Connection Cafe

MAY 15, 2014

I recently published the last post in my series about the nonprofit web design process and thought it would be helpful to have a final summary for the entire series.

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BoardAssist

AUGUST 21, 2017

FAQs Summary – Our Most Read FAQ Posts. The post FAQs Summary – Our Most Read FAQ Posts appeared first on BoardAssist. BoardAssist started a blog series recently pulling out from our book Giving Back the most frequently asked questions we receive from board candidates every year. Curious which FAQ posts were the most widely read? We’ve culled the favorites from the series and put them all in this post.

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Frogloop

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Care2 is pleased to provide this overview of The Online Giving Study: A Call to Reinvent Donor Relationships just released by Network for Good and True Sense Marketing.

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Idealware

MARCH 5, 2007

Skip to Main Content Area Helping Nonprofits Make Smart Software Decisions Topics Reports Articles Online Training Blog Custom Resources Donate About Topics Reports Articles Online Training Blog Custom Resources Donate About 2006 Idealware Fnancial Summary By Laura Quinn , March 5, 2007 I’ve just been finishing up our financial summaries for 2006 (fun!), and thought I’d post a summary here for those that are interested.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Dan Michel, Digital Marketing Manager, Feeding America Twitter: @dpmichel. Social Media Measurement is this month’s theme on the Zoetica Salon hosted on my blog Facebook page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

Things are slowing down during the holidays , so here's a short version of the NpTech Tag Summary. Leave a comment and I'll summarize in the next NpTech Summary. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

This month’s theme was measurement – here’s a summary of the month’s learnings: Measurement Approaches. Here’s the summary and it is filled with useful tips and practice. Photo by M. Schenekenberg.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology NTC Summary, and Nonprofit Technology Consulting 2.0 April 8, 2007 As I write this, I’m hurtling through small towns and big cities on the train home. We’ve passed through Baltimore – which reminds me of a project I did once, way back when, to work with a group of mostly small and medium-sized organizations on technology planning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Here's a summary of the distributed conversations, some context, and some questions. As the volume of information increased, weekly summaries were added to the mix. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

To catch up, read the summary here and to read the most recent thoughts -- see Gavin's newest post here and Emily's reflections here. see photo of Quintus Jett here ) Ethos Roundtable now has a blog where you can find summaries and links to resources from meetings.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

AUGUST 24, 2018

Your subscribers don’t want a detailed summary of your work, but they may be motivated to donate when they read about your plan to serve a new segment of your community. Crafting smart and effective emails can be challenging. Every list is different and there is no one-size-fits-all approach to writing effective emails. Luckily, there are a few tried-and-true principles to guide your writing. Once you've got something drafted, take the time to test your emails.

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GroundWire

JULY 21, 2011

If you haven’t had the opportunity to check out Lisa Simpson for Nonprofits: What Science Can Teach You About Fundraising, Marketing and Making Social Change , download your free copy of the eBook here. This is the follow-up to the eBook Homer Simpson for Nonprofits. Authors are Alia McKee Scott and Mark Rovner from Sea Change Strategies and Katya Andresen from Network for Good. Go here for a recording of a recent Lisa Simpson webinar featuring the authors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

Here's a summary of some of the topics and discussions that took place in the NpTech FriendFeed Room. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. During the past few weeks, Twitter has been down or out due to stress. To learn more about Twitter scaling issues read this interview by Jesse Stay. When a service goes down, users will complain. And if happens a lot, they may move on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2007

The NpTech Summary. The Face (book) of NetSquared Champions. The NetSquared Conference is just days away and the NetSquared blogs are buzzing with activity! Each of the 21 Featured Projects has a project champion who will guide and support the project through conference.

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Tech Soup Blog

JUNE 18, 2010

As you may have noticed, Daniel Ben-Horin (one of TechSoup's CEOs) @DBenHorin and thirteen of the TechSoup crew were in Brussles from May 31 until June 4 for Foundation Week and posted a lot of great info from the sessions to this blog as well as other social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2007

So, for this week's NpTech Tag Summary, I'm aggregating a few of the best ones. SlideShare is a site to host and share presentations. You can upload all your slide decks, and find download interesting presentations. At last month's NetTuesday , Jonathan Boutelle, Co-founder and CTO of SlideShare gave a presentation on how Nonprofits can use SlideShare. I love SlideShare for many reasons that I've shared before.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2006

To read more of the NpTechTag Summary, check it out here

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Find out what kind of monkey you are for a good cause. The HSUS newest campaign is geared towards helping the 1,300 chimps still condemned to life in research labs across the country.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. The summaries are released on cc 2.5

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

In case you were wondering, we don't like the digital divide here at NTEN. In fact, we like it so little, we think every nonprofit has a responsiblity to work against it.

