Sat.Apr 05, 2014 - Fri.Apr 11, 2014

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5 Trends in Nonprofit Infographic Design

Nonprofit Tech for Good

'As the fiscal year comes to a close and nonprofits are currently crafting next year’s budget, adding a line item for infographic design would be a very wise investment. From print fundraising appeals to digital annuals reports to compelling storytelling through tweets and status updates, the social science of online behavior confirms again and again that messages are most effectively communicated through images.

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Infographic: How Young Adults Get Involved

TechImpact

'Everyone is chasing the next big thing. The Millennial. And they’re the toughest, and the biggest, nut to crack for nonprofits of all sizes. They’re the future. The next big generation of leaders, thinkers, and volunteers. But getting inside of their heads has been tough as their rise to power has been coupled with the rise of technology, and more specifically, mobile and social technology.

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Are Virtual and Micro-volunteering the New Normal?

Wild Apricot

'Here''s a preview of a new article in our Membership Knowledge Hub (by Tobi Johnson) that provides insight into and tips for managing and supporting offsite and virtual volunteers.

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The Secret To Social Media Engagement: Kiss A Squirrel!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

'“I kissed a squirrel & I liked it” #ReplaceGirlWithSquirrelInASong. — Billboard (@billboard) April 4, 2014. I’m preparing for a webinar and with any training I begin the instructional design with surveying participants to understand their level, learning goals, and attitudes about the subject matter. Then I build out the content and discussion questions.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

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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How to Adapt Your Nonprofit’s Marketing Efforts for an Increasingly Mobile World

NTEN

'Jessica Fraser Sotelo. Deputy Director of Online Marketing. World Wildlife Fund. With the huge growth in visitors from mobile devices, it is critical for nonprofits to think of the user experience. Learn how the World Wildlife Fund thinks "mobile first" to optimize its marketing efforts on their website, email, and SMS. At World Wildlife Fund, we’ve seen an explosion in mobile visitors over the past three years.

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Your Nonprofit’s Guide To Making The Most Of Tech Investments

TechImpact

'Image courtesy of Thin Difference. Everyone knows it’s a good idea to invest in their nonprofit’s technology. But, not everyone knows how to make the most of that investment. The tech world especially is filled with buzz words. Cloud computing, big data, and CRM systems are among the most frequently heard. In a previous article, we discuss the post implementation process of your nonprofit’s technology.

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New Tips from the Giving Day Playbook on Crowdfunding Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

'From GiveMN Case Study - Click for Case Study. Note from Beth: I’m working with the Knight Foundation to facilitate a peer learning exchange that will help their community foundation partners learn and spread best practices in planning and implementing Giving Days. This learning approach has two ways to capture knowledge. The first is The Giving Day Play books which a collective archive of formally documented processes, examples, check lists, and case studies planning and hosting giving day

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Grassroots Advocacy in the Mobile Age

NTEN

'Ximena Hartsock & Jeb Ory. Cofounders. Phone2Action. Advocacy as an industry exists because of people’s desire to improve the world. How can advocacy initiatives reach their goals by leveraging technology? Technology advances are opening up new methods of digital grassroots advocacy that are changing online and offline organizing. Learn the methods that still exist, and important ones that have emerged that are profoundly impacting the popular “mix” of grassroots advocacy.

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5 Nonprofit Website Myths Debunked

TechImpact

'Image courtesy of Web Presence. Of all your online assets, your nonprofit’s website is far and way the most valuable, and most powerful. Unlike third party sites where you’re simply adding content to their platform, your website is your own, it is pliant, and can be changed at the drop of the hat. Because it is so customizable, it can be difficult to come up with a final product.

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Wild Apricot Customers Are NOT Affected By The 'Heartbleed' Security Bug

Wild Apricot

'You may have heard about an Internet security vulnerability known as the ''Heartbleed bug''. Wild Apricot are not affected - read on for more information.

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How to Design a Seamless & Personalized Digital Donor Journey

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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What do boards need to know about IT?

BoardAssist

'One of the questions we get asked a lot at BoardAssist is how can I be an “agent of change” on my nonprofit board. For some board members, the best way to help your nonprofit may be by making sure your nonprofit is up to date with all the latest IT strategies. For guidance on this topic, we turned to one of our favorite nonprofit tech pros, Patrick Callihan of Tech Impact.

