Amy Sample Ward
JUNE 3, 2010
This post is reposted from the #4Change blog. I love community organizing. It’s true! It’s something that I am energized by, passionate about, and take so much pleasure in helping others do well, too. I’ve had experience organizing communities offline in local communities, and organizing community online – but the kind of organizing that inspires me the most is combining online and offline.
Robert Weiner
JUNE 3, 2010
Yesterday I spoke on a fundraising panel at Compasspoint's Silicon Valley/Peninsula Nonprofit Forum and mentioned a variety of resources. Here they are, with links: Donor Retention. AFP's Fundraising Effectiveness Project: [link]. The Agitator’s post “No New Donors!&# [link]. Attracting New Donors. “Homer Simpson for Nonprofits: The Truth about How People Really Think and What It Means for Promoting Your Cause&#.
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NetWits
JUNE 1, 2010
There are lot’s of not so cool ways to get more Twitter followers. Do a Google Search for “get more Twitter followers today” and you’ll find tactics ranging from paying for new followers to crazy pyramid number schemes to good information that actually works. It can be a bit confusing to figure out and filter through all the not so good resources. The trick is to NOT get pulled in by all the people out there that want to make a buck or gain something by helping you get more followers.
VisionLink
JUNE 1, 2010
'I''ve always been interested in whether other software providers use their own software for their own purposes or deploy other tools. Seems like this is a great line in the sand. So, we decided to jump off that cliff and recently moved all of our own customer tracking and account management to our own Community Operating System. While it is true that CommunityOS is designed for case management, volunteer coordination, referrals and so forth--and in many different sectors--we decided to deploy i
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.
Amy Sample Ward
JUNE 3, 2010
Earlier this month, the Connected Generation conference brought lots of folks from organizations and direct services groups, as well as practitioners, educators, and researchers together in Bristol, UK, to talk about the use of social media in youth work. It was an excellent program , organized by Tim Davies and Katie Bacon , and featured excellent speakers with stories and experience to share from their diverse backgrounds.
Robert Weiner
JUNE 2, 2010
I just spoke on a fundraising panel at Compasspoint's Silicon Valley/Peninsula Nonprofit Forum. One takeaway: some California cities are finding that they need to raise private funds to make up for cuts in State and local funding. This means thinking and acting like nonprofits. The city department in question has no board and no staff who know how to solicit donations.
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Judi Sohn
MAY 29, 2010
In a few weeks, my oldest daughter will be graduating from middle school. High school begins in the fall. I'm starting to get a picture of who my baby may be as an adult. Scary, but in a good way because she's an amazing young lady. She's intelligent, sweet, compassionate, has a wicked sense of humor and has thankfully has spared us from most of the average 14 year-old angst.
Wild Apricot
MAY 31, 2010
It’s that time again! Our regular monthly round-up of free professional development opportunities for nonprofit folks is back for June 2010. Even as we move toward the lazy days of summer, when the pace traditionally slows down a bit, there’s still a great variety of free online presentations and seminars on tap for fundraisers, board members, administrators, active volunteers and volunteer coordinators.
Robert Weiner
MAY 29, 2010
Have you successfully moved from paper-based direct mail fundraising to digital tools (email, websites, video, social media, widgets, and/or mobile)? Want to gloat about your successes and possibly make some (more) money as well? The Paperless Choice Challenge is rewarding successful, creative, replicable campaigns that use electronic fundraising tools by giving away eight prizes totalling over $20,000.
NetWits
MAY 30, 2010
A lot of people want to be FIRST. SixDegrees.com was first to the online social networking game in 1997 (not to long ago, eh?) - They shut their doors in 2000. Twitter was first to the microblogging game - They recently hit the 15 BILLION tweet mark. As you can see being first doesn’t always matter. Being second, third or ninety-fifth may not matter either.
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Judi Sohn
MAY 29, 2010
In a few weeks, my oldest daughter will be graduating from middle school. High school begins in the fall. I'm starting to get a picture of who my baby may be as an adult. Scary, but in a good way because she's an amazing young lady. She's intelligent, sweet, compassionate, has a wicked sense of humor and has thankfully has spared us from most of the average 14 year-old angst.
Wild Apricot
JUNE 2, 2010
Of the “big three” social media networks (Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn) each has its own challenges for nonprofits trying to spread their message, but we've tended put LinkedIn at the bottom of the list as more useful for individual networking than for nonprofit outreach. That may be about to change, with LinkedIn's new sharing features! Now, the times – they are a-changin’!
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 2, 2010
Photo by Eric Eugene Kim. Guest post by Patti Anklam. Guest blogger, Patti Anklam , author of Net Work: A Practical Guide to Creating and Sustaining Networks at Work and in the World , explores the role of organizational leadership in a network world. This post is part of a series of articles exploring topics related to network leadership hosted by Leadership for a New Era (LNE).
Tech Soup
JUNE 2, 2010
Recently, Google announced that Google Apps Premier Edition is available at a 40% discount ($30/user/year) for U.S. nonprofit organizations with over 3,000 users. Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) and our own blog has been carrying news for some time about the fact that Google Apps Education Edition is free for U.S. nonprofit organization with under 3,000 users.
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Get Fully Funded
JUNE 1, 2010
One of the greatest skills a professional Fundraiser can develop is listening. I find that I listen with not only my ears, but with my eyes and my intuition. Sometimes a donor says what they really think and sometimes they leave things unsaid so it’s good to be able to pick up on all the subtleties. Listening also will help you get along better with Board members, volunteers, and co-workers.
