Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

My last full-time, Monday-through-Friday job was as an outreach director for a small international development organization in San Francisco. Finally, if they need to spend $50 for a premium Tumbler design or $25 a year for Flickr Pro, they have the green light to do so. Here are five reasons why: 1. The era of winging it is over.

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Care2

MAY 17, 2013

Join Care2 and Salsa Labs on a ''tour de petition'' as we explore how organizations like Protect Our Defenders, ForestEthics, Environmental Defense Fund and more are making the most out of their hard earned signatures. It is a coalition effort comprised of National Wildlife Federation, National Audubon Society and Environmental Defense Fund.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

Patrick’s Day Green (March 17). It’s also a time for gifts and new clothes, making this a great chance to raise funds or donations of new clothing, especially for children. Remember to have a picnic afterwards for trophies and more opportunities to raise funds. Click To Tweet. The winner gets the chocolate. 5k run or walk.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

I sat down with Emilyn Green, Executive Director of the Community Science Workshop Network , to learn more about their history, design, and engagement strategy. We received two rounds of NSF funding in the 1990s to expand. We received NSF funding for three years and then it cut off. I knew I could learn a lot from it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

This morning the Washington Post published an article titled " To Nonprofits Seeking Cash, Facebook App Isn't So Green: Though Popular, 'Causes' Ineffective for Fundraising." Proclaiming that fundraising using Facebook Causes was a failure based on a calculation of dollars per donor. . If you do the math, that's $41 per donor.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond the webinars we are first and foremost a provider of donor management software. Hey, I’m Brian O’Neal executive director of Third Lens Ministries a nonprofit based in Atlanta. And obviously, the majority of the funds are raised in the capital campaign. Brian: Yeah.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

Valerie Harris will focus on what is required when you commit to attracting and maintaining major donors, understanding how major donors think, and how to optimize your communications for this important donor segment. We are here to talk about major donor stewardship. Did you hit the green button? I still see you.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Did the funding reach the communities of greatest need? What does this mean for our work going forward, especially in terms of engaging with donors on their giving? The larger the green circle, the greater the grant amount. We awarded a total of $17 million in education grants in 2010. Where did those grants go?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

The organization and challenge: After years of traditional fund-raising events, Catholic Charities CYO (CC) in San Francisco decided its approach was getting stale and that it needed to broaden its audience to include opportunities for young people. Execution: The major donor cocktail party was by invitation only to CC’s largest donors.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

This is a guest post by Salem Kimble, Manager of Online Strategies with TechSoup donor partner BetterWorld Telecom. The following is an overview of a BetterWorld customer, HealthRIGHT 360 and interview with Dave Dayter, IT Director of HealthRIGHT 360 discussing their experience with BetterWorld and the TechSoup VoIP Donation Program.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Conducting a nonprofit feasibility study should be first on your list when planning an annual fund campaign. Learn more strategies for annual fundraising success by checking out MobileCause’s annual fund campaign guide. Assemble key insiders for your feasibility study interviews.

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Care2

JANUARY 21, 2009

“The year-end fund-raising results last month confirm what we already suspected: for most people giving is not a luxury but a natural extension of who they are,&# said Mark Rovner, Founder of Sea Change Strategies. As these donors earn more money, they will increase their donation amounts. It also builds good relationships.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

We are here to talk about keeping your donor database healthy, wealthy, I should say wealthy and wise. Basically, we’re here to talk about dirty donor data and how to prevent that. It’s a donor database, apropos to this topic. And I have my masters in philanthropy and fund development from St.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

You open the door to your office and see your Program Director in shorts and a t-shirt with a dubious message, holding what might be an inappropriate beverage. It's too late to take it back -- and it could have been seen by clients, donors, funders, volunteers and clients. What part of social networking can be charged to program funds?

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Building a donor base. Q: What suggestions do you have to reach out to new donors? Q: How do I increase my donor base? A: Growing your donor base is a “must-do” activity for ANY nonprofit. You simply must be adding new donors each year just to maintain your numbers. This is commonly called a donor profile.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 8, 2021

“What if you have just 2 minutes with a prospective donor. Packets are perfect to hand over to gatekeepers who vet what big donors see or don’t see. Provide just enough to get a potential donor or sponsor interested, but not overwhelm them. Tie each of your success stories back to critical funding. Even better?

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 30, 2006

I'd been looking forward to GOOD for a while after Green LA Girl wrote about it, and after talking to Christine Soto at the GOOD Magazine booth at the Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp. While on the plane to and from Peru I had A LOT of time to read. I read my new issue of Ode , With All Our Strength by Anne Brodsky, and a new magazine, GOOD.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 25, 2015

Rory Green is a guest blogger for Nonprofit Hub. Her day job is connecting donors with opportunities to make a difference, as the Associate Director, Advancement for the Faculty of Applied Science at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia Canada. Recognize New Ways of Giving.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Nonprofit organizations often face the challenge of raising funds on a tight budget. Garage Sale Gather donated items from the community and organize a garage sale, turning unwanted items into funds for your nonprofit. Get your volunteers (and their kids) involved and make it a fun, day-long event that raises spirits along with funds.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 30, 2021

Erica Waasdorp will show you how important recurring giving has become, and how best to bring them in – with minimal time and effort, but with the large focus these sustainable recurring donors deserve. We’re here to talk about recurring donors, oh, yeah, best practices for unlocking the mystery that is recurring donors.

