AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Know Your Event Goals. Once you have defined your goals, you can begin to develop the particulars of your content. . It is easy for online conversations to descend into chaos, so if you add structure to the event, you can avoid some of the wasted and time and energy that comes with having to constantly refocus the group. .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. With these tools, our goal is to make the defenders of human rights stronger in their fight against injustice and abuse. Can we help stimulate the creation of far more technology-for-good ventures?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Last week, the National Federation of the Blind and 22 organizations serving people with disabilities filed detailed objections to a petition from a group of makers of e-reader devices led by Amazon to be exempted from accessibility requirements under the relatively new Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

That’s the goal: Make sure they know that you sincerely appreciate their support. . This is how you’ll learn about the various groupings, ages, and interests of your supporters, which will then help you effectively craft the right kind message that will turn them into long-term donors. Asking questions does a few things: .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

With the goal of promoting braille literacy, this landmark meeting brought together braille experts from around the world to Perkins’ campus in Watertown, Massachusetts. At Benetech, we want to ensure that in this brave new world of digital content, braille is as available as any other ebook format to those who want it.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 24, 2022

A Focused Group at the Fundraising Conference. Make sure you check out our Auction Games Ebooks for more great ideas to incorporate into your next event. Our goal is to provide resources, support, and services to our outstanding clients. Another huge shout out to our sponsors, and session guest speakers.

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Achieve

AUGUST 6, 2021

Try these peer-to-peer fundraising tips and you’ll be well on your way to meeting your fundraising goal. This is especially true if you’ve got a group of younger participants who communicate primarily through different social media channels! Humans are goal-oriented creatures. Then you’re already halfway to your goal!

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 20, 2020

At Twenti, we help nonprofits understand and access the grant (see our ultimate ebook guide and free eligibility check ), but what happens once you’ve got the grant? Make sure all useful keywords are included but split your campaign into different ad groups which contain similar keywords. Have a targeted landing page for each ad group.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 24, 2018

Most importantly, he walked me through how to frame the goal of any agreement with another organization, and to think through scenarios of how it might go sour. What if we could scan once, proofread the resulting scan, and share that ebook with tens of thousands of eager readers? He called these “imaginary horribles.”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

David Grossman , president and founder of The Grossman Group , published in 2010 a helpful, free eBook titled: Mastering The Art of Messaging. Using the 18-page ebook , you''ll learn : what a strategic messaging plan should encompass (and what it shouldn’t). Thanks, as always, David, for another useful ebook!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2014

With its rapidly growing collection of over 225,000 (and counting) accessible ebooks, Bookshare is the world’s largest library of its kind. Years of working closely with our users have taught us that their circumstances and the goals they are trying to accomplish vary widely. Listen to their needs and adjust course accordingly.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2015

Our goal is not to make gobs of money, it’s to make maximum social impact while breaking even. As one of our partners from an LGBT group in Uganda noted last year, “If it isn’t documented, it didn’t happen.” You’ve come to the right place: Benetech. We are Silicon Valley’s deliberately nonprofit software company.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The context We’ve been supporting the World Blind Union and other groups in the pursuit of a Treaty for the Visually Impaired for the last five or six years. In particular, they wanted the group to endorse that a copyright exception under Marrakesh exclude works that are commercially available. I had a sinking feeling in my stomach.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The goal of the Treaty is to make a copyright exception for the blind and other people with disabilities that stop them from reading print, and to make import and export of accessible content legal. I wrote a post at the time with the detailed suggestions from the expert group about the text of the draft. So, in the U.S.,

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Know Your Event Goals. Once you have defined your goals, you can begin to develop the particulars of your content. . It is easy for online conversations to descend into chaos, so if you add structure to the event, you can avoid some of the wasted and time and energy that comes with having to constantly refocus the group. .

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Qgiv

MARCH 21, 2022

If you don’t hit your fundraising goal in one area, you still have an opportunity to regroup and adjust goals in other areas for a comprehensive, year-round giving strategy that includes online donation forms. As with all fundraising, it’s important to keep your revenue sources diversified. Why is Hospital Fundraising Important?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2009

But, it's a dream that the commercial ebook vendors keep dashing. We have an action by Amazon that sets back years of work to make ebooks accessible. We just announced that a major publishing group (Hachette) has voluntarily decided to help Bookshare deliver high-quality versions of their books to people with disabilities.

