Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2013

The reports listed below are just a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology. These reports are, however, some of the most valuable in terms of insight, useful and practical data, and how-to advice. If you would like to suggest a report be added to the list, please post the name and a link to the report in a comment below.

Social Media 259

Social Media Mobile Report Technology 259

NetWits

JANUARY 8, 2013

As more people continue to check email on mobile devices, research has found mobile click-throughs are lacking. This may not be good news for nonprofits.

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Mobile email Nonprofit News 254

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

Bookshare International Library We’re always thinking about new ways in which Benetech could go deeper and help many more people. While we’re extremely proud of our achievements in the field of accessibility and disability rights, we know that we’ve just scratched the surface of what we could possibly do to bolster parity of access to information by people with disabilities.

India 225

India Literacy United Kingdom United States 225

Robert Weiner

JANUARY 7, 2013

Here's a selection of messages from spammers who don't even seem to be trying -- no graphics, no attempt to make the links look legit, plain text. Are these spammers just lazy or do these things actually work? Bottom line: think before you click. Hover your mouse over URLs and see where they lead. And use anti-malware tools that will warn you about suspicious web sites.

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Spam Adobe Files PDF 112

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.

Donor

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2013

Yesterday’s free webinar entitled Five Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Prioritize the Mobile Web in 2013 was attended by 433 nonprofit professionals. To some, that may sound like a good turnout, but my free webinars usually hit the maximum of 1,000 attendees, so 433 was low – not surprising, however. In general, its been very difficult to get nonprofits to prioritize the Mobile Web.

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Mobile Web United States gMail 245

NetWits

JANUARY 10, 2013

Did you know that nonprofits can get $10,000 per month worth of search advertising from Google Grants? Here's what you need to know to get started.

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Grant Free Google Search 156

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2013

In 2013, social media will continue the trend of “going visual.” More and more nonprofits are adding data visualization to compelling story telling to create amazing infographics as part their marketing tool kits. For a quick primer on infographics, see “ Five Infographics To Master Infographics in Five Minutes.” If you have decided that your nonprofit going to go visual in 2013, figure out your goal.

Design 131

Design Colorado Chart Storytelling 131

Wild Apricot

JANUARY 10, 2013

Here's the first in a series of posts offering highlights of our Small Membership Insight Survey findings. This post offers an overview of what survey respondents wanted to ask their small membership peers.

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Survey 103

ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 9, 2013

posted by Colleen Dunbar , Project Specialist. ASU Lodestar Center. Linton Weeks wrote an article on NPR back in 2009 on microvolunteering , and he said it right: we live in a micro world. “What began with microscopes and microbiology has morphed into microeverything.” Twitter is a microblogging platform, Kayla McKinney previously discussed the trend of microgiving , and now there’s microvolunteering.

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Project Impact Volunteer Classroom 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

Random House Mondadori and Expanding the Spanish-language Bookshare Program Benetech’s strong relationships with numerous partners across sectors are fundamental to our continued success. These relationships generate countless ideas for using technology for social good. Together with our partners in the nonprofit, technology, government, academic and publishing sectors, we participate in new cultural and technological movements, deriving new knowledge that we apply for social gain.

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Spain Language America Law 151

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.

Donor

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2013

That’s Hank, a dog that belongs to Ryann Miller from Care2 Network. He’s one of many four-legged and fine feathered fans of ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” I had the honor of doing a Care2 webinar in December which was one of over 40 book talks, presentations, webinars, and workshops to launch the book. The book continues to be in the top nonprofit books at Amazon.

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Tunisia NGO Facilitation Calendar 99

NTEN

JANUARY 10, 2013

Will Coley. Producer/Founder. Aquifer Media. We're in the middle of a renaissance of digital audio online and via mobile technology. To take advantage of this is an exciting and pivotal moment, nonprofits should consider adding audio storytelling to your digital communications toolkit. If nonprofits want to learn how to create content that both engages audiences and creates devoted supporters, we need look no further than the gold standard offered each day by public radio.

Storytelling 100

Storytelling Public Learning Audio 100

Wild Apricot

JANUARY 7, 2013

The list of 50 Most Innovative Companies offers some ideas for membership organizations for 2013.

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Companies Organization Learning Ideas 117

Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 8, 2013

"I believe that if we're going to really make change in the world, and we're going to make the world be what we want it to be, it's going to require that we love each other." ~ Akaya Windwood Akaya Windwood, President of Rockwood Leadership Institute , is internationally recognized for elevating the effectiveness of leadership and collaboration in the nonprofit and social benefit sectors.