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Science Experiment: A Semi-Technical Lowdown on Working with iBeacons

NTEN

'Shane Russell. Software Developer Consultant. ThoughtWorks. iBeacons are the first mainstream technology to provide indoor location information to phones. Check out the experiment that the team at ThoughtWorks did to test the performance of iBeacons, and learn about its potential applications for nonprofits. There’s a lot of buzz surrounding Low Energy Bluetooth Beacons, also known as iBeacons.

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3 Ways Your Nonprofit Benefits From Content Marketing

TechImpact

'Image courtesy of Life Division. Communication is everything. Content marketing has been a bit of a buzz word the last few years. While the word itself has garnered a lot of attention, many nonprofits are still not utilizing this dynamic new way of spreading their message across the internet. And with the advent of the internet, there are a seemingly infinite number of ways to communicate your nonprofit’s message with the world.

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So Long LinkedIn Products & Services Tab

Wild Apricot

'On April 14th LinkedIn will "retire" the products & services tab. Here are the details and what it might mean for your organization.

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Nonprofits Are Leveraging the Cloud, but Does It Have to Be So Complex?

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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High-Performing Teams Are Made Of This

Eric Jacobsen Blog

'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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How to Make Your Website Mobile Friendly with Responsive Design

NTEN

'Tim Arnold. Functional Consultant and Front End Developer. Beaconfire. Tim Arnold from Beaconfire reflects on the “Make it Mobile” session that he co-led at the 14NTC, and gives an overview about what “responsive” really means. Responsive Web Design is the latest in a long line of terms that have really caught on and, depending on who you ask, either signals a complete shift in the way that we work, or describes some cool new techniques to consider when designing and building websites.

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Are Email and Click-through Rates Heading South?

Care2

'It''s no secret that the nonprofit community has seen a steady decline in email open rates, click-through rates, and email page completion rates, which was also confirmed by the 2014 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study. The report, which analyzed data from 53 nonprofits, over 2.1 billion email messages, 5.6 million donations, and 7.5 million online actions shed light on valuable information for nonprofits and their messaging.

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App Recommendations from the TechSoup Staff

Tech Soup

'We thought it might be fun to share with you some TechSoup staff recommendations for apps beyond the usual suspects : Facebook, Google Maps, Twitter, YouTube, Gmail, Pandora, iTunes, and Google Play. This is the first of two installments on app recommendations from our TechSoup staff. There are now literally hundreds of thousands of apps out there, but most of us use fewer than 10 smartphone apps on a daily basis at TechSoup even though most of us have dozens of apps. on our smartphones.

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Nonprofit Technology Kick Start: Free World Class Board Meeting Software

Looking for cost reductions for your nonprofit? Why not consider modernizing with a digital board management system that's designed to work with remote meetings, with immediate cost reductions if you still distribute paper packets to members? Get going in less than an hour on a fully hosted cloud solution built on the latest technology that runs on any device - from desktops to tablets and smartphones - without any installation.

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Four Ways To Drive Value For Your Customers

Eric Jacobsen Blog

'Great customer service tips from author Micah Solomon''s book, High-tech, High-touch Customer Service : You provide value when you deliver the four components that reliably create customer satisfaction : A perfect product or service Delivered in a caring, friendly manner On time (as defined by the customer) With the backing of an effective problem-resolution process Micah has been named by the Financial Post as “a new guru of customer service excellence.

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Is it Mobile-Friendly or Mobile-Optimized?

NTEN

'Dale Knoop. CEO. RAZMobile. Getting donors to support your cause is the hard part! Make sure you don't turn donors off by having a donation form that isn't user friendly on all devices. There is a huge difference between “mobile-friendly” and “mobile-optimized” sites. An easy-to-complete donation form experience allows users to give again–and hopefully become loyal, repeat donors, while a frustrating experience could lead them to never try again.

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Launching the Health Data Consortium – Two Years Later

Forum One

'In late 2011 I was approached by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation with an audacious proposition: would Forum One help the Foundation, HHS, the White House, the California HealthCare Foundation and others establish an independent nonprofit organization focused on health data? We reflect on two years of growth and opportunity for the Health Data Consortium (HDC) – along with our excitement at Forum One on being tapped for this important project – recognizing the things that worked w

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Heartbleed: What It Is and What You Need to Do About It

Tech Soup

'By now you've probably heard of a massive IT issue that could potentially affect millions of Internet users. No, we are not talking about the XPocalypse , but " Heartbleed ," a bug discovered early this week that may have compromised the security of dozens of popular websites. Unlike many other bugs found daily by security experts, this quickly gained traction in mainstream media like The New York Times , NPR , even CNN.

