Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

A new social networking site, called “Quetchup&# spammed (without permission) the contacts of people who signed up for the site. at 10:26 pm { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Allan Benamer 10.02.07 It’s not really mine, and I don’t like that. goodiness. at 9:46 am Web 2.0 at 9:53 am lol!

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Historic Geneva frequently digitizes and posts photos from its collection of tens of thousands, and residents chime in with their own memories of bars , church groups , neighborhoods , and businesses , sometimes connecting with former neighbors in comment sections or following up with Historic Geneva to share details or artifacts with the museum.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

If you try to use your regular email, you run the risk of being marked as spam, looking unprofessional, and not being able to measure open rates. CAN SPAM laws so you don’t have to worry about it. Letter from your Executive Director or Board chair. Comment on your blog post. So leave these out: 1. Give a donation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

She and I have have linked to each other’s blog posts and commented on each others posts over the past three years. I thought I’d tweeted about it so much that Twitter was going to suspend my account for spamming—yet many of my followers didn’t even know about it. Note from Beth: Diana Scimone is a free agent fundraiser.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2013

TechSoup's own Kevin Lo noticed some strange activity on his email accounts when friends were replying to spam he was supposedly sending out. In the case of People Plus, the director contacted all of the individuals with compromised data. Share if you dare in the comments below. Paranormal Email Activity. You can fight back!

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Quality matters, of course, but the shear quantity and frequency of communications that most organizations seek to produce has increased dramatically -- whether its blogs, tweets, commenting, web site updates, collaborations, cross posting, press releases, or good old print brochures. Use a tool like Hootsuite to schedule your tweets.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2012

He is director of programmes at CTT, which is our TechSoup Global partner in the UK. "I’m as big an advocate of a good firewall and a reputable anti-virus/spam package on all your systems as the next person. Tell us in the comments! Richard Cooper of Charity Technology Trust (CTT) in the U.K.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Facebook doesn't automatically spam your email contacts. You might also search on the names of your speakers, authors, officers and executive director. Sign up for Facebook and search for your organization's name there, too. You can also find people you know on Facebook simply by importing your email list from Outlook. Don't worry.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

In fact, with blogs and the ability to post comments, sometimes you're not even involved in some of your best or worst marketing efforts. While you may have control over the content on your web site and landing page, the reality is that on all other outlets your audiences are going to make comments and get involved. Not always.

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The Verge

APRIL 13, 2021

When asked for comment on these and other issues highlighted in this piece, Google offered only boilerplate responses. He started work at Google in 2004 and when he resigned in February, he was director of its Trust & Safety Engineering group. SHAKEN CONFIDENCE.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Talked about the problem of wiki spam and how easy it is to administrator. Gabriela Tanasan – Executive Director, Orizonturi Foundation, Campulung Moldovenesc. They also prepared them about how to respond to comments. Remember Alice in Wonderland - watching yourself in a mirror which you write and you receive comments.

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Roundtree

AUGUST 10, 2021

Thoughts from our irreplaceable Creative Director, Jonathan Moore. Organization Comments CAPTCHA. And we're promising not to spam you. 6 Tips for Building Your Nonprofit’s Social Media Following. Only post things you’d be comfortable with anyone seeing.”. I’m ready for results. Name Email. GET IN TOUCH. 919.601.1439.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Jonathon Colman is the Associate Director of Digital Marketing for The Nature Conservancy, where he works on a team that is charged with the strategic marketing and promotion of The Conservancy's primary web site, nature.org. I'd like to know how you convinced your executive directors/senior staff to go for it? What were the concerns?

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Quality matters, of course, but the shear quantity and frequency of communications that most organizations seek to produce has increased dramatically -- whether its blogs, tweets, commenting, web site updates, collaborations, cross posting, press releases, or good old print brochures. Use a tool like Hootsuite to schedule your tweets.

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Roundtree

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Engaging Donors: Web Design Strategies from a UX Expert This week, we sat down with Mary Claire, our director of user experience, to ask a few questions about nonprofit web design and her thoughts on utilizing design to attract donors. And we're promising not to spam you. If you’re ready to elevate your website, contact us today!

