Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 15, 2014

'To help nonprofits recruit qualified volunteers and to assist individuals eager to volunteer with nonprofits, LinkedIn has launched a Volunteer Marketplace where nonprofits can post volunteer opportunities and LinkedIn members can search for volunteer opportunities in their local communities. According to LinkedIn for Good , 82% of surveyed LinkedIn members have communicated that they want volunteer their time and skills and thus far more than 600,000 LinkedIn members have added their Voluntee

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TechImpact

JANUARY 17, 2014

'The advent of social media has been a world-wide phenomenon. It has shaped the way we interact with others, plan events, and at no monetary value instantly connects us to millions of people. In recent years, nonprofits have begun to utilize this powerful tool to connect with their target audiences and increase thier overall reach. Additionally, Social media is a big reason for the globalization of nonprofits, and the rest of the economy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

'The next time you set your digital device of choice to record your favorite show so you can watch it whenever you want, take a moment to be thankful that you’re protected from lawsuits from the entertainment industry. For on January 17, 1984, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that consumers could tape their favorite TV shows and watch them later without the copyright holder’s consent.

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3rd Sector Labs

JANUARY 16, 2014

We set out to build a Software as a Service platform for start-up company Booster Pro. The platform is a suite of fundraising tools designed for smaller organizations, clubs and associations – the sort of nonprofit that doesn’t have a large budget and leadership is primarily volunteer based, so it turns over frequently. ( More on Booster Pro.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 12, 2014

'Without a doubt, 2013 was the year of visual content — particularly infographics. With tens of millions of brands now tweeting, posting, and sharing content online on a daily basis, to get your message to stand out from the clutter brands need to communicate more often their key messages in visual format. That said, below are 19 infographics useful to nonprofit communications and development staff.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 15, 2014

'Image courtesy of US News. Cloud technology, since its inception, has done nothing but grow and become more reliable. Put very plainly, the cloud is an internet based computing system that uses the internet to service your organizations computing needs on the fly. 2014 promises to provide nonprofits with the most powerful cloud platform to date. Its ever increasing reliability, speed, and unique security options make it ideal for nonprofits to use.

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Wild Apricot

JANUARY 13, 2014

'Curious about how other nonprofits will communicate in 2014? Here are highlights of the 2014 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 11, 2014

'2014 will be an exciting year for nonprofit technology. Numerous communications and fundraising trends are on the verge of going mainstream and nonprofits committed to early adoption have a number of new tools and strategies to pioneer this year. Social media will remain a top priority for nonprofits in 2014, but 2013 helped solidify social media as a mandatory set of communication tools.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 13, 2014

'Image courtesy of Inside Facebook. Facebook is a powerful social outreach tool that is often under utilized. With more than 1 billion users worldwide, chances are good that there is a link between you and your target audience. However powerful, Facebook seems to have become lost in the social media swirl of late. Its many tools and features left unused and ignored with so many other options available to nonprofits looking to advocate through social media.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 11, 2014

'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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Wild Apricot

JANUARY 17, 2014

'Here are highlights from the "Volunteering and Civic Life in America" research report.

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NTEN

JANUARY 15, 2014

'Grant Howe. Vice President, Research and Development. Abila. Looking for the right talent, whether they be employees, consultants, or volunteers, can be a daunting process. When work life is busy, it’s easy to settle for someone who is almost good enough but falls short of your original expectations. What if you are wrong? What does it cost to set things right.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 16, 2014

'Image courtesy of Ciniva Web Agency. The one demographic that is increasingly difficult for nonprofits to reach is the nation’s youth. With shortening attention spans and so many other outlets vying for their attention, reaching the youth audience may seem like a daunting task. As social media becomes more important to every nonprofit’s marketing plan, targeting youth through the traditional social media feeds is becoming obsolete.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 13, 2014

'A few years ago, Southwest Airlines celebrated its 40th year and was kind enough to share in its in-flight magazine 40 lessons it learned since 1971. The lessons provide good tips for business leaders. If you missed the full list, here are some of the highlights of timeless lessons: Invent your own culture and put a top person in charge of it. A crisis can contain the germ of a big idea.

