Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 12, 2010

In January 2010, I was quoted by Association & Nonprofit BizNow for saying: “[Heather] envisions a mobile app with a GuideStar database of nonprofits that would make it possible for people to donate to any organization at any time. Now in its initial launch, a different nonprofit is featured everyday.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

On Giving Tuesday, many nonprofits and donors alike use the #GivingTuesday hashtag to find nonprofits participating in the big day and donors who want to contribute to them! This is a great time to set up your GivingTuesday donation page, plan a few publicity blasts, and start approaching donors about commitments.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 26, 2022

However, over the past two years of the pandemic, there has been a massive shift to digital outreach that nonprofits now rely on to increase impact. These nonprofits then, in turn, have begun to need digital marketing/analytics/content and other digital-first work done by staff and AmeriCorps members. . What’s in it for you?

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

Customer personas (like mine above) are not just for marketing professionals, they are also incredibly beneficial for nonprofits seeking to understand who their donors are, why they give, how they like to be communicated with, and what their barriers to giving are. Website analytics: help us track donation page interactions and web traffic.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2012

UPDATED 4/3/12: If your nonprofit has yet to start using Pinterest , then hopefully new data released for March 2012 revealing that Pinterest now generates more referral traffic than Twitter will motivate you to start pinning – or at the very least to sign up and reserve your first choice of usernames (hint, hint!).

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Whether you’re looking to acquire new donors , want to spread the word about your programs, need to recruit volunteers, or are looking to expand your reach, Google Ad Grants can get your nonprofit in front of more people. Google Ad Grants is a program aimed at helping nonprofits share their causes with the world. But how do they work?

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 14, 2022

This guest post was contributed by Double the Donation. New and developing nonprofit technology is constantly paving the way for improved fundraising and overall donor experiences. Here are a few tried-and-true best practices to follow: Promote matching gifts throughout your nonprofit website. Online donation form.

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CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

Since 2012, thousands of nonprofits have run campaigns on CauseVox ’s fundraising platform. Catalogue for Philanthropy made use of Giving Tuesday Now (a national fundraising day to support nonprofits through COVID) to hype up their own one-day giving event online. Livestream Event. 5K/Marathon.

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Forum One

MAY 5, 2022

Hint: If you use a CRM, you’re likely already paying for automation tools! Drip campaigns,” or a series of timed emails triggered by actions like sign-ups or donations, are a common way organizations use automation to provide steady, responsive information to audience members right when they’re ready to engage. Marketing automation.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 9, 2022

As we approach the end of the calendar year, many of your donors will be thinking about end-of-year donations to your organization. Taking content that you have already created, and pushing it through multiple formats (postcard, website, video, text message, etc.) Consider Accepting Non-Traditional Donations.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

” Online donor acquisition is essentially about creating new relationships with people by getting them to donate during a specific moment or campaign, or by acquiring emails (and the permission to keep the relationship going) from people that may go on to donate to your organization in the future. Content lockers.

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

Guest post blog submitted by: Donately, a nonprofit technology provider. It’s time to step into your donors’ shoes and work to optimize their experience on your website. . A major part of that process will be making sure your site holds your donors’ attention and gives them access to easy-to-use online donation tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

But if you want to get even deeper insights, do an in-depth review of a similar nonprofit’s practice – whether it be broad – such as digital marketing techniques or narrow such as analyzing specific techniques as part of a content strategy.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 6, 2022

Fundraising for any nonprofit can be a challenging task. As an animal-related nonprofit, you often compete with other similar organizations, not to mention thousands of other deserving causes, for every donation. In addition to direct funding, they can often offer your nonprofit numerous types of fundraising support.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 28, 2013

Get ready to hear some great insights from an experienced marketing pro that has a passion for serving the nonprofit community and Blackbaud customers. — It’s very easy to become paralyzed by the variety of opinions about how to optimize donation forms. Take a look at your website (go ahead, right now!)

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 23, 2013

This is the fourth part in my series about learning how to test the usability of your online donation form and website with real donors. Moreover, usability testing is an invaluable tool for improving your website design and increasing donation conversions. Observing participants drive your website (without helping).

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3rd Sector Labs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

In fact, being in the nonprofit data services business, we get asked lots of questions about how to obtain more donor data, better data, the right data. In my experience, however, retailers are much more aggressive with their data that nonprofits. How do you know when your organization is storing and using too much data? And no more.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

Many of your donations will come in as pledges and some number will drop off over time. Check out this great donation tier chart example from the Capital Campaign Toolkit. You’ll want to write down the tiers of donations or pledges you believe you can reach and how many of each you think you can reasonably fundraise.

