sgEngage

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Thanks to The Agitator for letting me have the last word in 2011. They don’t care about your org chart or who gets credit for the donation. Tom Belford and Roger Craver’s daily e-newsletter and blog are the first thing that I read each day. I have a lot of respect for them and their expertise in the nonprofit sector.

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Offline Channel Donor Org 67

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

They’ve been very supportive of our strategy and engaging staff across the org. What is on your To Do List for 2011? When I came on board a couple of years ago, I think people still didn’t understand what social media was. Now that it’s so popular, there’s definitely interest from the higher ups. I think you need to enjoy networking.

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Social Media Conservancy Media Interview 218

NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

The Center wanted to expand its reach, connections, and impact using social media and received grant funding in 2011 for social media planning and implementation through 2012. The Center staff includes just five staff members (four full-time) plus one very part-time social media manager at five hours a week.

Social Media 96

Social Media Collaboration Media Org 96

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

Scheduled for May 3-8, 2011, the site invites participants to create socially shareable “heartspaces&# that include words, videos, photos & investments in honor of mamas they love. I see this lesson in the work of 350.org. I see this lesson in the local councils of London trying to open up their data and their leadership.

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Change Nepal Lesson Children 180

Judi Sohn

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

I’m back from Dreamforce 2011 , trying to process everything I saw and learned. I think the new Chatter Now and Chatter Custom Groups will be welcome additions to a nonprofit’s Salesforce org. On a personal level, this was the best Dreamforce yet. I was honored to be selected as a Salesforce MVP last March.

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Model Nonprofit Data Contact 238

NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2011

[Editor's note: The following is an expert of an article in the June 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ]

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Video Org Online YouTube 65

NTEN

JULY 25, 2011

[Editor's note: The following first appeared in the June 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ]

Org 52

Org Technology Share Tech 52

NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

Here is a Year-Over-Year comparison of our survey responses to technology staffing questions for the last three years: The key things we notice here are: The significant diffence between tech staffing levels reported in 2010 as compared to 2011 and 2012. FTE tech staff for your team is keeping up.

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Technology Report Ratio Nonprofit 85

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

This morning, I had the huge honor of presenting the keynote at the 2011 MyCharityConnects Conference in Toronto, ON. org before? org and 1Sky to lead by merging. I am so thrilled to have the chance to participate in this event and thankful for the invitation. The full keynote and presentation are below.

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Community Build Technology Action 220

NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the December 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ]

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Database Track Org Volunteer 70

NTEN

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is back and calling for your best 2011 nonprofit videos! Did your organization create impactful videos in 2011? Tell your friends at other orgs to submit as well! Are you a nonprofit? Do you want your organization to be recognized for making great videos and maybe win some incredible prizes?

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YouTube Video Contest Cisco 62

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

An individual membership with NTEN through the end of 2011 is only $85 -- and small nonprofits can join for just $60. Ask the Expert: Marshall Kirkpatrick on the Real-Time Web (10/14). Managing Your Nonprofit's Online Reputation (10/19). That would be $12 per webinar if you attended only these events!

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Doc Org NTEN Nptech 57

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Btartus123 there is a Internet TV Channel being developed called www.planetchannel.com which gives Non-Profits worldwide the ability to add a video and create more online exposure for their Org. Its also valuable for small business, artists, and much more.

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Trend Nonprofit Blackbaud New York 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2012

Mari mentioned in an email was that one of the women in this workshop was a lawyer, who heads up WRAPA (Women’s Rights and Protection Alternative) and LACVAW, a coalition of 70 orgs working on rights issues (see below). This workshop participant had never used social media, but was open to learning and asked many great questions.

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Nigeria Awareness Raise Social Media 105

NTEN

JUNE 7, 2012

When our editorial committee decided on “Content Curation” as the overall theme of this issue when planning back in 2011, we knew that it would be an important topic for the nonprofit sector, but we didn’t anticipate that, in some ways, 2012 would turn out to be the year of content curation , as Beth Kanter predicted in January.

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Content Issue NTEN Case Study 78

NTEN

AUGUST 3, 2011

2011 has been a big year for NTEN, especially when it comes to staff. We're hoping that you will join us in welcoming our two newest staff members: Amanda Jones, Membership & Fundraising Coordinator, amanda at nten dot org. Eva Schweber, Educational Program Manager, eva at nten dot org. We never did like old sayings.

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NTEN Org NTC Education 66

NTEN

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Bring a pen to write down your twitter handle on your organization’s card, or to jot down a personal note about your org. Bring business cards. Exchanging business cards is great! Most important, write down a little something about the person who just gave you their card.

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NTC Tips Network Illinois 58

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

If you want to quickly improve how your nonprofit leverages the Internet, then org charts and owners aren’t the way to go. Who should own the Internet at our nonprofit? These are two of the most common questions that I’ve been asked over the years. Focus on the seating chart. People who sit together work better together.

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Chart Trend Blackbaud Nonprofit 63

NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

We rolled out ProvingIt.org in October 2011. Anybody could observe our progress, at any time. And when we fail, the donor would be notified at the same time as the executive director. It isn’t perfect. In fact, we think of it like a small bicycle on a freeway. But it is exactly what we wanted to get us started.

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International Project Org Technology 60

NTEN

JULY 13, 2012

While we took a look at the number of tech staff benchmark in the first post in this series, I'd like to now turn to the org staff-per-tech staff benchmark. As we saw in the previous benchmark , larger nonprofits report having more technology staff positions than smaller organizations.

