Everyaction

APRIL 30, 2018

With so many other influences vying for their time, attention, and financial support, it can be difficult for Alumni Engagement offices to ensure that alumni are retaining a sense of connection to the university. If your digital program is still struggling to boost engagement, ask alumni what they want to hear about from you!

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Everyaction

APRIL 30, 2018

With so many other influences vying for their time, attention, and financial support, it can be difficult for Alumni Engagement offices to ensure that alumni are retaining a sense of connection to the university. If your digital program is still struggling to boost engagement, ask alumni what they want to hear about from you!

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TechImpact

MARCH 19, 2014

Image courtesy of James Madison University. Writing, and sending, your nonprofit’s email newsletter takes creativity, precision strategy, and even a little finesse. In a previous post we discuss the importance of making sure your nonprofit’s emails are optimized for the mobile user. There’s no re-do. Personalize.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The experience has made me acutely aware that access to information about trends in nonprofit technology, online fundraising, and social media often does not reach small NGOs – especially those in rural areas. 1) Launch a new website that is mobile-optimized. Before each training I review the Web presence for each NGO in attendance.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Our lead story in this issue of TechSoup’s Nonprofit Technology News is the creation of the Mobile Giving Alliance that will help charities develop their mobile giving. Help for Charities to Develop a Mobile Giving Campaign. Fund for UNICEF, and United Way Worldwide to bring more mobile technology resources charities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Older people are still doubtful about making a donation via credit card online, but donors below 40 years old are predominately giving online. Trust because there is still significant fear about online payments and a lack of transparency by NGOs that dissuades Mexicans to give online. Mobile: 70% of our traffic comes from mobile.

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Achieve

MAY 21, 2019

Email is going to be one of the most valuable tools in your staff’s wheelhouse for event marketing purposes. We’ve collected a few of our favorite tactics for event marketing via email here for you. Segment your email lists. Personalize your emails. Reel them in with a short teaser about what you can offer them.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 8, 2023

We’re talking about text-to-give – a magic wand that has the potential to transform your fundraising game. Your donors are at an event, phones in hand, sharing the experience, live-tweeting your powerful speech, or simply engrossed in a captivating presentation. Imagine this. That’s exactly what text-to-give offers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2016

Last week was the first day of summer and it got me thinking about doing a digital detox. The first thing I did was to take a walk at the Stanford Dish , a nearby nature hiking area, without my mobile phone. And, ironically, the science to back this up also comes from Stanford University. ART X SMART by Kim Dong-kyu.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Now, I’m not here to say direct mail is dead (it most certainly isn’t) but I do believe that if your college or university isn’t making online giving a priority, you’re missing out on a massive opportunity to raise more for your institution. Because someone has put the effort into reaching out to you by phone or email to ask how to give.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

This month the news is about WiFi embedded in a magazine, Braille smartphones, ultramobile devices, innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the mobile app of the month. Strange News. Yes that's right.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Maybe you’re checking your mobile email. Either way, you definitely have your phone out. Mobile giving really is that simple. That’s precisely why we’ve created this overview: to give you a deeper understanding of the fundraising phenomenon that is mobile giving. What are the most common mobile giving terms?

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Qgiv

MAY 6, 2021

What happens when we combine a near-universal dependence on texting with the desire to do some good? Learn everything you need to know about text fundraising with our awesome crash course. Text fundraising is a popular method of charitable giving facilitated by messages on a mobile device. Text fundraising! Ready to dive in?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Allison Fine and I have been actively researching and writing about AI for Social Good and Nonprofits with an eye towards our next book. We are tracking the conversation and resources about AI and Nonprofits and social good. What should governments, universities and companies do? Here’s this month’s roundup.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Thousands of nonprofits use EveryAction every day to raise money, manage offline fundraising through pledges and grants, send emails, run nonprofit digital advocacy campaigns, and so much more. Each year, EveryAction users send hundreds of millions of emails and raise hundreds of millions of dollars. #3. Get support when you need it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2015

As colleague Nancy Smyth, Dean of the University of Buffalo School of Social Work, says “Ultimately, employee (and my own) self-care is critical to the organization’s mission and health, because none of us will do our best if we are burned out.” We are excited about what we are learning and have pitched a session at Wisdom 2.0

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Achieve

JUNE 21, 2023

Next, think about businesses that have a particularly vested interest in your event’s audience. Finally, think about other potential sponsors that are dedicated to your cause or have a history of sponsoring fundraising events in your community. Try these technology-centric sponsor ideas: Sell a technology sponsorship. Use social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Google and Microsoft sent me mobile phones in response to my complaints about the Apple iPhone in-app donation policy. The topic we explored was mobile fundraising, ranging from best practices, integration and why applications on phones haven’t taken off. What phones and apps are they using?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2014

First I fear I need to get a little geeky to explain that there are actually two types of memory or storage on mobile devices that store your information whether the device is on or off. If you get a new phone and want to recycle the old one, it’s wise to erase this internal storage. They hold our photos, music, videos and apps.

