Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Sort through online organizational data (Google analytics, email open rates) to see if there are insights, trends, and patterns that could be used to improve operations. Is the donor renewal rate low? Certified public accountants (CPAs) and financial advisors have many wealthy clients. 26. . “$50

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2016

These open challenges help activists, nonprofits, journalists, techies, and community members identify, refine, build, and launch technology tools to solve pressing local and regional problems. Worman said that the challenge platforms also promoted local champions who had actually solved a social problem. How an Idea Becomes an App.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Unions are both local and national. Unions are usually structured around large national/international organizations that contain smaller local organizations (also known as “locals”). Locals tend to deal directly with members, handle contract negotiations, and conduct on-the-ground organizing. Unions are diverse.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 2024

Small nonprofits face even more challenges when it comes to securing funding in comparison to larger organizations—from low donor retention rates to limited resources to an overall lack of unrestricted funding. This led to better retention rates among supporters, doubling annual fund revenue and increasing monthly recurring givers tenfold.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

A recent study from two researchers affiliated with the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) has challenged the public perception about AI’s negative impact on society due to the “robots taking over jobs.” Link Between Artificial Intelligence and Wellbeing . This is a more macro lens.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

We're seeing exciting trends in governments making data more available ? for the public. Whether on crime, education, or the environment, governments are putting more data on the web. But local and state governments are also setting their data free. Tags: Government. and valuable ? Tell us in the comments.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

Public ideas about health are changing rapidly as a result of technology, medical research, and preventive and wellness services. All leather is sourced from gold or silver-rated tanneries, and more than 345 million plastic bottles have been recycled as shoelaces or other footwear features. Take CVS Health.

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The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 23, 2024

Most national nonprofits would be loath to give up that large a slice of potential donors … and the fundraising efforts of regional, state and local nonprofits that could not market within the Garden State would be dealt a severe blow. Despite the public acknowledgement of the potential impact on nonprofits, the consequences could be dire.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

we all know nonprofits rely on a combination of government grants, philanthropic donations, and earned income to support their operations. BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by social inequality, with higher rates of poverty and unemployment. So what can the nonprofit sector do to help increase accessibility?

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 2, 2020

First, it helps with staff retention rates. In Nonprofit Quarterly, Jennifer Amanda Jones said, “Organizations that can regularly access training, can improve governance, program outcomes, fundraising and community engagement. PD should not be something that is put aside due to budgeting or even budgeting misconception from the public.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. 15th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. State/Local.

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NTEN

APRIL 19, 2011

Your work happens in a variety of contexts – the work of other organizations, the economy, and your local government, to name a few. Here's a map I pulled from a great new site by the California Housing Partnerhip Corporation of the public housing units in my hometown, Petaluma, Ca. Take, for example, housing data.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 17, 2009

If you will have a home office, is that allowed by local zoning? Will you have to pay local business taxes? Your local government might as well. Figure out how you will bill for your work: hourly (at what rate) or fixed-fees for projects? At what rate, and for what distance? public speaking.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. Charity and government support remain crucial but are insufficient to address the magnitude of the task at hand. This article was originally published by Taylor & Francis Online. Defourny et al.,

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 27, 2013

If the scope of your aspiration is local, find charities that are based in your neighborhood or city. Remember that you can't always judge a big organization by its publicity, since that may just reflect a large advertising budget. Unlike the numbers on a Form 990, a charity's success rate is much harder to measure.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

It also offers an interactive opportunity to discuss key forms and governing documents(Form 1023 and Forms 990 and 990-PF.). 14th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. 14th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. Governing well is one of the most profound ways to help our communities. State/Local / #DCNP2018 / @DMANF.

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BoardAssist

MARCH 24, 2015

Earlier this year BoardSource asked nonprofit CEOs to rate their boards. If your board doesn’t already have a governance committee responsible for leading and managing board recruitment and performance, consider creating one. governance' Their findings: boards earned a 2.65 Structure yourself for success.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

The California Public Utilities Committee site covering the CTF makes for a daunting read, so we've done our best here to give. Qualified organizations include California schools, community colleges, libraries, government and district-owned and operated hospitals and health clinics, and community-based organizations.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

• Hundreds of photos and videos, some of which were not previously published/publically available, depicting the history of African-Americans in the U.S. • Interactive features that enable users to rate, comment, and share the content they find most interesting. • Resources to help educators locate their local U.S.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 28, 2013

