Birgit Pauli-Haack & Jim O’Reilley discuss latest in NPTech News, Online donors – generational differences and Q & A on CMS & Online Meeting Tools.

The news discussion begins with an article published in The NonProfit Times about how different generations prefer their communications with charities, for example, email as opposed to social media, they then discuss the number of organizations accepting donations online, and finally the mode through which most donations arrive. The numbers used in the article were from the 2016 Global NGO Online Technology. They then discuss upcoming webinars and recently published work about nonprofit communications trends. Birgit describes the upcoming Nonprofit Technology Conference, and in particular the Birds of a Feather Lunches.

The DoGooder Awards are accepting your video submissions until Feb 13, 2017, at dogooder.tv

WPTavern reported: the Obama Foundation is now on WordPress.

Nonprofit Tech 4 Good’s Heather Mansfield released the 2017 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar. We have published the calendar on our site.

Questions from Birgit’s Inbox.  

• “What is a Hashtag and how can I get one.” As that’s a longer conversation, we scheduled a full hour Webinar for Feb 16 at 4 pm Est / 1 pm Pacific on “How to use Hashtags on Twitter & Instagram.”
• “I’m looking for a low-cost CRM that  links with my email’ 
• My president wants to try online meetings. 

NPTech Projects Articles and Tools Discussed:

• Nonprofit Times: Digital Donors changing charitable communications 
• Nonprofit Tech4Good: 
  • 2016 Global NGO Online Technology 
  • 2017 Global NGO Online Technology Report
  • Feb 7: Webinar: How NGOs Worldwide Use Online Technology and Social Media
  • 2017 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar
• 2017 Nonprofit Communications Trend Report, Kivi Leroux-Miller
• TechSoup and GrantStation slash subscription fees on Jan 31 and Feb 1: 
• 2017 Nonprofit Technology Conference
  • Presentation Schedule
  • Birds of a Feather Registration
• DoGooder Awards are accepting your video submissions until Feb 13, 2017
• WPTavern reports on Obama Foundation

Low-cost CRM for Membership Admin & Online donors

• Hubspot Free CRM
• Ukuupeople,
• Chris Lema:  30 Membership plugins in 2015
• CiviCRM is open-source and sits on top of WordPress for  Event registration, CRM, Online Donation + Membership renewal reminders

Online meeting tools:

• Skype
• Facebook Groups
• UberConference
• Google Docs

NPTechProjects Webinars and Updates

• Awareness and Giving Days Calendar
• #privacyaware Donor Privacy in Online Donations
• Webinars
  • February 2nd, 2017 11am EST / 8am PST – How to Manage Sponsor Information on Your WordPress Site
  • February 16th, 2017  4pm EST / 1pm PST – How to use Hashtags on Twitter & Instagram

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