2007, 2008, Experiment and Social - Nonprofit Technology

How Many Hours Per Week Should Your Nonprofit Invest in Social Media?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

To follow up on Monday’s post about why nonprofits should consider hiring a social media manger , below is an excerpt from Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits that helps further explore the time commitment necessary to create and sustain a comprehensive social media stategy for your nonprofit.

Social Media

Social Media Media Ning Social

Web 2.0 Experiments, snafus and stumbles

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Experiments, snafus and stumbles December 17, 2007 I seem to have lost my head. I did set a pretty high bar a while back for the next social network I’d join. at 11:45 am It’s my social graph, darn it! I’m not joining any social networks like this anymore. You know why I started to twitter.

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Web Experiment gMail Open Source

Social Media: What To Do If Your Boss Doesn’t Get It

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

In June 2007, I presented my first social media training to a small group of nonprofits in Lowell, MA. It was the optimal time for early adoption of social media by nonprofits, and it’s no coincidence that the nonprofits that embraced these new tools in 2006 through 2008 are today the most successful nonprofits on the Social Web.

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Social Media Media Social Stats

[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The first social networking tool the organization utilized was MySpace is 2007. Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. Who maintains your social media campaigns?

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Social Media International Interview Examples

Social Networking Communities Are Migrant Communities

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2010

Social networking communities are migrant communities. Social media skeptics often say that it’s a waste of time to utilize social networking sites because they are here today, and then gone tomorrow. Then Facebook launched Facebook Pages in November 2007. Social networking communities are migrant communities.

Social Network

Social Network Community Network Myspace

Social Media is Going Mobile, and So Should Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

As the Web goes mobile , so does social media… and so should your nonprofit. If there is one thing I have learned over ten years of using the Internet for fundraising and social change, those nonprofits that can embrace change quickly, empower their visionaries, and adopt new Web trends, reap the benefits of being early adopters.

Social Media

Social Media Mobile Media Myspace

Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping October 1, 2007 I was reading Deborah Finn’s curmugeonly post about Facebook. I have been having curmudgeonly thoughts about social networks in general.

Social Network

Social Network Network Digital Social

Social Actions API, Semantic Web, and Linked Open Data: An Interview with Peter Deitz

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I’ve followed and supported the work of Peter Deitz and Social Actions ever since hearing about his passion and ideas a few years ago. Let’s start at the beginning: What is Social Actions and where does the API come in? The Social Actions project began in 2006. Earlier this week, I got ahold of Peter to get the full scoop!

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API Action Open Data

Have Online Social Networks Become Boring?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2012

I love this new video from the Case Foundation about the power of social media for social change. The numbers illustrate how far the field has come in adopting social media, although not 100% adoption. The video reminded me of the classic video, “ The Machine is US/ing Us.”

Social Network

Social Network Network Social Online

Web 2.0 Part IIa: Social Bookmarking

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

Part IIa: Social Bookmarking September 24, 2006 After writing my post on tagging , I got sidetracked by Marnie Webb’s mention of ma.gnolia , and then went off to investigate, then decided to write about social bookmarking tools. Ma.gnolia is a new(ish) social bookmarking tool. to Ma.gnolia. bookmarks to ma.gnolia.)

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Bookmarking Web Social API

Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. It may be time to rethink how these important social organizations are funded. What are the downsides and dangers in pursuing new models? Defourny et al.,

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Model Fund Social United States

Why I’m twittering

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Why I’m twittering December 7, 2007 Yes, it’s hard to believe. I’ve critiqued Twitter and social networks in general. I succumbed. I have said many times that I wouldn’t Twitter.

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Favorite Do-Good Books of 2008

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2008

You can also check out my lists from past years: Favorite Do-Good Books of 2007 Favorite Do-Good Books of 2006 Favorite Do-Good Books of 2005 1. Her, A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide was on my Favorite Do-Good Book of 2007 list. PhilanTopic included the book on its list of Best Philanthropy-Related Books of 2008.

