Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2014

In 2013 online giving grew 13.5% according to the Blackbaud Index of Online Giving and 14% according to the Network for Good’s Online Giving Index with small and medium-sized nonprofits are experiencing the largest growth. Create donation impact graphics for social media. mercycorps.org/donate. oceana.org/donate.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Building your online presence can be difficult. Can Social Media Help Your Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Efforts? Email Communication. Email is Alive and Well! At Blackbaud we saw our non-profit customers send over 1 Billion emails in 2010. million emails sent every second. How To Write Effective Emails.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 15, 2022

Online giving is a great way to raise money. Online fundraising CAN be effective, but it’s a lot more complicated than it appears. To successfully raise money online, you need a compelling reason for someone to give, a tool to raise money, and a plan for driving traffic to your site. Not really.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

To grow your following on social networks, ensure that your NGO has prominently featured social network icons on every page of your website and blog. Use a premium social sharing service for web pages and blog posts , such as Social Warfare ($29/yr). Social media is integrated into your email campaigns.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The rapid rise of social media and mobile technology has had a profound impact on website design and email marketing, yet many nonprofits have not yet adapted to the new aesthetics and functionality of a mobile, social Internet. It was the final presentation of the website design and email marketing webinar.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

Not only by entering the contest may you win a trip of a lifetime, but by entering you can also study how the contest promotion and entry process can be applied to your own nonprofit’s contest promotions and email fundraising campaigns. Contest Announcement via Email. Entry Confirmation Landing Page: Entry Confirmation Email: 3.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 23, 2016

The rapid rise of social media and mobile technology has had a profound impact on website design and email marketing, yet many nonprofits have not yet adapted to the new aesthetics and functionality of a mobile, social Internet. It was the final presentation of the website design and email marketing webinar.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

In honor of World NGO Day on Thursday, February 27, Nonprofit Tech for Good will be presenting a free webinar covering the top 10 online communications and fundraising best practices for NGOs. The foundation of a successful online communications and fundraising campaign is built upon a well-designed, well-written website and e-newsletter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 16, 2013

Part of the reason is a commitment to altruism, but I also use (for lack of a better word) these 31 nonprofits to study how nonprofits are progressing in online fundraising, social media and mobile communications. That said, 18 of the nonprofits did not require a phone number to make on online donation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Social media sites are for relationship building. Surely, we should be looking at social networks as a “cultivation” and “relationship-building” tool in the same sense that we do offline in person. 3) Capture social media followers that visit your website. 5) Engage new donors into an online stewardship email series.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

By Shay Lessman , Content Writer and Editor for Qgiv — an online fundraising platform empowering 20,000+ nonprofit fundraisers to raise money for their causes while keeping costs low. Get online and make sure your event is featured on your website. But did you know it’s also a great way to acquire new donors for your nonprofit?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

Nonprofit website design and online fundraising have dramatically changed in recent years due to the rapid rise of social media and mobile communications. e-Newsletter :: By 2008 nonprofits were beginning to understand and harness the power of e-mail marketing for online fundraising, branding, and cause awareness.

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Care2

JUNE 17, 2010

Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg fired up the death of email debate at the Nielsen’s Consumer 360 Conference Yesterday. She said only 11% of teens email daily and that they are using SMS (or Twitter) and social networks for communications. To Sandberg these are signals that email will die.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Thanks to Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific , I’ve had the great honor to present a series of online fundraising and social media trainings to over three hundred non-governmental organizations (NGOs) throughout Asia Pacific over the last three years. Of course, being based in the U.S., 2) Launch an e-newsletter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. Launched on May 5, 2003, LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. 1) Set up and prioritize LinkedIn Pages in your social media strategy. LinkedIn Pages.

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Care2

JUNE 25, 2011

Did you know that women also dominate social networks? According to a Pew study, in 2008 women comprised 53% of social networking site users. Over the past two years, women have increased their social networking usage and now comprise 56% of the social networking consumer base.

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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. 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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Despite the rapid rise of social media, more online donations are made from a click in an e-newsletter than any other source. That was a 21% decrease from the previous year, but the decrease is mostly likely due to poor online fundraising practices , such as not having a mobile-optimized donate page and e-newsletter design.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 12, 2015

The good news is that there were only three nonprofits that I was unable to donate to in this round of donations (thus 9%), but it was frustrating to see how many “Thank You” landing pages and “Thank You” emails are still underutilized and poorly designed (heavy on text, void of visuals, lacking in creativity).

