Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 28, 2013

'To the Diplomatic Conference in Plenary on June 27, 2013 On the Adoption of the Treaty of Marrakech This is an excellent Treaty. The Benetech team is delighted by its adoption today. We have the technology, we have the content, and now we have the legal framework to make it possible for every person with a print disability on the planet to get access to the books they need for education, employment and social inclusion!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 28, 2013

'A well-promoted mobile alert campaign is hard to find in the nonprofit sector. If a nonprofit is going to invest in mobile alerts, then mobile opt-ins and short code and keyword pitches should be integrated into multiple communication channels such as print, web, email, and social and mobile media. Yet strangely, it rarely happens. Mobile alerts and text-to-give campaigns seem to be managed, implemented, and promoted completely in isolation from an organization’s primary communications an

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TechImpact

JUNE 26, 2013

'Everyone loves a good story. A good narrative captures people’s attention, and it can make them want to get involved. According to a recent post from Nonprofit Hub, nonprofits can use their website to tell stories about the organization’s mission and efforts, but only if it is designed correctly. Smart web design allows site viewers … Continued The post Design Your Website To Tell Captivating Stories appeared first on Tech Impact.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2013

'Here''s the June Nonprofit Blog Carnival round-up on "Data for Good". Great advice and tips on measurement and data analysis for non-profits.

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Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 22, 2013

'Why Circumvention for the Purposes of Access is Crucial A Bookshare Briefing Paper Prepared for the Diplomatic Conference for Visually Impaired Persons The distributors of digital content often use technological protection measures (TPMs) to discourage the making of unauthorized copies. Unfortunately, these TPMs create collateral damage in the form of disabling or hindering activities that are generally permitted.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2013

'My Dad with his Greg Noll Surfboard with me and my brother. RIP: Earl Kanter, MD. Love Never Dies. December 23, 1921 – June 23, 2013. After a long and painful battle with Parkinson’s disease, my father passed away peacefully this week. While I feel a profound sense of loss, what gives me comfort is that I had a remarkable father in so many ways.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 28, 2013

'posted by. Anjali Deshmukh , Associate Director. and. Angela Francis , Senior Associate. Nonprofit Finance Fund. Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a. continuing series, we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 24, 2013

'Here''s our round-up of more than 19 free non-profit webinars for July 2013.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2013

'As many of you may know from following me on social media channels, my father, Earl Kanter MD, passed away this week. People cope with grief in different ways. In an age of connectedness and networks, grieving online is a new way of expressing grief and there are different stages as my colleague, Sarah Granger, who is working on a book in topic points out.

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TechImpact

JUNE 22, 2013

'If you’re organization is like most nonprofits, you probably already use analytics to track the success of your website and your social media presence. But for some data can be hard to measure and contextualize, and according to a recent post from Beth Kanter’s Blog, it can help to discuss your strategy with people who … Continued The post Understanding Social Media Metrics appeared first on Tech Impact.

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Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 27, 2013

'The 70 tips below make for a good list for learning how to become a better leader when you don''t have a lot of time to read books about leadership. And, if you''ve been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? 1. Don''t micromanage 2. Don''t be a bottleneck 3.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 26, 2013

'Here are some screenshots and descriptions of changes coming up in Version 5.0.

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

'Flickr: chotda This week''s Member Round Up draws from all corners of the sector in both region and topic, from the energy in the streets of Brazil to Facebook contests and assistive technology used by the Bridge School--see what the nptech community''s been up to! For a taste of nptech goings-on all around the world, NetSquared Local shares community highlights from the month of May and gets its fans excited about future projects in their recent monthly roundup.

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TechImpact

JUNE 25, 2013

'Online fundraising is not going away. If anything, it’s only going to grow in importance in coming years as more organizations learn the potential value in doing it right. According to a recent post from npEngage, there are many techniques that top nonprofits are already using to increase their donor acquisition and online fundraising results. … Continued The post Boost Donor Acquisition and Online Fundraising appeared first on Tech Impact.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 26, 2013

'posted by. Carolyn Owens , Grant Writer & Partner. 501 Navigation. This is part two of Carolyn Owen''s series on gathering and using data for grant proposals. Read part 1 here. Data is a vital part of your grant application. It’s the link that turns a bunch of random declarations about the issue your nonprofit is addressing into a statement with weight and relevance.

