Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Add a price banner to your pins that are goods being sold or fundraising campaigns. Many nonprofits offer donation gift programs or sell goods. Be sure to add a price to your pin description so that a price banner appears on your pin: Related Links: Webinar: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use YouTube, Flickr and Pinterest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2014

Flickr Photo by Lendingmemo. As crowdfunding practices mature and become an valuable part of the nonprofit fundraising toolkit, there is a need to set standards and expectations. Nonprofit crowdfunding is changing the landscape in online fundraising. Start with a measurable goal. How much have we raised online in the past year?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Photo by Fensterbme on Flickr. And since, the busy season is coming up for all you nonprofit fundraisers – year end giving and Network for Good has just announced a Year-End Giving Challenge , I thought a guest post from Michael Hoffman about you can incorporate video to power your campaigns was in order.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Image courtesy Tsahi Levent-Levi via Flickr. 6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever – Guest Post by Joe Waters. 6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever – Guest Post by Joe Waters. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2000. Everything,” I replied.

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2013

Flickr: waywuwei Earlier this year, we worked with Avectra to release The 2013 Nonprofit Engagement Data Study , which was based on a survey of nonprofit communications and fundraising professionals, as well as executive directors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2012

Add a price banner to your pins that are goods being sold or fundraising campaigns. Many nonprofits offer donation gift programs or sell goods. Related Links: Webinar: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use YouTube, Flickr and Pinterest. Be sure to add a price to your pin description so that a price banner appears on your pin: 8.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Flickr Photo by PeterJBellis. The committee in charge of fundraising was short on cash. And the press scorned the fundraising effort. Despite these advances, many nonprofits are reluctant to jump on board, perhaps because so many are entrenched in the traditional means of fundraising. Pairing Fundraising with Influencers.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Flickr: CGC When it comes to the Nonprofit Technology Conference and NTEN membership, our organizational calendars always seem to move so much faster than the calendar on my wall. You'd think we were already in 2011 with all the 11NTC activity going on -- and now that October is here, we're activating memberships for the 2011 calendar year.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Flickr: hellojenuine Member Appreciation Month, or MAM, as we affectionately refer to it around NTEN HQ, got off to a strong start last week with some great free for Members events, lots of #NTENThanks sharing, and of course, prizes! Tis the Season to go Mobile: Fundraising On-the-Go. Successfully Engaging Volunteers on Tech Projects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2011

Flickr Photo by Minarae. When thinking about fundraising, many nonprofits and funders believe in the old adage, “Give a person a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a person to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” Fundraising advisors encourage this support too. What you think? Guest post by Paul Connolly.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Encourage your donors to submit matching gift requests to their companies. My own idea: check out the clever #GivingTuesday images that Direct Relief International used on last year’s campaign on Creative Commons on Flickr. Fundraising Volunteers Online Giving tsfundraising GivingTuesday'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2006

Over a year ago, I interviewed Carnet Williams , a long time member of the nonprofit technology and riders community and who recently launched a tool called Chipin which is designed to simplify the process of connecting with people in your social network to collect money for a personal cause, to purchase a gift, or for community fundraising.

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NTEN

JUNE 8, 2011

Flickr photo: ibarir I know only the biggest nerds have favorite white papers, but we've already established my nerd street cred, right? We've been talking a lot about multi-channel fundraising in the last year or two, which begs the question: Are donors really multi-channel?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2012

Add a price banner to your pins that are goods being sold or fundraising campaigns. Many nonprofits offer donation gift programs or sell goods. Related Links: Webinar: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use YouTube, Flickr and Pinterest. Be sure to add a price to your pin description so that a price banner appears on your pin: 8.

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NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2013

Flickr: ccbrand Even though summer''s in full swing and it''s so easy to spend those lovely afternoons just sipping lemonade, the nptech community is hard at work putting out new research, collecting data, and figuring out how to put technology to work to solve today''s most pressing issues.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

flickr photo: Unlisted Sightings You know how a good relationship works, right? Let's take the scenario of first-time donors who aren't making second gifts. What channel (direct mail, email, social media) the gift came through. What channel (direct mail, email, social media) the gift came through. Dates of gifts.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2014

Fundraiser. loses 70% of donors after the first gift. And to make matters worse, the probability that a donor will make five consecutive gifts is only 10-15%.These Frankly, I believe developing a robust gratitude program is the most important thing you can do if you want repeat gifts. On Twitter. You can’t afford not to.

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NTEN

APRIL 16, 2009

Flickr Photo by cathytx2001 Many nonprofits understand the importance of an online strategy but are unclear on how much to invest in online marketing and fundraising -- and what to expect in return. For completing the survey, you'll be entered to win one of three $100 VISA gift cards. Take the survey here ! .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I'm taking a deep breath to capture the learnings and roll them into the next steps for my personal fundraising campaign on behalf of the Sharing Foundation 's College Sponsorship Program and Leng Sopharath. I scanned, uploaded, and organized photos of Leng as well as our communications into photo sets on flickr. What is the checklist?

