Blue Avocado

MARCH 12, 2024

Grant funding is great, but often comes with requirements such as financial tracking of the award, measuring the program, reporting to the funder, and more — so look before you leap ! If they have already supported a similar organization, these funders might be interested in supporting your programs, too!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2019

If they have it, they’ll be loyal supporters and advocates of your mission. Using a cheap hosting might seem like a great way to save money, but discount web hosting providers cut corners in their security measures to provide a low cost to you. They have full security measures , documentation, and native support for WordPress websites.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

It is tempting to allow board members to skip fundraising, but this useful list is designed to give board members a wide range of tasks they can choose from to support the financial growth of your organization, and only a few involve directly asking for money. Give in-kind support to the organization in a way that actually helps.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 7, 2009

Many of you may not know that we also work with libraries and have done so for the past few years, largely via our MaintainIT Project. We call it TechSoup for Libraries. If you're a library and have used any of the resources mentioned above, please take a few minutes to offer your feedback in their survey. read more

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sgEngage

JULY 15, 2023

Donor relation management is the process by which organizations organize donor data and maintain donor relationships to support a long-term donor infrastructure. Understanding the ebbs and flows of donor relations by tracking your organization’s interactions with donors and prospects is necessary to support long-term growth.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Rather than trying to create a smaller or lighter CD player, or one that held multiple discs, or one with longer battery life, or one with slightly better sound quality (see also: a faster horse) Jobs gave us the ability to hold our entire music library literally in the palm of our hands!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 5, 2013

After all, Benetech’s Bookshare initiative is the largest online library serving people with print disabilities in the world. And once the United States Senate ratifies the treaty, it will be possible for libraries like Bookshare to get more content for Americans from sources outside of the United States and in more languages.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

In a talk at New York University earlier this month, Berger called this lack of meaningful measurement a full-on "battle for the soul" of the social sector. This means support doesn't necessarily flow to the most efficient and effective nonprofits, and corrupt or inefficient nonprofits continue to receive undeserved support.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Survey existing donors on what compelled them to support you before. Surveys, interviews, and data analysis can reveal the equivalent of that Rolls-Royce insight – the key emotional triggers, values, and desires of your existing and potential supporters. Illustrate the concrete change created by donor support.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

How are you measuring your success? Create SMART goals for your marketing activities so you know where you are going and what you need to measure. Put all your goals on paper and include every metric you need to measure to meet the goals in your fundraising plan. What’s working? What’s not working? And everything in between.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

As the sector evolves, students aren’t always sure which available resources are the most sound to support our studies. Additionally, Candid publishes regular reports on relevant sector issues , such as the Advancing Human Rights report , Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report , and Philanthropy and Covid-19 report.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Having long supported human rights activists, we know the importance of confidentiality when working with victims and witnesses. Case in point: our accessible online library, Bookshare. As toolmakers, our ultimate impact is measured by what other people build with our tools.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) has provided warrantied refurbished computers and other IT devices to nonprofits and libraries for eight years now. PC Rebuilders and Recyclers (PCRR) is our newest RCI refurbishment partner and is now providing enhanced tech support to our program. A Bit About How RCI Started.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

At Benetech, we’re fortunate to have had long-time support from funders who have been willing to bet on us. One foundation that has been a committed supporter of our work is the Lavelle Fund for the Blind. The Lavelle Fund also supports programs benefiting the developing world. government and states like Texas.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

To explain our approach, let’s look at Bookshare , our accessible online library for people with print disabilities. With support from stakeholders in the education, technology, publishing, student, parent, and volunteer communities, Benetech changed that reality. copyright law.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 23, 2011

Security is a very important factor here, and it will be a mix of existing security measurements (e.g. " Library Value Calculator | Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library – I love this! For every tax dollar you pay, the library returns several to you in reading, research, programs and other services.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 11, 2021

When this doesn’t happen effectively, the finance team is forced to unravel all of the fundraising detail they receive before they can log it so that transactions can be recorded appropriately to support accurate financial reporting. books for the library or basketballs for the athletics program). funds or property donated).

