Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Software solutions keep the nonprofit sector in motion. 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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

To follow up on Monday’s post about why nonprofits should consider hiring a social media manger , below is an excerpt from Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits that helps further explore the time commitment necessary to create and sustain a comprehensive social media stategy for your nonprofit.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 21, 2023

However, if you need to understand how one specific user/company/email is behaving on your site these tools can’t help. They are able to combine these data with external lists of company information that provide a range of data about the company in addition to the behavior info of how an anonymous employee used the site.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

Contrary to its title, the last four chapters of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits are dedicated to mobile technology and mobile fundraising. 11 Group Text Messaging Best Practices for Nonprofits. Create a “Text-to-Subscribe” Graphic for Social Networking Sites. page on your mobile website.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

They sat down to write a little bit more about the ways nonprofits are. Below, lets examine a few examples of nonprofits with great stories to tell, led by exceptional home pages. The Africa Hope Alliance (AHA) uses some of the same strategies, but tailors their site to meet their specific mission.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

With over 45 million active users worldwide, LinkedIn is a social networking site that is becoming much more than just a place to have a Web 2.0 Also, you might want to consider creating a Group for a Cause/Issue in addition to one for your nonprofit. for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. I created and manage the Web 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. 11 Website Design Best Practices for Nonprofits. If your nonprofit requires more than two or three pieces of information to subscribe to your e-newsletter, you will lose many potential subscribers.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 26, 2010

I had a bit of fun with it, especially with the pictures on the slides, by using a party metaphor: Social Media for Organizations: Enjoy Your Own Party! Here are the slides (Hint: visit the slideshare site by clicking on the link below to see the speaking notes as well!). Social Media for Organizations: Enjoy Your Own Party.

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NetWits

JULY 11, 2012

With over 900 Million users Facebook is the top social media site on the planet. It’s the place to be for most nonprofits. The other 12 are in the slides - Social Media for Schools: 22+ Ways to Stay Connected with Your Alumni on Facebook - located at the very bottom of this post. Our focus was Facebook.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 4, 2013

Growing your email list is core to any nonprofit’s email marketing strategy. Now if you’re like most nonprofits, you probably find email acquisition (like donor acquisition ) to be challenging. If you visit the websites of most nonprofits, you will find a critical piece missing in their list-building strategy.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

—– Whether you are part of a nonprofit organization, an action campaign, a local community, or a school, you know that it is through stories you can showcase your work, change people’s minds, inspire them to make change, or join you to make a difference. Bonus: nonprofits can apply to get Animoto Pro for free !

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 23, 2011

Right now, there is an alpha release for Drupal 6, which is alpha in that very humble open source sense – it’s being used in quite a number of production sites. Currently does not use the Salesforce Suite API, and cannot be used on the same site as the Salesforce Suite, but hopefully that will change soon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Drew Bernard has a review of a new guide by the good folks at Tactical Technology Collective called " Visualizing Information for Advocacy " Nonprofits are from Mars, Designers/Techies are from Venus from the alldaybuffet describes some classic communications issues between nonprofits, designers, and technology staff.

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Care2

MAY 17, 2010

All the nonprofits I work with have one thing in common: they're working overtime just to keep up with the sheer volume of work on their plates. Adding new tools or tasks to their workload wouldn't make me popular, so I've searched high and low to find things that will increase a nonprofit's productivity at little or no cost.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

If your nonprofit organization is struggling to share your message with your various audiences, you’re not alone. If it’s on your proper website, not a dedicated landing page, the bounce rate might increase with other shiny objects on the site. . First check – make sure your site is mobile-friendly. Where do you start?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

Please join me on June 21st from 1-2 PM PST for the virtual launch of The Networked Nonprofit. These are my notes for webinar about Nonprofits and Slideshare , a social site where community members share presentations, documents and pdfs. Networked nonprofits are simple and transparent organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

One of the reasons I made a commitment to blogging about professional topics regularly was because I was inspired by Marnie’s nonprofit technology blog, ext. David was interested in learning more about what American nonprofits were doing with social media, he asked me for some advice. He even brought me some Tim-Tams.).

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Kindful

MARCH 11, 2021

More than 80 percent of nonprofit board retreat facilitators have never run a nonprofit. I believe the best facilitators have started or run multiple nonprofits. If you visit a prospective facilitator’s site and it looks like a messy kitchen and lists only a few testimonials, or worse yet, no testimonials, run!

