Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Many people today are overwhelmed by text, and photos and slide shows can often do better at communicating your message than text-heavy articles or blog posts. That includes the time necessary to research and write material and to secure images, videos, and graphics, as well the time necessary to manage and edit guest bloggers.

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AUGUST 19, 2007

August 31, 2007 is the third annual Blog Day. BlogDay is focused on getting to know other bloggers from other countries and areas of interest. You are suppose to notify the bloggers, write a brief description of their blogs, and tag your post with BlogDay2007. On that day, you write a post recommending 5 blogs to read.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2013

In an article about his surfing in the local newspaper , he said, “I like the thrill of riding a large waves – it’s like climbing Mount Everest.” One of my most memorable Skype calls was when I had forgot to turn switch off SKYPE during a presentation to health care nonprofits about social media in 2007.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2007

Bloggers can use it as a mini-blogging tool. round-the-clock updates , credited to BRAD STONE and MATT RICHTEL, New York Times article, April 30, 2007 What's your best phrase to describe twitter? Friends near or far can use Twitter to remain somewhat close while far away. Curious people can make friends. "What is Twitter?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2011

Neylon’s answer was one of the links in Brian Kelly’s article on Quora. 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.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Nonprofit bloggers including Alison Fine , Beth Kanter , Steve MacLaughlin , and Brian Reich were quick to point out that donating money on Facebook is just one of many actions people can take in support of a nonprofit or cause. Note : The original version of this article was written in 2007. 2 ) Money Is Not the Only Metric.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

As bloggers and others give it closer scrutiny, we're hearing a debate about which Facebook App is better? WSJ article " Will Social Features Make Email Sexy Again? WSJ article " Will Social Features Make Email Sexy Again? The article describes some mock ups and feature under consideration at Yahoo. generators.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2007

Her efforts were chronicled in a recent Wall Street Journal article. On October 1, 2007, Sarah Bunting announced that it was time to do it again. The DonorsChoose.org Blogger Challenge is an initiative to help hundreds of thousands of public schools in need. s not too late to create a challenge or to donate to another blogger???s

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MARCH 4, 2011

Consider the following: On the same day in the fall of 2007, two contradictory newspaper headlines accompanied high profile, front-page articles in both the East Valley Tribune and the Arizona Republic. 2007, State and regional: NewsBank. Schools are Failing Or Lagging." Arizona Republic : A.1. Arizona Republic.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MARCH 21, 2009

But the newspapers have provided a concentration of resources for serious journalism that the new media alternatives, such as The Huffington Post, let alone individual bloggers, have not yet demonstrated an ability to replace. The problem of course is the collapse of the traditional business model of the newspaper. What we need is journalism."

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DECEMBER 6, 2007

60) Search « So Easy, a Chicken Could Do It: frogloop 2008 Reader Survey | Main | Blogger Uses Petition Site to Create Better Transportation for NY » Thursday Dec 06 2007 Care2.com Post a Comment | by Share Article in Care2 News , Misc. Reader Comments There are no comments for this journal entry.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Meanwhile, a few scholarly articles on the topic. Jon Stahl's link list points to an article called " The Question " - The number-one question lurking in every executive???s He wrote up in his findings in an article here , following a link from down under ! How and Why Nonprofits Are Using Web2.0 See below).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

Here's a terrific article from the Nonprofit Communications blog called " 10 Ways Communicators Can Stay Productive" and from the Blog Bash event here's some tips specifically for bloggers on productivity. Peter Dietz has an article explaining why we need group fundraising RSS feeds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2009

What concrete recognition papers or articles published, etc have you received for your work? titles of publications you've produced or articles that you're mentioned in, and topics that are relevant to your work. What about blogger outreach? This is incredibly important. Accomplishments: What awards have you won? Authenticity.

