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Time management: execute with excellence
Allocating time appropriately between strategy and operations is, says John Tate, the key to business success.
4Children reveals new website
4Children has launched its new website to provide clearer information about its work and campaigns as it expands its service delivery role as the government’s strategic partner for early years and childcare.
EU plans to overhaul data protection rules announced
The European Commission has set out its proposal to reform data protection laws that would mean organisations, including charities, would have to notify the data protection authority of a data breach within 24 hours of discovering it.
Scope reveals user-generated rebrand
Disability action charity Scope has revealed a user-led rebrand based on inspirational images submitted by its beneficiaries.
BIG and the OCS carry out research into online services
The Big Lottery Fund and the Office for Civil Society have surveyed civil society organisations about their use of online services to find out how the services help the sector build learning, and develop skills and capabilities.
Latest technology jobs
Execucare: Major Donors Fundraiser
circa £33,000:
Execucare:
Work with Board Members, Directors, Senior Staff and Programme Department
Set up ask meetings, develop plans and make face to face asks
Deliver thanking and stewardship plan for every gift
Plan and organise bespoke events
£33,456
London
Woodland Trust: Director of Communications
£65-75,000 per annum:
Woodland Trust:
We are looking for an exceptional communicator to engage the organisation, key stakeholders and target audiences in the most inspirational ways.
Grantham, East Midlands
Global Dialogue: Executive Director
£60,000 pro-rata:
Global Dialogue:
Global Dialogue, a human rights charity, would like to appoint a part-time Executive Director to lead and grow the organisation. The role combines governance and administration, financial management, fundraising and strategic development.
Shoreditch
WATFORD RAPE CRISIS & SEXUAL ABUSE HELPLINE: HELPLINE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AT WATFORD RAPE CRISIS
Volunteer:
WATFORD RAPE CRISIS & SEXUAL ABUSE HELPLINE:
Watford Rape Crisis is a registered charity offering confidential and non-judgemental helpline and face to face support to women who have experienced sexual abuse in their lives. We offer a listening service to maile survivors.
Central Watford
Execucare: Trading Manager
£29,000:
Execucare:
*Christmas Cards, Negotiate new products and Royalty and CRM partners
*Maternity Cover Contract to February 2013
*Report to the Commercial Manager
*£29,525
London
Flow Caritas: Direct Marketing Officer
£12 - £13 per annum + per hour:
Flow Caritas:
Do you want to work for an international welfare organisation, operating in a number of developing countries?
London
Latest technology blog posts
Heroes with a Heart: Nominate a Nonprofit Hero Today!
01 February 2012
We all know someone quietly changing the world each and every day. He or she is not on the front page of the newspaper, and not mingling with the Gates and Buffets of the world. Everyday people have shown extraordinary commitment to making this world better and actually get to work doing it. The CTK Foundation [...]
Read this post in fullThe next step
01 February 2012
In May last year, alpha.gov.uk emerged blinking into the limelight. It was the product of a true skunkworks operation – a few guys (and they were mainly guys) – tucked away on a disused floor of a government building in … Continue reading →
Read this post in fullThe #1 Way to Raise More Money Through Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Events
25 January 2012
Register for our Event Fundraising eNewsletter to receive more practical fundraising tips like these in your inbox. Register Now! Many summer peer-to-peer fundraising events will be opening registration in the upcoming months (hopefully, yours included). To get the most from your event this year, it’s important to realize that your participants are a diverse group [...]
New on SSIR: Data for Promotion, Engagement, and Reporting
25 January 2012
My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is now published. You can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR Opinion blog, or read the full post below. —– Inevitably, January is filled with predictions and resolutions. We ponder the innovations and evolutions that may unfold in the technologies we use, [...]
Read this post in fullGreat reads from around the web on January 24th
25 January 2012
I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Here are some of the most interesting things I've found recently (as of January 24th). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.
Read this post in fullFacebook Timeline Apps: New Way to Engage?
23 January 2012
The introduction of timeline apps are the next iteration of Facebook's strategy to know everything you like on the web and what you're doing right now. Besides giving Facebook a lot of information about what you like to do, the new open graph timeline apps will also give application developers a lot of information about what you like to do. The potential benefit for organizations that develop timeline apps is two-fold: offer greater exposure within Facebook to potential supporters, and accrue valuable personal information about supporters that use the application. I think this is a potential game-changer for how brands and organizations will use Facebook. In this blog post, we review what is a Timeline app, how it works, who has developed them already, and the potential of Timeline apps for engagement. I'm personally a bit doubtful about whether or not it will deepen online engagement, which I consider at the end of this blog post.
Read this post in fullThe republic of UKGovcamp
22 January 2012
Dan Slee’s excellent suggestion of a ’20 thoughts’ format for reflections on UKGovcamp seems to have caught on, so here’s mine – more about the format than the content, in many cases. That I think Dave Briggs and Lloyd Davis … Continue reading →
Read this post in fullPhilanthropy and Social Media: New Whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy
20 January 2012
Earlier this week, I had the terrific opportunity to participate on a panel at the US launch event for “Philanthropy and Social Media”, a whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy and The Indigo Trust. Download the full white paper or share it using this link: http://bit.ly/oii1Vr Below are notes from my remarks. The internet is not new. The last [...]
