Bonterra

JUNE 4, 2021

This is called “mapping your advocacy campaign” because we are developing a visual map of the people who will help us and how they relate to one another. It’s not enough that we go directly to the target and lay out our case. Sometimes the person we need to convince isn’t going to listen to just one singular voice.

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EveryAction

MARCH 8, 2023

from our friend Mark Becker, Founding Partner, Cathexis Partners Moving to new software can be exciting for nonprofits. Development —this phase includes configuration of the new system, including data mapping and web development. For more than 20 years, Mark has supported hundreds of nonprofit online fundraising efforts.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 23, 2023

The Donor Pyramid is a tool for helping nonprofits understand their fundraising approach and evaluate its effectiveness. Using this tool can help you develop strategies for increasing your revenue over time. If your goal is to increase giving, it helps to use a Gift Range Calculator to help you develop your gift ranges in your pyramid.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2020

As COVID accelerates innovative uses of AI in many areas, we are also seeing more development of AI-powered data mapping tools for philanthropic advising and to support donor investment decisions. In general terms, Philanthropic advising usually consists of identifying: . NAVi seeks to fill these gaps.

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VisionLink

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Map illustrates damage reports as hurricane hits North Carolina. 5, 2015— VisionLink , a community inspired software and consulting company, has developed a free, shareable, real-time, geo-tagged map depicting actual damage reports produced by Hurricane Joaquin. BOULDER, Colo. —

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

If you’re starting a new nonprofit, you already know that you need to raise money. No two nonprofits are exactly alike. The Challenge of Fundraising Planning for New Nonprofits Established nonprofits have an advantage in planning for fundraising — they can build their fundraising plan based on their numbers from prior years.

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NetWits

MARCH 26, 2013

Do you ever feel like you’re approaching your digital marketing without a map? But no matter how great an understanding you’ve developed, if you can’t clearly see all of the possible touchpoints within one constellation, your organization lacks a cohesive, bird’s-eye view. Settle in and stay awhile. You’re in good company.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Strategic planning is your organizations road map. It’s a defined strategy for the organization that helps to clearly defines how your nonprofit will achieve its mission. At its core, strategic planning is all about setting goals, and putting your nonprofit in a position to reach them. Stay realistic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2016

Nonprofit data nerds will love this new resource from Media Impact Funders and Foundation Center called “ Foundation Maps for Media Funding ,” a free, interactive mapping and research tool that shows the full scope of philanthropically funded media projects worldwide since 2009. Click to See Visualization.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

Now that TechSoup’s Local Impact Map has officially launched , let's discover one of great new organizations featured there. Our theme this month is educational nonprofits like The Luciano Bareto Júnior Institute in Brazil. Education Is a Major Nonprofit Activity. Education Is a Major Nonprofit Activity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Panel at Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit Last month, at the Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit in Seattle hosted by Microsoft, I moderated a roundtable, “Empower Employees with AI Productivity Tools,” with leaders from three nonprofits: Alex Duncan,, British Heart Foundation; Jon Townsend, National Trust; and Joel Ramjohn, Agape Source.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Direct mail can benefit your nonprofit in many ways, from connecting with donors in a personal way and yielding a high ROI. After assessing how these donors already interact with your nonprofit, you can build target donor profiles based on demographics, psychographics, giving habits, and preferred communication channels.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 29, 2022

At the start of my career, “advertising” was a dirty word in the nonprofit sector—as was “ marketing.” We’ve come to realize that just like for-profit brands, nonprofits are businesses that need to spend money to make money online. So… how does a nonprofit advertise successfully? . Luckily, a lot has changed.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2019

By Chuck Spidell , a Nonprofit WordPress Security Expert with ILLUSIO. It is the ideal content management system for nonprofits because of how it’s open source and anyone can contribute to making it better. He helps women-led communications teams free up their time and lock down WordPress from getting hacked.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

There will be opportunities to collaborate with your nonprofit peers from across the U.S. and globally, including those who work in development, membership, finance, marketing, executive leadership and more. Highlighted bbcon Sessions for Nonprofits. You don’t want to miss it! .

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Northeast Denver Housing Center (NDHC) creates sustainable, healthy housing opportunities for underserved households in Denver, Colorado through outreach, education, and affordable housing development. " Mekonnen adds: "We use Esri ArcGIS maps to show developers where affordable housing could fit into their plans.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Now that TechSoup’s Local Impact Map has officially launched , let's discover one of great new organizations featured there. Our theme this month is educational nonprofits like The Luciano Bareto Júnior Institute in Brazil. Education Is a Major Nonprofit Activity. Education Is a Major Nonprofit Activity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 12, 2019

She is also the author of Courageous Communication: How Codependence Is Making Your Nonprofit Brand Boring and What to Do About It. Many nonprofits don’t put time and energy into SEO because they don’t understand the benefits. How to Boost Your Nonprofit’s SEO. Use keywords in image titles.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Northeast Denver Housing Center (NDHC) creates sustainable, healthy housing opportunities for underserved households in Denver, Colorado, through outreach, education, and affordable housing development. " Mekonnen adds: "We use Esri ArcGIS maps to show developers where affordable housing could fit into their plans.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For nonprofits in the U.S. Understanding your nonprofit audiences—their hearts and minds, wallets and worlds—is critical to successfully communicating in an election year. Remember, as you navigate the news cycle and other big issues, they shouldn’t take away from the importance of your work as a nonprofit.