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Ratio Benchmark Technology Org 67

Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2012

The smallest tier of orgs (less than 10,000 email records) experienced a median of $89,917 in online fundraising. The largest tier of orgs (more than 250,000 email records) experienced a median of $1,993,713 in online fundraising. percent in 2011. Sustained online giving accounts for an average of $25,474 per org.

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Online Fundraising Org Benchmark 55

Care2

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

The 2011 Care2 Impact finalists are (drumroll please): • Darrell Hammond, CEO and Founder, KaBOOM! The winner will receive a cash award of $1,000, plus $1,000 to donate to their favorite charity. The prize will be awarded on March 18th at the Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC). • Phil Aroneanu, U.S. Campaign Director, 350.org

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Impact Help Nonprofit NTC 71

NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. Wendy : I think traditional org structures are going to change and aren't the best. I think we should look more at spoke and wheel and working across the organization.

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Discussion Generation Donor Collaboration 57

sgEngage

JUNE 21, 2012

The Giving USA 2012 looks at philanthropic trends from 2011, including that giving to international orgs grew 167.1% between 2001 and 2011.

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Giving Org Report Trend 41

Care2

APRIL 18, 2014

The study looked at peer-to-peer giving across 39 organizations over the last 3 years (from 2011 to 2013). How much are your event gift amounts compared to your org''s general gift? What events have been the most successful in raising money for your org? What''s your average self-donation? Online Fundraising'

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Charity Studies Money Raise 72

Candid

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

A study conducted by Roland Zullo and published in the Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) Review (2011) [3] found that charitable donations to United Ways increased in localities with higher union density and in areas where unions were financially stronger. 4 (2011): 699-711. 3] Zullo, Roland. Labor Unions and Charity."

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Trend Charity Local Files 105

NTEN

JANUARY 7, 2011

The 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference ? If your org is putting on an event this year, be sure to check this one out. We have a small event coming up. Maybe you've heard of it? In preparation, we enlisted the services of SocialFishers Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer to craft a social media plan for us. Learn more and register today!

Social Media 58

Social Media Media Social Delicious 58

NTEN

MARCH 25, 2013

In January 2011, at a gathering hosted by TechSoup Global, we began talking about how to model our own ideals. In summer 2011, we received funding from Microsoft to bring our groups together to answer at least one question: which nonprofits do our organizations serve separately, and collectively.

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Collaboration Project Lesson Organization 80

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2012

” By Chip Bell, Summit 2011 keynote speaker. Forces of Good: 6 Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits : Drawn from a survey of CEOs and study of a dozen high-impact nonprofits, tips to make your org more effective. Includes a chapter by Dennis McCarthy, Convio’s Vice President of Strategy and Organizational Practice.

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Nonprofit Case Study Org Convio 55

ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, April 1, 2011 Research Friday: Why Do People Stop Giving? Currently (on my lowly grad student budget), I only give money to one nonprofit org. April 1, 2011 4:47 PM Stephanie La Loggiasaid. April 5, 2011 11:07 AM Mark Rubin said. April 7, 2011 6:42 PM Travis Dennee said. It's a nice trade.

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Research People Giving Arizona 61

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 19, 2011

The end of 2011, that is. Try to forget for a moment that you work where you do - imagine yourself outside the fishbowl, clicking onto your org's homepage because you're deciding to make a year-end gift. Author: Sally Heaven. The end is upon us! And one of the most important things he said was "keep it simple!".

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Org Donation Gift Template 47

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Last week was the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference and not only did I have the pleasure of presenting a couple sessions, it was also my first NTC as a staffer, as I joined NTEN earlier this month. Org is a terrific example of a CDSI campaign. Campaigns: 350.org.

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Case Study Community Impact Studies 117

NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Debra Askanase wrote a thoughtful post addressing the issue of effective staffing of social media roles at your org. Smart Online is surveying nonprofits about how they use technology, especially current challenge areas, and what you think you'll be doing in 2011. You can participate in the survey here.

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NTEN Montana Nptech Social Media 47

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Having just written a guide for nonprofits on getting started with mobile (co-authored with fellow Convian Lacey Kruger), I am also a realist with an argument to make, which is this: Until your org has a strong, successful mobile-friendly version of your site available, offering a downloadable app shouldn’t even be on your radar screen.

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Mobile Question Org Social Media 37

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

My favorite team has played themselves out of it in 2011; there will be no defending the World Series title for the San Francisco Giants. If you are a national org, stop looking at each other. Author: Sara Spivey. I am a baseball fan, and I love this time of year. If you want to cure cancer, $50 million isn’t going to cut it.

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San Francisco Movie Org Cancer 44

Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

Updated on 8/30/2011. Documents can be faxed to (415) 633-9444, emailed to qualification techsoup org or mailed to TechSoup Client Services at 435 Brannan Street, Suite 100, San Francisco, CA 94107. This blog post is part of a series focused on managing accounts at TechSoup.org. Watch for more posts to come!

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Management PDF San Francisco Registration 36

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2011

For the past two years, Philabundance has promoted the Spread the Love campaign as a two week virtual food drive that matches every new fan on Facebook with a jar of peanut butter or jelly donation from the org’s food industry partner, Wakefern/ShopRite. In 2011, the results keep getting better!

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Hunger Delaware Stats Campaign 33