Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2013

#FundraisingFriday is a campaign meant to inspire individuals to commit to donating $10 to one of their favorite nonprofits every Friday. First tweeted in May 2012 from @ NonprofitOrgs , the #FundraisingFriday hashtag has since then been tweeted and retweeted thousands of times. If you are a nonprofit, using the #FundraisingFriday hashtag is a simple way to ask for your supporters to donate and hopefully you’ll be able to convert a few fans, followers, and friends into donors.

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JANUARY 2, 2013

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 3,700 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 6 years to get that many views. Click here to see the complete report.

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Wild Apricot

JANUARY 2, 2013

Here is a round-up of non-profit, membership, marketing and event predictions and trends for 2013.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 2, 2013

posted by. Jillian Terry , Freelance Writer. teachingdegree.org. Nonprofits can make a big difference in public schools, but that doesn't mean working with schools is always easy. Long-term partnerships with schools take a significant amount of time, effort, and flexibility to establish. Even hosting a one-time event at a public school can be a challenge.

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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

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Every month Nonprofit Tech 2.0 creates and tweets (three times only) a TwtPoll related to nonprofit tech. Hardly thorough as a research method, the TwtPolls do however present some basic information about what trends were popular in 2012 and clues as to which #NPTech trends should be prioritized in 2013. Pay particular attention to TwtPolls with high numbers of views as they indicate a high interest level in the subject.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 30, 2012

Sandy Hook. Hurricane Sandy. Fiscal Cliff. With each disturbing event of 2012, it feels like we've been hit with the same reminder: We're all in it together. Everything we do touches someone. Sometimes it's close to home. Other times, it reaches across the globe. My 2013 wish is that we, myself included, remember that just like in nature, we're interconnected.

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Care2

DECEMBER 30, 2012

As you have probably experienced yourself, raising money for your nonprofit campaign on social media is like pulling teeth. According to the 2012 Nonprofit benchmark Social Network Benchmarking Report, 98% of nonprofits didn’t raise a dime on Facebook, which is second most trafficked site on the web in the U.S. About 2% of nonprofits raised between $1 and $1,000.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2013

All social media and mobile media webinars offered by Nonprofit Tech 2.0 have an individual price of $50, but through March 20, 2013 they will be offered at the following discounted rates: Buy 2, Get 1 Free :: 3 for $100. Buy 3, Get 2 Free :: 5 for $150. Buy 4, Get 3, Free :: 7 for $200. Buy 5, Get 4 Free :: 9 for $250. View: Current Webinar Schedule.

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NTEN

JANUARY 2, 2013

The early bird deadline for the 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference is coming right up -- and it just wouldn't be the same without you. The NTC is NTEN's signature three-day gathering, bringing together nonprofit professionals like yourself from around the world to collaborate, innovate, and maximize effectiveness. > Register by January 11 to save $200 The NTC is, first and foremost, a place for you to learn the skills you need to help your organization meet its mission.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Here are the 20 top rated posts from the Wild Apricot Blog in 2012.

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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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sgEngage

JANUARY 1, 2013

Back by popular demand is the latest analysis of end of year fundraising …

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2013

This guest post was authored by Declan Murphy, GiftWorks marketing and social media coordinator. Visit the GiftWorks donation page to learn more about their offering for eligible organizations. You can also try GiftWorks free for 30 days. Join Aaron Bramley from Lights.Camera.Help. and GiftWorks for a free webinar on Harnessing the Power of Video in Your Nonprofit's Strategy on Thursday, January 10 at 2 p.m.

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NTEN

JANUARY 3, 2013

Steve MacLaughlin. Director of the Idea Lab. Blackbaud. The data shows a troubling trend in the nonprofit sector: Donor populations have been shrinking for the past five years and revenue per donor has been flat. In Part 1 , I reviewed some of the common theories around why overall fundraising is flat. It turns out that many opinions about what is happen aren't based on actual data.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

Someone needs your blog. Don't wait. Write it. Share it. Really. If you need someone to be your blogging cheerleader, the next Juicy Blogging E-Course is running from January 11-February 1, 2013. I also have a few spaces open for personal blog coaching. Tweet.

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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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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 2, 2013

We just posted a part-time position at my museum for a Community Engagement/Marketing Associate. This is a big step for us, not because we haven't had a dedicated marketing person for a long time, but more because I wasn't sure we would ever want or need one. But several experiences and smart people have changed my perspective on this, and that's what this post is about.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 2, 2013

TechSoup.org will be unavailable while we upgrade our site. We expect TechSoup.org to be back online and fully functional by Monday morning, January 7. You'll notice some changes when we come back! We're directly integrating our product donation program with our webinars, articles, forums, blog posts to give you and your organization a better way to find the donations and learning resources you need.