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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. 8) Digital download donation rewards.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Note: This is the eighth in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. Your sitemap is a visual representation of the structure of your website. Ultimately, the sitemap will be what’s represented by your website’s navigation. Ultimately, the sitemap will be what’s represented by your website’s navigation.

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Care2

DECEMBER 8, 2010

million gifts to 66,470 different nonprofits from 2003 – 2009.&# What this means for you as a nonprofit? Use your website, in particular, and other Internet outposts as a way to build relationships with donors online. Give five friends $10 each and watch them make donations via your website. No surprise here.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 15, 2017

There are a plethora of nonprofit job boards, each bursting at the seams with vibrant opportunities for nonprofit professionals. Nonetheless, we’ll break down five top tips to navigating nonprofit job boards in an effective, strategic manner—and finding the perfect new executive or team member along the way! Sound difficult?

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

Note: This is the second in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. Most nonprofits already have Google Analytics installed on their website to track online traffic. Our purposes for using Analytics as User Research are: To learn about current visitors to the website. Overall site visits. Wireframes.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Forget the hundreds of metrics that are being spat out and focus on what matters most for your nonprofit. For nonprofit marketers in particular, tracking conversion metrics on supporter behavior is what you should probably be focused on — versus just viewing vanity metrics of how many people have visited your website.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2017

Do you wake up in a cold tech sweat when you know you'll have to adjust an image of your executive director for an annual report, post photos on your website from an event, or create an invitation to your organization's gala affair? Hint: it does not mean really great breadsticks.) Please visit the site to view this video).

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

It is not a secret that nonprofits need volunteers and donors to achieve their goals and carry out their mission. Many nonprofits do not know that the line between their volunteers and donors is very thin. The value of a volunteer who donates is also on average much higher than a donor only prospect (About 10 X Higher).

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 18, 2016

When I came on board, the company’s first website had just launched, and my role was to create the first email newsletter and set up the site to accept online donations. In truth, we did change the world, and we did pioneer how nonprofits use the Internet. The sooner your nonprofit makes the investment, the better.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Hint: it's all about managing password managers and two-factor authentication. " James Wadsworth , product owner, product donation platform, wanted a password manager for all his devices. I use very few password-protected websites, so I can do it. It’s a free non-cloud password manager on the SourceForge website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

By Sean Kosofsky , is the Nonprofit Fixer and founder of Mind the Gap Consulting. Nonprofit organizations have a lot of challenges relating to fundraising. Nonprofits need every tool possible to entice donors to join and then stick around for years. Hint: It’s the XYY Soup Kitchen.” Get creative. Recognition/Appreciation.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Each month, I look at dozens of nonprofit websites and hundreds of nonprofit emails. The foundational elements of effective online communications are your website and email communications. Are you proud of your website and able to keep fresh, interesting content flowing that matches your stakeholders interests?

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NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2010

Let's get started: Thanks, Nancy Scwhartz , for taking the recent Russian spy saga and turning it into a nonprofit marketing lesson. This article from Microsoft tries to tackle the IT "overhead" challenge nonprofits struggle. Hint: it's about organizational strategy, not operating costs, people! Nice: givezooks!

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2015

It may not be quite as dramatic, but isn't this the path of the nonprofit? Something has gone awry and entered the world, be it illness, war, slavery, disabilities, or natural disasters, and your nonprofit has brazenly stepped forward to face the problem head on, with the hopes of a brighter, healthier, and more peaceful future.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

Among a sea of nonprofits, today’s organizations need to do everything they can to squeeze more out of their marketing budgets. Google recognizes the power of search engine marketing and shares free access to its paid marketing platform with eligible nonprofits. Without further ado, let’s dive in! What Are Google Ad Grants?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

In 1999, Blackbaud pioneered the nonprofit technology market by introducing reliable, secure, and donor-friendly online donation forms. The last three years, in particular, have shown how online giving continues to be a growth engine for fundraising in the nonprofit sector. Hint: Donor behavior is consumer behavior.).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Now more than ever, nonprofits need to share stories of how they’re making the world better. A number of nonprofits are already doing an incredible job of this—and you can easily follow their lead. It goes a long way in helping readers get to know Rani and consider donating to help kids like her.

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BoardAssist

MAY 10, 2016

What are the trends that are going to impact your nonprofit in 2016? Here are the issues that YOUR nonprofit needs to address for 2016. If you don’t, there are plenty of other deserving nonprofits who are tackling them. Every nonprofit needs a well-rounded fundraising program with diversified sources of revenue.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

If you want people from your social media to support your nonprofit’s activities, you need a nonprofit social media plan. You already know this: In the nonprofit realm, social media is life. The most successful social media presences (nonprofit and otherwise) are in fact the result of a strong nonprofit social media plan!

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