Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Smart-home voice assistants, such as the Amazon Echo and Google Home, could also provide new ways of giving. 11) Donors are very involved with their favorite causes and charitable organizations offline. The report also examines the impact of gender, generation, ideology, religion, and donor size upon giving and volunteerism.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The Donor Engagement Cycle The donor engagement cycle is a process that every donor goes through and includes four steps: Ask, Thank, Report, and Repeat. Report: Report back to donors and share how your nonprofit is making a difference. When posting on social media, skip the formalities and embrace your unique voice and tone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2011

In April, the Knight Foundation and Monitor Institute published a new report called “ Connected Citizens ” that looks at the impact of networks on communities, and asks, what do these emerging networks mean for community change? The report was filled with examples , but more and more are coming to life everyday.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2022

They needed a mobile app that worked offline. It’s not just useful for offline situations like interviewing people in rural India. They can also get the reports right from the survey. At least three different organizations are required to be on the team so that no one entity can have a louder voice over others.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 16, 2023

These can be things like: Minutes from the last meeting Financial reports Any background information about any items you are putting up to a vote Fundraising or marketing items that need approval Your agenda should confirm the date, time, and place of the meeting. It helps you spend more time looking forward, rather than looking back.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2012

There are mind-boggling reports and stats our there that show just how much time many of us are spending [wasting?] You know more about the tools. on social media platforms like Facebook each day. But operating and communicating as if every commenter is a troll will shut down conversation very quickly.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

Connected Citizens: The Power, Peril, and Potential of Networks – This new report from the Knight Foundation and Monitor Institute explores engaged communities: "Ten years ago, a tiny web site asked people to volunteer to write their own encyclopedia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2017

Think about swallowing a micro medical device that can send a report back to your doctor or having your fitbit implanted in your body so you don’t loose it. Bots needs to be designed increase engagement, support and inspire offline action. And after that technology will be merged or implanted in humans. Think cyborgs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Leading on social media requires nonprofit CEOs and their staff, even Trustees, to master basic digital communications skills that allow them to engage directly with stakeholders as themselves, in their own voices. Nonprofit leaders need to use social media to drive conversations online and offline, influence others, and shape perceptions.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 9, 2010

—– A new report from the team at Forrester came out last week: Tapping The Entire Online Peer Influence Pyramid. It comes at the same time that I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the importance of community builders/managers/leaders or organizational voices to give permission back to the community members.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Today, your organization’s visibility and credibility are tightly linked with the fervor of your online and offline audience. If it fits with your organization’s voice, this might be the time for some light-hearted jokes about finally waving 2021 goodbye (and good riddance). Use this information to build on your next campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

The UN Global Report is also using Facebook Messenger bots to engage young people around different issues. By using their voices to support their organization’s mission, they boost trust and inspire meaningful conversation and debate. It raises the question, though – Will the robots take over fundraising?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

to which New York Times reporter Stephanie Strom tweeted back “No kidding.”. The only bread crumbs to find were some business reports about Advanta declaring bankruptcy, like this one , that don’t even mention ideablob. The more voices the better! To some, these events were unimportant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2014

They are the respected voices who others turn to understand sector social change issues. If they are an inspiring leader offline, they’ve incorporated this into their social stream and they understand their style and tone. If your nonprofit’s executive director or CEO a thought leader?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

They reported that 57 percent of people who downloaded the free pass from our website told them that the free ride made them “more likely to participate” in the giving day. For us, our offline activities are as important as online efforts. They are enthusiastic and positive voices for us. GiveMN started as a giving day and site.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

Offline and Direct Mail – be sure to segment your list by folks who would have just received something from you in the mail, some times it works to do messages in tandem, and some times it just doesn’t. Tips for testing your messages: From field – do your messages currently come from “Your Organization&# ?

