Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

By Michelle Chen , an independent scholar who recently graduated with a PhD in mass communications with a focus on advocacy, activism and social change. Millennials are the largest generation in the U.S. labor force today and they have greatly different media patterns, behaviors and habits compared to their parents. The oldest of the Millennial Generation are in their mid-careers, and as this generation become more secure in their careers and have more disposable income, nonprofits need to under

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NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Beginning in January 2020, Google Chrome will start blocking more insecure elements on web pages. These pages have “Mixed Content”, which is a page loaded securely via HTTPS, but pulls in elements from a non-secure locations. The usual culprits are images or JavaScript files being loaded from a third-party site. Pages where all text, images, and video are loaded from a secure HTTPS location will not be affected.

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Wild Apricot

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Looking into online payment processing for your nonprofit, association, or membership organization? Pick the right solution with the help of our guide.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

When I facilitate meetings or workshops for nonprofits, not matter the topic, I incorporate many participatory approaches and design thinking methods. One technique that I often employ is called “ Dot Voting ” or “ Visual the Vote.” This is a simple process for getting participants to prioritize ideas or decisions. You use this to follow a brainstorming activity which may yield an abundance of new ideas.

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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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Blue Fox

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Nonprofits, take note. This is important! (This also applies to the for-profit social enterprises we serve too!) Nonprofits, take note. This is important! (This also applies to the for-profit social enterprises we serve too!) Over the past month, we’ve answered these questions a lot: How will changes to the federal overtime law will affect my organization?

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Where and when you can visit with the Nimble AMS team while you’re there. Join the Nimble AMS team at the?Community Brands?booth #613 during the?2019 ASAE Technology Exploration Conference December 3-4 in Washington, DC. At? ASAE TEC 2019 ,?association technology professionals will gather for learning sessions, demos, and hands-on training to discover how the latest technology can drive their organizations to new levels of success.

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Global organizations have started using Microlearning For Employee Performance, engagement as it is found to be very effective e-learning methodology.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Archives. by Zoe Allen. Want to know more about what your digital marketing strategy should be looking like? These key statistics will help you decide what path to take, all in a simple infographic form. How much do you know about digital marketing? . Even if you’re a digital marketing pro, you might still be surprised by these facts about the performance of different marketing channels.

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Your members expect highly personalized and engaging experiences with your association. Here are some important things to consider in your strategy. Want to make sure your members stick around? Consider these tips for creating a member experience that rivals that of today’s leading for-profit companies. The Salesforce State of the Connected Customer report shows that more than 50 percent of consumers have stopped buying from a company altogether because a competitor beat them on customer experie

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

When you communicate change to your team, explain the logical and rational reasons for the change: 1. Explain how the change will make employees feel before, during and after the implementation. 2. Explain the tactical plan and goals. 3. Answer questions from your team.

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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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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The Ship of Fools by Hieronymus Bosch, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 By Seema Rao and Paul Bowers I've been living in a wintery wonderland and luxuriating a beachy wonderland in equal turns recently. Last week, Rob Weisberg posted when I was at MCN (sadly as missing him terribly at that conference.) I'm so glad to have gotten to go to MCN. Museum Computer Network has become my Shangri-la, in a way.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Archives. by Zoe Allen. Use these surprising nonprofit digital marketing statistics to help direct your online strategies. Reach new heights with your online marketing. Ever wondered if your digital marketing is actually capitalising on the most successful platforms and methods? These great statistics allow you to see the importance of online marketing, the success of social media for nonprofits and the overall progress of digital marketing for the nonprofit industry. .

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

If you were one of the foundation professionals who joined us this year in Nashville, you are hopefully well into your planning for how to put some of what you learned to use; I’m also hoping you enjoy this little refresher on what I consider to be some of the finer takeaways from our foundations track. bbcon 2019 last month in Music City was the biggest and best one yet, breaking the record with over 3,000 attendees from close to 1,700 unique organizations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Getting feedback is an important way to improve performance at work. But sometimes, it can be hard to seek out, and even harder to hear. “Feedback is all around you. Your job is to find it, both through asking directly and observing it,” says David L. Van Rooy , author of the book, Trajectory: 7 Career Strategies to Take You From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be.

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Advertiser: Digital Ocean

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.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Every leader experiences periods of ups and downs. Hopefully, more up periods. If you struggle with too many down periods, it might be because you have perfectionist tendencies. Transform yourself into an optimist by: Viewing failure as an opportunity to learn and understand that failure is part of a fulfilling life. Making room for pain. Don't deny yourself permission to feel painful emotions.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Fortunately, I've benefited from having great mentors throughout my career. And, I've have the honor and good fortune to be a mentor, both formally and informally, for various individuals the past few decades. Mentoring is powerful. Both being a mentor. And, being mentored. That's why I became an instant fan of the book, One Minute Mentoring: How to Find and Work With a Mentor -- and Why You'll Benefit from Being One.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

If you manage a small business or a department within a large organization, a great way to improve the cohesiveness of your employee team is to engage them in an activity away from the workplace. Engaging in a community service activity is a great example. Your team can work at a food bank. Or, they can pick up liter along a highway. Or, they can provide a service at a local senior citizen center.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Here are 10 behaviors, techniques and tips you can use to be an effective leader: Respond to questions quickly and fully. Take an interest in your employees and their personal milestone events. Give feedback in a timely manner and make it individualized and specific. Be willing to change your decisions. End every meeting with a follow-up To Do list.

