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Wednesday, July 02, 2014
Some Little Known Faith-Based Technology Resources - The TechSoup Blog - Community - TechSoup
Some Little Known Faith-Based Technology Resources - The TechSoup Blog - Community - TechSoup: We’ve been talking to folks from some of the 350,000 congregations around the country and have been hearing that they’d like more coverage of IT resources for religious oriented charities on TechSoup. They’ve also told us about some great, but little-known online resources that explore faith-based IT like the pros and cons of the different church member management software packages and website content management systems for congregation websites. We thought we’d share that with you.
Tuesday, July 01, 2014
The Blackbaud Index: Charitable Giving to Nonprofits Increased 0.9% in May | Blackbaud News
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The Blackbaud Index: Charitable Giving to Nonprofits Increased 0.9% in May | Blackbaud News: The Blackbaud Index today reported that overall charitable giving to nonprofits increased 0.9% and online giving increased 8.1% for the three months ending May 2014 as compared to the same period in 2013.
As reported in the recently released Charitable Giving Report, overall charitable giving grew 4.9% and online giving grew 13.5% for the full year 2013 compared to the full year 2012. Visit the interactive infographic to view highlights from the report.
The Blackbaud Index: Charitable Giving to Nonprofits Increased 0.9% in May | Blackbaud News: The Blackbaud Index today reported that overall charitable giving to nonprofits increased 0.9% and online giving increased 8.1% for the three months ending May 2014 as compared to the same period in 2013.
As reported in the recently released Charitable Giving Report, overall charitable giving grew 4.9% and online giving grew 13.5% for the full year 2013 compared to the full year 2012. Visit the interactive infographic to view highlights from the report.
For Email Newsletters, a Death Greatly Exaggerated - NYTimes.com
For Email Newsletters, a Death Greatly Exaggerated - NYTimes.com: So it gives us great pleasure to reveal a radical publishing technology that is catching on in news media companies big and small. Ladies and gentlemen, behold: email.
Email newsletters, an old-school artifact of the web that was supposed to die along with dial-up connections, are not only still around, but very much on the march.
Email newsletters, an old-school artifact of the web that was supposed to die along with dial-up connections, are not only still around, but very much on the march.
Study uncovers record-high satisfaction with text donations | Charity Digital News
Study uncovers record-high satisfaction with text donations | Charity Digital News: he mGive Foundation (TMF) has released its annual Text Donation Study, which showed record-high levels of satisfaction among respondents with text giving.
CAF Donate platform launches to open up Direct Debits to charities | Charity Digital News
CAF Donate platform launches to open up Direct Debits to charities | Charity Digital News: CAF Donate is a new platform that will help free up small and medium size charities from the administrative burden of processing donations on and offline and make it easy for them to accept regular donations by Direct Debit, as well as one-off gifts.
Previous research by the Payments Council has shown that a staggering 91% of charities still do not accept Direct Debit payments. So, following Small Charities Week, CAF Donate is being launched to help charities accep
Previous research by the Payments Council has shown that a staggering 91% of charities still do not accept Direct Debit payments. So, following Small Charities Week, CAF Donate is being launched to help charities accep
INFORMED LIBRARIAN ONLINE - Guest Forum
INFORMED LIBRARIAN ONLINE - Guest Forum: Browsing the internet using your glasses, checking your email with a quick glance at your wrist, and keeping count of how many calories you are burning with your shoes. This functionality isn’t for the world of tomorrow, it’s all wearable technology and it is here today.
I’m Alex Cato and with my first Bit of Bytes column I’m going to give you the 411 on wearable technology; what it is, what’s available right now and help you make the decision whether you want to use it.
I’m Alex Cato and with my first Bit of Bytes column I’m going to give you the 411 on wearable technology; what it is, what’s available right now and help you make the decision whether you want to use it.
Monday, June 30, 2014
Google I/O 2014's Nonprofit Panel: Hack The Hood, Beyond 12, And One Degree
Google I/O 2014's Nonprofit Panel: Hack The Hood, Beyond 12, And One Degree: Google I/O, the company’s annual developer-focused conference, concluded this year with a session featuring three nonprofits: Hack the Hood, Beyond 12, and One Degree. The organizations were all recent winners of the Google ’s Bay Area Impact Challenge. The Challenge invited nonprofits to share their ideas for a better Bay Area. A panel of community advisors helped review submissions, and community members then voted for their favorite projects. Stephanie Hannon, Director of Product Management for Social Impact at Google moderated the panel.
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