Nonprofit Tech for Good
OCTOBER 5, 2010
Live broadcasting via the Web has been around a couple years thanks to sites like UStream.tv , but the nonprofit sector has been slow to adopt this new technology… until recently. Stand Up To Cancer caught my attention a few weeks back, and now with the launch of Apple TV and Google TV we’re on the precipice of a new era in broadcast communications.
Amy Sample Ward
OCTOBER 4, 2010
Wow! I’m so excited to say that the redesign for the website is ready to be unveiled! I can’t wait for your feedback, comments, recommendations for further improvements, and general reaction; but first, I need to share some thank yous and some background for all those who have followed this process. Thank You. First off, a huge thank you to Matt Cheuvront , the designer who made all of this happen!
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
OCTOBER 7, 2010
An Insider Reveals How the Latest Hot Books Are Added to Bookshare’s Collection of Accessible Titles A Guest Beneblog by Liz Halperin After working for many years as a volunteer for Bookshare, I became a paid proofreader for the collection about two years ago. I now review books that are scanned and uploaded in formats that can be read using different forms of assistive technology such as text-to-speech, digital Braille or enlarged fonts.
NCE Social Media
OCTOBER 8, 2010
This week Facebook rolled out a revised Groups feature. Groups allows you to communicate with people and friends you designate in a group – such as work, home, church, classmates, etc. I wrote about Facebook groups previously. Thanks to consideration of past privacy setting issues , Facebook set the default to closed, i.e. only people in your group can see and post in the group.
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.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
OCTOBER 8, 2010
On a beach in Central America! No phone, no computer, no Internet, no iPod. Back online refreshed and ready for a very busy fall on October 20! I have accepted an extremely exciting, but time-consuming project related to social media and nonprofits that will keep me very busy through the end of January. So busy in fact that I have postponed most of the webinars left in 2010 until mid-February 2011 ( View Webinar Schedule ).
NetWits
OCTOBER 7, 2010
As Blackbaud’s 2010 Conference for Non-Profits approaches this October 21-22, 2010 in Washington, DC, I’m working with colleagues to put the finishing touches on my sessions, and one in particular — one of my favorite topics — is simply too much fun to not share here: Targeted Content*.
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Wild Apricot
OCTOBER 8, 2010
By partnering with other nonprofits that share your cause, instead of competing with them, you can pool those limited resources for greater impact and give your supporters a clear call to action.( read more ). Tags: Associations General non-profit interest Fundraising nptech case studies collaboration management networking leadership non-profit nonprofit partnership.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 4, 2010
Net Neutrality protest at Google HQ - GoogleRally 45 by Steve Rhodes, on Flickr. Note from Beth: Last June at the New York City book party for the Networked Nonprofit , Stephanie Strom, New York Times, moderated a discussion on the themes in the book. (Here’s a recording by Mike Johnson). Vince Stehle asked a great question about how nonprofits might use some of the ideas in the book to engage their networks around Net Neutrality.
NetWits
OCTOBER 6, 2010
Every org is different and must build its community to work toward its own goals and mission. But we want to give nonprofits with limited resources access to quality tools and training that will allow them to build a house social network even if they don’t have a big budget or a social networking guru on staff.
NTEN
OCTOBER 5, 2010
By Grant Howe, VP Research and Development, Nonprofit Solutions, Sage Business Solutions. What will the nonprofit office of the future look like? Probably like your own home. Corporations and nonprofits alike are rapidly embracing the practice of letting employees work remotely. Many organizations are enjoying lower overhead, higher productivity, and happier employees by providing the option to work from home (WFH).
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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
OCTOBER 5, 2010
Veteran fundraisers know that the better your non-profit organization can understand your donors (and potential donors), their motivations, and their patterns of giving, the more effective your fundraising efforts will be. But it’s rare that a small non-profit has the staff time or resources to conduct a comprehensive donor survey each year – let alone the ability to analyze the data collected and pull out actionable insights.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 5, 2010
Christian Canter is the development director for Shelter Network , an agency that provides housing and services for homeless families and individuals. As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation, I’ve had an opportunity to work with him on social media strategy. So, when Mark Horvath , someone who fits the description of “ free agent “ in our book The Networked Nonprofit , let me know he was passing by San Francisco at the end of his road trip to pr
NetWits
OCTOBER 4, 2010
Interesting thought right? Chris Brogan ( Build Product Ecosystems ) and Seth Godin ( Your Ecosystem ) got me thinking about the topic of ecosystems as it relates to non-profits. When you think about it, the idea of an ecosystem can be applied to many things in life. Family. Work. Athletics. School. Religion. But for now we’ll focus on the non-profit world.
Get Fully Funded
OCTOBER 4, 2010
I’ve heard several stories lately about Executive Directors being competitive with one another and frankly, it irritates me. What’s the point? Why waste the energy feuding over service delivery? I remember many years ago working for someone like that. He was so quick to point out the flaws in our “competitors&# and talk trash about them.
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Wild Apricot
OCTOBER 6, 2010
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 6, 2010
Kay Chernush for the U.S. State Department. Note from Beth: Diana Scimone is a free agent fundraiser. She is no stranger to building relationships. She and I have have linked to each other’s blog posts and commented on each others posts over the past three years. I wrote about her project The Born2Fly Project to stop child trafficking in January, 2009 on National Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Awareness Day.
