Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 4, 2015

Tomorrow is an exciting day for our Bookshare online library for students with dyslexia or visual impairments. We have incredibly generous matching grants from two of our dedicated tech entrepreneur supporters, Bernie Newcomb and Lata Krishnan. Tomorrow, Tuesday May 5, 2015, is Silicon Valley Gives day, where donors from around the world will find their contributions to organizations based here matched by local donors.

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EveryAction

MAY 6, 2015

We asked Joe Fuld of The Campaign Workshop to take us through the process of determining whether a nonprofit organization should switch CRM tools. Here's what he had to say.

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Judi Sohn

MAY 3, 2015

Two weeks ago, I joined the Salesforce Foundation in a new role as Open Source Manager. What exactly does that mean? Well, I could tell you about how I’m on the Foundation’s Tech & Products team (specifically on the product engineering side) and how it’s all about working with the broader community and the Foundation to evangelize and grow investment in open source projects.

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Wild Apricot

MAY 4, 2015

Introducing the Wild Apricot Podcast! Our new monthly podcast series caters to the needs of small organizations everywhere. Lori Smith and Farhad Chikhliwala, facilitate discussion groups, conduct 1-on-1 interviews and talk to experts in a variety of fields.

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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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TechImpact

MAY 6, 2015

Where is all of your constituents’ information? Is it all stored one easily accessible place? Can your employees access this information on the go, or are they forced to access this information on one machine? If your answer to any of the above questions is no, than your workers are losing a lot of time […]. The post 4 Reasons A CRM Can Improve Your Nonprofit appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology.

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Byte Technology

MAY 6, 2015

As a non-profit in today’s online- and social-media driven world, your website has a tale to tell. It has a message to relate to the world, a story about something needed, something neglected or something wrong that needs to be made right. So the question is: what elements of your website are most crucial to engaging visitors, to making them understand your message and to become vested in your cause to the point where they’re willing to support you with their time, their talent or, most importan

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Wild Apricot

MAY 7, 2015

Wild Apricot is proud to once again rank #1 among Capterra’s Top Membership Management Software. Each year Capterra conducts a review to determine the top 20 membership management software options. See why we're #1!

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NTEN

MAY 7, 2015

Karen Collins. Senior Director. Zuri Group. We all have a personal love/hate relationship with our inboxes, but with thoughts and a splash of diligence, we can beat the scroll bar. Do you have a love/hate relationship with your inbox? I would be surprised if someone answered “no.” It keeps me in contact with people who help me get the job done because I can fire off a quick email to ask a question or for a synopsis of a recent meeting with action items for recipients.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 7, 2015

According to Ron Ricci and Carl Wiese , authors of the book, The Collaboration Imperative , high-performing teams have the following characteristics: People have solid and deep trust in each other and in the team's purpose--they feel free to express feelings and ideas. Everybody is working toward the same goals. Team members are clear on how to work together and how to accomplish tasks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2015

Great conference @meansandrew and see at next years #DoGoodData2015 may the force be with us all @kanter pic.twitter.com/7pXQWjyyXH. — Alicia Schatteman (@aschatteman) May 1, 2015. Last week I attended the DoGoodData Conference in Chicago where I learned an incredible amount about the human side of data – themes like data visualization, data informed culture, using data for impact, and more.

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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

MAY 6, 2015

Recently, Google launched a new search algorithm that gives preference to mobile ready websites over non mobile ready sites in their search results. Here's a look at the implications for associations, clubs and non-profits.

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2015

Kyle Henri Andrei. Senior Researcher. Idealware. Helping your organization's board find better ways to connect and collaborate is a worthwhile endeavor. Online tools can help. A nonprofit’s board of directors requires a lot of collaboration—with other board members, committee members, and organizational staff. That collaborative work requires the ability to review, comment on, and even vote on an enormous amount of material.

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2015

"I think it was a great source of information and education for me. Before the event I planned to contact an expert for advice on branding my new organization. But I got all the information I needed here to confidently start the branding process.( read more ).

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BoardAssist

MAY 5, 2015

Where and when your board meets might be more important than what your nonprofit actually does…at least to some potential board members. Surprising news for some nonprofits, but with nearly 2 million board seats opening up in the country every year, board candidates have a lot of options when deciding to join a nonprofit board. For most board candidates, there is no shortage of potentially appealing board on which to serve.

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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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 2, 2015

Your words of recognition and appreciation delivered face-to-face with your employees will be compelling, effective, meaningful and memorable. As an employee's leader, you are likely the most important person to them in the workplace. Their knowing you appreciate their hard work and success is critical to keeping them motivated and engaged. So, don't underestimate the power of a verbal "thank you" for a job well done!

