Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

September 17, 2007 There is an interesting discussion happening between Holly Ross, soon to be ED of NTEN, and Allan Benamer , about web statistics, and whether or not nonprofits should be “transparent&# and publish their web statistics. It’s been there since 9/7/2007, two days after my call for getting people on Quantcast.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2011

I knew some of the participants on the thread, well-known bloggers, authors, librarians, educators, and thinkers. This conversation thread was rich, witty, and thoughtful. The site is also becoming popular with technology insiders in Silicon Valley. On Facebook and other social networks, we connect to information through our friends.

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OCTOBER 19, 2007

As bloggers and others give it closer scrutiny, we're hearing a debate about which Facebook App is better? The Non-Profit Tech Blog drills down deeper on the limitations and suggests waiting before adopting. It helps bloggers remember and use the best writing techniques. Convio or Causes? More from the Convio Summit this week.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

More content) Birdie's stories have appeared in many online and print journals, including Good Housekeeping, The San Diego Reader, Adoption Today, Mipoesias , and the American Press Institute's Media Center blog. Don’t know if they will do it in 2007. Not too many entries yet) lapajaro.com (Old blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

over at her Netsquared blog about adoption of blogs and wikis in an organizational context and how these tools further organizational mission. There are other nonprofit bloggers who do not use their real names. Britt Bravo wrote a post called "Ten Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs and Bloggers" a while back. See below).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Specifically she speaks to why she isn't a stronger advocate and some of the issues related to " Second Wave Adoption." Now " The Giving Carnival " over at the Tactical Philthanthropy Blog provides a roundup of several bloggers opinions. " Web 2.0, Live Blogging Conferences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

The Nonprofit Software Development Summit Lots of notes and blog posts over at the 2007 Nonprofit Software Development Summit wiki to read. " Michele Martin talks about the barriers to adoption of google tools in government agencies and nonprofits. There's lots more to digest and lots more to come. Tools To Change the World.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

Just as blogging is now becoming mainstream, but was ahead of the curve three or four years ago (and several Bloggers , are now seen as influencials (and members of the Press (sorta) - if they have a wide enough audience). I predict the same fate for Second Life and other 3D-Virtual Words.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

The corporate sector have adopted it. Generally I wrote an honest comment and respond to what the blogger wrote. Priscilla has a set of simple guidelines for the bloggers. You need to get past the information overload and information clutter. Nonprofits lag behind the corporate sector. You can leave your email address and url.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

The world doesn’t need another blogger, right? The subject of nonprofits and blogging was very popular in 2006 and 2007. MySpace and Facebook weren’t being utilized by nonprofits in 2007 (except for a few early adopters) and Twitter did not exist. There are currently 133 million blogs worldwide.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 25, 2007

When the WorldChanging SF bloggers had their first face-to-face meeting there, I asked Chris if he would do an e-interview with me about how he started the cafe, what makes it green and how other people can start their own green cafes. Have you ever thought about starting a green cafe? Both of those laws passed and are now in effect.

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NTEN

APRIL 13, 2013

The 2013 NTEN Award Winner Maddie Grant is a classic Gen-X early adopter of technology and lover of "shiny new toys". As we celebrate the NTEN award winner, we celebrate all of you. 13ntc Community nten awards'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2012

The photo above is of my children, Harry and Sara, who were both adopted from Cambodia. When my husband and I were in Cambodia in 2000 to bring home Harry, our infant son, we got a blessing from a monk. I met Leng in 2007 and recorded this interview. For those of you who are new, let me share why.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

The audience consisted mostly of social media early adopters who shared terrific insights that come from having a sense of context. more like the Berkman Center Thursday evening blogger meetups I used to attend from 2005-2007. We had the time to dig into a topic and come out with a deeper understanding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Social Media Nedra Weinreich's tip jar , tipped me off to newly published study from Nora Barnes and Eric Mattson from U Mass Dartmouth about nonprofit adoption of social media tools. " Britt Bravo is surprised that video is the most adopted tool and wonders whether it would be the same for smaller organizations. And if you???re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2008

Wells, Blogger and Community Organizer "We need to treat many of our social tools like door knocking, if someone comments on our site, we should take that as a hello, and use it to open a door to a potential relationship with a new leader, member, or supporter." How did you organization successfully deploy and adopt these tools?

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