Tweet by Tweet, Building Nonprofit Awareness - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active and engaged democracy.

Tweet by Tweet, Building Nonprofit Awareness - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active and engaged democracy.: The blogger used Facebook as a base for people to send messages in order to allow people to elaborate on their stories (thus bypassing Twitter’s 140 character limit), and he then utilized the fast-paced, infectious nature of Twitter hashtags to spread his message. Looking at the extensive list of nonprofits that were touted, which you can view here, the social media campaign was fairly successful and channeled some inspiring and passionate tweets on behalf of a number of nonprofits, from Action Against Hunger and Alex’s Lemonade Stand to Vision of Children and the World Federation of UN Associations.

Over 150 Irish charities sign up to new code of practice - RT� News

Over 150 Irish charities sign up to new code of practice - RT� News: Between 2009 and 2011, INKEx built the first-ever and only comprehensive data repository for the non-profit sector.

It included digitised governance and financial information on more than 8,000 public benefit companies.

It was compiled and updated daily by re-using public information and publishing it on a free, searchable public website.

How A Web App Can Help Nonprofits Tell Better Stories And Raise Cash | Co.Design: business innovation design

How A Web App Can Help Nonprofits Tell Better Stories And Raise Cash | Co.Design: business innovation design: Nonprofits depend on successful outreach campaigns to survive. They must consistently generate support for the work they do--and despite the advantages of Facebook, Twitter, email, and other cause-oriented platforms in reaching out to receptive people, the web’s design and technology capabilities have expanded faster than advocacy groups have been able to use them. Sparkwise is a new data visualization and outreach platform that aims to help nonprofits, independent media organizations, and individual activists communicate their initiatives and accomplishments with visual clarity, statistical tangibility, and aesthetic verve.

New tool puts nonprofit storytelling on the map - Microsoft Citizenship Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

New tool puts nonprofit storytelling on the map - Microsoft Citizenship Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs: It’s why today, we’re launching the Microsoft Local Impact Map for nonprofits and for commercial organizations who wish to showcase their Corporate Social Responsibility programs. Originally developed to help showcase the impact of our Citizenship programs in more than 100 countries around the world, we’re now offering the application to nonprofits at no cost, with a monthly charge of just $15 to host the map online via Microsoft Azure. Using the built-in content management system, nonprofits can now create their own customized maps to showcase their work in local communities around the globe incorporating text, pictures and videos. The map also includes a host of social media capabilities so stories can be easily shared and promoted.

Q&A: mGive on Text Message Philanthropy | Wireless Week

Q&A: mGive on Text Message Philanthropy | Wireless Week: Wireless Week spoke with mGive Executive Director Jenifer Synder about the foundation’s role in mobile philanthropy, its new initiatives and whether it plans to support campaign contributions for the upcoming election season.

This is an edited transcript of their discussion.

CCNI releases social media guidance for charities - Civil Society - Governance - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits

CCNI releases social media guidance for charities - Civil Society - Governance - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland (CCNI) is providing charities with tips to ensure that their social media use does not break the law or jeopardise reputations.

Twitter Invests in Young Women with ‘Girls Who Code’ - The Daily Beast

Twitter Invests in Young Women with ‘Girls Who Code’ - The Daily Beast: Twitter is marking its first foray into funding philanthropy, giving an undisclosed sum to a new program, Girls Who Code, that will give an 8 week, 8-hours-a-day computer science crash course and mentorship to 20 at-risk high school girls this summer.

Marc Chardon and Hal Williams: The Imperfect Storm: Define by Results (Series Post 3)

Marc Chardon and Hal Williams: The Imperfect Storm: Define by Results (Series Post 3): In our initial blog post, we identified five key shifts affecting the environment for nonprofits that have co-mingled with the economy to create the potential for continued rough times. The last post covered Shift #1: Nonprofits Need to Engage Their Donors. In this post, we'll explore how nonprofits need to change how they're telling their stories.

Shift #2: Nonprofits need to define themselves by their results

Social media can improve organizations’ internal communications | TMA Resources

Social media can improve organizations’ internal communications | TMA Resources: As social media expert Steve Nicholls recently highlighted, however, there is another major advantage to the medium that many firms overlook. Social media, he argued, can significantly improve internal communications within an organization.

