Nonprofit Tech for Good
OCTOBER 23, 2016
Twitter Moments as defined by Twitter are curated tweets collected into a story. First launched in October 2015 in partnership with a select few media partners, as of September 29 all Twitter users can now create Moments. For nonprofits active on Twitter, Moments are new way to showcase the best tweets about your event or campaign. Moments are meant predominately for live reporting and mobile consumption.
Wild Apricot
OCTOBER 24, 2016
It’s important to keep track of the right member information, because you can analyze it to develop growth, retention, or engagement strategies for your organization. From our experience, here are the 10 mandatory membership fields to track.
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Byte Technology
OCTOBER 28, 2016
When it comes to choosing a Content Management System to build and manage your website, the choices available might seem a little daunting, especially to a novice just trying to get their feet wet. Indeed, there are hundreds if not thousands to choose from, many geared solely towards professional designers who have the ability to code and who most likely have a strong background in website building and administration.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 27, 2016
In my newest book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout , the first half of the book addresses how nonprofit professionals can assess and become more self-aware about the symptoms of burnout and begin to practice self-care to avoid burnout. Burnout is a state of emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion that occurs when we feel overwhelmed by too many demands, too few resources, and too little recovery time.
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.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
OCTOBER 22, 2016
An Instagram Photo and Video Essay. by Heather Mansfield. For many years I’ve wanted to visit the Hague, Netherlands. Known as the International City of Peace and Justice, there are more than 160 NGOs in Den Haag working to make the world a better place. I was in the Netherlands for the International Fundraising Congress and without a scheduled agenda and only the hope of meeting some NGOs staff, I took the train down from Amsterdam and wandered the streets with a smartphone in hand and
Care2
OCTOBER 25, 2016
Facebook just launched a way for your nonprofit to raise money directly on the social network platform: Facebook Fundraising. This launch raises so many questions: will this work for year-end fundraising? Will this work at all? What are the benefits to using Facebook Fundraising? What are the downfalls? How do you know if this is right for your organization at all?
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NonProfit Hub
OCTOBER 27, 2016
Achieve and The Case Foundation just released their 2016 Millennial Impact Report, which focuses on millennial behavior and attitudes toward social good and cause engagement. They carried out extensive national research and gained insight on the trends of today’s young adults. But what does it all mean for you? For an up-close-and-personal look at their findings, check out the report.
Achieve
OCTOBER 27, 2016
The following blog first appeared on. Philanthropy News Digest. Over the last three months, I’ve had conversations with four associations about their approach to raising money. The conversations usually touch on many of the same points: “We’re an association and are struggling to raise additional funds from our members.”. “We think it’s because a lot of our members may not fully understand what we do and why we need to raise money from them.”.
Donor Search
OCTOBER 26, 2016
After hours of careful effort and planning, your donation campaign has been sent! You can’t wait to sit back and see the donations rolling in, but as they do you start to realize with a sinking feeling that you’re not getting what you expected.
Gyrus
OCTOBER 27, 2016
Mad Skills – The Skill-Centric Approach. In the marketplace, you will find that there is a wide variety of people who are fulfilling the same role; however, at the end of the day, not everyone is capable of the same outcome. At least, not now, in their current point of training. In a skill-centric program, Organizations can identify traits and aspects of successful members of their current competencies and roles, and address the precise capabilities that need to be established to excel wit
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.
NonProfit Hub
OCTOBER 26, 2016
Maintaining a blog is like running a marathon. You can’t just do it on a whim—you have to be in it for the long run, otherwise you won’t be rewarded. So how do you write the right content on your nonprofit blog? When you take away all the bells and whistles, you end up with the foundation of your blog: the content. Your blog is going to have an awfully hard time being exceptional if its content is a flop.
Achieve
OCTOBER 25, 2016
New research from Achieve investigates millennials’ ongoing cause engagement behaviors during a presidential election year. Today Achieve, in partnership with the Case Foundation, released the second wave of research from the 2016 Millennial Impact Report. A three-wave study, this second wave reveals new trends related to millennial engagement with causes during the 2016 Presidential election cycle and investigates how organizations can motivate this generation to donate their time, money or ski
Eric Jacobsen Blog
OCTOBER 27, 2016
There is an important difference between giving your employees positive feedback and giving them praise. Positive feedback focuses on the specifics of job performance. Praise, often one-or two-sentence statements, such as “Keep up the good work,” without positive feedback leaves employees with empty feelings. Worse yet, without positive feedback, employees feel no sense that they are appreciated as individual talents with specific desires to learn and grow on the job and in their careers, report
Connection Cafe
OCTOBER 25, 2016
Like thousands of other fundraisers, I’ll be attending BBCON in Washington DC this week. I’m excited to present 2 sessions, work the expo, network and expand my knowledge about our amazing industry (it’s the best isn’t it?). If you are like me, you’re just now planning your schedule and deciding what sessions to check out. To help, I thought I’d share my top picks for BBCON 2016.