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NTEN

JANUARY 2, 2013

Steve MacLaughlin. Director of the Idea Lab. Blackbaud. There is a lot of speculation about what has been causing the challenges that fundraising is facing in the United States. There are opinions and then there is data. Over the past few months I've been asked a lot of questions about giving trends: What explains the flat trend in overall fundraising?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 3, 2013

One of the most common terms in fundraising analytics is Return On Investment or ROI. Let's examine ROI in terms of how it relates to nonprofit fundraising analytics in two ways.

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Advertiser: Syncrony

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 2, 2013

200 More Email Subject Lines from End of Year Fundraising | npENGAGE : Back by popular demand is the latest analysis of end of year fundraising email subject lines. The 2011 edition of “80 Email Subject Lines from End of Year Fundraising” was a very popular article and I decided to do it again. This time, I analyzed 200 email subject lines sent to me from nonprofits between December 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012.

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Care2

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Our desire to reach people wherever they are any time of day has radically changed the way we communicate with constituents, colleagues, and friends in the last decade. The infographic Power to the Online People, shows how effective online organizing can be if you have the right strategies in place. For example, when Congress was considering to support the SOPA bill earlier in 2012, nonprofits and businesses organized over 10,000,000 people to sign online petitions and send over 3,000,000 emails

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2013

Alec Stern. Founding Team, Vice President of Strategic Market Development. Constant Contact. How can a nonprofit use social media to inspire donations and grow its volunteer base? Engagement Marketing, when done well, can become the single best source of new members, volunteers, or donors for any nonprofit organization. By delivering great experiences and content to your key constituents, you can use that engagement to drive social visibility.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 31, 2012

According to the science of persuasion, based on research by Dr. Robert Cialdini, there are six principles that make you more persuasive. These principles apply to anything really, but for our work let's look at how they apply to fundraising.

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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 4, 2013

6 direct marketing methods to gain social media influencers : Page 1 of 2 : Target Marketing : 'm a big fan of social media. I jumped on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest, etc., but it didn't occur to me until recently that social media could help direct marketers by leveraging influencers. In other words, I was a purist—I was communicating on social media for the pure joy of talking to people, meeting them and learning.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

Each January Nonprofit Tech 2.0 selects 31 new “ Favorite Nonprofits ” to be featured in the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 banner. Nonprofits in previous years were chosen primarily because they excelled at social media. This year, however, the selection process was a bit more personal. Yes… the majority of this year’s nonprofits have also implemented good-to-exceptional social media campaigns, but they are also nonprofits whose missions I care about and feel a personal connection to.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 3, 2013

Online Giving Grew Fast in Fourth Quarter - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : Online Giving Grew Fast in Fourth Quarter January 3, 2013, 9:02 am By Holly Hall The last week of December, usually a boom time in online donations, was fairly sluggish compared with 2011, according to figures from more than 8,700 charities whose performance The Chronicle has been tracking weekly since Thanksgiving.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 31, 2012

In this year of social, mobile, virtual reality overload, my favorite marketing campaign is the most traditional of them all.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 4, 2013

In the spirit of making New Year’s Resolutions, I wanted to suggest three …

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 4, 2013

The Secret Yardstick Driving Innovation At AOL, Beats, And Microsoft | Co.Design: business innovation design : The "15-foot test," as Wetherell refers to it, is the threshold for differentiation he holds his team to: Products must attract attention even yards away from the computer screen. It’s the idea that in order for a product to stand out in such a crowded market, he says, "it needs not only to function differently but also look noticeably different from afar.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 3, 2013

A Preliminary Theology of Social Networks : As people like Beth Kanter and Allison Fine made clear in their book, The Networked Nonprofit, networks are the new form of organizational structure in the 21st-century. (Actually, Jessica Lipnack and Jeffrey Stamps predicted in 1994 in The Age of the Network that networks would be the signature form of organizations in this century and I wrote about network organizations for the Jewish community in 2001 in Network Judaism).

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 3, 2013

ASAE Technology Conference & Expo Spotlights Mobile Apps, the Cloud | TSNN Trade Show News : ASAE Technology Conference & Expo Spotlights Mobile Apps, the Cloud January 1, 2013 inShare ASAE Technology Conference & Expo Spotlights Mobile Apps, the Cloud altASAE Technology Conference & Expo Spotlights Mobile Apps, the Cloud When 637 executives recently gathered for the American Society of Association Executives Technology Conference & Expo in early December at the Walter E Wash

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