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NetWits

JULY 16, 2012

You can find out about upcoming sessions here. Amongst the countless schools I found using Facebook poorly there were plenty of shining examples of schools doing really well utilizing Facebook to build lasting relationships with families, students and alumni (both University and K-12). Spice up Your ‘About’ Page .

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Rock the Vote has been mobilizing the youth vote for almost 30 years. We called up Jen Tolentino, Director of Policy & Civic Tech at Rock the Vote to talk about their mobilization strategy and the role of technology in organizing. We’re talking about the future created if young people participate and vote.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2017

Earlier this week, I was honored to do a webinar for Soapbox Engage about self-care and bringing a culture of wellbeing into the nonprofit workplace based on The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Think about all the meetings that are schedule in a typical work week. Planning and Preparation.

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Everyaction

MAY 14, 2018

For universities searching for ways to both grow students' engagement on campus and develop their education and participation as active citizens, voter registration programs have become an increasingly popular activity. For instance, universities such as Northwestern and Stanford have. EveryAction's.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2020

With merely a click of a mouse or tap on a phone, individuals can quickly learn about and donate to nonprofit organizations. Individuals are not only using digital channels to entertain themselves or connect with friends and family, but to connect with causes they care about. Facebook alone has 2.41

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Neon CRM

JUNE 7, 2023

Knowing how to write effective fundraising emails is an increasingly important skill. Email is one of the most popular fundraising channels: 48% of donors prefer to receive updates and appeals in their inboxes, and email beats out social media, phone calls, and other digital channels in terms of fundraising performance.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

billion mobile users as of July 2019 ( source : IISD). MarketMover: A tool that provides and solicits information from farmers and buyers about current market prices to help farmers price competitively, while helping the global community have real-time insight on issues like price inflation. Email us at impactlabs@salesforce.com.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2017

If this equipment has a six- or seven-year lifespan rather than three or four years, the environmental impact for even a fraction of the billions of computers and mobile devices now in use in the world will be immense. The number of mobile devices (phones and tablets) in use in the world now exceeds the global population of 7.4

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

What if we could have a conversation about fundraising strategy with David Ogilvy, founder of Ogilvy a leading marketing/PR firm and deemed the ‘Father of Advertising’? Nonprofits should look at direct response lessons from podcasting, email, social media, and texting campaigns. Use time-limited offers to create urgency.

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Gyrus

JULY 14, 2016

Pokémon Go is a phenomenon which is quickly taking over our cell phones. It has already surpassed Candy Crush as the biggest mobile game in US History (Mac Rumors). These pre-existing applications though cool were unable to break the walls down and collect a universal adoption of the technology. User Engagement.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Now that we’re entering a new post-COVID era, nonprofit leaders need to think about what virtual fundraising will look like in the future. And, we know a lot more about how to host virtual events and engage an online audience than we did last year. It looks like virtual fundraising is here to stay! Leverages common tools.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Find out more about nonprofit technology and the SDGs. The six primary communications channels used by nonprofits are websites, email, traditional social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn), in-person events, print marketing, and media relations/PR. Email is still the communications workhorse. Communications. Fundraising.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 11, 2016

In that program, I learned many manners in which I could properly present myself in front of the customer, how to effectively summarize the purpose of my existence within a corporate entity, and most importantly a phone etiquette trick that has stayed with me until this very day. Communication Strategies. Presentation Skills.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In this edition of nonprofit tech news, TechSoup shows new ways your nonprofit could harness mobile and killer apps in 2016! For 2014, our NPTech experts made strong predictions about charities doing more multi-channel marketing or going beyond email and direct mail into social media. Social Media and Fundraising. One is hiring.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2013

The AUP is an integral part of security policies for businesses, universities, schools, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and website. details, particularly in email and bulletin boards. What monitoring strategies will be used, whether filtering software, scanning emails, or scanning proxy server logs for inappropriate websites.

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Everyaction

APRIL 25, 2018

First up, we're covering the Student Activities office - stay tuned to hear about Admissions, Alumni Engagement, and more! Use mobile optimized, social media integrated communication. For most college students, their cellphone never leaves their side - 94% even want to use mobile phones as an educational device in classrooms.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

The big recent digital inclusion news is the Federal Communication Commission's ( FCC ) proposal to extend the Lifeline Program , which has supplied discounted phone service to low-income people since 1985. Some Lifeline phone service providers also offer free mobile phones and minutes to low-income families.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Using this process to identify different types of donors in your universe is extremely useful in guiding your efforts to segment your list and fine tune the messaging that you use for each group. Did he engage with a recent fundraising email? And the process of building these personas can get very detailed. Click an online ad?

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