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Technology

  • The Non-Profit Leadership Blog 601 posted a great llist of technology resources:

    • Overall great nonprofit technology websites

    • Tech Soup offers nonprofits a one-stop resource for technology needs by providing free information, resources, and support.
    • Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network is the membership organization of nonprofit technology professionals whose members share the common goal of helping nonprofits use all aspects of technology more effectively.
    • NTEN has Affinity Groups groups.nten.org where anyone can post nonprofit technology questions, find technology consultants and learn great technology tips.
    • My favorite groups are: 501techclub-sf@groups.nten.org (there are groups for practically every metropolitan area) nten-discuss@groups.nten.org & accidentaltechies@groups.nten.org. There are also groups about blogging, social media and other np tech topics.
    • NPower a network of locally based nonprofit organizations that provide comprehensive, high-quality and affordable technology assistance to other nonprofit groups nationally.

    Selecting hardware for your nonprofit

    Selecting software for your nonprofit

    Web Presence & Using Technology to Fundraise

    Nonprofit Technology Events and Conferences

    • Nonprofit Technology Conference The event to learn about nonprofit technology hardware, software, professional development and to connect with nonprofit techies.
    • Penguin Day is a day long conferences where non-profit organizations explore the range of issues and options involved using Free and Open Source Software (F/OSS). The host of Penguin Day, Aspiration also organizes a variety of other nonprofit technology events including the Nonprofit Software Development Summit, Managing Technology Projects, eAdvocacy trainings and more.
    • Netsquared is a two-day meeting that brings together the minds of unlikely allies from different professional fields including: leaders in philanthropy, corporate philanthropy, engineering, media and world-class innovators driving the development, distribution and use of social technologies for progressive change.
    • Other Nonprofit Technology Events listed on Tech Soup's Website

    Helpful Nonprofit Technology Books and Reports

    Social Media for your nonprofit

Major Gifts
  • The Suddes Group/For Impact
    The Suddes Group's For Impact website offers great resources for major gift fundraising.  They shatter some of the old fundraising myths and help you stay focused on connection with donors and sharing your organization's vision -- the only way to really raise a significant amount of money.

Facebook
  • How can you make sure your organization is getting the most out of Facebook?
    • Get in the game.  If you don’t already have a Facebook page, get started now.  Wild Apricot’s non-profit technology blog has a great beginner’s guide for non-profits using Facebook and a description of Facebook applications you can use on your cause page.   These were written before the “new and improved” version of Facebook, but most of the information is still the same.

    • Connect your current donors to your activity on Facebook.  These are the people who already support your organization and whom you have a good chance to engage and inform at a deeper level through your Facebook presence.  Encourage them to connect with you through your website, e-newsletter and print publications.
    • Post new and edgy content.  Remember that your goal is to get your readers to “pass it on.”  Post something people will want to forward to their friends.  The best example of this I have seen is MoveOn’s personalized Mother of the Year video.  I never forward things and was so delighted by this after receiving it that I forwarded it to at least 10 friends.  When you click to enter the information to forward it there is a small box below your name that is checked (you can uncheck it if you want, but I didn’t) that says “I want to hear more from MomsRising and MoveOn.org about mom & family issues.”  Sure, this is an issue that is relevant to me, one I want to hear about– and they got my name and e-mail because they created content clever enough to really make me want to forward it.




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