Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

In the next few weeks I’ll be making recommendations of which tools and trends in technology nonprofits should prioritize in 2013, but for this year’s post on New Year’s resolutions I wanted to get back to basics. It’s so easy to get consumed with and exhausted by the intense volume of content and social media advice posted on the Social Web every day (every hour, every minute, every second) that we often neglect some of our basic needs that keep us mentally fresh and up

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NetWits

JANUARY 15, 2013

Observations about how web design has evolved over the last decade to be flatter, bigger and simpler, all making it easier to translate into a mobile experience.

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VisionLink

JANUARY 12, 2013

'This video is an articulate defense of the freedom to connect, and a well-told, real-world story of people working together. In honor of the life and contributions of the activist Aaron Swartz, and in honor of our customers in thousands of communities who work to connect people every day. View Aaron Swartz Video (Freedom to Connect Conference, May 2012) He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light withou

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2013

Participants at FFL Training Doing Content Strategy Brainstorm. Note from Beth: By the time you read this post, I will be in the USA from doing a training in Tunisia for NGOs and trainers who will deliver training to women entrepreneurs as part of the WES program and also improve their NGO’s use of social media. This past week, I had the opportunity to work some amazing trainers and NGOs in that country to share and adapt instructional techniques and information about using social media

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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 18, 2013

Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. Cost: $50 or Winter Webinar Special. How to Register: Sign up ! Presented By: Heather Mansfield. View: All Webinars for Nonprofits. This webinar covers how to successfully launch and maintain a blog for your nonprofit on WordPress.com. Click-by-click, attendees will learn how to use themes, widgets, and basic HTML to design a blog that matches your website and helps recruit new e-newsletter subscribers, online donors, and supporters on Facebook,

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NetWits

JANUARY 17, 2013

It’s 2013.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2013

When you read this post, I’ll be on a plane to the facilitate the opening plenary at the Legal Services TIG Conference on Wednesday, Jan. 16th. One of my key themes for the year is to look at failure and learning – and will also have a chance to dive into a conversation at the upcoming COF Conference with colleague Peter Sims , Author of Little Bets and founder of BLKSHP.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. Read the complete issue on "Collaboration" when you subscribe to the journal for free! ] By Debra Askanase, Community Organzier 2.0 This spring, the New York City Elder Abuse Center (the Center) began its journey from a traditional, “non-social” organization to one that uses and embraces social media in both its communications and internal processes.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 16, 2013

posted by. John Scola, CFRE , President. John Scola & Associates. Courtney, a new executive director of a relatively small nonprofit, was anxious to learn as much as possible in order to manage her work. She knew intuitively, as well as through her experience as a mid-level manager in a nonprofit setting that board management would be a key element to her success.

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Wild Apricot

JANUARY 15, 2013

Here are some ideas, tips and resources to help you get your volunteers off to a good start this year.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2013

I’m in Jacksonville, Florida today to open the plenary session of the Legal Services Corporation Technology Innovation Grant Annual gathering. The last time I keynoted was five years ago! This session is my first interactive keynote based on the content of my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-authored with KD Paine. I’m working on developing the curriculum for this book as I did for my first book, The Networked Nonprofit, co-authored with Alison Fine.

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NTEN

JANUARY 16, 2013

You cannot develop an ROI model for any part of your web presence without going directly back to your mission. Now that data on the web is pervasive, we technology professionals are being asked to put a value on every little thing that we do for our web presence: email campaigns, Facebook posts, logo redesigns, information architecture tweaks. It all can be measured, and if you are reading this, chances are you are one of those people doing the measuring.

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Care2

JANUARY 14, 2013

One of my favorite parts about starting a new year is reviewing all of the top 10 (or in some cases the top 133) lists and trends. I find them useful to bookmark, especially when you need to get your hands on an important article that has good data or strategic advice that you want to share with senior leadership to get their buy in. Unfortunately, going through these lists can be overwhelming because there are just too many great lists to dig through.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2013

We released our report on the 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey in September of 2012 and have now had a few months to ponder the findings and talk to several of you about what you think of them. We thought it would be interesting for us to share our thoughts with you on what we're believe ought to be done about our survey findings. This is the second installment in a series of explorations on this.

