Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 22, 2015
There is a lot of discussion in the nonprofit sector about Millennials (a.k.a. Gen Y) and Baby Boomers and a growing interest in Gen Z a.k.a. #Philanthrokids , but almost no analysis of Generation X (aged 35-50 years). As the first generation to donate online and the generation that pioneered web design, email, blogging, and online advocacy, ignoring Gen X is a big mistake.
EveryAction
APRIL 20, 2015
'Nonprofits have never had a more powerful fundraising tool than they now have in email , but there''s a growing concern that they might be ignoring one of the most important metrics for a successful online fundraising program.
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TechImpact
APRIL 24, 2015
What makes an infographic so shareable? Is it the quality of the information that is being posted, or the visual way that information is presented? The answer is both. Responsive design is combined with vetted, factual information to create the 21st century public service announcement. Some say there is no secret to creating a highly […]. The post Infographic: Why Are Infographics So Shareable?
VisionLink
APRIL 21, 2015
'The VisionLink Family cannot express our extreme pride in our own Jamie Rogers for his recognition by Denver Kids, Inc. as Mentor of the Month for April 2015! Denver Kids, Inc. is an educational organization dedicated to helping Denver Public School students. Their mission is to help youth who face personal challenges graduate high school, explore post-secondary options and become a productive and contributing member of society.
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.
Wild Apricot
APRIL 20, 2015
'Want to know how your organization can profit from win-win sponsor partnerships? Register for our upcoming Wild Apricot Expert Webinar with Joe Waters – details here.
EveryAction
APRIL 23, 2015
'D o some jumping jacks to get the blood flowing. Don’t arch your back. Inhale as you lift. Focus on the muscle group you’re working. Major gift prospects are the heavy weights of the fundraising world. Just like lifting more weight, raising more money requires proper technique. You have to want more, strive for more, and do what it takes to attain more.
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VisionLink
APRIL 24, 2015
Medical Surplus Recovery Organizations Are Helping To Take the Bite Out Of Malaria. Today is World Malaria Day, a day when we are asked to consider the fact that every minute a child dies of a mosquito bite. To draw more attention to World Malaria Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) and their partners are sharing their vision of a world in which mosquito bites are no longer fatal.
Wild Apricot
APRIL 23, 2015
Here are highlights from our Wild Apricot Expert Webinar on Volunteer Onboarding, presented by Tobi Johnson.
Tech Soup
APRIL 21, 2015
'Want to dispose of your old technology AND do some good for the world? We are proud to announce two free charitable equipment donation services. One is for consumers interested in donating laptops and phones. The other is for businesses interested in donating PCs. How Individuals Can Donate Laptops and Phones. InterConnection is TechSoup's nonprofit refurbishment partner for our Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) , providing reliable, warrantied computers and tablets to U.S. nonprofits,
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 23, 2015
'Flickr Photo by Wesley Fryer. Note from Beth: This year I’ve been focusing more and more on leadership professional development in a networked world and finding myself working more and more with younger leaders in the nonprofit sector. Recently, I was chatting with Joan Garry , a consultant who works with current nonprofit leaders about the ways that nonprofits need to change in order to nurture the next generation of young leaders for the nonprofit sector.
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.
NTEN
APRIL 20, 2015
Amy Sample Ward. CEO. NTEN. What's cooking for your website, and who's coming to your party? Whenever I'm leading a workshop or training session, I offer up the same analogy for digital engagement: the online world is a house party (at least the way I throw them!).
BoardAssist
APRIL 21, 2015
'Your first reaction: of course they will take the call! But surprisingly, many nonprofits don’t take the call when that new donor is a potential board member. Is your nonprofit one of the many that isn’t responding promptly to every potential new donor that calls? How could that even happen? Potential Board Members should be treated as well as Foundation Donors.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
APRIL 22, 2015
'Have you checked out the relatively new book, The Ten Golden Rules of Leadership: Classical Wisdom for Modern Leaders ? As you dig in, you''ll step back in time to learn philosophies of the past and how to apply them today. Authors M. A. Soupios and Panos Mourdoukoutas offer a fresh approach to becoming a great leader by learning from antiquity''s great thinkers, such as Aristotle, Hesiod, Sophocles, Heraclitus, and others.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 22, 2015
'Click to Test Your Web Site Now. Is your web site mobile friendly? Starting April 21, dubbed “Mobilegeddon” , Google changed the search results and will show mobile friendly sites in search results (while using your mobile phone). You can test your web site here and find out if you passed the test and if you flunked it, there is some advice on what and how to fix it.
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.
NTEN
APRIL 24, 2015
Tammy Gordon. Vice President. AARP Studios. How AARP Studios division is smashing stereotypes about age and digital use, and connecting with its members in ways that matter. 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.
