Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

I got to be a geek, and feel like I was really making a difference in the workings of organizations, and, hopefully, in people’s lives. Although it certainly could be argued that would have just involved different demons. I decided several weeks ago, for a variety of reasons, to retire my independent consultant hat. (In

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Women bring food to eat together, and donate what they would have spent on going out to dinner to an organization that, "reaches women at the grass-roots level while promoting self-sufficiency" The combined donations from the 250+ Dining for Women chapters across the country can make a huge difference for an organization.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

They expect to make up the difference in revenue that they got from licenses from services sold to a greater number of organizations that would not have been customers otherwise. Lots of open source companies (RedHat, MySQL AB, Novell, Alfresco, SugarCRM, Canonical) are doing similar things. I have high hopes for it.

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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

JULY 25, 2017

I was asked to facilitate a small group in a participatory session called “ Digital Forum ,” designed for peer sharing by Marco Kuntz and Mike Johnson. The session kicked off with a Spectragram exercise involving the full group. I learned this technique from Alan Gunn from Aspiration over ten years ago at 2007 Penguin Day.

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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]. Sources: Cecala, K. 2016, October 3).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

In 2007, Michael Wesch , a digital anthropologist, created this striking video called The Machine is Us/ing Us , to explain in five minutes what the Web 2.0 Over the years, I used this exercise for different audiences, from filmmakers to university professionals. Not so much how to use it, but how to use effectively.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

My senior year of college I knew that I wanted to do work that made a difference, but I didn't know what kind of work that would be. You have to take action either by taking a class, doing an informational interview, volunteering, interning, going to an event, or taking a job in the field that interests you. Take small steps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

Here is a partial list of what we’ve completed as part of this review: Program evaluation based on a sample of 169 OE grants closed in 2007-2009, conducted by TCC Group (2011). Interviews with 9 other foundations that conduct OE grantmaking (April-May 2012). Interviews with approximately 30 grantees (April-June 2012).

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Activist, journalist, and singer, Marisa Handler , chronicles her activist journey, and the role spirituality played in it, in her 2007 memoir, Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist. Below is an edited transcript from a September 5th phone interview with Marisa for the Big Vision Podcast. How do we go about getting to that place?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2009

on Facebook, Network for Good, Global Giving and Parade Magazine in 2007. Razzo by the way has been early pioneer in the online contest, having launched an early contest on Facebook shortly after it opened up to those older than colleges and again in October, 2007. This contest was based on the total amount raised.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 3, 2007

Black Elk, Oglala Sioux Last month, the ePhilanthropy Foundation named Peace x Peace the 2007 Best Community Building/Volunteerism and/or Activism Campaign as part of its 2007 International ePhilanthropy Awards. Peace X Peace interviews a different woman from a different country weekly.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 28, 2017

Even as different stakeholders demand their share of responsiveness from the organization, improving organizational effectiveness should appeal to most nonprofit stakeholders. Natalia Winberry completed her undergraduate studies at Beloit College in 2007 and started her career in 2008 as an AmeriCorps VISTA in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I felt like I could make a difference; like we all could. So, for inspiration I encourage you to listen to an interview I did with Van in April 2007 for the Big Vision Podcast online, or on iTunes. You can also read a transcript of the interview on Have Fun Do Good.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 9, 2007

I told the conference co-founders, a husband and wife literary agent team, Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen , that I'd help to spread the word about the conference so I interviewed Elizabeth for the Big Vision Podcast. You know the difference between a labyrinth and a maze? Elizabeth Pomada: Hi, I'm Elizabeth Pomada.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2007

August 31, 2007 is the third annual Blog Day. I enjoyed Sopheap's recent post about public education about not littering in Cambodia ) After I get back in September, OneWebDay is next community web event on my calendar scheduled for September 22, 2007. On that day, you write a post recommending 5 blogs to read.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2015

He joined Zane Benefits as its thirteenth employee in 2007. Our approach is quite different than the traditional approach to company health insurance where the employer picks one plan for everyone. Lindquist, in his 30's, is the President and CEO of Zane Benefits, Inc. That reminds me of a funny story about Paul and my first meeting.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 12, 2006

You can listen to my interview with Ingrid on the Big Vision Podcast , or read a transcript here. The second one is the Localization Mapping Project that shows on a GIS map all the different localization projects happening in the nine county region of the Bay Area as a tool that other people can plug into.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2010

