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Tech for Nonprofits in 2017 - A Recap
- Tuesday, 02 January 2018
- Management Features
- Written by Jennifer Flaten
The beginning of a new year is always time for reflection and resolutions. So let's reflect on the technology that helped nonprofits fulfill their mission in 2017. While its true there were no stunning technology breakthroughs that changed the nonprofit digital landscape there were small advances to existing tech that made it more user friendly or gave it broader appeal.
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Emerging Nonprofit Accounting Technology; The Cloud, AI, Blockchain & Big Data
- Tuesday, 28 November 2017
- Management Features
- Written by Dawn Westerberg
Adoption of the cloud is now serving as the gateway to a new wave of technology being explored. These new areas of exploration, including artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and distributed ledger, big data analytics and automated data ingestion, to name just a few, expand the realm where technology and automation can replace the need for human attention and intervention.
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Instagramming for Donations
- Thursday, 07 September 2017
- Management Features
- Written by Jennifer Flaten
As of April of 2017 Instagram has 700 million users. And, a majority of those users are extremely active, often checking the site several times a day. Plus, Instagram’s users are more likely to engage with posts. In fact, engagement on Instagram is better than on any other social network, including Facebook. The average Instagram engagement rate is 50 percent higher than Facebook or Twitter.
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Year End Fundraising
- Friday, 25 August 2017
- Management Features
- Written by Jennifer Flaten
Labor day is on the horizon. That means good bye lazy summer days and hello to that final fundraising push to meet your yearly goals. While each nonprofit has its own unique mission and donors, there is one thing they all have in common. The year end fundraising campaign.
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Messaging Apps for Nonprofits
- Monday, 05 June 2017
- Management Features
- Written by Jennifer Flaten
With Facebook reporting nearly 2 billion active users and Twitter not far behind with 328 million users, it is safe to say that social media is no longer considered an up and coming marketing channel. Many nonprofits embraced social media as a simple and affordable way to communicate with their constituents. Even the most conservative organizations have some sort of social media presence.
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Fund Accounting Round up
- Monday, 10 April 2017
- Management Features
- Written by Kurt Martin
A nonprofit can function with a small staff, outdated computer system and limited marketing budget, but it can’t run without a good nonprofit fund accounting system. Whether it is “off the shelf” product or a completely customized the accounting package is what keeps the organization running.
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Keep Your Data Safe
- Monday, 13 March 2017
- Management Features
- Written by Jennifer Flaten
If you think that a nonprofit has nothing a cyber criminal would be interested in you are mistaken. Don’t be lulled into a false sense of security by thinking that if you don’t accept online payments that you are safe. Credit card information is only piece of data that cyber criminals find useful.
Mobile conference & meeting management systems
- Monday, 06 February 2017
- Management Features
- Written by Jennifer Flaten
Hosting a large scale event such as a multi-day conference takes meticulous attention to detail, of course even if you are only hosting a small scale event there are still many elements that need to come together to make the event a success.
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2016 Nonprofit Tech Roundup
- Tuesday, 10 January 2017
- Management Features
- Written by Jennifer Flaten
A new year has begun and it is time to evaluate how nonprofits have benefitted from technology in the previous year. Technology is ubiquitous, even the smallest grassroots organization has access to affordable technology that allows them to broadcast their mission on a global scale.
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End of Year Fundraising
- Monday, 22 August 2016
- Management Features
- Written by Jennifer Flaten
August is almost over! While the rest of the world it means it is time to shop for school supplies, for those in the nonprofit sector it means it is time to take a moment and evaluate the organization’s fundraising success for the year so far.
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