Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 24, 2010

The title of this blog post may be a bit of mouthful, but Facebook Tagging is very simple. That said, many nonprofits still don’t know how to do it. Without fail, every time I demonstrate Facebook Tagging in a social media training there is always a resounding “Wait… hold up! How did you do that? Can you please show it again?&# Here you go… showing it again : 1) Like the Facebook Page you want to post on/Tag: 2) In your Status Update type “@&# and the first few let

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of October 25th). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Just got late-breaking news: the judges just rendered a guilty verdict in the trial I was about to discuss in the following blog post! Will share more details from our team later, but this is a great day for fighting impunity around forced disappearances. Benetech Statistical Expert Testifies in Guatemala Disappearance Case The Benetech Human Rights Program uses cutting edge computing methods and statistical analysis to provide objective evidence of human rights violations.

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NetWits

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Blackbaud’s conference for nonprofits is a few days away. As the conference nears I’m getting ready for an exciting session focused on the use of social media in the non-profit sector, but I need YOUR help (make sure to read the whole post).

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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.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 11, 2010

I’ve been through a pretty interesting transformation in the last 2 months. I’ve gone from being a Mac/iPhone user, to being a ThinkPad/Android user, and not looking back. I’m actually quite happy – I can run both Windows 7 and Ubuntu Linux on my laptop, and I like Android (and my Droid 2 phone) a lot. Once I sell my iPhone (fairly soon) I will be free of Apple hardware for the first time in 25 years (yikes!

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NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2010

This week Facebook rolled out a revised Groups feature. Groups allows you to communicate with people and friends you designate in a group – such as work, home, church, classmates, etc. I wrote about Facebook groups previously. Thanks to consideration of past privacy setting issues , Facebook set the default to closed, i.e. only people in your group can see and post in the group.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2010

I have the fun opportunity to be a presenter at the 2010 Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits! My session today focuses on the topic of “Unlocking the True Value of Social Media.&#. Slides. Unlocking the True Value of Social Media. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Helpful Links. There were some great questions in the session and I promised to send out links to some resources.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 7, 2010

An Insider Reveals How the Latest Hot Books Are Added to Bookshare’s Collection of Accessible Titles A Guest Beneblog by Liz Halperin After working for many years as a volunteer for Bookshare, I became a paid proofreader for the collection about two years ago. I now review books that are scanned and uploaded in formats that can be read using different forms of assistive technology such as text-to-speech, digital Braille or enlarged fonts.

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NetWits

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Meet Claire. She leads social innovation, philanthropy, and causes at Twitter and Blogs at Claire.us.com. This year she joined a few of us for the Ignite Panel at Blackbaud’s conference where we talked about how social media is helping non-profits change the world. After our panel I got a few minutes to talk to Claire about her work at Twitter and how non-profits can use the information network for good.

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Judi Sohn

OCTOBER 29, 2010

I just got back from 3 fabulous days in Baltimore at the Convio Summit user conference. This year, there were enough nonprofit organizations already on Common Ground to warrant a session or two aimed at users, rather than just to sell existing Convio clients to the application as was found at previous Summits. I am so excited about the direction Convio is taking with Common Ground.

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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.

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NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Are you using web video to share your story? If not are you missing out on innovation and reaching new audiences? Tags: Education and Training Research innovation ted web crowd.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2010

That’s right! I am writing a book about social media for nonprofits. It will be published by McGraw-Hill in New York City and is scheduled to hit bookstores, Amazon and e-readers in Fall 2011. The book will be a very comprehensive social media how-to guide that will be based on the lessons I have learned from spending over 10,000 hours utilizing social media for social good over the last five years.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 13, 2010

I’m excited to say that my panel submission for Jeff Pulzer’s latest conference, BrandsConf , was accepted! I’m also hoping to find some panelists to join me! Here are the details: @BrandsConf is a new event taking place in early December 2010 that will explore the “Humanization of Brands” and the underlying effects this is having on business.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Wasted about 30 minutes this morning thanks to a weird coincidence. I'm going to the Internet Archive's new office at 300 Funston in San Francisco, to attend the Books in Browsers conference. However, Google Maps routed me to a point two miles away when I typed 300 Funston into my Android phone's Google Map function. Not really knowing all of San Francisco's streets, I got out and recognized the old location of the Internet Archive.

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NetWits

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Meet Geoff. He’s the co-founder & chief marketing officer at Zoetica where he works with Beth Kanter and Kami Watson Huyse. He also blogs at GeoffLivingston.com. This year he joined a few of us for the Ignite Panel at Blackbaud’s conference where we talked about how social media is helping non-profits change the world. After our panel I got a few minutes to talk to Geoff about his work in the non-profit space.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 13, 2010

If your nonprofit is a small "one-person shop" - you're doing it all, alone - then social media can be your best friend. That's why Pamela Grow has organized #smNPchat, a weekly Twitter chat designed to help small nonprofits with fundraising and marketing questions.( read more ). Tags: Non-profit technology General non-profit interest Fundraising nptech Marketing Social networking Non-profit Communications Twitter crowdsourcing chat social media non-profit nonprofit.

