TechImpact
NOVEMBER 19, 2013
'Image courtesy of The EmailADMIN. Did you know Millennials (1980s – 2000s) prefer to receive email from nonprofits over their smartphones versus social media? According to Achieve , nonprofits are missing great opportunities to engage donors via email. The problem: nonprofits aren’t “inspiring” action with lengthy, wordy newsletters and annual appeals for funds, on top of too many emails!
Judi Sohn
NOVEMBER 22, 2013
'I’ve spent the last few days at Dreamforce 2013 thinking about this year’s theme: The Internet of Customers. What does it mean to the nonprofits I support? What does that have to do with CRM? I don’t want to just introduce my clients to a new mobile app – I want to show them why it matters. I want to drink the Kool Aid and share it.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 19, 2013
'“Mobilizing for Impact.” That was the theme of the ninth Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting that President Bill Clinton, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton recently convened in New York City last month. At CGI Annual Meetings, leaders from across sectors do more than just developing new ideas or getting inspired: they come together to take real action to address pressing global challenges.
NCE Social Media
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
'A recent study done by researchers from the Sauder School of Business found that people who like a post Facebook or retweet something are less likely to give you a donation. Once people like, share or repost something they are done with the action and are less motivated to give. Here’s a video describing the study’s findings and what it means to us who work at charities who use social media to drive people to donate and to action.
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.
TechImpact
NOVEMBER 21, 2013
'Image courtesy of Chameleon Marketing. A for-profit business with hundreds of paid employees will run differently than a nonprofit business being supported by hundreds of volunteers. As a result, managing the two very different populations of workers is going to present a manager attempting to get the most out of their workers a variety of different challenges.
Robert Weiner
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
'It''s been a while since I got a spam message that rose to the level of true lameness (maybe because I''ve improved my anti-spam tools), but this one hit the target. It''s bad enough that the formatting of the first third is truly ugly (scroll to the bottom to see an image), it says someone named Raynan with my email address asked them to send me the message, the text of the newsletter includes the line "want facebook money?
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 21, 2013
'With Dave Evans - Futurist At Cisco. I just spent two amazing days at the Social Innovation Summit 2013 , a cross disciplinary crowd of people who work on social good in the areas of technology, investment, philanthropy, international development, and business. The sessions share solutions about partnerships and programs that are disrupting the social good sector.
TechImpact
NOVEMBER 18, 2013
'Image courtesy of Ketia 4 Kids Foundation. Gather more information about what your donors are doing during your campaigns. Are they responding to your your methods the way you had hoped, or are you missing some so the important data. The Connected Cause shared a few great easy ways to improve this information. Define a strategy. It’s easy to ask for data on “engagement” or for insights into the latest “campaign,” but what data is meaningful to defining those terms?
NTEN
NOVEMBER 19, 2013
'Fernando Labastida. Content Strategist. Kimbia. Nonprofits have a great story to tell, but how can you stand out in a crowded field of generic content marketing? By tapping into that wellspring of stories each one of your supporters and beneficiaries have. But it’s easier said than done.
Wild Apricot
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
'If you are in the midst of planning for 2014 - here are some ideas and resources to help with volunteer retention, transitions, and recruitment in the coming year.
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.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 18, 2013
'Note from Beth: Two years ago while working on a capacity building project for NGOs funded by the Dept of State in the Middle East, I found myself in Jordan and visiting colleague Rami Al Karmi’s start up lab. In his office, he had a stack of Lean Start Up books, authored by Eric Ries. He told me he makes every start up in his lab read it.
TechImpact
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
'Image courtesy of FireSpring. The advent of the internet and social media present today’s nonprofits with an increasingly competitive market to connect with their target audience. The use of technology is essential in today’s global market and the following companies have risen to contemporary challenges and are thriving in today’s volatile climate according to StayClassy.org.
NTEN
NOVEMBER 19, 2013
'The NTEN Community is now 50,000 people strong! To celebrate the strength of the growing community, I invite you to join our Board and Community Champions to take the 2013 NTEN Challenge ! Between now and December 31st, we’ve set a fundraising goal of $50,000 in honor of our 50,000 community members who put technology to use for their causes. We need your help.
Wild Apricot
NOVEMBER 18, 2013
'Do you think your organization might benefit from embracing a “workplan-driven” or “mission driven” structure?
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 19, 2013
'Last week the Packard Foundation hosted a convenin g on “Data Informed Philanthropy,” an effort to explore and build digital systems that enable philanthropies to be truly data-informed. This term means having effective systems for collecting, analyzing, and making sense of data to inform and enable greater impact with funding. Here’s a small list of articles and blog posts that help frame this topic, including how the term “Data-Informed” was using in my recent
TechImpact
NOVEMBER 22, 2013
'While this NTEN eBenchmark Study is from 2012, the data continues to grow and support the future of nonprofit technology, and comparing years can lead to newly occurring trends. In 2011, 35% of online revenue came from emails, however, this past year email fundraising decreased by 40%! This shift is due to an increase in social fundraising–in fact, for every 1,000 email subscribers, there are currently 149 Facebook fans, 53 Twitter followers, and 29 mobile subscribers.
