NetWits

MARCH 31, 2011

While at SXSW 2011 I had the chance to talk with David J. Watch the Video from SXSW 2011. SXSW 2011: David J. A non-profit tech (#NPTech), communications and interactive strategy guy who’s all about helping non-profits and people for a living. Neff talks Social Media Fundraising with Frank Barry.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

A few months ago we published the 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report and yesterday we released the 2011 Online Giving Report. In 2011, online giving was up 13% on a year-over-year basis when large International Affairs organizations are removed from the analysis.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders. In my Fall 2011 President’s Update , I mentioned PBS NewsHour’s two stories, and complete press coverage of our work is listed on our website. The year 2011 has shown in many ways that the arc of history is bending toward justice.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. This session focuses on Millennial Donors, with Angela White from JGA presenting. What did they find out in the Millennial Donor Report? Last year, we did research on Millennial donors and it spurred us to do it again.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 30, 2012

Last October, I had the pleasure and honor to visit the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, to accept on behalf of Benetech the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation (ESI). We are grateful for CASE’s recognition of Benetech's work.

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NetWits

MAY 31, 2011

The 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report provides analysis of 28 major nonprofit organizations and transactions for over 15 million donors and more than $1 billion in revenue. This report continues to be the most significant analysis of online/offline giving trends based on actual data from nonprofits.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. This panel discussion focuses on the generational divide, with the following panelists: Wendy Harman and Suzy DeFrancis, American Red Cross. David Smith and Michael Weiser, National Conference on Citizenship. Moderated by Kari Dunn, Case Foundation.

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NetWits

MAY 15, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Fundraising Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. The largest online gift received in 2011 was $260,000 – more than two-and-a-half times 2010′s largest gift.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Many of us will purchase hundreds of dollars in holiday gifts over the next six weeks, and with some conscious consumerism those dollars could also help some of your favorite nonprofits continue their work in 2012.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2012

4) 2011 Online Giving Report :: Download. 5) 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report :: Download. 6) 2011 The Mobile Frontier: Successful Strategies from Text-to-Give and Beyond :: Download. 6) 2011 The Mobile Frontier: Successful Strategies from Text-to-Give and Beyond :: Download.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2013

3) Giving USA 2012: Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2011 :: Download. 8) 2011 Online Giving Report :: Download. 9) 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report :: Download. 10) 2011 Nonprofit Sector in Brief: Public Charities, Giving and Volunteering :: Download. Published by NTEN.

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NetWits

JUNE 7, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Giving Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. Download the full report today… 2011 Online Giving Report. Download the report now! .

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NCE Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2011

PBSNewsHour had a recent segment on how charities are turning to social media as a fundraising tool now more than ever. In the video, which is embedded below, Allison Fine from The Chronicle of Philanthropy is interviewed by Ray Suarez. I’ve mentioned Allison in a previous post.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

2) Giving USA 2012: Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2011 :: Download. 7) 2011 Online Giving Report :: Download. 8) 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report :: Download. 9) 2011 The Mobile Frontier: Successful Strategies from Text-to-Give and Beyond :: Download.

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 19, 2011

The check would be considered a 2011 charitable contribution even though the nonprofit did not receive the check and the funds did not clear the bank until January 2012. "A So if the charity did not process the charge until January 2012, the donor would be treated as making the gift in 2012 rather than 2011, as she intended.

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NetWits

MAY 17, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Fundraising Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. While it does not yet amount to the bulk of fundraising for most nonprofits, online giving grew by 13 percent from 2010 to 2011.

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NetWits

JANUARY 14, 2011

Do you plan on increasing your budget for social media efforts in 2011? What are the major focuses of your social media strategy in 2011? What’s your 2011 social media budget? I’m just going to offer a few questions for you to consider. Then you can go read the full report.

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NetWits

APRIL 26, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Giving Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. The 2011 Money for Good study found that donors are looking for information on how donations will be used. 2011 Online Giving Report.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 7, 2023

In 2011, Covenant House saw the need for a technology that could assist their work and empower them to provide more and better support to their communities. Apricot by Social Solutions helped them exceed their goal of adding 400 available beds by 167%, allowing them to provide 293 more beds than originally planned!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Today, at the 2011 MyCharityConnects Conference in Toronto, I had a ton of fun leading a session and discussion around making the most of social media in just 30 minutes a day. Ultimately, it’s less about the amount of time and more about the consistency – and planning, tracking, and everything else!

