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U.S. Charities Experiencing Social Media Fundraising Boom Following the recent release of new research showing a growing impact of social media on nonprofit event fundraising, Charity Dynamics has announced that nonprofit organizations using the company’s innovative Boundless Fundraising™ social networking application have raised more than $15 million directly through the application since the beginning of 2009. Read more...
Management
| SAGE Puts Millennium into the Channel |
| Written by Bob Scott | |
| Sage North America has put Millennium, its Web-based CRM application for large non profits, into the channel. The company said the program, previously available only via the direct sales, would be available through a channel that includes authorized referral partners, authorized resellers and certified implementation partners. | |
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With the sluggish economy still taking its toll on non-profits, many organizations are focused on taking the proper steps to increase donor and member retention, donations and operational efficiency. Bob Alves, chairman and CEO of Alexandria, Virginia-based Advanced Solutions International (ASI), offers the following technology best practices, and demonstrates how non-profits can get smart by going ‘back to the basics’ and doing more with less in these tough economic times.
Charities such as The National Breast Cancer Foundation and Lifewater have successfully run mobile giving campaigns that utilize mobile devices to capture donations for several years now. But it wasn’t until the recent relief efforts for Haiti that mobile giving really played a huge role in fundraising. Now, many non-profits are wondering - What is mobile giving and how do we utilize it?
Everyone is buzzing about social media. There is no doubt that it connects people, but the big question is can it successfully work for a non-profit. According to Carol Meerschaert, Director of Marketing and Communications for Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association, it can. She feels “Done right social media can increase awareness, engagement and motivate volunteers“.
Reviews
| EVENTjournal.com |
| Written by Karen Corey | |
 The EVENTjournal.com (www.eventjournal.com ) is a customizable end to end system that is designed to meet the needs of nonprofit organizations to manage fundraisers or gala events. This software is more than just an online catalog or event journal. It is a fully integrated and interactive online journal. With this system the fundraising event even has its own website that includes many built in features; including an online shopping cart and registration system, banner ads, and email announcemen | |
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TowerCare Technologies’ DonorPro Software (www.towercare.com) is a complete system that assists in donation processing and donor management. It has an array of functions and features to assist in running a nonprofit organization. It allows the user to manage and track all constituents, such as donors, members, employees and prospects.
Nonprofit organizations have an almost impossible mission. They are expected to serve the needs of as many constituents as possible while making a minimum investment in administrative costs. Their reporting needs are extensive and their teams are expected to deliver miracles. They have to answer to just about anyone who makes a donation along with a myriad of government organizations. Every dollar they spend must be tracked from plan to action to results.
Tech Tips
| Refurbished Computers |
| Written by Lorna Doone Brewer | |
 It seems to be the nonprofit organization's special burden, and even badge of honor---to make things happen on an extremely limited budget. For one thing, startup funds are usually pretty small. Once you're up and running, surviving on donations and fundraising is pretty tricky. Most importantly, being fiscally responsible means that more money can go toward your mission. BUT
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Data backup is one of those things that everyone knows they're supposed to do, but it often gets overlooked or put on the back burner. It just doesnt seem like that big of a deal...
until it is. Think of how many nonprofit organizations do some of their most important work during natural disasters: rescue organizations, food banks, energy assistance programs, etc.
Getting people involved and invested in your nonprofit organization is one of the best ways to ensure that theyll stay committed, right? This Technology Age offers a number of ways to engage prospective supporters, from blogging and commenting to Twitter to Facebook pages. These all allow people to feel like theyre being heard by the organizations they respect.
While many nonprofit organizations do all they can to create a workable software system based on what they already have or what has been donated, there comes a time in many NPOs lives when it is time to bite the bullet and purchase the right tools for the job. Thats not to say that you cant keep inventory on an Excel spreadsheet or even throw in a few formulas and call it bookkeeping. On the other hand, a successful nonprofit may just outgrow these temporary fixes.
