Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2021

For many nonprofits with small budgets, the pandemic tested the limits of what was possible with the resources they had. And still, creative people around the world found ingenious ways to use new tools and techniques to build capacity and continue serving their communities. Technology played a key role in these adaptations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2021

To be alerted new posts and webinars, please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter ! 29: International Day Against Nuclear Tests — #AgainstNuclearTestsDay. 101 Digital Marketing & Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits is a blog and webinar series offered by Nonprofit Tech for Good. September.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 29, 2017

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2022

Those who register and attend all three webinars in the series will earn a Certificate in Digital Marketing & Fundraising from Nonprofit Tech for Good. 29: International Day Against Nuclear Tests — #AgainstNuclearTestsDay. Heather Mansfield is the founder and editor-in-chief of Nonprofit Tech for Good. September.

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Charity Village

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This was certainly the case when tech startup OpenAI released their AI chatbot ChatGPT for public testing in November 2022. The swift advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have caught the world’s attention for their potential to enable more efficient task completion.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2015

It’s said that life moves pretty fast, and in the world of tech gadgets and gear, apps and programs, cloud computing and massive online networks that’s certainly true. Mobile devices, wearable tech, smart homes and automobiles, GPS sensors galore—these are all part of the network and back-end systems. Rise of the Machines.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 19, 2023

How does someone test an idea for a nonprofit without committing the time, effort, and money to apply for 501(c)(3) status, find a board, and secure long-term funding? We’re currently searching for organizations with fiscal sponsors looking to Beta test our software, if that interests you please get in touch with us !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Founded in 1946, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized.

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VisionLink

MAY 8, 2023

We are ready to support local, regional, or national collaborations with proven and well-tested tools. On Wednesday, May 10th, Visionlink will co-present a workshop with Endeavors: From Help Comes Hope: Harnessing Tech to Provide Mission-Driven Emergency Services. Stop by Booth #33 in the E xhibit Hall and say hello!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Like everything else, though, pop-up technology has evolved considerably, allowing you to segment, test, and optimize. Test out the options. Just as we test landing pages and emails, test the layout of your pop-ups too. Test different CTAs, different value propositions, timing, etc. Use p op-ups only on desktop.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 14, 2023

Finally, while Google Search remains the top source of referral traffic referral for Nonprofit Tech for Good, it is worth noting that traffic from Bing has slightly increased after submitting our site and sitemaps. Ask your website designer if your website is verified with through Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

A tech staff, with some time on their hands, could have an out-of-the-box AI interacting with your members fairly quickly. If you’ve been looking for an initiative to spark interdepartmental collaboration, a chatbot would be a good test case. When Roose was invited to test the AI, he discovered its dark side.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

Online channels (email, social media, website, donation forms, and texting) encourage real-time interactions, personalized messaging, and taps into tech-savvy younger donors. Traditional methods, like direct mail, are still important for reaching older or less tech-oriented supporters. However, this is not a universal rule.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Fueled by a strong passion for the Internet, Heather spends her days (and some nights) helping nonprofits worldwide utilize digital marketing and fundraising tools for social good.

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Candid

JULY 26, 2023

Test your tech in advance Once you understand what tech is available and needed, test it out! As someone who has worked with technology my whole career, I can confidently say my worst experiences have always come when I assume something will work without testing it out beforehand.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Consider the evolution of nonprofit tech over the past year and a half. This was likely followed by testing out one or two project management systems as you tried to find a work-from-home solution that served your nonprofit well. But what about setting your organization up for nonprofit tech success in the new year?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Some nonprofits no longer deal with these challenges and have built their organisation to be more agile in adopting and testing new methods to grow their supporter base by trying new suppliers and services in the Salesforce ecosystem. Those organisations are already benefiting from the power of the ecosystem.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2023

When we first started publishing and presenting on Smart Tech and AI tools to audiences of fundraisers, nonprofits, and funders in the social sector field, the media narrative around AI was presented as binary. And while the outputs may appear to be smarter than humans, they won’t replace humans. And never should).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

3) Find the Right Tech to Showcase Items and Make Bidding Easy Your digital silent auction platform needs to look great and be easy for your auction bidders to use. Ask platform providers to set up a test auction so you can see how easy it is for your supporters to access and use.

