Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2010

Nonprofits and their adoption of social media has created an interesting, albeit interdependent relationship with large companies like Google, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr. Nonprofits use the sites to build their online brand and supporter base, and the companies in turn then benefit from having tens of thousands respectable, well-known nonprofits promoting their sites and tools to millions of supporters (a.k.a. potential consumers).

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 23, 2010

I’m really excited for my friend and colleague, Kivi Leroux Miller for her new book The Nonprofit Marketing Guide: High-Impact, Low-Cost Ways to Build Support for Your Good Cause. I’m even more excited to say that this blog will be part of her virtual book tour in June! There will be an interview with Kivi posted on the blog on June 24th – but it’s going to be with your questions!

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Wild Apricot

MAY 25, 2010

Infographics are to data what storytelling is to an annual report: a more engaging way to help bring attention and understanding to your nonprofit’s cause. Let’s take a closer look at these visual representations of data and ideas, along with great resources to help you get started on making your own infographic.( read more ). Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Non-profit Communications images application.

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NCE Social Media

MAY 28, 2010

According to Google’s ad planner , social network sites now account for more than 50% of all unique website visitors. This list, which is based on April 2010 data, “excludes adult sites, ad networks, domains that don’t have publicly visible content or don’t load properly, and certain Google sites.&# The certain Google sites that were excluded were Google.com and Youtube.

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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

MAY 26, 2010

Thousands of nonprofits haven’t logged into their MySpace profiles in months, or even a year or more. The majority have moved on to Facebook and Twitter. That said, MySpace is not dead. Traffic has definitely sloooowed, but the site still has 57 million monthly visitors in the United States ( as of December 2009 ). They just don’t tend to be the same folks that regularly visit Facebook and Twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 26, 2010

Earlier this month, I had the great pleasure and honor to lead a webinar with Lori Jacobwith ’s community. It was an introduction to social media, especially focused on what organizations (regardless of size) can start doing today. I had a bit of fun with it, especially with the pictures on the slides, by using a party metaphor: Social Media for Organizations: Enjoy Your Own Party!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2010

Actionable listening on social media channels means transforming a “river of noise&# into insights that are actionable. That is, you gain insight, can make a decision, or do something. Listening can help your organization craft conversation starters , figure out how to best start engaging , identify social content that you can incorporate into your content strategy , identify potential brand ambassadors , or address a potential crisis early in the game.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

Danielle Brigida, National Wildlife Federation , Peggy Duvette, WiserEarth and Manny Hernandez, Diabetes Hands Foundation. For a nonprofit organization, finding passionate people who are receptive to your message is the difference between getting your message heard and having it fall on deaf ears. Niche networks are smaller, more specific networks that can provide you with targeted, passionate audiences ready and waiting to hear what you have to say.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 23, 2010

Tweetnotes is one of the newest tools from The Extraordinaries. Between SXSWi and 10NTC, I’ve now used it a handful of times and do really like it. I also think it can be better! You can see the embeded versions of the tool on my blog here and here , or you can see examples on the original site for the SXSWi session, Net2 Open Space session, Community Building session, or the Online Campaigning session.

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Wild Apricot

MAY 24, 2010

This action-packed infographic from the Pepsi Refresh Project presents a picture of the “typical” volunteer. Could your non profit create a similar volunteer or member profile, to help guide your own recruitment and retention programs? ( read more ). Tags: nptech Volunteers Non-profit Communications demographics.

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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

MAY 25, 2010

Source: Extreme Foods. For the third and final Conversational Case Study on America’s Giving Challenge from Allison Fine and I, we pose a question rather than answer one: Is there a “special sauce” for successful participation in online fundraising contests ? The post summarizes the strategies used by contest winners. I wonder if the secret sauce is to do a cost/benefit analysis before you start preparing your favorite social media sauce?

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NTEN

MAY 25, 2010

Last week, I had the good fortune to speak with some great organizations doing historic preservation work in the Western United States. By and large, these are small organizations that frequently rely on volunteers and working boards to fill all roles the organization needs to staff. So, after a presentation on marketing and social media, I was not surprised to hear a common question: "We're a small organization, so we can't do it all.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 23, 2010

After being on a 6-day vacation, I’ve returned to find my inbox pretty full. I’m a bit overwhelmed at the thought of wading through all those messages. Sound familiar? We all get overwhelmed from time to time. I thought I’d share with you how I handle it when I have way too much to do. My strategy is to go through my inbox and prioritize things. 1.

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Wild Apricot

MAY 27, 2010

Blog posts and articles on Fundraising, Membership, and Social Media topped the active topics at AssociationJam.org this month, in terms of the numbers of submissions, views and reader votes. Here are the most popular links for May 2010 in each “AJam” category – Membership, Events, Leadership, Volunteers, Fundraising, Social Media, Technology, Other, and Fun: Membership What Would Reverse Innovation Look Like in Your Not-for-Profit?

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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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Care2

MAY 24, 2010

When Facebook launched their Open Graph API last month they thought they had revolutionized their platform. They certainly did not expect some of its own users to organize international boycotts like Quit Facebook Day or petitions by some of the largest grassroots organizations like MoveOn and the ACLU. But Facebook crossed a privacy line again and has infuriated some of its most passionate users.

