Tech Tips (342)
Advance Your Nonprofit (and Your Career) by Writing an Ebook
- Friday, 27 May 2011
- Tech Tips
- Written by Lorna Doone Brewer
Without a doubt, the advances of technology have benefitted nonprofits in countless ways. The ability to take online donations, web sites that inform about your cause, and donor databases are just a few of the tools that have improved the quality and efficiency of the work done by nonprofit organizations. The ease with which we can now produce information “products” has provided yet another avenue for outreach, and ebooks can play a role in this.
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Using Technology to Keep Up with Your Industry
- Thursday, 12 May 2011
- Tech Tips
- Written by Lorna Doone Brewer
The causes that nonprofit professionals support are intriguing and ever-changing. It is imperative to keep up with what is going on in your particular niche. But figuring out how to do that can be daunting. Surfing the ‘net for related news can be time consuming and it’s easy to miss the most up-to-date information that affects your cause or organization.
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Are You Spamming Your Supporters?
- Thursday, 28 April 2011
- Tech Tips
- Written by Lorna Doone Brewer
We’ve looked before at how to reduce the amount of “spam” that makes its way into the inbox of the nonprofit professional. None of us wants to deal with unsolicited pleas, irrelevant updates, and uninteresting newsletters. Chances are, you already have them routed to a junk folder, or you simply click “delete” when you come across them in your inbox, but not before feeling a little irked at whomever sent them to you.
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Can a Virtual Assistant Save Your Nonprofit Money?
- Friday, 15 April 2011
- Tech Tips
- Written by Lorna Doone Brewer
In the past few years, the small business world has experienced several shifts in perception. Many of these are ideas that were already known to nonprofits (bootstrapping, for instance), while others are new-fangled approaches that just might have some real-world applications for the nonprofit sector. The concept of virtual assistants is one that falls into this latter category.
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Utilizing Email Newsletters as a Marketing Tool
- Saturday, 19 March 2011
- Tech Tips
- Written by Lorna Doone Brewer
Once you have the attention of a potential supporter, what do you do to keep him or her active and engaged? With so many distractions vying for our volunteers’ and donors’ time, it’s more important than ever to build a relationship with them. Email newsletters provide a really good opportunity to do just that.
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Mobile Giving Foundation: Helping Tsunami Survivors
- Wednesday, 16 March 2011
- Tech Tips
- Written by Jennifer Flaten
In any disaster, time is of the essence, as the images of the devastation in Japan were spreading throughout the world, relief organizations were already swinging into action. Along with deploying workers to the affected areas, charities looked for an effective way to collect donations from donors worldwide.
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Radio Days:BlogTalkRadio Gives Non Profits a Voice
- Friday, 04 March 2011
- Tech Tips
- Written by Jennifer Flaten
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Silent Auctions Go Wireless
- Saturday, 02 April 2011
- Tech Tips
- Written by Jennifer Flaten
Take the paper out of your silent auction by using a wireless bidding system like BidPal or iBid for your next auction event. Going wireless not only eliminates the cost of printing catalogs and bid sheets but it helps streamline the entire bidding process.
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Crowd Funding: A more casual way to fundraise
- Friday, 24 June 2011
- Tech Tips
- Written by Jennifer Flaten
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How to Respond to an Online Faux Pas
- Friday, 18 February 2011
- Tech Tips
- Written by Lorna Doone Brewer
Many nonprofit organizations are learning the importance of harnessing the power of social media to spread the word about their causes, to encourage “buy in” from their constituents, and to solicit ideas for change. Unfortunately, mistakes do happen in the social media realm. The American Red Cross experienced just this last week, and other nonprofits can learn from the positive way that they handled what could have been a public relations nightmare.
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