Information sharing

Speaking to Daily Business Buzz, Nicholls argued that by using social media internally, an organization or association has the potential to significantly improve its information sharing capabilities. According to Nicholls, this is an area that many firms struggle with, but it is extremely important to the overall success of the organization.

Social media 'should not just be for fundraising' - Civil Society - IT - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits

Social media 'should not just be for fundraising' - Civil Society - IT - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: Charities should be using social media to deliver services, according to research carried out by social enterprise Connect Assist.

According to a survey carried out by the contact centre solutions organisation, 80 per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds and 73 per cent of 25 to 34-year-olds use Facebook, Twitter and the internet to get financial, social or emotional advice.

Teens turn from Facebook to fresher social-media sites – USATODAY.com

Teens turn from Facebook to fresher social-media sites – USATODAY.com: Facebook appears to have competition for teens' attention, and they're drifting to other social-media sites as evidence mounts that the growth of the world's largest social network is slowing.

The AFP Blog

The AFP Blog: Rebooted!

AFP TechKnow, our inaugural conference on fundraising and technology, was great. If you didn’t get a chance to attend, you can experience online some of the things you missed through our TechKnow Review page on the AFP website.

4 Strategies that Helped The Ellie Fund Win Twive & Receive | Inspiring Generosity

4 Strategies that Helped The Ellie Fund Win Twive & Receive | Inspiring Generosity: Last week Razoo conducted a national fundraising campaign where 162 nonprofits competed to win a share of $30,000 in prize money. The Ellie Fund (based in the home of the RedSox, thank you) won first prize for raising over $53,000 in 24 hours!

Do Daily Deals Work?

Do Daily Deals Work?: Some merchants who've used Groupon or LivingSocial have grumbled about lack of sales from the daily deals model. But non-profits dig it, and it's not just for the money.

Techies can seem slow to embrace philanthropy - News from USA TODAY

Techies can seem slow to embrace philanthropy - News from USA TODAY: Philanthropic agencies last month eagerly anticipated Facebook’s initial public stock offering, which tech industry analysts said might create some 850 new millionaires.

They hoped they’d get to “like” some of the newfound wealth, too.

While the early performance of the stock has fallen below expectations, anticipation remains high in the non-profit community.

Running for Charity Takes Mobile Turn

Running for Charity Takes Mobile Turn: You don't have to wait for that run or walk for charity in two weeks. If you have a smartphone, your daily stroll or run can earn money for charity.

An article at Mashable gives the low down on Charity Miles, an exercise app that nestles nicely on your Apple or Android phone.

Wish You Could Change the Name of Your Nonprofit’s Facebook Page? Now You Can � Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Blog :: A Social Media Guide for Nonprofits

Wish You Could Change the Name of Your Nonprofit’s Facebook Page? Now You Can � Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Blog :: A Social Media Guide for Nonprofits: There’s a sixth upgrade I want to add to the recent blog post Five Recent Upgrades That Nonprofits Need to Know About – you can now request to change the name of your nonprofit’s Facebook Page by visiting:

Data in service for others

- The Washington Post: The 36-hour hackathon, held last March in the District, was organized by the recently incorporated nonprofit DataKind that looks to match nonprofits with data experts to help improve the work of charities.

By the end of the night, one child advocacy nonprofit turned a spreadsheet of data into an interactive map that shows the well-being of children by neighborhood in the District. An environmental foundation learned to use Google analytics and other software tools to understand the effectiveness of its national volunteer event.

New charity domain name in the pipeline - Civil Society - IT - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits

New charity domain name in the pipeline - Civil Society - IT - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: The Public Interest Registry has applied to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers for permission to establish the .ngo domain name for charities and non-profit organisations around the world.

The Multichannel Giving Paradox: Online Donors vs Offline Donors | NetWitsThinkTank.com

The Multichannel Giving Paradox: Online Donors vs Offline Donors | NetWitsThinkTank.com: The Multichannel Giving Paradox: Online Donors vs. Offline Donors

Charities open their finances to donors via smartphone apps – USATODAY.com

Charities open their finances to donors via smartphone apps – USATODAY.com: Potential donors in New Jersey and Washington state can already check out charities on their smartphones before they write checks. Other states are likely to follow, says Patrick Rooney, executive director of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.

