Nonprofit Tech for Good
OCTOBER 31, 2011
The following is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. These best practices serve as a foundation for upgrading your website to be compatible with the Social Web and are then elaborated upon in the upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Online Fundraising and e-Newsletters.
Amy Sample Ward
OCTOBER 18, 2011
My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is now up – you can read it and join the conversation on the SSIR blog , or read the full post below. —– Whether your organization has had a presence on Facebook for years or just days—or you’re considering starting now—trying to follow along with all the changes to functionality, options, and analytics is incredibly overwhelming.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
OCTOBER 12, 2011
As I mentioned in my previous two blogs about my Africa trip of last July, I had the pleasure of meeting many interesting people and learning about numerous exciting, cool projects during that three week long visit to Kenya, Tanzania and Ghana. In Ghana, I greatly enjoyed meeting Peter Ackland, CEO of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness.
NetWits
OCTOBER 31, 2011
Wondering how to get more from your holiday email appeals ? Reviewing the way you use links may be a good place to start – effective link copy and placement can have huge effects on click through rates and related fundraising results. A few things to consider before we get into the key take away … People receive a lot of email. Nielsen Norman Groups’ research found the number of new or unread messages increased 300% from 2006-10.
Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker
Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 4, 2011
Photo by Stuck in Customs. What is Content Curation? Content curation is the process of sorting through the vast amounts of content on the web and presenting it in a meaningful and organized way around a specific theme. The work involves sifting, sorting, arranging, and publishing information. A content curator cherry picks the best content that is important and relevant to share with their community.
Wild Apricot
OCTOBER 19, 2011
This month we've found 22 free non-profit webinars. Topics include mobile marketing; press releases; email marketing; multi-channel fundraising; volunteer job descriptions; grant proposals and much more.
Nonprofit Technology brings together the best content for nonprofit technical enthusiasts from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Amy Sample Ward
OCTOBER 12, 2011
If you’ve been following the #OccupyWallStreet events you know the size and number of events continues to grow every day. It’s really exciting to see the energy and visibility the Occupy Wall Street movement is bringing to communities around the country and even world. From speeches, to marches, to the signs individuals have brought with them, core issues that nonprofits work on every day, such as economic inequality, high unemployment and corporate greed are coming to a head.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
OCTOBER 7, 2011
Benetech’s Human Rights Program supports critical human rights cases around the world helping to end impunity and bring justice to communities torn apart by violence. Benetech statistician Daniel Guzmán has just published his account of one legal case which set a historic precedent for human rights in Guatemala. Guzmán’s article, entitled Speaking Stats to Justice: Expert Testimony in a Guatemalan Human Rights Trial Based on Statistical Sampling , appears in the most recent issue of CHANCE, a qu
NetWits
OCTOBER 28, 2011
I’m often asked “Why are you such a fan of peer-to-peer fundraising ?”. Well, I describe my love for P2P fundraising with one word “Forgiving”. Let me explain. As a member of the development team you’re giving a fundraising goal – sometime you’re in the lucky position where you can look at your data, past performance and give yourself a realistic goal.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 3, 2011
Facebook Changes: A Complete Guide – by Mari Smith. View more presentations from Mari Smith. Last Friday, social media guru Mari Smith offered a free webinar that took a deep dive through the Facebook changes, and how they work for both individuals and brands. You can download the slides here and listen to the recording here. The webinar was 90 minutes and she took us through step-by-step about how the new features work.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio
The average nonprofit uses five or more different software platforms to create their donor’s journey, making the experience clunky and disjointed. If you want to design a magical online giving experience for donors, making their journey as seamless as possible is key. In this webinar with expert Tim Sarrantonio, you’ll learn the fundamental steps to create an immersive and personalized online giving experience for your donors.
Wild Apricot
OCTOBER 27, 2011
Take a Nonprofit Blog Carnival ride to get insight into the volunteer experience and how you can improve it. Here is a round-up of posts from around the web offering tips on volunteer engagement.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
OCTOBER 24, 2011
Defying its name, Tumblr user growth has accelerated dramatically in 2011 ( up 218% over last year ) and the eleven nonprofits listed below are paving the way for early adoption in the nonprofit sector. Part-blogging, part-social networking community, Tumblr makes an interesting choice for blogs that are specific to a campaign or cause – especially if you have a lot photos and videos to share.
Get Fully Funded
OCTOBER 29, 2011
Many people are being wildly successful in fundraising these days. After working with several, I’ve noticed that share a few things in common. 1. The are passionate about their cause. They believe deeply in the work their nonprofit does and they love seeing loves changed. 2. They are willing to do whatever it takes to see their nonprofit organization succeed.
NTEN
OCTOBER 18, 2011
By Roger Burks, Co-Founder, Pictographers. Creating a blog should be an opportunity, not an obligation. If it feels like solely an obligation, you should reconsider starting one — because, in my opinion, the most compelling blogs are born and grow from true curiosity, enthusiasm, and exploration. For the most part, nonprofit organizations' online communications suffer from an identity crisis: they have no identity.