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Everyaction

APRIL 23, 2018

You likely have reports that will tell you about who your donors are, about who is most engaged on your email list, and even who your biggest social media fans are, but even with all of the data in front of you, you’ll need to use a unifying feature like. Activate & organize supporters on and offline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

More and better partners, more and better relationships with reporters and more or better policy maker relationships. So, for these organizations, their content pyramid also includes integrating offline w/online channels. On the Ground Engagement: What will you ask people to do offline? How will you get their voice?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2011

The New York Times reported on the use of social media and protests suggesting that Egypt’s government was afraid of the power of social networking tools.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Qui - for clients that are larger, we set up media citation reports (like a word doc with titles and links and relevant info about the mentions and how they should respond). and pop.url for tracking retweets (Check out Laura Lee Dooley’s URL shortener report!). Are there ways of catching offline datapoints? take chances.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

And the sector is getting better at measuring social change and that there has been a lot of progress in the way the sector measures and reports on big social change outcomes. But expect how you report and measure impact with the social business sector. I want to control the communication between staff and board.”

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone. It eventually garnered 45,000 users who took advantage of the easy-to-access tool to place reports.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

The Valley Medical Foundation: This organization provided an example of the personal versus organizational voice issue that social media often brings up. Robot Voice Disguiser for Large Group Facilitation. My son lent me his Robot Voice Disguiser which was good for an opening laugh, but the chimes were preferable.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

The climate change movement has shown a lot of focus on helping people effected by climate change (everyone) share their story, voice their concerns. We need to couple real voices, with real opportunities to take action and get involved. This is a great example of providing a real, authentic voice to a global issue.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

Get the report and read it. But, as the sector has embraced online giving, we've had a niggling voice in the backs of our heads telling us that the donors we've cultivated online aren't sticking around. Well, this report has some pretty telling data. It points to some great momentum in online giving.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

This resulted in us creating a “sneaker-net” approach to providing basic asynchronous ICT services to rural villages: a complete offline Wikipedia that fit on a CD-ROM, and severely restricted bandwidth throttling to allow community radios to access the Internet (via prepaid RBGAN) for $2-3 a day. . Voice remains the killer app.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Ushahidi was originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone. It eventually garnered 45,000 users who took advantage of the easy-to-access tool to place reports.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

These are drawn from some work we did in an evaluation ( see the report ) of the ReliefWeb web site of the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. These are all things that can be done amazingly well online, and at a scale that cannot easily be replicated offline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

Via Facebook updates, I learned from Tharum that Preetaim Rai, the Southeast Asia Editor for Global Voices, posts a roundup of protests and prayer vigils in neighboring countries. The red t-shirt show your support meme didn't originate online - it started offline in countries from that region showing support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Yet many have overcome the odds and made a splash online and offline by using the latest Web technologies - for pennies on the dollar. We connected through the "cambodia" tag on flickr because I was tracking it for Global Voices back in 2005. Human Voice. Michaela is now director of online strategy for World Learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Reports of the Death of Social Networking for Nonprofits Are Not True! Social Fundraising: Leveraging On and Offline Connections. Organizational Versus Personal Voice on A Blog. Be A Voice for Darfur: Great Example of A Multi-Channel Campaign. Microblogging Reports Worth Your Attention. The Cute Dog Theory.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

They were able to use the platform for organizing offline events, finding and collaborating with volunteer organizers, and more. Helpful resources on Twitter: Pew Internet report. O’Reilly New Radar Report: Twitter and the Micro Messaging Revolution. Very cool project from 2008: Twitter Vote Report.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Example: The Environmental Defense Fund's blog, Climate 411 , "is the voice of the experts at Environmental Defense Fund, providing plain-English explanations of climate change science, technology, policy, and news." One way to build trust is to write with an authentic and personal voice on your organization's blog.

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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. Easily measure and report on email clicks, mobile message opens, online form submissions, event attendance, and more. Create more change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Speaking with an authentic voice on behalf of your organization - where is the line between personal/professional networking and being a spokesperson for your organization on a social networking site. The report out was amazing. After each group reported out, I asked some high level questions and gave some observations.

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Bloomerang

JULY 30, 2021

Take this stat from the M+R report mentioned above: Organizations have 50 mobile numbers in their contact list for every 1,000 email addresses. Here’s what makes SMS opt-ins a great addition to your subscriber collection avenues: They offer flexibility, allowing you to gather opt-ins offline and online.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Just as in offline circumstances, online users learn from their peers in terms of how to interact with social objects. Giving users a voice in the community is also helpful. And, check out Forum One’s Online Community Report site , which provides some great research and resources around these topics.

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