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Tech Firms Introduce New Products At AFP Gathering

AFP ConferenceTechnology firms attending the Association of Fundraising Professionals International Conference in New Orleans in late March unveiled upgraded internet tools and ways to keep clients' costs down and also focused on integrating social-network practices in software solutions.
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Event Planning Up Front

Event planningEvents remain a top source of fundraising for nonprofits but advertising and promotion dollars are steadily dwindling making it harder to pump up participation and donations. “I believe it’s an art to work with a small budget, especially when the economy takes a nose dive,” says Mandy J. Kimmer, APR, CPRC, Marketing/Public Relations Coordinator, The OC Club, Orange County Parks & Recreation.
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Is Social Networking Working for NonProfits?

Social Networking and NonprofitsHailed as the saving grace for businesses and nonprofits alike, social networking specialists and efforts are as plentiful as cash donations once were. But are new tools like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube delivering on their promise of added money and support for struggling nonprofits or is social networking just another passing phase? Read more...

Increasing Data Security in an Increasingly Insecure World

ImageThe Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a nonprofit consumer organization, maintains, on its Web site, a chronology of U.S. data breaches. The list, which the organization began in January 2005, provides the basic details of hundreds of breaches in the for-profit, government, educational, and non-profit (charitable) sectors; breaches are common enough that the list is updated twice a week. The total number of records containing sensitive data that have been involved -- again, this is just in the U.S., and just in three years -- 252,276,766. Read more...

Online Auctions As A Fundraising Tool

ImageAuctions have long been a crucial, and lucrative, element of nonprofit fundraising campaigns, and their popularity has grown in recent years. According to the National Auctioneers Association, more than $16.2 billion was raised in charity auctions in 2007. While the raw dollar figures suggest that auctions are lucrative, dollar returns are not the only indicators of an auction's success. And according to the leaders of two major online auction companies that cater specifically to nonprofits, if your organization is only conducting offline, "event" auctions, and not utilizing online auction resources, it's likely you're passing up many opportunities. Read more...

Nonprofit Technology-2008 review-2009 preview

ImageIn many ways, the nonprofit technology world mirrored the for-profit tech arena in 2008, as social media (Web 2.0 applications that enable people to connect easily: e.g. Facebook, MySpace, Ning, Twitter, Digg, YouTube, Flickr, etc.), grew as a set of mainstream communication tools. In the process, the Internet continued to become more of a two-way communication tool for nonprofits than in previous years, while at the same time capacity -- and capabilities -- enabled broader adoption of high-bandwidth tools such as videocasts and real-time videoconferencing. Read more...

Debunking Five Myths of Online Fundraising

Today's challenging economic times mean a lot of nonprofits are looking for new ways to raise money. Many organizations realize the Internet presents a huge opportunity, but most have achieved limited success. If your organization, like many others, has yet to experience strong results raising funds online, the coming year provides an ideal window to experiment with new approaches. A good first step, however, is debunking some myths about online fundraising that might stand in the way of your success. Read more...

Budget Tools for Nonprofits

ImageThe idea of a budget is one that most eight year olds can grasp: it's simply an itemized summary of how much you expect to spend along with an estimate of how you expect to collect enough income to cover those expenses. Ideally, the two numbers -- expenses and income -- will match, or come close. Most fiscal conservatives tout the benefits of balancing a budget -- with expenses on one side and income on the other allowing the arm of a metaphorical balancing scale to remain level. Read more...

Wireless Devices Fit For Nonprofits

ImageThere is no question that wireless portable communication devices have changed the world, but have they changed the way non-profits operate or have they merely added to the workload of over-stretched staff and overwhelmed volunteers?
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Nonprofit Technology News Innovation Awards for 2008

ImageNonprofit Technology News is proud to announce the winners of the 2008 Innovation Awards. This is the first year for these awards, but even so, the competition has been intense. In the end, the winners were selected because each represents a significant accomplishment, or an indication of a trend. Read more...

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