NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The true test of any nonprofit is to demonstrate impact. Every nonprofit aims to have impact, but few have the systems in place to calculate little more than outputs. Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, cholera spreading into the bateyes posed an imminent threat as most of the workers migrated from Haiti.

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Dominican Republic Issue NTEN Impact 88

BoardAssist

OCTOBER 11, 2016

How much money do people really give on nonprofit boards? That’s why BoardAssist compiles this data every year from the hundreds of nonprofits we serve and shares it with the nonprofit community. Nonprofit leaders, current board members, and potential candidates are always intrigued by the results.

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Money Mali Giving People 40

NetWits

MAY 17, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Fundraising Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. Download the report now! . For more information, download Blackbaud’s free 2011 Online Giving Report.

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Results Online Donor Fundraising 230

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2010

In the past 8 days, the surge of generosity for Haiti relief has been amazing. In less than a week, nonprofits using Convio systems have raised over $100 million through email appeals, websites and social media outreach and many other organizations are raising record amounts. Author: Jordan Viator. Be Careful Of Email Solicitations.

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Haiti Impact Charity Fundraising 52

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Oxfam in Haiti – Google Maps – This is a great example of how you can use a tool like Google Maps to tell a story and provide easy access to information – great job Oxfam! "Oxfam "Oxfam is responding to the biggest earthquake for 200 years in Haiti. The future of the nonprofit sector depends on it."

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Web Haiti Bookmarking Map 111

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Two recent reports share data about the actual role celebrity connection plays in nonprofit fundraising and both say the same thing: forget celebrities. The 2011 Millennial Donor report , the second in an annual series, focuses on engaging Millennials in fundraising. The data says we should move on.

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Celebrate Impact Fundraising Pakistan 201

Care2

JANUARY 15, 2010

35% of users have accessed the Internet via their phone, according to a December 2009 report by Pew. So in times of natural disasters like the catastrophic earthquake that hit Haiti and affected more then two million people, can a mobile strategy help raise money in times of crisis? 83% of adults have cell phones or smartphones.

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Mobile Time Haiti Nonprofit 77

Connection Cafe

MARCH 14, 2011

Downtime may be hard to come by with SXSWi , NTC and AFP International activity this week, but just in case you have a few minutes to burn waiting for a flight, train or a panel to start, I’m arming you with some exhilarating reading material — the Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark Index Study. What about Haiti relief?

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Convio Benchmark Studies Haiti 51

sgEngage

JUNE 16, 2011

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,442 nonprofit organizations representing $2.21 The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving reports that overall revenue increased by 0.4% billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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Blackbaud Haiti Trend Disaster 51

Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

And nonprofits and lots of others working to benefit the public can use its tools to be able to do their work better. Since then, it has since logged, mapped, and tracked more than 14,000 reports of petrochemical pollution. New Ushahidi Services for Nonprofits. These folks do astonishing work. Learn more about Responder.

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Benefit Public Develop Tools 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

To avoid getting seduced by “ shiny object syndrome &# get educated about Mobile Campaign Basics for Nonprofits and spend some time reflecting those strategic questions. Are Qwerty Monsters the Nonprofit Donors Via Mobile Phones of the Future? Maybe that first step is research. View more presentations from Kyoo Slides.

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Donor Summary Mobile Phone 98

Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

The January 12, 2010 catastrophic earthquake in Haiti showed some of the astonishing potential for volunteer-based digital disaster relief. Online tools like Twitter , Ushahidi , Google Person Finder , CrisisMappers , and the work of nonprofit organizations like Crisis Commons.

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Disaster Digital Haiti Effective 61

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan. For many start ups and even nonprofit groups doing something truly innovative, they totally blow it the first time around.

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Philanthropy Social Media Media Social 244

NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

How should nonprofits position themselves in this ever changing world of technology? To answer these questions and more, we at Smart Online™ used this last quarter of 2010 to try and unravel the ‘Technology Trends for Nonprofits’ in 2011. Engagement is the new Investment: How engaged is your nonprofit?

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Trend Technology Gartner Nonprofit 100

Tech Soup

APRIL 8, 2010

Roger told us about his job as a writer for Mercy Corps , where he's traveled to places like the Congo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and most recently Haiti, writing about the man-made and natural disasters that have struck those places and the accompanying relief efforts. Tags: Digital Divide Reporting Running Your Organization.

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International Herzegovina Bosnia Congo 43

Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2012

Every sector surveyed in our 2011 Online Fundraising Report experienced double-digit growth since 2009 , including roughly 13 percent* in the past year. nonprofit should have in place. offerings for Haiti’s earthquake relief - many organizations received a. nonprofits that are successfully raising money online.

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Online Giving Design Fundraising 57

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Did you know that text messages are reported to have an open rate of over 90 percent according to a number of reputable marketing studies? Pacific time via the Twitter hashtag #Text2Give for a real-time discussion of how text-to-give campaigns can help nonprofits. Join TechSoup on Wednesday, October 5 at 10:00 a.m.

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Giving Haiti Twitter Mobile 67

Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

This imbalance could be a headache on the accounting and reporting side of your nonprofit’s operations. . More teens will grow into proud, capable adults who will build a stronger Haiti!” . You’ll need to update this page and keep it fresh so a donor in 2021 doesn’t see an annual report from 2018. The Bottom Line.

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Giving Design People Fundraising 119

NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

One of my biggest takeaways from last year's Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in San Francisco was this oft-repeated advice on social networking, specifically Facebook and Twitter: you can't make them come to you. And, during the Haiti emergency response over the last month, we've seen some encouraging results.