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.
NonProfit Hub
OCTOBER 25, 2016
Google Analytics can be overwhelming and confusing, but setting up Goals in your Google Analytics account helps to narrow down what you need to be looking at. Forget the hundreds of metrics that are being spat out and focus on what matters most for your nonprofit. For nonprofit marketers in particular, tracking conversion metrics on supporter behavior is what you should probably be focused on — versus just viewing vanity metrics of how many people have visited your website.
VolunteerMark
OCTOBER 26, 2016
It’s a special time at your child’s school. They’re so excited. It’s Field Day. They’ve waited for this all year long and can’t wait to get outside and have some fun. But a few parent volunteers didn’t show up and it’s quickly becoming a disorganized mess. However, with the help of VolunteerMark these kinds of catastrophes can be avoided and a school-wide event and even a classroom can run smoother.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
OCTOBER 28, 2016
From Paul Smith's popular book, Lead With A Story , here are the 10 reasons for embracing storytelling as a business tool : Storytelling is simple Storytelling is timeless Stories are demographic-proof Stories are contagious Stories are easier to remember Stories inspire Stories appeal to all types of learners Stories fit better where most of the learning happens in the workplace Stories put the listener in a mental learning mode Telling stories shows respect for the audience Smith goes on to sa
Connection Cafe
OCTOBER 26, 2016
Today, we announced the newly minted Blackbaud Institute for Philanthropic Impact. This is a project that we’ve been thinking through for some time as we consider how we, as a company, can better serve the full social good community, from nonprofits and foundations to businesses, government entities, and academic institutions. Enter the Blackbaud Institute for Philanthropic Impact, an initiative that will drive groundbreaking research and insights to equip a thriving social good sector for impac
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.
Museum 2.0
OCTOBER 24, 2016
I've been traveling a lot recently, exploring the ideas behind The Art of Relevance with colleagues around the US. Here are two artifacts of my travels. and an opportunity to join in on a virtual/real life meetup this Wednesday. VIDEO - THE ART OF RELEVANCE Want to join the conversation about The Art of Relevance but can't make it to a book event ? The Minnesota Historical Society made a video of my recent talk there.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
OCTOBER 27, 2016
Here are 10 important questions business leaders should ask, according to Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge, authors of Helping People Win At Work : Does my business have a clear, meaningful, and easily understood vision/mission? Do I have the right people in the right seats on the bus? Do I have a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal), and have I communicated it to my employees?
Eric Jacobsen Blog
OCTOBER 26, 2016
Some of my favorite quotes for leaders are: A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit -- Arnold H. Glasgow I praise loudly, I blame softly -- Catherine II of Russia Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress -- Mohandas Gandhi A long dispute means that both parties are wrong -- Voltaire The least questioned assumptions are often the most questionable -- Paul Broca These and many more compelling quotes can be found in Susan
Eric Jacobsen Blog
OCTOBER 26, 2016
For those who may have missed this posting from awhile back, I am pleased to share again a guest post from Garret Kramer of InnerSports LLC about how to be a great coach: 14 Attributes of Great Coaches By Garret Kramer, Author of Stillpower: Excellence with Ease in Sports and Life There are many, many coaching manuals and books on the market today. Unfortunately, virtually all of them provide an external blueprint or "positive" guide to successful coaching and leadership.
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!
Eric Jacobsen Blog
OCTOBER 23, 2016
The Courage Solution , a book by Mindy Mackenzie , is all about the simple truth that the only thing you can reliably change or control is yourself. So, that is why Mackenzie wrote her book -- to teach you how to take actions that ultimately will improve your impact on the job and increase your happiness and fulfillment in your career. Mackenzie's quick-read strategies focus on these four key areas : Part 1: You First offers techniques to take ownership and accountability for creating a career a
Connection Cafe
OCTOBER 26, 2016
“The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected” – an inspiring thought on how we will achieve the formidable Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is how Natalia Kanem , Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) , ended her keynote presentation for the MicroEdge Day at bbcon.
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