Nonprofit Tech for Good
AUGUST 17, 2011
Hot off the presses and just delivered via Fed Ex! It’s a surreal moment, exciting, nerve-racking, but it’s great to see the words off the screen and onto paper. Tangible, in my hands. There will be an e-book version of course, but I am so grateful to have been given this opportunity to publish a book while books are still printed on paper.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 16, 2011
I just attended two days of meetings in Washington DC on the first year of the DIAGRAM Center , held at the Office of Special Education Programs in the Department of Education. The goal of the DIAGRAM R&D Center is to greatly improve access to graphical information for students with print disabilities (for example, helping blind students get access to important graphics inside textbooks).
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Amy Sample Ward
AUGUST 16, 2011
When it isn’t “conference season&# , it’s “session submission season&# ! Voting is now open to select sessions for the next SXSW Interactive conference, taking place in Austin in March. You can vote on all the sessions you find interesting, but I hope you’ll pay particular interest to the 160+ submitted to the “Great Good/Nonprofit&# track!
NetWits
AUGUST 15, 2011
Seth Godin came out with a list where he essentially asked the question “How do you prioritize life?&# It’s well worth the read as it makes you think personally about how you go about filtering (aka prioritizing). But it’s also very though provoking in terms of our work in the nonprofit space. As I read his list I started thinking about how priorities affect fundraising.
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.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
AUGUST 14, 2011
Date: Monday, September 26. Time: 1pm-2:30 BST ( View Time by City ). Cost: Free. How to Register: Sign up! Presented By: Heather Mansfield. In the United States, Canada, or Latin America? Register here! Based upon the soon-to-be-released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , this webinar begins with defining Web 1.0, Web 2.0, and Web 3.0 communications and fundraising, and then quickly moves on to a discussion about the importance of integrating the tools from each
NCE Social Media
AUGUST 15, 2011
Two years ago I posted a video on the use of social media. There is now an updated video for this called the Social Media Revolution 2011. Based on #1 International Best Selling Book Socialnomics by Erik Qualman , this video includes statistics on the world’s population, technology adoption, and the continued rise of social media. Here’s the video.
Nonprofit Technology brings together the best content for nonprofit technical enthusiasts from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Wild Apricot
AUGUST 19, 2011
There are over 23 free non-profit webinars in our round-up for September. You'll find webinars on cause marketing, fundraising, volunteer management, social media, constituent engagement and much more.( read more ).
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 17, 2011
Example of A/B Testing Results. I’ve been reflecting on why some nonprofits do a better job of measurement and learning, while others do not. What is the difference? It comes down to organizational culture. The nonprofits that embrace measurement have a data-driven culture. That is they make decisions based on meaningful data, rather than solely by gut.
ASU Lodestar Center
AUGUST 19, 2011
posted by. Stephanie La Loggia, M.A. Manager of. Knowledge Resources. ASU Lodestar Center. Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. We welcome your comments and feedback.
Have Fun - Do Good
AUGUST 17, 2011
“[A] gift is something that is given. You don’t own it. The world does. The world is asking you to use it. You don’t get to say no, no matter how much you may want to.” – Eli Stone Friday is Have Fun, Do Good's 6th anniversary, and my 42nd birthday. After six years of blogging, and teaching others how to blog, I've been playing around with the idea of what it means to be a "generous blogger.
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.
Wild Apricot
AUGUST 17, 2011
Cause Marketing For Dummies is a great new book that's full of information and examples for organizations that want to take advantage of partnerships between companies and causes.( read more ).
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 16, 2011
2008 SXSW Panel: Pimp Your Nonprofit Cause photo by Ed Schipul. The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March, 2012 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. The final program is selected through a combination of an open submission and voting process. The process has opened – so you can browse and vote for the nonprofit panels you think are worthy of being on the program until September 2, 2011.
ASU Lodestar Center
AUGUST 17, 2011
posted by. Mark Hager, Ph.D. , Associate Professor, ASU School of Community. Resources & Development. This topic gets trotted out a lot, so maybe that just means it's worth having again. We discuss it in one of my graduate seminars, but a blog post is probably a good place to gather up people's reactions in the comments section. Really, I'd love to hear your thoughts.
See3
AUGUST 16, 2011
Change the world, one video at a time.Facebook: Unfriend Coal | 2:00 Greenpeace International This is a timely story about Mark Zuckerberg, a friendly blue giant, and dirty old coal. The young narrator and childlike animation are very effective at creating a fairy tale, but the moral of the story is strong and clear. Produced [.].
Advertiser: Digital Ocean
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Wild Apricot
AUGUST 16, 2011
If you're a Wild Apricot user wanting to know more about how to manage events, join us for our webinar coming up on August 30.( read more ).
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 18, 2011
Click to Purchase on Amazon. Joe Waters, who writes the Selfish Giving Blog , has published a book, Cause Marketing for Dummies and was kind enough to send me a copy. I have not finished reading the whole book cover to cover, word for word but I did have a chance to read a couple of chapters. Cause Marketing is a partnership between a nonprofit and for-profit for mutual benefit.
