Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 25, 2015

The nonprofit sector has a large community of technology bloggers committed to helping nonprofits stay current on emerging trends in social media, online fundraising, and mobile technology. There are these 35 nonprofit marketing blogs and these 25 must-read nonprofit IT blogs as well as these 8 great nonprofit resources. You can also browse 300+ on Twitter at @nonprofitorgs/lists/bloggers-resources.

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TechImpact

APRIL 28, 2015

With the amount of new and innovative technology that is surfacing every day, assessing your nonprofit’s technology should be a daily process. While every nonprofit wants to cause change in some way, every nonprofit is different. Each with a unique goal, different needs, and all conduct daily operations in a different way. As a result […]. The post 4 Strategies To Help Assess Your Nonprofit’s Technology appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology.

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EveryAction

APRIL 29, 2015

Today, we joining the millions around the world celebrating International Dance Day with some upbeat, positive vibes, curated especially for nonprofit pros that do good every day.

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 27, 2015

Spring is here and there are lots of fresh new ideas for non-profits in a host of free webinars popping up this May! Check out the round-up of 17 free webinars.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 26, 2015

Date: May 6. 2015. Time: 9-9:30 am EDT (New York), 2pm BST (London), 4pm EAT (Nairobi). Hashtag: # NGOtechchat. Hosts: @NonprofitOrgs. Featured Guests: @BrianCuteCEO of @PIRegistry and @OnGood. After four years of planning and hard work, on May 6 the Public Interest Registry and OnGood will release the new.NGO and.ONG domains worldwide. This tweetchat will highlight three reasons why your NGO/nonprofit,/charity should register the new domains and discuss how you can integrate the new domains

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TechImpact

APRIL 27, 2015

Nonprofit Cloud computing use grew exponentially in 2013, and is expected to grow at a rapid pace for the next 5-10 years. This is because many businesses are still using cloud computing for niche applications, and have not fully adopted the system. The technology has moved from its infancy stage, and instead of thinking how […]. The post 5 Strategies For Implementing Nonprofit Cloud Computing appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2015

Today I presented on a “featured session” at the United Way Community Leaders Conference in Grapevine, Texas. The conference theme was “Working Together in the Era of the Individual.” I facilitated an interactive featured session on why and how leaders should be engaged on social as well as other insiders (employees, board, and volunteers).

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Wild Apricot

MAY 1, 2015

The April Wild Apricot Update offers a personal message from Chief Apricot Dmitry Buterin about how Wild Apricot is changing and why.

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NTEN

APRIL 30, 2015

Dan Fellini is our newest team member. As NTEN's Web Developer, Dan will be diving straight into the deep end during our website redesign process; he will also be focused on the planning, development, configuration, integration, and testing of new and existing web-based systems. Learn about Dan in the following interview! 1. Describe yourself in three words.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 28, 2015

Whether you’re the IT professional for an established non-profit or huge multinational, a budding blogger or a mom-and-pop etail startup, your website is the face you put forth to the world. And as such, it’s vital that certain elements of your site have an ease-of-use available to you: for the ability to make quick changes to content and page designs; to tweak donation or payment platforms; to move your site to another platform should you choose; and so on.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2015

The devastating earthquake in Nepal has killed more than 2,400 people and injured about 5,900, residents so far (as reported in the NY Times on Sunday). Please donate to help Nepal’s Earthquake Victims now. On Saturday morning, I got a news alert on my mobile phone that there had been a devastating 7.9 earthquake in Nepal. I immediately looked on Facebook to check on my colleague, Robert Rosenthal from VolunteerMatch to see if he was okay.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 27, 2015

When journalists add the suffix "-geddon" to an event or trend, you can usually be assured that it's not nearly as disastrous as it sounds. This is more or less the case with the so-called "Mobilegeddon," Google's April 21 change that gives a boost to mobile-friendly sites in mobile search results. What Does Mobilegeddon Really Mean?

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NTEN

MAY 1, 2015

Micah L. Sifry. Executive Director. City Hall. Beyond the hackathon: How can we harness the power of people and technology to support democracy? Civic tech is at a ripe moment, where interest from different sectors of society and government is rising, but its impact on the lives of ordinary people remains nascent. Four trends are converging to power the field.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 30, 2015

I was entirely familiar with the question, yet I had to stop and think about the question. What was the best way to give them the answer they were looking for that would also get my point across? “So, I know I should know this, but what exactly is it that you do?”. My gut reaction was to say “I work for a nonprofit.” It is the truth, after all. But the moment I utter those words, I paint myself into a corner.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2015

Image Source: ntegrity. PLEASE MAKE A RECURRING GIFT : I’ve donated to the GlobalGiving Earthquake Fund – the money will go to a vetted network of NGOS – and they have a donor who is matching all recurring gifts. Even if you made a donation, consider making a recurring gift which will be matched and assure that funding will be there when most needed.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 26, 2015

