NetWits

AUGUST 8, 2011

I’m willing to bet that you have these “Aunt Mabels&# in your life, too. What I do have, though, is a family, a best friend, a neighbor (an Aunt Mabel, if you will) that I’d much rather receive an e-mail, Facebook post or Twitter mention from than pretty much any non-profit organization.

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Gyrus

MAY 31, 2016

Virtual Environment and Avatars: Virtual learning environments bring the social interaction part of traditional classroom training into the e-learning world. Organizations are using virtual training coach also called avatar, who engages with the learners like a real human being.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2016

I was an early adopter of using the Internet in 1992 where I had a virtual job working online for a program of the New York Foundation for the Arts called ArtsWire. It has intruded on our attention and wellbeing – and helped blurred the lines between work and leisure time.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

Second Life isnt just about wasting time, however, nor are its "residents" exclusively teens hunkered down in their parents basements with Hot Pockets and Red Bulls - there may be real marketing potential for both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. (IDI) million total (500,000 active monthly) residents of Second Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2010

My father (photographed above) was a life guard, swimmer, and one of the first to take up surfing in the early 1960’s on our beach. So, I always had a fondness for surfing. It is a virtual beach clean up game. It’s on itunes here (free). Thank you Jim, Victoria, Chad and all the surfer dudes – you’ve made my day!

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Autumn definitely means “go time” in the life of a fundraiser, often because it signals the start of year-end , a period of time you may get upwards of 60% or more of your annual donations. Today, your organization’s visibility and credibility are tightly linked with the fervor of your online and offline audience.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2015

Coming right from the NTC, I couldn''t help but notice and appreciate all the hard work that went on behind the scenes by workers in the Austin Convention Center and beyond to bring this conference to life, as well as wonder how many gallons of coffee was consumed to keep it going.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 24, 2010

This interview is part of her virtual book tour; check out the full calendar of events. What’s the difference between online and offline marketing – or is there one? Stories are the best way to bring to life for people what it is you do. They represent every kind of nonprofit you can think of!

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BoardAssist

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

If they are local, consider hosting a celebration where you recognize all of your volunteers in one place, this is an opportunity for everyone to connect offline and celebrate in their shared impact. And if they are virtual… The above still applies but think of creative ways to make a more personal connection. It is fun and engaging.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 12, 2011

What needs are you trying to fulfill for yourself online that could be better met offline? One of the main reasons I go to BlogHer is to connect with old friends and to make new ones like: Beth of My Plastic-free Life. Members of my virtual social change book club. What are you giving up by being online so much?

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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. So, I've been reflecting about effective facilitation of virtual meetings in Second Life Right now the primary method of group interaction is via unmoderated chat interface.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

So you may have already heard all the great things that happen when you move your technical solutions into "The Cloud": Automated back ups; ability to forgo networks; automated upgrades; ability to intermingle hardware; lower maintenance; virtual office space, thicker hair and better dating life (well, most of those anyway.).

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

So you may have already heard all the great things that happen when you move your technical solutions into "The Cloud": Automated back ups; ability to forgo networks; automated upgrades; ability to intermingle hardware; lower maintenance; virtual office space, thicker hair and better dating life (well, most of those anyway.).

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2021

Virtual events have skyrocketed in popularity, with more and more nonprofits moving to the digital space to facilitate traditional face-to-face engagement efforts like auctions, galas, and walkathons. But there are also specific solutions that directly support virtual efforts, like livestreaming platforms. Let’s dive in!

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Bonterra

APRIL 11, 2024

Learn more More effective digital engagement with less effort Unified offline and online communications Transition to tools with expert investment in deliverability and digital performance. Events and auctions Expand your digital audience and steward existing supporters through in-person, hybrid, or virtual events and auctions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Collective action can take the form of signing online petitions, fundraising, tele-calling, or organizing an offline protest or event. It is also important to bridge online conversations into mainstream media buzz and online engagement into offline action. The Third C: Community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

She notes, "It doesn't specifically talk about open content, but discusses online and offline content income models in depth, with numbers." Social Media and Nonprofits Anshe Chung Studios in China has been quietly building a Second Life space, managed by TechSoup, for non-profits. And here's a Web2.0

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2015

Windows Server 2003 is officially reaching end of life (EOL) in mid-July. What Does "End of Life" Mean? "End of life" means that security updates to the system will no longer be issued, and you are at serious risk of a data breach if you continue using Windows Server 2003.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

What would ngos look like if they were completely virtual? There are offline ways to do it. They will be using Skype, Second Life, Facebook, and MySpace. What if we were to audio and video record interviews with politicians and put them on the web? What if we faced up to really measuring the results of our work?

