Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

A public search has a way of getting in front of new eyes, thus new donors and sponsors. Double the Donation is only open to U.S. Crowdfunding is when a nonprofit creates an online fundraising campaign to fund a specific project or program. Often, setting a deadline to fund the campaign will help your nonprofit reach its goal.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Patrick Ball, who has led our Human Rights Program since 2003, now heads HRDAG as its Executive Director and Dr. Megan Price, formerly a senior statistician at Benetech, has joined Patrick as the organization’s Co-Founder. We have also begun searching for a new senior executive to lead our Human Rights Program.

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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2021

Consistently attracting new potential donors is vital for you to expand your mission and, more importantly, to have the funding needed to make it through unexpected times. Use a sentence like this: “Before you go, open the eBook. Ex: “It’s on it’s way to your inbox!”. We’d like to share something with you…”.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

I have disruptive approaches to social innovation in mind, with an increasingly connected society where the cost of prototyping and deploying new products is extremely low, and where innovation is no longer the sole purview of well-funded for-profit corporations. We deliver philanthropic donors exciting returns on their investments (i.e.,

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

The more they tell you about what matters to them, the better job you can do of customizing an Ask for them that is an exact fit between your funding needs and their philanthropic desires. A quick search on Yelp can reveal the most popular spot close to them. Others don’t want to talk about their decision. Awesome, right?).

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BoardAssist

JUNE 27, 2016

Identifying new trustees for your board of directors is one of the most important functions any nonprofit board performs. And with nearly 2 million board seats opening up in this country every year, board recruiting can be challenging. What are the credentials of the individuals who will be performing your search?

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 23, 2021

Post the opportunity on job search engines for nonprofits, like Idealist. They should also understand how those funds will be used to run your programs and what the final impact will be. Your Executive Director will be the one leading many conversations with the board. What matters most is their passion.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In her conversation with Blackbaud Institute Managing Director Ashley Thompson, Rachel shared insights into how your organization can assess your marketing effectiveness and goals that you can set to reach marketing maturity. Marketing and SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Categories of Assessment. Branding and strategy. Technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2012

The post summarized why it may be important, best practices, and a few nonprofit examples. One of my blog readers, Sarah Mowry, Outreach Director for the Deschutes Land Trust pointed me to Nature Conservancy’s Instagram contest , an image scavenger hunt. Encourages social content creation from network.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 9, 2022

The majority of your funding likely comes from these major donors, so you should have specific strategies aimed at acquiring these key supporters. On average, about 88% of nonprofit funding comes from the top 12% of donors. Existing contacts will often open the door to their wealthier friends. Recalibrate as you go along.

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NTEN

APRIL 27, 2012

There is an amazing position open with an even more amazing company! Idealware is searching for a Senior Nonprofit Software Researcher. Funding Mobile Strategies for Social Impact is ZeroDivide’s newest white paper, a great look into nonprofits' uses of mobile technologies. Check out the campaign’s use of Flickr and Tumblr !

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Double the Donation

DECEMBER 7, 2021

” – Bert Kimrey, Director of Community Marketing. To find out whether your favorite fundraising platform(s) integrates with Double the Donation, explore our Knowledge Base and search for the provider in question! We love seeing our software helping nonprofits collect more in individual donations and corporate funding.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

As we delve into the CSR trends shaping the nonprofit sector, we’ll explore why these developments are relevant to nonprofits and corporate social responsibility (CSR) directors. Integrate a matching gift search tool directly into the donation process. Employees can then donate this money to support the charity of their choice.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

Sometimes the only thing standing between you and launching a successful fundraising campaign to fund a new, needed program is an extra set of hands. But through shared documents and calendars via cloud-based platforms, the Executive Director of the horse rescue has the extra help they need to get everything done.

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Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2013

This post was authored by Kyle Reis, who recently joined TechSoup Global as Senior Director of Global Data Services after twenty-five years at the Ford Foundation. rolls of a die, Google “flu” searches, grants approved by foundations), the data become more predictable and informative. So, formulas aren’t sexy either.

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

Raise funds. Open source. Open Source – API. On the other end of the spectrum, there are uses of technology to create unique "co-create" opportunities, if not open opportunities, where content can be made available through APIs and syndication for others to use. Create on-site engagement. Create a call to action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2011

The event will be moderated by Chip Edelsberg , executive director of the Jim Joseph Foundation. At the Social Innovation Summit, on a panel with funders, facilitated by Nancy Lublin of DoSomething.org, one of the funders said: “Any organization that receives funding, should use impact assessment and have to make their reports public.

