Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

All nonprofits should also experiment with Twitter. Nonprofits that host many events or are related to the arts, animals, nature, or international development should definitely be using Flickr. There’s no shortage of niche networks out there to experiment with.

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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. There’s definitely a math to social media synergy, and those that start early have both time and math on their side. At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube. Ask for an office smartphone.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Rule of thumb: projects that haven’t had minor releases in a year or more are definitely in danger of becoming projects that are no longer under development. Send queries to nonprofit tech lists for experiences and information, like nosi-discussion , nten-discuss , riders-tech , and others.

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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 I’ll also be experimenting with the XHTML Friends Network , which looks like an interesting start on an open way to connect people. { There are some great tips in this Wired article.

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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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 25, 2008

In fact, that experience, and the work I did around it with that organization, was the first step into this whole nonprofit technology field. I feel that there is a definite demand for open source software in our wonderfully capitalist world. I co-administered that box for a few years.

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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. And, to answer the question posed above, the answer is, for me, obviously, a definite yes. I figured it was time to give my final assessment. I’m looking forward to Gutsy Gibbon, Ubuntu 7.10 coming out in October.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 30, 2017

Author Jeanne Bell states, “while the nonprofit sector regularly discusses and addresses programmatically issues of race and class, recent studies reveal a sharp disconnect between our values and our leadership’s demographics” (Ostrower, 2007). Capstone CEO Interview [In-person interview]. Learning from diversity: A theoretical exploration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Note from Beth: Last month I had the pleasure of presenting on a panel at Association of California Orchestras with Marc van Bree , an arts and social media blogger I met in 2007. In my small-scale “free agent” crowdfunding experiment for the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, I ended up with $235 from 1,000 followers by the deadline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

What is the definition of success? Encouraging nonprofits to embrace this mode of fundraising was the point of the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge , one of the first giving contests launched back in 2007 where I was a first place winner raising funds for Cambodian children. What is the change that will result?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

In 2007, I realized that a much more effective way to aggregate interesting actions would be to subscribe to RSS feeds from trusted sources. And what would you describe as the social definition of Social Actions API – the purpose? There wasn’t much scalability in the way I was pursuing the project.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

It’s definitely not the powerhouse it was 2 years ago, but it’s far from dead. You don’t hear about it much anymore, but in 2007 there were many stories of how MySpace was helping bridge the digital divide because low-income youth were logging in and teaching themselves HTML code. Think about that for a minute.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

Note From Beth: Since 2007, I've been using, adapting, and remixing the Social Media Game social media workshops for nonprofits. Looking back, I’m happy to report that the experiment paid off. If you’re considering running this game yourself, definitely check out what we learned ! Why did we do this? Lots of great ideas.

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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.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2011

Rik ( @rikomatic ) has over 15 years of experience as a nonprofit organizer and educator using digital media to increase public engagement on important global issues, from the International Criminal Court to Internet Governance to the Millenium Development Goals. Rik Panganiban. Productions.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

I’m not in the mood to experiment with YASB – Yet another social bookmarking tool … but soon I will. If there are specific pages that give you trouble, or if you still find the overall site too slow, definitely let us know and we’ll get on that. Hmmmm… 6 Beth 09.28.06 7 Todd Sieling 09.28.06

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2015

He joined Zane Benefits as its thirteenth employee in 2007. Lindquist : It was definitely the timeline. When I first interviewed with Paul in 2007, I asked him about Zane Benefits’ company health insurance plan because my father had told me: “A good job comes with good (employer-provided) health insurance.”

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2011

Rik ( @rikomatic ) has over 15 years of experience as a nonprofit organizer and educator using digital media to increase public engagement on important global issues, from the International Criminal Court to Internet Governance to the Millenium Development Goals. Rik Panganiban. Productions.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JANUARY 18, 2007

The 2007 Non-Profit Technology Conference is coming to my town! Takeaways: Definition of microformat Understanding of how they can be used with tags and other similar technologies Examples of how and where microformats are being used now Session Tags: Web2.0 Yup, it's April 4-6 in Washington, D.C.

