General Management - Community Managers: Salaries, Skill-Sets, and Experience Levels : MarketingProfs Article

General Management - Community Managers: Salaries, Skill-Sets, and Experience Levels : MarketingProfs Article: Typical community managers are mid-level professionals who are highly networked within their organization and valued most for their people skills, according to a recent report by The Community Roundtable.

Time management for data analysts | CoolData blog

Time management for data analysts | CoolData blog

Online Giving Grows as Charities Polish Their Methods

Online Giving Grows as Charities Polish Their Methods: According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, online giving is growing at a blistering pace. Two studies cited by the Chronicle indicate that online donations to 115,000 nonprofits rose by 14 percent to $2.1-billion, just between 2011 and 2012; and that online contributions to the largest 149 charities in the US also grew 14 percent, to $785-million.

Nonprofits: Drive Behavior With Social Media - Forbes

Nonprofits: Drive Behavior With Social Media - Forbes: real-life experiment by Facebook to encourage organ donation, adding one’s donor status to one’s timeline, sparked an immediate 2,000% increase in the number of people signing up as donors. Even after the initial flurry, signups continued at a rate double the previous rate, reports Mediapost. These remarkable results highlight the huge opportunity that social media offer to nonprofit groups.

New database will show how charity money is spent | Philanthropy Impact

New database will show how charity money is spent | Philanthropy Impact: The database will consist of information from the annual returns sent to the Charity Commission from charities in England and Wales. It will give headline income and expenditure and show how charities with an income of over �500,000 allocate their revenue across fundraising and governance, charitable activities and reserves. This follows the recent launch of the beta version of DfID’s aid tracker, which allows UK taxpayers to see where their money goes, what it is being spent on and with what result.

5 key elements for your content to go viral - The Buffer Blog

5 key elements for your content to go viral - The Buffer Blog: This is the holy grail for every marketer, entrepreneur and any other professional on the internet: To go viral. At least, when I first started out writing articles and producing content, I could think of nothing else other than trying to figure how to get this post spread like mad on Facebook, Twitter and all the other important places. What I quickly found out is that it takes a little more than posting cute cat photos, although I keep questioning myself on that.

New Websites Match Three Trends in Charitable Giving

New Websites Match Three Trends in Charitable Giving: ecently, new charitable giving sites have been popping up like baby bunnies in springtime. So much so that it is tough to keep up. But three newish online giving sites caught my interest because they reflect so well the trends in donor expectations and behavior. Here is the scoop on them.

Lap Around The Internet: Tech Sites for Nonprofits | The NonProfit Times

From the Nonprofit Times
Lap Around The Internet: Tech Sites for Nonprofits | The NonProfit Times: Lap Around The Internet: Tech Sites for Nonprofits
By Chris Bernard - June 13, 2013

Technology changes fast, doesn’t it? And there are so many pieces to it that it’s difficult to keep up with any one of them, much less all of them. But in my role at Idealware, I’d be remiss if I didn’t try. To that end, there are a number of sites I visit regularly to keep up to speed on the ever-evolving world of technology, especially as it applies to the nonprofit sector.

Here’s what a typical lap of the Internet looks like for me.

Trends: Association Management Systems & Online Community Providers: Associations Now

From Associations Now

Trends: Association Management Systems & Online Community Providers: Associations Now: At ASAE’s 2013 Marketing, Membership & Communications Conference last week, I visited the expo hall to speak with the industry partners there who provide association management systems (AMSs) and online community platforms (or both). Because these tools form the foundation of much of the work done by association membership professionals, I wanted to get a feel for the state of the industry.

Brooklyn Museum: Community: bloggers@brooklynmuseum » Moving Toward a Conversation

Brooklyn Museum: Community: bloggers@brooklynmuseum » Moving Toward a Conversation: "For the most part these worked to serve the purpose and we didn’t think much about changing them, but this year we started to wonder if there would be value in upping the game a bit. As they stood, they were the electronic version of a one way comment drop box.  Should they become a more personal experience and one that leans toward a two way dialog? Could we elevate the discussion from a simple “leave us your thoughts” to more directed questions that might provoke deeper engagement?  Could that same format help give visitors access to someone—a curator, an educator, an artist, a conservator—to help get their questions answered?

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British Program Puts Philanthropy at One’s Fingertips - NYTimes.com

British Program Puts Philanthropy at One’s Fingertips - NYTimes.com: n a bid to restore the canvas and painting in time for the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the war, the gallery is making an appeal for the funds, equivalent to about $31,000, through smartphones.

