Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Reports and predictions of the death of e-mail fluctuate seemingly on a quarterly basis. For example, Oceana has set a Default Landing Tab on their Facebook Page that urges people to take action – which then builds their e-mail list. Flickr Sets can be customized using HTML to add “Subscribe!&#

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2006

I told them Nick could answer the questions they had about the flickr photo set he put together. So, we left a message on his mail and the kids screamed all together "Gung Hay Fat Choy." " (Later, in a Skype conversation, Nick let me know he got the mail and sent a podcast response !) Is something sweet?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

On the topic of uploading and sharing photos with your supporters in real-time, for those organizations with Flickr accounts, Flickr has a mobile website ( m.flickr.com ) and numerous smartphone Apps that allow allows simultaneous posting on Twitter. 12Seconds.tv. 12Seconds.tv is like TwitPic, except for video.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. A great source for free icons to use on your website, blog, Facebook Page, in your e-mail newsletter, etc. The app then allows you to share your photos on a photo-by-photo basis on Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter. Dipity :: dipity.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Gen X is big on blogging, e-mail, and social networking. Some nonprofits will be tempted to drop many tools such as WordPress, Twitter, and Flickr to consolidate their efforts under one platform, the Google platform. Young, tech-savvy millenials text often and increasing prefer social networks and using tablets.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Gen X is big on blogging, e-mail, and social networking. Some nonprofits will be tempted to drop many tools such as WordPress, Twitter, and Flickr to consolidate their efforts under one platform, the Google platform. Young, tech-savvy millenials text often and increasing prefer social networks and using tablets.

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2010

Flickr Photo: licolnian Direct mail has been, and still is, the cornerstone of nonprofit fundraising. But direct mail has one big problem: it's not so good for trees. Tags: direct mail E-mail paperless choice Web Sites Fundraising. You can submit your entries starting June 15, so put your thinking caps on now!

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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? Take some of the key findings: Every year, large proportions of online-acquired donors switch from online giving to offline sources - primarily to direct mail. The lesson?

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2014

Here are a few examples: You’re working on a marketing plan and you see an e-mail come in about a press release that needs to be revised, and switch tasks to work on it. A volunteer has a question for you about the bulk mail labeling process, and stops by your desk to ask for your help.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

It is illegal to buy, sell, or trade mobile phone numbers, unlike e-mail and snail mail addresses. and your “Thank You” landing pages and e-mails. embedded in a powerful photo, you want an image that you can upload to send out in Facebook status updates, link to in tweets, upload to Flickr, and so on.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Rather than reporting highlights from your Annual Gala Dinner in your print newsletter two months after it is over, or in an e-mail newsletter just a few days after the event, smartphones and social media Apps now allow nonprofits to report live from the event in real-time.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 20, 2014

Over the last few years, I cut back on my donations because I felt like they were all over the place and not making much of an impact (especially when I give my little donation to an organization and I feel like they spend it by sending me pounds of direct mail). Flickr photo credit: Colored pencils by Alan Cleaver.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. A great source for free icons to use on your website, blog, Facebook Page, in your e-mail newsletter, etc. The app then allows you to share your photos on a photo-by-photo basis on Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter. DailyFeats :: dailyfeats.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Don’t require a snail mail address or a username and password to subscribe, and if you must ask for the person’s name in order to personalize your campaign, make only the first name a mandatory field. Also, it’s important that you keep the subscription process as simple as possible. Include Social Media Icons or Graphics.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

If they have well-executed social media campaigns, send executive staff links to their profiles on Facebook , Twitter , YouTube, Flickr , Foursquare, Tumblr , etc., Get social and mobile media buzz in their e-mail inboxes regularly! Find your competitors the Web. with a note that you fear your nonprofit is falling behind.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

Advocacy E-mail email marketing Fundraising mfom14 tools visual communications visual media Communications Fundraising' We also asked the audience what tools they would recommend through Poll Everywhere. Here''s what they said. Special thanks to the mighty team at the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training!

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NTEN

JULY 29, 2010

Flickr photo: kcolwell We know that you, my fellow NTEN community members, are rock stars. If you've been using email, websites, videos, and other electronic communications tools to give your stakeholders a choice other than paper mailings, we want to celebrate you. Tags: direct mail email paperless choice Fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Flickr Photo by Nutmeg66. Hitting "Mark All As Read" in a reader is much, much easier than declaring e-mail bankruptcy. Subscribe with your reader or by e-mail, when you are satisfied with your results. Online, I spend time listening , attempting to separate signal from noise. This started when I was in high school.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2016

Flickr photo by Mallix. Then we play that out across every part of the campaign—from the stories we tell to the design of the email template and copy in the direct mail piece. From the first engagement action to the last thank you note, we see every interaction as a chance to reinforce your brand and your results.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 29, 2010

email Joanne Fritz with"Carnival Mailing List" as your subject line to get on the mailing list. Flickr photo credit: Juicy! Kivi Leroux Miller will be your host in August with the theme, Creative Ideas You Can Make Your Own. If you’d like to be notified about future Nonprofit Blog Carnival submission deadlines, themes, etc.,