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ASU Lodestar Center
OCTOBER 14, 2011
posted by. Angela Francis , Senior Associate. Nonprofit Finance Fund. Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. At Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), we use data to help us understand and communicate the financial reality facing nonprofit practitioners on the ground.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 7, 2011
Photo by Laughing Squid. Note from Beth: While many of us focus our attention on FB pages, Facebook groups can be a good platform for nonprofits to use for informal peer learning groups, getting feedback from your post passionate fans , or to cultivate and support a brand ambassadors group. I’ve been using them to enhance peer exchanges where participants are meeting face-to-face or conference call for “water color” learning – especially if the focus of the learning is
Wild Apricot
OCTOBER 3, 2011
How will recent changes at Facebook impact your non-profit or association? Here's an overview of how some social media experts and non-profit bloggers who've weighed in on this topic. ( read more ).
Nonprofit Tech for Good
OCTOBER 30, 2011
This holiday season your friends, family, clients, work colleagues, and major donors will likely be deluged with hundreds of tweets, status updates, and emails wishing them “Happy Holidays!” That’s the Web we all now live and work by, but this year a good old-fashioned holiday greeting with a hand-written note sent via snail mail would likely make a very strong impression – especially if the proceeds benefit a nonprofit.
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Get Fully Funded
OCTOBER 17, 2011
Are you fundraising on purpose? That may seem like a silly question. But it’s one that needs to be answered. So I’ll ask it again. Are you fundraising on prpose? Or are you just taking whatever comes along? There’s a big difference. When you’re fundraising on purpose, you have a plan. You’ve put some thought into what you want to do to raies money and which groups of donors and prospects you want to approach, and how you’ll do it.
NTEN
OCTOBER 25, 2011
By Darian Rodriguez Heyman, Founder, Social Media for Nonprofits. 379 is my new magic number. That's the number of "yes" votes we got for our proposed NTC session in just a couple short weeks—apparently the most ever. [Ed note: it's true, by a longshot!]. Seriously, though? Is "Top Ten Social Media Fundraising Tips, as Featured at Social Media for Nonprofits " such a compelling topic that droves of nptechies turn out to cast their ballot, or is something else afoot?
See3
OCTOBER 6, 2011
Change the world, one video at a time.Change the First Five Years and You Change Everything| 3:57 Ounce of Prevention Fund Through the voices and perspectives of children themselves, this moving video really shows why early childhood programs can make a lasting impact on a child’s life. If we invest in programs that promote learning [.].
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 27, 2011
Rob Stuart shared my birthday, Jan. 11th. But we also shared more than that – the nonprofit technology field. Rob was the godfather. The last time I saw him was in 2009 in San Francisco at the NTC. I just learned that Rob passed away , leaving behind a wife and two daughters. Back in the mid-1990′s – after 15 years of working the nonprofit sector, I got obsessed by technology and started working as the network weaver for an online network of artists called ArtsWire.
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Wild Apricot
OCTOBER 5, 2011
Research suggests that membership rates are stabilizing for organizations offering member value. Here's an overview of the 2011 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report and some food for thought on building membership relationships that last. ( read more ).
Nonprofit Tech for Good
OCTOBER 30, 2011
Last week I did a 30-minute interview with Rey Ybarra at the New Media Radio Hour – my first radio interview ever! The topics of discussion ranged from how the Web and its tools have evolved over the 15 years to the importance of early adoption to why your social media campaigns are only as good as the human behind them. You can listen to a podcast of the interview about Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.
Have Fun - Do Good
OCTOBER 5, 2011
Today's post is the sixth in my guest post series: Making Time for What Matters. Be sure to read the pieces by Tiffany Moore , Rachel Cole , Rachelle Mee-Chapman , Emily McKhann , and Peter Deitz too! Julie Daley is a coach, teacher, writer, and healer. Since 2003, she has led hundreds of people from all walks of life to take an inward journey of the creative heart, the source within each of us that guides us to answers, healing, and personal evolution.
NTEN
OCTOBER 24, 2011
[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the September 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete article in NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] By Andrea Berry, Idealware Social media has provided nonprofits with a whole new toolbox for marketing themselves and engaging constituents.
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Organizations like yours are increasingly realizing that technology adoption is only as good as the technology you choose. Statistics from a 2014 NTEN study show that seriously investing resources in training for your staff corresponds to higher adoption and ultimately technology effectiveness. In this report, we’ll give you a high-level overview of how to get your organization in shape for technology adoption and best practices for facilitating this critical process.
See3
OCTOBER 19, 2011
Change the world, one video at a time.Coal Energy Drink | 1:02 REAP You gotta love a double spoof! This one lampoons both energy drinks and clean coal ads perfectly and really delivers a punch on the non-chalant manner that these groups seduce their audience while totally manipulating them into believing that something harmful is [.].
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 26, 2011
Guest post by Sam Gregory. This week in San Francisco, technologists and human rights advocates are meeting at the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference (or RightsCon )to grapple with the realities of how we better manage the human rights implications of new technologies. It’s a complicated equation that brings together core human rights concerns about privacy, freedom of expression and freedom of assembly and the direct practicalities of real-life struggle with the ways in which engineering, p
Wild Apricot
OCTOBER 14, 2011
Tuscan travellers and volunteer groups - both need time for orientation and reflection. Here's some insight into volunteer engagement and a reminder: Nonprofit Blog Carnival on Volunteers closes Oct. 24.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
OCTOBER 20, 2011
Truth be told, I much prefer the anonymity of being “Nonprofit Organizations” online ( Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , etc.) over being “Heather Mansfield,” but writing and promoting Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits has required that I step out of my comfort zone a bit and put a face and voice to human being behind the “Nonprofit Organizations” avatar.
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