In addition to Laurie Sudbrink's, Leading With GRIT , being a great new book for leaders, it's packed with powerful leadership and life quotes. Here are some of my favorites: Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are - Kurt Cobain The respect you show to others (or lack thereof) is an immediate reflection on your self respect - Alex Elle You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - Harper Lee People only see what they are prepared to s

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2015

We at TechSoup are deeply saddened at the news of the devastating earthquake in Nepal. Relief organizations are providing aid to those affected, including rescue, first aid, food, clean water, and shelter. We've compiled a list of resources to help you support these efforts. Donate to Organizations Providing Relief. Here are some ways to give: Charity Navigator compiled a list of vetted charities that are helping with relief efforts and allow donors to designate their donations specifically

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 1, 2015

The following article is part of the May/June edition of the Nonprofit Hub Magazine, which focuses on Board of Director member engagement. To receive our next edition, sign up here. . In the relationship world, an engagement is signified by a shiny ring. For a board of directors, engagement is signified by members who are advocates, involved and contributing financially.

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NTEN

APRIL 29, 2015

Amy Sample Ward. CEO. NTEN. What is "digital inclusion," and why should it be part of every nonprofit's mission-based work? This article originally appeared in the March issue of the NTEN: Change journal. Read the entire journal on Issuu or in PDF , and subscribe to receive this in your inbox each quarter: nten.org/ntenchange. Do you have a high-speed broadband Internet connection in your home?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 25, 2015

Every business leader should periodically call his/her company to observe how their customers are being treated by their employees -- because, all too often a phone conversation becomes a customer turnoff rather than a relationship builder. So, here's a checklist that is primarily from sales expert and author Paul R. Timm that you can use to evaluate your organization's customer service via the phone: 1.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2015

If you love bringing people together to talk about how we can use technology for good, you're just the person we want. TechSoup's NetSquared is a global volunteer-run network of nonprofit technology meetups. Every month, our chapter leaders bring together the local nonprofit community for live events that share best practices and case studies of how technology can be used for social good.

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Achieve

APRIL 29, 2015

This blog originally appeared on. Philantopic. , a blog of opinion and commentary by Philanthropy News Digest. . I interview donors, young and old, all the time to learn why they support and give to the causes that are dear to them. One question in particular generates interesting responses every time I ask it: How involved are you with the organizations you support?

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 28, 2015

The tide is turning. Based on a study conducted by Software Advice, NPOs are more commonly employing nonprofit-specific software to help manage their operations, fundraising and volunteers. For the second year, Software Advice interviewed nonprofits about what type of software they use to conduct business. The results show a rise from 30 to 41 percent of nonprofits using nonprofit-specific software for their data management.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 29, 2015

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?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2015

Ready to wrap this up? Great! The only thing left to do to complete our poster is to add the nonprofit organization's logo. This logo file was available in part 1 , but for the sake of convenience, you can download it here , too. Place the Logo. Let's add the logo! Click File > Place Embedded… ( File > Place in versions prior to Creative Cloud).

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

These are the slides and notes for the talk I gave at the American Alliance of Museums conference on Monday, April 27 about the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. There are links embedded to other posts that go deeper into specific topics. For years, I’ve been associated with the idea of “visitor participation.” When I became the director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History four years ago, I took this work with me.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 27, 2015

Recently, the Boston Globe ran an article lambasting corporate volunteering days as more trouble than they’re worth. The Globe received a lot of criticism for the article from corporations and nonprofits alike. However, while the Globe may have oversimplified the relationships between corporations and nonprofits as parasitic spectacles meant only to buff up the business’ appearance, they also brought up a major issue with corporate volunteerism.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 29, 2015

Take some quality time to read the book by C. Elliott Haverlack , Unbunde It , because it explores the issues you face as a leader with a twist that is different from many other leadership books. Throughout, the book offers suggestions on how to overcome the burden that complexity creates in our lives and businesses. Most intriguing for me is Haverlack's straight-forward, unbundled insights on teams.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2015

Q: What happens when you bring app developers together with nonprofits and libraries along with some coffee thrown in? A: Mobile apps with a conscience! Last October, I wrote about a breakfast co-hosted by Caravan Studios and Twilio for nonprofits and app developers. Caravan Studios, a division of TechSoup, builds apps that help communities solve pressing issues.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 29, 2015

Consider this: Within the next 10 years, Millennials will be the leaders of your company or organization. I hope this doesn’t scare you, because once you get past some of the negative propaganda surrounding this generation, you’ll find a passionate group of people who are driven by a desire to do good and make a difference. Millennials are on track to make up 80% of the global workforce by 2020.

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