Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Organization: Taproot Foundation. Organization Size: 40 Employees. Name (s): Dupé Ajayi and Megan McDonald. Title (s): Manager, External Affairs and Associate, Social Media & Recruitment. Website: www.taprootfoundation.org. Blog: taprootfoundation.org/blog. Facebook: facebook.com/taprootfoundation. Twitter: twitter.com/taprootfound. YouTube: youtube.com/thetaprootfoundation.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 21, 2010

As you wind down for 2010, it’s worth having a quick think about what your priorities will be when you next step back into your office. Where will your focus be in the new year? How will you reinvigorate yourself, your work and your organisation in 2011? Most importantly, are you considering how your online presence will help you grow your giving program?

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NCE Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

The Chronicle of Philanthropy hosted an online forum led by Claire Diaz Ortiz , Twitter’s top person working with nonprofits on social innovation. The forum focused specially on how to use Twitter as an advocacy tool. Here’s a link to the forum with the transcript of the proceedings. Please note the forum was held by having people use Twitter to post their questions and thus this is a story with a Twitter feed.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 22, 2010

A number of regular webinar hosts are still finalizing their schedules for January 2011, but nonprofit folks will find a great variety of professional development and training opportunities – free and online – already lined up for January 2011. Do keep your eye on the comments section, below, for late additions to this list as the New Year rolls out, and feel free to add your own event if you’re presenting!

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2010

During 2010, I been able to read, blurb, write reviews, do blog giveaways, or author guest posts and interviews for a lot of terrific books that would be useful to nonprofit professionals in the social media, marketing, and ICT areas. Many authors generously sent me review copies. I also have a small pile of books sitting on my desk that I wanted to blog about.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Teaser: We are all very excited to announce today that NTEN has received a $1.15 million grant from the Google Inc. Charitable Giving Fund of Tides Foundation. This is the first grant NTEN has received from Google. The grant will support NTEN's work to educate technology leaders about the evolving role of technology in nonprofit work, and beyond that, to produce research and training on cloud technologies and data management, visualization, and collaboration.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 20, 2010

As the calendar year winds down many organizations are looking for time-saving online applications to help juggle the busy event, holiday and renewal period. But remember that your members are time-strapped too. As you review your existing or new online applications, be sure that one of the key benefits of any solution is ease-of-use for members and prospects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Almost 8,000 have signed an online petition to urged Steve Jobs to change its iPhone donation policy. To date, there has been no response. Google and Microsoft are all ears. You might have read this article in the New York Times this month about how Apple makes it really difficult for nonprofits to collect donations from within iPhone apps and the ensuring kerfulffle from many in the nonprofit and CSR sector, including the Chronicle of Philanthropy , Nonprofit Quarterly , Cause Marketing Forum ,

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NTEN

DECEMBER 20, 2010

We are all very excited to announce today that NTEN has received a $1.15 million grant from the Google Inc. Charitable Giving Fund of Tides Foundation. This is the first grant NTEN has received from Google. The grant will support NTEN's work to educate technology leaders about the evolving role of technology in nonprofit work, and beyond that, to produce research and training on cloud technologies and data management, visualization, and collaboration.

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Care2

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Do you think your organization has clout or Klout ? Is your organization considered a content curator? Are you a leader or a follower? Or are social media ranking tools an example of more kool-aid mix being added to the overflowing punch bowl? As more nonprofits get aggressive with their social media outreach, they are starting to take cues from the business sector about their own influence and finding “those influentials&# that they think are going to produce magical results. “Is it

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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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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 23, 2010

With just a short time left before the big day, the Wild Apricot team wanted to share their fondest Christmas memories, favorite traditions and wishes for the year ahead. Oh, and we also made a little pattern in the snow. :-) All the best to you and yours from everyone at Wild Apricot ! ( read more ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Google and Microsoft sent me mobile phones in response to my complaints about the Apple iPhone in-app donation policy. Yesterday I had the pleasure of participating in the final #zoogood Twitter chat of 2010. The topic we explored was mobile fundraising, ranging from best practices, integration and why applications on phones haven’t taken off.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Last week I was invited to give a keynote plenary session at the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs AFL Care Grantee Annual Conference in San Antonio, Texas. This year's conference focused on Planning and Innovating for Reform. Because the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act brings a new landscape of considerations for policy makers, program planners, and service providers of pregnant and parenting adolescents, AFL Care grantees have an unprece

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Care2

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Are you measuring the right social media metrics or do you have your head in the sand? Think about that for a minute or so. The answer matters. Oh, and don’t worry if you answered yes. I’ve done it. We all do at some point. As the web becomes more and more social you’ve probably noticed that it’s easy to get sucked into the black hole known as social engagement – using social media with no idea where you’re headed.

