Sat.Nov 10, 2012 - Fri.Nov 16, 2012

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HOW TO: Ensure Your Nonprofit’s Facebook Fans See All Your Posts

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Except for a short test in 2009 , your nonprofit’s Facebook Fans have never seen all your posts and as most of us have by now have realized, the percentage that do has gotten significantly smaller over time. The most recent changes to Facebook’s Edgerank has decreased the percentage to 6-9% on the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page. Personally, I am not surprised or annoyed much by the changes.

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Why Can’t I Raise Any Money Using Social Media?

NetWits

Tweets can travel faster than the speed of light and Facebook is word-of-mouth on steroids. But can you raise money using social media?

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Telling your Nonprofit's Story through Video

VisionLink

'Last night, a couple of us from the VisionLink team attended another wonderfully informative Tech4Good forum on the power and execution of video storytelling. After watching a few short, low budget videos, it became clear just how effective (and inexpensive) film could be when it comes to spreading your nonprofit''s story and mission. If your organization is thinking that it may be time to pick up a camera and create one of these videos yourself, here are a few tips we learned from last night''

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Social Change Anytime Everywhere: Best Practices to Build a Multichannel Campaign Plan – Blackbaud Webinar

Amy Sample Ward

Date : November 27, 2012. Location : online with Blackbaud Australia. Topic : Social Change Anytime Everywhere: Best Practices to Build a Multichannel Campaign Plan. Description : From your website to social media, email to mobile messages, online to offline, multichannel strategies require coordination and creative thinking across teams and departments and a focus on the core of your work beyond any one specific call to action.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

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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Free Webinar on January 9! Five Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Prioritize the Mobile Web in 2013

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2013. Time: 1-1:45pm EST. Cost: Free. How to Register: Sign up ! Presented By: Heather Mansfield. View: All Webinars for Nonprofits. The Mobile Web is often discussed as a future trend that nonprofits have time to prepare for, but the reality is that by the end of 2013, the majority of your supporters and donors will be viewing your website and social media content on mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets.

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11 Fascinating Facts About Online Fundraising That Will Inspire You to Action

NetWits

Is your nonprofit raising money on it’s website? I’m guessing the answer is yes.

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Can Moving to the Cloud Impact Member Engagement?

Wild Apricot

Can moving to the cloud improve member engagement? We look at how it can help with website updating, minutes sharing and improved database efficiency.

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ATTN Nonprofits: Instagram Has Launched New Profiles for Desktop

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Mashable wrote up thorough post on Instagram’s new profile pages for Desktop last week, but I wanted to emphasize four points useful for nonprofits: 1) The photos in banner across the top of the new profiles are automatically generated from the photos you have uploaded using Instagram’s mobile apps. 2) Under “Edit Profile” in both the mobile apps and on desktop, you can select a username that becomes your Instagram URL, such as: instagram.com/surfrider.

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Is Your Year-End Communication Up To Snuff?

NetWits

Our interactive analytics team wanted to know just how much procrastination has impacted overall email performance.

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Reflections from Social Good Brasil and a New Word: PhilanthroTeen!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve just returned from keynoting the first Social Good Brazil conference that took place in Florianapolis, sometimes referred to the “Silicon Valley” of Brasil and where the nonprofit, social good, innovation, and technology community is leading the social change movement. Magic happens when social entrepreneurs, nonprofits leaders, technologists, and young people are brought together for a high energy, creative, and interactive event that exposes everyone to new ideas a

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How to Design a Seamless & Personalized Digital Donor Journey

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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Are You Engaging Members Through Social Media?

Wild Apricot

Continuing this month's theme - engagement - here are some tips on engaging members via social media.

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November 20 Webinar: Pinterest and Digital Photography for Nonprofit Storytelling

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2012. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. Cost: $50 or Fall Webinar Special. How to Register: Sign up ! Presented By: Heather Mansfield. View: All Webinars for Nonprofits. This webinar begins with a brief demonstration on how to get your nonprofit started on Pinterest and then explores click-by-click the Pinterest tool set, highlights what kind of content works best on Pinterest Boards, and features numerous tips and tricks that can help your nonprofit become a better pinner.