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 7, 2011

For inspiration, check out the book Good Mail Day: A Primer for Making Eye-Popping Postal Art , and its corresponding Good Mail Day Flickr group. You can also re-use old cards by cutting along the fold and reusing the side with the image, if its backside is blank. Watercolor postcard with collage 2. Write a letter to yourself.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

A day or two after the event, write up a brief blog post summarizing the event, with a Flickr slide show or YouTube video recapping the event. You should be regularly photographing and recording videos at important events that your nonprofit hosts. It’s also good to feature quotes from supporters who attended the event.

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NTEN

MAY 17, 2013

Flickr: W.D. See the submission timeline, sign up for the mailing list, or submit your cause film here. Vanlue Fundraising tips, some new (and free!) research and tools, and a list of creatures that walk a fine line between ugly and cute bring this week to a close--check out what your industrious community has been up to!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 12, 2013

invited Ingrid Lin, the Network Marketing Officer for Greenpeace , to speak at a Net Tuesday event about e-mail marketing. Image via Flickr user HowardLake. TechSoup Taiwan. Lin discussed how Greenpeace uses a method called A/B testing to maximize their newsletters. Email Marketing Green IT newsletters'

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NTEN

JANUARY 26, 2010

Flickr Photo: Luc Legay Fabulous NTEN board member Nancy Schwartz of Getting Attention released some very interesting research today. Tags: CRM Data E-mail Getting Attention nancy schwartz NPTech NTEN research Social Media Web Sites Communications. Apparently, 8 of 10 nonprofits think their messaging fails to hit home. This isn't news.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Flickr Photo by PeterJBellis. According to Blackbaud’s annual State of the Nonprofit Industry Survey , the three fundraising sources cited as the most effective are gifts from major donors, special events and direct mail. Guest post by Jesse Noyes. The outlook for the Statue of Liberty was bleak in 1885.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2010

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. This includes a a wiki , Twitter conversations during the conference via the #crisisdata hashtag, Flickr photos and U-Stream (to be provided by NextGenWeb ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

A day or two after the event, write up a brief blog post summarizing the event, with a Flickr slide show or YouTube video recapping the event. You should be regularly photographing and recording videos at important events that your nonprofit hosts. It’s also good to feature quotes from supporters who attended the event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

Flickr Photo by alshepmcr. Over e-mail, we brainstormed for bloggers, food justice activists, doctors, child and family advocates – anyone we thought would be interested in the theme of healthy snack foods in schools. Lesson #5: Craft those thank you notes!

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2009

Flickr Photo: zadro. Tracking the first part is easy, whether you're using direct mail, TV ads, email, or your blog. We can track forwards in emails, use source codes on mailings, and drive traffic to special web pages to help us understand which strategies bring us new supporters, and which aren't worth the effort.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

While the giants (Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Flickr and Youtube) are great for outreach and relationship-building, we’ve had surprising successes with StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, Plancast and other sites. Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 25, 2012

Symantec Enterprise Products ( Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition , Protection Suite Small Business Edition , Endpoint Protection , and Mail Security ). Flickr Pro. If someone leaves your organization and takes their Flickr account with them, your organization can place a request for new accounts through TechSoup.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2010

I remember a hot consulting topic was how to get your database off those 3x5 cards into an excel spreadsheet or how to mail merge in Outlook to send out an e-newsletter. . Michaela Hackner , a talented photographer, was on hand to document the Day of Service on Flickr. Photos: Lydia Mann - Flickr.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Flickr Photo: Mez Love You may have heard by now that we're raising money for scholarships to the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference.Last year was the first time we ran the campaign, and while we met our goal, it was a stretch, and we almost burnt ourselves out. well, you get the idea. . well, you get the idea. . What's up Samantha?).

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 17, 2014

Over $100 Check in the mail: Thank them with a phone call & letter. Over $1000 check in the mail: Call them up and see if you can go to coffee. photo cred: Sparklehausen, Flickr Creative Commons. Step Two: Make your Donor Retention more Manageable by Creating a Thanking Policy. Here are some examples of thanking policies: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Expensive to produce and mail, but it has no value to me. Flickr photo: al binami , View CC license This article was originally posted on Getting Attention at [link] by Nancy Schwartz: Nancy E. I wonder how many members that includes; Storm King never told us about its Facebook page in any member communications.

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NTEN

APRIL 29, 2011

Flickr photo: pasukaru76 "Now is the Time for IT Leaders to Re-imagine IT" That was the subject line of an email I received from Gartner recently. Your job was to make sure everyone else could do their jobs, by making sure they had computers that work, access to email, and of course, the ability to print mailing labels. (Un?)Fortunately,

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