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Forum One

JUNE 25, 2013

'For the last five years, I’ve been hearing a lot about “big data,” a hot topic in the IT/data-nerds world and, increasingly, for all of us. Recently, I was lucky enough to attend the Tech@State event, “Moneyball Diplomacy,” which focused on connecting technology with the opportunity to aid U.S. diplomacy and development.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2013

'Want to create a mobile app for your nonprofit or library? Then this is the webinar for you. Join TechSoup on Thursday, July 11 at 11 a.m. Pacific time (2 p.m. Eastern) for Developing Mobile Apps from Idea to Launch: A Case Study. From developing the initial idea, to the process of developing and launching an app, TechSoup's very own Anna Jaeger and Keith Thode, COO of.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 27, 2013

Each month, the Bloomerang team visits one nonprofit customer to volunteer for a few hours at their facility. It’s our small way of giving back to the missions that our software users support – and a great team-building exercise for our own company culture. This month, we visited Agapé Therapeutic Riding in Cicero, Indiana. Their sprawling farm offers peace, relaxation and therapeutic companionship between their horses and children and adults dealing with illness, disabilities or other disorders

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Care2

JUNE 27, 2013

'Many nonprofit campaigners were not surprised to learn that the government monitors average citizens'' private emails and their presence on social networks. This has been widely suspected for years. It just wasn’t confirmed until recently how the government has partnered with Google, Facebook, and phone companies like Verizon to make it easier to monitor messages and conversations.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 24, 2013

'Online fundraising isn’t a fad. As a matter of fact, online fundraising accounts for seven-percent of total fundraising and has seen double-digit growth over the past four years. Online fundraising has also proven to be an extremely effective donors acquisition vehicle. Presidential elections have shown us the potential that exists. These are facts that can’t be ignored.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

'TechSoup's partner in Africa, SANGONeT , has compiled case studies and profiles of the South African nonprofits and charities they serve. Published on SANGONeT's content portal, NGOPulse, the organizations profiled range from education, social outreach, poverty relief, environment, and more. The goal of these case studies is to raise awareness of the impact these nonprofits are making in South Africa.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 26, 2013

'Over the past three years, the Detroit Institute of Art (DIA) has served as the museum poster child for the debate on the public value of the arts. Last year, the DIA was saved from financial crisis by voters in its three neighboring counties who elected to take on an additional property tax to support the museum. And now, in the past month, Michigan''s Attorney General and State Senate have blocked the emergency manager of Detroit from seizing the DIA''s collection to pay off the city''s debt.

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Care2

JUNE 26, 2013

'If you are a nonprofit techie based in DC or will be attending the Bridge Conference August 1 st at the National Harbor then you should definitely check out DevDay. DevDay''s promises to provide sessions that are technical but that will also create a "bridge" between marketers and their developer counterparts. I think that this is a great approach to a conference because all too often the techies at nonprofits are siloed into one corner of the office while the marketing and fundraising teams ar

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 26, 2013

'Black Friday, Cyber Monday…Giving Tuesday? That’s right. After two days devoted to shopping — in the stores and online — why NOT have a day dedicated to kicking off the giving season? That’s exactly what #GivingTuesday is to the thousands of nonprofits, companies and individual people who took part in the new movement in 2012.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2013

'Video conferencing software makes it easy to connect with volunteers in the field, donors who aren't local, or remote staff. But what's even better? Video chat and conferencing apps. These handy apps let you connect with the most important people in your organization when you're on-the-road. TechSoup Donor Partners. Although working during vacation isn't ideal, it happens to the busiest of us.

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AFP Blog

JUNE 26, 2013

'Online Giving Grows as Charities Polish Their Methods : According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, online giving is growing at a blistering pace. Two studies cited by the Chronicle indicate that online donations to 115,000 nonprofits rose by 14 percent to $2.1-billion, just between 2011 and 2012; and that online contributions to the largest 149 charities in the US also grew 14 percent, to $785-million.

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Care2

JUNE 28, 2013

'Tweet Chats can be a useful engagement tool for nonprofits to discuss campaigns, wins, losses, and controversies within the community. Just this week, when the Supreme Court ruled the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California''s Proposition 8 unconstitutional, multiple nonprofits held Tweet Chats to discuss what''s next. Activists, progressive nonprofits, same-sex couples, and the LGBTQ community rejoiced nationwide, and were given an opportunity to continue the conversation online.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 27, 2013

'Our commercial counterparts have largely embraced the concept of asking customers about their experience: Rent a car, fly on a plane, go to your bank, and you are likely to get a feedback survey. But what about the nonprofit space? Many of us appreciate how insight into our constituents’ interests and behaviors improves our ability to engage and build relationships that deliver superior results to our fundraising and related activities.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

'When was the last time you had to look up a donor's contact information while you were away from your desk? Mobile CRM apps can help you stay organized and track potential donors while you're at a fundraising event, on the road, or networking at a conference. TechSoup Donor Partners. TechSoup provides an array of CRM programs. to help you track contacts and their donation and engagement history.

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AFP Blog

JUNE 28, 2013

'General Management - Community Managers: Salaries, Skill-Sets, and Experience Levels : MarketingProfs Article : Typical community managers are mid-level professionals who are highly networked within their organization and valued most for their people skills, according to a recent report by The Community Roundtable.

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