" It was this feeling of disempowerment that brought together several concerned citizens, including Darko, to voice their disapproval in a local online forum. In the end, the government lost the election, and the regional prime minister was forced by his party to resign from his position. was born in 2005. A Virtual Movement.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

The site will help public health professionals, community leaders, policy makers, and consumers discover how healthy their county is compared to other counties and to uncover strategies to reduce disparities and improve community health. air quality, access to healthy foods, and graduation rates) and "health outcomes" (e.g.,

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Identify priorities for the types of programs and services you’ll offer to support your goals, target audience for your services, target supporter audiences, advocacy and public policy aims, and branding or marketing objectives. Donor stewardship leads to better retention rates and better fundraising results down the line.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Available to the general public at www.7billionactions.org/data Aging poses a challenge because by 2050, the number of working-age people available to support each person aged 65 or older will decline by half worldwide, straining government social support and retirement financing. billion by mid-century.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

It has been almost three weeks since we concluded bbcon 2018 in Orlando, and we’re still wrapping our head around the terrific content seen and inspiring conversations overheard amongst over 2,000 attendees from across the social, private and public sectors. Then, lock in your ticket to bbcon 2019 in Nashville now with discounted rates !

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The annual 24-hour giving day, created to counter the retail-heavy push that begins with Black Friday, has thousands of nonprofits, businesses, city governments, and other institutions participating in a drive to highlight generosity and partnership for good. The 2021 M+R Benchmarks report saw an increase in fundraising email response rates.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2015

From Dan Pallotta’s widely viewed TED talk, “ The Way We Think about Charity is Dead Wrong ,” to conferences and publications, overhead is hotly debated. Survey respondents also indicated what overhead rate their donors would consider the maximum acceptable amount.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

But with the Internet now accessible from public libraries, cyber cafés and cell phones, getting online is easier than ever for nearly anyone. Additionally, 70 percent of the older users rated their communities as very important or extremely important, compared to 58 percent of younger users. But there is still the issue of income.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Membership in associations can be driven by individuals, businesses, or by local chapters, but all associations exist, primarily, to serve their members’ interests and advance their goals. Local Memberships: With this model, an individual or business joins a local chapter which provides its own network, resources, and benefits.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

You've developed e-advocacy tools to rush public policy action alerts to supporters who can advocate for fair and ethical local, national and global policies. In other words, you risk a high unsubscribe rate if you promised to send email newsletters to customers and start sending email advertisements instead.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 19, 2012

It’s crucial to giving them the ability to make choices about their lives: when a woman has access to reproductive health care, she can make choices about her body and her future – not just about having children but also about staying in school, starting a business, or perhaps pursuing a role in local government.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

State/Local / #MCNAC16 / @SmartNonprofits. State/Local. It’ll open with candid stories about the ups and downs of working in social good and close with an afternoon of action and volunteering with local nonprofits. State/Local / #MadisonNonprofitDay / @nonprofitday. State/Local. State/Local. State/Local.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2017

Media are the everyday bloggers, local groups and traditional media. It’s like everyone says, there’s no such thing as bad publicity, right? Those institutions were business, government, nonprofits and media. And we’ve found that the conversion rates are typically like 50 percent open rate, 25 percent conversion rate.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Whether you want to plan an online or in person fundraiser, large or small, local or worldwide, there are steps that you should take every single time to make sure you get the most from your efforts. What was the click-through rate? Check with your state or national government to find out. Is this event in a public place?

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

At the intersection of digital and mission-driven work, 2023 was a year of significant changes, big decisions, and growth for many organizations in the nonprofit and government space. That’s a rate of over one award per week! For us, it was no different! This innovative tool took home a gold Healthcare Ad Award this year!

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 20, 2008

I heard from CEOs whose center is the only one in their entire country (Chile), educators who work with students who have never encountered a computer before entering the science center (South Africa), and web managers whose sites are locked behind federal government firewalls and draconian restrictions (Australia).

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The CEO or executive director (ED) is the visionary and the public “face” of the organization. By giving their time, talents, and resources, they demonstrate in a public way that the organization is vital to the community and deserves support. Board members need and deserve first-rate support from staff. Prepare an agenda.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

Information found in Form 990s, like other important data collected by governments, could potentially be far more useful if it were not only public but ‘open’ data. Government and philanthropy leaders talk today about this groundbreaking research, and you can tweet @AspenInstitute to join the conversation. When the U.S.

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