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The Wildlife Trust: Director of England
c£60,000: The Wildlife Trust: As a positive response to the devolution of powers to the component countries of the UK, The Wildlife Trusts is looking for a dedicated and visionary Director of TWT England to lead the strategy and tactics of the English Trusts. Newark or London

CHM: Senior Account Executive, Company Relations - Charity
Circa £28,000 pa: CHM: Our client is looking for a Senior Account Executive to act as first line client support for their key corporate clients. If you are experienced in supporting high profile clients in a customer service/client management capacity apply now! London

CHM: Fundraising Officer (Contract) – Music Summer School / Charity
£15,241 per annum: CHM: Do you enjoy meeting and talking with people? If so this is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Fundraising Officer to work with our client a Devon based Charity to seek, develop & maintain relationships with new / existing supporters. Apply now! Totnes, Devon

Morgan Hunt: Major Gifts Manager
£38000 per annum: Morgan Hunt: Morgan Hunt are delighted to be working in partnership with a leading charity who have a fantastic opportunity for a Major Gifts Manager to establish, develop and manage a programme of individual major giving. The post-holder will develop and project-mana London

CHM: Project Worker (Advocacy) – Children’s Charity
£23,871 - £26,950 p.a pro rata including outer London weighting: CHM: Do you have significant experience in working with children & young people? If so this is an exciting opportunity for Project Workers (Advocacy) to work with our client a leading children's charity as part of their Advocacy Service in Havering. Apply now! Havering, London

Flow Caritas: Database and Fundraising Coordinator
£25000 per annum + excellent benefits: Flow Caritas: This is a great role for a proactive individual who is keen on developing their Raiser's Edge skills, gaining fundraising experience and being a part of a terrific cause! East London

Latest technology blog posts

How mature is your organisation’s approach to digital?

14 June 2013

Nick Halliday is asking another of his interesting questions: Creating a public sector digital maturity model – what is missing? http://t.co/wtWuTGrNgh will share results — Nick M Halliday (@nickmhalliday) June 13, 2013 And here’s his Google Doc so far as … Continue reading

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What’s the ROI on Your Video?

13 June 2013

A new report commissioned by See3, Edelman, and YouTube's Nonprofit Program entitled "Into Focus" is the first survey to look at the how nonprofit organizations are using video, the barriers to use, and the ROI of a video strategy. The report offers value to nonprofit organizations on both a practical level (for example, offering an illustrated decision path on how to make a popular and effective video) and as a benchmark report for how organizations are leveraging video and allocating resources to its production and distribution. The big findings are not about how organizations are using video, but what they are not doing.

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A Call For New Nonprofit Tech Ideas in 2014

07 June 2013

It's conference submission season, and I'm ready to be dazzled. The field of nonprofit technology is constantly changing, while conferences stay with stasis rather than future-thinking. We are now presenting to "born digital" organizations, digital natives, and nonprofits that have been using social media for many years now and more of them attend our sessions each year. Let's stop catching up so much that we're not looking ahead: what's next for social media? For nonprofits? What does the next generation of online fans want from nonprofits and how does that make us uncomfortable?

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Review: Exploring Cutting Edge Social Media (Idealware)

29 May 2013

Idealware has just released its latest report, "Exploring Cutting Edge Social Media," which explores the questions "when should you use new social media tools and channels, why, and for what use." That's quite a tall order to fill, really. The best parts of the report deal with why an organization should use "cutting edge" social media, determining the best time in the lifecycle of a social media channel to try it out, and descriptions of some of the newest sites. In this blog post, I review the report and offer an overview of Idealware's detailed analysis of new and developing social media tools.

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What Do You Reserve For Your Most Loyal Fans?

20 May 2013

The imitable Sarah Robinson recently spoke about the irony that daily deal sites such as Living Social offer incentive deals for new customers, yet it is even more important to reward your most loyal customers with your best pricing. That really stuck in my head. Mission-driven organizations have not really thought much rewarding loyalty by offering their very best deals to their most loyal online fans. And frankly, it's an oversight, because it's a game-changing idea for the nonprofit sector.

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Opening up

14 May 2013

Twenty years ago, before regular people had the web, I was a 13 year old discovering a hybrid database/scripting application called HyperCard. One of my early projects was a random number generator for the newly-launched National Lottery, which incredibly, made … Continue reading

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New on SSIR: Should Nonprofits Act Like Businesses or People?