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CauseVox

JULY 6, 2021

Easily manage your event by giving you the power to make edits, add offline donations + tickets, and manage peer-to-peer. It’s a fact of life for nonprofit fundraisers that we always have more work than we have time. It doesn’t have to take forever to set up your fundraising site. Simple Administration. You’re busy.

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Socialbrite

AUGUST 4, 2020

You can enlist them to attend virtual events. If you can offer solutions to some of the life problems faced by users, it will go a long way toward fostering goodwill and generating more engagement on your social media posts. Look for people who share your vision and are ready to give their 100% to help you achieve your goals.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

It’s virtual. And if you have not heard, I have a podcast, “Let’s Take This Offline,” and you can go ahead and binge listen while you do your running, or your walking, or you’re sitting lakeside this summer, kind of decompressing from a really hellish year. I’m just resetting my life.

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Care2

APRIL 21, 2008

60) Search « M+R and NTEN CMS, Email, Fundraising Benchmarks Study | Main | 51% of Donors Not At All Interested in Social Networks » Monday Apr 21 2008 EENs Avatars Campaign Brings Online Marketing to Life Monday, April 21, 2008 at 02:56PM | by Caitlin Ochs Imagine having the ability to translate virtual reality into actual reality.

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Care2

APRIL 21, 2008

60) Search « M+R and NTEN CMS, Email, Fundraising Benchmarks Study | Main | 51% of Donors Not At All Interested in Social Networks » Monday Apr 21 2008 EENs Avatars Campaign Brings Online Marketing to Life Monday, April 21, 2008 at 02:56PM | by Caitlin Ochs Imagine having the ability to translate virtual reality into actual reality.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 18, 2008

as physical analogs to virtual community platforms. If museums get involved in these online-offline partnerships, we can bring new audiences through our doors, familiarize them with museum-going in a comfortable way, and reap the benefits of their online musings about their real-life experiences. meetup for Elite Yelp!

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Not only are most nonprofits conducting some form of online fundraising, but many are even conducting fully virtual and social media-hosted fundraising campaigns. Offline goals and campaigns. During The Planning Stage, your goal is to outline concrete plans for bringing your digital marketing and fundraising goals to life.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

I’ve lived here most of my life. There are more people attending their virtual “put a face on it” experience than they ever had coming into their healing center. You require some dollars, you’re fundraising, because of that face, that person whose life is different because you walk alongside them. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline. A Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum. Meetup :: meetup.com. MoFuse :: mofuse.com. Qwiki :: qwiki.com.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 11, 2014

Like anything in life, if you only do it once in a great while, proficiency wanes. Recording thorough notes for each constituent interaction, online and offline, is absolutely critical, especially when it comes to major gifts and legacy giving. Sporadic or infrequent use leads to the formation of bad habits.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 21, 2017

This type of activity will empower major donors to serve as virtual or in-person ambassadors. Host virtual stewardship events for major donors: Meetings should be led by leadership like the CEO, Executive Director or a Board member. Checkout the podcast: The Intersection of Offline and Online Tactics in Major Gifts.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

There’s less personal contact, more virtual communication, and there are consequences for this. The question here is, how often do you actually meet with donors in person or perhaps virtually on Zoom for any reason? But essentially. And generally speaking, the donor appreciation engagement is not great.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

It just suddenly means they got caught up in life and they’re busy and they need to be reminded. . Just remember, it is not personal if they don’t give, it’s just life. Other things is making sure they get an invitation to an event, whether that event is in person or virtual. And so the fact that they.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

We've been in and out of touch over the years, but always virtually. This made think of whether trust is only built from knowing someone offline or not. Debbas who was in Iran at the time, risking his life said, "It helped because I didn't want to die anonymously and we can discredit raising awareness.".

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Amanda Rose at the London Twestival Photo was taken by @mikebutcher The Twestival combined online twitter fundraising with a groundswell of offline self organized events in 202 cities around the world on February 12th. Not long after they announced Twestival, it took on a life of its own.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

For US nonprofits, we turn to the the Pew Internet and America Life for studies and audience research about the hyper-connected. The primary objective of the Digital Kosovo is to advance Kosovo’s position in digital world and assist the citizens of Kosovo to overcome virtual barriers in web portals around the world.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2008

From periodic candidate updates and requests for time, money, and votes to virtual phone banks , national and local campaigns are finding new ways to mobilize a growing percentage the US's 277 million mobile users. Games – Perhaps the elections are enough of a virtual game that we don't generate more on-line election games.

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Tech Soup

JULY 10, 2011

BetterWorld Telecom provides services that enable and support a virtual work environment, as a donation partner with TechSoup Global. However, BetterWorld itself works as a virtual team, with team members scattered literally across the U.S. Practices Used by BetterWorld for Virtual Work: Weekly sales funnel review.

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