Tips on Great Web-Site Design With Donors in Mind - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Tips on Great Web-Site Design With Donors in Mind - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: The problems with most nonprofit Web sites today are too much text and not enough great visuals, said Ann-Laura Parks at last week’s AFP TechKnow conference in Orlando, Fla., hosted by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

Will QR Codes Reach Their Tipping Point Soon?

Will QR Codes Reach Their Tipping Point Soon?

Good Works Co. - Tools and Resources from AFP Techknow

Good Works Co. - Tools and Resources from AFP Techknow: I’m just back from the inaugural AFP TechKnow Conference, which took place earlier this week in Orlando. It was a jam-packed few days and I’m still processing all the information I took in.

Over the two days of the conference, speakers referred to many tools and websites that could be used for reference, analytics and measurement. As well, a few of us were storifying sessions, and many speakers posted their handouts to Slideshare or the Techknow website. I thought it would be worth pulling all those great references together into one place.

Maximize Unique Strengths of Virtual, F2F or Hybrid for Event Success

Maximize Unique Strengths of Virtual, F2F or Hybrid for Event Success: Have you considered your face to face event objectives in light of the growing popularity of remote attendance and virtual events? More and more it seems that events that have done this are achieving success and getting rave reviews.

The Secret To Marketing Success On Facebook? Advertise Like Your Grandfather | Fast Company

The Secret To Marketing Success On Facebook? Advertise Like Your Grandfather | Fast Company: A new study by Facebook brings some big news that, curiously, at first blush might not seem like much news at all. It's this: If you create successful ads for the social network, just do the same thing you would do if you were advertising on TV. Or in magazines. Or on the radio.

“Storified” Data Collection: Making the Most of Your Results by Sidney R. Hargro of the Community Foundation of South Jersey | Community Techknowledge

“Storified” Data Collection: Making the Most of Your Results by Sidney R. Hargro of the Community Foundation of South Jersey | Community Techknowledge: Use Data Visualization

As digital strategist and nonprofit executive Debra Askanase suggests, data visualization is a very useful form of storytelling for nonprofits. Every day “creative quantification” is on display across social media platforms to encourage us to contemplate the breadth or depth of a social issue.

Virtual game of life | Bangkok Post: business

Virtual game of life | Bangkok Post: business: Lessons learned in the world of video shoot-em-ups and simulations, it turns out, could have some powerful practical applications in the game of life.

The belief has given rise to a new field of research, which the IT industry has dubbed "gamification".

The idea is to apply game-design thinking to non-game applications, explains Carlos Dominguez, a senior vice-president of Cisco Systems, the US-based networking firm.

He said better knowledge of the way people react to and interact with games could help businesses increase efficiency, customer loyalty or engagement.

4 Ground Rules of Facebook Fundraising : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success

4 Ground Rules of Facebook Fundraising : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success: The following is based on the Derrick Feldmann's session, "4 Ground Rules of Facebook Fundraising — Hint: Fundraising is Not the Primary Goal," which he presented yesterday afternoon at the AFP TechKnow ConferenceOpens in a new window in Orlando, Fla.)

Is Social Media Right for Your Organization?

Is Social Media Right for Your Organization?: Last month, an anonymous reader asked this question in response to "Who's in Charge of Communications These Days?"

The article confirms what I already knew: my all volunteer group is going to whither on the vine because we have no staff at all. I am 56, not of the social media generation and have to choose between my existing duties (running our small cat rescue) I can't be monitoring 4 different social media sites, blogging & doing what I need. WHAT ARE WE TO DO?

"Wow," we thought, "great question." And then we turned around and posed it to the article's author and four other nonprofit social media leaders. Here's what they said.

Connection Café: How to Use Twitter Better

Connection Café: How to Use Twitter Better

Conference alert: Get to know TechKnow. | DonorDriven

Conference alert: Get to know TechKnow. | DonorDriven: It’ll be fascinating to hear Woz’s eyebrow-raising take about the future of fundraising, with his background in both tech and philanthropy. But what attendees are really coming for are the targeted sessions and workshops. This conference differs from NTen in that it has a narrower scope: it’s tech that’s specifically aimed at fundraising. For its first year, this is turning into a conference packed with on-target workshops and opportunities to network with peers in fundraising.