Tech Soup

MARCH 3, 2014

for the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference ? We’d love to meet you, to hear about the good work you’re doing, and how TechSoup has helped your nonprofit or charity. Why is change management so daunting, in the nonprofit sector and in others? retail value of $899). Are you heading to D.C. to hear more!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

It is a useful social media tool for events and conferences, but being able to actually print these photos takes Instagram's usefulness one step further. TechSoup Sverige , the IT donation program of the National Forum for Voluntary Social Work , donates technology and provides knowledge and support to nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2014

Before the American Library Association’s Annual Conference , I had the privilege of taking a tour of the shoe retailer’s main office to see what libraries and nonprofits could learn from the company. Still, I think libraries and nonprofits can learn from Zappos’ unstructured and unconventional practices.

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Selfish Giving

APRIL 18, 2018

My experience is that craft breweries tend to be ahead of the curve on adopting cause marketing and recognizing the value of working with nonprofits. ??You You could build your prospect list from this graph that shows which retail categories are growing. Great webinar for nonprofits of any size and cause." Brain food ????

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Selfish Giving

MARCH 21, 2011

Thanks to everyone who came out to our breakout session on Saturday at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington, D. Your check-in triggers a donation from a retailer. We had a blast, and thanks to some good questions afterward, I think we all learned something. Action-Triggered Donations (ATD). Use LBS as Is.

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Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 7, 2020

A great guide from Wild Apricot on everything you need to know about virtual sponsorship for nonprofits. Three upsides of the Zoom press conference. But for one of these retailers, it could be a horror show. Just hit reply and let me know. And, now, on to this week's newsletter! ?? Partnership Notes 1. Marketing Your Cause 1.

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Selfish Giving

MARCH 30, 2022

While nonprofits raise millions from matching gifts programs every year, they are only ankle-deep in what should be deep waters of opportunity. ?? Did you know that nonprofits are only claiming 10% of the matching gifts available??? Money is sitting in companies and earmarked for nonprofits but is going unclaimed.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 31, 2015

In late 2013, he helped purchase a wheelchair-accessible van to assist his disabled colleague, Johnny Taylor, who runs a veterans' outreach nonprofit called Promised Land Foundation. In late 2014, Holloway was ready to help another local nonprofit. This would allow him to give substantially more to assist those in need.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 20, 2023

When you’re just getting started, it’s critical that one of your first steps is to create your nonprofit’s first budget to help you manage both your organization and your finances as it grows. If you want your new nonprofit to grow successfully and fulfill its mission, a budget is not optional.

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Selfish Giving

JANUARY 22, 2020

I'm super excited to be joining the Southeast Produce Council and its 2,500 members at Southern Exposure , their annual conference next month in Tampa, Florida. But I would love to learn about YOUR campaigns with produce providers, suppliers, retailers and consumers. Hmm.does your nonprofit really need a gala? ??If Brain Food 1.

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Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

First, every nonprofit should have an email pop-up on its homepage. I met Emily Topp at the Engage for Good Conference last year and ate the candy bars she brought until my teeth hurt (just ask Megan Strand ). Thanks to in-store fundraisers at its 2,200 automotive centers, Bridgestone Retail Operations raised $2.8

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Selfish Giving

JUNE 12, 2019

I moderated a great panel at the Engage for Good Conference with the National Park Foundation on how nonprofits can attract companies from a variety of industries. Bean’s director of brand engagement, explains how the retailer leverages their partnership with NPF. This nonprofit is doing it with a book club. Brain Food 1.

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Selfish Giving

JUNE 1, 2016

Public's Phil Haid and I spoke at the 2016 Cause Marketing Forum Conference in Chicago today! Experiment with New Ideas Retailers Have a New Option. We presented Get Your Creative Juices Flowing: 20 Kick-Ass Concepts. Check out the slides and the links below for additional learning!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

You can also get your audiences' attention at conferences and online with regularly updated content. To enter, simply post why you love your nonprofit to any social media platform supported by TINT with the hashtag #TINT4Good. Limited Time Promotion. TINT and TechSoup are running a special promotion to celebrate this launch.

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Selfish Giving

MAY 16, 2018

How cool would I look wearing these sneaks at the Engage for Good Conference next week? Foot Locker CEO: Consumers are missing the point on the "retail apocalypse." Retailers are closing stores so they can open fewer but better ones. Retailers are closing stores so they can open fewer but better ones. >>> ??

