Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

If there are two acronyms that are at the center of nonprofit communications, it’s these two, CRM (Constituent Relationship Management - and I’m making this broad enough to include fundraising) and CMS (Content Management System). First, the what - what to integrate? The old fashioned form of integration. All-in-one.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 21, 2022

By Brian Greenwald , Nonprofit Superfan at Generate_Impact – a technology services company focused solely on celebrating and serving humanitarian, social impact and sustainability organizations and causes. If you take Matthew’s excellent advice, a great option is to invest in nonprofit system integration. Integrations can: .

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 4, 2023

Ensuring your nonprofit’s technology is in working order should be one of the top items on your checklist. The software your nonprofit uses to complete everyday tasks determines how well your team can function, from performing tasks efficiently to avoiding wasting resources on unoptimized processes.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

And because of this, it makes sense that integration of these two is something that is a need to be filled. First, the what – what to integrate? Most often nonprofits want to capture information from web users. In addition, sometimes nonprofits want to expose data from the CRM to the CMS. Integration.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2022

As a nonprofit professional, you know how important fundraising is to the mission-driven space. However, fundraising events can be a source of stress and frustration for some nonprofits. Can nonprofits hold event-free fundraisers on a budget? Can nonprofits hold event-free fundraisers on a budget? Virtual auction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

TechSoup holds regular meetings for nonprofits in Second Life and I have been attending regularly and sometimes facilitate like this I did this past week. That's why Nancy White's post on most useful synchronous online facilitation practices really caught my eye. Photo by/NC from Matthew Saunders' Flickr Stream.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

Nonprofits often deal with an overwhelming amount of data. We can utilize APIs to transfer data from one system to another and even synchronize data sets in order to end up with the cleanest data possible. Developing apps and websites that take advantage of the power of the Facebook platform is of paramount importance for nonprofits.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

There are ample opportunities for nonprofits to help inform, shape, and create stories for the media. New venture journalism has been incubated thanks to nonprofit and foundation support.” Experimentation through initiatives such as these apps has synchronously impacted the work of legacy media. and James L.

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3rd Sector Labs

JULY 22, 2014

Nowhere is this more true than in the nonprofit sector. All that, and we aren’t touching on the implications of accounting, systems integrations, data warehousing, ad hoc databases, and search. Second, nonprofits are not littered with technology experts and data scientists. More fundraising software = more data headaches.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 21, 2013

TechSoup donor partner Shopify recently introduced its new, fully integrated point of sale (POS) system. The Shopify POS lets you synchronize sales from your online store with those made at an event or in a brick-and-mortar store (museums with gift shops, take note!). Check out this post on the Shopify Blog for more information.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Fundraising apps are helpful tools that drive your nonprofit’s fundraising campaigns by empowering you to pull in more donations, and there are hundreds to choose from. Know What You’re Looking For: 2 Types of Fundraising Apps There are two types of fundraising apps you should be aware of: nonprofit-facing, and donor-facing.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

GiftWorks 2014 will include: Integration with FirstGiving – using the FirstGiving donation platform, process credit cards within GiftWorks, setup a free online donation page and start collecting donations that can then be downloaded into GiftWorks. GiftWorks 2014 is here! Let's talk about the new and enhanced features!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 15, 2014

Most nonprofit organizations can get free access to hosted email (Exchange), files (SharePoint & OneDrive), and instant messaging (Lync) in the cloud from Microsoft. These are the same tools that many nonprofit organizations have been using for years, but are now hosted for free in the cloud. General Office 365.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Samuels is what nonprofits often refer to as an "accidental techie." He manages the organization's website, databases, desktop support, social media, webinars, newsletter, IT network, training, and new program development, including integrating new information technology tools. Sign up for Office 365 Nonprofit.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 10, 2012

Here's how I responded: I’ve yet to see a published report that provided a convincing general argument that [insert any nonprofit name here] will raise more money by using [insert database name here]. Time spent manually entering or importing or synchronizing or deduping data that could be collected through integrated systems.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2022

Bloomerang also has an integration with Qgiv that automatically captures and synchronizes your supporters’ activity to your CRM. Your nonprofit can use DonorPerfect’s integration with Qgiv to seamlessly store and organize donors’ gift information and bids from your auction event. Keep checkout simple.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Instagram, the popular Millennial photo sharing site, is gaining traction with world leaders, government leaders and nonprofit executive directors. Aside from having a personal branding strategy, what exactly makes an effective personal brand for a nonprofit leader? Instagram is about photo sharing and tell stories in photos.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Samuels is what nonprofits often refer to as an "accidental techie." He manages the organization's website, databases, desktop support, social media, webinars, newsletter, IT network, training, and new program development, including integrating new information technology tools. Sign up for Office 365 Nonprofit.

