Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 4, 2013

'For nonprofit admins that do not have the time to regularly research social media trends, it can be a battle to stay ahead of the learning curve. In addition to the time required to create content for social media and manage social networks, new media managers need at least two hours weekly to research social media trends and best practices. For those nonprofits that allocate staff time, embracing early adoption is key to social media success.

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'Image courtesy of Vudu Marketing. Your nonprofit is only as successful as its reach, and in today’s internet focused marketplace your reach is driven by your online presence. Accepting donations, tracking volunteers , and promoting events are all done online and without a formal search engine optimization plan (SEO) plan, your nonprofit could be left out of a lot of online searches.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 13, 2013

'Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio , a weekly online radio show that Tony hosts, is Big Nonprofit Ideas for the Other 95%. Trusted experts and leading thinkers join Tony each week to tackle the tough issues facing small-and mid-size nonprofits. This week, Tony focused on Millennials and some of the tips for engaging different demographics on social channels with guest Derrick Feldmann of Achieve.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2013

'I’m delighted to share with you today a wonderful success story from our Volunteer Program. UC Santa Cruz students who participated in our volunteer pilot project— proofreading textbooks for our Bookshare collection—have done a fantastic job proofreading over a short period of time three entire textbooks! This means more than 2,300 pages of text and an amazing gift for the 250,000+ Bookshare student members we serve.

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DECEMBER 3, 2013

'Facebook has updated its News Feed algorithm again. What does this mean for you? It means that they want more people to know what is going on around them…and by pushing more stories with the most comments, the most shares, and the most likes to the top of your feed, they believe you will want to see that story. Almost one third of people use Facebook to get their news.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 17, 2013

'Launching online fundraising campaigns around cause awareness days is good strategy. Social network communities are highly responsive to giving and promoting your nonprofit’s cause on cause awareness days and provided your nonprofit prepares at least one month in advance, cause awareness days provide ample opportunity to create visual and text-based content that inspires engagement and interaction on your social networks.

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 30, 2013

'Image courtesy of Scorephoenix.org. How many emails do you receive per day? A lot, right? And chances are good you do not interact with, or completely read each and every one of them. Your subscribers are receiving a similar deluge of daily offers, sales, and information in their inboxes. As a result, It is important to make sure that your subscribers are not discouraged from opening, reading, and engaging with your emailed content.

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3rd Sector Labs

DECEMBER 1, 2013

We talk a lot about Open Source technology (and we use it quite extensively too) so it might make sense for us to take a moment and explain why we are such advocates. So let’s get started. Affordability – Open Source is free of licensing fees. Free is good, particularly when it involves robust, proven, well-supported technology that not so very long ago would have cost millions to implement.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'This post originally appeared on Arabella Advisors'' Greater Good blog as part of the series Impact 2014. For many years, people frequently suggested that Benetech , the nonprofit tech company I founded and lead, get more involved in Washington, DC policy and legislative action. “Isn’t that where good ideas go to die?” I’d say, dodging the recommendations.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 18, 2013

'This week’s link round-up offers: tips for “harvesting insight, using “flash foresight”, finding “killer resources” as well as how to “think like a fundraiser, feel like a donor” and “sponsorship dos and don’ts”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

'I have a couple of New Year’s rituals that help prepare me for a new year. These include a review of the year’s accomplishments and two techniques that help you focus on your goals: Peter Bregman’s theme for the year , and Chris Brogan’s “ My Three Words.” I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2013

'#FundraisingFriday is a campaign meant to inspire individuals to commit to donating at least $10 to one of their favorite nonprofits every Friday. First tweeted in May 2012 from @ NonprofitOrgs , the #FundraisingFriday hashtag has since then been tweeted and retweeted thousands of times. If you are a nonprofit, use the #FundraisingFriday hashtag to ask your followerers and fans to donate.

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 6, 2013

'Nonprofits in 2012 and 2013 successfully out-hired the private sector, saw their profits continually rise, and steadily became more tech-savvy and efficient in contemporary internet driven world. Here are some alarming stats you may not have known about nonprofits, and some reasons why they will continue trending up: The nonprofit sector contributed $804.8 billion to the U.S. economy, making up 5.5% of the GDP.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2013

'With only a couple weeks left of 2013, it''s time to select your New Year''s Resolutions for 2014. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year''s resolutions for leaders ? Don''t micromanage Don''t be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company''s strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 30, 2013

'Dear Friends of Benetech, As we wrap up another busy year, full of milestones and exciting accomplishments , we’d like to take a moment to simply say thank you. Whether you''ve volunteered your time, made a financial contribution, attended one of our events, or helped to spread the word about the work we’re doing – thank you! We couldn’t do it without your support.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 9, 2013

'A new report indicates that most volunteers simply want to be thanked and shown the impact of their efforts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2013

'Harold Jarche (Click for Original Article). On December 17 at 6:30 pm, I am facilitating a discussion and presenting at one of Scoop.It’s “ Lean Content ” events in San Francisco. The topic is “ The Unanticipated Benefits of Content Curation for Nonprofits.” Content curation is sifting through information on the web and organizing, filtering and making sense of it and sharing the very best content with your network.

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Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

'There are folks in the non-profit world who believe that, when it comes to fundraising, social media is a waste of time. (Many of those people happen to be in the direct mail business!) During this year’s International Fundraising Congress in Holland, it was our CEO Michael Hoffman’s goal to put a critical eye on […].

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 4, 2013

'Image courtesy of University of Connecticut. Cloud computing is the future of doing business. However, many corporate environments, especially nonprofits, seem hesitant to jump into a new way of conducting business, and understandably so as there exist many misconceptions and uncertainty surrounding the reasonably new technology. Here are 4 cloud computing misconceptions from Connecting Up to set you at ease about cloud technology.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 23, 2013

'Renee Alexander. Take advantage of real-time collaboration with your team, constituents, and your community. Google Hangout is a super easy way to hold video conferences with multiple individuals or groups of people. In addition to being easy, it is accessible to all of your employees, constituents and volunteers as anyone with a Google account can take part in a Hangout without having to download any additional software or sign up for anything new.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

'Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013 , we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, Lucy Bernholz, and other luminaries to find out what is in their crystal balls for 2014. Amy Sample Ward. We lead off with Amy Sample Ward who is the executive director of NTEN , the big membership organization of nonprofit technology professionals.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 23, 2013

'As we wrap up 2013, we thought it might be fun to compile some data on the state of Wild Apricot Software. So here’s our first-ever End of Year Infographic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2013

'Image Source: Pando Daily. Over the years, I’ve attended events where a representatives from Facebook shared with nonprofits how to use the platform more effectively. During the Q/A after the presentation, one of the most frequent questions asked has been, “Will Facebook be making grants to nonprofits?” The answer is always something along the lines of “We are giving the platform to nonprofits to use for free.” Earlier this week, in line with that CSR st

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Forum One

DECEMBER 9, 2013

'Over eight weeks in the summer of 2013, my son and I cycled 3,700 miles across the country, from San Francisco back home to Alexandria, Virginia. The trip was something my son Alex had long been dreaming of and planning to do since graduating from high school. When other co-riders could not join Alex (18), Chris (that’s me, 52) decided to join – and thus launched the adventure, a two-month father-son road trip taking place just before Alex headed off to college.

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 19, 2013

'Image courtesy of entech. Chances are good your organization is already using some form of cloud computing without realizing it. Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, and Google Docs are all examples of cloud-based applications, also known as software as a service (SaaS). But what is cloud computing? Cloud computing, simply put, is a way for your computer to access computing power via the internet.

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