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NTEN

MAY 26, 2010

It's been exciting to see so many conversations about privacy take place since Facebook announced that it would change the privacy settings we'd all finally figured out. At NTEN, we think the line between public and private is fascinating: witness our upcoming event, The Evolution of Privacy and the Social Web. In fact, it seems that the debate got so loud, Facebook had no choice but to act.

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2010

Climate Savers Computing reports that laptops typically consume less power than desktops and are usually powerful enough for most users. This is backed up by research performed by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The average desktop consumed 74 watts while on, but idle, where as the average notebook consumed only 29 1/2 watts, while on and fully charged and only 44 watts while charging.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 23, 2010

Last fall, after watching Food Inc. , and reading The Kind Diet and Eating Animals , I began reducing the amount of animal products I eat substantially. By January, or February I was practically vegan, until I started craving cheese, eggs, and fish. Now I eat them here and there, especially when I go to someone's house, or out to a restaurant, and I don't feel like making a big fuss by asking for something special, or if I'm really hungry and the vegetarian/vegan option is lame (e.g. a plate of

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Advertiser: Syncrony

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Care2

MAY 24, 2010

When Facebook launched their Open Graph API last month they thought they had revolutionized their platform. They certainly did not expect some of its own users to organize international boycotts like Quit Facebook Day or petitions by some of the largest grassroots organizations like MoveOn and the ACLU. But Facebook crossed a privacy line again and has infuriated some of its most passionate users.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

John Merritt, YMCA of San Diego County and Steve Heye, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago. There is often a powerful disconnect between the objectives of technologists and the direction of an organization's leadership team. Perhaps one of the most challenging questions a nonprofit can ask is, "What should our org's commitment to the use and leverage of technology actually be?

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2010

Online event promotion sites can enable you to reach a much larger audience for practically nothing. These sites can be excellent traffic drivers to your site and enhance your search engine optimization to boot! Combine online event sites with social media and you've got more traffic, better visibility for your event, AND you can channel the energy of your friends, followers, and volunteers through social media sites to help get the word out!

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 26, 2010

I remember early in my fundraising career that I stumbled. A lot. I was figuring things out as I went and I made a lot of mistakes. It would have been nice to have someone to show me what to do. I had a couple of wonderful mentors, but they helped me with specific areas of fundraising and not the whole picture. Now as a coach/consultant, I love showing my clients the whole picture and walking beside them through each step.

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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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Care2

MAY 26, 2010

If you missed yesterday's webinar, Show Me the Money, The Next Generation of American Giving with Vinay Bhagat, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Convio, Steven DelVecchio, Senior Director, Direct Response at AARP/AARP Foundation, Milo Sybrant, Managing Director of New Media at Amnesty International USA, and Jocelyn Harmon, Director of Nonprofit Services at Care2, you missed out on some great donor data.

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NTEN

MAY 24, 2010

Photo: The Public Record. A couple of weeks ago, you may have received an email from me asking you to help us Save the Internet. Over 1,000 organizations have responded to date, signing on to a letter to the FCC , asking the Chairman to protect the Internet for the nonprofit sector and the work we do. Thanks to you, the FCC is getting behind just what we asked for: regulating the Internet in the same way that telephone service is, ensuring that providers treat all content equally. .

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2010

Have you successfully moved from paper-based direct mail fundraising to digital tools (email, websites, video, social media, widgets, and/or mobile)? Want to gloat about your successes and possibly make some (more) money as well? The Paperless Choice Challenge is rewarding successful, creative, replicable campaigns that use electronic fundraising tools by giving away eight prizes totalling over $20,000.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 25, 2010

If you are my Facebook pal , you know that I love cooking, and get a kick out of posting photos of the vegetarian and vegan dishes I make on my Facebook profile. I recently created a Home Cookin' photo album on Flickr for people who aren't on Facebook, but wanted to see the photos too. A number of people have asked me lately for tips on how to cook more vegetarian and vegan meals, so I thought I'd post the Flickr slideshow up here.

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MAY 26, 2010

This cartoon is by Courtney Gibbons. I know. It’s crude. But at least I’ve got your attention. At Care2 , we spend our days helping nonprofits of all stripes grow their email lists so that they can acquire new members, donors and advocacy supporters. At the risk of stating the obvious, I thought it might be worthwhile to explain the raison d’être behind our dogged pursuit.

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MAY 28, 2010

A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources. So, yeah, Facebook was in the news a little. Do you think it's part of their outreach strategy to ignite privacy brouhahas every now and again? It's working. Here are some links: If you're concerned how many people might find that one picture through Google -- you know the one we're talking about -- you need this handy tool from ReclaimPrivacy.org to help you lock down your settings.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2010

After having attended four NGO Connection days in Southeast Asia in previous weeks, I had the chance to attend the NGO Connection Day hosted last Monday at the Microsoft Technology Center in Mountain View, California in the heart of Silicon Valley. About 150 people attended the first event of its kind in the San Francisco Bay Area (many of whom also used the free shuttle service from TechSoup offices, saving time, fuel, and the environment!).

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Museum 2.0

MAY 25, 2010

This guest post was written by Margaret Middleton , a Bay Area-based exhibit developer and fabricator. Margaret shared these thoughts about "museums for use" on her blog , and I asked her to adapt a version for the Museum 2.0 audience. Should a museum be a destination or a place for everyday use? Nina Simon posed this provocative question at a recent presentation , and it got me thinking about the differences between museum "users" and "visitors.

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