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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. An article called Free Software, Handpicked for Nonprofits by Tactical Technology Collective and iCommons just published on Techsoup. There's lots more to digest and lots more to come.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

Social Media Game In 2007, David Wilcox and I presented a workshop at LASA using this game he created. Through my remix of the material, I've introduced David's original article to an audience of nonprofits. There was a brilliant example of remix from Morgan Scully who took the idea and remixed it for electronic musicians.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

Yesterday, they published the list of organizations that have lost their exemption from paying income tax due to failure to file required reports in 2007, 2008, and 2009. I really liked this article. What Next — Charles Best is "Character Approved" Twitter Updates Powered by Blogger. This is great news.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

DEIdea Lounge blogger Melanie Coulson offers a roundup of Day 2, including some reflections on David Weinberger's Keynote. NTC 2007 Pipe. Water Words That Work - an excellent nonprofit video blogger. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Google Blog Search.

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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). New York Times article I predict the same fate for Second Life and other 3D-Virtual Words.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Post a Comment | by Share Article in Direct Marketing , Email Marketing , Integrated Marketing , Online Fundraising , Online Marketing Reader Comments There are no comments for this journal entry. Also, if you missed it, check out my own suggestions for online fundraising. To create a new comment, use the form below.

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NTEN

APRIL 13, 2013

They support the community by writing articles and presenting sessions and webinars. Past NTEN Award Winners 2012: Farra Trompeter , Big Duck 2011: Peter Campbell, TechCafeteria 2010: John Merritt, YMCA of San Diego County 2009: David Krumlauf, Pierce Family Foundation 2008: Marnie Webb, TechSoup Global 2007: Beth Kanter.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

April 7, 2007 I had heard about this new journal a while ago, and it was sitting in some small corner of my brain, waiting for me to pay attention. The Public Library of Science is a wonderful example of a reputable, respected peer-reviewed journal where articles are freely available to the public. And I think that in the new Web 2.0

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sgEngage

JUNE 2, 2011

I don’t read, follow or listen to a vast majority the top tier of marketing communications bloggers anymore. Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. You are what you eat goes the old adage.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

My first thought was how is the experience of one of the most popular, persistent bloggers relevant to most people starting out or blogging for non-profit organizations. This blogger writes with a personal flair, highlighting photos, statistics, government documents to comment on social and economic conditions there.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2010

The panel guests were Christie Garton, USA TODAY Kindness Blogger and Moderator; Dr. John McLoughlin, managing director (Europe), Global Philanthropic ; Stacy Palmer, editor of The Chronicle of Philanthropy ; and Andrew Watt, chief programs officer, Association of Fundraising Professionals.

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. Blackbaud’s CEO Marc Chardon will be facilitating a panel to discuss Global Trends and What They Mean to You.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

For background, in the 3 previous NMC conferences I have been involved with since starting my job there in 2006- we’ve done mainly a “tag this conference” approach where we ask people to tag photos, web sites, blog posts e.g. 2006 , 2007 , 2008 where I cobbled together some summary pages using mainly my own Feed2JS code. Geotagging Photos.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

and they combine them in any variety of ways depending on the campaign: website, blogs, ties to external bloggers, online media sites, Facebook, Twitter, online ads. They encourage members to “meet up” in their own neighborhoods and run online campaigns designed to get people to show up in person at a rally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

And you can spur attention by reaching out to bloggers or encouraging your supporters to introduce some of their friends to your work. A strong introduction and increased attention will fuel everything that follows. So there’s really nothing standing in our way. Let’s get to work. He is the author of Media Rules!:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Organization(s) : The 2007 Live Earth Concerts, The Ethical Reputation Index and LightSpeed Research. This is a tested and research-based product produced to help individuals quit smoking. The program was presented at the Texting for Health Conference this past February, and hopes to provide the tool in multiple languages as well! *.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

" and points to this article about MobileActive in the Economist. This article summarizes new research from Forrester detailing "The Seven Tenets of the Information Workplace." Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Can't afford to visit Bali?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2007

These stories are summarized and aggregated with some previous articles, posts, and resources about Nonprofits and MySpace here. 9 Lessons for Would-be Bloggers. " It goes to provide strong encouraging words for new bloggers to jump in there. Check out the articles, blog, and resources. ICT in the Developing World.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

As I discovered, PDF is very much a gathering of the “digerati”: politicos, pundits, journalists, techies, bloggers, consultants, activists, and of course vendors and sponsors. She is the co-author of Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits, which was named a Top Ten Book of 2007 by the Economist.

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