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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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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Facebook was just getting its first venture funding, YouTube was just starting, and Twitter was still a year away from being founded. To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. Technorati (the first blog search engine at that time). The buzzword then was Web 2.0, What Is Web 2.0? Google Maps.

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

How content marketing impacts search ranking results (and why that matters). How to set up Google Search Console. How to Increase Email Open Rates! ”. Who cares if your email open rate jumps 15% if you don’t have an integrated marketing plan to support the lead nurturing process? How to set up Google Analytics.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In 2020, they set a goal of raising $40,000 for their combined #GivingTuesday/year-end fundraiser to raise funds for their virtual summer camp. To get the details behind their successes, we spoke to Melissa Benjamin, Fiver’s Director of Development. Are you funding programs or operations or both?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Matthew Perdoni, Independent Sector's business development director, presented on its new IS Affinity Program. Nonprofit HR offers discounted HR consulting, talent acquisition, and executive search. It has recently opened up to nonprofits and libraries. (Please visit the site to view this video).

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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. 1,310. Via Google Search, content, and banners. Fundraising Events. Adrienne D.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

He is Deputy Director for the Contemporary Jewish Museum , and an expert in using social media in a museum setting. James pulled together a group of funding partners and Clay Lord from Theatre Bay Area. Claire Rice, from Theatre Bay Area, was live blogging the whole day and captured their opening remarks. I said yes.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

Basically, your email newsletter is there to keep the lines of communication open and to meet the donor’s need to feel good about your nonprofit. So, let’s get your nonprofit email newsletter right so it makes your donors feel good and helps you build the loyal donor base you need to fully fund your mission. Does it go to donors?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Nonprofits face unique challenges that commercial enterprises often don't face: you have no IT staff, no IT budget, uneven levels of technical skills in staff, high turnover and volunteer staff, distributed teams with only the internet connecting them, no long term IT planning or vision, and project based funding models.

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See3

OCTOBER 29, 2007

In reaction to this desire, the main organs of Jewish philanthropy set up funds to help. I am on the national Board of Directors of AVODAH and yesterday, in an all-day meeting in New York, we decided to greenlight the expansion to New Orleans. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

Government funding and donor support. This may include identifying new sources of funding, developing new programs and services, or expanding your organization’s reach and impact. Develop a strong and experienced board of directors. Build a board of directors. Financial projections. Volunteer recruiting.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Auctions and raffles are a fantastic approach to sell things that get a lot of attention and generate significant donations for your cause, but using the latest in online software, there’s no reason you can’t simply set up an online shopping page to raise funds as well. 20) Book club. About the Author.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

A new Executive Director. A retiring long-time Executive Director. If your Executive Director has been at the helm for 20 years and is well-known in the community, their retirement could make for a news story. Write an op-ed piece from your Executive Director about the issue your organization works to address.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2017

Is there a giving deadline or specific funding ask associated with the campaign? I have seen reports that show sending a multi-message campaign raises more funds versus sending only 1 email in December. Should you only send a follow-up email if a constituent opened the original appeal? Danielle . Danielle .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

Just reply to your @ or other) I've been actively searching Twitter for folks who are involved with philanthropy -- be they charities, professionals who work for charities and foundations, consultants, and those who simply care about social change. How do you find conversations on Twitter that you want to join? The response was fantastic.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

On Wednesday, August 8, over 300 museum professionals joined CFM director Elizabeth Merritt and Seema Rao, principal of Brilliant Idea Studio , to explore self-care in the museum workplace. My director and I sat down and talked about how they could help me reconcile my identity as an out woman with having to be “closeted” in the workplace.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2016

Funded by the John S. As Project Director of NSD, I have the privilege of presenting about our project during the Public Service segment at MCON 2016. Our mailing list of 800+ subscribers had a 36% Average Open Rate (compared to 20% Industry Average.). and James L. We reached 135,961 people on Facebook and 92,918 on Twitter.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Digital Layered Campaigns with Paid Search, SEO and Display Ads – by Stephanie Tippitt, BDI Essential Nonprofit Marketing Best Practices and 3 Marketing Channels to Try – by Scott G. Digital Layered Campaigns with Paid Search, SEO and Display Ads. I recommend using Google Grants as your initial base search strategy.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

Like so many of you, and you can raise your hand if this applies to you, I became an accidental fundraiser as a nonprofit executive director. And before I knew it, I was a managing director and then an executive director. So, like I said before, the very first step is to start bucketing your funding opportunities.

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