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Social Media Storytelling Media Haiti 79

Care2

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Luckily, Blackbaud issued the 2010 Online Giving Report last week. The report includes online giving data from over 1,400 nonprofits. Here are some key findings of the report. 88% of nonprofits had at least one online gift of $1,000 or more. 88% of nonprofits had at least one online gift of $1,000 or more.

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Fundraising Disaster Haiti DC 68

Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

demonstrates what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup Global software donations to further their missions. I noticed that it starts up much quicker than the older software we were using and it is stable… I’ll design our next annual report using Adobe Creative Suite.

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Donation Japan Program Benefit 52

AFP Blog

JANUARY 29, 2010

Nonprofits: Time to Get Mobile - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop: "83% of adults have cell phones or smartphones. 35% of users have accessed the Internet via their phone, according to a December 2009 report by Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.

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Social Media Advocacy Mobile Haiti 30

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

.” Craig Newmark wrote the foreword. I blurbed this book with, “If you are looking for a recipe book for tips and tactics to integrate mobile and social media to round out your nonprofit’s marketing plan, look no further than this book.” Click to see larger version. Internet Director. Web Producer.

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Campaign Online Chapter Model 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2010

Given the visible success of the Haiti text to give campaigns, SMS is bound to become one of the tools in the an organization's fundraising bag if it isn't already. Report back on key milestones. Today I heard about Drew Olanoff's latest fundraising campaign, a text to give strategy on behalf of Boarding for Breast Cancer.

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Cancer Campaign Fundraising Haiti 94

Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2010

the morning of the announcement to "run" the press releases to the key media outlets/reporters. Because of technology reporters are no longer confined to the publisher’s building – my last press tour took me to the homes of reporters in three small towns for kitchen table product demos.

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Mobile Donation Change Haiti 54

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Each year Heather Mansfield of Nonprofit Tech for Good presents a free webinar featuring the top ten digital marketing and fundraising trends to prioritize in the following year. The nonprofit sector needs to have an honest conversation about the effectiveness of social media.

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Trend Digital Marketing Fundraising 322

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

The panel included two winners of the NTC/NTEN Life Time Achievement Award – NetHope’s Ed Granger-Happ and TechSoup Global’s Daniel Ben-Horin. Microsoft’s technology capacity work in the nonprofit technology sector includes partnerships with Tech Soup Global , NetHope in disaster relief as well as others.

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Network Change Technology Social 103

Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2012

To find those creative solutions, it’s important for nonprofit advocates, communicators, and program directors to challenge barriers, habits, and assumptions that separate us from other offices, “competing” peer organizations, and disciplines.

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Award Change Social Journal 62

NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources. 2010 Haiti earthquake mobile fundraising: $30+ million. 86% of nonprofits characterize their messages as difficult to remember. 86% of nonprofits characterize their messages as difficult to remember , although we think we've heard that somewhere before.

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Japan Haiti Teen Alternative 55

Tech Soup

MAY 22, 2012

While it does not yet amount to the bulk of fundraising for most nonprofits, online giving grew by 13 percent from 2010 to 2011. According to Blackbaud 's 2011 Online Giving Report , online earnings dropped by 55 percent; but that was likely due to the increase in donations due to the Haiti earthquake in January 2010.

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Results Online Donor Fundraising 44

Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

The goal was to provide a platform for ordinary Kenyans to report incidents of violence happening around them. As Hersman says , "Sometimes there is just nothing more you can do than report what you see." The Ushahidi platform was created and deployed by this group in about three days. " Each challenge had three steps.

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Netsquared Challenge Tech Nepal 36

sgEngage

JULY 6, 2011

This is a continuing series of 5 Questions for experts from across the nonprofit sector: 5 Questions for Jay Frost. Is the use of prospect research becoming more mainstream or still just a tool for large nonprofits? I think prospect research has always been in the mainstream of nonprofits large and small.

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Question North America China Washington 75

Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2011

Already the NonProfit Times is reporting that charitable donations are lower for the response to the disasters in Japan than to the earthquake in Haiti. I do hope the nonprofits providing aid will not give up and will seek to tell the human story as they follow up on the gifts they receive.

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Japan Help North America Haiti 44

NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

There is little debate that online communication, fundraising, and advocacy have become important parts of the modern nonprofit's fundraising and marketing mix. Some of the key trends supporting rapid adoption of technology by nonprofits are: 1) Online lifestyle, behavior and giving of consumers and donors leading to success.

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Online Giving Convio Mobile 74

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

If you really hate reading, we also discussed the report in a webinar; that recording is here. Another great resource is Blackbaud' s Index of Online Giving , which holds information on online revenue trends for over 1700 nonprofits. First, some highlights from the past couple weeks (in case you missed them while on summer vacation).

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Resource Haiti Fundraising Sample 47

NTEN

DECEMBER 30, 2010

So, while this year's recap may be light on hard knowledge, we're going to resist the urge to write up the latest and greatest reports. We continue to believe that data, properly analyzed and put into context, is key to the future of the nonprofit sector, particularly given the huge aggregations created by social networks.

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Haiti Africa Aggregator NTEN 52

NTEN

DECEMBER 30, 2010

So, while this year's recap may be light on hard knowledge, we're going to resist the urge to write up the latest and greatest reports. We continue to believe that data, properly analyzed and put into context, is key to the future of the nonprofit sector, particularly given the huge aggregations created by social networks.

Haiti 52

Haiti Africa Aggregator NTEN 52