Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2010

I was just getting ready to add “Create a Facebook Page for a campaign in addition to your organization’s Facebook Page&# to my Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofit Organizations when I read that Facebook had launched “Community Pages&#. I have yet to see one live, but they are Facebook’s response to a growing trend on Facebook where individuals launch and run Facebook Pages like: Can this pickle can get more more fans that Nickelback?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 16, 2010

Last November we saw a few alarming events taking place in this social media for social good sector: Causes left Myspace and Ideablob shut down , both without warning or community support. In a guest post on the Tactical Philanthropy blog I started brainstorming about what was next. Now, with the recent news from Ning that it plans to discontinue free service, I am revisiting those thoughts about “what’s really needed?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 16, 2010

Countless nonprofits flocked to Ning to create social networks. Since I’m not a social media guru, I’ve generally kept my opinions about this to myself. But now that Ning isn’t free anymore , I’m going to carp some. I think over the course of lo this last few years, I have blogged or tweeted about this very phenomenon what feels like countless times.

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NetWits

APRIL 14, 2010

In my work with non-profit organizations across the country I’m often asked one of two questions regarding social media; “ Should we be using social media? ,” and “ How do we use social media successfully? ”.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 12, 2010

In January 2010, I was quoted by Association & Nonprofit BizNow for saying: “[Heather] envisions a mobile app with a GuideStar database of nonprofits that would make it possible for people to donate to any organization at any time. A receipt would automatically be e-mailed along with a customized thank you letter. At year’s end, givers could print out all their donation info on one page for tax purposes.&# To add to that today, I would also love to see an App that allows me to ma

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 16, 2010

As someone that has helped others to create, and has created many networks on the Ning platform, yesterday’s news that the company would be dropping 40% of it’s staff and dropping the free service was incredibly alarming. The news from Jason Rosenthal, Ning’s CEO, stated: My main conclusion is that we need to double down on our premium services business.

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NCE Social Media

APRIL 16, 2010

Twitter just had a conference, for people who develop applications for Twitter, called Chirp. Here is a video from this conference of will.i.am from the music group Black Eyed Peas discussing how Twitter allows him to engage with his constituents through social media. Also here is a link a video of Twitter’s co-founder, Ev Williams, at the Chirp conference discussing Twitter.

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NetWits

APRIL 16, 2010

Chris Noble of www.Studiogood.com and www.Whatgives.com took some time to talk with us at SXSWi 2010. We cover a couple cause marketing initiatives (Pepsi Refresh and Check in for Charity) that focus on a really interesting combination of location based social networking (i.e. Foursquare) and fundraising. We also touch on “getting started with social media” where Chris gives us his five tips for working with what you’ve already got.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 14, 2010

Running in parallel to the Skoll World Forum , OxfordJam is a three-day event creating a space for the nurturing of social economy and social finance projects the world over. It is a conference in relief, where the focus is on the space and serendipity ‘in-between’. OxfordJam is your event, so come and shape it as you desire. OxfordJam starts today and runs through Friday.

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VisionLink

APRIL 15, 2010

'A major (perhaps epic?) upgrade rolls out next week, and this after several weeks on staging so our customers could review and provide input before we move to production. Indeed, we received helpful comments from many communities and made several refinements to the final version, releasing next week. Thanks to everyone for their input! Overall, this upgrade provides a number of modules: a linguistically aware full text searching module with ranked results; a mapping module which can display cli

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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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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

At the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference I attended a group discussion breakfast about personal vs. professional branding. Kara Carrell (aka @Karitas ) pointed out that she has a "How I Roll" post that she links to and updates as her on and offline world evolves. I loved that idea. So much so that I'm stealing, I mean borrowing it. The title of this post is "Everything" because it will make a good catch-all URL.

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NetWits

APRIL 13, 2010

There is a continuous discussion going on in the nonprofit space that’s centered on measurement. We all know that measurement and determining return on investment (ROI) is important so we’re thinking about how to determine what success looks like in the social media world. Over the years nonprofits have figure out how to measure a lot of things. Direct mail and email are at the top of that list.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 12, 2010

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 April 12th). 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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VisionLink

APRIL 15, 2010

'We just returned from the 10th annual Non-Profit Technology Network Conference, held in Atlanta this week, which was attended by over 1,400 representatives from non-profits from around the world. Leading up to the Conference, we hosted a Webinar in February, "No Wrong Door" which introduced a large philanthropic audience to CommunityOS. At the conference, we hosted two Affinity Group discussions, "Data Exchange Specialists" and "Disaster Response Partners".

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

At the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference I attended a group discussion breakfast about personal vs. professional branding. Kara Carrell (aka @Karitas ) pointed out that she has a "How I Roll" post that she links to and updates as her on and offline world evolves. I loved that idea. So much so that I'm stealing, I mean borrowing it. The title of this post is "Everything" because it will make a good catch-all URL.

