Selfish Giving

JUNE 6, 2017

Last week I spoke at the annual Engage for Good Conference in Chicago on how nonprofits can dramatically increase their cause marketing success with content marketing. blog, vlog, podcast, etc), email marketing and social media. website, print magazine, database, etc.) Function in the partnership funnel: Consideration.

Conference

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Even though there aren’t as many people today reading actual newspapers or watching the 6 o’clock news these days, your local media still reaches a large audience of people in your community who need to know about your nonprofit’s work. The second best opportunity is to invite the media to attend your event and cover it.

Media

Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

He doesn’t run an organization; He's the digital media manager at Pathways to Education in Toronto. He publishes how-to articles on NTEN, TechSoup Canada , and the surprising Nonprofit MarCommunity site. He is an instructor in digital media marketing at George Brown College in Toronto. I also like Psychology Today.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 20, 2009

In the latest issue of Fundraising Success magazine, Editor Margaret Battistelli has a good column on using social media. When connecting with people through social media, it’s the personal connection that counts. Be yourself and share about your nonprofit’s work through your eyes. Let’s hear it!

Media

Network for Good

OCTOBER 21, 2020

While big grants and major donors shimmer like gold on the horizon, the reality for most small nonprofits is that sustaining revenue through large gifts is a mirage. Individual gifts represent a big opportunity for small nonprofits. For example, if your nonprofit is a pet shelter, a pet supply store would make an ideal partner.

Media

Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2015

Every year Fast Company, a magazine and media enterprise with an "editorial focus on innovation in technology, ethonomics (ethical economics), leadership, and design" makes a list of The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies. " What Does Nonprofit Innovation Really Mean? Which Organizations Made the Grade?

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Selfish Giving

JULY 27, 2022

"I am working on a plan for a major campaign and would love to bring on some kind of media partner (e.g. New York Times, New York Magazine, New Yorker, the Atlantic, Wall Street Journal, etc.). I'm assuming having a media partner would help us attract corporate partners. Now, I have an opinion on media partners.

Media

Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2013

AFP’s president and CEO, Andrew Watt, is on the 2013 NonProfit Times list of the 50 most influential people in the charitable sector. He’s a nonprofit technology veteran and something of a cherished resource among AFP members. From Email To Social Media. Fundraising social media tssocialmedia tsfundraising'

Fundraising

Planned Giving

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Viken Mikaelian is the CEO of PlannedGiving.com and Publisher of Giving Tomorrow Magazine. Interviewed by Karen Martin and Patrick O'Donnell, Editors, Giving Tomorrow Magazine. Over the last quarter-century PlannedGiving.com has delivered thousands of planned giving websites for nonprofits both large and small.

Indirect

Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Volunteers are the backbone of any nonprofit organization. Clearly, volunteers are essential to your nonprofit’s ability to move its mission forward. Here’s what we’ll cover: Why are volunteers important to nonprofit organizations? Why are volunteers important to nonprofit organizations? Request a Demo.

Pass-Through

Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

You should periodically perform a nonprofit self-audit to see how your website, email marketing, and social media are performing. A nonprofit self-audit is a chance to back up and look at the whole picture, to see how your marketing efforts are performing and where you can improve. What’s working? And everything in between.

Metrics

Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

While both are important to your nonprofit, charity, cause, or library, both together just might be its secret weapon. Check out this how-to in TechSoup's Nonprofit Social Media 101 Wiki and watch the video below. Digital storytelling is everywhere these days. Join us on Tuesday, April 9, at 10:00 a.m.

Mentor

Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2011

Working at nonprofits, we all want to be better fundraisers, web innovators, and social media gurus in order to meet our mission. As mobile and social media innovations become more accessible, many nonprofits are struggling to find ways to implement these new channels. It's a must have. The short answer is no.

Nonprofit

Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

Technology for nonprofit development and fundraising is quickly changing. In the TechSoup premiere our new #NPLive interactive series of video events, join us to discuss The Future of Fundraising online in the social media matrix on Tuesday, May 24 at 11 a.m. Pacific time. Join Us Online May 24 at 11 a.m. Pacific time.

Fundraising

Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

It's time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news! I’ll review some new green IT developments like how nonprofit solar electricity is thriving in Haiti. I’ll review some new green IT developments like how nonprofit solar electricity is thriving in Haiti. Nonprofit Tech for Good.

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Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Her university highlighted the ways she could connect with other commuter students and even alums via social media, in-person events, and university eNewsletters. She received social media messages informing her about new resources or if anything fun was happening on campus. The university kept her engaged as life changed.

Education

Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2013

It's time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news! I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends with its handy infographic so you can see how right (or wrong) I am about this year's tech trends. In technology for good and social media, it’s Sina Weibo or ????.

Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Fundraising has a round-the-clock urgency, the feeling that you always need to be planning the next campaign, sending a report to a funder, or whipping up social media graphics. Let’s take a deeper look at how to effectively take time off when you’re the leader of a nonprofit. Schedule social media posts. That’s right!

