Nonprofit Tech for Good
JANUARY 24, 2011
If you haven’t noticed QR Codes yet, after you read this post and browse the QR Codes on Flickr you’re going to start to seeing them everywhere. In magazines, on flyers, tabletops, and conference materials. So, what are they? QR Codes are two-dimensional bar code images that when scanned by a camera on a smartphone open a link to a website, send a SMS, or dial a phone number.
Amy Sample Ward
JANUARY 26, 2011
I’m not sure if you caught the news today but CauseVox has launched their public beta! I’ve been following the work of Rob and his team closely as they have shown not just interest, but passion and intent for engaging with the community at large to create a tool that meets the needs of nonprofit organizations and keeps us involved in making the tool better and better.
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NetWits
JANUARY 27, 2011
I just got an email from Holly Ross, the Executive Director of the Non-profit Technology Network – better known as NTEN. You received the same email if, like me, you’re subscribed to the NTEN newsletter (hint hint). There’s always great information in the newsletter, but this time around I’m particularly excited because the focus is social networking for non-profits (something that, if you read this blog regularly, you know I’m very passionate about) and the 2011 So
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
JANUARY 24, 2011
I’ve had a bit of time now to work with Drupal 7. I’ve been playing with it since it was still pretty experimental, but I finally put together a whole site with it recently, and am pretty happy with it. It’s gotten a big leg up in terms of usability – this was a major focus for this release. The basic user interface is much improved over Drupal 6, and unrecognizable if you’ve only been using Drupal 5 or earlier.
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.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 24, 2011
I occasionally get invited to small group brainstorms of key leaders in fields where we’re active (and we’re active in a lot of fields!). I’m on the plane home from one such weekend in Providence, Rhode Island, held at Brown University. The Think Different Summit was 15-20 smart people, led by an experienced facilitator, trying to imagine the future of the learning disability rights movement.
Amy Sample Ward
JANUARY 26, 2011
I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of January 26th). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).
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NCE Social Media
JANUARY 27, 2011
A new study by Experian found that Americans spend 2 hours and 12 minutes on Twitter each month. The average time per session was 13 minutes and 12 seconds. This is 26 times the 30 traditional second elevator pitch. How are you using this time? Are you engaging your constituency during this 13 minutes and 12 seconds? If so what are you saying via social media?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 25, 2011
Photo Tweeted by @starfocus during a network mapping session at NWF. Two weeks ago, the social media maven from the National Wildlife Federation, Danielle Brigida, tweeted the above photo showing how they were mapping one of their networks with one of my favorite low tech tools: sticky notes. This got my attention because I was designing a Networked Nonprofit workshop for E-Mediat and will incorporate a network mapping exercise.
Wild Apricot
JANUARY 26, 2011
We launched a Wild Apricot Blog Reader Survey to find out what type of information would help small membership-based organizations thrive in 2011. If you want to have a look at what our Blog followers told us - here is an overview of our survey results.( read more ).
NTEN
JANUARY 28, 2011
Steve Heye, Web Project Manager, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago Smaller nonprofits may feel like sophisticated technology is out of reach; it requires more budget, more staff, and more expertise than they think they have. That assumption is wrong. In fact, small nonprofits have many advantages over their larger counterparts. First, you need to identify your barriers, so that you can find opportunities to overcome them.
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.
Get Fully Funded
JANUARY 26, 2011
Seems like lots of nonprofits are talking about social media these days, but not many are doing it well. If you are thinking about uing Facebook or Twitter or email campaigns or any other tools, here are some tips for success. Know your purpose. Be very clear about what you want to achieve by using social media. Too many nonprofits jump into it without clear goals then get frustrated when they don’t raise boatloads of money.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 26, 2011
Note from Beth: I’ve been looking for good examples of nonprofit mobile strategies. I had to look no further than the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch Program. With 75% of the world’s fisheries are fished to capacity, or overfished, the fish we order in restaurants or pick up at the grocery store for dinner, has the power to make this situation worse, or improve it.
Wild Apricot
JANUARY 24, 2011
Have you been wondering if you should add social plugins - such as a Facebook Like Button or Activity Feed - to your website? Our helpful support Apricots have developed easy-to-follow instructions on how you can add 5 Facebook plugins to websites powered by our Wild Apricot Membership Management Software. Why Add Plugins? As Rebecca Leaman (our non-profit tech blogger) noted in a Wild Apricot blog post a while back , "better insights into how and where Facebook users are interacting with your n
NTEN
JANUARY 24, 2011
Gavin Claubaugh, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Effective IT management is more about wetware than it is about hardware and software: it's all about managing the intersection of technology and these rather strange things called people. Moreover, in the formula of Hardware + Software + Wetware , the tech is easy; the people are tough.
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Care2
JANUARY 28, 2011
Has your nonprofit ever talked to your online donors about their donation experiences? Was the feedback positive? Negative? Unfortunately many nonprofits still don’t spend the necessary time optimizing their donation pages and donation flow. These negative experiences can leave donors frustrated, which means fewer donations for your nonprofit.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 24, 2011
Shawn Ahmed, Free Agent and founder of the Uncultured Project, has been invited to next week’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he will meet with business leaders and heads of state. This year, Shawn’s video was selected from over 100 covering a wide range of topics and debates. A big congrats to Shawn! He will talk about his work — and the whole notion of free agents working with NGOs as highlighted in our book, The Networked Nonprofit.
