Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 16, 2011

CRM (which I am defining rather loosely, rather than tightly, for the purpose of this post – as the tool or set of tools used to track constituents, donations, perhaps even events and volunteers) are arguably the most important technology tools that nonprofits use. It is relatively easy to set up for most functionality.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

Make your donation and volunteer opportunities easy to find. Review your site’s metrics such as time spent on each page, call to action (CTA) click-through rate, bounce rate, and conversion rates for pages such as your donation form or new patient registration page. Make your donation and volunteer opportunities easy to find.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 16, 2010

Is it free because it’s open source (Drupal, Elgg, Word Press)? Is it free because it is a profitable company that has a clear and well defined donation program (Salesforce.com)? Are they free because the company behind them is an ad revenue machine and uber profitable (Google)?

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 13, 2013

.” Alignment Partners also has considerable experience using a variety of analytical tools to help its customers mine their existing datasets for the kinds of business intelligence they need to realize improved operating efficiencies, increase donations (and other positive results), and plan for the future.

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Achieve

JANUARY 24, 2017

Our team decided to leverage the extensibility and scalability of the Drupal open-source content management system to ensure the site could handle the sustained load of 24-hours of giving. This custom-built Drupal site started accepting nonprofit applications immediately. Achieve launched phase one of the new. Great Give.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

I’ve already talked on this blog about Salesforce integration with Drupal , Plone , and others. If you’re running database applications (tracking donations, events, programs, clients) and want deep integration between your web content and your data, it is an approach that is hard to beat. What are the advantages?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 17, 2011

I spend some amount of my Drupal and WordPress development time, both for my clients and for myself, in setting up one or two-way integrations between websites and social media sites. The apps I use most on my phone include the Facebook app for Android and Tweetdeck. It’s hype designed to sell things.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 2, 2008

Methinks its only going to get harder as grants and donations start to dry up. However, PHP is the basis for Drupal, which is inarguably the most popular open source CMS system, and WordPress, inarguably the most popular Blogging platform. So PHP it is, starting with Drupal. and take it from there.

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NTEN

MAY 17, 2013

Long-time NTEN member and supporter, Atomic Mobile , recently reached a big milestone of 200 clients on the new TapFunder mobile donation platform - check it out ! The fundraiser will help the long-time Drupal community contributer in his fight against late stage ALS. You can register for the event or make a donation here: [link].

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NTEN

OCTOBER 9, 2014

In-person Events 10/14 SFTech4Good (San Francisco, CA): Cause Funding: Indiegogo + Cause Funder: Geek Club Books, Autism Story Apps 10/15 NCTech4Good (Triangle Region, NC): Does Your Donation Page Need Work? How do you listen to your community and generate content from it?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

There were a lot of things you could do, including accept donations, track personal donation pages, and the like. I didn’t get a very close look at the CMS (I’m wishing in retrospect that I had), but the little bit I did see of it suggested to me that it was somewhat more limited than CMS systems such as Drupal or Plone.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 16, 2019

Like WP Engine, they’re very reputable in the industry and known for delivering enterprise-quality, reliable hosting for WordPress and Drupal. Compared to all three providers, Pantheon is the most premium and expensive. They’re ideal for medium to large organizations wanting the absolute best in speed, security, and support.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

That sort of information could be a newsletter sign up, a contact form that should be responded to, an online donation or an event registration. Another purpose is for membership lists, or group lists, or perhaps live tracking of donations from a specific campaign. at 3:50 pm CiviCRM and Drupal (& Joomla) 01.26.09

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Byte Technology

APRIL 28, 2015

And as such, it’s vital that certain elements of your site have an ease-of-use available to you: for the ability to make quick changes to content and page designs; to tweak donation or payment platforms; to move your site to another platform should you choose; and so on.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2009

Second to last in my series on CMS and CRM integration (I’m saving Drupal and Salesforce for last) is using web forms. Here are some examples of things I’ve done and seen done: A custom donation page that’s sitting on a service like Network for Good that is linked from the website, or framed within it.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

If your constituents could log in to your site and see content personalized just for them, or a reminder that it's been a year since their last donation, you'd have technology that goes a long way toward helping you meet your mission.

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 4, 2021

In order to continue funneling users to your target action, whether that’s to donate or participate in an event, you need a well-designed, intuitive, engaging, and informative website. Anne is an advocate for open source and co-organizes the Bay Area Drupal Camp. Ways Your Website Can Support A Multi-channel Strategy.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 21, 2008

CiviCRM has 4 basic components: CiviContribute, CiviMail, CiviMember, and CiviEvents – which allow you to track contacts, donations, members, send out email blasts, have event registration, etc. It can integrate with both Drupal or Joomla, and there is a new stand-alone version as well.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

A new Wild Apricot research report: Fundraising with Facebook , takes a look at the impact of Facebook on online donations. Among the report highlights is the finding that 12% of traffic to donation pages comes from mobile devices. Maybe you're interested in learning more about WordPress, Drupal, or CiviCRM?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2016

Good quality content is expensive to produce, and content production isn't the core competence of nonprofit staff who work on marketing and communications — their previous experience typically involves more traditional means of soliciting donations. I don't mean sales copy, or copy created to elicit donations.