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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

JANUARY 12, 2013

As the nation honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday, January 21 , volunteer or make the decision to volunteer in your community. King routinely asked “What are you doing for others,” and January 21st is the ideal day to ask yourself that question. The federal holiday was first observed 26 years ago and in 1994 Congress designated it as a National Day of Service, inspired by King’s words, “everybody can be great because anybody can serve.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 16, 2013

It's not every day that a visitor buys pizza for everyone in the museum. Or that visitors form a spontaneous "laugh circle" on the floor. Or that we take a group photo together at the end of the day. Then again, Saturday was hardly normal at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. This past weekend, in conjunction with our exhibition about Ze Frank's current participatory project, A Show , we hosted " Ze Frank Weekend "--a quickie summer camp of workshops, activities, presentations, and lots

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 18, 2013

Focus on how market drivers will impact stakeholders, and then to understand their impact on nonprofit strategy and subsequently technology.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 16, 2013

Our friends at Community IT Innovators in Washington, DC (CITI), are hosting a free webinar with TechSoup's very own Barbara Shaughnessy later this month. It's free and will cover a variety of resources for accessing technologies for nonprofits. Feel free to sign up to participate ! More details below: Join us for a free webinar on Technology Resources for Nonprofits on Thursday, January 24 from 12:30-1:30 p.m.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 17, 2013

6 Services You Could Replace With Facebook Graph Search | Fast Company : 6 Services You Could Replace With Facebook Graph Search By Sarah Kessler | January 16, 2013 With the launch of Graph Social, a handful of startups that integrate with Facebook are now competing with the mothership.

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Wild Apricot

JANUARY 17, 2013

Here is some insight into how size impacts small groups and a "portrait of a small membership organization" infographic.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2013

Did you know that more than 70% of people who have already made planned gifts also continue to make annual gifts to the organizations they’ve named in their estate plans?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2013

For nonprofits, libraries, and their constituents, training is esse ntial to keep knowledge and skills up to date. Whether your organization is training its own staff in nonprofit management, or teaching others technical skills, TechSoup can help you get started. Train on Over 150 Products with Atomic Training. You can use Atomic Training to help your organization maximize its tech tools and software products.

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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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AFP Blog

JANUARY 15, 2013

Nonprofit Tech Forecasts for 2013 : I love year-ahead forecasts and have looked a number of them from all over the global IT press. Here’s what the buzz seems to be for 2013 from a nonprofit technology viewpoint. The Forecasts for 2012 I guess a good place to start is looking back at forecasts from January 2012. Andrew Cohen of Forum One did one called 12 Big Trends in Nonprofit Technology for 2012.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2013

Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP. After this year Microsoft will no longer provide security updates, assisted support options, or online content updates for Windows XP. Upgrade your nonprofit or library's operating system to stay current and protected. Why Is Microsoft Ending Support? Microsoft products, including Windows and Office products, generally receive a minimum of 10 years of support (5 years mainstream support and 5 years of extended support, such as service packs).

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2013

Access to quality research provides nonprofits and libraries the ability to improve services, strengthen funding proposals, and share knowledge within the field. Join our free webinar on Friday, January 18 at 11 a.m. Pacific time , Why Research Matters to Grantseekers , to find out the importance of social sector research and how it can help your organization fulfill its mission.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2013

While many nonprofits are getting the why of integrated marketing, they are struggling with the how. When teams and programs have been siloed for so long, how do you start working as a more cohesive team?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2013

Analytics can be overwhelming or confusing without the proper context. So let's build our understanding of various types of analytics you might use in your fundraising.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 18, 2013

On Wednesday, I helped to facilitate the DC Luminate Online User’s Group.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

For Africa, Entrepreneurship is the Way | Skoll World Forum : n South Africa, new mobile technology strategies are being used to educate the youth and to promote entrepreneurship.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 17, 2013

Microsoft Launches Free Disaster Relief App : Microsoft has recently released a new Disaster Relief app that goes under the name HelpBridge. The application is available for iOS, Android and Windows Phone 8. The application allows you to do two things: ask for help and give help. If you ever find yourself in a situation where you need to call for help, you can send a message out via Facebook, SMS and email to a preassigned list of contacts with your location and a message.

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