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Advertiser: Syncrony

Looking for cost reductions for your nonprofit? Why not consider modernizing with a digital board management system that's designed to work with remote meetings, with immediate cost reductions if you still distribute paper packets to members? Get going in less than an hour on a fully hosted cloud solution built on the latest technology that runs on any device - from desktops to tablets and smartphones - without any installation.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Archives. by Zoe Allen. Working on your nonprofit’s online presence? Make sure your website is up to scratch by keeping these six best practices in mind. . Is your website wowing your donors? . A great website is hugely important in creating a modern nonprofit. Without it, your nonprofit is invisible. If your website is outdated or difficult to use, you’ll lose potential donors and appear unprofessional or unreliable.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Archives. by Zoe Allen. A quick guide to the benefits of Google’s G Suite, free for all nonprofits with a Google for Nonprofits account, in infographic form. Work as a team, wherever you are. While Google’s Ad Grant gets a lot of attention, we can’t overlook that a Google account also allows you to access a whole load of other great tools too: G Suite.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Archives. by Zoe Allen. An expanded version of all the steps you need to follow to be eligible for Google’s Ad Grant in an easy-to-understand visual format. . Want $10,000 a month? Google offers $10,000 in free advertising credit every month to nonprofits all over the globe to help them spread the message about their missions. The process can be complex, so we have broken it down into all the clear steps to give you an in-depth but easy to understand guide to accessing the Grant. .

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Archives. by Zoe Allen. A simple guide to what we mean by ‘Google’s Ad Grant’, the benefits of the scheme, and an outline of how to access it. $10,000 a Month for Your Nonprofit. Google offers $10,000 in free advertising credit every month to nonprofits all over the globe to help them spread the message about their missions. This allows you to have in-search ads on Google and reach thousands of new donors or volunteers. .

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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!

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Archives. by Zoe Allen. Social media is one of the easiest ways to grow support for your nonprofit, but is your approach up to scratch? Make sure you’re doing these five things. Connect with your donors and volunteers online. Millions of people around the world follow the work of nonprofits on social media, supporting their missions, signing petitions and sharing their content.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Archives. by Zoe Allen. Instagram is a growing platform, great for reaching younger audiences and sharing exciting, visual content. . The modern way to share your mission. Instagram is a growing platform that’s used to share engaging images and videos with your followers. It’s great to show your nonprofit’s missions and progress, such as images of your volunteers or the communities your work helps.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Archives. by Zoe Allen. Learn some key points to consider when planning and creating budget videos to entertain supporters and share your nonprofit’s mission online. Visual content engages more supporters . Video is a key content form for nonprofits: it can be very emotive, it’s great at showing the progress of your projects, and it has a great engagement rate.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Here are the 12 golden rules of effective communication from Paul Falcone , as highlighted in his book, 2600 Phrases for Setting Effective Performance Goals. Always remember to: Recognize achievements and accomplishments often. Celebrate success. Deliver bad news quickly, constructively, and in a spirit of professional development. Praise in public, censure in private.

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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.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

Do you create an environment at your business/organization that allows peer coaching to succeed? Hopefully you do. If you don't, encourage peer coaching among the members of your team. Peer coaching can be formal, informal or a combination of both. You'll likely find that everyone on your team has a skill, technique, behavior that they can teach a fellow team member.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Companies are under increasing pressure to be socially conscious, if not socially active. But what’s the best way to do this authentically? How can you make sure that your purpose and your business strategies are aligned in a way that resonates with employees, customers and other stakeholders? In today’s interview with Sarah Chapman, Director of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability at Deloitte Canada, we discuss how businesses and organizations are following the trend of being more social

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Speaking at a conference might be outside your comfort zone… or maybe downright scary. Not to mention it takes time to prepare, and it isn’t mission critical. So, is it worth it? Anytime you can share your knowledge with peers, it is a win – for you, your organization, and the social good community. The lessons and ideas you share can help your career and amplify your impact.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Archives. by Zoe Allen. Find out how you can leverage one of the fastest growing social media platforms to reach a huge new audience. Inspire potential supporters with compelling images on Instagram. Instagram is a unique visual content sharing social media platform with a fast-growing audience. Its focus on exciting and compelling imagery and video that supporters love has seen it used by millions of brands around the world – and it works for nonprofits too.

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