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OneCause

JANUARY 31, 2024

For example, if your event is part of a capital campaign, you might host it toward the beginning of your campaign to kick off the fundraising and inspire major donors. In addition to raising money, you might also use a fundraising event to facilitate other goals, such as: Acquiring new donors. Stewarding existing donors.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

However, the fellowship does give me much more flexibility: I don't have to justify spending Benetech's funds for something that isn't directly connected to our current projects. My two closest peers in California have both gotten MacArthurs (Victoria Hale this year and David Green two years ago).

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Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2007

Twelve organizations focused on peace and human security are appealing to their constituents to vote early and often, in a bid to win the grand prize of a $100,000 grant from Ploughshares Fund. Every dollar “voted” is a tax-deductible donation to the group voted for, with nothing taken off the top by Ploughshares Fund.

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Classy

JULY 13, 2021

The fundamentals of human behavior have a large effect on an organization’s ability to fundraise, so this book breaks down the psychology of peer-to-peer fundraising and the fuel that drives donor and volunteer behavior. Responsive Fundraising: The Donor-Centric Framework Helping Today’s Leading Nonprofits Grow Giving . Seth Godin.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Jacobwith will show you five powerful and simple “must do’s” to cut through year-end fundraising noise, help increase your Giving Tuesday success, and increase donor retention. We’re a donor database. I’m going to start sipping my green tea, like you said. Full Transcript: Steven: All right. Lori: I think we should.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Harvey McKinnon and Andy Robinson will discuss how to build stronger donor relationships and how you can use this strategy to improve every kind of fundraising. But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang besides the webinars, we are a provider of donor management software. Is it okay, if I go ahead and kick things off officially?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 9, 2005

The next session I went to was Building the Local Green Economy presented by Kevin Danaher, co-founder of Global Exchange. He also listed the following Green Economy Trends that are also available here : 1. There is a growing movement focusing on building the local, green economy as an alternative to the transnational corporation.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Peer-to-Peer Events Arts & Culture Events Community Events Educational Events Events for Grown-Ups Events for Kids & Families Nonprofit Peer-to-Peer Events Peer-to-peer events raise funds and generate buzz by having your supporters and participants get their networks involved in your event.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

You might answer this question with metrics like the number of new donors or the number of donations. 2019 Total # of Donors . 2020 Total # of Donors . The # of New Donors This Year in 2020 (i.e. 2020 # of Retained Donors (i.e. The # of Lapsed Donors in 2020 (i.e. Donor Retention Rate.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2014

What happens when 14 nonprofit experts come together to share tried-and-true donor retention strategies, tips and ideas? You end up with an extremely useful resource for any nonprofit professional looking to improve donor retention rates. Craver : Raising hell, raising funds, and building a better world. By Roger M. On Twitter.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond these webinars, we’re actually a provider of donor management software. I’m wearing my Bloomerang green today. I like to joke that I have had every job that is a Rubik’s cube in the nonprofit world, staff member, board member, founder, executive director.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

When I sat down to talk with the co-Directors, Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond, in early March, they had literally just returned from the West African Woman and Water Training in Ghana. There are resources, information, training, and funding available in plenty. There is not a shortage of resources. There are solutions.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

A fundraising event is the best way to engage with donors, garner support for your mission, and meet your revenue targets. If you’re looking for a creative, fun fundraising idea to engage supporters and boost your funding, you’ve come to the right place! Donors are more likely to give when they know the person who’s doing the asking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

In 2006, Sarah Bunting, who writes the blog Tomato Nation , a culture and humor blog, offered to shave her head if her blog readers donated to DonorsChoose.org , a site that allows donors to purchase school supplies for needy classrooms. I don't mean some wear-a-red-outfit-with-a-green-hat, only-go-outside-to-buy-milk bullshit either.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

Katrin Verclas (the Executive Director of NTEN, for those who don’t know) was eager to know if there was any way to make it open and pushed hard for it. Maybe the answer is for a single donor to step forward and fund the next half dozen issues. About 70% of traditional, non-gold, peer-reviewed journals are green.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

“The year-end fund-raising results last month confirm what we already suspected: for most people giving is not a luxury but a natural extension of who they are,” said Mark Rovner, Founder of Sea Change Strategies. As these donors earn more money, they will increase their donation amounts. It also builds good relationships.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

We lead off with Amy Sample Ward who is the executive director of NTEN , the big membership organization of nonprofit technology professionals. Lisa Pool is the executive director of the Technology Affinity Group (TAG), the online community and annual conference for foundation techies. Amy Sample Ward. Cloud & Mobile.

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