working out many of the kinks and bugs that made it frustrating to use, and has launched a suite of new tools and functionality for LinkedIn Pages , Profiles , and Groups. Since then it has grown from 106 million active monthly users to 310 million active monthly users.

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VisionLink

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

VisionLink is pleased to announce a new reporting tool in our Homeless Management Information System module. The HMIS Data Quality Report is designed to help communities evaluate the completeness of their data.

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VisionLink

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

We are pleased to announce the release of the updated and compliant Quarterly Progress Report (QPR), the newest addition to the CCM/HMIS reporting tools. The QPR is designed to meet the new reporting requirements for the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

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VQ Strategies

JANUARY 18, 2021

Day, designated as a National Day of Service, I was interviewed by Meghan McCarty Carino for National Public Radio about how organizations have adjusted their MLK Day of Service plans given the pandemic. In anticipation of today, the 2021 Martin Luther King Jr.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

For example, our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. At our first in-person design sprint*, the group challenged each other to bust orthodoxies that hold us back from reducing hunger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2010

Mark Horvath, known as " HardlyNormal " on Twitter and who is a tireless advocate for the cause of homelessness, was the winner of the SXSW Pepsi Refresh Challenge. Mark uses social media to tell the story of homeless people in America. The SXSW Pepsi Fresh Challenge matched three different causes with three social media rock stars.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 31, 2022

When the donor clicks through to the donation page, a call to action should be prominent like “Your gift helps us feed the homeless!” Most online donation tools offer default language for this, but you need to customize it so the language is warm and on brand. Make it part of the header or main menu so it shows up on every page.

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CauseVox

MAY 20, 2022

For instance, $500 can provide school supplies for 10 kids experiencing homelessness for 1 month. Pledge Now, Pay Later helps automate donations by allowing your donors to pledge an amount today and pay in designated installments. Having an attractive donation page starts with the right tool. Donation tiers.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 15, 2019

Nothing says spring quite like flowers, so host a workshop that teaches donors the basics of floral design. Charge a participation fee that provides guests with all the flowers and tools they’ll need to make an awesome bouquet, wreath or crown. Make sure the winner of the round gets a cool prize! Flower Arrangement Class.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

I may want to help end homelessness, but not have a clue how to make a difference on a scale that moves the needle. 2) Does it have design elements that tell a story with words and pictures? (3) 5) Does it have functional online tools that make it easy for folks to engage with you online (e.g., This has ever been the case. .

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

And, since all virtual engagements are facilitated by your digital tools, it’s the perfect method of collecting valuable data and determining if and where engagements are dropping off. To host a virtual peer-to-peer event successfully, you’re going to need the right tools and resources at your disposal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

For the past 15 years, I have been excited about nonprofit technology training design and delivery and it is what I will continue to focus on as part of my role at Zoetica over the coming years. My design question: What is the best way to use this approach for a full-day workshop for 300 people?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Vancouver, Canada: Enhancing your Story with Digital Tools. Portland, OR: Mobile tips and tools for civic and social good. San Francisco, CA: Let’s Learn About Project Homeless Connect SF: Discussion and Brainstorming. Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Computer Tutoring (Graphic Design). Philadelphia, PA: Social Web Sampler.

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Everyaction

APRIL 18, 2018

Take this EveryAction-powered donation form you’ll find on Greenpeace USA’s website : its simple and clean design allows for an easy donation process, and it is automatically set to the monthly donation screen shown above. Ask consistently and specifically, and you will see your sustainer program grow. Find unique ways to say thank you.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Your online donation tool is one of the quickest and easiest ways for supporters to give to your cause. Leverages common tools. For instance, top nonprofits will now accept debit cards, credit cards, electronic checks, and even tools like Apple Pay or Venmo. Take Advantage Of Video Conferencing And Streaming Tools.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

What that translates to is that a movement is built on collaboration, incorporates co-design between individuals and organizations, and remains focused, even during an event or campaign, on lasting, real impact. Campaigns were designed with the community and required the community’s engagement to implement. What do we need?

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 29, 2017

Designing a site for a nonprofit organization is one of the most important steps in establishing an online presence. When designing your site, make it simple for people by setting the most significant links at the first spots that people read. There area lot of free video editing tools you can use.

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2015

Prashant and his co-founders identified a need for local data about buildings and real estate in Detroit and discovered that the city was under-resourced when it came to the technical tools needed to collect it. They designed an open-source mobile browser-based app that allows the user to quickly collect and map data while on the ground.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits! I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits! Designate a cheer leader. Gather your tribe and rally the base. Get your base to give first.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

We are here to talk about reporting impact, specifically creating tools and some good processes to do that for your donors. We’ve got some tools, questions to ask, and things like that when you’re looking at data-tracking systems. But just saying, “We helped 20 people who are homeless,” does not provide context.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

" Organizations like Applications for Good and Code for America are engaging developers to build mobile tools with the needs of local communities in mind. In addition to efforts to build community-relevant apps, a number of initiatives designed to train youth from underrepresented communities to build mobile apps have recently launched.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2012

The App also provides: adoptable dog search by zip code, simple giving to help homeless pets, and their grassroots pledge to start seeing invisible dogs. Each participant organization designed and launched a measurement action learning project that used measurement to improve results for networked approaches and social media.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The participants were tasked with developing digital tools to help nonprofits and government agencies work better together. The projects varied from educational tools for children to energy efficiency. One group is working on a mural, while another was designing an LED sculpture. Burlington, VT Day of Civic Hacking.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 7, 2019

But matching gifts are designed to help your organization raise more money without any extra hassle. The matching gift search tool informs the donor about the necessary forms required by their employer. Community organizations (animal shelters, homeless shelters, child welfare, etc.). Step 3: Submit forms.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 11, 2013

For nonprofits, this could mean higher rankings for local mobile searches on homeless shelters, animal adoption or volunteer opportunities. Using tools like Google Analytics, nonprofits will then be able to analyze the desktop experience vs. the smartphone/tablet experience. To get ahead of the game, focus on improving your local SEO.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 29, 2021

The good news is, having optimal SEO can be achieved without having to purchase an expensive tool or consultant. Instead of only using the term “homeless,” you should also use “unhoused” and any other synonym a searcher might use when referring to homelessness. For most of us, the mechanics of SEO can seem really complicated.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 6, 2014

If you have gifts from both the Golf Tournament and the Phone-a-thon given in support of the Clothes For The Homeless program, for example, there’s no need to worry about spending “golf tournament dollars” versus spending “phone-a-thon dollars” – as long as the donor designation is fulfilled, those monies can be pooled.

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