ASU Lodestar Center
AUGUST 16, 2011
posted by. Sarah Hipolito , Program Coordinator, Senior. ASU Lodestar Center. A passion of mine for the last 13 years has been working with high school teens through my church youth group. During my last year as a student at ASU, I completed a youth ministry internship at the All Saints Catholic Newman Center on the Tempe campus. After that, I was released into the "real world" and went on to pursue a career as a youth minister.
NTEN
AUGUST 16, 2011
By Jeff Ramos, Community and Content Manager, Games for Change. For the first time, this year's Games for Change Festival created an opportunity for producers of games in development to get live feedback from leading game designers, educators, and funders on the main stage. This " Demo Spotlight " highlighted six upcoming games to present their work in front of a stellar jury: Frank Lantz of Zynga New York and NYU, Ken Perlin of the Games for Learning Institute , and Connie Yowell from the
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See3
AUGUST 15, 2011
Change the world, one video at a time.What’s Your Calling? | 2:50 What’s Your Calling? This engaging introductory clip for the What’s Your Calling? Campaign which profiles a series of videos that explore what people have been called to do with their lives and how they hope to change the world. The profiles are extremely [.].
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 19, 2011
If you work in social media or PR for that matter, and you are concerned about measurement, then KD Paine is already high on your list of must go to sources. I’ve been following her work for at least five years and had the honor of facilitating a SXSW Panel called “ Social Media, Nonprofit, and ROI Poetry Slam &# where she was a participant.
Care2
AUGUST 18, 2011
Are nonprofits using QR codes as part of their marketing and outreach? They certainly are according to several nonprofits we heard from last week in response to our post “ Five Ways Nonprofits Can Use QR Codes &# I love hearing about nonprofits who are experimenting with new outreach tactics and tools. And since we are a community of sharers I wanted to highlight five organizations that are using QR codes.
Tech Soup
AUGUST 14, 2011
This blog post was authored by Evonne Heyning, interactive media producer with TechSoup's community and social media team. Are you looking for secrets to giving great presentations? Whether offering a workshop, giving a keynote speech in your community, or persuading funders in a new campaign, nonprofit leaders require strong presentation skills — from designing amazing slides and visuals to listening to your audience as you share your ideas.
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!
See3
AUGUST 18, 2011
Change the world, one video at a time.Pink Glove Dance | 3:39 Providence St. Vincent Medical Center With over 13 MILLION views, this is the original Pink Glove Dance and an excellent example of how employees or other nonprofit stakeholders can put together a video to generate awareness to their cause, have a ton of [.].
NTEN
AUGUST 17, 2011
[Editor's note: The following is an expert of an article in the June 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] By Michael Hoffman and Danny Alpert, See3 Communications When the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan we saw the aftermath almost immediately.
Care2
AUGUST 18, 2011
Nonprofits, businesses, and entrepreneurs have been busy focusing on growing their social networking presence, but how valuable are active social media users to your organization? Have you ever dived into your data to determine if it's the more active social media users connected to your organization that are donating more money? Are they donating more often than non social media users?
Eric Jacobsen Blog
AUGUST 19, 2011
Former Verizon Wireless CEO, Denny F. Strigl offers these tips for how to be a good coach to an employee. He explains that good coaches help performers by: Keeping them focused. Giving them objective, helpful feedback. Acting as a sounding board for new approaches. Identifying blind spots that may be holding the performer back. Reinforcing key values, principles, and behaviors that improve performance.
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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.
See3
AUGUST 17, 2011
Change the world, one video at a time.Masking Tape: Meeting the Millennial Budget| 1:49 Roosevelt Institute Student Network This clip is one of only a few non-partisan videos on budget crisis facing our nation. The Roosevelt Institute Campus Network’s Budget for a Millennial America created a plan that reflects the views of a cross-section of [.].
NTEN
AUGUST 18, 2011
For organizations looking to replace or overhaul their website, the project ahead may seem enormous, unwieldy, daunting. The path from initial planning to the successful launch of a well designed, functional website is long and full of twists. Trying to accommodate your leaders' feedback, while creating a website that has a unified voice and purpose, can seem nearly impossible.
Care2
AUGUST 17, 2011
After months of wandering you’ve made it to the (nonprofit blogging) promised land! You convinced the bigwigs to let you start a blog for your organization, you recruited peers to join you as staff bloggers, you’ve set clear guidelines , and shared some creative blog post ideas for your staff to draw from. You’ve thought about how else you can help your blogging staff to succeed, been their biggest cheerleader, and held your breath.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
AUGUST 14, 2011
Here are some words of wisdom from a 1990 Harvard Business Review article by John P. Kotter: Leadership complements management; it doesn't replace it. Management controls people by pushing them in the right direction; leadership motivates them by satisfying basic human needs. Strong leadership with weak management is no better, and sometimes actually worse, than the reverse.
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