Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

Launched on February 4, the new BRIDGE Registry is a database of more than three million nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide and each one of them has been assigned a new BRIDGE Number. This new numbering system is a huge leap forward for global philanthropy and may one day enable individuals to donate online to any nonprofit with a BRIDGE Number – not through the BRIDGE Registry itself, but rather through an online or mobile giving service that uses the BRIDGE numbering system.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

VisionLink Is Proud To Support 2-1-1s Do you know 2-1-1? Did you know that in 1997 the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta was the first to introduce a 2-1-1 service? 1 Later, in 2000, the Federal Communications Commission approved 2-1-1 nationwide as a short number in the United States. The success 2-1-1 garnered in the United States opened services in Toronto, Canada in 2002. 3 Today, VisionLink would like to share our gratitude towards all 2-1-1’s across North America and the qualified call sp

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Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Associations have always been “about” engagement.the thing is, most of us aren’t really doing it well. Could that be because we’ve been thinking about engagement all wrong?

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

One of my job responsibilities is to take incoming sales calls. During these calls it’s important to gather information from prospects about their learning environment and training challenges. This initial conversation is important because it allows Gyrus Systems to understand the prospect’s needs and to determine if the GyrusAim Learning Management System (LMS) solution we offer is a good fit for their organization.

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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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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Nonprofits often struggle with creating effective content and engagement strategies. It's not enough to just share stories about your impact — how do you mobilize and engage people who are passionate about issues you're working on? NetSquared DC organized a panel discussion on Engagement Strategy: Empowering Champions* and Influencers* on November 3, 2015, to delve into this question.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Ken Blanchard , author of, Great Leaders Grow , shares today's guest post: How to Evaluate Your Leadership Style By Ken Blanchard, Co-author of Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life Today, I'm going to give a short, one-question quiz. Here's the question: How do you rate as a leader? I don't ask this question flippantly. It is a question I've asked countless people at the leadership seminars we conduct.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Your marketing plan could be in pieces and you might not even know it. Think about it—an unsolicited appeal here, a soft-ask there. A direct mail piece sent, an email marketing campaign received on the same day with a different message. You’re probably thinking, “ No, not OUR organization. WE wouldn’t do that.”. No, probably not intentionally; but these are the types of things that could easily happen without an integrated marketing plan in place.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

GuideStar recently launched completely redesigned nonprofit profiles. Now, for free, any U.S. charity can expand its GuideStar profile to tell its story to donors and grantmakers. You can have a bronze, silver, or gold seal of transparency in less than a couple of hours. It may be the most useful couple of hours you invest in fundraising this year. Going Beyond Financial Metrics and the Overhead Myth.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Fortunately, most of my career I’ve worked in effective corporate cultures. If I put together the best of each, here is what made those environments effective: • Leaders led by example on a consistent basis and were willing to roll up their sleeves, particularly during tight deadlines or challenging times. • Employees clearly understood how what they did made a difference and how their contributions made the organization either more profitable or more effective. • The workforce included a blend

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Donor Search

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

This blog focuses on the world of prospect research and various related fundraising topics. To diversify our subject matter, we like to feature the work of our friends and colleagues in the community. Join me in welcoming Abby Jarvis of Qgiv and please enjoy her post on donor solicitation.

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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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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Steven Shattuck is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub and a speaker for Cause Camp 2016. He is VP of Marketing at Bloomerang. As a HubSpot Certified inbound marketer, he is a contributor to Nonprofit Hub, National Council of Nonprofits, Ragan, Social Media Today, Search Engine Journal, The Build Network, HubSpot, Content Marketing Institute and Business2Community.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Last spring, Google made our entire search histories available for download and viewing. If you're a regular Google search user, there is an incredibly detailed daily diary of your life and interests just waiting for you to look at it. What were you doing at 1:35 p.m. on October 15, 2012? If you dare, you can find out. The Fun and (Slightly) Creepy Truth.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Leading a customer service team? Have the team members use these 9 tips for delivering excellent customer service this holiday shopping season: Rely on winning words and soothing phrases. A simple but sincere “Thanks for your patience” or “I’m listening” can go a long way toward defusing a holiday shopper’s frustration, anxiety, or panic. Develop a repertoire of short, easy to remember phrases around issues that are important to customers.

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Donor Search

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Developing prospect profiles on your various high-quality giving candidates is a necessary step in managing a fluid transition from prospects to donors. Your prospect profiles will contain all of the relevant data you gathered during the screening process.

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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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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

I am by no means a financial genius. I confess that during the “Great Recession,” I kind of stopped looking at the statements from my retirement funds. So when I heard an interview on the radio the other day with two experts—one saying we were heading to another recession and one saying we were already in a recession—I felt my stomach drop to my toes.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Become a Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) Donor : "Join TechSoup's recent donors to the Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) by donating your used computing equipment. It's an easy and cost-effective way for your company to donate its used office technology.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Former Verizon Wireless CEO, Denny F. Strigl offers these tips for how to be a good coach to an employee. He explains that good coaches help performers by: Keeping them focused. Giving them objective, helpful feedback. Acting as a sounding board for new approaches. Identifying blind spots that may be holding the performer back. Reinforcing key values, principles, and behaviors that improve performance.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Advances in technology and the emergence of social media tools make it more possible than ever for social movements and causes to quickly spread far and wide (to go “viral” in the parlance of the moment). But how do you take a cause and transform it from an idea into something with universal appeal? In the past, the concept of organizing, fundraising, and building a movement was focused on individuals “belonging” to a cause.

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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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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Let’s face it: first dates can be awkward. Even if you’ve met the person in the past or know some vague details— “You’ll love her, I promise!”— everything is somehow brand new during that first official date. The first time a potential donor engages with your community foundation may bear some resemblance to a first date. Maybe they heard about you from a friend or colleague.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Cloud Computing No Longer A Fad For Nonprofits - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times : "Every nonprofit used the cloud for at least two services during 2015, up from 80 percent in 2011, according to a survey conducted by NTEN and Microsoft Philanthropies. The survey was conducted from September through November and included about 200 organizations from across the country.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

According to David Grossman , author of the popular book, You Can't Not Communicate-2 , here are eight things employees say managers don't do: Don't keep employees informed. Don't explain the "why" behind decisions. Don't communicate frequently enough and in a timely way. Don't update employees on changes happening in the business. Don't share regular business updates and how the team is performing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Photo by BirgerKing. A lot of my work as a trainer is teaching senior leaders and staff to use social media and their online networks as part of their thought leadership, professional networking and/or to support the organization’s communications goals as an ambassador for the organization’s missions. Adding social media and a powerful personal brand can be powerful networked leadership skill, but there is the huge challenge of making it a habit, putting it into daily practice.

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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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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

At The National World War II Museum in New Orleans, fundraising is all about data and their data is all about their donors. The Museum uses their data to get know their donors at a deeper level: what they care about, what motivates them, and how to keep them engaged with their organization. “We test every single mailing,” says Terri Burton, Associate Vice-President of Membership and Fundraising Events.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Charity Commission to start live-streaming public meetings : "The Charity Commission has announced that people can watch its next public meeting online via a live video stream. People will be able to watch the next public meeting, which takes place in Southampton on 29 February, via the Commission’s website.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Charity Created Via Social Media Draws Attention From Facebook Execs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy : 'via Blog this'

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