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation. You can follow along with the sessions today through Wednesday using #ERL11.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The 2013 Communities of Impact (CoI) pilot program consists of two groups, both focusing on the ways that nonprofits measure, learn from, and share their data. The idea is to create clear, measurable organizational change to participating nonprofits while sharing the learnings and findings with the whole community.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Bookshare: Solving the “Accessible Book Famine” Twelve years ago, we had an idea for recreating the traditional library for people with print disabilities—such as those who are blind, cannot physically turn the pages of a book, or have learning disabilities, like dyslexia—using the then-emerging technologies of digital books and crowdsourcing.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

For nonprofits, data segmentation means dividing a donor or supporter base into groups of individuals that are similar in specific ways. Response mechanisms, for example, can be very helpful in tracking responses and measuring marketing performance. Segments can vary wildly, depending on the cause that a nonprofit is supporting.

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Volunteer Hub

MARCH 26, 2021

Your volunteer center relies on the support of volunteers and community partners to reach goals and obtain its mission. To date, VolunteerHub has supported over 2.5 How your volunteer center measures the ROI of your volunteer management solution depends on your overall program goals and mission.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

Landing page optimization: Whether you want to promote your volunteer page, donation form, or educational blog posts, your landing pages are what will seal the deal and inspire users to convert into supporters. What matters is that they’ll provide the tailored support your team needs and offer full transparency into their work.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2014

In a talk at New York University earlier this month, Berger called this lack of meaningful measurement a full-on "battle for the soul" of the social sector. This means support doesn't necessarily flow to the most efficient and effective nonprofits, and corrupt or inefficient nonprofits continue to receive undeserved support.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

Donors and volunteers don’t support you so you can buy a new printer or move into a better building. This is not about what you want supporters to know; it’s not about the trials and tribulations of an average day at your organization. Was there a measurable impact? It connects with the emotions.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Finding the right event planning software can be difficult; as an event planner, your virtual event platform should consolidate everything that you might need to plan and host a technologically supported physical event. . But, a hybrid event will need more automation and tech features to support the online segments.

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Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

Join fundraising master trainer, Chad Barger, CFRE, for a workshop focused on finding potential supporters for your nonprofit organization. We are here to talk about where to find potential donors to support your cause. So you can appeal to them as a cause they don’t support. Full Transcript: Steven: All right.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

He reads accessible ebooks from Benetech’s Bookshare library in braille format, and learns as quickly as his peers without disabilities. We did very well, and with the Skoll Foundation’s matching support, each gift to our campaign more than doubled its impact. It’s not too late to pledge your support for our work.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Learn how to maximize the reach of your nonprofit or library's posts to Facebook. Here are three tools to measure audience engagement on social media. Read an account of how Canteen , an Australian nonprofit dedicated to supporting teenagers with cancer, used social media to raise awareness for an online and offline campaign.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

For nonprofits and libraries with. Share some thoughts on measuring the return on your investment. tailored to the needs of non-technical nonprofit, library, and charity. Consultants Event Online Seminar Tech Planning Tech Support Troubleshooting and Maintenance tsevent tsevents' when to rely on outside help.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Finding the right event planning software can be difficult; as an event planner, your virtual event platform should consolidate everything that you might need to plan and host a technologically supported physical event. . But, a hybrid event will need more automation and tech features to support the online segments.

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Software Virtual Integration Analytics 59

Qgiv

JUNE 8, 2021

In terms of donor retention, FEP measures three specific donor retention rates: the overall average donor retention rate (donors of all types regardless of recency/frequency), the average retention rate of first-time donors (those who have only given one gift), and “repeat” donors (donors who gave last year and in prior years).

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

67% of nonprofits use a constituent relationship management system (CRM) to track donations and manage supporter communications. That’s just the start—nonprofit software tools come in many varieties, offering support for marketing, event planning, form building, and much more. Software solutions keep the nonprofit sector in motion.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

What we do: Benetech's Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) develops database software, data collection strategies, and statistical techniques to measure human rights atrocities. Familiarity with python, R, and JavaScript libraries for charting, mapping, and vis is helpful.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

I’m measuring this entire effort by how it much it does to change this sorry state of affairs, in both the short and long term. I would class this as TVI (nearly identical) plus additional provisions creating a similar exception for schools, libraries and archives. Support the TVI or AUPT. The Proposals A.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2015

With lines of code projected on a screen, these children listen intently in a conference room at the Mountain View Public Library, as part of a four-week course on programming. Forming Stronger Support for Computer Science. It has trained more than 470 students seventh grade and up in 13 libraries throughout Silicon Valley.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2011

Week three of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays in May focused on use of video for nonprofits and libraries. engage audiences can be overwhelming to nonprofit and library. While the issues that nonprofits support are serious, and a serious tone seems the obvious choice for a video, humor can also be effective. organizations.

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