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9 Ways to Use Text Messaging for Your Virtual Fundraising Event

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Emily Rose Patz , Senior Copywriter at DonorPerfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Get event registrants hyped before the big day! Text messaging remains a surefire way to get more eyes on your communications. For example: Hey Lend-a-Paw Volunteer! 3) Send reminders to guests.

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What Dreamforce 2022 Means for the Future of Education

Cloud 4 Good

This scalable data integration is helping institutions, like the Queensland University of Technology , consolidate disparate systems, promote unified student profiles, create hyper-personalization, and process automation in real time. Improvement to Learner Success.

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Charities in the Cloud: Why the Hype Might Not Be Quite Hypey Enough

NTEN

A volunteer in Iowa can enter bills into your accounting system for the 30 days they are available until the next volunteer in Florida takes over. It used to be that you needed to buy servers and systems administrator first , just to be able to buy powerful software solutions. Cheaper Start-Up Costs. A Little Dose of Caution.

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Charities in the Cloud: Why the Hype Might Not Be Quite Hypey Enough

NTEN

A volunteer in Iowa can enter bills into your accounting system for the 30 days they are available until the next volunteer in Florida takes over. It used to be that you needed to buy servers and systems administrator first , just to be able to buy powerful software solutions. Cheaper Start-Up Costs. A Little Dose of Caution.

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Looking to Be More Data-Driven? For Nonprofits, KPIs Start with Goals

Connection Cafe

Just last year, MIT’s Center for Information Systems Research released a study that showed exactly how much companies in the commercial sector benefit from having a tech-savvy board. At the same time, all this hype about “big data” can be anxiety-inducing, especially for smaller nonprofits.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

This blog is rated 8.2 So the reality is still pretty far behind the hype. at 2:27 pm My blog has also been rated an 8.2 I suspect it’s their default rating. I was profiled on Linux.com. That’s kinda fun! I “live the open source lifestyle.&# That must have been before the iPhone. Way to go, NPR!

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3 Major Higher Ed Takeaways from bbcon 2020 Virtual

Connection Cafe

Blackbaud’s Steph McCluskey broke down all the hype around a lumni participation rates and encouraged us to shift our focus to maximizing our donors instead. She argue d that, due to large class sizes, you may see you r alumni base growing without actually seeing your alumni participation rate growing.

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