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 7, 2015

It's probably baked in to our cash-strapped nonprofit DNA to see if we can first get something donated before buying it outright. We recently invited people from three of the top product donation nonprofits to participate in a webinar about how to access donated products and services. It saves nonprofits on average 12.5

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Selfish Giving

JULY 10, 2019

Newsletter reader Trish Conklin , Director of Corporate Sponsorships at One Warm Coat , had a great idea for a survey question: Does your nonprofit require corporate partners to make a minimum revenue commitment? GameStop is struggling as a retailer , but it's good to see they are still doing fundraisers like this one ?? Brain Food 1.

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Selfish Giving

APRIL 4, 2018

A company sponsors your nonprofit's event or program so that they can market their business to your supporters. If pressed, I would say sponsorship is a better focus for most nonprofits. That's why I'm partnering with sponsorship pro Chris Baylis to bring his full-day, online conference to you on April 19th. With Sponsorship.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

" Or so said Aaron Pava , a strategist at CivicActions in his 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference. In his session, he shared these tips, strategies, and tools for nonprofits looking to use mobile for social good. "The mobile tools to solve social problems are already out there." What the Mobile Revolution Means.

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Selfish Giving

APRIL 3, 2019

Have you ever wondered how much nonprofit corporate partnership professionals are paid??? I asked this question to the gang of Catalist last week and now we both want to get to the bottom of how much nonprofit corporate partnership, sponsorship and cause marketing professionals make! Are you the only marketer in your nonprofit?

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Selfish Giving

MARCH 20, 2019

This month you can buy a shamrock at 20,000 retails locations. The survey results will be released at this year's Engage for Good Conference in Chicago. The campaign has been around for 37 years. During that time it's raised a whopping $323 million. That's a lot of green! I bought mine at Star Markets in Newton, Massachusetts!

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Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

While not every hospital enjoys great credibility, most are well known and won’t have to jump the hurdle of anonymity and suspicion most nonprofits face at the register. Not many nonprofits have this asset in their corner. People want to support causes they know and trust. Hospitals can be more nimble with messaging.

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Selfish Giving

JUNE 16, 2009

Don’t get me wrong: I’m still a dyed-in-the-wool cause marketer, and would gladly pick Angie for a turn of “Dunk the Punk” (Need to talk to David about adding that to Cause Marketing Forum’s Annual Conference. Many of the same cause marketing strategies large nonprofits use can be employed by all nonprofits, regardless of size.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) has provided warrantied refurbished computers and other IT devices to nonprofits and libraries for eight years now. based nonprofits, schools, low-income families, and small microenterprise businesses. InterConnection is our Seattle-based nonprofit refurbisher.

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Bonterra

JUNE 27, 2025

Nonprofit vs. not-for-profit organizations Where nonprofits serve a broad purpose for the public good with funding from donations and grants , not-for-profit organizations serve a smaller community or member base and are primarily funded by membership dues and fees. Are you a nonprofit looking to grow your impact?

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Selfish Giving

APRIL 11, 2018

The crew for this expedition IS YOU as we'll be basing our findings on public data and survey responses from nonprofit professionals who oversee corporate revenue at organizations nationwide. Many attendees asked for REAL EXAMPLES of nonprofits that were effectively leveraging data to showcase impact. No worries if you missed it.

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Selfish Giving

JUNE 9, 2010

Attending Cause Marketing Forum’s annual conference , which happened last week in Chicago, is always a big rush for me because I get to see lot of friends from the field I don’t normally get to see. Simple things, like a nonprofit asking its supporters to shop at a retailer that’s supporting the cause is a no-no.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2012

It has great discussion boards, hosts webinars, provides Gartner IT research, and organizes a big annual conference. The TAG community has long been interested in finding in-kind donations like nonprofits have. Here is some of what we talked about: Jim: How hard was it for you to register and apply for a Microsoft donation on TechSoup?

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Selfish Giving

MAY 17, 2023

As you read this email, I am on my way to the Engage for Good Conference in Atlanta. This event is for friends of GS and for folks who registered for the conference with the special acronym "SGEFG" (which is basically a secret code for "special guests" of Joe!). If you are at the conference, I want to meet you! A few things. ?

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Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 24, 2018

I'm curious how you see nonprofits fitting into this conversation. Beyond being a partner for these brands, how should nonprofit organizations engage in discussions around current events through their own communications (and is it appropriate for them to do so)? Are people looking to nonprofits for this kind of guidance?

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Selfish Giving

JANUARY 16, 2019

Since the beginning of the year, several of you have emailed me asking about conferences to attend in 2019. I don't really like attending conferences. I like to say that conference are for people who don't read. The good news is that you can still "attend" a conference and benefit from the networking and learning.

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