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Kyrgyzstan Mongolia Pakistan Afghanistan

A goodbye to Facebook and LinkedIn?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

August 7, 2007 I’ve been experimenting with the non-content centered social networking sites LinkedIn and Facebook for a while now. and our own Social Source Commons , are a different animal.) It’s supports a distributed social networking, uh, network. 1 trackback } The Better Scoial Network 08.24.07

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Meet with your finance committee now: Lessons from the Great Recession’s impact on charitable giving amidst current market shocks

ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

I’ll keep this simple, as many of us have a lot on our minds as we experience the world grappling with a public health crisis. Remember the global financial crisis (GFC), aka the Great Recession, of 2007-2010? percent from 2007 to 2008, and by nearly 32 percent from 2008 to 2009. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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Lesson Marketing Impact Giving

The more things change …

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 21, 2007

The exceptions to this in my experience have been very, very few and far between. However, take one little step outside of our warm and fuzzy community into the larger technology community, and things change. 1 trackback } Linux Journal Lost South Of Calais « The Wayward Word Press 10.09.07

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Change Open Source Journal Digg

Michelle, the consultant

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Michelle, the consultant March 27, 2008 Someone mentioned to me that from what I write on my blog, she wouldn’t know what it is that I actually do in my consulting work.

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Consultant Open Source Database Tech

See a problem? Throw a website at it!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2007

July 6, 2007 Deborah, is, as per usual, diplomatic in her discussion of the site " Sustainable Nonprofit ", which is a new(?) website that is designed to: "create a unified place for nonprofits and experts to share their experience, pain, achievements, and discoveries." Throw a website at it!

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Problem Websites Open Source Place

How to find out about free and open source software

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Send queries to nonprofit tech lists for experiences and information, like nosi-discussion , nten-discuss , riders-tech , and others. Look at ohloh.net – they have great info on most projects – how many developers, lines of code, how active development activity is.

Open Source

Open Source Software Open Free

Gender, Race and Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Gender, Race and Open Source June 29, 2007 My session on Free and Open Source software and the US Social Forum went great yesterday. The presentation is available on my wiki (it’s at the bottom.)

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Open Source Open Software Music

What was it, the question mark?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2007

December 14, 2007 I feel misunderstood. at 2:27 pm I got the message :) But I also have some experience with marketing… and marketing is all about stating the positive without stating the negatives. Earlier this week, I wrote a post on about the NTEN CRM satisfaction survey. To my mind, it bodes well for the open source tools.

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Question Open Source Sample Survey

What software freedom means to me

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 25, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What software freedom means to me June 25, 2008 I got some interesting comments on the last post about Linux desktops. I co-administered that box for a few years.

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Software Open Source Articulate Comment

Drupal, Joomla and Plone! Oh my!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

April 15, 2007 At NTC , there was a lot of talk about the “big three&# open source CMS packages that most people these days in our sector are using: Drupal , Plone , and Joomla. I hadn’t had experience with either Plone or Joomla, but in talking to folks both at NTC and Penguin Day about Joomla, I got intrigued.

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Drupal Open Source NTC Open

Linux desktops?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

June 24, 2008 I’m doing a webinar on Linux Desktops next month, and it’s making me think a lot about my own experience using Linux on the desktop, and where I think things are going. This experience has made me think a lot about where organizations should think about using Linux, and where they should steer clear.

Ubuntu

Ubuntu Open Source Software Laptop

Eating my own dogfood. It sometimes tastes yucky.

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 9, 2007

July 9, 2007 So I talk a lot about both open source software, and the preciousness of one’s own data. But the last time I tried Evolution, it was a horrible experience. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Eating my own dogfood.

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Open Source Ubuntu Chad Open

Linux ready for the desktop?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 9, 2007

August 9, 2007 It’s been 7 weeks of using Ubuntu 7.04 (better known as Feisty Fawn) as my primary desktop. But it appears, from my experience and others, that question actually has to be framed not as “Is Linux ready for the desktop?&# , but “Is Linux ready for your desktop?&# coming out in October.

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Ubuntu Open Source Calendar Integration

Free and open source tool #6: Joomla!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

January 29, 2008 I don’t exactly know where the exclamation point came from, but if you want a scarily easy CMS to install, Joomla is a place to start. It is a huge community, so it is hard to get to know users, since there are so many, but it’s not commercialized, from my experience.

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Open Source Open Tools Free

Linux, Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, and Me

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

I imagine if I was wired, it would automagically work (that’s been my experience in the past.) Ubuntu doesn’t come default with an easy GUI way to connect to a wireless access point. I had to go command line in order to get online. So I had to dig out of my memory (and do some online looking) about iwconfig.

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Ubuntu Open Source Laptop Open

March Blogtipping

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 2, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology March Blogtipping March 2, 2007 I’m folllowing Kivi on the NPBlogtipping bandwagon. She uses her experiences to talk about technology issues. A note: Deborah is an old college friend of mine.