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NetWits

MAY 30, 2012

Here are few key insights about multichannel givers from our 2011 Multichannel Fundraising Report. 2011 Multichannel Fundraising Report. The world of giving is not nearly that neat and homogeneous and the DNA of donors is about as counter-intuitive as it comes. Online Donors Need to be Moved Offline.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2010

It will be published by McGraw-Hill in New York City and is scheduled to hit bookstores, Amazon and e-readers in Fall 2011. That said, I have to postpone many of my upcoming webinars to 2011, and throughout most of 2011 my webinars will go from being offered weekly to only twice per month. That’s right!

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Wild Apricot

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Here is the round-up of free non-profit webinars being offered in December. Along with our Wild Apricot product overview and Membership Database webinars, we've found 22+ on topics ranging from non-profit sustainability to Facebook enhancements.

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NetWits

AUGUST 8, 2012

Yet one of the most striking findings in our 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report was that, in aggregate, online-acquired donors still have much higher cumulative value over the long term than traditional, mail-acquired donors. 2011 Multichannel Fundraising Report.

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NetWits

JUNE 14, 2012

Online to offline conversion must take place almost immediately, as online donors tend to move to offline giving within a year of the first online gift or not at all according to our 2011 Multichannel Giving Report. 2011 Internet and Multichannel Giving. Donor Movement Across Channels.

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NetWits

APRIL 1, 2011

While at SXSW 2011 I had a got a few minutes to catch up with Mark. Watch the video from SXSW 2011 to learn more about how Mark is using the social web to change the world. SXSW 2011: Mark Horvath Talks about InvisiblePeople.TV with Frank Barry.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

In 2011, comScore survey only reported 6.2% Another study in 2011 by Levelwing that only 19% of the 928 survey respondents have scanned QR codes. While a QR code makes donating quick, it also limits accessibility to those (1) with a smartphone and (2) with a QR reader app. Only a small portion of mobile device users scan QR codes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Originally published in the November 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine where I have written a quarterly column throughout 2011. A quick Google search of “social media stats 2011″ pulls up a wide range of stats to share with unaware executive staff. VIDEO] Social Media Revolution 2011.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 20, 2011

This month's round-up of free non-profit webinars includes 32 webinars on topics such as: fundraising, volunteer engagement, multi-generational board development, grant-seeking, e-strategy development, LinkedIn and much more.( read more ).

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NetWits

JANUARY 13, 2011

Are you doing anything differently or adding anything new in 2011? I’m not sure what 2010 looks like yet, but based on the growth we’ve seen since 1997 (as shown below) it’s pretty safe to say that 2010 online giving numbers went up. So, how are you thinking about your online fundraising strategy?

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NetWits

OCTOBER 4, 2011

2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report. Big shout out to Shane Snow for his work on this! View large version of Multichannel Fundraising Infographic. Share with your friends … Data sources used in above infographic. 2010 Online Giving Report by Blackbaud.

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Almost 27% of American volunteered nearly 8 billion hours of volunteer service in 2011. Here are some alarming stats you may not have known about nonprofits, and some reasons why they will continue trending up: The nonprofit sector contributed $804.8 billion to the U.S. economy, making up 5.5% of the GDP. Image courtesy of Third Sector Today.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2010

My guess is the top posts for 2011 will be quite different – more Mobile Web, geolocation, LinkedIn, and live-streaming. Best to you and your nonprofit in 2011! Google searches likely had a big effect because other posts got a lot more buzz on Twitter and Facebook. It’s going to be a big year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 1, 2013

3) Giving USA 2012: Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2011 :: Download. 11) 2011 Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Survey :: Download. 2) 2011 Nonprofit e-Business in Australia Report :: Download. View: All M&R Reseach Labs Reports. 2) 2012 Charitable Giving Report :: Download.

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Robert Weiner

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

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NetWits

APRIL 10, 2011

Heading in to 2011 most nonprofits (92%), regardless of organization size are using at least one social network like Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn and close to nine out of ten nonprofits (89%) have a presence on Facebook – up from 74% in 2009. Social Networking Adoption by Non-profits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Thanks to remarkable global commitment, the world has seen a 24 per cent reduction in new HIV infections in children – from 430,000 in 2009 to 330,000 in 2011. In India over 14,000 children got infected in 2011, with a 13 per cent decline from 2009. Read Complete Press Release.

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