Online Giving in Holiday Season Grows 17% Over 2012 - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Online Giving in Holiday Season Grows 17% Over 2012 - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Online Giving in Holiday Season Grows 17% Over 2012

By Raymund Flandez

Online donations from November 1 to mid-December are 17 percent higher than in the same period last year, according to Network for Good, a nonprofit that processes gifts made electronically.

Donations rose to $37.4-million, up from $31.9-million during the same period in 2012.

Google's charity donation app comes to iOS for the holidays

Google's charity donation app comes to iOS for the holidays: It's the season of giving, and this year, iOS users will be entitled to share the love with Google's One Today app

Belfast Nonprofit Brings Affordable Technology to Mainers | Bangor, Maine News, Sports, and Weather - WABI TV5

Belfast Nonprofit Brings Affordable Technology to Mainers | Bangor, Maine News, Sports, and Weather - WABI TV5: We’ve helped almost 10,000 families so far in the 12 years,” said E-Commerce Manager Calvin Robbins.

Jodi Martin started the nonprofit, Information Technology Exchange, with her husband.

“We have two programs. One is PC’s for Maine and one is PC Medix. PC’s for Maine is our nonprofit. We are a computer literacy project, 501 C3, and we help get computers into the hands of underprivileged, schools, non profits, and libraries,” said Martin, the executive director.

VT Nonprofits Get Website Upgrades | Common Good Vermont Blog

VT Nonprofits Get Website Upgrades | Common Good Vermont Blog: Managing a website no longer needs to be intimidating for a nonprofit of any size. Content management systems, such as WordPress, make adding or editing content as simple as writing an email or drafting a Word document.

Since the start of the project, the Vermont Digital Economy Project has helped nearly twenty nonprofits to revamp their web presence in a way that empowers them to control their own messaging. In the White River Valley alon

HUGE! Facebook Rolling Out "Donate Now" Feature for Nonprofits

From John Haydon

HUGE! Facebook Rolling Out "Donate Now" Feature for Nonprofits: Facebook is rolling out a new feature that lets Facebook users make donations directly to their favorite nonprofits via the News Feed.

This donate now feature will appear beside posts in the News Feed and at the top of non-profit Facebook Pages participating in the program.

Digital civil society emerging � Philanthropy North Carolina

Digital civil society emerging � Philanthropy North Carolina: Digital technology and data are driving the use of private resources for public good, and the shape of that emerging social economy will depend on how nonprofits, philanthropies, business and government address critical questions about the ways that data are collected, shared and used, a new report says.

“How we use private data for public benefit will be a definitional issue for our future social economies in Europe, the United States, and across the globe,” says Philanthropy and the Social Economy: Blueprint 2013.

Retweets Most Likely to Happen After Hours [Study] - Search Engine Watch (#SEW)

Via Search Engine Watch
Retweets Most Likely to Happen After Hours [Study] - Search Engine Watch (#SEW): Based on nearly 1,500 twitter accounts with more than 1,000 followers, the study looked at things like timing and structure. Beginning with the timing component, research showed overall that the most active days on Twitter were Monday through Friday, with Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday showing the most activity.

7 Tips for Nonprofits to Avoid Social Media Burnout in 2014

7 Tips for Nonprofits to Avoid Social Media Burnout in 2014: 2013 was undoubtedly the year of social media. Facebook signed its 1 billionth user, over 400 million tweets are being sent per day on Twitter, LinkedIn boasts over 1.5 million active groups, 16 billion photos were uploaded to Instagram and YouTube claims over 1 billion unique monthly visitors.

3 Facts About Fundraising on Social Media

3 Facts About Fundraising on Social Media: oes your non-profit organize fundraising on social media? Chances are that the answer to that question is yes. Here are some facts from top reports on the state of fundraising that you should consider:

Nonprofit Technology News Celebrity Forecasts for 2014

Some interesting prognostications collected by Tech Soup

Nonprofit Technology News Celebrity Forecasts for 2014: Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013, we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, Lucy Bernholz, and other luminaries to find out what is in their crystal balls for 2014.

Social Media Crisis Communications for Bloggers | FeedBlitz - Email Marketing and RSS

Social Media Crisis Communications for Bloggers | FeedBlitz - Email Marketing and RSS: t happened. Someone took offense to something on your blog. A thought wasn’t as well developed as you imagined. Or you wrote something you wish you hadn’t.

People are taking to your digital properties with pitchforks and lit torches. Comments section is filled with vile. And so is your Facebook Page. Twitter isn’t much better.

British Red Cross unveils new digital fundraising strategy | Charity Digital News

British Red Cross unveils new digital fundraising strategy | Charity Digital News: British Red Cross has launched a new digital fundraising initiative, ‘Give to a Special Project,’ which gives supporters the chance to directly fund a diverse range of international and UK projects ranging between �1,000 and �8,000 in value.

Google and Mashable to Host First Hangout-a-thon for Charity

Google and Mashable to Host First Hangout-a-thon for Charity: The Hangout-a-thon is a phoneathon for the connected generation of the 21st century. It will feature 12 hours of thought-provoking guests, who will share updates on some of the most disruptive non-profits working today. The best part is, if you like what you hear, you can take action right on the spot by donating to the project through the Google Hangout.

Foundation Support Booms for Web, Mobile Media Projects | Idea Lab | PBS

Foundation Support Booms for Web, Mobile Media Projects | Idea Lab | PBS: Along with the changing media landscape, foundations are increasingly supporting media-related efforts in multiple disciplines — with a bigger push into digital platforms.

According to a new report by the Foundation Center, with support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Wyncote Foundation, $1.86 billion was awarded in media-related grants from 2009 to 2011.

Iowan helps provide high-tech eyes of disaster relief in Philippines | Des Moines Register Staff Blogs

Iowan helps provide high-tech eyes of disaster relief in Philippines | Des Moines Register Staff Blogs: Harwath is one of four Global DIRT members currently on the ground in the Philippines. The nonprofit has had as many as a dozen people working there in recent weeks, plus a pair of dogs trained to nose through the debris in search of human survivors and remains.

Harwath’s specialty with his background in video is to help serve as the eyes of disaster response advance planning for any nonprofit, non-governmental agency or nation that wants to lend help. Think of your typical streel-level Google Maps view, then imagine that concept not with still images but with 360-degree video footage that shows 30-foot-tall piles of rubble where entire city neighborhoods once stood.