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sgEngage

APRIL 11, 2024

Every piece of software has a software development lifecycle (SDLC) that typically involves discovery, requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing maintenance. Test in a Safe Environment Low-code development can be incredibly fast. Unlike low-code, it’s a complicated process.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

The breakdown of campaign/source/term/medium used as UTM parameters is a tried and tested structure for understanding acquisition. Test with a couple of links to see how it all works. Last but not least: test and learn from it. We’ll get to that next. How can we track marketing initiatives using UTMs? Hierarchy matters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Implement and Test : Develop and implement your ChatGPT-powered initiatives. Be sure to continuously test and iterate to ensure optimal performance and user satisfaction. For instance, if audience engagement is a priority, prompts related to chatbot interactions and personalized messaging are key.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

While smart tech-based strategies will improve your efforts right now, they’ll also continue providing value after the pandemic once social distancing guidelines dissipate. When planning your next fundraising event, it’s up to you to decide which tech tactics are worth the time for your organization. Test your giving page.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

6) Don’t Forget A/B Testing. We frequently talk about A/B testing as a digital tactic—and it is! Don’t miss the opportunity to test different iterations of copy on these channels, seeing if results differ between them. And remember that these stories aren’t yours to tell; each subject of every story owns that story.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Include your teams in strategy sessions and provide them with the tech tools they need to keep pace. Integrate Strategy Effective strategy begins with an integrated plan. Communicators are often on the front lines of coming trends and can spot challenges in the making. They can alert membership to emerging issues.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. That said, the best practices below are based on Nonprofit Tech for Good’s experience using Twitter almost daily since 2008. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. Twitter is not for every nonprofit.

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2023

A tech-savvy team is essential for nonprofit organizations that want to thrive in the digital age. In this post, I will briefly explain how to pinpoint which technology skills folks need, assess current skill levels, provide training that doesn’t stink, and nurture a technology-positive culture where tech skills are a priority.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

How to use audience testing and seed groups to improve engagement. << Which social media platforms are the most important for nonprofit video. Which video content types are most engaging. How subject lines, descriptions and calls-to-action can increase engagement.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Training employees on AI best practices will keep their tech skills current and improve their ability to use the technology effectively. Campaign testing: Encourage team members to conduct A/B testing and iterative experiments to optimize AI-driven fundraising campaigns.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 6, 2020

TECH TIP: From the beginning, Nimble AMS was built on the Salesforce platform and embraced the platform’s most responsive data model, Person Accounts. A sandbox is a testing environment where you can test code changes separately from your live production environment. TECH TIP: The Nimble AMS team meets?(and Salesforce’s?current

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 7, 2017

Fortunately, tech experts Jason Shim, Mark Hallman, and Shub Sengupta developed an easy test that any nonprofit can use, which reveals just that. How do you avoid bad software and choose a solution perfect for you organization?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 16, 2019

WP Engine’s one-click staging for testing plugins or new features. Multiple Staging Sites – you can make a copy of your WordPress website to test new plugins before adding them to a live site. Three “staging” environments are included, along with one-click staging for need basic plugin testing.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 1, 2014

When assessing your nonprofit’s current technology situation specific questions need to be asked to ensure that you’re getting the most out of your tech infrastructure. It is important to look at the ‘big picture’ to avoid simply jumping at the latest tech, just because it is the latest tech.

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Kindful

AUGUST 28, 2023

Our tech stack includes Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Backbone.js, React. Write tests & make sure they pass. You may be writing components or features from scratch, refactoring code, adding incremental improvements, writing and maintaining technical documentation, writing tests, and fixing bugs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 9, 2023

If the speed test fails, a good first step is to make sure your website’s images are optimized and host your videos on a third party website, such as YouTube, instead of directly on your website. Always use a trusted payment gateway, such as Stripe , for online donation pages even though fees may be higher. 8) Prioritize website speed.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 31, 2020

A sandbox is a testing environment where you can test code changes separately from your live production environment. Only full sandboxes support performance testing, load testing, and staging. TECH TIP: Nimble AMS the only enterprise AMS in the world in which every customer remains on the same AMS version.

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TechImpact

JULY 24, 2014

No matter how much you have prepped, tested, an re-tested, problems do arise. The post How A CRM Immediately Impacts Your Staff, And What To Expect During Implemantation appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology. Make sure your IT staff is prepped and available for quickly problem solving.

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