Museums have long solicited donations from the public, but they are increasingly turning to new, often digital, ways to raise funds. In addition to traditional donation boxes, more than a dozen institutions in Britain have signed up for the National Funding Scheme’s Donate program, which uses digital technology to attract contributions.

Marketing, Membership & Communications: Where Tech Comes in: Associations Now

Marketing, Membership & Communications: Where Tech Comes in: Associations Now: Technology was a persistent theme during ASAE’s 2013 Marketing, Membership & Communications Conference last week. Why? Well, when you peel away the outer layers surrounding tech issues, what you might find at the core are really membership issues.

Tampa Company Creates App For Online Giving

Tampa Company Creates App For Online Giving: Lots of companies make charitable contributions each year, with varying methods of determining where to allocate the funds. A new Facebook app called CharityVote allows companies to involve their customers and other Facebook fans in these decisions. Companies determine the amount they want to donate and create a contest involving five of their favorite charities. Facebook fans then vote on which charity should receive the money, with each receiving a portion of the donations. Since fans have to "like" the company page in order to vote, the app increases the company’s social media reach.

From KC To DC In A Car Powered By Tweets - Forbes

From KC To DC In A Car Powered By Tweets - Forbes: Okay, so it’s not literally powered by social media. But what they’ve done to the car is added a “social fuel” program to it, where different social media interactions open enough watts for the car to use.

For example, following them on Twitter? That’s 5 watts. Like them on Facebook? That’s 1 watt. Watch their YouTube video? That’s 3 watts. Their goal is to get enough social media interactions to give them the watts they need to travel from Kansas City to Washington, D.C. in their converted car.

They want to do that simply to raise awareness for their program, MindDrive. This program is centered around 30 at

At Grameen Foundation, an international nonprofit becomes a software developer - The Washington Post

At Grameen Foundation, an international nonprofit becomes a software developer - The Washington Post: hree years later, the foundation’s thesis has given rise to an open-source software platform called Mobile Technology for Community Health, or MOTECH, that an increasing number of nonprofits, non-governmental organizations and humanitarian groups are using to address pandemics such as tuberculosis and HIV.

Waters True Value donates $4,000 with the help of social media - News - Dodge City Daily Globe - Dodge City, KS

Waters True Value donates $4,000 with the help of social media - News - Dodge City Daily Globe - Dodge City, KS: Waters True Value utilized Facebook to bring awareness about relief efforts to the community. Waters’ encouraged their Facebook friends to share a “Pray for Oklahoma” status with a promise of donating one dollar to the disaster relief efforts for each share. After only two days, the status generated over 2,000 shares. The True Value Corporation in Chicago continued the endeavor by matching the amount, resulting in a $4,000 donation given to the Oklahoma City Red Cross.

Online Fundraising - What Donors Want to See on Your Website

Online Fundraising - What Donors Want to See on Your Website: It is tempting to think that websites are less important in this age of social media. But, as a recent report on young people revealed, the website may be more important than ever. People of all ages, are likely to research your nonprofit right at your home page before they give to you. Make sure that you make donating as easy as possible.

Jakob Nielsen, a web page usability expert, has found that bad nonprofit website design results in fewer online donations.

American Red Cross Launches Digital Training Program for Disaster Relief Volunteers - PR Newswire - The Sacramento Bee

American Red Cross Launches Digital Training Program for Disaster Relief Volunteers - PR Newswire - The Sacramento Bee: WASHINGTON, June 4, 2013 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today,the American Red Cross announced a new, technology-based training program for disaster relief volunteers that will allow them to access training programs remotely through mobile devices.

Why Adding Tons of Features to Fundraising Software Results in Disaster | Bloomerang

Why Adding Tons of Features to Fundraising Software Results in Disaster | Bloomerang: Taking Inventory on Feature Usage in Nonprofit Database Systems

Every leading retail store operation knows down to the penny what revenue and profit is being provided daily, weekly and monthly by each item of inventory being sold. They know which ones are hot and which ones are slow movers. They obviously adjust future orders based upon this information.

Software vendors, especially those serving the charity sector are not always that smart! I am not trying to be harsh, but to my knowledge few if any of the top vendors have ever removed little used features and functions in order to stream line the use of their products. This is sad because the end users could truly benefit if this was done.