Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 29, 2015

'Anyone who has ever posted, shared, retweeted, pinned, or tumbled an infographic has first hand experience of how popular and poweful infographics can be online. Communicating your data and calls-to-action in visual format is smart strategy. However, you can have an exceptionally well-designed, useful infographic, but if its not compatible with social media and mobile devices, then it’s unlikely to gain traction.

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TechImpact

MARCH 25, 2015

'The average nonprofit budgets 1-2.2% of total annual spending for technology, according to the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Staffing and Investments Report from NTEN. Quite often, the majority of that budget only covers IT staff salaries and infrastructure overhead, leaving nonprofits with very little remaining to invest in new, cutting-edge technology resources.

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EveryAction

MARCH 23, 2015

'An email series is a set of pre-written emails that are sent to a user after that user takes a specific action. It can also be called a drip campaign, email workflow, or branching email campaign.

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Byte Technology

MARCH 25, 2015

'Thankfully, it’s an altruistic (mostly) world we live in these days. Depending on where you are, charitable giving and volunteerism is at an all time high: indeed, over the last 40 years public philanthropy has steadily risen to the point where today, Americans—both individuals and families—donate some $335.17 billion to non-profits; businesses and corporations kick in another $17 billion; 64.5 million adults volunteer more than 7.9 billion hours of their time to service in the charitable secto

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3rd Sector Labs

MARCH 1, 2015

Have you watched the A&E television show Hoarders? The clutter and garbage in some of the homes on that show are unmanageable. It makes you want to shout at the tv: “Throw that trash away!”. Now, let’s talk about your donor database. When was the last time you cleaned it up? Got rid of dupes? Threw the trash out? Perhaps this story is familiar. Year after year you gather information about donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 21, 2015

'Date: Tuesday, June 16. Time: 1-2:30pm EDT. Cost: Free! How to Register: Sign up. Presented by: Heather Mansfield. View: Complete Webinar Schedule. Based on more than 20 years of experience and 25,000+ hours spent utilizing mobile and social media, Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits is a comprehensive 256-page book packed with more than 500 best practices.

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TechImpact

MARCH 16, 2015

'If your non-profit hosts events, using social media to promote them can be a powerful tool to gain exposure. Whether it’s a conference, fundraiser or fun run, social media can help spread the word and encourage people to attend your event. Here are a few ways to take advantage of social media to further your […]. The post 4 Ways To Promote Your Events Through Social Media appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology.

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EveryAction

MARCH 19, 2015

'We’ve come a long way since 1999. The web has seen multiple updates to HTML and CSS, witnessed the explosion of video, and the meteoric rise in mobile traffic among many other siesmic shifts.

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Byte Technology

MARCH 23, 2015

'Maybe you’ve heard the old saying “there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.” Well, when it comes to non-profit websites, many of which are built around that magic word—“free”—truer words have never been uttered. The allure is of course obvious. Most non-profits struggle financially at various points in their existence, and the thought of getting something gratis is hard to resist.

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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3rd Sector Labs

MARCH 28, 2015

Can the risk to your next fundraising effort be forecast in advance through some basic data algorithms? The answer is a resounding ‘yes,’ which should be good news to nonprofit organizations concerned about recent news articles portraying the declining fortunes in walkathons and other popular team-building events. Throughout the early 00’s these team-building events enjoyed enormous popularity with their nonprofit sponsors and the participants who joined them.

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 9, 2015

'BoardSource recently released their latest report, “Leading With Intent: A National Index of Nonprofit Board Practices”. Here are some statistics and insights that caught my eye.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2015

'15-second video interviews are the new elevator pitch. In a world where attention spans are waning, the ability to communicate a message succinctly and on camera is a very valuable skill. While a few individuals succeeded in just one take, most needed two or three takes. Getting your point across verbally in 15 seconds while the camera is recording is much harder than it looks!

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TechImpact

MARCH 10, 2015

'Content marketing is constantly transforming the information we produce and consume. Now more than ever it is being utilized to extend reach, bring in more traffic and produce leads for organizations. Putting out content, however, does not automatically lead to more money for your business. Here are some ways you can yield leads from your […].

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Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

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EveryAction

MARCH 4, 2015

'In case you haven''t heard, it''s Inbound Marketing Week ! Across the world, marketing pros working in every industry, public and private, for-profit and philanthropic, are gathering to discuss the past, present, and future of inbound marketing. Our team attended the Mid-Atlantic Inbound Summit hosted by the folks at Quintain Marketing + learned a whole lot about how nonprofits can do a better job at inbound.

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Byte Technology

MARCH 25, 2015

'Dealing with the rigors of search engine optimization (SEO) can be a trying endeavor, and it’s too often that non-profits—many of whom may be working with an in-house website built by an amateur developer or a free web-based platform—don’t give due attention to the importance of establishing their organization at the forefront of search engine results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2015

'Original Photo: Flickr - Flood_G. Earlier this month, I caught up with long time colleague, Vincent Stehl, Media Impact Funders in Austin, TX during the the Nonprofit Technology Conference. One question I always like to ask colleagues, what did you read or who did hear speak at conference that inspired you or was a big ah ha. Vince did not disappoint!

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 23, 2015

'Can increasing member engagement through effective interactive feedback impact renewal rates? Here''s an overview of an MGI article that proved it can.

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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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See3

MARCH 13, 2015

'Setting up a social media presence for your cause or organization is not only important, it''s essential. With so many platforms available and so many ways to connect, maintaining your organization’s social media can be overwhelming. But it doesn’t have to be. The post 5 Social Media Lessons for Nonprofits appeared first on The See3 Blog.

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TechImpact

MARCH 13, 2015

'Every result our nonprofits produce are a direct result of a conversation. Think about it. When you we’re first starting your nonprofit how many conversations were you having with your co-founders? Your family? Your friends? Chances are good there was a lot of them. In the digital era, more and more of these essential conversations […].

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EveryAction

MARCH 17, 2015

'We asked storytelling expert Vanessa Chase of The Storytelling Non-Profit to share the most common mistakes organizations make when talking about how + why they do what they do. Read on for her advice on doing nonprofit storytelling right! Check out the brand new Epic Guide to Nonprofit Storytelling!

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Byte Technology

MARCH 18, 2015

'One of the more advantageous developments from social media behemoth Facebook occurred recently when they increased News Feed exposure for links people share with their friends. While this may seem trivial, any non-profit sporting an FB presence should be closely monitoring the number of links from friends versus links from “Pages”—it’s more than likely that the ratio is ten-to-one or greater.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2015

'I’ve just finished teaching an online course for The Knight Digital Media Center @ USC Annenberg for community foundation leaders on practical networked leadership skills. It covered how leaders can use their social channels as their authentic selves to engage with their communities and in leadership conversations with peers, social learning, and intentionally building and developing professional networks online.

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 27, 2015

'Looking to continue your non-profit education? We''ve got you covered. Take a look at the 22 free webinars available this April.

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NTEN

MARCH 31, 2015

'We''re happy to announce the beta launch of our website redesign! This launch has been a long-time coming — read through the process in previous case study posts: June 23: Case Study: NTEN''s Website Relaunch August 14: Case study update: NTEN''s site relaunch August 28: NTEN''s Website Redesign: Survey results from the community November 13: NTEN''s New Homepage: Share Your First Impressions!

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TechImpact

MARCH 12, 2015

'Voice over Internet Protocol is a hot-topic amongst small businesses and nonprofit organizations, because it provides greater utility compared to traditional phones at almost half the cost. However, not all organizations take advantage of the feature-rich phones of the future. Of course there is nothing wrong with using a VoIP phone, well, as a phone, […].

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