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

The greatest enemy of a direct response email is the spam filter. When in doubt, change it — or flag it in a comment to ask an outside editor for a gutcheck. But make sure you are explaining acronyms and providing background information, even if that explanatory content needs to go below the fold. The second greatest enemy is time.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Consultants and Vendors Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 05:26PM | by Justin Perkins Matt Howes Guest Blog By Matt Howes, Director of Technology, Media Matters for America Remember when the webmaster did everything from graphic design to information architecture and content writing? Contact him at mhowes@mediamatters.org.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

They are going to decide then whether or not they want to unsubscribe because you’re sending them spam or if they want to stay engaged with your organization. It’s largely up to you, but I recommend including the following components in your donor acquisition email series: A thank you email from your Executive Director. Click here.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Consultants and Vendors Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 05:26PM | by Justin Perkins Matt Howes Guest Blog By Matt Howes, Director of Technology, Media Matters for America Remember when the webmaster did everything from graphic design to information architecture and content writing? Contact him at mhowes@mediamatters.org.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 18, 2007

The exhibition is being developed by the New York Hall of Science , and I worked with Eric Siegel, the Director of NY Science, to initiate this project. There were 54 comments made by 17 people. We each spent another 2 hours throughout the week checking in on the voicethread and responding to comments. Participation was high.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

Here are three examples of changes you could make: Change the language and presentation of comment cards. While plenty of museums say “We want your feedback,” I have yet to visit a museum with a comment card that says, “we want your best idea to make this museum better.” What do you want?” Museum emails are almost always shouting.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2008

It’s not enough to say someone’s famous, that you like spam. If we didn’t get thoughtful comments, we were just going to do it ourselves. So we got back written comments and ratings 1-10. Our director talked, I talked about the process, the conservator talked about the challenges of getting god knows what through the door.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

We want to hear your questions and we want to see your comments. Thanks for the comments about my girls. I have to admit, I hate asking people for money and I know you’re like, “Wait a minute, I’m a development director. We can see your chat comments here. Loving your comments, by the way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2008

Neff is the Director of Web, Film and Interactive Strategy for the American Cancer Society. YouTube has tons of trolls and comment spam. What are people commenting on? I'm doing a series of blog about lessons learned from nonprofits in adopting social media projects as the Cute Dog Theory. (If A firehose of information.

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Blue Avocado

AUGUST 20, 2024

Of course, the director was horrified when I relayed this situation and apologized profusely. A Few Additional Comments Now that we’ve gone over the most important steps nonprofits must take when courting new donors, I also wanted to offer a few additional suggestions for improving donor relations.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

Haji initially stayed on, as Convios president, but stepped down from that role last month, although he remains a member of Convios board of directors. While spam is worse than it’s ever been, email continues to be the key to successful online fundraising programs – that’s a bit of surprise. Hope youre doing well!

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

Haji initially stayed on, as Convios president, but stepped down from that role last month, although he remains a member of Convios board of directors. While spam is worse than it’s ever been, email continues to be the key to successful online fundraising programs – that’s a bit of surprise. Hope youre doing well!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

So send in your questions and comments along the way. I like to joke that I have had every job that is a Rubik’s cube in the nonprofit world, staff member, board member, founder, executive director. No spam here. Oh, Terry said she just learned that her former development director didn’t thank a lot of donors.

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

5) The furor about “junk mail” is mild compared to that about spam—as it should be, because online communications is prey to all sorts of fraud. Cheers, Cristina Fundraising Director, Greenpeace China June 1, 2009 | Cristina San Vicente Ive raised $215,000 for the Sharing Foundation through social networking sites.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 24, 2025

The bot farm broadcasts coordinated likes, comments, and shares to make it seem as if a lot of people are excited or upset about something like a volatile stock, a global travesty, or celebrity gossipeven though theyre not. On TikTok, you used to be able to see how many times a specific hashtag was shared or commented on, says Alexander.

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The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2020

Disney’s board of directors had passed Mayer over for the CEO job anyway, though, and so he had reason to leave. The platform is also dealing with an influx of spam, according to their latest transparency report. Send us tips, comments, questions, and TikToks set inside a Walmart: casey@theverge.com and zoe@theverge.com.

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