TechImpact
APRIL 16, 2014
'Image courtesy of athgo. Social media is well documented as a necessary marketing platform for all nonprofits. They allow you instantly connect with millions of users who represent every demographic under the sun. Everyone knows promoting your nonprofit’s events, services, and fundraisers on social media is a good idea, but many do not know why, or more importantly, how, to do it.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 14, 2014
'The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. Owned by Facebook, Instagram is the largest mobile social network in the United States. With more than half its users outside the United States, Instagram is well-positioned to become more broadly used worldwide. The predominant age group of users is 18–29.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 3, 2014
'One of the joys of my role is meeting other social sector leaders: people with a powerful passion for good. We learn from each other, and try to help each other when we can. Jamila Hassoune Ten years ago, I started corresponding with a fascinating woman from Morocco, Jamila Hassoune. Over time, I learned more and more about her work and background.
3rd Sector Labs
APRIL 28, 2014
'If you’ve migrated donor data from one CRM to another, no doubt you have dealt with a lot of difficult decisions. In fact, our donor data migration clients often express surprise at the number of decisions they have to make. In this post, we discuss our list of Top 10 Tough Donor Data Migration Decisions. By way of qualification, our intent with this article is to be CRM agnostic.
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VisionLink
APRIL 16, 2014
'We believe that organizations should be compensated for the creation, organization, maintenance, and updates of community information data, especially in the nonprofit space. In this nonprofit space, there are no discretionary profits available to allocate toward community information management. Moreover, raising money specifically for data management is much more difficult than raising funds for particular causes.
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TechImpact
APRIL 18, 2014
'“Does your nonprofit have a blog?” This is a question that’s been asked since the dawn of the internet. The blog is no longer a sign of prosperity, but a necessary addition to every nonprofit’s arsenal of online weapons. It can also leave your nonprofit open to criticism. If everything is not where it needs to be, if it’s riddled with mistypes, dead links, or other blemishes, you could soon come under attack!
Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 17, 2014
'This week Twitter began its roll out of a new Twitter Profile design and at any moment your nonprofit’s Twitter Profile could have a completely different look and functionality. The new design is obviously more visual, but it also places more emphasis on the content that your followers have engaged with. If you aren’t getting engagement on Twitter (retweeted, replied to, mentioned, favorited, and listed), then your nonprofit must dramatically change its Twitter strategy.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 18, 2014
'Are you motivated by the power of technology as a force for good that can directly help the world’s poorest communities thrive? Do you believe ours could be a world in which the benefits of technology touch the lives of all people, not just the wealthiest and most able five percent of humanity? Are you driven to make a real difference from a leadership position in the open source community, at the heart of Silicon Valley and at the unique intersection of technology and social change?
3rd Sector Labs
APRIL 23, 2014
'Third Sector Labs recently co-hosted a data management webinar with Debbie Snyder , VP of Sales & Marketing for Adcieo. The topic – “Why don’t you have a data management plan?” – focused on why you need, and how to create, a nonprofit data management plan. We had also blogged earlier on the topic. Debbie and Gary Carr , CEO of Third Sector Labs, co-presented.
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VisionLink
APRIL 15, 2014
'Geospatial mapping is an increasingly hot topic in large-scale natural disasters, including Hurricane Sandy and the Oklahoma Tornadoes. As technology continues to advance, data mapping is moving from being a powerful tool for specific cases to being a new norm in all disaster relief. Collecting and distributing critical information graphically helps both the responders and the millions of victims each year.
Wild Apricot
APRIL 2, 2014
'How can you ensure an active, engaged board? In this guest post, Lamees Abourahma outlines three creative ideas that associations have implemented that have been effective.
TechImpact
APRIL 15, 2014
'Image courtesy of Strategic Leadership Resources. One of the biggest complaints employees of nonprofit (and for-profits, for that matter) organizations have is the lack of transparency between management and the employees. They often feel out of the loop, closed off from what’s happening “behind closed doors” in the conference room, or the corner office.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 5, 2014
'As the fiscal year comes to a close and nonprofits are currently crafting next year’s budget, adding a line item for infographic design would be a very wise investment. From print fundraising appeals to digital annuals reports to compelling storytelling through tweets and status updates, the social science of online behavior confirms again and again that messages are most effectively communicated through images.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand
Is your organization ready to build a recurring giving program that not only sustains but also propels your mission forward? 🚀 In this new webinar with industry visionary Tim Sarrantonio, we’ll guide you through the critical steps to establishing and scaling a successful recurring giving program. Whether you’re starting fresh or enhancing an existing program, this session will provide the strategies you need to deepen donor relationships and secure long-term support!
