NFPs Becoming More ‘Tech Effective’ - US Study | Pro Bono Australia

NFPs Becoming More ‘Tech Effective’ - US Study | Pro Bono Australia: A US Not for Profit technology staffing survey has found a sharp increase in the number of organisations with a formal technology plan.

The annual NTEN Nonprofit Technology Staffing and Investments survey reports that more than half (55 per cent) of respondents reported that their organisation has some type of formal technology plan compared to just 40 per cent last year.

Viral Philanthropy: The Impact of Crowdsourced Compassion

Viral Philanthropy: The Impact of Crowdsourced Compassion: Bus monitor Karen Klein didn’t ask the world for sympathy, and she definitely didn’t request money. But once Internet users watched the heartbreaking viral video of young students harassing Klein, they reached for their wallets.

This is viral philanthropy, through which users of online communities, such as Reddit, Facebook, Twitter and other platforms, spread awareness and raise money for those who need it.

7 secrets to increasing fundraising results - TheNonProfitTimes

7 secrets to increasing fundraising results - TheNonProfitTimes: Online fundraising has become a popular and successful method for nonprofits trying to increase revenue and acquire new donors. While it does not yet amount to even close to the majority of fundraising for most nonprofits, online giving grew by 13 percent from 2010 to 2011.

Frank Barry, Internet strategy manager for Blackbaud in Charleston, S.C., has seven tips that will help your organization improve online fundraising efforts.

Staying Attached To Untethered Donors - TheNonProfitTimes

Staying Attached To Untethered Donors - TheNonProfitTimes: More people are reading emails on mobile devices than on desktop computers. It’s no longer an option but a veritable requirement to code emails for mobile optimization. If your organization can’t afford to make an entire mobile-friendly website, at least optimize a few pages for mobile.

Technology - Howard Rheingold - What the WELL's Rise and Fall Tell Us About Online Community - The Atlantic

Technology - Howard Rheingold - What the WELL's Rise and Fall Tell Us About Online Community - The Atlantic: lash forward nearly three decades. I have not been active in the WELL for more than fifteen years. But when the word got around in 2010 that I had been diagnosed with cancer (I'm healthy now), people from the WELL joined my other friends in driving me to my daily radiation treatments. Philcat was one of them. Like many who harbor a special attachment to their home town long after they leave for the wider world, I've continued to take an interest -- at a distance -- in the place where I learned that strangers connected only through words on computer screens could legitimately be called a "community."

I got the word that the WELL was for sale via Twitter, which seemed either ironic or appropriate, or both. Salon, which has owned the WELL since 1999, has put the database of conversations, the list of subscribers, and the domain name on the market, I learned.