Friday, October 24, 2014

Ebola Fighters Enlist Texts in Bid to Curb Outbreak - Bloomberg

Ebola Fighters Enlist Texts in Bid to Curb Outbreak - Bloomberg: "Aid workers in Liberia tried out a new tool this week to contain the world’s worst Ebola outbreak: the text message."



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How Small Organizations Can Use Affordable ICT-tools to Measure Impact | NTEN

How Small Organizations Can Use Affordable ICT-tools to Measure Impact | NTEN: "What if nonprofits and social enterprises had an affordable way to report real-time, large-scale data on their social impact? This question inspired Kopernik to create the "impact tracker technologies’" catalog in online and print forms.

Organizations are under pressure to measure their performance and results. Many low-cost, information communication technology (ICT) -based tools already exist to help collect data on a large-scale, real-time basis. Yet, while both supply and demand for ICT-based tools exist, nonprofits and social enterprises often fail to take advantage of them."



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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Top 150 Nonprofit Blogs - Top Nonprofits



2 AFP Blogs make the fall edition of this list.



Top 150 Nonprofit Blogs - Top Nonprofits:



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Top 150 Nonprofit Blogs - Top Nonprofits



2 AFP Blogs make the fall edition of this list.



Top 150 Nonprofit Blogs - Top Nonprofits:



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Focus Group of One : Target Marketing

Focus Group of One : Target Marketing: "If you're sending your marketing campaigns without benefit of A/B or multi-variant testing—most companies admit to fewer than five tests per month—you are effectively acting as a focus group of one. You are assuming all of your constituents feel the same way about your campaign as you do. Big mistake."



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Taking Annual Reports Digital – Redesigning Good - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Taking Annual Reports Digital – Redesigning Good - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "Digital annual reports have many advantages over print versions: They can be cheaper to produce, and they allow charities to use video, interactive features, and dynamic data visualization. Using digital technology, charities can track how many people actually open the reports and what pages are most popular.

And with advances in content-management systems, like WordPress, employees with little or no web-development knowledge can dramatically change the look and feel of digital reports, so you don’t need a design or development staff to do it."



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SEO For Nonprofits: What You Really Need To Know | Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology

SEO For Nonprofits: What You Really Need To Know | Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology: "What are some things my nonprofit can do to start optimizing my website today?
Great question, and probably the one we’re asked more than any other. Here are a few ideas to get you started on the road to optimization."



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Next phase of anti-spam law targets software - National | Globalnews.ca

Next phase of anti-spam law targets software - National | Globalnews.ca:



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Microsoft alumni group giving $175k to former employees' nonprofit ventures - GeekWire

Microsoft alumni group giving $175k to former employees' nonprofit ventures - GeekWire: "The Microsoft Alumni Foundation has announced new grants and matching funds totaling $175,000 for former employees whose philanthropy and nonprofit work has been recognized by the group for improving the lives of others."



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