Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2011

Click to Sign Online Petition and Send Steve Jobs A Message. Since December, over 12,000 people have signed an online petition to urge Steve Jobs to change Apple’s unfriendly iPhone donation policy. Steve Jobs.”. million, designed to support the NTEN’s programs over the next two years. From my iPad.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

NTEN – Here's a great run-down from Amy Luckey of the process to use in exploring and evaluating your organization's impact. And she uses NTEN as an example so you can see all the work we've been doing to figure this out for our strategic plan, too: "What does your organization do?

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NTEN

JANUARY 5, 2011

One of NTEN's values is: We are a stage and a platform for your voices, ideas, and debates on technology-related issues that affect us all in our work. I take that to mean it's our job to make sure the entire nonprofit sector has access to the NTEN stage and can make use of it. That's voices , plural.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

That's why we're about to offer " The Email Fundraiser's Toolkit ", covering storytelling, subject lines, list building, the best tools for the job, ROI – pretty much everything your organization needs to make your campaign a success. How to identify which email and online donation tools are the best fit for their organization.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Each of the past couple of years our friends over at NTEN have released reports on Donor Management Software , Content Management Systems , and CRMs. If you’re not a member of NTEN, you might want to take the time to join as well. They do a great job of helping people navigate the technology and opportunities that are out there.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 10, 2012

I have no problem against the latter as long as you are positively affecting the company’s bottom line and meeting your goals but I do have a few things to say to social media strategists who have been hired to do their job but end up spending more time just wrestling within their office corridors to go “social.”"

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Care2

MARCH 22, 2011

Check out the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from M+R Strategic Services and NTEN which surveyed 40 nonprofit organizations and analyzed all of this data and more. Many nonprofits also saw an increase in the number of donations, a sign that that more people feel that economy is recovering. Online Fundraising. Why is that?

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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. My grandfather will still be calling me in the middle of the day at home, expecting to find me there because running a not-for-profit isn't a "real job" in his mind. If I had a crystal ball. Read Nancy's full bio.

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MARCH 27, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Daniel Hartman MAR 27, 2008 NTEN Does Web 2.0 Makes sense.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

She is also the Membership Director at NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network. She is the co-inventor of Goodwill’s patent pending online donation impact calculator. Arlene McCrehan, Senior Director of Online Media, says, “We knew that website visitors tended to use that feature as they’re walking out the door to drop off a donation.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

Stop by Booth 88 at the Science Fair and film your own video for your limited edition NTEN Spark™ to syndicate your Tweets, share on Facebook with friends, and create your own Pledge. BONUS: If your NTEN Spark garners the most views, we will give away a fully functional spark to the charity of your choice. Causemunity in booth 70.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

Holly Ross) Numbers : The nonprofit sector runs on 300B in annual giving, and of that 5-7% (20B) is given online, mostly through the donation pages on your website. I'm limiting my scope to those that do something new or interesting to facilitate actual donations. "Social media doesn't raise money, people raise money." HelpAttack!

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 11, 2009

This list came from my head, my bookmarks, and lists compiled by NTEN and Idealware for their donor management software surveys (and I’m not certain all of these are actually donor databases). I am not planning to keep this list updated — that sounds like a full-time job. Donation Director. Donation Soultion.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

Stop by Booth 88 at the Science Fair and film your own video for your limited edition NTEN Spark™ to syndicate your Tweets, share on Facebook with friends, and create your own Pledge. BONUS: If your NTEN Spark garners the most views, we will give away a fully functional spark to the charity of your choice. Causemunity in booth 70.

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NTEN

JANUARY 28, 2011

Leverage the SMALL ORG ADVANTAGE by looking for donated or discounted licenses. Formally assign someone the job -- even if it's just part of their job -- of creating a strategy for how the org will change its processes, staff structure, service delivery, and budget to leverage technology in mission delivery.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Although I, for one, would be more likely to donate if it somehow involved colored marshmallows.). Instead, think of branding as a way to make your job easier. Series Cost : $90 for NTEN Members, $180 for non-members (Includes a copy of Brandraising !). Getting Started & Messaging (September 21st).

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] For example, the more time it takes my staff to process a donation and see that the donor is acknowledged, the less time they have to work on mission-critical tasks. You know your co-workers and volunteers.

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

TechSoup also has a new foundation resource area for software donations. Lisa does an excellent job, quietly working in the background to keep a steady flow of information happening. They do in-depth and impartial software reviews for TechSoup and NTEN, run webinars for TAG, and present at all the major conferences.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

At a small organization like NTEN, a leader has to be ready to do just about everything, from fundraising to janitorial services. I'd been at NTEN for five years before I took the ED job, so I was lucky enough to know what I was doing -- mostly. But there are giant swaths of the job description I've had to learn from scratch.

