Tech Soup

JUNE 11, 2009

philanthropy is that total giving for 2008 was estimated to have exceeded $300 billion for the second year in a row, for a total of $307.65 The good news from the annual GivingUSA report (PDF) on U.S. But, unfortunately, most of the news was bad. Photo: Peter Gerdes.

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The Fundraising Coach

MARCH 11, 2020

In my time as a nonprofit fundraiser, we've seen recessions related to the dot-com bust, the 9/11 attacks, and the housing market implosion around 2008 and 2009. Back in 2008, I wrote a couple articles on recession proof fundraising and fundraising in a recession. These times are not fun. But nonprofits can survive. Just gratitude.

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ProposalPRO

AUGUST 1, 2021

2008), and that there is too much variability in how reviewers score the same information (Mayo et al., Perhaps most concerning, Johnson (2008) found that reviewer bias affected as much as a quarter of funding decisions. 2006, Graves et al., 2001, Abdoul et al. What other options are there?

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Clairification

JULY 31, 2023

Coincidentally, I found a back issue of Lifestyles Magazine from 2008 (yes, I’m a bit of a hoarder) and was struck by some of what the publication had to say—a veritable peek inside the minds of major donors. How can I make the biggest impact on the future? Have you ever wondered how major donors think about philanthropy?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2011

In 2008, while working as a research director for IT security software for Aberdeen Group , I began researching green IT and sustainability. This piece is part of an occasional series we do at GreenTech to profile leaders in the Green IT field. Carol Baroudi is the lead author of the 2009 Wiley. publication, Green IT For Dummies.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 24, 2025

This is the boat I am in; I wrote grants for a decade before GPCI first offered certifications in 2008 (GPA of Lower Hudson, n.d.), Eleven percent of survey respondents reported being new to the field or GPA as the reason for not earning their GPC, while 7% were unaware of it and 11% lacked the time. so I never got around to it.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 27, 2025

Its no secret that effective fundraising fuels your nonprofits workbut not all of the donations that may be useful to your nonprofit are necessarily monetary. In-kind donations (i.e., Lets dive in! Knowing this amount is important for accurately tracking your nonprofits donation revenue in your financial records. The items provider. Annual report.

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Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

They have their own logo and didn’t change their name after the 2008 brand makeover to the parent organization. Massage Envy has 600 locations nationwide. Second Harvest Food Bank is a member of Feeding America , the largest national hunger relief charity in the U. with 200 locations in all 50 states. Massage Envy are franchised stores.

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Selfish Giving

MARCH 28, 2011

I’ve admired UNICEF’s Tap Project since it began in 2008. Since then it’s raised $2.5 This year’s program wrapped up on Saturday and I’m sure they’ll add generously to this total. Have you visited the Tap Project web site ? There’s a lot cause marketers can learn and borrow from the site.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 1, 2014

The Alabama Eye Bank operates the Global Sight Network , a service the eye bank started in 2008 to provide corneas prepared through long-term preservation to health-care facilities in developing countries. The Alabama Eye Bank is a nonprofit that helps those with corneal blindness to see again. The Alabama Eye Bank. The Global Sight Network.

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Penelope Burk

AUGUST 3, 2021

Looking at annual results over that forty-year period, giving was up in thirty-seven of those years, declining only three times [2] , and none of those declines can be blamed on fundraisers (1987 stock market crash, 2008 sub-prime mortgage debacle and associated crash into a recession; 2009 continuing recession.) million [4].

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CauseVox

MARCH 31, 2021

Speaker : Mark founded Cathexis Partners in 2008. Peer-to-peer fundraising helps you raise more for your organization by leveraging your supporters to fundraise on your behalf. A communications plan helps your team think more strategically and communicate more effectively about your campaign — internally and outside of the organization.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 16, 2009

Smaller non-profit organizations get some encouraging news in NTEN’s newly released 2008 IT Staffing & Spending Report -- when it comes to being on the cutting edge of non-profit technology, size doesn’t matter.( read more ).

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

This blog is sponsored by Wild Apricot membership software : a set of tools for membership administration , event registration , website management , online fundraising - with friendly and knowledgeable tech support. See for yourself how affordable and easy it is to use: - Take a tour! 5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Jobs was as usual quite prescient. bring your own device) movement has been a staple topic in the IT press, and it is commonplace for us to use our own mobile phones and tablets for work related activities. As adoption of mobile devices increases for both work and pleasure, IT will no longer be dominated by PCs.

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GrantNews

AUGUST 29, 2024

Walking became the State Exercise of Maryland on October 1, 2008. GrantWatch spotlights the State of Maryland! Though it is somewhat smaller geographically, it certainly makes up for that with all the dimensions of history, recreation, range of higher studies (institutions), and great sites to visit and experience! It weighed a whopping 305.18

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Double the Donation

JUNE 10, 2021

About Mark Becker and Cathexis Partners: Mark founded Cathexis Partners in 2008 to help nonprofit organizations get the most from their existing technology tools, implement new technology to address gaps, and find the best overall approach to using technology to support their missions. How many clicks does it take to sign up or donate?

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Selfish Giving

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

To read about the development of our Halloween Town pinup program the past few years, check out: Countdown to Halloween Town: The Power of Pinups (2008 Program). We build them around multiple retailers–that offer valuable cross-promotion–and events, like Halloween Town that in 2008 had 15,000 guests. It’s lucrative.

