If this is not the first time you have been to our website, you have seen that we have a prejudice toward keeping donor data private. We believe that we are stewards of our donor’s information. If you are agree, or are just curious, you may like to know where your personal data is stored. […]
Actionable Data For NonProfit Boards
Nonprofit Boards need data in order to understand how their organization is performing. As described in our previous blog on TPI’s, or Technical Performance Indicators, there are data points that help diagnose what is happening with their organization. We highlighted one diagnosis as being the area of repeat donors. For this post, we want to […]
Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for Board Members
We have had some interesting reactions from Board Member of nonprofit organizations about statistics we have recently published. Our recent blog about donor data, seems to be a conversation starter. Improve Key Performance Indicators by using TPI’s Internal discussions found us using the term TPI for Technology Performance Indicators. We think that reviewing some TPI’s […]
Donor Data for Board Members
Board Members Need to Know What Data is Available Recently at NPTech Projects we posted a blog about technology for Board members of nonprofit organizations (https://nptechprojects.org/nonprofit-board-members-technology). As requested we did get several responses, and most were centered on the comment we published about only 26% of donors return to donate the following year. What other […]
Nonprofit Board Members and Technology
Helping Your Nonprofit NPTech Projects is a nonprofit organization located in Florida. Our purpose is to assist other nonprofits with technical issues and projects. I want to share a portion of a discussion I recently had with a person who is active in charities and sits on multiple Boards. In our discussion, she asked what […]
Light & Hope for Puerto Rico
Last night, Tech4Good in Southwest Florida presented an opportunity for local nonprofits to assist in Puerto Rico. We raised $200 last night, who else is in? An Indiegogo Generosity campaign promising not only hurricane relief but could be the start of a more sustainable energy grassroots movement. Families in Puerto Rico desperately need power. Help […]
Donate Now Button a Problem?
Recently I facilitated a discussion about online fundraising in one of our Impact Circles. It’s fair to say that about half of the Executive Directors present did not know that the majority of the laws about charitable fundraising are controlled at the state level. At the time of this writing, there are approximately 40 states […]
Increasing Your Social Media Visibility via Google, Facebook and Twitter
Let’s start with the understanding that the more efficiently you can connect with your target audience, the more successful your social media strategy will be; the higher your social media visibility. To maximize your efficiency you must first understand some basic concepts about Google, Facebook, and Twitter. Google is a search engine, not a Social […]
Donor Bill of Rights
So who is looking out for the donor? In 1993, the Association of Fundraising Professionals published the Donor Bill of Rights. In January, on NPTechProjects we published a blog post about our views on donor privacy. We state very clearly our view that a nonprofit organization has an obligation to be the stewards of the […]
Donor Privacy in Online Donations
Is Stewardship of Donor Privacy a Value? Attracting and maintaining donors is the lifeblood of smaller nonprofit organizations. We believe that nonprofit organizations have an obligation to donors to be stewards for their privacy. We also believe that it is a good business that your patrons know that you are looking out for them. As […]