Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 29, 2013

are those who rate high in concern for others but also in self-interest. " Tweet Flickr photo credit: Just Give Me Water by Peter Korsh As the title and quote (above) suggest, the book is about how people's productivity at work increases when they are motivated by being of service to others, no matter the field.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Register for the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) and start getting excited for #14NTC (and enjoy saving with Early Bird registration rates through December 13th). Flickr photo credit: martha_chapa95. Nominate a fellow nonprofit colleague for an NTEN Award. Need help or have questions? Contact us anytime).

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Tech Soup

APRIL 12, 2013

Lin provided a few other email tips: Email is opened within the hour it is sent, therefore make sure to send it at a time that can increase its open rate. At the end of the year, clear your database of inactive subscribers in order to get the most accurate hit-rate statistics. Image via Flickr user HowardLake.

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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. Take advantage of the summer special rate!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Flickr Photo by Haldane Martin. Andrew Knight and Markus Baer of Washington University conducted a study on stand-up meetings versus sit-down meetings , rating the ability of participants to work together, share ideas, and produce quality work. How many meetings and conference calls did you have yesterday?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2011

Flickr Photo by Minarae. Packard recently surveyed 274 of these grantees from 2007-2009 (grant amounts ranged between $7,000 and $160,000) and analyzed the responses from 169 (a 62% response rate) to ascertain the outcomes. ( To see and comment on the comprehensive set of results, visit the foundation’s wiki.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Flickr Photo by kayaker1204. In fact, research shows that pro bono and skills-based volunteerism help companies enhance their recruitment and retention rates and improve employee morale, productivity, and loyalty. Guest post by Cindy Hallberlin.

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NTEN

AUGUST 30, 2012

Flickr: ATOMIC Hot Links Ahhh, Labor Day weekend: the barbeques and parades, the hot rod drag race finals, and the wistful goodbye to summer, white shoes, and seersucker suits. If you're in the Washington, DC area, the early bird registration rate for the AgileDC 2012 conference expires September 1.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 25, 2012

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. After that time, your organization can renew expired subscriptions directly from Atlas Business Solutions at a 50 percent discount from their current retail rates.

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Care2

JULY 29, 2010

Match Rate: The anticipated match rate for Social Network Tracker data append is 70% to 80%. Help spread the word about your organizations or cause to their personal network. Here is the short list of the social media sites that are included in our analysis: Facebook. StumbleUpon. LiveJournal. However, results may vary for your file.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Flickr Photo by Yung Tsai. Twitter engagement rates for brands are actually higher on the weekend. Note from Beth: Many nonprofits do not have dedicated teams for social media and social media strategy and implementation is typically only a part of a someone’s job. And you shouldn’t be either.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

Flickr Photo by Sugarpond. This was also about the same time as the flood in Nashville. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Flickr Photo by Pierre-Alain Dorange. Internal Brainstorm: The team held a brainstorming session to identify topics and ideas that has been highly rated at past conferences. Crowdsourcing is the process of organizing many people to participate in a joint project, often in small ways. Here’s the recipe for what they did: 1.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

. “This is the story of one man’s crusade to stem the terrible infant mortality rate in Africa, by persuading the entrepreneurial local distributors of Coca Cola to pop a phial of vital medicine into each crate.

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NTEN

AUGUST 3, 2009

Flickr Photo by Nikka Melt Every year, after we've had a chance to take a post-NTC breather, we pull together some of the best-rated sessions from the NTC and turn them into webinars. . Check out the line-up: Best of NTC: Mobile Giving Works, Learn How - August 5. Best of NTC: Going Remote: What You Need To Know - August 6.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

Flickr: Julia Folsom As the clear skies of autumn give way to winter's moody precipitates here in Portland, Oregon, we can feel cozier by staying connected to our communities. GreatNonprofits announced the launch of its "community-sourced" Top-Rated Awards. Claim or update your nonprofit and invite reviews to participate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Flickr Photo by HorrorTaxi. They also know that in order a growth rate in members, it takes reach and engagement through social channels so they also track referral traffic and engagement metrics. The process of linking results to key performance indicators and associated metrics it is like hooking up a big TV.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

XP is already the least secure operating system out there, and Microsoft Office 2003 isn't in great shape either: The number of vulnerabilities has steadily increased over the last few years until Windows XP is now six times more likely to be infected by malware than Windows 8, even though XP is attacked at about the same rate.

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NTEN

JUNE 2, 2010

Flickr photo by Giorgio Montersino You probably already know many of the advantages of working virtually: no commute (saving money, time, and the environment), fewer office space requirements, improved morale, or maybe even an office on the beach. and we hope you takeadvantage !