Wild Apricot
JANUARY 28, 2011
In January, the top rated links on AssociationJam.org were for blog posts and articles on Membership, Volunteers and Fundraising, with Technology and Social Media not far behind in the votes tally. There were also some highly rated marketing-communications articles posted in the "Other" category. Here's a look at some of the most popular links submitted to Association Jam in January, 2011 by category: Membership: Three Reasons Why Representation of Member Needs is the Biggest Challenge for Assoc
Get Fully Funded
JANUARY 25, 2011
Missy is one of four cats that live here with us. We adopted her from a local shelter about 10 years ago and she’s a sweetie. She’s the oldest and the smallest of the pack and to help her keep weight on, we feed her canned cat food every afternoon about 4 pm. She LOVES her “tuna” as we call it and eats every last bite. Lately, I’ve been watching her and thinking that Missy might have something to teach us about fundraising.
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Care2
JANUARY 24, 2011
Five Reasons Why Facebook Will Never Replace Your Website. Facebook may have 500 million users and can be useful to help promote your cause, but Facebook could not and should not ever replace your nonprofits website. "Thinking Facebook could take the place of a company’s website is like saying your car is so great soon you can just live in it and get rid of your house.
Tech Soup
JANUARY 25, 2011
In our quest to look at the emerging cloud computing field from all angles, I thought it might be useful to explore a little bit of what you can do to make sure that things don't go badly. In cloud computing, you're entrusting your data and the proper operation of things to something or someone you don't know and probably have little access to. A great example of this is a series of online posts by the website administrator of the membership group, Fencing Registration and Events Database (FRED)
NTEN
JANUARY 28, 2011
A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources and other goodies. There's only one thing we can say about this chart tracking the " History of Social Media " from 550 BC to the present: fantastic! Memorizing it may even help you get a job, because: CareerBuilder's IT hiring poll reports that 44% of IT employers will place greater emphasis on social media in 2011.
Get Fully Funded
JANUARY 26, 2011
Work rhythms are common. We all fall into ways of doing things that serve us in some way. We host the same special event each year or we submit the same grant application each year. It works for a while, but then attendance starts to drop off or our grant is no longer funded. But it’s a good idea to evaluate your work habits periodically to make sure they still work.
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Care2
JANUARY 27, 2011
NTEN, Common Knowledge and Blackbaud invite you to take part in a nonprofit survey about how nonprofits are using online social networks, and enter your name for a chance to win an Apple iPad. Please take just 10 minutes now to complete this 3 rd annual survey , and help us compile an updated snapshot of nonprofits and their use of social networks - commercial social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube, and organizational house (private label) social networks.
Tech Soup
JANUARY 28, 2011
Compiled and organized by Kristy Graves, @kg. We hosted our final live Twitter chat for the Digital Storytelling Event yesterday. There's still time to enter your submission before the second annual Digital Storytelling Challenge ends this coming Monday, January 31! Our special guest host was Susan Gordon , nonprofit services director of Causes.com ( @causes on Twitter).
Eric Jacobsen Blog
JANUARY 24, 2011
Sports heroes mention their mentors at award ceremonies. Successful business people thank their mentors at career milestone celebrations. Young adults who later become accomplished acknowledge their mentors when asked who was influential in their success. Mentoring is indeed powerful. Most leaders have been both a mentor and a mentee at some point in their careers.
Museum 2.0
JANUARY 27, 2011
At a recent talk in Chicago, an audience member asked a question. His foundation supports a private museum that is rarely open to the public. Over the past few years, they've worked hard to make their rich content more accessible both through digitization and programs. but people aren't coming. How can he promote smarter outreach for the future? While there are many ways for museums to reach new audiences, when it comes to specialized knowledge, it's often a question of reaching the niche who ca
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Care2
JANUARY 26, 2011
The second annual TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge is coming up on January 31 st. Here’s how it works. Create a digital story (60 seconds or less video or 5-panel picture story) that conveys your nonprofit’s mission and work in a compelling and creative way. Prizes include: Flip Slide HD – Capture up to 4 hours of high quality HD video with Flip’s latest and greatest mini-camcorder.
Tech Soup
JANUARY 24, 2011
Interested in registering your organization, and requesting donated software, hardware, or services through TechSoup? Our new Getting Started with TechSoup webinar series will help you learn more about getting the most out of the resources and donations available through TechSoup. Designed for nonprofits and public libraries in the United States, these webinars will also help you and your organization learn how to get the most out of Techsoup.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
JANUARY 23, 2011
Stay at any Marriott hotel and look in the nightstand drawer in your guest room and you’ll find a Marriott booklet that highlights its milestones and recaps the Marriott story. In the booklet, you’ll also find the following 12 ways that Marriott practices good leadership and customer service : 1. Continually challenge your team to do better. 2. Take good care of your employees, and they’ll take good care of your customers, and the customers will come back. 3.
Connection Cafe
JANUARY 28, 2011
Author: Sally Heaven. So last week I was hanging out at the Purple Couch at Convio's Austin headquarters with Emily Goodstein and Betsy Gressler and some other colleagues*. Emily had just "checked us in" on Facebook Places at the Purple Couch, which spurred some interested discussion: why use geosocial media at all? The answer Emily put forth was, "If a tree falls in the forest.?".
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