Wild Apricot
MAY 31, 2010
Do you have advice to share with non profit organizations who want to more effectively recruit, engage, connect, manage their members online? Wild Apricot Blog invites your blog post submissions for the Nonprofit Blog Carnival, June 2010 edition, on the theme of Managing Your Membership – Tips, Tools and Tactics.( read more ). Tags: Non-profit technology General non-profit interest nptech Non-profit Communications membership Membership management publicity nonprofit blog carnival.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 1, 2010
Ed Granger-Happ, Nethope; Claire Bonilla, Disaster Response Microsoft; Daniel Ben-Horin, TechSoup Global, Vida Durant, CARE USA. Earlier this month, I had an opportunity to attend Microsoft’s “Accelerator Summit ,” a day of conversation with Microsoft employees, partners, academics, journalists, and bloggers about their corporate citizenship program.
Tech Soup
JUNE 1, 2010
Does your nonprofit or public library need better technology? Wish you had the latest version of that pricey software? Or sturdier hardware? Learn more about TechSoup's product donation program and how to get started with this free webinar. Join TechSoup, get registered, learn what it means to be qualified and eligible for different donation and discount programs, and start requesting donations.
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Get Fully Funded
JUNE 3, 2010
Today’s blog post comes from Stephen A. Price, a grant writing expert and co-owner of Educational Resource Consultants, central CA’s premiere grant writing firm. Often, one of the most frustrating parts of applying for a grant is locating a grant suitable for your organization. It is common to hear that “There are grants about there waiting to be taken!
Wild Apricot
JUNE 3, 2010
A few years ago (I think it was when my son turned 10), I realized that we have some irreconcilable differences between us. Specifically, we could not agree on what date is the first day of summer. For me that always was – and is – June 1st (my farmer roots??). However, smartypants that he is, my son insists on the scientific/astronomy-based date – June 22nd or something.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 3, 2010
Guest Post by Kivi Leroux Miller. Kivi Leroux Miller has just launched a book, Nonprofit Marketing Guide: High-Impact, Low-Cost Ways to Build Support for Your Good Cause. To help her celebrate, I invited to write a post with some steps and tips for integrating web content, email, and social media. You put up a website way back when, then started sending out an email newsletter.
NTEN
JUNE 4, 2010
Yesterday, on the NTEN channel, we started a discussion on the future of privacy for nonprofits with Stowe Boyd , known for his speaking and writing on the social revolution on the web. Stowe painted the backdrop of the formation of what he refers to as "publicy" -- the idea that the social web is inherently open with little privacy for users.
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Tech Soup
JUNE 2, 2010
This week, several TechSoup Global staffers are participating in Foundation Week in Brussels. Here, TechSoup co-CEO Daniel Ben-Horin shares his thoughts on the differences between the European and American foundation landscapes. This post was originally published by Alliance Magazine. You will forgive me I hope if my prose is bit florid. I am in the grip of Wolf Hall , Hilary Mantel's incredible Booker Prize-winning novel about the nuances of conscience in Henry VIII's England.
Care2
MAY 31, 2010
What is your superpower? This is a favorite question of my colleague, Jon Stahl, and when he asks it, what he’s really talking about is value proposition. And not just some vague value proposition, like, “we protect the environment,&# but more along the lines of what can you do for me today ? Wonder Woman, for example, fights crime, but her superpowers?
Have Fun - Do Good
JUNE 3, 2010
My pal, Kivi Leroux Miller , has a new book out that I thought some of you might find useful, Nonprofit Marketing Guide: High-Impact, Low-Cost Ways to Build Support for Your Good Cause. As part of her virtual book tour , she's written a guest post for Have Fun, Do Good about Five Ways to Do More Marketing in Less Time. Enjoy! No matter whether you want more people to donate to your good cause, to read your blog, or to recognize your name as an expert in your field, you have to make time for mark
NTEN
JUNE 4, 2010
(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Members are in bold. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) Nancy Schwartz asked our community and other nonprofit communities a few weeks ago about their favorite nonprofit email newsletters.
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Tech Soup
JUNE 3, 2010
One of the final speakers from this morning's session trying to ask and answer whether the Internet could fix politics or not was Scott Heiferman , the co-Founer and CEO of Meetup.com. He talked about the commonly misplaced aims of many marketing and online communications teams. It's not about the numbers, it's about the engagement. Having more followers or fans shouldn't be the goal for any organization working on social issues.
Care2
JUNE 2, 2010
“Enough about you. Let’s talk about ME!&# Is this how your organization interacts with your supporters? Telling them about the intricacies of your own work and programming —instead of listening and responding to the ideas bubbling up from the communities in which your supporters participate? In The Networked Nonprofit: Connecting With Social Media To Drive Change, co-authors Beth Kanter and Allison Fine, show how social media is catalyzing a shift away from this type of “
Forum One
JUNE 4, 2010
I was invited to present last week at the University of Maryland's Human Computer Interaction Lab's workshop on Government and Social Media. We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. We also saw some very cool examples of how to use NodeXL to map and understand social networks.
NTEN
JUNE 2, 2010
Flickr photo by Giorgio Montersino You probably already know many of the advantages of working virtually: no commute (saving money, time, and the environment), fewer office space requirements, improved morale, or maybe even an office on the beach. The problem with working as part of a virtual team is the "team" part: how do you work strategically with others when you can't talk to them face-to-face?
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