Amy Sample Ward
DECEMBER 7, 2010
My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is now up – it’s reposted below, but you can find the original post and conversation on SSIR. —– If you’ve been on facebook at all in December this year, you may have seen something happening to all your friends – their pictures changing to their favorite cartoon characters!
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 5, 2010
Organization: Women for Women International. Organization Size: Approximately 70 DC/stateside employees; more than 100 field staff employees in eight countries in Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East. Name: Lauren Shopp || lshopp@womenforwomen.org. Title: Multimedia/Online Coordinator. Website: www.womenforwomen.org. Facebook: facebook.com/womenforwomen.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 8, 2010
I've been asked by a lot of people both inside and outside Benetech lately to not only talk about the what we do, but the why we do it: the thinking behind it. I met with a very senior nonprofit leader last week in New York who explicitly asked us to talk more about what we're thinking. So, I hope to have more Beneblogs that give a window onto our thought processes (even when raw and not quite baked)!
NetWits
DECEMBER 6, 2010
Did you notice something toony about Facebook last weekend? In an effort to raise awareness for child abuse, thousands of Facebook users changed their profile photos to one of their favorite childhood cartoon characters (full disclosure: mine was Underdog.) Whether it started on accident, was part of a specific campaign, or originated in Greece , this meme seemed to really have legs!
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.
Judi Sohn
DECEMBER 8, 2010
It's the beginning of Day 2 at Dreamforce , the gigantic Salesforce user conference in San Francisco. Instead of joining 15,000 or so folks for the second morning keynote, I'm sitting in my hotel room watching the keynote stream on my laptop. I didn't get much out of yesterday's keynote. Very much "preaching to the cloud" and not a lot of meat for non-developer, non-sales folks like me.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 10, 2010
By the time I am done writing, there could easily be over 200 nonprofits mentioned in the book. Some are featured in case studies, others are simply listed as examples of excellence. A goal of mine is to make sure that nonprofits of all sizes and budgets from numerous program areas are featured. I am also putting in quotes from nonprofit social media practitioners that speak to key lessons learned and wisdom gained through experience.
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NetWits
DECEMBER 6, 2010
When you hear ‘retention’ in the nonprofit industry, you often think about “donor&# retention. Lately, however, I’ve been thinking about how organizations can retain their best and most active volunteers and supporters. For many organizations, volunteers are the life blood of the cause because of budget cuts, small staffs, etc. Nonprofits work hard to bring volunteers in and train them, but all too often the training and retaining ends there.
Amy Sample Ward
DECEMBER 9, 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 December 9th). 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).
VisionLink
DECEMBER 9, 2010
'We are very pleased to announce that we completed a successful and significant upgrade of our core database systems last night. While not as flashy as some of our feature upgrades for users, this is the kind of infrastructure upgrade that sustains VisionLink and our customers over time. Some four months in the making, this upgrade provides faster and more efficient response times for users, a more sophisticated set of management tools for our developers, and offers a more advanced platform for
NCE Social Media
DECEMBER 6, 2010
Back in April I posted about a new social media platform, called Jumo , which was being created by one of Facebook’s founders to provide a social media tool to connect individuals with nonprofit organizations and social change. On November 30, 2010 Jumo launched to the public. It went down shortly thereafter from the inundation of people trying to sign up.
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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.
Wild Apricot
DECEMBER 8, 2010
Network for Good and TrueSense Marketing have just released a landmark study of “the online giving experience” between 2003 and 2009. The Online Giving Study looks at $381 million in donations made to 66,470 different nonprofits through the nonprofits’ websites, donation portals and social networks. Here are some highlights: Just as the strength of the donor-charity relationship heavily influences offline giving, the online giving experience has a significant impact on donor loyalty, retention a
Amy Sample Ward
DECEMBER 7, 2010
Date : December 7th, 2010. Location : Phone & online chat. Topic : Questions, conversation and ideas about communications for nonprofits. Description : This month’s Communications Roundtable focuses on communications struggles, lessons, and best practices for working internationally. Movement building, campaigning, and scaling programs and services across regions, borders, and countries is incredibly important to making lasting social impact.
VisionLink
DECEMBER 8, 2010
'As always, VisionLink supports our non-profit customers in every way we can. In our own backyard, today is Colorado Gives Day. Today is the day to search for over 500 Colorado charities, become inspired by their good work and make a charitable contribution that will get a boost from the Incentive Fund. Make a gift on GivingFirst.org ? an online resource for information about Colorado charities.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 10, 2010
Note From Beth: Last year I covered Give to the Max Day and the impressive results. This year before the event Jeff Achen write a post sharing their strategy for 2010. This guest post discusses the results. Minnesota’s ‘Networked Nonprofits’ raised over $10M in one day by Jeff Achen of GiveMN.org. “Do what you do best and network the rest.”. That’s simple, but wise advice from the definitive nonprofit social media strategy manual, “ The Networked Nonprofit.
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NTEN
DECEMBER 5, 2010
Flickr photo: niallkennedy. 2010 has been a good year for NTEN. After a lot strategic planning, much hard work (and not a little luck), we've managed to grow our membership, help more nonprofits learn nonprofit technology skills through our programs, and connect the NTEN community more than ever before. We're not joking when we say we couldn't have done it without you.
Wild Apricot
DECEMBER 10, 2010
Back in September when we consolidated our many blogs into the Wild Apricot blog , I mentioned that we were planning to complement Rebecca Leaman's NP technology blogs with a broader range of subjects of interest to non-profits and associations. Lori Halley , our "Engaging Apricot" has joined the WA blog team as an additional resource to help us discuss issues that impact association and non-profit membership organizations.