06 May 2013

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog is up!  You can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR blog or below. —– The new book I co-authored with Allyson Kapin, Social Change Anytime Everywhere, looks at the way nonprofit organizations can use multichannel strategies for advocacy, fundraising, and community building. It’s a [...]

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Time for revolution rather than evolution?

03 May 2013

At heart, I’m an evolutionary, softly-softly kind of digital person, so I instinctively disapproved of chunks of Martha’s report. But even I can appreciate that, amid the destruction GOV.UK has wrought amongst the websites of Whitehall, there are some breathtaking … Continue reading

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Social Media Convergence

03 May 2013

A colleague asked me for my thoughts on trends in social media today. I can sum it up in one word: convergence. From the communications sector, to measurement, policy, social data, and job responsibilities, the sector is converging. In this blog post, I walk through how social media is converging in these areas, and the forces behind convergence.

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Real World Supporter Engagment from MomsRising and the Washington Trails Association

24 April 2013

Sarah Francis of MomsRising.org and Loren Drummond of the Washington Trails Association shared their experiences and practices moving fans to real world action at the Nonprofit Technology Conference April 13th. The session was a mesmerizing, fascinating peek into how two brilliant organizers recruit, motivate, inspire, and engage online fans to drive change. This blog post captures their advice on how to offer value to fans, move them up the ladder of engagement, bring them into the organization, and develop a successful real world campaign.

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10 Ways Nonprofits Can Send Mobile-Friendlier Email

15 April 2013

Here are 10 ways to immediately improve the mobile email experience

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#13NTC Session: Does Social Media Make Cents? An Expert Panel in Social Media Fundraising

13 April 2013

#13NTCcents That’s the hashtag we’ll be using when I start talking about the impact …

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Live from NTC! A Sneak Peak at the 2013 Online Benchmark Report

12 April 2013

Dennis McCarthy and I had the pleasure of presenting Online Benchmarking: What Worked …

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It Slices, It Dices … It’s Google Analytics Advanced Segments!

11 April 2013

Don't be dismayed by the naming, Google Analytics advanced segments are really easy to use! They're a simple way to segment your data and get more out of the reports you already use. On most reports, you'll see a button for Advanced Segments right under the title of the report. Just click that button and you'll see a list of check boxes.

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Implementing Social Change Anytime Everywhere: Q & A with Amy Sample Ward and Allyson Kapin

10 April 2013

Earlier this week, I posted my review of Amy Sample Ward and Allyson Kapin's new book, Social Change Anytime Everywhere. After reading the book, I sent Amy and Allyson six questions about the book, following up on some of the concepts and examples presented in the book. In the following Q&A, Amy and Allyson share their thoughts on what inspired them to write the book, how real-time web and mobile has changed how we do business internally and externally, which nonprofits are successful at building online community, what assets an organization should have in place before launching a multichannel campaign, and the investment needed to raise money online.

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Social Change Anytime Everywhere Book Review: A Foundation for Social Change Campaigns

08 April 2013

If you work for, volunteer your time for, or consult to a mission-based organization, you are already thinking about using social media channels to promote it. Authors Amy Sample Ward and Allyson Kapin bring together how organizations can utilize social media channels cohesively to raise money, promote organizations, and create killer advocacy campaigns.The book is full of digestible information, appropriate for anyone working in communications, fundraising, programming, volunteer management, and leadership at an organization. This post offers an overview of the key points in the book, who should read it, and what you'll get out of it. In the a follow-up blog post, to be published Wednesday, April 10, co-authors Amy Sample Ward and Allyson Kapin answer six follow-up questions about the book, including "what inspired you to write the book," "what assets should an organization have in place before planning a multichannel campaign," and "what does it take to raise money online using social media."

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Fundraising Ideas to Reverse the Trend of Declining Email Response Rates

05 April 2013

One of the eye-catching findings from the 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark study was that steep decline in the performance of fundraising emails in 2012. Here are 8 popular npENGAGE posts to help improve your email engagement and fundraising email results.

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Don’t be Fooled by Message Open and Click-Through Rates

02 April 2013

This post was written in collaboration with Bryan Snyder, Senior Marketing Analyst for …

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My Life Below the Fold

27 March 2013

Sometimes I get so excited about new technology trends on the web, whether …

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Online Marketing Strategy Starts With a Map

26 March 2013

Do you ever feel like you’re approaching your digital marketing without a map? …

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