Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This timeline offers a clear road map to prevent lapsed donors: What makes donors lapse? Rather than sending a member renewal to lapsed donors with a 20+ year history of gifts, The Audubon Society of Rhode Island gave these long-time members a free one-year membership. But how do we make it memorable? Joy in knowing that you matter.

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

Instead of trying to recruit people who are brand new to your mission, it’s often more efficient and successful to rely on existing relationships when mapping your advocacy campaign. While some of these opportunities, such as Targeted Ads on Facebook, will cost your campaign money, many online advertising options are free to nonprofits.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. How do you involve the org? Livingston - Network Solutions, free online video event, know who will send the most traffic second time around. Have you seen examples of your org changing?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2010

org and others. org – share with others to get them thinking, too – at: [link]. TapIt water bottle refilling network was founded in 2008 to give New Yorkers free access to clean sustainable water on the go. You may have been part of the day of action by participating in an event in your local area. Cebu, Philippines.

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NTEN

JUNE 7, 2012

Mapping Your Communications Mix," from Idealware's Laura Quinn, with tips and examples for mapping the right mix of content for your channels--and organizational goals. Nonprofit Leaders talk about their balance (or unbalance) of IT for mission versus keeping the org's lights on.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Thankfully, there are tools in place to help you map out a marketing strategy that fits your organization. The trends that appeared reflect that orgs struggle the most with Research and Analytics. If you’re not there yet, you aren’t alone and you have a host of resources at your disposal to optimize your work.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

You might hear an assumption along the lines of the following: Your organization’s audience all have mobile phones, there is therefore a huge opportunity for all of them to connect with your org on a custom app. Apple’s top apps of 2018 were YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, Messenger, Facebook, Bitmoji, Netflix, Google Maps, and Gmail.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] You can read the complete article, including examples of mapping your constituent graphs, in the December Issue of NTEN:Change when you subscribe for free.

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NTEN

MARCH 1, 2012

NTEN's publication (which was recently honored with a Publishing Trendsetter Award ) is free and hot off the press. Using Everyday Technology to Improve Your Services ," from Idealware's Laura Quinn and MAP for Nonprofits' Amy Wagner, with tips and inspiration for finding the innovation within your existing technology.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Map out as much as you can with as many details as possible. Create a fundraising plan to bring in the money you need, mapping out all your fundraising activities for the year. Quickbooks is an industry leader, but there are other options, including Wave, which is free. How will you find participants? Sports equipment?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2009

The first full day of NTC 09 kicked off with a special dance (mad props to @ntenhross ), a great keynote and a session full of Google representatives spreading the (free!) To give the audience an idea of what ads can be used for, Google shared just a few tactics adwords could help any given org do including: Solicit donors.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2013

You'll find a catalog of both free and paid apps that work with one or multiple programs in the core Office suite. If you haven't upgraded to the new Office, be sure to read TechSoup's Microsoft Office: What Your Org Should Know and visit TechSoup's Microsoft donation program.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

The Seattle Free School is a really interesting case study for a number of reasons: Social media is integral to the success of the program because it is online but it is also the mechanism for growth and community building. org campaign has done really well. Social Media in Program Delivery. This is something that the 350.org

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

This free app uses the same tax calculator as TurboTax. If you have to travel a lot for your organization, this app, which uses your phone's GPS to log your trip on a map display, is a must-have. TaxCaster by TurboTax/Intuit (Android, iOS, Windows Phone) calculates an estimate for your tax returns before you even file.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Hashtag EVERYTHING with your org & event names. Apps like Instagram are free and easy to use! Tweet a link to your parking maps with road closures. Increasing your event's visibility in Twitter can spill over into increased publicity in traditional media. Quick Tips for Crafting an Event Day Twitter Strategy.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

As of January 25, there are 40,000 nonprofit members attending free tech networking events and workshops in 75 cities. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Skill Extension: Maps (on the Green Line) | Sponsors: Maptime MSP Meetup, CARTO. Peterborough, Ontario: Domains, Branding, and Identity — NGO,CA,ORG, and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 15, 2007

agree -ict not seen as a priority -poor leadership -free services aren't valued - tradition of getting free services -not top priority for funders -don't visualize future and understand potential causes -don't appreciate the quality of paying -organizations are cutting budget and not wanting to spend money on technology.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Think of it like this: In “Community-driven Social Impact,” the driving is up to the community; but you can act as the vehicle and event the map for those “drivers.” Org is a terrific example of a CDSI campaign. Again, feel free to discuss at the table both if you have questions about the tools and which ones you’re choosing.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

If only I'd had this map , I could have laid the scale questions to rest. Maps present a different way for your organization to tell its stories. The Africa map I referenced is just a simple -- but powerful -- infographic. Unsettling!)