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

Elliot will be talking with participants about technology planning for nonprofits, and Evonne and Susan will be talking about interactive online events and social media tools. ReadyTalk — This standard for webinar production offers integrated slides, screensharing, live moderated chat, and high-quality recorded audio.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

I was lucky enough to attend NTEN's Nonprofit Cloud Computing Summit on Monday, August 29. A few that stood out for me were: Integration: cloud tools don't always integrate well with other tools. Offline synchronization capabilities aren't very good yet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

I still don't know of that many nonprofits using Friendfeed , though, whether as an overall tool or for joining the "nptech" community conversation ( "nptech" is a tag that Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, and others have been using to tag nonprofit technology resources on delicious, twitter, etc., for the last five years or so).

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

NCFR is a nonprofit professional association for the multidisciplinary understanding of families. Samuels is what nonprofits often refer to as an "accidental techie." He further describes the Office 365 Nonprofit donation program as "a game changer which opens a door to the cloud.

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NTEN

MARCH 30, 2011

By Steve Backman, President, Database Designs To close out our month-long look at some of the best tools for nonprofits, Steve Backman tells you about some of his favorite day-to-day software. Dropbox continuously replicates local files to a personal cloud file space and synchronizes those folders across multiple computers and mobile devices.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Like any organization working on big issues, nonprofits take on. options that nonprofits can use for project and task management. Cohuman is one of several project management platforms that offer free accounts to nonprofits. them, makes files accessible from anywhere, and it is fully integrated with Google Apps.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 25, 2023

It’s definitely possible to run a modern nonprofit event without employing any event management software—but it’s not easy. If you want to handle event planning, ticketing, registration, communications, and fundraising by hand, we salute you—but you probably wouldn’t be reading this guide to event management software for nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

As the pandemic continues, most nonprofit workplaces will become a combination of virtual and on-site work. Hybrid meetings are familiar for many nonprofits, particularly larger international nonprofits with many country offices or national networks with affiliate office locations. Beware of Power Imbalances and Group Dynamics.

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Care2

MARCH 6, 2009

Nonprofit Social Network Survey. Calling all nonprofits that use social networks. This survey is designed to answer questions like "buy or build," to give nonprofits benchmarks, and to help move beyond anecdotal data about social network use. Click here to take the survey and to contribute to nonprofit tech community knowledge.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2013

In nonprofits, now, more than ever we need all our forces directed proactively to control the abundance of tasks. Volunteer recruitment, fundraising, campaigns, all are overwhelming nonprofits in this period. 1. Have a payment integration. By: Laura Iancu, 123ContactForm. Top Do’s when creating a donation form.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

When I wrote the “ Happy Healthy Nonprofit ,” in-person workplaces were the norm and the book looked at ways to activate a culture of wellbeing in the nonprofit workplace. To help you make the transition back into the office, here are five tips to create a calm, healthy, and happy nonprofit hybrid workplace post pandemic.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 15, 2023

Blackbaud products include some of the most powerful digital tools on the market for nonprofit organizations. Nonprofits looking to maximize their investment in Blackbaud products should consider partnering with a Blackbaud consulting service. Be selective when choosing your implementation consultant.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 60) Search « Get a Google Earth Pro License for Free! 45 percent of the U.S.

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Care2

AUGUST 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 60) Search « Get a Google Earth Pro License for Free! 45 percent of the U.S.

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Candid

APRIL 27, 2021

That's all well and fine, but what about its use in practice for your nonprofit organization? Why use mind maps in your nonprofit practice? Mind mapping is an exceptional tool for business planning, communicating ideas to employees, and supporting your nonprofit organization's project management processes. Mind Meister.

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AccelEvents

MARCH 25, 2021

Additionally, when using a virtual event platform, ticketing is integrated, so you don’t have to worry about payment processing details and to use third-party apps. The event planning software that you use, which can integrate with CRM platforms, can easily synchronize each user’s email addresses for easy lead retrieval later on.

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Its great to see the proliferation of APIs in the for-profit world, but what about nonprofits?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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