NTEN
OCTOBER 6, 2010
By Dave Greenberg, CiviCRM Team. Based on my informal assessment of attitudes and interest in the NTEN community about open source software, I think there's a significant and growing number of folks and organizations who are either interested in, already using, or even evangelizing open source solutions. Some folks may not have gotten up to speed on more recent developments, however -- and might be relying on "stale data" about open source tools: "Not ready for prime time.
Tech Soup
OCTOBER 5, 2010
Last year, I wrote a post about Why Nonprofits Should Care About Cloud Computing. Well, it is time for a deeper look into the subject. Cloud computing is not going away and small and medium-sized nonprofits and libraries need to begin to understand it. IDC forecasts that IT spending on cloud computing will grow at a rate of 26% annually for the next 3-4 years.
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Wild Apricot
OCTOBER 5, 2010
Add one more to today’s list of resources for fundraisers! Just released by Network for Good and Zoetica, here's a new free eGuide on Cause Marketing Through Social Media: 5 Steps to Successful Online Campaigns.( read more ). Tags: Non-profit technology General non-profit interest Fundraising Best practices case studies social media cause marketing.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 7, 2010
Financial Officers Group. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. This morning Liz Karlin, who works at the Packard Foundation in Grant Operations , and I did a remote presentation for the Foundation Financial Officers Group on Organizational Change and Social Media Policy development. I talked about the change in workstyle that is needed before codifying a social culture through a social media policy.
NTEN
OCTOBER 8, 2010
Cat Monaghan, Communications and Outreach Coordinator, Idealist Consulting. Mark Zuckerberg Never Dresses Appropriately for the Weather might be a more accurate title for The Social Network. Another title could be: Mark Zuckerberg Was Rather Angry and Prickly in College, Hopefully He’s Grown Out of It. . The Social Network as a title lets us assume the movie is about Facebook, which it isn’t.
Get Fully Funded
OCTOBER 5, 2010
“78% of individual donors said they would definitely or probably give again to a charity that provided them with prompt, personal gift acknowledgement followed sometime later with a meaningful update on the program they had funded. Penelope Burk. What can you do to provide your donors with a meaningful update? Tags: Donor Acknowledgement Donor Relations Donor Research General Fundraising.
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Have Fun - Do Good
OCTOBER 2, 2010
What blogs do you read regularly? I recently updated the Have Fun, Do Good blogroll (in my sidebar) to show a greater range of some of the blogs I read. Most of them are about nonprofits, volunteering and nonprofit technology, but I also like reading about food, creativity, and the musings of some of my personal pals. I've listed them below under a few topic headings (to help you browse them), but many of them could fit into multiple categories.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 5, 2010
I’m pleased to announce that Zoetica and Network for Good have just published a new e-book called “ Cause Marketing Through Social Media &# written by Kate Olsen and Geoff Livingston. The eGuide identifies the key questions a for-profit company should ask before initiating a cause marketing campaign and outlines the five steps to success.
NTEN
OCTOBER 8, 2010
Josie Halpern-Finnerty, Adviser and Michelle Samplin-Salgado, New Media Strategist, AIDS.gov. At AIDS.gov , our mission is to provide access to Federal HIV and AIDS information through a variety of new media channels, and to support the use of new media tools by Federal and community partners. With the release of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy this summer, we're particularly interested in how our partners are using new and traditional media to help implement the goals of the Strategy.
Care2
OCTOBER 6, 2010
If you thought email radically changed the way nonprofits communicated with constituents online, then social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter may have challenged you even more. Social networking has forced nonprofits to be comfortable with two-way communications, transparency, and adapting to short social conversations using limited character counts.
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See3
OCTOBER 4, 2010
We’re all bravely stepping into the fray that is the year end fundraising season. A lot of things are about to start happening very, very fast. Appeals will be sent out to the masses, adorned with snazzy video, heartwarming pics, and a plethora of links, most of which will send constituents to your website. But [.]. Tags: Nonprofits fundraising michael hoffman end of year nonprofit see3.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 6, 2010
Weak Tie/Strong Tie Ice Breaker. Earlier this week, I flew across the country (thanks Virgin America !) to Boston for two days of book events hosted by Associated Grant Makers , Barr Foundation , Public Conversations Project , TechFoundation and Berkman Center Luncheon series. This post shares a few observations about Networked Nonprofits. As always, lots of fun to actually see my co-author, Allison Fine , in person.
NTEN
OCTOBER 7, 2010
Steve MacLaughlin, Director of Internet Solutions, Blackbaud. Have you been following the Net Neutrality debate? You should. It might dramatically impact your nonprofit. There's little doubt that most of us who use the Internet every day have at least heard about Net Neutrality. When pressed for details, though, many in the nonprofit community can't offer much of a definition.
Get Fully Funded
OCTOBER 3, 2010
It’s fundraising season! And I bet you’re busy thinking about all kinds of things from fundraising letters to end-of-year activities. If you really want to set yourself up for success for fundraising in the last quarter of 2010, take some time to plan your activities. This will move you from being reactive to being proactive, and you’ll be much more likely to hit your goals.
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