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The Multi-Generational Appeal of Gamification in Online Communities

NTEN

Christina G. Smith. Director, Inbound Marketing. YourMembership.com. While gamification has a lot of practical applications for nonprofits, it also has many stereotypes to overcome. Gamification is employed by multiple websites across a variety of industries – LinkedIn, Merriam-Webster, FundingWorks, and Marketo marketing automation software – to name a few.

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Non-Profit Leaders as Personal Brands

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Click to See Larger Image. Note From Beth: I recently keynoted the Social Good Brasil conference and one of the other speakers was Simon Mainwaring who gave an amazing keynote about social branding. His talk resonated with some of the ideas around how nonprofits can use a network mindset and leverage the professional networks of senior leaders of nonprofits.

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Nonprofits Are Leveraging the Cloud, but Does It Have to Be So Complex?

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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5 Open-ended Questions To Ask Your Customers

Eric Jacobsen Blog

As you gear up for the busy holiday shopping season, consider this advice from author Paul R. Timm. He recommends a different twist on asking your customers questions: stop asking your customers the "typical" questions and instead ask them open-ended questions. Here's specifically what Timm recommends: Don't Ask : How was everything? Can I get you something else?

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If You Build It - Will They Come?

Wild Apricot

Here are some tips and ideas for keeping members engaged on your website.

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Pushing the Boundaries with Mobile

NTEN

Mobile is no longer just an exciting new addition to fundraising or engagement, but a tool that supporters expect you to have. By Cassie Bair, VP of Marketing, Mobile Accord , and Jenifer Snyder, Account Consultant, Executive Director, The mGive Foundation The U.S. is mobile—literally. Mobile penetration in America is above 100 percent ( CTIA ). Even as people increase their number of mobile devices, many nonprofits are still hesitant about adding mobile to their organization’s initiatives.

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Five Steps to Successful Crisis Communications

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Rob Howells. Note From Beth: I remember back when Hurricane Katrina struck, I saw a post to the Museum ListServ that said “ Chuck Patch Is Not Dead.” At the time, Chuck was a staff member for Historic New Orleans. It underscored the idea that nonprofits, like your family, should have a disaster communications plan. My colleagues at Big Duck have put together a terrific webinar on this topic for this Friday.

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Nonprofit Technology Kick Start: Free World Class Board Meeting Software

Looking for cost reductions for your nonprofit? Why not consider modernizing with a digital board management system that's designed to work with remote meetings, with immediate cost reductions if you still distribute paper packets to members? Get going in less than an hour on a fully hosted cloud solution built on the latest technology that runs on any device - from desktops to tablets and smartphones - without any installation.

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The Demographics of Donor Potential

sgEngage

The Donor Perspectives report says “on average, US donors over the age of 65 gave more than three times the amount donated by those ages 18-24 and nearly twice as much as donors ages 25-34.”.

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Water Wednesday: Do You Know Where Your Water Comes From?

Have Fun - Do Good

I'm always astonished when I hear about a child who was raised in the city, and thinks that carrots come from the store (rather than a farm), but honestly, if you asked me, "Where does your water comes from?" my minimal knowledge makes me only a step away from answering, "the faucet." While researching the answer, I found the Nature Conservancy's online map that tells you where your water comes from.

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Fraud Happens: A Practical Guide for Nonprofits to Reduce Their Risk

NTEN

Vince Thomas. Founder and CEO. Billhighway. Nonprofit organizations are not immune to occupational fraud. It's estimated that the typical organization loses 5% of its revenues to fraud each year. So what can you do? Fraud happens. We know it does. Though not inevitable like death and taxes, fraud is something Americans have come to expect. It shows up in the news almost daily; most heartbreaking of all is news of embezzlement or fraud at nonprofit organizations.

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How to Thank your Donors

Care2

My friend Jennifer Stauss Windrum has been watching her mom die slowly from lung cancer. It’s been hard to watch Jennifer’s videos on social cam , read her FB updates, look at her photos on Instagram documenting the last few days of her mom’s life. This disease has crushed Jennifer and her entire family, not to mention the pain her own mom has been going through for the past four years, and especially now as she nears the end of her life.