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NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2010

According to a new report by TNS Digital Media , using social media is the thing people spend the most time on when they’re using their smartphones. The report found that 4.6 hours are spent on social media per week while 4.4 hours are spent on email. If you are the 1 in 3 Americans using a smart phone, how are you spending your time on the phone?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Whether it is better and more productive to Retweet old-school style or with just one-click using Twitter’s Retweet function is a question I have been asking myself for months now, and the truth is I just don’t know the answer yet. Both methods have their pros and cons, and without asking my followers, it’s hard to say with conviction which is the better Retweet method.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Wow! I’m so excited to say that the redesign for the website is ready to be unveiled! I can’t wait for your feedback, comments, recommendations for further improvements, and general reaction; but first, I need to share some thank yous and some background for all those who have followed this process. Thank You. First off, a huge thank you to Matt Cheuvront , the designer who made all of this happen!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 5, 2010

I'm in Kyoto, Japan for the STS forum, an incredible gathering of top scientists and policy leaders from around the world. The caliber of attendees is amazing from all countries: ministers of education and science, top scientists, university presidents. The event is the brainchild of Koji Omi, former Finance Minister of Japan. His concept was that science and technology was critical to the future of society, and he wanted to build an inclusive international forum of top leaders literally from al

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NetWits

OCTOBER 29, 2010

#1 Thing You Need to Know about This Post: 5 non-profit groups will attend the 2011 SXSW Interactive Festival for free if they submit their innovative ideas by Sunday, October 31.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 28, 2010

For many nonprofit organizations, November is an especially busy month, with pre-holiday season preparations and year-end fundraising campaigns underway. Still, you'll find plenty of free opportunities for online professional development all through the month! ( read more ). Tags: Fundraising Marketing Membership management nonprofit non-profit Non-profit Communications Non-profit technology nptech SEO social media Social networking training volunteer management Volunteers webinar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Flickr Photo by elycelfeliz. “I made a mistake.&# Those are hard words for some people to utter when there has been a screw up and they’re responsible for it. It is especially hard given the blame game culture that exists in most workplaces and work relationships. That’s where people are quick to point a finger at you and make you feel shame.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 8, 2010

On a beach in Central America! No phone, no computer, no Internet, no iPod. Back online refreshed and ready for a very busy fall on October 20! I have accepted an extremely exciting, but time-consuming project related to social media and nonprofits that will keep me very busy through the end of January. So busy in fact that I have postponed most of the webinars left in 2010 until mid-February 2011 ( View Webinar Schedule ).

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2010

More people have access to a cell phone than to a toilet. Today, 2.5 billion people lack access to toilets. This means that sewage spills into rivers and streams, contaminating drinking water and causing disease. As hand-held mobile devises connected to the internet spread to cities, villages, remote communities around the world, we need to continue finding ways to use these tools to make a positive impact.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 22, 2010

The staff I work with at Benetech are committed to the communities that we serve with our technology. Among the people I’m privileged to call a colleague here at Benetech is Viji Dilip, the International Program Coordinator for our Bookshare International service. Washington Square Magazine, which is published by Viji’s alma matter San Jose State University, included a profile of Viji in their most recent issue.

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NetWits

OCTOBER 7, 2010

As Blackbaud’s 2010 Conference for Non-Profits approaches this October 21-22, 2010 in Washington, DC, I’m working with colleagues to put the finishing touches on my sessions, and one in particular — one of my favorite topics — is simply too much fun to not share here: Targeted Content*.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Busy modern lifestyles mean limited time for volunteer and membership activities after work and family obligations. Nonprofits know this, and have been re-tooling their programs, offering more “value” to recruit and retain members. But there’s another reason why your membership may be declining: your other members.( read more ). Tags: Associations member recruiting membership Membership management nonprofit non-profit volunteer management Volunteers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Photo by Fensterbme on Flickr. Note from Beth: I’m planning a year-end campaign for one of my favorite charities and wanted some good tips on incorporating video. And since, the busy season is coming up for all you nonprofit fundraisers – year end giving and Network for Good has just announced a Year-End Giving Challenge , I thought a guest post from Michael Hoffman about you can incorporate video to power your campaigns was in order.

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

By Nancy Lublin, CEO and Chief Old Person, DoSomething.org. If I had a crystal ball. I'd sell it and donate the money to DoSomething.org. But here are some predictions about the future of the not-for-profit world, in no specific order. 1. More organizations will depend on mobile donations. It doesn't feel like real money to people, because they text and the contribution is simply added to their bill.

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