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NTEN

MAY 6, 2015

Lisette Sutherland. Director. Collaboration Superpowers. Tools and new workplace traditions can help support cultural institutions, like water cooler conversations, for both local and remote staff. Whether we’re co-located or remote, every company wants their teams to be aligned towards achieving their vision, mission, and goals. And just like in the office, remote workers have to be deliberate about creating an inspiring culture.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 8, 2015

There’s a big problem in the nonprofit sector, and every sector and industry for that matter. We’re living in 2015, and yet women are still not being treated as equals. If you’re a woman in a top role, such as Executive Director or CEO, you’ve managed to beat the odds. For that, I applaud you. However, I dream of a world where it isn’t such a big feat.

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Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2015

Let's face it. The Internet has gone "video." People just like it. Within the next couple of years, video will account for 69 percent of all consumer Internet traffic. It's definitely easier to grab great videos off the Internet to put on your website or blog than to make them. But is it legal? We looked into the rules about using videos from YouTube, Vimeo, Vine, and Instagram.

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Advertiser: Syncrony

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2015

"Connection is what transforms a dog-eat-dog environment into a sled-dog team that pulls together," says Michael Lee Stallard , author of the new book, Connection Culture. "Connection builds an emotional bond that promotes trust, cooperation, and esprit de corps among people in the workplace." Based on shared identity, empathy, and understanding , connection moves primarily self-centered individuals toward group-centered membership.

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Achieve

MAY 6, 2015

When I first heard Ethan Marcotte speak on the topic of responsive web design in 2011, I remember the whole room being filled with a thick layer of wonder as we all mulled over what this meant for the web industry. To say the least, we were in awe. Arguably, Marcotte did not invent responsive web design; however, he did coin the term and help cultivate conversation around things like fluid grids, media queries and flexible images.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 4, 2015

Part of the fun of social media is its ever changing nature. Keeping on top of trends can be tricky, and that’s where we come in. By now we all know what hashtags are and how to use them properly, but what are the best nonprofit hashtags? True to social media’s evolving nature, there are no exact answers to this question, but I can give you some solid winners to incorporate into your social media strategy.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2015

Like any church, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Pearland, Texas, wants to increase its membership. Its website features ambitious goals of growing the congregation and turning more visitors into members. But St. Andrew's rector Jim Liberatore isn't just interested in counting how many people come in on Sunday morning. He told TechSoup, "I'm more interested in measuring the people.

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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!

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Donor Search

MAY 4, 2015

The Earth has 196,940,000 square miles of total surface area, and, unless you have a teleportation device, your fundraising team can’t cover it all. The most convenient place to look for new donors is on your street, around the corner, and other places within your city or state.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 6, 2015

Picture this: You’re at a donor event, making small talk with an attendee you have never met before and you’re struggling to come up with something to talk to them about. You glance at your watch uncomfortably, and then look up to see a long-time major donor walking up. You quickly jump into easy conversation with them, and you pat yourself on the back for cultivating and engaging with this important donor.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 6, 2015

Adam Weinger is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub and the President of Double the Donation, a company which provides tools to nonprofits to help them raise more money from corporate matching gift and volunteer grant programs. _. Your nonprofit wants to raise more money, but you don’t have a whole lot of time or money to spend to get the ball rolling.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2015

The premise of how-old.net is simple: have the website analyze a photo, either a stock photo or your own, and it'll return gender and perceived age. Appealing to all egos, the site went viral also because of how it far off it can be. The site also raises a number of privacy concerns. Who Owns My Photos? How-old.net is a Microsoft initiative designed to demonstrate Microsoft's new set of facial recognition tools , which can detect a person's age and gender.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 6, 2015

This week, I was on the radio talking museum inclusion (with Michelle Obama!) and committed the cardinal sin: defining a term using the term itself. The term was "threshold fear"--the sense of discomfort upon walking into an unfamiliar and potentially threatening space. Threshold fear has interested me for a long time. It deserves better than my quote.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2015

Pitch competitions are fun. I know because I just went to one. And it was exciting, energetic and just different (in a really good way). Full disclosure here. The event I attended wasn’t about or for nonprofits. Steve Case —co-founder of AOL and the Case Foundation and, now, Chairman and CEO of Revolution— and his merry band on entrepreneurial buddies came to town as a part of the Rise of the Rest Road Trip.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 5, 2015

For over four hours earlier this week, I went for a nice little jog on the streets of Lincoln, Neb. I had plenty of time to think during the 26.2-mile jaunt, and I tried to think about as many things as possible to distract myself from the muscle cramps and physical fatigue. Naturally, my mind drifted to life at Nonprofit Hub and my own experiences with nonprofits and how they related to my training and the race itself.

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Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2015

The Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) at TechSoup is now offering refurbished desktops, laptops, and tablets, including MacBooks from Apple and Latitude E6400 laptops and OptiPlex 980 desktops from Dell. New Laptops. PCRR has added two refurbished laptops to our catalog (Condition B means that the computer may have cosmetic defects that do not affect its operability): Dell Latitude E6400.

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