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Donor Engagement Guide: 8 Key Steps to Better Retain and Engage Donors

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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Cool App Roundup: Fundraising Edition

Tech Soup

Mobile has put a whole new spin on fundraising, connecting with donors, and kick-off campaigns. As part of the App It Up 2: Transforming Communities project, we had the opportunity to explore some of the latest mobile fundraising apps. We looked at mobile tools for fundraising as well as apps that incorporate some sort of fundraising into their platform.

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Link Love: Gratitude Challenge, Finding Your Calling, NY Oysters, and Kale Salad

Have Fun - Do Good

A round-up of articles and posts that caught my eye recently: Environment/Green Time to Bring Back New York's Oysters by Kieran Mulvaney on Discovery News Los Angeles Adopts Meatless Mondays by Ali Berman on Ecorazzi Food My Go-To Kale Salad by Angela on Oh She Glows Do-Gooding A New Day to Build Community: Give Time on Giving Tuesday by Shari Ilsen on Engaging Volunteers A Gratitude Challenge by Tiffany Han on Tiffany Han Coaching Communication and Technology Why Your Nonprofit Should Be a Big

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New Research: The State of Nonprofit Data

NTEN

In April 2012 NTEN worked with Idealware to conduct a survey of nonprofits about their relationships with data, and what we found was a large dichotomy—either they were doing a lot with their metrics or not much at all. In addition, we learned that internal factors--such as staff capacity, expertise, and budget--as well as external demands and stakeholders—including funders; local, state and federal governments; donors; clients; and community groups—also hinder an organization’s ability to make

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Webinar Recap: 4 Steps for Cutting Through the Social Content Clutter

Forum One

Today, I gave a webinar titled “Break Through the Clutter: Create a Social Content Plan in Four Steps.” We will post a link to the entire webinar here within a few days. During this presentation, I reviewed the following steps for helping your social content rise above the din: Resources from Forum One's November 2012 webinar, “Break Through the Clutter: Create a Social Content Plan in Four Steps.

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Nonprofit Technology Adoption: Why It Matters and How to Be Successful

Organizations like yours are increasingly realizing that technology adoption is only as good as the technology you choose. Statistics from a 2014 NTEN study show that seriously investing resources in training for your staff corresponds to higher adoption and ultimately technology effectiveness. In this report, we’ll give you a high-level overview of how to get your organization in shape for technology adoption and best practices for facilitating this critical process.

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Fundraising: The Tech Tools You Need

Tech Soup

Social media and the Internet have completely changed the way people donate money and discover causes they're interested in. To help your organization find the tools it needs, we have compiled a list of the best software and web-based tools along with resources on how to meet the many challenges of modern fundraising. Donated Fundraising Tools from TechSoup.

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TED Talks Give Meaning to House Cleaning

Have Fun - Do Good

Today was a cleaning day (until the sink started leaking, but that's another story). To make it more fun, I downloaded a bunch of TED Talks onto my iPad, and carried it from room to room. (You can listen to TED Talks on the TED website , or download them from iTunes with video , or with just audio ). One of the most interesting, was Amy Cuddy's: Your body language shapes who you are.

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Dream Big, Start Small — 8 Ways to Go Digital at Your Charity

NTEN

Simren Deogun. Account Manager, Digital. Stephen Thomas Ltd. Here are 8 ways you can go digital at your organization. So you want to know how to do it? You really think you’re ready? This one ain’t for the faint of heart – we’re about to get really digital, really fast. I want you to dream big. Don’t just say you’re ‘going to take it to next level’, be proactive and do it.

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Opening Up Museums: My TEDxSantaCruz Talk

Museum 2.0

I'm just home from a whirlwind of speaking engagements--Oslo, Denver, Charlotte, Roanoke. So it seems fitting to share my TEDx talk this week, one that was filmed here in Santa Cruz and which I have since taken around the world. The theme of TEDxSantaCruz was "Open." It gave me a chance to really think about how we have been opening up our museum and what it means for our community.

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Achieving Organizational Transformation: Pathways to Success

Association executives—and hopefully their boards—know that they are facing perilous times. Driven by the pace of cultural and technological change, they are experiencing major disruptions in the traditional business models that used to guide organizational growth strategies.orgSource offers a straightforward approach to navigating these changes and readying your organization for growth.