IT

Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2013

Social media and community staff rely on RSS readers to find interesting and share-worthy articles for Facebook or Twitter. praised Digg Reader for its clean, minimal design and rich social media features. Flipboard (Android, iOS) is like your own personal magazine for your smartphone or tablet. More Resources.

Media

Selfish Giving

JANUARY 3, 2017

Why branding is important for nonprofits. How communications isn't decorative for a nonprofit - it's a workhorse! And the main difference between a nonprofit and a for-profit rebrand. Where does social media fit into a nonprofit's communications strategy? What stands in the way of a successful nonprofit rebrand?

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 14, 2021

You offer something for sale that benefits a nonprofit, and people scoop it up! Identify an array of people with specific skills: email communications, social media, etc. Volunteers, sellers, and your nonprofit leadership need to feel like they are being informed on a regular basis about progress toward the all-important goal!

Fundraising

Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2012

The proliferation of social media has paved the way for newer curation tools, many of which organize and display content like an online newsletter or magazine with minor feature differences. Content and Curation for Nonprofits. For example, Summify measures sentiment and a user’s reading history to highlight content.

Media

Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

For many nonprofits, A GivingTuesday Campaign is an opportunity to attract new donors and raise money for your organization. Social media: Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are great ways to get the word out about what you’re doing on GivingTuesday. Download Now ».

Media

Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

It's time to catch up on some of the nonprofit technology trends and news once again. I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends with its handy new infographic so you can see how right (or wrong) I am about this year's tech trends for the sector. Social Media.

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Selfish Giving

AUGUST 14, 2017

Equally important – and in some ways more significantly – Smithfield has the distinction of doing business responsibly and sustainably, and they are redefining what it means to create cooperative efforts between for-profit and nonprofit organizations. million to Operation Homefront, a national nonprofit that supports military families.

Conference

Candid

MARCH 13, 2024

Additionally, we formed an external expert advisory group to help guide our efforts—including Black scholars from academia, grassroots nonprofits, philanthropy, and leadership development. Multiple reports suggest that Black-led nonprofits are underfunded. The report generated a response beyond our expectations.

Demographics

Selfish Giving

MARCH 13, 2019

A few weeks ago I got a call from a nonprofit with a dilemma. A company approached them about a cause marketing campaign on social media. The campaign involved some pretty strong language, and the nonprofit wasn't sure if they wanted to move forward. Great, right? But there was one issue. I'd love to ??hear hear about it! ??

Retail

Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2016

nonprofit sector is in many respects the envy of the world for its strength and diversity. " So wrote Cynthia Gibson, then of the Carnegie Corporation , and Nonprofit Quarterly Editor-in-Chief Ruth McCambridge in a 2008 special issue of that magazine dedicated to infrastructure.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2011

Founded in 1998, Care2, a B-corporation that works with over 700 nonprofits and has more than 15 million members, defines itself as a social action network. Care2 provides visitors to their site green-living advice and the opportunity to act on behalf of the causes they care most about.

Ethics

Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2016

This event is part of our Tech Training for Nonprofit and Library Staff online course. Birgit Pauli-Haack , a web and mobile developer for Pauli Systems and Relevanza, serves businesses, professionals, and nonprofits with websites and digital marketing. Prior to joining GCFLearnFree.org, Jackson spent 12 years as a magazine editor.

Training

Tech Soup

AUGUST 21, 2014

If you haven't been on Facebook, Twitter, and even mainstream media like CNN in the past couple of weeks, it's the viral sensation where an individual, upon challenged by a friend online, douses themselves with ice and/or water on camera. social media viral campaigns fundraising icebucketchallenge' " So why did we do it?

Media

Greater Giving

APRIL 9, 2024

Social Media Blitz : Create a dedicated event page and share it on on social media platforms. Local Outreach: Reach out to local newspapers, radio stations, news outlets, and magazines to promote your event. Most photo booths have branding abilities which allow for great exposure for a sponsor and the nonprofit.

Fundraising

Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

Nonprofits are adopting telework faster than most other types of organizations, including commercial companies. All social media is utterly native to mobile devices. That's around 1.3 billion of us doing it. We’re working from restaurants, cafes, hotels, our cars, planes, the beach, and classically from home.

Government

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Both applications are used to create print documents like flyers, brochures, newsletters, annual reports and full-blown magazines. It’s also a nonprofit project. Finally, I’d be remiss to not mention the free Social Image Resizer Tool when you need to quickly resize images for your social media posts.

Software

Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

Many nonprofits were compelled to become experts on virtual events and online fundraising overnight, and many found themselves pleasantly surprised when their virtual fundraisers helped them raise more than in-person events. Use that data to set (and achieve) SMART goals for your nonprofit fundraising efforts!

Education

Big Fundraising Ideas

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Subscription-Based Fundraisers Subscription-based fundraisers involve selling ongoing subscriptions to products or services, such as magazines, meal kits, or educational materials. Author Bio Clay Boggess has been designing fundraising programs for schools and various nonprofit organizations throughout the US since 1999.

Fundraising

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. Marnie Webb.

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