Care2
NOVEMBER 17, 2013
'While the majority of nonprofit organizations have a social media presence, only 45% of foundations use social media. The Foundation Center surveyed over 1,000 foundations across the U.S. to dig deeper into what’s trending with foundations and social media. My firm Rad Campaign had an opportunity to dig into the survey data and team up with the Foundation Center to produce an infographic that reveals some interesting trends.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
NOVEMBER 16, 2013
'A customer who complains and receives a fast response will actually be more loyal to your company in terms of future sales and referrals than a customer who never complained at all. That is what author Mark Thompson and Brian Tracy proclaim, and I agree with them. They also say in their book, Now.Build A Great Business! , that: a slow response to a customer complaint triggers fear and anger.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 22, 2013
'Conan O’Brien announced on his show that wanted to climb to the top of the LinkedIn Influencer list. He has a long way to go. For example, Bill Gates has 7 times as many followers on LinkedIn than Conan. Why? Bill Gates is a philanthropist and is part of the GivingTuesday Movement. Conan poked fun at me because I have more LinkedIn followers than him.
TechImpact
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
'Image courtesy of Chameleon Marketing. A for-profit business with hundreds of paid employees will run differently than a nonprofit business being supported by hundreds of volunteers. As a result, managing the two very different populations of workers is going to present a manager attempting to get the most out of their workers a variety of different challenges.
NTEN
NOVEMBER 18, 2013
'We can''t believe we''re already halfway through Member Appreciation Month ! If you haven''t had a chance to take part in the festivities, there''s still lots more giveaways, webinars , and opportunities to share your #NTENThanks ahead. This week''s lineup of webinars includes: Monday, November 18, 11:00 am PT: Ask the Expert: Working with Remote Staff Tuesday, November 19, 11:00 am PT: Content Marketing for Nonprofits Wednesday, November 20, 11:00 am PT: Product Spotlight: Making the Case for
Tech Soup
NOVEMBER 21, 2013
'Earlier this month, I did a call to action for all charities to Join Giving Tuesday! #GivingTuesday is a movement to get an international day of giving gong on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving. TechSoup Global has taken up the gauntlet and is raising awareness about #GivingTuesday for nonprofits globally. This time with some easy, practical things you can do to encourage your supporters to do something philanthropic on that day.
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Eric Jacobsen Blog
NOVEMBER 17, 2013
'A lot of companies struggle when creating their mission statement. Author Peter F. Drucker provides the following good advice in one of my favorite book''s of his, The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization :" Every mission statement has to reflect three things : Opportunities Competence Commitment In other words, he explains: What is our purpose?
ASU Lodestar Center
NOVEMBER 21, 2013
'posted by Lyn McDonough , Program Coordinator Sr. , Nonprofit Leadership Alliance. ASU Lodestar Center. Whether you were born into it, fell into it or discovered it along your life’s journey, today’s nonprofit professionals follow an evolutionary path much like that of our species. Crawling, walking, running and potentially walking on water. The exact time and place of those changes are never easy to spot, do not take a linear path or they can happen right before your eyes.
NTEN
NOVEMBER 21, 2013
'November is Member Appreciation Month at NTEN. Our staff interacts with our community in different ways, here''s why Michael Nealis, Content Manager, loves our community My favorite thing about the NTEN community is the sense of belonging that it brings with it. Everyone has a seat at the table, everyone’s input is valued, and a big part of the community is very public with the support it gives.
Tech Soup
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
'A few weeks ago, the San Francisco Public Library hosted an event with the Electronic Frontier Foundation , a nonprofit dedicated to fighting for citizen digital rights. Since Edward Snowden's NSA spying revelations , surveillance and privacy have become hot button issues. If your organization deals with sensitive information such as health records, confidential reports, or family issues, you should consider encrypting your data.
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Eric Jacobsen Blog
NOVEMBER 21, 2013
'To help your organization, here are some simple rules for emailing from C. Elliott Haverlack''s new book, Unbundle It : Never send an email when you are angry. Never address a sensitive or emotionally charged topic via email. Eliminate the use of return receipts. Mandate that "Reply All" emails are not allowed. Eliminate one word emails. Be cognizant of string or multiple message emails.
Museum 2.0
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
'"Our job is not to give people what they want but what they need." How many times have you heard this phrase in the context of cultural institutions? For me, the answer is too many. I''m calling this phrase out. I think it''s presumptuous, disingenuous, and downright depressing. It''s presumptuous to suggest that we know what people "need" in a cultural context.
Connection Cafe
NOVEMBER 21, 2013
'This is a guest post from Kristen Gastaldo, the Community Manager for Altru. Kristen’s background is in event management, marketing, and ticketing and now shes sharing her experience managing concert venues to our nonprofits. We willingly provide retail systems with loads of personal information. Phone numbers, zip codes, email addresses … our stores now have the ability to tailor their marketing to appeal directly to our interests.
Tech Soup
NOVEMBER 22, 2013
'With Thanksgiving upon us, we’ve officially entered the “Holiday season.” You know, that cookie-baking, turkey-eating, charitable-giving time of. year. It’s coming up faster than a Nor’easter in Maine, and the push is. on for nonprofits to boost the bottom line. How? With last minute gift. donations (think Heifer International) and reminders that givers can. increase their charitable giving tax donation right up to the stroke of. midnight on New Year’s Eve.
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