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NTEN

MARCH 11, 2013

A new Wild Apricot research report: Fundraising with Facebook , takes a look at the impact of Facebook on online donations. Among the report highlights is the finding that 12% of traffic to donation pages comes from mobile devices. Maybe you're interested in learning more about WordPress, Drupal, or CiviCRM?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 1, 2010

I'd sell it and donate the money to DoSomething.org. More organizations will depend on mobile donations. By Nancy Lublin, CEO and Chief Old Person, DoSomething.org. If I had a crystal ball. But here are some predictions about the future of the not-for-profit world, in no specific order. Is it because we like hiring more senior people?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2013

Take a look at some of our resources and products available through the TechSoup donation program: TechSoup's Adobe Donation Program provides a range of software for revamping your organization's website. Microsoft Sharepoint 2010 is a CMS available through TechSoup's Microsoft Donation Program. Mobile Optimization.

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Care2

APRIL 1, 2013

The winner will receive a cash award of $1,000, plus Care2 will donate an additional $1,000 to their favorite charity. Any member of the NTEN community is eligible to vote, starting now until the deadline at noon Pacific Time on Wednesday, April 10th. Only one vote per person will be counted. The judges considered four main criteria.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2009

" Convio released a report ranking the highest online-donating cities in 2008 and 2009 year-to-date. The good news is that, according to Convio's tracking, this year should still see increased total online donations over last year, despite the down economy. Peter Campbell is kicking off a series of posts about Drupal.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2017

Pay’s online donation software specializes in all things digital, innovative, and lucrative. They’ve simplified the donation process by implementing a two-click payment service. Their mobile-friendly online forms are a breeze—your supporters will simply select their preferred donation amount and confirm their contribution via email.

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NTEN

APRIL 16, 2015

Communities of Practice NTEN Communities of Practice (CoPs) are affinity groups centered on specific topics of interest, from community management to Drupal to nonprofits in the arts. You can contact Community Program Coordinator Bethany Lister and Membership Director Megan Keane at community@nten.org for more information.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 24, 2021

Ways to Get Involved: This includes volunteer information, fundraising opportunities (peer-to-peer sign-up pages, online donation form, etc.), WordPress, HubSpot, and Drupal are common choices in the nonprofit sector and beyond. advocacy opportunities, matching gift and volunteer grant information, event calendar, and more.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

Even if you're using a content management system like WordPress or Drupal, by incorporating APIs, you can further enhance built in app-like functionality to create a highly customized experience. Donations and Payments. By Chris Dumas, Product Manager, FirstGiving. Websites today are often full-blown applications. What are APIs?

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NTEN

APRIL 2, 2014

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 21, 2010

There’s a drupal/civicrm system in place and a community space that was a beta trial (that is closing down), plus knowledge/experience on the team of using tools like facebook, twitter and wiki platforms. In the case of CTX, the sweet spot had key words like: open. peer to peer. positively incorporates promotion and visibility.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2015

I may have championed responsive design, but secretly I asked myself things like, “How many people really make a donation on an iPhone?” Get ready… Myth #1: No one really donates on mobile. of donations came from mobile devices. Reality for donations: 16.6% ” Have you been there? Reality: 19.6%

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Forum One

APRIL 28, 2010

It has cultivated over 130 staff bloggers, invested in a web platform (Drupal) to faciliate storytelling and collaboration, provides storytelling training to staff, and recognizes the importance of leveraging staff writers, photographers, and videographers across all of its efforts.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

CiviCRM offers basic functionality for donations, as well as a number of other constituent interactions, but very little in the way of reporting. The system integrates tightly with common Web site content management systems with online payment and form-building functionality, like Drupal and Joomla. by Social Source Foundation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

According to the Global NGO Technology Report , 44% of nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide use WordPress.org as their content management system (CMS) for their website ( 7% use Drupal and 3% use Joomla ). Prominently feature your “Donate” button, e-newsletter opt-in, and social network icons. that your nonprofit uses.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

TOOLS AND RESOURCES Places to find reviews of tools and training TechSoup [link] Idealware [link] Aspiration [link] CompassPoint [link] NTEN [link] Web Site Hosting Electric Embers [link] Pair Networks [link] Thinkhost [link] Domain name registration MyDomain [link] Register.com [link] Network Solutions [link] CMS (Content Management System) Drupal (..)

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

We use ActionKit mainly for online advocacy and fundraising but we also use it to manage our supporter database, email blasts, and donations. We use nonprofit, open-source Drupal to manage our main website. Web tools: we use ActionKit which is the online organizing toolkit used by MoveOn.org and built by the same development team.

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