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Wild Apricot

JANUARY 15, 2014

'Here are four trends that will impact volunteerism in 2014.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2014

'Melissa Bear. Manager, Customer Relationship Marketing. CaringBridge. More and more IT groups are building up strategic capacity, serving many business goals and needs across an organization. At the same time, Communications groups are moving more into technology system decisions and driving resource and process needs. This convergence can often lead to painful struggles over resource decisions and project planning, but there are some easy steps you can take to make the relationship work.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 14, 2014

'Image courtesy of TechDay. Technological advancement appears to be an unstoppable force. And with no immovable object in sight, it is safe to say 2014 will be an innovative year. As a result of these inherent technological advancements, nonprofits are forced to continue to adapt to an ever changing landscape. Mobile, software, clouds, and social media are each uniquely poised to make huge strides in 2014.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 15, 2014

'posted by Anne Byrne , Professional-in-Residence, ASU Lodestar Center Question: We would like to increase our donations. Is the upcoming Arizona Gives Day a good opportunity to do this? In the days leading up to December 10, my email and Face book page lit up with information and requests to participate in 2013’s Colorado Gives Day (coloradogives.org).

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Wild Apricot

JANUARY 13, 2014

'Curious about how other nonprofits will communicate in 2014? Here are highlights of the 2014 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report.

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NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2014

'Steve MacLaughlin. Director, Idea Lab. Blackbaud. The online donation form is now a teenager. The late 1990s saw the rise of ecommerce and along with it the first few philanthropic forms to accept donations on the internet. From those first few clicks to the latest multichannel campaign, online giving has continued to grow and change the nonprofit sector.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 13, 2014

'Now that it's time to upgrade from Windows XP (it’s retires in early April 2014), you may well be wondering how much of your current software and hardware will work on Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. Fortunately there are some great free tools to help you figure that out. At least I hope you’re planning to upgrade. April has been called the 'XPocalypse' for a good reason: When Microsoft stops support, PCs using XP and Office 2003 will face greatly increased exposure to malware

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 14, 2014

'If we ran our lives like we run our NPOs, many of us would be in huge trouble. Don’t believe me? Let’s apply nonprofit-logic to some day-to-day life choices: 1. Don’t go to college if it’s not 100% covered by scholarships! That’s costly overhead! Where are the short term rewards? Especially with that liberal arts degree… …Despite the fact that you could gain valuable experience, confidence and the connections that make getting jobs and work experience much easier—and there’s a boat

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 13, 2014

'A manager who can''t make a decision or who can''t make a timely decision will frustrate his/her employees. Equally bad, a lack of decision will impede the progress of the manager''s team. Some managers make endless requests for data as a way to postpone their having to make a decision. Employees end up spinning in circles , slicing and dicing the information far beyond what is truly needed for the manager to make a decision.

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NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2014

'What''s in store for 2014 for nonprofits? Kimbia''s Miriam Kagan writes that 2014 will bring a mix of old new. Their top 5 predictions for nonprofits in 2014 are: 1) CRM maturation-we''ve got it, now how do we use it? Many nonprofits are finally getting to the point of being able to say “OK, we’ve made it through the tech deployment, now we get to use it.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2014

'A few easy-to-implement ideas for improving your work day. Pardon my red face. I feel squeamish admitting this (erm, publicly, no less…), given that I work for a tech organization. But I often feel like my ability to effectively use the technology I seat myself in front of EVERY DAY could, well, be better. And because I suspect that I am not a lone wolf in this tech world, allow me to share My Three Biggest Tech Grievances with My Work Day: Email insanity.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 16, 2014

'Natasha Golinsky is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub and is the Founder of Next Level Nonprofits —an online training company dedicated to equipping new nonprofit Executive Directors with the skills and support they need to enjoy successful, sustainable and satisfying careers. _. I had a conversation with new client today wherein I asked him what his goals are for 2014.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2014

'Entitlement is "killing your business," says author Brad Hams. And after more than 15 years working with hundreds of companies, Hams says he knows "that the vast majority of employees addicted to entitlement actually want to engage, want to contribute, and feel much better about themselves when they are in an environment that requires them to do so.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 15, 2014

'This week, my colleague Emily Hope Dobkin has a beautiful guest post on the Incluseum blog about the Subjects to Change teen program that Emily runs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Subjects to Change is an unusual museum program in that it explicitly focuses on empowering teens as community leaders. While art, history, creativity, and culture are the vehicles for that empowerment, the teens involved spend a lot of their time with activists, civic leaders, and social psychologists

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2014

'Want to learn how to make positive change in the world through a top university? 92nd Street Y , a New York City-based nonprofit community and cultural center, is launching a free MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) called How to Change the World through Wesleyan University and Coursera. The launch date of the MOOC is Monday, January 20, 2014. Inspired by the Social Good Summit, the course will examine issues concerning poverty, the environment, technology, healthcare, gender, education, and acti

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2014

'The 2014 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report was released last week and one of the more interesting findings was that donor retention remainsa lower priority. As my colleague Frank Barry mentioned, most nonprofits stink at donor retention. Nearly 3 out of 4 new donors never make a second gift. Over the past 10 years, donor retention has fallen from 33% to 27%.

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