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Donor Engagement Guide: 8 Key Steps to Better Retain and Engage Donors

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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Get Social Covered: 13 Lesser Known Social Media Sites for Your NPO

NonProfit Hub

'You’ve got social media covered. Facebook? Please—you were an early adopter. And Twitter? You could do 140 characters or less in your sleep. But you’re just scratching the surface with those two mainstream social media sites. At the 2014 AFP International Conference on Fundraising in San Antonio, Lisa Chmiola and David Tinker helped us through some of the lesser known social media sites that can help your nonprofit with efficiency and productivity. 1.

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4 Strategies from 4 Mobile Trends

NTEN

'Kristen Gramigna. Chief Marketing Officer. BluePay. Online giving is on the rise: how can you use the boost in mobile activity to its advantage? Learn four strategies to consider based on four trends in mobile. In a world where almost everybody has a smartphone, it’s harder and harder for nonprofits to ignore the idea of mobile fundraising. Online giving is ever on the rise, according to research published in Blackbaud’s 2013 Charitable Giving Report , which showed it increased 13.5 percent in

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The Leadership Quotes That Inspire Me

Eric Jacobsen Blog

'These quotes truly inspire me : “The three common characteristics of best companies -- they care, they have fun, they have high performance expectations.” -- Brad Hams “The one thing that''s common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don''t like to do.” -- Michael Phelps “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." -- Harry S.

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Password Herding in Less than 10: Getting Started

Tech Soup

'Ever thought about how keeping track of all your passwords is a little bit like keeping track of cows? Well, it’s certainly a bit of effort to keep them corralled, but a righteous pain in the chaps if any of them happen to get out! I am not what most would refer to as an "early adopter" of technology. You’re more likely to find me sitting on the porch rocker with your great-granny (since even granny’s probably got a tablet of some sort) lamenting kids and their phone

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Nonprofit Technology Adoption: Why It Matters and How to Be Successful

Organizations like yours are increasingly realizing that technology adoption is only as good as the technology you choose. Statistics from a 2014 NTEN study show that seriously investing resources in training for your staff corresponds to higher adoption and ultimately technology effectiveness. In this report, we’ll give you a high-level overview of how to get your organization in shape for technology adoption and best practices for facilitating this critical process.

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3 Reasons to Add Your NPO’s Phone Number to Google Search

NonProfit Hub

'Google is making it even easier for people to contact your organization. By using Corporate Contact markup on your nonprofit’s website, you can add your organization’s contact information to Google’s Knowledge panel in some searches. Knowledge panels can prominently display your customer service phone number, which will show up on a search results page next to your NPO’s name.

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Your Feedback Needed: Crowdfunding Bill of Rights!

NTEN

'David J. Neff. Author, Speaker, & Trainer. PwC and Lights. Camera. Help. Crowdfunding is a $300 billion industry, but the question remains: “what am I really giving to and what do I get?”. In March, Miriam Kagan, Senior Fundraising Principal from Kimbia, and I made the rounds at industry conferences talking about the explosion in crowdfunding ($300 billion according to industry statistics).

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Good To Great -- Still A Must Read

Eric Jacobsen Blog

'Near the top of virtually every list you''ll see of the best leadership books, you''ll find Good To Great , by Jim Collins. The book, five years in the making, and published in 2001, addresses the all-important question of: Can a good company become a great company, and if so, how? Some of the lessons from the book are : "Leadership is equally about creating a climate where the truth is heard and the brutal facts confronted.

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Upcoming Webinar April 24: Tactical Technology Planning

Tech Soup

'Like most nonprofits, you're probably aware that the right. technology can streamline your processes and help fulfill your mission. more effectively. But with tight staffing and budgets, it's hard to. devote the time necessary to keep up with new technologies and find the. right tools — how can you know which technology project will provide. your organization with the best bang-for-the-buck?

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Achieving Organizational Transformation: Pathways to Success

Association executives—and hopefully their boards—know that they are facing perilous times. Driven by the pace of cultural and technological change, they are experiencing major disruptions in the traditional business models that used to guide organizational growth strategies.orgSource offers a straightforward approach to navigating these changes and readying your organization for growth.