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NTEN

AUGUST 2, 2012

DO accept a technology donation from a(n extremely busy) board member! When you get that donation from them, they’ll totally be available to help you set it all up, specially tweak it for use at your organization, and even be available for midnight support calls when it all goes to hell.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2015

Unless your full-time job is to study the tool sets of social networks and read tech blogs religiously, there’s a good chance that you need social media training – even if you have already had social media training. NTEN , Idealware , and Connecting Up also offer social media training for nonprofit professionals.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

million people who now write on the wall about their experiences with cancer, donate money to the Arkansas Children's Hospital, and post pictures on the cause. This will give you tools we've built just for nonprofits including a dashboard where you can track causes, track donations, and download donor contact information.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

On a smaller scale, NTEN's own web analytics show that, by and large, our carefully considered, better written, longer blog posts yield much longer time-on-page, particularly during the first few days they're up, than our regular, written-for-the-web fare. Tags: NPTech NTEN Communications. Your site design should reflect that.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 5, 2009

We want to figure out how to do a better job letting people know who we are and why we matter in a way they’ll listen. We have to figure out who is likely to engage online and who isn’t (and not just for donations). The larger nonprofits seem to have it down pat. The smaller ones, not so much. Beth Kanter. Connection Café. Weiner Blog.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

September 17, 2007 There is an interesting discussion happening between Holly Ross, soon to be ED of NTEN, and Allan Benamer , about web statistics, and whether or not nonprofits should be “transparent&# and publish their web statistics. And, he thinks that NTEN should be responsive to him, as a member, in asking to publish web stats.

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Care2

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Have staff or volunteers at the information desk whose sole job is to act as a concierge - i.e. walk people to the room they need; handle emergency needs like printing, band-aids, etc. Then, just ask for a small cash donation in appreciation for the volunteers who take care of packing their items. Things are going to go wrong.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Network for Good put together a slideshow of the home pages of 10 nonprofits that are hitting it out of the ball park by being clear in their message and making it easy for a visitor to engage further or donate. Sign up for NTEN''s Workshop-Technology Champion Master Class in San Francisco on September 19!

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Connection Cafe

JULY 29, 2016

On December 31st, 2015, the busiest day of the year for online fundraising, we had just one email queued up to go out from NTEN. But NTEN is certainly not the only organization leveraging advances in technology to make fundraising a donor-centric process. What do you have to do every day or even every time someone donates?

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NTEN

MAY 11, 2012

How to empower (and contain) the volunteer with job descriptions, responsibilities and accountability. Then, they could tag the location, even accept on-the-spot donations – and not worry about transcription errors when they get back to the office. I've seen so many political activist volunteers out with clipboards this month.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Network for Good put together a slideshow of the home pages of 10 nonprofits that are hitting it out of the ball park by being clear in their message and making it easy for a visitor to engage further or donate. Sign up for NTEN''s Workshop-Technology Champion Master Class in San Francisco on September 19!

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 2, 2015

If you’re attending #15NTC and your job responsibility involves online fundraising or marketing, here’s a breakdown of the must-attend sessions each day: March 4. What Has Your Donation Page Done for You Lately? This session will dive into creating a donation page that encourages action. I admit it—I am geeking out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

We embed the product donation with a connection to the community and capacity building.&#. Horin also said that other partners in the TechSoup Global network responded to requests for donations and assistance. A reporter from the Seattle Times asked how the company makes sure that their day jobs actually gets done.

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

TechSoup also has a new foundation resource area for software donations. Lisa does an excellent job, quietly working in the background to keep a steady flow of information happening. They do in-depth and impartial software reviews for TechSoup and NTEN, run webinars for TAG, and present at all the major conferences.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Moreover, the company reports that people who are 35 years and older make up the fastest growing user demographic, which corresponds to the demographic mostly likely to make a donation online. Prior to encouraging your supporters to create impact through donations, make sure to engage your fans and supporters in other ways.

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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. It’s a powerful system that is more complex than most we reviewed, but it does a reasonably good job of arranging fields and screens in intuitive ways. by Social Source Foundation.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

According to a study conducted by Javelin Strategy and Research, 55% of participants said that they would trust an organization less with their personal information after a breach, and almost 30% of those polled said they would stop donating or sponsoring the institution altogether. It's hard enough keeping your existing donors engaged.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Some donors have a solid relationship with an organization where they choose to donate funds year after year. Whether you're hosting a walk-a-thon, charity auction, or soliciting online donations for an annual fund drive, the success of your fundraising campaign lies in the success of each of the individual participants.

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