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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.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Here are a couple of interesting resources that might be helpful for organizations working on Fundraising or member/donor communications plans for 2011: 1. Nonprofit Tagline Database: A new database of 4,800+ taglines and the guide to making them work - the 2011 Nonprofit Tagline Report - is available from [link]. Nancy Schwartz, publisher of these resources and the Getting Attention blog and e-newsletter, sees taglines as "a key tool in building strong non-profit brands,( read more ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Today, the Guardian Technology blog speculated that the reason why the Wikileaks iPhone app was pulled from the iTunes story was because the $1.95 fee for the app was a donation to the organization. Let’s unpack this … This is a nuanced issue. No doubt about it. The online petition with over 8000 signatures asks Mr. Jobs to make it easier for legitimate nonprofits to accept donations in one-click via their credit card on file with the iTunes store.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 21, 2010

TechSoup talked with longtime forums host Gary LaMontagne and learned more about his nonprofit work. 1. Name, title, and TechSoup username. Gary Lamontagne, (username: glamontagne ), Network and Systems Administrator and host of TechSoup's Networks forum and Nonprofit Careers forum. 2. Location (city, state, country). Berlin, NH, USA. 3. Organization that you work for/volunteer with.

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Care2

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The Next Generation of Canadian Giving was just released by StratCom, HJC. It looks at donor behavior and generational relevance -- in other words, what age groups give at what levels, how they like to give and how they want to be treated. The primary finding from this study is not news, per se, but now has quantifiable data to support it: different age groups should be treated distinctly, and give differently.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 22, 2010

First off, I just wanted to say thanks for reading my Reverb 10 posts this month as I reflect on the past year, and the year ahead. I know these posts are more about me than about providing you with have fun, do good ideas, interviews and inspiration (: Even if you don't have a blog, I recommend taking a little time to write/walk/paint with some, or all of the questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Wishing everyone a happy holiday! We’re off to visit the snow for a few days! I have a series of wonderful guest posts planned for new week, but may be popping in with a few of my own! Wishing everyone a happy holiday! We’re off to visit the snow for a few days! I have a series of wonderful guest posts planned for new week, but may be popping in with a few of my own!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 21, 2010

There's such stiff competition in the world of green holiday tips that it's almost impossible now to come up with an original angle. I think I've found one, though. Nobody is talking about "precycling for the holidays" yet. Precycling , according to Wikipedia, is the practice of reducing waste by attempting to avoid bringing into the home or business items that will generate waste.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Sometimes, despite your best effort and your most extensive planning, your fundraising effort falls flat. You know what I’m talking about. You send out an appeal through the mail and the returns are very slow to come in. Or you hold a fundraising dinner for 200 people and only a few show up. It’s heart-breaking (believe me, I know! Been there, done that.).

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Need some new inspiration in your feed reader? Here are six little-known blogs I've enjoyed reading this year. I believe that the museum blogosphere is still underdeveloped and there's lots of room for people to share their inspiration, experience, and ideas. I hope next year at this time, all six on this list will still be going strong and accompanied by a chorus of new voices.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

DECEMBER 21, 2010

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2010

This is the third blog of my series on configuring QuickBooks for use in a nonprofit organization. In my first blog , I mentioned that the very first step in configuring QuickBooks is to have a QuickBooks implementation meeting, and I recommended using a questionnaire to facilitate the meeting and act as a centerpiece. My second blog dealt with setting up the chart of accounts in a nonprofit environment.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Here’s a great little video that will probably make you giggle or at least smile. After watching it a couple of times, I think there are some deeper lessons to be learned. One is “don’t start something unless you’re prepared to deal with the consequences.&# Another is “if you give, be prepared to receive.&#. Watch the video and see what other lessons can be learned.

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AFP Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Postings will be intermittent until January 4.AFP IHQ will be closed for the holidays beginning Dec. 23 and will reopen Jan. 3, 2011. The AFP Foundations for Philanthropy will remain open Dec. 23, and also Dec. 27-30. Happy Holidays!

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

DECEMBER 20, 2010

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 21, 2010

TechSoup Client Services will be closed for the holidays from Friday, December 24, through Friday, December 31. Please Note: Donation requests will not be processed during our holiday break. Donation request processing and all other Client Services operations will resume at 8 a.m. (Pacific time) on Monday, January 3, 2011. For continued service throughout the holiday season, there are many resources on our website to answer questions and guide you through our registration, qualification, and don

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NetWits

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Are you measuring the right social media metrics or do you have your head in the sand? Think about that for a minute or so. The answer matters. Oh, and don’t worry if you answered yes. I’ve done it. We all do at some point. As the web becomes more and more social you’ve probably noticed that it’s easy to get sucked into the black hole known as social engagement – using social media with no idea where you’re headed.

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