Tech Tips (299)
Causecast: Staying in Touch with Donors
- Thursday, 06 September 2012
- Tech Tips
- Written by Jennifer Flaten
These days, almost everyone has a cell phone, which makes it the perfect way for non-profits to stay in touch with their supporters. Contacting supporters via text is a low cost, low-key way to keep them engaged.Read more...
FirstGiving: Easy Event Management
- Saturday, 11 August 2012
- Tech Tips
- Written by Jennifer Flaten
Make managing events easy, with FirstGiving, an online fundraising and event management tool. The site serves as the organizations fundraising hub. From the site, non-profits can do everything from creating events to sending donor emails.
One-Stop Source for Alternatives to Expensive Software
- Friday, 22 June 2012
- Tech Tips
- Written by Lorna Doone Brewer
In the never-ending quest to save money, nonprofits have to get pretty creative. We rely on volunteers to do things that for-profit companies would pay thousands of dollars to get done. We work for ridiculously low wages in pursuit of the greater good. We even spend a fair amount of time calculating just how much of every donation goes toward direct services, so our supporters know that they are making a difference.
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Chirpify Twitter Fundraising Tool
Chirpify is a recent Portland, OR start up that has developed a Twitter Fundraising tool. They did not respond to a request for additaionl information about their offering, so we tracked down the information below on their website.
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Managing Volunteers
- Friday, 08 June 2012
- Tech Tips
- Written by Jennifer Flaten
Volunteers are vital to the success of many non-profit organizations. Volunteers perform a variety of tasks within the organization, but coordinating the volunteers is often a full time job.
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Real Simple Syndication Is Not Always So Simple
- Thursday, 26 April 2012
- Tech Tips
- Written by Lorna Doone Brewer
There’s a really important tool that your nonprofit can use to help spread your message across the Web, but many people are so confused that they’re skipping it entirely. It’s the inclusion of an “RSS” button on your site or blog.
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6 Steps to Running a Successful Auction
- Thursday, 19 April 2012
- Tech Tips
- Written by Jennifer Flaten
According to Charles Wickins, the English Auctioneer "a good auction is more of an art than a science". Still there are a few steps an organization can take to ensure their auction is a success.
BiddingForGood: Bring High-Tech to the Silent Auction
- Saturday, 05 May 2012
- Tech Tips
- Written by Jennifer Flaten
Many non-profits use silent auctions as part of their regular fundraising efforts. It is a low-tech but reliable way to raise funds. Now a new service by BiddingForGood, an online auction site that caters to charities, a non-profit equivalent of eBay, promises to bring high-tech to the silent auction.
Taking Your Nonprofit's Web Site Mobile
- Wednesday, 04 April 2012
- Tech Tips
- Written by Lorna Doone Brewer
Does your nonprofit organization need a mobile version of your web site? Chances are that it does. A mobile site is a version that is accessed by those who are using their smartphones or other mobile devices, and they are generally used a bit differently than a regular web site.
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