Read this post in fullComing up with maturity model for digital in the public sector
18 January 2012
Hands up who says they work in ‘new media’? Me neither. While we’re not quite in a digital by default world, this stuff has been around for a decade and a half. Even in the public sector. One topic I’d … Continue reading →
Read this post in fullPhilanthropy and Social Media
17 January 2012
Date: January 17, 2012, 6 pm EST Location: New York, NY Topic: Philanthropy and Social Media Description: To launch the whitepaper, Philanthropy and Social Media, presented by The Institute for Philanthropy and The Indigo Trust, this panel discussed the impact of social media on philanthropy and giving from various perspectives. In addition to myself, the [...]
Read this post in fullUsing Twitter for Volunteer Recruitment: Jersey Cares
12 January 2012
How can Twitter work for you? Do you need more volunteers? Jersey Cares recruited over 1,000 new volunteers using Twitter in just one month. Last year, Jersey Cares doubled our volunteer participation in MLK Day of Service with the extraordinary work of a few AmeriCorps members. When MLK Day of Service finally arrived, Jersey Cares had a record turnout of over 2,000 volunteers – over 1,000 of which were new volunteers to the organization! In this guest post. Jersey Cares staff Sherry Lynn Fazio and Siobhan Tiernan offer a step-by-step blueprint of how they moved their twitter following from 800 to 1,600 and brough 1,000 new volunteers to their MLK Day of Service 2011.
Read this post in fullFarewell @neillyneil
11 January 2012
So he’s off. Neil Williams, head of digital at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills today swaps pinstripes for his dress-down trademark hoody and joins the growing team at GDS. To be fair, he’s been there on and off … Continue reading →
Read this post in fullScanning for Good: 5 Reasons QR Codes Are a Safe Option for Nonprofits
11 January 2012
At last year’s Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits, Allison Nassour and I presented to a full room on the topic of QR codes. We were thrilled that so many people wanted to learn more about them, but also surprised at how many were already using them at their nonprofits. It seems that QR codes have gone [...]
Rethinking the Annual Report for Video
05 January 2012
Three things I know about the nonprofit annual report: it takes a ton of time to put together beautifully, few people actually read it, but funders require it. The annual report is one of those pieces of communication and collateral that executive directors and development directors dread putting together because it is such a costly endeavor with relatively little return and short shelf life. It doesn't have to be that way in the age of social. We've socialized constituent communication, websites, fundraising, and events...why not rethink the annual report into a social communication? Several nonprofit organizations have done just that, transforming the paper annual report into a video report, and reinventing it in the process.
Read this post in fullTechnology Toolbox: Learn from Occupy Wall Street to Occupy YOUR Street
26 December 2011
“The revolution will not be televised.” Maybe not. Be as we have seen in events around the world, the revolution will be tweeted, photographed, mapped and posted to our status. And most importantly: it will be documented and shared by large numbers of people, experiencing it first hand, and sharing news and updates in real [...]
Read this post in fullGreat reads from around the web on December 22nd
22 December 2011
I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Here are some of the most interesting things I've found recently (as of December 22nd). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.
Read this post in fullMeasuring Impact: Feature Article from the Latest Issue of NTEN:Change
22 December 2011
[Note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the December 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete article, "From Outcomes to Impact," by subscribing to the journal for free!] By Julie Macalik, with Greenlights for Nonprofit Success The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to [...]
Read this post in fullThe year of living helpfully
20 December 2011
It’s been 18 months since I last walked the mean streets of Westminster as a civil servant. There are things I miss about the old lifestyle: having the scope to run with projects on the ‘inside’, being in the loop on … Continue reading →
Read this post in fullGoogle+ Ripples: The Promise of Shared Intelligence
09 December 2011
Google+ rolled out its Ripples feature on October 27, with just a hint of data potential within Google+ for marketing and engagement. Google+ Ripples is really the first set of metrics we've seen from Google around Google+. Ripples gives Google+ users relevant information about the use of circles, G+ influence, and how data is spread. Google+ Ripples has a lot of potential, including knowing your influencers, finding new influencers, knowing what others want to share, and of course implications for the future of online search and Google SEO. Why is Ripples really relevant for nonprofits? It can help nonprofits understand how to move connections on G+ (and elsewhere) to action. Read the full post for more.
Read this post in fullGrinspoon Annual Conference: Sharing the Bright Spots of Effective Technology Use
01 December 2011
presented at this year's Grinspoon Institute for Jewish Philanthropy's annual conference November 13-14 in Springfield, MA, and walked away impressed with some of interesting things that camps are doing with technology. Kevin Martone, the Institute's Technology Program Manger, wrote this guest post highlighting how three camps used technology creatively to meet their goals: online/offline relationship building through blogging and Facebook, engaging current families with an unique iPad/iPhone app, and social fundraising through livestreaming a phone-a-thon. As Kevin writes, "These camps evoke incredibly strong emotions in their alumni, campers, and parents. They need to use the tools available to harness these emotions and connect them to the real world.
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