TechImpact

AUGUST 7, 2014

58% of Americans now own smart phones, and this number is only expected to continue to grow with the advent of cheap alternatives. Naturally, the nonprofit sector is looking at this trend and searching for the most effective way to leverage the power of the new technology to aid fundraising and volunteer recruitment efforts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 31, 2020

Alternatively, you can make a push to re-engage these donors by sending them pledge reminders to help you reach your goal. 3) Past Trends. Fundraising event alternatives. It can be helpful to identify any pledges that may be delinquent and have past due payments. 2) Automatic Monthly Giving. Crowdfunding campaign.

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NTEN

AUGUST 13, 2009

As usual, I did a session on social media , but they also let me trot out something new: Five Trends that Will Impact IT. The presentation includes lots of tech stuff, of course. I tried to frame most of the trends in terms of the business changes that are happening and the possibilities and challenges they create for IT.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 28, 2020

While there are lots of different ways to learn the ins, the outs, and the latest trends in the event industry, listening to a podcast is probably one of the easiest and most entertaining ways to do it! . The Event Tech Podcast. But, as with many tech spaces, understanding the finer points can be difficult.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In the frenzy of exciting discounts and hot new product trends, it can be a challenge for nonprofits with online shops to compete with big brands and e-commerce giants that have significantly larger marketing and advertising budgets. If Shopify isn’t your cup of tea, there are many alternatives. The holiday shopping season is upon us.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

As more donors look for alternative ways to engage with nonprofits, chatbots are likely to become increasingly popular, especially with millennials and Gen Z who are more accustomed to interacting with technology.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The Barcelona tradeshow sets the mobile trends for the year with major announcements expected from Nokia, Samsung, LG, and others. Designed for the developing world, nonprofit Mozilla's Firefox phones are meant to be a low-cost alternative to iPhones and Android phones. What mobile trends are capturing your attention?

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Alternatively, some companies have created online “merch,” like shirts that people can buy for their virtual avatars. . Skepticism, cultural trends, and the sheer “newness” of cryptocurrency are some of the many factors that make this market an incredibly volatile one. Exploring the New Frontier. Not sure where to begin?

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 20, 2024

Depending on the tools used, AI can support identifying anomalies in large datasets, such as data segments that deviate from broader trends. The Tech Policy Lab at the University of Washington has developed a practice and guidance around writing data statements ( [link] ). These might be tasks you already do, just significantly faster.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The experience has made me acutely aware that access to information about trends in nonprofit technology, online fundraising, and social media often does not reach small NGOs – especially those in rural areas. Of course, being based in the U.S., 1) Launch a new website that is mobile-optimized.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2015

It’s very expensive and time-consuming for nonprofits to launch their own mobile apps, but nonprofits should still download and study apps created by nonprofits – as well as fundraising apps created by social entrepreneurs – to stay current on the trend. Refresh your social media training. Take regular breaks from technology.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

The most popular desktop content management systems are quickly catching up to now offer easy, inexpensive mobile content options, but the time to learn about the importance of this trend for mobile communications and fundraising is now, or to be more exact March 6, 2012. Related Links: 10 Most Popular Posts on Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

To find the right product for your needs, the best place to begin is with requirements to help you evaluate alternatives. CFOs and financial managers use data to find patterns in behavior, identify trends to help plot the best course for their operations, and to take advantage of the opportunities good data can provide.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 23, 2023

ACH transfers: These are direct bank transfers which minimize transaction fees and provide an alternative to cards. Cryptocurrencies: Some processors support donations in cryptocurrencies, appealing to tech-savvy donors. Mobile payments: Mobile wallets and apps enable quick donations through smartphones.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 14, 2020

Hybrid events, events that include both in-person and virtual elements, have been a rising trend for the last several years, but restrictions on gathering in recent months have made them a possible solution for current or future events. .

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Trend Micro: January 30, 2017. The idea is to replace several major components of Windows XP with alternative software. Use alternative web browsers rather than the Internet Explorer browser that is native to Windows XP. Find a list of alternative browsers here. Find some other email alternatives here.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I love alternative history novels. I was thinking I’d do a few alternative histories of museums for the first post of the last month of the decade. As I imagined a world without the many museum tech projects of the decade, I felt inherently sad about the imagining away the successes that friends and colleagues have enjoying.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Study and implement modern design trends. Intro to Coding’s website features animated geometric shapes in the hero area of their site (aka the “above the fold” area), in-line with 2020 geometric shape and animation trends.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 3, 2024

As you plan your fundraising activities, choose marketing strategies, and set your annual goals, reading up on the latest giving trends can help you align your approach with what’s going on in the wider nonprofit community. In particular, technology trends are bound to play a part in your organization’s digital marketing efforts.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

