Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Many lack access to information about how create their own websites, publish an email newsletter, accept online donations, and use social media effectively. 1) Launch a new website that is mobile-optimized. If you decide to go with WordPress.com, you should purchase a.org website URL and have it forward to your WordPress.com blog.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2016

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. Last March, I tucked my mobile phone into a sleeping bag (see above) and turned off the screens.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Unlike the broader EOY season (more on this in a moment), Giving Tuesday revenue is still primarily driven by email: on average, 55% of total revenue on and around Giving Tuesday was attributed directly to email. But even though overall revenue went up, email revenue remained flat, with only a 2% increase. .

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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? Text fundraising is a popular method of charitable giving facilitated by messages on a mobile device. For both text-to-donate and text-to-give, nonprofit organizations need a short code (shortened phone number) and campaign keyword.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2015

One surefire way to ruin your sleep is to use your mobile phone as an alarm clock. According to scientific research , reading a tablet or mobile phone with its backlit display in bed can make it harder to fall asleep and your sleep won’t be as rejuvenating. That is not a great way to to start the day.

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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. Is mobile the best way to reach your target audience?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The panelists included, Virginia Eubanks, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, SUNY and author of Automating Inequality ; Rashida Richardson, Director of Policy Research for the AI Now Institute ; and Di Luong, Research and Policy Organizer at Media Mobilizing Project. What you think? More here.

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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 20, 2016

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. Only 7 percent didn't send any email appeals in 2016. A new or better website!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2017

Is everyone sitting around the table, but only engaged on their mobile phones or laptops, checking email or looking at social feeds? One recent study at Stanford University determined staff were more creative when they were walking versus sitting and encouraged walking meetings for more innovation.

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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

In this blog series, we'll be focusing on how Higher Educational Institutions use technology to communicate with and engage their students and alumni. Use mobile optimized, social media integrated communication. First up, we're covering the Student Activities office - stay tuned to hear about Admissions, Alumni Engagement, and more!

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Instead of multiple phone calls back and forth, they can just enter their information on your online form and press “submit.” Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine recently hosted a social media and email campaign called “Be a Helper.” Your online donation tool is one of the quickest and easiest ways for supporters to give to your cause.

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NTEN

APRIL 4, 2011

I've got another triumverate for you, courtesy of Dr. BJ Fogg , founder of the Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford University: B=MAT. This has obvious applications for us as we create donation or advocacy campaigns, whether it's with email, video, mobile phones, or social networks.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

One would like to think that after 20 years of testing, more testing, conferences, webinars, and pithy blog posts about online giving that there might be wide adoption of best practices. In many cases, we are not dealing with unknowable or unsolvable mysteries of the online giving universe. Mobile is the New Normal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

I've been following Christian Kreutz 's blog, CrissCrossed Blog , which explores social changes through communication and focuses on the impact, potential and challenges of using Web2.0 So, I'm posting this here on my blog to alert my Cambodian blogger colleagues (whose email I don't have) that Christian is coming to your country.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 27, 2005

She has been blogging about her work and life at Sreisaat Adventures in Cambodia since January, 2004. Born in Roxas City, known as the seafood capital of the Philippines, she graduated from the University of the Philippines with a degree in mass communications. Tell us about your blog? She moved to Cambodia in April, 2000.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 18, 2015

In this age of mobile devices and cloud computing, many workers now have ample tools to work effectively wherever they are, but one major concern organizations still have is how to effectively manage teleworkers so productivity doesn't drop. It is also something that TechSoup and several of our donor partners have championed for years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2012

But the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University says we are experiencing the second slowest recovery since 1971. There must be more focus on using multiple channels, including direct marketing, phone, online, social, and mobile. What Is Happening. Just getting more new donors isn’t enough. No more guessing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

There's a good round up of links to blog posts and articles by other nonprofit techies and SEO mavens. For more NpTech Talk, see this roundup over at the NTEN blog. Net2 ThinkTank gives up a round up of how Nonprofits and NGOs are Using Mobile Phones and SMS for Social Change.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Michigan State University's list of service clubs and civic organizations that provide funding. Stephanie Gerding's Library Grants Blog. From developing your own online store to taking donations from your phone, TechSoup has you covered. Your local community directory at the Foundation Center. PayAnywhere.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

Pick your tools (CRM/database, individual giving pages (race for the cure), online auctions, mobile). Mobile tools are the future of how people will get information. Mobile phones stay on. So, as a first step, organizations should be at least collecting mobile phone numbers in their databases. Way of life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

In this recent New York Times article, " If You Can't Let Go, Twitter " the writer talks about the difficulty of getting her three digital natives and early adopter users to switch from mobile phone texting to using Twitter and without success. So, if email is for old folks, while is twitter is for middle-aged?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I was particularly interested in examples using blogs, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube, and Facebook. More at TechCrunch and Technology in the Arts Blog. Lindsay Patross runs the blog, and people get hold of her, too. s Blog about? Artist Blogs. For individual artists, a blog can also help sell or promote their work.

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sgEngage

MARCH 27, 2023

An advanced CRM software system is multifaceted, but its central purpose is to track every outbound communication—phone calls, emails, meetings, letters, and proposals—and every inbound response from constituents, such as purchases, donations, attendance at events, engagement, and correspondence. first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog.

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 27, 2021

In this blog, I’m going back to the basics to illustrate what exactly Salesforce’s many c louds can do for customers in the education space. The Cloud for Good family has welcomed The University of Alabama at Birmingham with open arms since partnering up in early 2020.?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. The Mobile Web. .” The Mobile Web. At the time the book was written, mobile wallets hadn’t been launched yet.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Do not make them click to sign up!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

It’s quite interesting, and it deals with the audio over phone issue (which is a major snag) by dispensing with two-way audio entirely, and just using one-way audio. 6 trackbacks } The Webinar Blog 08.23.07 at 7:32 pm Change » Blog Archive » Web conferencing redux 12.08.07 One last thing. 5 Wayne 08.19.07

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Make sure everything is mobile-responsive. Optimize your email strategy. For example, research shows personalized emails deliver six times higher transaction rates. Use your CRM to get your donors’ names so you can use them in email appeals, social media messages, fundraising letters, etc. Update your website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. The Mobile Web. .” The Mobile Web. At the time the book was written, mobile wallets hadn’t been launched yet.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2016

For more #nptech news, check out part 1 of this blog series. While that's not earth shattering, it is native for mobile and computers both, and it reduces our reliance on our overburdened email. percent of the 3 million Note 7 phones sold. The craze was over before we knew it. The effect?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Courtesy of Alexandra Rampy, publisher of SocialButterfly Mobile. Rather than go on, instead, I want to give some examples and highlight the cool factor of how mobile can add some out-of-the-box type thinking to an overall health and/or social marketing-related initiative. Cool Factor : Mobile as a research tool. Wide Reaching.

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Allegiance Group

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Post blog articles, videos, and other media to inform and educate the audience about your mission. People shop for clothes, buy concert tickets, and even pay for their rent on mobile devices—they should be able to donate to your cause, too. You can even set up automated emails to keep volunteers up-to-date on specific projects.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 9, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! Central Ave.

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Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2013

Welcome to the final blog in our technology planning series. We don’t mean the power-surge-ate-my-blog-post kind of disaster, though. Big companies and universities have detailed. If you use an in-house email server, it should be a. Set up a phone tree that includes home and cell phone numbers for all staff.

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