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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. Also, there is secondary data to review and your web site analytics. View more presentations from Kyoo Slides. Maybe that first step is research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2013

I was invited to present a key note at the Mekong ICT Camp in Thailand about nonprofits, social media, and measurement. kanter we have wifi connection interuption here. Henry Khu (@HenryKhu) May 7, 2013. ” So we had several back up plans.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

And don’t forget to produce content on a regular basis so Google continues to crawl your site. Share what you do and ask for enewsletter subscriptions on social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc). Think about what social networking sites are right for your organization and go create an account.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Yesterday was the 3rd annual Women Who Tech Telesummit , bringing together over 600 women (and men) from for-profit and nonprofit organizations and technology start, connecting developers and techies with those new to the field, igniting conversations and long-term collaborations. WWT 2010: Apps and Tools to Energize Your Base.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2014

Austin noted that the site can be hard to read as the typeface is quite small. Slide Decks and Activities. Here are a few slide decks and activities to get inspired by: The slide deck Austin Stroud uses for teaching online safety at the Monroe County Public Library. The quizzes are divided by grade level. GCF Learn Free.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

Note: This is the second in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. Most nonprofits already have Google Analytics installed on their website to track online traffic. To understand how visitors interact with the site. Overall site visits. People who leave the site (bounce rate). Methodology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2009

My takeaways: Slide 31: Some great points about balancing the line between individual presence and organizational presence on social networking sites: Read the policies in your employee manual. Slide 44: Some good time management tips for using the social web purposefully. Lots of great stuff here! Use of YMCA equipment.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Nonprofits have a habit of dropping the ball on their call-to-action landing pages. Most nonprofit websites I’ve visited (and I’m talking 80-90%) simply included their logo and then a generic form. First, they Google your nonprofit—that’s them climbing up the stairs of your slide. And that’s wrong. Picture it like this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

On average, gifts from major donors make up the bulk of a nonprofit’s fundraising revenue each year. There isn’t a universal dollar amount that tips someone into the ranks of a major donor – that threshold varies based on the size and budget of a nonprofit. These can be created in powerpoint, google slides, or even canva.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2021

Today’s article dives into a vital topic for nonprofits – letting your supporters know how much they’ve impacted your cause and how much you appreciate them. Without constituents, your nonprofit organization wouldn’t be able to positively impact your community and drive your mission forward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2011

Instead, we are sharing them as slides ( original and annotated ) that not only conveys what we’ve found but also serves as a tool for sharing and discussing the conclusions with others. The traditional form for these type of findings would be a whitepaper. This is troubling given the changing media landscape.

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Care2

AUGUST 24, 2011

Whether you are part of a nonprofit organization, an action campaign, a local community, or a school, you know that it is through stories you can showcase your work, change people's minds, inspire them to make change, or join you to make a difference. Bonus: nonprofits can apply to get Animoto Pro for free !

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Story Tools Help Online 78

Connection Cafe

JULY 9, 2013

Note: This is the first in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. Sometimes it’s a quick, half-hour phone call and other times it’s a two day on-site visit. Now, if your nonprofit designs something in-house, purpose #3 is null and void. How do most people find out about your current web site?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2009

YouTube for Nonprofits View more documents from See3. Note from Beth: Michael Hoffman recently presented a webinar filled with useful information for nonprofits about how to make the most of their YouTube presence. I'm honored to republish his post which includes his slide deck. The YouTube Nonprofit Program is The Bomb.

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NTEN

AUGUST 8, 2011

Applying gamification concepts to associations and nonprofits. But in what other ways can nonprofits use gamification to engage members? Another use of game-thinking for associations and nonprofits is visually encouraging your members to complete a project. I participated in the inaugural #asaetech Twitter chat.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Test your current site: Use online or onsite usability testing to learn what information your users look for on your website and how easy it is for them to find it. and identify their top three tasks on your site. Make sure you remember your top three goals to include in key visual elements on your site using calls to action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2015

A champion is an individual that supports a nonprofit organization or cause. Nonprofit staff members, volunteers, and board members are some of your best champions. Many nonprofits have limited capacity and staff resources when it comes to implementing marketing and communications strategy, especially social media.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Bring this nonprofit’s hybrid event success to your benefit gala—during and after the pandemic. Ongoing COVID-19 restrictions have posed novel challenges to nonprofits over the last year and a half, forcing them to adjust on the fly as new guidance becomes available. Option 2: Create a separate video stream for virtual guests.

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