See3
APRIL 24, 2015
If you haven’t already made your email templates, donation forms and website content mobile friendly, you need to do it NOW. The post How Nonprofits Can Survive (And Thrive) After Mobilegeddon appeared first on The See3 Blog.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
APRIL 19, 2015
'Edward M. Marshall''s book, Transforming The Way We Work -- The Power Of The Collaborative Workplace , remains relevant today, more than a decade after Marshall wrote it. Particularly useful is the book''s section that teaches readers how to be a collaborative leader. Marshall says that there are seven different, important roles and responsibilities of collaborative leaders when leading teams , and those leaders should select the appropriate style to meet the team''s needs.
Tech Soup
APRIL 22, 2015
Welcome back! So far we've cleaned up the image and added our header text. Now, we'll add the body text and the white box behind it. But first, let's talk about layers. A Quick Note About Layers. Each element in your Photoshop file is on its own layer. Adobe describes layers like this. Photoshop layers are like sheets of stacked acetate.
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.
NTEN
APRIL 22, 2015
A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources and other goodies. Read more posts on our blog. TechKlub Kraków just had an event this week with 150 attendees ! Hats off to organizers bringing people together through technology. An unfortunate reply-to email fracas in Berkeley ended up bringing people together for a picnic. What do nonprofits want in management software that brings volunteers together?
NonProfit Hub
APRIL 23, 2015
The lifeblood of most organizations comes in a few different forms, but one of the most important is the people who selflessly dedicate hours to your mission—volunteers. They aren’t required to be at your organization, and yet something pulls them in, captures their attention and makes them want to be a part of your organization. But sometimes, it’s hard to find those people.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
APRIL 23, 2015
Liz Wiseman 's latest book is Rookie Smarts. It's all about living and working perpetually on a learning curve. She contends that we do our best work when we are new to something. And, she teaches us how to reclaim and cultivate the curious, flexible and youthful mindset called "rookie smarts." "Something magical happens when a skilled veteran successfully re-learns his rookie smarts and is still able to retain his veteran acumen," explains Wiseman.
Tech Soup
APRIL 24, 2015
For many kids, summer means camp, the great outdoors, and best of all, no school! But for some kids, no school means no lunches — and that makes summer decidedly less fun. According to the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) , only one in seven children who are eligible for free or subsidized school lunches receive summer meals. How do we close this gap and ensure all seven of those kids get a summer meal?
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!
NTEN
APRIL 22, 2015
In the "Silicon Hills" of Austin, TX, work is afoot to close the gap of access to technology among the city's residents. 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.
NonProfit Hub
APRIL 24, 2015
One of the biggest questions when curating social media content is “What the heck should we be posting and how often?”. Content guidelines such as the 80/20 Rule or the Rule of Thirds are great aids for helping decide how to keep your content diverse and engage followers. These two tools have been a huge help to a lot of people and businesses, but there are two fatal flaws: they don’t help you to know what the content should be about and they aren’t exactly ideal tools for nonprofits.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
APRIL 24, 2015
A manager who can't make a decision or who can't make a timely decision will frustrate his/her employees. Equally bad, a lack of decision will impede the progress of the manager's team. Some managers make endless requests for data as a way to postpone their having to make a decision. Employees end up spinning in circles, slicing and dicing the information far beyond what is truly needed for the manager to make a decision.
Tech Soup
APRIL 20, 2015
'TechSoup has lots of great donor partners — more than 90 of them at last count. We like to feature their corporate social responsibility efforts this time of year, especially what they're doing to improve our environment. This isn't a comprehensive list of all our donor partners' environmental activities, but this time I'd like to talk about Cisco and Symantec and also about our Green Technology Product Donations.
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Connection Cafe
APRIL 22, 2015
'Making your website responsive and/or mobile friendly will help you lose weight and cut your monthly mortgage payments! OK, that might be a slight exaggeration. But if you are, so to speak, searching for yet another reason to make the switch to a responsive/mobile-friendly design as quickly as possible, besides the obvious reason— traffic from mobile devices comprises anywhere from 50-60% of all web traffic —Google has just provided one.
NonProfit Hub
APRIL 22, 2015
Joe Magee is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub and the Vice President of RallyBound, which provides social fundraising software to nonprofits. He has helped organizations such as TED, Kaiser Permanente and AOL implement digital initiatives aimed at solving problems and making an impact. _. Online fundraising continues to percolate through the nonprofit space.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
APRIL 21, 2015
'David S. Pottruck ''s book, Stacking the Deck , teaches readers a nine-step course of action leaders can follow from the first realization that change is needed through all the steps of implementation, including assembling the right team of close advisors and getting the word out to the wider group. This book tells the in-the-trenches stories of individuals who led bold, sweeping change.
Tech Soup
APRIL 19, 2015
'It's easy to set your printer to print on both sides of the paper. See the wikiHow general directions on how to do that. Also, you need a printer that has the ability to print double-sided. Most people I know with "non-duplexing" printers don't go to the trouble to print double-sided manually. On your next printer purchase, make sure your new printer will easily print on both sides of the paper.
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