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Care2

MAY 4, 2010

This is far lower than the reciprocal rates of typical social media sites, such as Flickr (68 percent).&#. Researchers found that the majority of topics discussed on Twitter were headline news (54 percent) and that "only 22 percent of 'follows' where one person chooses to include another's tweets on their page, were reciprocal.

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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. 2009 was the first year we were able to include data about how list segmentation affects open rates, click-throughs, and completions. This isn't news.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Flickr Photo by Maurice. I went straight to the section on Flickr Sobell House is an Oxford based hospice. It uses Flickr to host all of its photos. ???It???s Flickr builds a community of photo users,??? At any rate, it is a good example of how NOT to spam the Flickr community. says fundraiser Kevin Game.

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NTEN

JULY 22, 2013

Flickr: theirhistory Summer sun and vacation days haven''t slowed down the NTEN community! This edition of Member Round Up shows folks busy doing research, releasing reports, and unveiling a new community platform to help nptechies connect and learn. Miss out on #GivingTuesday last year, but considering participating for 2014?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2007

I've now launched my two-headed blog t-shirt collection on Flickr. A basic shop can be upgraded to a premium shop for a small monthly rate, allowing an unlimited number of products per type and additional maintenance and customization features. Check out Britt's store on CafePress.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Flickr Photo by Happysmurfday Over the past couple of years, we've released reports on Donor Management Software , Content Management Systems , and CRMs. Other than that, you will not need any technical knowledge of the systems to rate software you use in the following areas: Managing Donors. Managing Volunteers. Managing Activists.

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MARCH 22, 2011

Flickr photo: Toban Black. How do they rate your organization and other service organizations in town? Kindergarten used to be less about academics and more about the socialization kids need to survive in school. Things have changed – don't get me started, my daughter is in kindergarten – but the socialization part is still there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2008

I celebrated with a flickr photo birthday card remix contest. I set a goal of having a resting heart rate lower than my age. My resting heart rate is 56 (fabulous according to my doctor), but I didn't meet the goal. My birthday is on Friday, January 11th. Last year for the big 5.0, Think we can do it?

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MARCH 17, 2014

Her second book is The Wild Woman’s Guide to Social Media, published 2012, given a 5 star rating by About.com. According to Chuck Longfield , ten years ago the average retention rates of a newly acquired donor were roughly 33%. photo cred: Sparklehausen, Flickr Creative Commons. Her latest book, Get the Job!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Photo by Fensterbme on Flickr. If you see conversions increase along with play-through rates, great. If your play-through rates increase but your conversions don’t, try optimizing with new content or removing the video altogether.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

What is Facebook's burn rate? I am not sure what a burn rate is - if you can define, I'd be happy to see if I can share the information. More of my photos and videos on Flickr. The big barrier right now is privacy issues, but our product team is hard at work on improvements. Allan Benamer). James Young).

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2009

Flickr Photo: zadro. We know what our open and response rates typically are and use them to determine which efforts are working to mobilize our base, and which are not. P.S. - Check out these really cool 3D photos from Zadro on Flickr. Chief among them: return on investment is really hard to determine. social media.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2013

If your organization uses Flickr (Android, iOS, Windows Phone) to manage photos, the mobile app is a must-have companion. Vine (iOS) (Note: Vine has a 17+ rating on iTunes) is one of the latest social video apps to emerge. You can add filters and effects to your photos and share them with Twitter or Facebook.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

flickr photo: Unlisted Sightings You know how a good relationship works, right? We're tracking open rates, web site hits, blog comments, people served, high-dollar donations, staff productivity, and thousands of other things across our organizations. 16% retention rate . You have to give as good as you get. It's feast or famine.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Flickr Photo: tylerdurden1 Ask any nonprofit to describe how they feel about their overhead percentage, and you're most likely to be met with groans, sighs and rolls of eyes. Then, in December, some of the sector's top rating agencies, including Guidestar and Charity Navigator , agreed that a new measure is needed.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Windows Phone) is a point-of-care smartphone application that addresses child mortality rates by lack of detection and availability of treatment for malaria. Image: App Inventor Workshop ( Flickr ). These apps encourage young people to get involved in civic and political issues.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2010

I have no idea if using Flickr to distribute and archive photo and press releases will appeal to the media and/or blogosphere, but I got the idea from what I think is the best nonprofit photostream on Flickr: The UN Refugee Agency. Just a new twist on how to use Flickr. Upgrade to Flickr Pro. Flickr for Good.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Flickr Photo: tylerdurden1 Ask any nonprofit to describe how they feel about their overhead percentage, and you're most likely to be met with groans, sighs and rolls of eyes. Then, in December, some of the sector's top rating agencies, including Guidestar and Charity Navigator , agreed that a new measure is needed.

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