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Open Source RSS Massachusetts Comment

Google Analytics vs Site Meter

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

at 1:27 am From my personal experience after using both: Sitemeter scripts are slow and increase your page load time, whereas the Google Analytics script is fast! I appreciate your patience as I know my ignorance was showing. There’s so much to learn about blogging, but I am improving but slowly, very slowly. 6 Debjit 01.01.10

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Analytics Google Site Folksonomy

Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

And what are some of the social benefits and impact that may result from such a relationship? I’d like to share our experience with Lavelle, where they took a series of calculated risks in grantmaking. I’d like to share our experience with Lavelle, where they took a series of calculated risks in grantmaking.

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Fund India United States eBook

Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Last August, I saw the impact of Twitter's velocity first-hand with a fundraising experiment. I'm drawing from my experience using Twitter drawing and those of others. I'm drawing from my experience using Twitter drawing and those of others. I was able to raise $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex.

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Analysis Twitter Giving Lesson

Speaking too soon

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Speaking too soon April 15, 2007 I’ve been doing a lot of thinking since I wrote my post, a few weeks ago , saying I was done with technology consulting.

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Open Source Consultant Database RSS

Encouraging Generosity On Social Networks: Assessing America's Giving Challenge and Reflections from Craigslist Nonprofit Bootcamp

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2009

There's a lot happening this week in the nonprofit and social media space, particularly related to encouraging generosity, giving, and volunteering using social media tools. It's more than that - it as an API. (It looks very similar conceptually to the pioneering work from Social Actions.) It also has widgets.

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America Social Network Challenge Reflection

Technology providers and Linux

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2007

This is because all providers start out with some personal experiences or biases, and most are too busy taking care of clients to spend lots and lots of time gaining new expertise in a broad range of topics – they need to focus. No technology vendor, even the largest ones, can support everything.

Ubuntu

Ubuntu Technology Open Source Course

Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

JULY 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Some social networks are set up to enable communications with a lot of people quickly.

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Social Network ROI Social Media Network

Open Source Database solutions part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. Y’all will just have to live with overlapping series. I have too many ideas be sequential. I promise (!)

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Open Source Database Open Language

Open Source Database solutions part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. Y’all will just have to live with overlapping series. I have too many ideas be sequential. I promise (!)

Open Source

Open Source Database Open Language

Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

JULY 26, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Some social networks are set up to enable communications with a lot of people quickly.

Social Network

Social Network ROI Social Media Network

Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Some social networks are set up to enable communications with a lot of people quickly.

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ROI Social Network Social Media Advocacy

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

JANUARY 9, 2008

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

Influence

Influence Social Media Internet Web

Professional Networking: Just for Fun or Part of Your Job Or Combination? Tips for managing multi-memberships in social networks?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

We know that professional relationships are moving from the Rolodex to the social networks. In June of 2007, nearly over 35% of Facebook traffic came the 18-24 year old segment, compared to around 22% in June 2008. They started with a survey to examine people's experience using social networks. Other posts.

Social Network

Social Network Network Professional Fun

Guest Post by Michaela Hackner: Community Matters Even At SXSW

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

Note from Beth: Every now and then, I get asked when did you first discover the power of the social web? Somewhere around 2006 or 2007, I got a call from Michaela asking for advice on a career path for Nonprofit Technology. It is the groundswell of communities that provides the momentum and sustainability for social change.

Community

Community Offline Hype America

Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

This week I lead a full-day workshop for 300 nonprofits and foundations on social media strategy and tactics. The day was designed as a one-day interactive strategy session in the morning and intensive mini-workshops on tools and tactics in the afternoon lead by a cadre of local social media specialists and experts.

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Reflection People Network Colorado

How Many Hours Per Week Should Your Nonprofit Invest in Social Media?

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Trending Sources

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Social Networking Communities Are Migrant Communities

Social Media is Going Mobile, and So Should Your Nonprofit

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Have Online Social Networks Become Boring?

Web 2.0 Part IIa: Social Bookmarking

Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

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Favorite Do-Good Books of 2008

A goodbye to Facebook and LinkedIn?

Meet with your finance committee now: Lessons from the Great Recession’s impact on charitable giving amidst current market shocks

The more things change …

Michelle, the consultant

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How to find out about free and open source software

Gender, Race and Open Source

What was it, the question mark?

What software freedom means to me

Drupal, Joomla and Plone! Oh my!

Linux desktops?

Eating my own dogfood. It sometimes tastes yucky.

Linux ready for the desktop?

Free and open source tool #6: Joomla!

Linux, Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, and Me

March Blogtipping

Google Analytics vs Site Meter

Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

Speaking too soon

Encouraging Generosity On Social Networks: Assessing America's Giving Challenge and Reflections from Craigslist Nonprofit Bootcamp

Technology providers and Linux

Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Open Source Database solutions part I

Open Source Database solutions part I

Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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