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New on SSIR: Learning to Draw, Socializing Fundraising, and More from the Nonprofit Technology Conference #12NTC

Amy Sample Ward

The annual conference from NTEN: Nonprofit Technology Network brought together 1,800 nonprofit professionals, technologists, and service providers for three days of sessions, panels, and workshops covering the gamut of topics related to technology and social impact. You can download them now for free.

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25 SMART Social Media Objectives

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some struggle to find an attainable number. Benchmarking comparing your organization’s past performance to itself or doing a formal or informal analysis of peer organizations can help. It also helps to break down your goal into monthly or quarterly benchmarks. SMART objectives can be revised along the way.

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Reflections from #MFOM14: Email Marketing, Fundraising, and Visual Communications

NTEN

At #MFOM14, I participated as a speaker, leading one workshop, Email Marketing to Support Year-Round Online Fundraising , and as a panelist for the session, Visual Communication: Create pictures, videos, and presentations quickly, easily, and affordably.

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Google at ACL 2023

Google Research AI blog

As a leader in natural language processing and understanding, and a Diamond Level sponsor of ACL 2023 , Google will showcase the latest research in the field with over 50 publications, and active involvement in a variety of workshops and tutorials. You can also learn more about Google's participation below (Google affiliations in bold ).

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Grant Distribution Best Practices: 5 Tips for Funders

sgEngage

Set a benchmark so any payments under that amount, such as $5,000, only need to be approved by the grants manager. For instance, you could share budgeting templates, provide a referral to a financial advisor, or recommend attending a workshop on managing large-scale funding. Throughout the process, stay accessible for questions.

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Guest Post by Marc van Bree: Orchestras and Social Media Survey

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: One question that I get asked at almost every workshop is about budget. While there have been different surveys on nonprofit adoption, for example, these two recent studies I profiled last month, I wish there was a benchmarking study. How much are nonprofit organizations spending on social media? What are the returns?

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Robo-advisor StashAway gets $25M Series D led by Sequoia Capital India

TechCrunch

StashAway WorkPlace grew out of the Financial Wellness Program, a set of seminars and workshops on financial planning and investing that has been used in Singapore by about 200 companies, including Salesforce, Twitter, Netflix and LinkedIn. The company says it has outperformed benchmarks since launching in 2017.

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