EveryAction
AUGUST 31, 2015
A while back, we shared a collection of awesome nonprofits that are doing Twitter right and the response was overwhelming. That's why, just in time to revamp your timeline for the fall, we thought you could use 50 more social-savvy organizations to follow, fav, and RT. Here's a brand new list of some of the best nonprofit Twitter accounts in the Twitterverse!
Nonprofit Tech for Good
AUGUST 26, 2015
For years nonprofits have hoped for the capability to accept donations through their Facebook Page and although Facebook recently added a “Donate Now” option to their call-to-action buttons, only a handful of partner nonprofits have been selected to accept Facebook digital payments through a “Donate” button (see Oxfam America).
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Byte Technology
AUGUST 24, 2015
Millions upon millions of websites exist and operate in today’s digital world, offering an endless forum of information, entertainment and so much more. So it’s little surprise that the massive proliferation of online resources has spawned a major problem: protecting website content from copyright infringement in the form of plagiarism or outright theft.
VisionLink
AUGUST 18, 2015
Acclaimed photographer and visual engineer, Ben Von Wong, is working with Avencera Partners, VisionLink, Inc. and the MedSurplus Alliance to create a groundbreaking video for an upcoming social media fundraising campaign. Medical Bridges, a Houston based Medical Surplus Recovery Organization and their Guatemalan partners Amigos Pro Obras Sociales organized the difficult and complex film settings that included hospitals, clinics, patient homes and the surrounding community.
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.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 10, 2015
Are you someone who is burning to make a difference? Someone who values doing good over a whopping salary? Do you want flexibility in your job? Benetech wants to hear from you! It’s hard for most organizations to accommodate nonstandard approaches to work. There are jobs that need doing, and most places have a standard model for doing them. However, Benetech is not a standard place!
Wild Apricot
AUGUST 19, 2015
Becoming a CAE and signing up for our Expert Webinars is an excellent way to stay on top of your game by gaining insights from the experts, plus you’ll be working towards your CAE designation.
Nonprofit Technology brings together the best content for nonprofit technical enthusiasts from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
AUGUST 23, 2015
Your nonprofit could have a wide variety of excellent blog content , but if your blog’s design doesn’t make a positive first impression, then few will read it – much less share it with their followers on social networks. The same is true with website and web articles. Today’s fast-scanning Internet users need online content that is visually appealing and easy to read on desktop and mobile devices, and they have little patience with poorly designed blog and web content.
Byte Technology
AUGUST 12, 2015
As long as there have been websites, there have been tools in place to keep those sites safe from spam and hacker abuse. And undoubtedly one of the most common of these tools has been the “CAPTCHA,” that box that requires users to type in a series of distorted and misshapen letters, numbers and symbols to prove they aren’t a “robot” but rather a real, live human being capable of comprehending the CAPTCHA symbols, entering them accordingly and gaining access to said website.
VisionLink
AUGUST 10, 2015
Working on a team with dedicated humanitarians like VisionLink’s Software Developer, Aaron Priebe, is a honor. Aaron and his wife recently visited Arequipa, Peru. Both embarked on their journey to work in a children’s home, providing food, shelter, education, and healthcare to poverty and abuse stricken youth. To further improve the livelihood and success of older girls, Aaron's wife has taken on the rewarding task of teaching them how to style hair.
Achieve
AUGUST 26, 2015
Amy Thayer. , PhD, recently joined Achieve and. The Millennial Impact Project. as director of research. . My best friend has cancer. Cancer … the biggest and scariest of all “C” words. This discovery was incredibly painful to hear and even more difficult to take to heart. In my mind, he had just been given a very unfair and cruel death sentence. I was stunned and overcome with sadness.
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
AUGUST 17, 2015
In our Live Workshop, Shiv Narayanan, Head of Marketing and Sales will explain the importance of using Facebook Ads to grow your organization and take you step-by-step through the process of creating your own.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 31, 2015
People who know me well, know that I have an obsession with pens and magic markers. So, when this viral fundraising campaign – #BuyPens – to help Syrian refugee came across my radar, it immediately caught my attention. When Gissur Simonarson , an activist from Oslo, Norway, shared a photo on Twitter last week of a father selling pens on the streets of Beirut as he cradled his sleeping daughter, the tugged at the heart strings of the 6,000 followers on Twitter.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
AUGUST 2, 2015
The average person worldwide has five social media accounts and spends an average of 1 hour and 40 minutes browsing these networks every day. In 2005 Facebook was only open to college students and professors, Twitter didn’t exist, and the iPhone was still in concept mode. The Internet was primarily a desktop PC or laptop experience and reading news and sending and receiving email accounted for the majority of time spent online.
Byte Technology
AUGUST 9, 2015
In today’s world where so many businesses large and small exist and operate in a virtual world, perhaps no scenario is scarier than to have the vital lines of communication between you and your customers come to a screeching halt. And yet, according to website monitoring service StatusCake, it happens to thousands of companies every day as a result of being “blacklisted” by mail servers, browsers and complex filtering systems and corporate firewalls.
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Effectively managing cloud technology is getting more complex. From cybersecurity concerns, vendor lock-in, cost increases, or lack of transparency on costs, it can quickly get out of control. Knowing what you can control and finding a platform that’s built with nonprofits in mind is key.