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Leadership Change Social Podcast 90

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

ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

posted by Karina Lungo , Research Assistant, ASU Lodestar Center. Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a. continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. With the recent scarcity of grant funding, excellent program evaluation practices are becoming a distinguishing element of effective and grant-competitive nonprofit organi

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Research Culture Evaluation Arizona 82

NTEN

JANUARY 11, 2013

Amanda Clayton. Integrated Marketing Manager. Doctors Without Borders. We've spent years figuring out how to recruit, retain, and upgrade monthly donors. Here are a few quick tips for getting those donors to take your relationship to the next level by joining your monthly sustainer program. Monthly sustaining donors.they're the best! Stable, reliable, predictable, rain or shine.

Donor 98

Donor Course Integration Relationship 98

sgEngage

JANUARY 8, 2013

I've identified four key trends in the video above that I believe will have the greatest impact on the nonprofit sector this year based on my own observations and conversations with leaders in the nonprofit sector, as well as research that Blackbaud has conducted.

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Trend Blackbaud Nonprofit Conversation 78

Wild Apricot

JANUARY 11, 2013

Here are 4 fresh links we've bookmarked on Apricot Jam this week.

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Bookmarking Leadership Fundraising 107

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.

Nonprofit

Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2013

Telling your data visually is now easier than ever with the help of web-based infographic tools. I recently had to create an infographic for a project. Having very basic design skills, I was looking for something intuitive and easy to learn that could create an attractive final product. After surveying many of the programs out there, I found a few that meet these requirements.

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Library Tools Chart Images 74

NTEN

JANUARY 7, 2013

A large metropolitan nonprofit paves the way for data-centric organizations with a dedicated team of data analysts. The YMCA of Metro Chicago is a big organization, with a $110 million budget and a physical infrastructure that includes 23 gyms, five camps and 14 community schools, all supported by nearly 600 full-t. Chris Bernard. Editorial and Communications Director.

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Chicago Data Nonprofit Director 86

Care2

JANUARY 8, 2013

I have an email hoarding problem. I collect hundreds of nonprofit email messages every year for use in research projects and to keep tabs on what different techniques organizations are using. Last year I decided to unlock the email vault and do some analysis on "80 Email Subject Lines from End of Year Fundraising" from 2011. For 2012, I analyzed 200 email subject lines sent to me from nonprofits between December 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012.

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email Fundraising Analysis Technique 72

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 11, 2013

The fundraisers rock the year-end campaign, and the business office is flooded with gifts. Some are checks dated in the prior year, and others are sent with envelopes postdated in the prior year. If your fiscal year end is December (and even if it's not), what's a nonprofit accountant to do?

Gift 46

Gift Business Campaign Fundraising 46

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!

Donor

Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

Like a good dress shirt, contacting your community is not one size fits all. Wash-and-wear may be just fine for Sunday morning lounging, but when you're dressing to impress, it's all in the fit. Think of getting the word out to your community as a "dress to impress" moment, rather than a Sunday morning. You must be scrupulous and observant, and tailor your words meticulously.

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Community PDF Wiki Contact 67

NTEN

JANUARY 7, 2013

An organization learns to identify outcomes, define indicators, and gather and report data to track its own effectiveness in the community. NTEN’s IT Director Karl Hedstrom has been working with the organization’s dashboard since he first joined as an AmeriCorps Volunteer six years ago. Chris Bernard. Editorial and Communications Director. Idealware.

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Americorp Data NTEN Director 77

Care2

JANUARY 7, 2013

Every nonprofit knows that good content is king. If you think your website is filled with outdated and boring content, you may be questioning how well you are engaging your activists and donors. Heck, even if you think you have awesome content, you are probably asking yourself the same the question. Here’s some great content metrics that strategist Jay Baer highlighted on his blog (thanks for the recommendation Beth Kanter ) which nonprofits can utilize.

Metrics 71

Metrics Content Track Analytics 71

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 9, 2013

If your nonprofit is like most, you receive nearly half of your annual online donations in the last two months of the year. Now the question is: how do you capitalize on this momentum?

Ideas 40

Ideas Fundraising Donation Question 40

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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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Tech Soup

JANUARY 6, 2013

Wish you knew more about the basics of broadband, but you don't know who to ask? This beginner level webinar will introduce you to terms, tools, and concepts that will help increase your understanding. Register for this free webinar , Broadband Basics for Public Libraries, to be held on Tuesday, January 15 at 11 a.m. Pacific time (noon Mountain; 1 p.m.

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Library Public Free Beginner 54

NTEN

JANUARY 8, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. Read the complete issue on "Collaboration" when you subscribe to the journal for free! ] Data sharing has become a critical part of collaboration and will continue to do so as we are able to access and create more data. There are many sites that allow you to upload data, as well as download other data, for free.

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Site Share Data Journal 76

AFP Blog

JANUARY 11, 2013

Innovative charities engaging with new technologies | Charity Tech Insight : Below are some examples of charities which are engaging with new technologies in an attempt to promote their cause, improve overall efficiency and increase donations.

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Charity Tech Technology Causes 37

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 11, 2013

Once you have sustaining or monthly givers, how does your nonprofit currently thank monthly donors?

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Donor Nonprofit Giving Online 45

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