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Qgiv

JULY 30, 2021

In fact, you can manage your fundraising participants and their teams, track progress, monitor fundraising activities, and send emails to targeted groups of participants. . Maui Humane Society created a beautiful peer-to-peer site using Qgiv’s peer-to-peer tools and raised 115% of their $50,000 goal! Text fundraising options.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 20, 2018

Once they understand that philanthropy is about so much more than just “asking”, it becomes fun and interesting to engage in ways they feel comfortable while still advancing your goals. To dig deeper and get more tools and tips, download the eBook “Convert Your Board into a Fundraising Machine!”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2014

Start with a measurable goal. Your goal aligns your team and supporters with your crowdfunding campaign. After you think through these questions, create a well defined goal that follows the SMART framework : specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely. Download our free ebook on planning a crowdfunding campaign today!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

After all, in the world of eBooks, ten years is pretty old! We are ramping up an amazing volunteer force of individuals, on their own and from universities, corporations, and other groups, who have created tens of thousands of descriptions, vastly exceeding our expectations. Thanks again! What if you’re a U.S.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 23, 2024

One major gift-size donation can be the difference between meeting your fundraising goal and not. After all, this is a group of people who already support your work. Ebook The Annual Fund Giving Guide: Planning an Annual Campaign Learn More Check Planned Giving Donors What Is This Strategy? In the United States, 13.9%

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

My personal goal is to channel the aspirations of the technology community to do more social good. He reads accessible ebooks from Benetech’s Bookshare library in braille format, and learns as quickly as his peers without disabilities. In this update, I’m delighted to be able to share Benetech’s latest efforts to do both.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 18, 2007

We also met with many other groups, such as publishers, lobbyists, educational researchers and state education agency leaders. The week kicked off with a major meeting hosted by the National Federation of the Blind around increased access to ebooks by blind people. That's an issue I'm quite passionate about. Big challenges.

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

Not only is it an engaging donor experience, but peer-to-peer fundraising is often the push you need to reach essential fundraising goals. Download eBook. Determine a goal, 2. The group participating in the mission trip, such as the Youth Group or Adult Ministry, are the participants raising funds for the mission trip.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Mike Brown, the founder of the Kansas City, MO company called, The Brainzooming Group , encourages business leaders to solicit feedback from their customers when creating a strategic plan.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

One of our goals was to provide free broadband Internet access to patrons in their homes—and we’ve met that goal. Offer a subscription to an eBook program for kids so that librarians can use iPads to hold story times. We’re very pleased at how quickly it has taken off,” said Marlane.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

For every employee, consider what enhancements are needed for safety, productivity and wellbeing.” -- David Grossman, Founder & CEO, The Grossman Group. For more advice on how to lead your organization through the pandemic, see Grossman’s new (free) ebook, 12 Tips for Employers to Navigate the Future World of Work.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

33% of donors in this age group prefer to give in response to social media channels, and 29% prefer to give via text messages. That said, different social media platforms are more popular with different age groups. At your current rate, will you be able to stay within your budget and meet or exceed your recruitment goals?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

For every employee, consider what enhancements are needed for safety, productivity and wellbeing.” -- David Grossman, Founder & CEO, The Grossman Group. For more advice on how to lead your organization through the pandemic, see Grossman’s new (free) ebook, 12 Tips for Employers to Navigate the Future World of Work.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2020

For every employee, consider what enhancements are needed for safety, productivity and wellbeing.” -- David Grossman, Founder & CEO, The Grossman Group. For more advice on how to lead your organization through the pandemic, see Grossman’s new (free) ebook, 12 Tips for Employers to Navigate the Future World of Work.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

The Author’s Guild asserts that they control the audio rights and that delivering a text ebook to a device which could speak it aloud with synthetic text-to-speech and that their commercial market for audio books will someday be significantly affected by TTS. But, the advocacy groups present in Geneva felt that the U.S.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

They set team goals to avoid little kingdoms. This year they are on-track to break the 70% retention barrier and have already bested their stretch fundraising goal for the year. Remember, the goal isn’t retention, it’s meaningful relationships. p.s. Look out for our upcoming eBook on donor retention. There are no silos.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

A mission statement is meant to be a guide that ensures the programs or projects you undertake align with your organization’s goals. They aren’t interested in large-scale issues like ending homelessness — that goal feels too big. Instead, the goal is to create a living statement that should evolve as your organization evolves.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 22, 2020

Another option is to create a Facebook Group and invite-only registrants into it. The viewer will need to be a Facebook user in order to watch your Facebook Live from a group. Another option is to create a Facebook Group and invite-only registrants into it. Start by selling tickets or capturing event registrations.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 28, 2015

In fact, many firms use pro bono projects, on their own or in conjunction with groups like The Taproot Foundation , Common Impact or CatchaFire , as a part of their high potential employee programs. Our goal is simple, to help the nonprofit expose kids to careers in tech while encouraging them to go to college.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 30, 2017

From donor retention to nonprofit marketing to organizational leadership, every ebook is an invaluable resource. The marketing automation strategy and processes you lean on should be based on four core tenants: Goals. Set SMART Goals. For example, “raise more money” is not a good goal. Create Donor Personas.

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