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NetWits

APRIL 12, 2010

Do you use video as part of your nonprofits web strategy ? Possibly you have a YouTube Channel? Or maybe you use Viemo? These days it’s becoming more and more important to use video as part of your communication, marketing and fundraising efforts. Each area of your work could be positively impacted by putting out great video content. Check the below video out - [link] and read on to see the 4 Rules of Successful Online Video.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 10, 2010

Here’s the dashboard the The Extraordinaries for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference session I’m doing with Manny Hernandez, Peggy Duvette and Christine Egger: If you want to build a strong online community, getting the right platform in place is only half the battle, and it’s the easy half. In this peer-led discussion, we’ll share our experiences of online community building and build lists of best practices around recruiting new members and retaining them, increasing participa

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VisionLink

APRIL 12, 2010

'VisionLink is pleased to announce that we have been (for several weeks already), supporting the work of the American and International Red Cross in Haiti. We were able to deploy a large scale solution to capture and manage information about the needs of individuals and households in Haiti. Given that much of this is quietly unfolding, we''ll be quiet about the details here on the blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2010

Social Media Measurement Tips View more presentations from Beth Kanter. I had a lot of fun doing a panel with colleagues Jordan Viator, Carie Lewis, and David Neff called " The Real Housewives of Social Media." Our task was to present practical and tactical information about social media using metaphors that related to housewives. You can see the full slide deck here.

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 16, 2010

You've got bookmarks for websites you need to check daily, online tools, news alerts for tracking your nonprofit's keywords and issues, email, social networks, RSS feeds for favorite blogs… It's all too easy to miss vital information, or to waste a great deal of time checking for updates. Now imagine one custom site that lets you monitor all that data at a glance – a dashboard that's updated in real time.( read more ).

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NTEN

APRIL 15, 2010

Yaw Ankowa What's the first thing we need to create the change we want to see in our communities? . Sure, we need will, we need vision, we need money. We need a lot of things. But what we really need is data. We need to know what happened in the past, and what's happening now, to understand how to create our version of the future. It seems like a simple thing: get out in the community, collect the data, do the math.

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Care2

APRIL 13, 2010

The 10 th annual NTC conference ignited engaging discussions on just about every topic under the sun. From Beth Kanter and Allison Fine’s presentation on the importance of having a “Networked Nonprofit&# to Sarah Dijulio’s session on Super Heroes of Online Fundraising that dived into strategies nonprofits should consider using when testing fundraising messaging, nonprofit campaigners gained valuable skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2010

Photo by Geoff Livingston. My goal for conference presenting moving forward is to be on panels that I have designed or co-designed and that design involves the audience beyond a 5 minute q/a at the end. I realized that I enjoy presenting at sessions when the audience gets to share their knowledge with the room and each other. I really think that it is much more effective for learning than talking heads or expert brain dump.

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 12, 2010

Benchmarking may sound like a term from the big-business board room, but it’s a useful practice for nonprofits of any size. While you can and should set your own internal performance benchmarks, it can be helpful, too, to look at benchmarks for the nonprofit sector in general, to see where your organization stands. Here are four new benchmarking reports to get you started.( read more ).

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NTEN

APRIL 15, 2010

Friend of NTEN and all-around good guy David J. Neff has just announced that submissions are now open for Lights. Camera. Help. The festival celebrates and rewards cause-driven films and their messages. “We really want to foster the growth of this industry and offer a place. where people looking to use their talents for good can collaborate," said Mr.

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Care2

APRIL 11, 2010

Nonprofit organizations are filled with some of the most passionate leaders who are fighting for social change yet 92 percent of national nonprofits headquartered in Washington, DC are led by white Executive Directors. Surprised? The panel “Diversifying Your Tech and Online Communications Teams&# at NTC moderated by Jocelyn Harmon of Care2 and featuring Allyson Kapin of Rad Campaign and Frogloop Blogger-In-Chief, Shireen Mitchell of Digital Sistas and Ivan Boothe of Rootwork was a candid d

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2010

This year we toasted NTEN's first decade and people in the community who have been there since the beginning (including me ) But I'd like to raise a glass and toast Holly Ross, NTEN's executive director. She is not only an extraordinary organizational leader, but she is a brilliant community builder! Holly has been NTEN for ten years! And those of us who have been around for whole or part of the decade and have witnessed the NTEN community grow, blossom, and mature - know first-hand of her ex

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 13, 2010

Looking into ways for a small nonprofit to remind donors of the tax advantages of charitable donations, I came across a real gem in Effective Fundraising for Nonprofits: Real-World Strategies That Work, a down-to-earth guide you can preview (free) with Google Books.( read more ). Tags: General non-profit interest Fundraising nptech Non-profit Communications.

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NTEN

APRIL 10, 2010

Seth Godin's new book Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? is out, and NTEN scored two hundred copies for 10NTC attendees. Want one? Well, you have to do two things: Go over to the CNN court, store, or building and take a picture with some sort of CNN paraphernalia or logo. If that paraphernalia happens to include the Anderson Cooper cardboard cutout or another AC item, you qualify for a second surprise gift.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 14, 2010

Happy New Moon! According to the Farmer's Almanac : "The New Moon and first quarter, or waxing phases, are considered fertile and wet. The new and first-quarter phases, known as the light of the Moon, are considered good for planting above-ground crops, putting down sod, grafting trees, and transplanting." It's a good day for not only planting real seeds, but also for planting the "seeds" of your dreams, goals, wishes, and intentions for the next month.

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