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2014

Teespring is a TechSoup donor partner that hosts a crowdsource funding website where charities can post fundraising campaigns using custom-branded apparel and products as gifts for donations. We got this going quickly by partnering with Uruut , the nonprofit online fundraising platform. fundraising tsfundraising crowdfunding'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2008

Every year I do a fundraising campaign using social media. For my 50th birthday, I held a 50th Birthday Card Flickr Photo Remix Party Well, a few weeks ago, I read a blog post by Amy Sample Ward about Birthday Causes, This new feature lets individuals on Facebook create a birthday fundraising campaign as part of a Cause.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Social media has still not quite yet proven itself to be the best fundraiser. Did your organization do some sort of gift, food drive or animal adoption this holiday? How about posting an album on Flickr, or even turning your still photos into a video slideshow. Now, let's get even more creative. Do you have photos?

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MARCH 12, 2008

They just added the functionality to allow users to embed YouTube videos on those pages — another step in the general recognition that video is effective for fundraising. Mark Sutton, Chief Executive Officer of Firstgiving stated, “Experience shows us that the more personal the appeal, the more successful the fundraiser.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2007

And before that personal thank you notes were written, probably for gifts as small as ten dollars. She set up the Global Giving fundraiser and donated too. I've known of Darren Barefoot's work, but he really caught my attention in flickr with his " social media starfish." Those IBM typewriters saved time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Flickr Photo from Avylavitra Several weeks ago I wrote a post on BlogHer about Foko Madagascar and Joan Razafimharo , an amazing blogger, social change activist, and woman working in Madagascar and other parts of the world. but I enjoy saying " I am only 20 ") I this is the best gift ever! I just did).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Flickr Photo by Villoks Many people around the world are supporting the Monks in Burma by wearing red t-shirts today or participating in vigils like this one in Cambodia outside the Burma embassy. Fundraising 2.0 Changing the Present has launched a Facebook application adding to the virtual gift community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2008

birthday in true social media style with flickr 50th photo birthday card remix contest and I donated 50 bucks to the winner's favorite charity. And I've already gotten two early gifts and wanted to say thank you! As some readers of this blog may remember, last year at about this time, I celebrated the big 5.0 I really appreciate it!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 8, 2009

And what would I like for gifts, or do I want gifts at all? Inspired by an article about birthday fitness challenges in Backpacker Magazine , Adrian decided to celebrate his 24th birthday with a physical and mental challenge, and a fundraiser for the Nashville Rescue Mission. Flickr Photo Credit: Happy Birthday to ME!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Flickr Photo by Sugarpond. They found that: “Personal solicitations to pre-existing networks of donors and friends through multiple channels were rated as the most effective methods for fundraising. But I would be willing to bet that the particular donors would not have given a gift if it wasn’t for this effort. The positives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Given the economy and its impact on nonprofits and fundraising , it got me thinking that making charitable giving a habit beyond the holidays is a good thing. Ask people to donate to a cause instead of gifts. For my 50th birthday, I held a 50th Birthday Card Photo Remix Contest on flickr and donated $50 the winner's favorite charity.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

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) The same goes for advocacy.

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Care2

MARCH 25, 2008

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) The same goes for advocacy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Flickr photo from jhritz NpDigg: The Insect Antennae? A Blast from the Past Gavin has posted some really early photos of the founding meetings for Aspiration, NTEN, and the NSNT on flickr. Flickr/Photo Sharing, Video, and Games for Change An interesting comparision between photos on flickr and Getty images.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Michael Johnston is the president and founder of the global fundraising consultancy, Hewitt and Johnston Consultants (hjc), which has offices in Los Angeles, Vancouver, Toronto, and Cordoba. Have the highest increase in engagement through photo streaming sites: 41% on Instagram and 22% on Flickr. Let’s dig deeper, shall we?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Twitter As Charitable Gift Spreader. Online Fundraising Predictions From Around the World. Success Metrics for Your Social Fundraising Plan. Social Fundraising: Leveraging On and Offline Connections. Micro Fundraising and Trust. Gnomedex Real Time Fundraising Experiment. Harry's Fundraising Video.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

EcoPhones Recycling Fundraiser. Walmart Gadgets To Gift Card Program. Images: Image one courtesy of David Paul Ohmer on Fickr Creative Commons, image two courtesy of 911 Cell Phone Bank, image three courtesy of Mcdonaldjeffifer6 on Flickr Creative Commons. Phones 4 Charity. Very up-front. T-Mobile Cell Phone Trade-In Program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Collective action can take the form of signing online petitions, fundraising, tele-calling, or organizing an offline protest or event. by asking its supporters to send pink panties to the Sri Ram Sena as Valentine’s Day gifts. Open group blogs, photo pools, video collages and similar projects are also good examples of co-creation.

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