Thursday, January 09, 2014

#CMAD 2014 Community Manager Awards | Community Manager Appreciation Day

#CMAD 2014 Community Manager Awards | Community Manager Appreciation Day: Community Managers are amazing. You know this, and so do we. That’s why this year, for Community Manager Appreciation Day, we’re going to start a new tradition. In a joint partnership with BTC Revolutions, HootSuite, Meshfire, Nimble and Sprout Social, we’re excited to announce the 2014 Community Manager Appreciation Day Awards!

Wednesday, January 08, 2014

Blackbaud Highlights Key Technology Trends For Nonprofits in 2014 | Blackbaud News

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Blackbaud Highlights Key Technology Trends For Nonprofits in 2014 | Blackbaud News: In 2014, technology will continue to have an even greater impact on nonprofits,” said Mary Beth Westmoreland, Blackbaud’s vice president of product development. “Tremendous opportunities exist for these organizations to use technology to deliver on their missions in a very effective and scalable way, both when engaging with supporters and when managing back-end operations.”

Leaving Donations On The Screen | The Agitator - Fundraising, Direct Marketing and Advocacy Strategies for Nonprofits

Leaving Donations On The Screen | The Agitator - Fundraising, Direct Marketing and Advocacy Strategies for Nonprofits: Firstly, all the media/digital monitoring services are now reporting that more than half of emails are opened with a mobile device. And mobile viewing of online video, as well as your ‘plain ole’ website, is also accelerating very rapidly. See The Agitator’s reporting here, here and here.

Second, undoubtedly, virtually all nonprofits, looking at trends to date, have built aggressive growth assumptions for online revenue into their 2014 projections. High expectations have been created for the bosses and boards.

Technology for Good Report

Technology for Good Report: Technology for Good identifies ten technologies being used in innovative ways to create positive social change.

Examples are drawn from charitable organizations working on widely varied issues around the globe. This makes Technology for Good a unique repository of inspiration for the public and private sectors, funders, and other change makers who support using technology for social good.

Five Tips for Developing a Successful Email Newsletter | FeedBlitz - Email Marketing and RSS

Five Tips for Developing a Successful Email Newsletter | FeedBlitz - Email Marketing and RSS: Despite the advent of the “always-on” mentality that social media has instilled in us, email marketing is still one of the best ways to reach your audience, especially for small business.

The reasons in favor of using email newsletters as part of your marketing mix far outweigh the reasons not to,

Tuesday, January 07, 2014

Op/ed: Tri-county nonprofit trends to watch for in 2014 | Pacific Coast Business Times

Op/ed: Tri-county nonprofit trends to watch for in 2014 | Pacific Coast Business Times

Wearable Technology for Your Nonprofit? | Community Techknowledge

Wearable Technology for Your Nonprofit? | Community Techknowledge: It’s 2014 and wearable technology now has the capacity to make smart phones seem “so yesterday”, but probably NOT for the typical nonprofit exec. Frankly, nonprofits are generally absent in most early-adopters of breakthrough technology groups, but once they feel comfortable enough, nonprofits do find highly effective ways to apply technology to th

China’s Internet Users Increase Weibo Logins - eMarketer

China’s Internet Users Increase Weibo Logins - eMarketer: Social users interact with brands, follow popular personalities and shop

The majority of internet use in China is done via mobile devices. It makes sense, then, that among the changes in China’s social media ecosystem is the rapid emergence of “weibo,” mobile microblogging services akin to Twitter. These have been adopted so quickly by internet users in China that they have surpassed most “traditional” social networks, according to a new eMarketer report, “Mobile Social Platforms in China: Marketing Opportunities and Challenges.”