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Selfish Giving

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

And for that I think we all owe a debt of thanks to the blogging platform Posterous , which launched in July 2008. Part of the reason I think people don’t blog is that no matter how easy it is to start and update a blog, a lot of people still see it as a lot of work. Email posts right from your inbox. Nothing to log into or learn.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

" The survey is based on responses from about 200 mid-sized nonprofits (defined as having revenues between $1 and $5 million annually) between July 2008 and March 2009. It concludes that: Social technologies are not delivering much in terms of fundraising or attracting volunteers.

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Selfish Giving

AUGUST 1, 2017

How Velvet's support for Pelotonia has grown since they got involved in 2008. On the show, Megan, Luconda and I discuss: Luconda Dager, Velvet Ice Cream. The history of Velvet Ice Cream, its long history of giving and how they got involved with Pelotonia. The individuals and companies that power Pelotonia.

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Penelope Burk

MARCH 18, 2020

Meanwhile, here is a story about how our research and, specifically, the three strategies outlined above, helped one of our clients ride out the 2008/09 recession. At times like this, when my financial situation is threatened…it is difficult to trust my heart. My head gets in the way and tells me to be practical and hold back.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2011

Peter Deitz is a long-time member and contributor in the NetSquared (and TechSoup) community; he started the NetSquared Montreal group and his Social Actions project was a winner in the 2008 N2Y3 Mashup Challenge. To learn more about it, I caught up with Peter earlier this week to get all the details and am excited to share them here first!

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The Fundraising Coach

JUNE 16, 2020

I've fundraised through a number of downturns (the dot com bust in the late 90s, the downturn following 9/11, and the 2008 housing bust) and through a number of disasters (hurricanes, flooding, etc.). Fundraising in a pandemic is hard. The external conditions are difficult. Alas, many board members forget this. We need to let donors decide.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2011

We decided to upgrade the Childnet Results Manager from a local area network based system using Microsoft Access to a web-based system using Microsoft SharePoint 2010, backed with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 on Windows Server 2008. At TechSoup, we’re always interested in how nonprofits cleverly solve IT problems.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2014

increased by 60 percent from 593,802 in 1998 to 947,274 in 2008 (IRS. 2008, making 2009 the largest single-year increase in the number of. Everyday, people across the country mentor students, beautify neighborhoods, help older Americans to live independently, restore homes after disasters, and much more. Not only is volunteering.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2010

The documents show that as recently as 2008 ERI was quietly selling large volumes of e-waste to a Los Angeles exporter who shipped it to Hong Kong. The documents show that as recently as 2008 ERI was quietly selling large volumes of e-waste to a Los Angeles exporter who shipped it to Hong Kong. read more.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

As I explored this field, I found Nicholas Carr's 2008 book, The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, From Edison to Google to provide the best context to this new paradigm shift in IT. This last section projects out 6 to 8 years in areas like how cloud migration will likely affect your IT decision making and your IT budget and staffing.

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2010

69% of the organizations they looked at raised more online in 2009 than in 2008, while 31% raised less. Its findings included: The 151 nonprofits that provided data for both 2008 and 2009 reported that overall donations fell by a median of 9% while online gifts grew by 5%. Its findings included: 14% growth in online giving overall.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2012

In 2008 she decided to integrate blogging into her organization’s overall communications plan. Here at TechSoup, we’re big on empowering nonprofits and libraries to make smart do-it-yourself technology choices since we know time, staff, and money are all limited resources.

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Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Check out this post I wrote in 2008 that hightlights the reasons not to be afraid of Halloween cause marketing. While we’re still searching for the perfect cause marketing formula for success in October, I’m confident that Halloween is a great holiday for us and cause marketers in general.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Elizabeth Turner Campbell and opened in 2008. The foundation’s story began in 2010 when a group of friends learned about the struggles of children in a coastal community in the Zamboanga Peninsula who had to swim to get to school. The group decided to provide a yellow boat to these children so they could go to school safely and comfortably.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Why is MacBU adopting Ribbon now, after defending its absence in 2008 ? The Elements Gallery, which was introduced in Office for Mac 2008, had tremendous untapped potential, especially for users who have experienced significantly improved productivity gains after using the ribbon interface from Office 2007 for Windows. read more.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 28, 2022

Mark Becker, Founding Partner at Cathexis Partners – Mark founded Cathexis Partners in 2008 to help nonprofit organizations get the most from their existing technology tools, implement new technology to address gaps, and find the best overall approach to using technology to support their missions. Do a soft launch.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Our GreenTech Initiative has been very interested in understanding greenwashing since we started the program in 2008. There is good evidence that the report itself has become an example of conflict of interest and greenwashing, especially in its omission of the green IT brand, EPEAT.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Ushahidi was a NetSquared Mashup Challenge winner in the fabled 2008 Netsquared conference in Santa Clara, California. Here’s some news on a now famous NetSquared alumnus project. Ushahidi is an NGO headquartered in Kenya. I first heard about this from Marnie Webb, who co-founded NetSquared. Find out more about this here.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

The organization got started when a group of Kenyan bloggers led by Erik Hersman began doing online mapping of violence reports after the 2008 Kenyan election. We got to know Ushahidi's work when it entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May of 2008. Check out Ushahidi Surveyor.

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