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See3

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Over the course of the year, your organization develops hundreds of opportunities to connect with your supporters. Historically, customer journeys have mapped someone’s purchase behavior for a product in the marketplace. The idea of the customer journey can easily be adapted to nonprofits and social causes. Map-Making 101.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

The specifics of your strategy are going to vary depending on your industry or your members’ interests or any one of a hundred other factors—but there are certain best practices that pretty much all successful nonprofit association strategies have in common. Get all of your nonprofit’s stakeholders involved in this process.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

We envisioned six new solution line trails (trails are sets of related badges) to cover the signature Salesforce.org products at the time, Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) and Higher Education Data Architecture (HEDA). Map out your strategy: Literally, draw your map of content and audiences on paper or a slide.

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fusionSpan

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In today’s world, data drives so much for nonprofit organizations. For the nonprofit sector – where being able to accurately forecast donation patterns or make more predictable membership renewal is always a key focus – business intelligence has the potential to completely transform how organizations operate.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

Data fuels most activities in a nonprofit. Next, there are some preliminary steps you—or your data guru—can take: Dedicate time to mapping your data flow. Creating time and space to map your data flow—and supporting the person tasked with the mapping—is an essential step toward harnessing your data.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 25, 2023

It’s no mystery that nonprofits must promote their missions to raise awareness for their causes. Technology is increasingly changing the future of nonprofit marketing , which is why your organization must leverage its software to keep up. Personalized Communication Ideally, your marketing efforts will reach vast audiences.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 24, 2023

Email is a major communication channel for many nonprofits. Brands, nonprofits, and personal connections all clamor for their attention. Try these five creative ideas to get more out of your nonprofit email campaigns. While this person will often be the executive or development director, don’t be afraid to mix it up.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2022

Whether your nonprofit has a two-person team or a staff of 200 employees, every opportunity you take to improve your daily operations can make a difference in reaching your fundraising goals. Learn how Salesforce seamlessly integrates with Classy , a supporter-centric online fundraising platform, to power growth for nonprofits worldwide.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

Ushahidi has been developing open-source crisis mapping software for over eight years now. And nonprofits and lots of others working to benefit the public can use its tools to be able to do their work better. LABB created an Oil Spill Crisis Map in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

Start With the Basics: Platform, Domain Name, and Site Map The first thing you need to do in building your non-profit website is choose a platform. And your friend who is a website developer won’t be able to help you. Professional website developers do not use these platforms! Next, you need a site map.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Digital and mobile communications are changing the rules about social networks, intellectual property, and the availability of big data, with an overall blurring of the boundaries between state, for-profits, and nonprofits. In my contribution to Ron’s book, I discuss the framework that guides us at Benetech, the technology nonprofit I lead.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Not sure what to write for your nonprofit blog? Certain nonprofits lend themselves well to specific topics. A nonprofit’s volunteers are a great source for this type of collaboration. Most nonprofits have volunteers with interesting experiences to share and they are typically happy to share their stories.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor. This week, the call for data measurement in the social sector heightens with the proposition of a Social Progress Index and ways that NGOs can use data maps to increase effectiveness. How NGOs Are Using Data Maps to Communicate Problems. on NetSquared.

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

If your nonprofit organization hosts a peer-to-peer event with thousands of happy participants and supporters, but you don’t have a plan to convert those bikers, gamers, walkers, golfers, dancers, scavenger hunters, or pub crawlers into monthly donors, you’re missing out on the point of putting on an awesome P2P event.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Nonprofit annual reports play an important role as we head into the end of the fiscal year or the onset of giving season. In our data culture , we suggest your nonprofit takes the time to put one together as a means of showing your organization’s transparency — and bragging about your success in the past year. Girls Who Code.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Venture2Impact (V2I) — a nonprofit organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada — had a business model that was entirely based on global travel. This concept addresses the needs of nonprofits for continued support, training, mentorship, and engagement with their communities.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

You might be inspired to bring your idea to life by starting a nonprofit. million registered nonprofits in the United States, making these charitable organizations a staple of modern society. However, any new nonprofit needs a strong foundation to thrive. Around 30% of nonprofits cease to exist within 10 years of their founding.

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