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2012 National Conference on Volunteering and Service

Amy Sample Ward

Date : June 17, 2012. Location : Chicago, IL. Topic : Social Media for Social Good Pre-Conference. Description : This half-day workshop will cover basic and intermediate levels of social media topics including an introduction to core tools, evaluation, implementation and strategic application.

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#GivingTuesday: Why I Am Participating in the National Day of Giving on November 27, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Maybe one is that Giving Tuesday becomes an official national holiday or becomes an annual event like Cyber Monday. What is the definition of success? What is the change that will result?

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As 2012 Winds Down

NCE Social Media

As 2012 winds down there were several major stories that I came across that are worth sharing. Third, Last week I attended a great seminar at Jones Day that featured attorneys and representatives from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) who discussed social media policies. On Christmas Day Randi posted a family photo on Facebook.

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Synapses Ablaze at GEO 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Synapses Ablaze at GEO 2012 – guest post by Victoria Dunning. GEO’s 2012 National [.] After Day 2 at the GEO conference my mind is abuzz!

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Fundraising Ideas to Reverse the Trend of Declining Email Response Rates

NetWits

based national nonprofits in 2012. One of the eye-catching findings from the study was the steep decline in the performance of fundraising emails in 2012. Epsilon and The Email Institute’s Q3 2012 report indicated overall click-through rates have fallen from 5.5 percent to 4.5 percent over the past year. What’s to blame?

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Boost Your Voice with LightBox Collaborative’s 2012 Editorial Calendar

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was honored when Holly agreed to do this post about the 2012 Editorial Calendar. And, now, we are excited to present the new and improved editorial calendar for 2012. But many causes and organizations are finding that it’s a lot harder to get picked up in the local paper and/or the national news than it used to be.

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12 Useful, Well-Designed, Worth-Downloading Android Apps Created by Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

But thanks to a strategy focused on bringing low-cost smartphones to the masses worldwide, Google’s Android surged to a whopping 68% share of the global smartphone market in the second quarter of 2012. National Wildlife Federation :: What Did Snakey Eat? National Parks Conservation Association :: Park Wildlife Field Guide App.

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