Have Fun - Do Good
DECEMBER 7, 2010
Photo by Rob de la Cretaz "We're so busy. We walk down the street. We're listening to our iPods. We're plugged into our phones. We're looking down at our BlackBerries. We're not actually acknowledging the people around us. I think that people really, actually want that. I wanted to be a part of that effort to connect with people, and to help people not feel alone, because loneliness is a horrible feeling, a horrible feeling. " -- Secret Agent L Laura Miller, aka Secret Agent L, and her affiliate
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 7, 2010
Image from Humane Society. Note from Beth: Recently, Networked for Good offered a free e-book about how nonprofits can development a micro-content for their social media presences filled with useful tips and best practices. Carie Lewis gives an excellent mini case study of how to leverage micro content during the holiday and get results. What is Your Nonprofit’s Holiday Content Strategy for Facebook?
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NTEN
DECEMBER 10, 2010
Teaser: Network for Good has released a fantastic new report, " The Online Giving Study: A Call to Reinvent Donor Relationships ". They've examined $381 million in online giving over a period of 7 years. Best of all, there's still time for you to use the information they've put out there to help your end of year campaigns. Having just gone through the Early Bird deadline for the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , it comes as no surprise to me that people will wait until the last minute to do
Care2
DECEMBER 8, 2010
Care2 is pleased to provide this overview of The Online Giving Study: A Call to Reinvent Donor Relationships just released by Network for Good and True Sense Marketing. The study, which you can download here , summarizes “$381 million in online giving through Network for Good’s platform, including 3.6 million gifts to 66,470 different nonprofits from 2003 – 2009.&# Here are some key findings. 1.
Get Fully Funded
DECEMBER 9, 2010
Did you know that more money is raised online during the last two weeks of the year than during the rest of the year put together? Are you ready to take advantage of those last weeks of fundraising? If your website sucks, you may not be as successful as you’d like. I’ve looked at a lot of nonprofit websites. Many look as though they were thrown together at the last minute or were done in response to someone saying “We need a website.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 9, 2010
Dan Michel, Digital Marketing Manager, Feeding America Twitter: @dpmichel. Social Media Measurement is this month’s theme on the Zoetica Salon hosted on my blog Facebook page. Last week, Dan Michel offered an intriguing answer to this question : “What form of social media measurement does your organization engage in; Community participation, advocacy (earned mentions, discussions), or donations ($ or time)?
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NTEN
DECEMBER 5, 2010
Teaser: Flickr photo: niallkennedy. 2010 has been a good year for NTEN. After a lot strategic planning, much hard work (and not a little luck), we've managed to grow our membership, help more nonprofits learn nonprofit technology skills through our programs, and connect the NTEN community more than ever before. We're not joking when we say we couldn't have done it without you.
Care2
DECEMBER 10, 2010
Yesterday, we held our inaugural Net:Work conference at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco. We had a wide-ranging conversation that covered the future of work in a highly mobile, post-broadband world, but while we talked about the technology at length, the key takeaway from the discussions (both on stage and off) was that it comes down to people, and how we can connect, communicate and collaborate with each other better.
Tech Soup
DECEMBER 10, 2010
Following up on a post from last month that featured my favorite features, tips, and shortcuts for the oft-used Word program, I wanted to do the same with another tool in the Office Suite: PowerPoint. If you're not already familiar with it, PowerPoint is a presentation program which I use pretty regularly when helping with our webinar program and when giving presentations at conferences, staff meetings, and trainings.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 7, 2010
Cartoon by Rob Cottingham. Note From Beth: While I posted this guest post on Huffington Post and was doing a bad job of photoshopping Grinches and Jobs , my colleague, created this cartoon and wrote this post about Apple’s iPhone donation policy. If you think Apple should change its nonprofit unfriendly policy about in-app donations on the iPhone, please sign the petition and share with your friends.
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NTEN
DECEMBER 10, 2010
Network for Good has released a fantastic new report, " The Online Giving Study: A Call to Reinvent Donor Relationships ". They've examined $381 million in online giving over a period of 7 years. Best of all, there's still time for you to use the information they've put out there to help your end of year campaigns. Having just gone through the Early Bird deadline for the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , it comes as no surprise to me that people will wait until the last minute to do things,
Care2
DECEMBER 6, 2010
Are niche social networks the best way to mobilize people and channel their energy into supporting nonprofits? Will it turn more people into repeat donors and committed activists? In the past couple of years there has been a surge in socially responsible startups such as Crowdrise , Razoo , and Causecast wanting to help to change the world by raising money online for nonprofits.
Tech Soup
DECEMBER 6, 2010
Dave Ryan has long been a lurker in the TechSoup forums and we thought it was high time we pulled him out and let you all know a little more about him and his nonprofit work! 1. Name, title, and TechSoup username. Dave Ryan, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, CiviCore , TechSoup username: DaveRyan. 2. Location (city, state, country). Beautiful Denver, Colorado, USA. 3.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 6, 2010
Note from Beth: If you’ve been following my blog lately, you know I’ve been having this conversation with Marnie Webb about abundance. On Twitter, I asked Marnie for examples of abundance approaches in the nonprofit and she answered in her blog. Marnie says that nonprofits should own the impact and not the to dos, but I asked her but who will actually do the work?
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