News
| U.S. Charities Experiencing Social Media Fundraising Boom |
| Written by News | |
| Following the recent release of new research showing a growing impact of social media on nonprofit event fundraising, Charity Dynamics has announced that nonprofit organizations using the company’s innovative Boundless Fundraising™ social networking application have raised more than $15 million directly through the application since the beginning of 2009. | |
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The Buzz
| eBay's Green Team Challenge Saves the Rainforest |
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| According to The Street.com eBay’s new Green Team Challenge has the company protecting an acre of rainforest for the first 250,000 who pledge to reuse on eBay. | |
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U.S. Charities Experiencing Social Media Fundraising BoomFollowing the recent release of new research showing a growing impact of social media on nonprofit event fundraising, Charity Dynamics has announced that nonprofit organizations using the company’s innovative Boundless Fundraising™ social networking application have raised more than $15 million directly through the application since the beginning of 2009. News | Friday, 12 March 2010 |
The University of British Columbia Selects Blackbaud Enterprise CRMBlackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB), the leading global provider of software and related services designed specifically for nonprofit organizations, has announced that the University of British Columbia (UBC) recently selected Blackbaud Enterprise CRM™ as its new organization-wide relationship management system. This leading Canadian public research university with campuses in Vancouver and Kelowna, British Columbia, will use the solution to improve collaboration,... News | Friday, 12 March 2010 |
Sage North America Brings Millennium Nonprofit CRM into Reseller ChannelSage North America has announced two new business partner programs for Sage Millennium, highly customizable, web-based, nonprofit CRM (constituent relationship management) software for large nonprofit organizations. Applications are currently being accepted for both the Authorized Referral Partner Program and Authorized Reseller and Certified Implementation Partner Program. Sage Millennium was previously only available for purchase directly from Sage. News | Friday, 5 March 2010 |
Quark Launches New Web-to-Print Service for Small BusinessesQuark has announced the launch of QuarkPromote.com (www.quarkpromote.com ), a new online service that helps entrepreneurs and small businesses in the United States easily create their own high-quality, professional marketing materials that can be picked up at a nearby neighborhood printer or received by mail in just a few days. The easy-to-use service allows people with no previous design or... News | Friday, 5 March 2010 |
BiddingForGood Crosses $80 Million in Funds Raised for Non-ProfitsBiddingForGood, the leading cause-related e-commerce platform connecting consumers and marketers to nonprofit auction events has announced that it has passed $80 million in merchandise sales supporting non-profits and schools across the U.S. Even more impressively, over $24 million (30%) of this number was raised just over the past 12 months. In addition, the number of charities running online auctions increased... News | Friday, 5 March 2010 |
Sage MIP Fund Accounting Helps Tribal GovernmentsSage Software has announced that tribal governments across the U.S. continue to choose its award-winning Sage MIP Fund Accounting software for nonprofit financial management. Such tribal governments as the Coquille Indian Tribe and the Narragansett Indian Tribe count on Sage MIP Fund Accounting to help them track and report on multiple funds across multiple budget cost centers, and through varying... News | Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
DonorPerfect Partners with NOZA to Improve Targeted FundraisingSofterWare, Inc., developer of DonorPerfect Fundraising Software, has announced a strategic partnership with NOZA, Inc., that will enable DonorPerfect clients to access actual giving transactions from NOZA's database of over 44 MILLION people, companies, and charitable foundations. Starting with the web-based version DonorPerfect Online, DonorPerfect clients will be able to access their donor’s giving information in NOZA with an integrated... News | Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Selects BlackbaudBlackbaud, Inc., (Nasdaq: BLKB) the leading provider of software and services for nonprofit organizations, has announced that Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the largest art museum in the western United States, has selected and will implement its integrated solution for arts and cultural organizations. News | Friday, 19 February 2010 |
WizeHive Releases New Applicant Manager ProductWizeHive, the award winning collaboration software platform from PivotPoint Software, introduces Applicant Manager, a new product designed to meet the business requirements of specific situations found at foundations, grant providers, scholarship funds, admissions directors and contest managers. News | Friday, 19 February 2010 |
AccuFund Adds Enhanced Loan Tracker ModuleAccuFund, Inc., provider of financial reporting and accounting software for non-profit, municipal and government organizations, today announced that Loan Tracker, a stand-alone module, has been enhanced and is now integrated in Version 3.09 of the AccuFund Accounting Suite. Loan Tracker is utilized by economic development organizations, housing agencies and tribal communities. News | Friday, 19 February 2010 |
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About the Author: Bob Scott has been informing and entertaining the financial software community with his email newsletters for 10 years. And he has been covering this market through print publications for 18 years, first as technology editor of Accounting Today and then as the Editor of Accounting Technology from 1997 through 2009. He has covered the traditional tax and accounting profession during the same time and continues to address that as executive editor of The Progressive Accountant. |