What happens when you combine local government, open data, and creative and tech-savvy citizens? Led by TechSoup Europe , Apps4Warsaw challenged Warsaw's tech-for-good community members to create useful technology for their neighbors using city open datasets. Apps4Warsaw. A Contest Built on City Data. Second Place: Curtain up!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

If you have a reliable history of data usage, look at the trends over time and make allowances for growth. If you’re really concerned about overages and don’t want to pay a national carrier for a data plan that’s bigger than you need, look into alternative carriers. Look into Unlimited Plans.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

If there is one thing I have learned over ten years of using the Internet for fundraising and social change, those nonprofits that can embrace change quickly, empower their visionaries, and adopt new Web trends, reap the benefits of being early adopters. The Web and how people use it is transforming quickly.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 28, 2014

The less work that you can complete through the import tool, the more work you will have to address alternatively. The data hoarder in all of us wants to keep data “just in case” we need it, or to run those cool reports that show 10 years of trends. Unfortunately, based on our experience, the quality of these tools varies.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

" Given the natural affinity between the principals of open source development -- peer production, collaboration, transparency -- and the goals and culture of many civic sector organizations, it makes sense for decision makers and tech staff to at least keep up to date on developments in the open source world. Current Trends.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2013

Tech Impact is watching some interesting trends emerge in nonprofit technology in 2013. The app will help social workers find available shelters, and in the event the shelters are full, an alternative, like donated hotel rooms that can harbor the victims in a safe place to spend the night. Here's what we see: Big Data.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. According to the Global Trends in Giving Report , 27% of online donors say that email is the tool that most inspires them to give (social media 29%, 18% website, 12% print). BCC is an absolute worst practice, please don’t do it.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

It’s time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news again! TechSoup Global donation partner, Cisco , is starting to talk about an alternative to cloud computing, the paradigm that relies on huge data centers to do all our processing. Tech For Good Winners of the 12th Annual Microsoft Imagine Cup.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

Of course, I’ve been a wiki fan since the very beginning, and I haven’t lost the desire for true data portability , and open source alternatives to the current social networks. 2 trackbacks } Nonprofit Communications » Blog Archive » Nonprofit Trends - What’s Hot & Not @ the Carnival 08.15.08

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

Easily replaced with free or lower-cost alternatives. If you’re apprehensive at the thought of cutting into your profit margins with steep discounts, a good alternative is thinking of areas where you can provide additional value. Explore the tech tools that your organization needs as well as the top providers of each.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

Welcome to “Tech Policies for Virtual Teams—A Leader’s Responsibility.” We took August off in the Leadership webinar series, so it feels really good to be back with you and to be back with you with a partner—the first of two webinars we’re going to do with our friends at Tech Impact. So let me introduce our two Tech Impact presenters.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

The Blackbaud Donation Program at TechSoup also offers eTapestry (an alternative to Raiser's Edge and RE NXT) and a prospect database called NOZAsearch. Read about Insights from the Blackbaud #GivingTuesday Trends Report. Other Fundraising Resources. See a comparison of other fundraising software available through TechSoup.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

To add to that, Digital Trends reported earlier in the summer that users of the eBay mobile app for Android and iPhone in the U.K. " One thing to thing to note is that 7 percent may be more than you want to forfeit of your donation as compared to some of the other alternatives out there. GoodWorld takes a 4.8 Square charges 2.75

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Although this appears at first glance to be beyond reach in a virtual setting, consider breaking down each aspect one by one to consider online alternatives. Alternatively, you might combine a silent auction with a shop by allowing buyers to either purchase an item at a buy-it-now or have the item awarded to the highest bidder.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Thus, it continues the decades-long trend that IT spending has an increasing share of the global economy. Below, I’ll describe some recent research on the used, or "secondary," marketplace as well as some of the trends that address the viability of the refurbished computer market. Refurbishment and the Environment.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Thus, it continues the decades-long trend that IT spending has an increasing share of the global economy. Below, I’ll describe some recent research on the used, or "secondary," marketplace as well as some of the trends that address the viability of the refurbished computer market. Refurbishment and the Environment.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 12, 2023

Are you ready to stay up to date on organizational trends as you build a culture of inclusiveness for your members and stakeholders? TECH TIP: Guarantee your technological reach goes farther with Nimble AMS and the Salesforce AppExchange. Salesforce and Nimble AMS believe in leveraging technology to transform the world.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2011

Gershenfeld recommended a combination of gateway experiences which wraps students’ interests around curricula infused into game-making and pairs that with mentoring, for a high-tech/high-touch approach that is a powerful learning pathway.

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