May 2012
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BenchPrep Teams Up With The Princeton Review To... →
For awhile now “gamification” has largely existed as a buzz word…Tim Chang pointed out this weekend, although it’s important to avoid thinking of “gamification as the panacea,” it’s real, it’s moving beyond media…
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Why Integrated Prospect Development is here to...
Prospect research is not what it used to be. As campaigns continue to grow in size and scope, fundraising operations increasingly professionalize, and tools expand, the information-based support of major gift development also continues to evolve.
As a prospecting professional now in my 15th year, and one privileged to work alongside some of the most amazing prospecting professionals in the...
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West Coast Social Media/Analytics for Fundraising... →
I hope to see all my West Coast Friends in a couple weeks. You know you want to enjoy some techie-fundraising goodness! All the cool people will be there. Justin. Katrina. Me. And, I look so good in the video image below…
We’ll be in Seattle on 5/23, San Francisco on 5/24, and Anaheim on 5/25 talking about social media that leads to real fundraising results and the latest in...
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My interview for the IBM Business Analytics Blog.
Q&A with Fundraising Expert, Joshua Birkholz, on the Benefits of Predictive Analytics
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In today’s tough fundraising environment, knowing how to use your wealth of prospect and donor data is essential in saving time, money and resources, and generating more revenue.
Joshua Birkholz, fundraising expert and author of the book, Fundraising Analytics, talked to us about...
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My interview for the IBM Business Analytics Blog.
Q&A with Fundraising Expert, Joshua Birkholz, on the Benefits of Predictive Analytics
Timothy Powers
In today’s tough fundraising environment, knowing how to use your wealth of prospect and donor data is essential in saving time, money and resources, and generating more revenue.
Joshua Birkholz, fundraising expert and author of the book, Fundraising Analytics, talked to us about...
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Webinar: Fundraising Analytics for Campaign...
I hope to see you tomorrow!
Making the jump to lightspeed is reckless without checking the navicomputer. Jumping into a campaign without coordinates can be equally perilous. What data is truly relevant to effective campaigning? Join Josh Birkholz, author of the top-selling nonprofit book,Fundraising Analytics: Using Data to Guide Strategy as he guides you through the sea of information to your...
April 2012
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Webinar in 30 minutes: Analytics for Successful...
I’m looking forward to seeing you all at my webinar today.
Click here to register
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Author of AFP Fund Development Series book, Fundraising Analytics: Using Data to Guide Strategy, Joshua Birkholz will show you how to turn your nonprofit’s organizational data, with an appropriate focus on donors, into actionable knowledge. The result? A vibrant, donor-centered organization...
February 2012
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Real Social Media Results at Florida State... →
This was an impressive effort. Nice job FSU! And Nice job Justin Ware, social fundraiser extraordinaire!
Find out more about social media services at Bentz Whaley Flessner.
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January 2012
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December 2011
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Rebooting Philanthropy in Silicon Valley →
If you were a successful young entrepreneur, what percentage of your net income would you give to philanthropic causes?
LAURA ARRILLAGA and Marc Andreessen are practically a royal couple around here. But when they met, on a New Year’s Eve date in 2005, Ms. Arrillaga didn’t care that Mr. Andreessen had made a fortune in Silicon Valley.
She cared whether he was giving money away. “One of the...
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Want to make a real difference? Come work with me...
BWF analyst position open. Sure, its mostly charts, graphs, forecasting, and predictive modeling on the surface. But the impact is transformative. I do this work because I care deeply about the nonprofit sector. When nonprofits do well, we all benefit. I only want colleagues who share my passion. In exchange, you will get autonomy to excel at your job, opportunities to publish or speak about...
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Mining the language of science →
Scientists are developing a computer that can read vast amounts of scientific literature, make connections between facts and develop hypotheses.
To be useful, a computer would need to trawl through the literature in the same way that a scientist would: reading the literature to uncover new knowledge, evaluating the quality of the information, looking for patterns and connections between...
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5 Instagram Tips for Nonprofits
Excellent post by Justin Ware of BWF Social.
A relatively new iPhone application is building a somewhat cultish following of amateur photographers. It’s called “Instagram” and the number of dedicated users who have downloaded the app are growing at a rapid pace – the one-year-old Instagram now has more than 12 million users worldwide.
Instagram is as simple as an application gets. To use it,...
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Personal analytics could lead to 'designed'... →
We are entering an era of personal analytics where we can take control of our own data, display it in a dashboard, and use it to inform better life decisions, according to Martin Blinder, founder and CEO of Tictrac, speaking at Intelligence Squared’s If Conference.
Read more here
November 2011
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Bell Ringers Go Digital This Season →
Soon, the holiday sounds of coins clinking into red kettles may disappear, replaced by the silence of a credit card swipe.
Phones running Square will allow the Salvation Army to accept credit card payments this year.
The Salvation Army has begun shifting into digital donations, as fewer and fewer shoppers carry much change or bills.
This year, the charity is testing the use of Square, a...
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A quick look into augmented reality, and its applications for the future.
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I'd love to work with you. Join my team at BWF!
A few months ago I posted for this position. We found such an awesome colleague in Jamie, we can’t wait to add another team member! Here is the same posting again with an updated link for the new search
There may be no better way to learn about big fundraising for nonprofits. We have a position opening at BWF that will put you in the center of the action. This is real, meaningful,...
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WatchAlicia Keys on philanthropy including her personal commitment to giving
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Social Media Increases Alumni Giving more than... →
The Thunderbird School of Global Management enjoyed a 400 percent increase in the number of donors – many of them alumni – to its annual end-of-fiscal-year campaign 2010. Everything they did that year was the same, with one exception – Thunderbird had a small team of social media managers creating and monitoring conversations with the school’s supporters for about a year leading up to the...
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The Ten Most Amazing Databases in the World →
The 10 most amazing databases in the world do more than store knowledge. They provide researchers with new ways to solve long-cold crimes, predict economic recessions, measure your love life, map the universe and save lives.
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TFI Daily News: The Biggest Gift in the World →
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WSJ, October 28, 2011 When Warren Buffett was in his 20s, he studied biographies of America’s historical business titans, from J.P. Morgan to John D. Rockefeller to Andrew Carnegie.
He was primarily drawn, of course, by their ability to accumulate vast fortunes. But he was also intrigued by…
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October 2011
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Kyle on Data: OLAP Cubes - How analytics can drive... →
Good Post by kyleondata:
I have been talking a lot about conceptual concepts and here is another one for you. I am not going to go into how to actually create a OLAP cube today. The main reason is because I am still setting up all of my VMs to get a good demo going. So today let us talk about the theory in OLAP cubes.
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WatchWeb 3.0 (from social to big data). Are you ready?
Using data to improve real life experiences. It’s all about Big Data. Watch this debate, a must!
If Web 2.0 was all about social, then Web 3.0 is all about “big data:” people and machines sharing an unprecedented amount of information. What does that mean for you as a recruiter, a professional, and an individual? In this session, Reid...
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I'll be first in line. Augmented Reality Contact... →
thanks for posting lazybrains:
Yes, you may really get to have X-ray vision! Or at least see virtual reality without those funny-looking goggles.
University of Washington professor Babak Amir Parviz is working on augmented reality contact lenses. These lenses would have hundreds of tiny LEDs embedded, so wearers…
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Infotropy: Selection Bias and WWII Bombers →
Wald is a source of much statistical pleasure.
During WWII, statistician Abraham Wald was asked to help the British decide where to add armor to their bombers. After analyzing the records, he recommended adding more armor to the places where there was no damage!
This… Read the rest