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Care2

MAY 13, 2014

Social media strategists (ok, not all) love to discount email in favor of, you guessed it - social media. They have deemed email a dying communications channel, which is absurd. You can leverage your email list to drive further action on other platforms. Email raises money.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Website & Email Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits. The first blogging platform, Blogger , launched in 1999 and it signaled the birth of the Social Web. 9) Publish numbered lists.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2009

“Social networks will be like air.&#. After all: your friends are your friends - you shouldn’t have to re-find them everywhere you go online. 3 things need to make social networks like air: Identity - who are you? pick your friends once - social networking fatigue. Contacts - who you know?

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Care2

MAY 13, 2014

Social media strategists (ok, not all) love to discount email in favor of, you guessed it - social media. They have deemed email a dying communications channel, which is absurd. You can leverage your email list to drive further action on other platforms. Email raises money.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Nonprofits should diversify their brand online for a number of reasons, but below are three important ones to consider: 1) There’s no one-size-fits-all Internet anymore. Young, tech-savvy millenials text often and increasing prefer social networks and using tablets. Gen X is big on blogging, e-mail, and social networking.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Nonprofits should diversify their brand online for a number of reasons, but below are three important ones to consider: 1) There’s no one-size-fits-all Internet anymore. Young, tech-savvy millenials text often and increasing prefer social networks and using tablets. Gen X is big on blogging, e-mail, and social networking.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Based on data gleaned from the 2017 Global NGO Online Technology Report , below are 27 stats about how NGOs worldwide are using online technology. 66% use the.ORG domain for web and email communications. 71% regularly send email updates to donors and supporters. 66% use the.ORG domain for web and email communications.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

and author of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits now offers social media and online communications audits for nonprofits. The design and layout of your e-newsletter in order to maximize online fundraising success and social media ROI (Return on Investment).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 22, 2016

In the late 1990’s nonprofits began to launch websites, experiment with email marketing, and sign up for their first “Donate Now” service. Then, in the late 2000’s nonprofits embraced social networking sites, first Myspace and YouTube, then Facebook and Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 24, 2013

The Mobile Web is often discussed as a future trend that nonprofits have time to prepare for, but the reality is that by the end of 2014, the majority of your supporters and donors will be viewing your website, email communications, blogs, and social media content on smartphones and tablets. Mobile email is on the rise.

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Care2

JANUARY 8, 2014

The good old-fashioned email address is the secret to activating and cultivating these channels more effectively. Nonprofit Online Fundraising Social Networking Trends Web 2.0' Join Justin Perkins of Care2 and Roz Lemieux of Attentive.ly Stretch your marketing efforts further. When: Thursday, January 23, 2014 at 2PM.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 6, 2009

how can I be a community builder online? Others see it as specifically applying to online community spaces, like a social networking site. Tags: community strategy communitybuilding online community organizing social networking. where is the community you want to build? Tips, secrets, ideas?!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

Using them, you can build email campaigns, create social media posts, repurpose content, summarize text, and even generate images. ” Its response: 2) A Gratitude Email If you need a letter to thank fundraising event participants, try a version of this prompt. Otherwise, ChatGPT will fill in its own copy!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

and author of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits now offers social media and online communications audits for nonprofits. The design and layout of your e-newsletter in order to maximize online fundraising success and social media ROI (Return on Investment).

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NetWits

DECEMBER 1, 2010

While the dogooder in me loves a great cause, I also relish the opportunity to learn more about online fundraising and why people give. It was interesting seeing which platform (Facebook, Twitter, email, face-to-face, etc.) If you check out my page , you can see that the entire campaign was run online. Email is Still King.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2013

And even though a recent report pointed out that email open and donor response are dropping in the nonprofit sector, I can’t help but wonder if current (yet old) e-newsletter design trends have a lot to do with the results. Pitch to “Follow” on social networking sites in every issue. Bottom of e-Newsletter: 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2018

Based upon data gleaned from the 2018 Global NGO Online Technology Report (to be released January 29) this webinar will highlight how NGOs worldwide use the internet to build awareness and raise funds to advance their mission. Topics include: How NGOs worldwide differ in their use of web and email communications.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping October 1, 2007 I was reading Deborah Finn’s curmugeonly post about Facebook. I have been having curmudgeonly thoughts about social networks in general.

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