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 23, 2014
'As a content curator, I’m not just on the hunt for learning the new or what’s buzzing. But, a big part of content curation is organizing and presenting your collection. I don’t always share links as I find them, but because I use content curation to support curriculum development for my training work, I like to share collections that organized so people can take an hour or so and get up to speed on a topic or to use if you are doing a training.
3rd Sector Labs
APRIL 14, 2014
'If your data isn’t getting better, it’s getting worse. – TSL data expert. Those are words we live by. And no, we aren’t simply advocating some chaos theory about data. Unfortunately, it’s true … and the only way to combat the problem is examine what’s in your data management plan. What’s going on? Organizations in every industry today dependent on good data to be successful.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
APRIL 9, 2014
'According to Ron Ricci and Carl Wiese, authors of the book, The Collaboration Imperative , high-performing teams have the following characteristics: People have solid and deep trust in each other and in the team''s purpose--they feel free to express feelings and ideas. Everybody is working toward the same goals. Team members are clear on how to work together and how to accomplish tasks.
Wild Apricot
APRIL 14, 2014
'Is it time to do a little spring cleaning on your website? Here''s a preview of a resource in our Membership Knowledge Hub: Website Spring Cleaning To Do List.
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.
TechImpact
APRIL 29, 2014
'Image courtesy of idiva.com. The commute to work. The work. The commute home from work. All too often nonprofit employees fall victim to the daily rhythm, and allow it to dictate their mood and their effectiveness at work. It’s an easy trap to fall into. Seeing the same people, driving the same roads, or taking the same public transportation can grow tedious.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 19, 2014
'Public Interest Registry – the not-for-profit operator of the.org domain – has launched the first registration phase, known as the Sunrise Period (beginning April 22), for three new Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). Qualified domain trademark holders can now submit applications for each of these three new domains, which translate to “organisation” or “institution” in non-Latin-based scripts – one in Devanagari (.?????
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 1, 2014
'Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master. The co-facilitator was Amy Hedrick who works in Product and Design Innovation at Intuit.
NTEN
APRIL 7, 2014
'Jessica Fraser Sotelo. Deputy Director of Online Marketing. World Wildlife Fund. With the huge growth in visitors from mobile devices, it is critical for nonprofits to think of the user experience. Learn how the World Wildlife Fund thinks "mobile first" to optimize its marketing efforts on their website, email, and SMS. At World Wildlife Fund, we’ve seen an explosion in mobile visitors over the past three years.
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BoardAssist
APRIL 29, 2014
'The CEO/Board Chair relationship can either propel a nonprofit to achieve enormous good in their sector, or act as a major hindrance towards accomplishing that goal. We field questions about how to strengthen this bond on a weekly basis, so we turned to Melissa Mendes Campos of La Piana Consulting - a terrific nonprofit consulting firm based in California – and asked her to share some insight with our followers on the topic.
Wild Apricot
APRIL 11, 2014
'Here''s a preview of a new article in our Membership Knowledge Hub (by Tobi Johnson) that provides insight into and tips for managing and supporting offsite and virtual volunteers.
TechImpact
APRIL 23, 2014
'Image courtesy of Stable Cash Income. Driving web traffic to your nonprofit’s website is likely at the top of your to-do list. You’ve invested in it, consistently update the content, post to your blog, and market events through your website. So, of course you want people to see all that great content. Bottom line is, many, if not most, of your web visitors are arriving at your website not for the reasons you intended.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
APRIL 22, 2014
'A lot of companies struggle when creating their mission statement. Author Peter F. Drucker provides the following good advice in one of my favorite book''s of his, The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization :" Every mission statement has to reflect three things : Opportunities Competence Commitment In other words, he explains: What is our purpose?
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