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Top Nonprofits

MAY 6, 2021

I’ve helped to support the innovation processes for a number of organizations successfully and I have helped found a number of organizations and I want to use the insights I have gained from those experiences and, hopefully, help you all in your innovation processes. But it’s definitely not getting better.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Our campaign managers in the field have been experimenting with using SMS to reach target audiences to spread news and information, campaign messages, and news about campaign activities. Brooke Sadowsky, Program Manager, RARE Conservation. Bogii partnered with Mobicom, the largest mobile provider in Mongolia. and regional offices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

I got a chance to meet her face-to-face for the first time at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in 2007. Here’s a brief definition and cultural example of each: • In contributory projects, users are solicited to provide limited and specified objects, actions, or ideas to an institutionally controlled process.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

60) Search « The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes | Main | Innovative Uses of SMS: SMS for Lunch Campaign » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 09:10AM | by Justin Perkins Wonder if you should spend your time campaigning in social networks?

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

60) Search « The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes | Main | Innovative Uses of SMS: SMS for Lunch Campaign » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 09:10AM | by Justin Perkins Wonder if you should spend your time campaigning in social networks?

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

60) Search « Live From New York: 2007 DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference | Main | Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 11:03PM | by Justin Perkins Post co-authored by James OMalley and Justin Perkins.

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Care2

DECEMBER 4, 2007

But in the first 6 months of 2007, I was experimenting with social networking and bookmarking tools on Green Brooklyn, including and especially the Care2 News Network , and saw such a great result that I decided that I needed to redesign everything ASAP. 60) Search « Care2.com

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

60) Search « The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes | Main | Innovative Uses of SMS: SMS for Lunch Campaign » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 09:10AM | by Justin Perkins Wonder if you should spend your time campaigning in social networks?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Mobile Active , the excellent and definitive source for all things mobile, has an exhaustive writeup covering the details of setting up and operating a text message donation campaign. Clearly, this example dates back a bit (2007). The biggest gotcha is that your nonprofit needs to have earned $500k in the past year to qualify.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2007

PledgeBank is a platform that gives folks a way to connect with others in ways that integrate with their everyday lives and capitalize on their wisdom, experience, and resources -- whatever. The pledge was successful, and Dana Wefer is on the ballot for the 2007 election. those might be.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

His definition: projects that are not well funded. Here's a few blog posts about the NTC experience: Marnie Webb says Web2.0 Kim Lowery also gives us a round up the sessions she attended as well as her Day of Service experience. Deborah also reports on her Day of Service experience. NTC 2007 Pipe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

I'm also using this for the upcoming WeAreMedia Workshop in San Francisco which has a section on experiments and measurement. Learning “If you don’t launch, you don’t learn.” David Armano Learning is using experiments with metrics and the right questions at the right point to understand what works, what doesn’t. More on that later.

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Care2

JULY 24, 2007

60) Search « Live From New York: 2007 DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference | Main | Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 11:03PM | by Justin Perkins Post co-authored by James OMalley and Justin Perkins.

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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. Here's a few sessions notes in the wiki: NpTech Tag , definition of Open API For-Profit/Nonprofit Software Collaborations and where are the biggest tool gaps ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

Just received word that Jayne is off to Afghanistan at the end of February 2007, to serve as Communication and Reporting Advisor for the United Nation's National Area-Based Development Programme (NABDP), part of UNDP. Her piece begins with a simple definition of online social networking tools and asks: What's the appeal?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

We have definitions of legit nonprofit. She then asked us to talk in pairs about our experience with online networking and asked people to share. Personal experience, to connect to younger groups. Do you think you have responsibility that money is donated through your network is well spent? It's a simplistic vetting process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2006

Allan Benamer who writes the Non-Profit Tech Blog blogged about his announcement on the NY 501C Tech Club List to create a closed forum for frank discussion of vendors and to share experiences about their experience with IT vendors. I applaud that!

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