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Social Actions

DECEMBER 18, 2009

This year, we've prepared two summaries: Social Actions 2009 Year End Summary , a review of the community, projects, and conversations that have defined our work in 2009. Easy tweet: Social Actions 2009 Year End Summary and Dashboard: [link] , [link

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2006

And, for a quick summary of recent Second Life stats, see here. Happy Thanksgiving! Photo by 3E by found via FlickrLeech Britt Bravo encourages us to step away from the computer this Thanksgiving. And, perhaps many took her advice, opting for turkey versus tagging items with the NpTech Tag!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Here's a few (formally) connected conversations and roundups: The nonprofit blog exchange has posted pointers to the last round of blog posts for the virtual event, along with a summary of nonprofit blog exchange blog posts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

As a result, I'm publishing a briefer than usual edition of the NpTech Tag Summary because I can only get to fast loading blogs and web sites. The summary: most big charities are based on direct mail. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. I'm working remotely on an unreliable and slow wifi connection and Flickr has been getting a massage (down for maintenance) for most of the afternoon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2005

We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately. Benjamin Franklin. RLG is a not-for-profit organization of over 150 research libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural memory institutions. The organization maintains a blog called " Hanging Together ," the name inspired by the Ben Franklin quote above.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary Ruby Sinreich's Advocacy 2.0 Presentation Slides on flickr Blog post here. NpTech Talk. The Socialmarkets Manifesto is here. There are many sparks for conversation about the points raised. The "Failure is an option" particularly caught my eye. "We can't talk about transparency, accountability and honest evaluation without addressing the contentious topic of failure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

The NpTech Tag Summary went on hiatus to give some space to. The summaries will be briefer, focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Ethan Zuckerman gives a summary of Pros/Cons of facebook Activism , a presentation by Imran Jamal and the Burma Global Action Network. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

The main reason I'm still tagging is for retrieval when asked for a resource on and to write this summary. How to make these summaries more useful to you all? Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Read more about it from Green Miles blog and a summary of reactions from other nonprofits here. Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.

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Network-Centric Advocacy

OCTOBER 2, 2008

This is an absolutely brilliant. Deepak Bhargava, Center for Community Change finally creates the right narrative that has driven the US economy into this mess. I have been waiting to see how this would play out and which party might be able to build the right narrative that makes it clear. Deepak nails it. We have watched groups advocate for change on lending for years. Hopefully, this is the moment that helps people listen to Center for Community Change as a fresh voice from Main St.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Net Tuesdays are spreading around the globe! Tis the Season Is mobile fundraising the next frontier? Katrin Verclas of MobileActive.org says the numbers speak for themselves.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. You can find the columns here : The summaries are released on cc 2.5 Photo from Cambodia4kids. Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2008

Photo by PixelFarmer - Zen Mutt (a rescue dog) - Title "Precision" The NpTech Tag Summary went on hiatus to give some space to rethink, reinvent -- again. The summaries will be briefer, focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice.

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Network-Centric Advocacy

APRIL 30, 2010

This looks like a very cool service that focuses on generating a "newspaper" from the links and stories in a twitter feed and from the feeds of those that follow a feed. It seems like it could have a great potential as a single update on a network of activitity. For groups working on issues this would work well if. Main source (twitter account) links to the daily clips, actions and videos on an issue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

VTVigils VT Vigils VTvigils.org is a project of a diverse group of national campaigns and organizations not affiliated with Virginia Tech. They are calling on Americans nationwide to gather and hold silent, candlelight vigils to mourn those lost, reminiscent of the vigils after 9/11.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Flickr photo from handsome monkey. Engagement Strategie s. When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Flickr photo from jhritz NpDigg: The Insect Antennae? npdigg.org , cooked up by the nonprofittech blog , is up and running. It is based on some open source code called Pligg that creates a "digg" like interface.

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Influence

MARCH 31, 2009

ve just attended a teleconference sponsored by Network for Good called ?Fundraising Fundraising When Money is Tight.? Mal Warwick has just written a book with this title, available at Amazon , on specific things you can do to minimize your costs and ensure that your organization is in a position to resume growth when the crisis passes (and it will!). Let me say that the teleconference was attended by 3,200 people! That alone is a sign of our times.

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