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

He also shared an interactive map on his website so people could track the road trip’s progress visually using a tool called Track My Tour. org, and five Unity College students embarked on a bio-diesel powered road trip to encourage President Obama to restore solar paneling to the White House roof.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

There were two different kinds of APIs discussed – the ones that help organizations with interoperability within their organizational systems – getting data from one app to another, and using APIs for things like Google maps mashups. It seemed that only Blackbaud had APIs you have to pay for.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Got a hard case at your org who wants “real data”? They also give you slick graphs, reports, heat maps , and other cool stuff. gift card for a free drink if you will test drive our website for 10 minutes while I watch and take notes. Then rinse-and-repeat until your design sings. gift cards in hand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

is right for you and your org? apps risk free? I asked Miles this question: There's a lot of media attention being paid to "Web 2.0" " or what we call "hype" - how does a small nonprofit avoid getting seduced by the hype? What are items on the checklist to determine whether web2.0 tools already out there.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

An editorial calendar is basically just a content map or a guide that helps you map out your nonprofit’s content (including social media) for the year. In the summer, write about helping your dog handle the heat or how kids who are on free/reduced lunch at school are struggling for food now that school’s out.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

And so before their case for support was even dry, before they mapped out their gift tables, their leadership team was. . You know, that all flows up the org chart to me at the top. Aaron: You know, I’ve seen org charts. Like, hey, if we got this for free, we could do X or add that thing back in.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

So feel free to do that. And it’s just really a way to map out everything from soup to nuts for all the resources and inputs that you have and matching that and aligning that with your impact and all the steps in between to get you there. . You have the whiteboard that you can map them out. So thanks for sharing that.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Data Mapping and Visualization. Probably the clearest examples of the usefulness of data for charities is the explosion of infographics and maps that graphically illustrate the issues that nonprofits are working on. Microsoft enables charities to use Bing Maps free of charge. ESRI mapping tools software donations.

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NTEN

MARCH 25, 2013

[Editorial note: the following article first appeared in the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , a free quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders.] In essence, what and how much data any org was willing to contribute was directly tied to how secure the process would be and how much control they had over what got shared.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2017

Map your needs to a strategic plan: Leading indicators in our tech investment research that points to an org’s level of effectiveness is whether you can point to the need for tech in their strategic plan.” – Justin Dillon , Founder of Made in a Free World and author of A Selfish Plan to Save the World.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Peter Campbell, IT Director at Earthjustice, dove deeper into IT performance and how to prioritize your goals through balanced scorecards, business process mapping, SWOT analyses, and technology planning. Get org-wide buy-in. Ask good questions. So what can we do? Get ahead of the change. Create context by tying change to mission.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

And I have a free worksheet. So make that map and keep it updated so when a new product comes into your environment, somebody. ” The other thing this does is it can free your team up to do higher-level work. Third thing, back to your technology inventory, mapping your universe of all the stuff you’ve got.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

She spends a lot of time doing workshops, helping orgs with communications. In fact, for you, environmental folks listening, special focus on environmental orgs. So do you see in this map, WhatsApp is a top social messaging app in the world. And it’s free with a phone plan. This is free to use.”

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

If you have a question too, please, feel free to just pop it right in the chat. . So we actually draw our strategic plans, our impact strategies, as mind maps. They are not documents, there is no fancy graphic design, they are mind maps. .” Anybody been in that? Said that to themselves? ” . I see a yes.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

Similarly, Instacart grocery-delivery workers don’t report to a single store as their “boss,” and are free to work the hours they wish and take on the deliveries and delivery payments they wish, using their platform app—and shoppers can order from home. 36 Farmers can begin using the site for free, and commissions on food sales are very low.

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