VisionLink
AUGUST 7, 2015
Nevada 2-1-1 is a program of the Financial Guidance Center (FGC) and is committed to helping Nevada citizens connect with the services they need. FGC is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) HUD approved housing counseling agency and has been serving all Nevadans since 1972. With offices throughout the state, FGC can provide face-to-face service in addition to an interactive website for those unable to access in-person service due to distance, as Nevada is predominantly a rural and frontier state.
Achieve
AUGUST 19, 2015
Giving your hard-earned dollars to a worthy cause is a great thing. In the ideal situation, you’re helping alleviate some kind of need or contributing to an organization you truly believe in. Have you made a donation before? It’s a feel-good moment, right? Perhaps you haven’t had the chance to give, but you’re considering donating to an organization for the first time.
Wild Apricot
AUGUST 13, 2015
You probably sign into Facebook every day to see what your friends are up to, but are you using it to grow your organization? This Mini-Course will show you how to execute a successful Facebook Ad campaign sure to grow your membership.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 25, 2015
Yesterday, after a planning call with colleagues for a session I’m moderating at IFC called “ Viral Fundraising Campaigns One Year On ,” I noticed a promoted post in my stream for the ALS Icebucket Challenge with a donate button. Wow, two juicy news events in one post! Facebook has rolled out the “Donate Now” button for all ads and brand pages which makes it easier than for nonprofits to ask Facebook audiences to donate.
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Donor Search
AUGUST 31, 2015
Here at DonorSearch’s blog, we strive to include the best content we can regarding prospect research and, more broadly, the nonprofit sector. With that goal in mind, we feature posts by guest authors from time to time to bring in a fresh perspective and new ideas.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
AUGUST 31, 2015
In his new book, True North , Bill George shows you how to discover your true north - your internal compass that guides you successfully through life. "Only when you discover your true north can you unlock your full potential as a leader and human being," explains George. In the book, published a couple weeks ago, George shares with you how to: Cultivate self-awareness Define your values Find the "sweet spots": of your motivated capabilities Build your support team and lead an integrated life Ma
See3
AUGUST 28, 2015
At See3, we know that it’s possible to do awesome work while creating a work culture that helps employees flourish, not burn out. Yeah, work is important (we are making the world a better place after all), but at See3, we realize that work is a component of our lives, not all of it. The post We Ain’t Amazon: 5 Family-Friendly Benefits See3 Offers for a Balanced Workplace appeared first on The See3 Blog.
BoardAssist
AUGUST 25, 2015
Most people join nonprofit boards because they truly want to be “agents of change” on the boards they join. So why are some board members more successful at that than others? Guest blogger Gail Perry believes that any board member can be that critical agent of change with the right training and support, especially with respect to opening doors for his or her board.
Advertiser: DonorDock
Are your donors your biggest fans, or are you lacking donor loyalty? The truth is, your donors have expectations of what their relationship with your organization should look like. This ebook will help you learn how to live up to those expectations!
Wild Apricot
AUGUST 11, 2015
Is your current membership website outdated, difficult to maintain, and not user-friendly? Lamees Abourahma explains the step-by-step process to building the ultimate functional membership website in this week's Free Expert Webinar. Register Now!
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 20, 2015
For the past few months, I’ve been designing curriculum and materials and facilitating a Nonprofit Emerging Leaders online peer learning project with Third Plateau Impact Strategies. It’s a pilot project supported by the Packard Foundation that tests different approaches to emerging leaders professional development. We created The Emerging Leaders Playbook which served as the “text book” for the training.
Donor Search
AUGUST 30, 2015
Some fundraisers feel that scouting for planned giving prospects is a lot like the world’s most difficult game of Where’s Waldo. You know he’s on the page, somewhere, but for the life of you, you cannot find him.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
AUGUST 30, 2015
I'm super excited to read David Grossman's new book, No Cape Needed. David is both a communications and a leadership expert and I use his advice all the time. His new book provides, "the simplest, smartest, fastest steps to improve how you communicate by leads and bounds," explains David.
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See3
AUGUST 27, 2015
Once upon a time, we lived in a world where it was easy to believe that nonprofits -- the moral compasses of our day -- were off limits for those seeking vengeance or any other malicious act. Those days are gone, and nonprofits can no longer afford to dismiss these challenges as problems bigger than their purview. The post Keeping Your Nonprofit’s Donor Information Safe appeared first on The See3 Blog.
Achieve
AUGUST 13, 2015
This piece originally appeared in. Fundraising & Philanthropy Australasia Magazine. There’s a tradition for each generation to complain about the next – their entitlement, their apathy, their music. In the nonprofit world, generations complain about how the next generation isn’t as active or engaged in causes as they are. Historically, the media spread the generation gap story.
Wild Apricot
AUGUST 10, 2015
This June, before Wild Apricot's annual summer party, we hosted our first ever Live Membership Advisory Group. Have a look at all the great insight we gathered!
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 19, 2015
I was in San Antonio this week to facilitate an interactive master class for 300 nonprofits that was hosted by the San Antonio Nonprofit Council that hosts The Big Give, a very successful local giving day. One of the goals of the giving day is to improve the local skills and capacity of nonprofits in online fundraising, and I was impressed at the level of knowledge in the room.
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