I've known since 2005 and I realized that the last time I had seen him was in 2007 in Cambodia at the blogging conference and over an interesting dinner served by our hosts. The moderator then interviews people at different points on the spectrum about the opinions they hold. David Sasaki has a terrific reflection on that here.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

There are so many companies out there that cut corners or fail to deliver, it makes a big difference when youre able to find a partner you can count on. When selecting an online video partner, do your homework and check the customer references. The best way to know that is to ask their customers.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

I believe that setting that expectation at the outset made a big difference both in my eventual pay and the responsibilities offered to me. For the second interview, I even built a little lie detector and brought it in. I started meeting people through the blog--both those I interviewed and early readers who commented.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

Also, given the different benefits and limitations of different mobile platforms, I wanted to learn more about how they navigate different mobile platforms. Humberto Kam, Senior Manager of Online Communications for the Monterey Bay Aquarium, was kind enough sit down for an interview recently. What is different?mIs

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 8, 2006

She talked about how hard it was to get different social groups to share perspectives on how sound should be managed. So in summer 2007, we will have 30 volunteers from Boulder , from different social groups, use the technologies and we will evaluate. Tags: interview usercontent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 30, 2007

Cambodian young people are joining the global conversation in the blogosphere and sharing their perspectives through different forms of grassroots citizen's media thanks to the efforts of a dedicated team of Cambodian bloggers. at 14 different universities in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap with more than 1700 students participating.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 2, 2008

At the end of December 2007, I posted about creating activist resolutions for the New Year based on Latoya Peterson's activist resolutions post on Racialicious. Interviewed Janessa Goldbeck of the Genocide Intervention Network. Interview more activists/visionaries of color for the Big Vision Podcast. My resolutions were to: 1.

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Care2

JULY 13, 2012

The iPhone version, released in January 2009, built on an earlier mobile site targeted at feature phones that launched in 2007. Beth Kanter has a great interview Humberto Kam , the aquarium’s Senior Manager of Online Communications, that offers insight into the strategic thinking behind the app. Today's Front Pages by Newseum.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

The role of the Journalist Panel is: These journalists will be given priority access to the teachers and on a permission basis will be allowed to interview students with teachers present. So this sort of my preparation for figuring out who I want to interview or what aspect of the project I want to write about in more depth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

He has set up campaigns on seven different personal fundraising platforms: ChipIn - FirstGiving - GiveMeaning - SixDegrees - Fundable - Change.org - JustGive.org Britt Bravo points us to " Socially Responsible Idol " a write up about the NetSquared Innovation Award nomination and voting process by Jessica Guynn on SFGate.

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

The collection of two- to three-minute spots will run on the group’s Web site, and the charity will also post video clips of interviews with volunteers on the popular online video site YouTube. November 2007 um 14:17 Uhr veröffentlicht und wurde unter video camera abgelegt. Click here to view the front page of the issue.)

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

The collection of two- to three-minute spots will run on the group’s Web site, and the charity will also post video clips of interviews with volunteers on the popular online video site YouTube. November 2007 um 14:17 Uhr veröffentlicht und wurde unter video camera abgelegt. Click here to view the front page of the issue.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2009

She shared some powerful stories from the heart, and also mentioned that we shouldn't think we're too small to make a difference. "If The experiment called the Giving Challenge was: A 50 day event from December 2007 through January 2008. When the Case Foundation team launched their Giving Challenge.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 3, 2006

DeeAnn was kind enough to do an e-interview with me: Describe what Up with People does and a little about the work you do with them. I work with a talented and diverse team of good-hearted, hard-working, dedicated people who are passionate about making a difference in their communities and the world. While in D.C.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Wendy documented many different stories and shared these internally. Pick the right hard data points I know from experience what the most important metrics are to track for different types of projects. They are different depending on the audience and goals. Listening leads to engagement. Evolution is a good thing.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JULY 14, 2006

It isn't likely to change soon: The beta of Microsoft Outlook 2007 sticks with these conventions. Blogging: Guy Kawasaki's interview with Technorati CEO David Sifry Technorati has become one of the principle portals for searching the blogosphere, and its emphasis on tagging and pinging have become standard in blog applications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

In 2007, 92 people gave up their September birthdays to bring water to a hospital in Kenya. One good example we had with this campaign was using Optimizely to run a test of three different video thumbnails on the page to see which one would drive more engagement from users.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

What if we were to audio and video record interviews with politicians and put them on the web? All of us engage our supporters in different ways. Shared some data about the differences and similarities of how people with and without disabilities were using the Internet. What would ngos look like if they were completely virtual?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2009

Are you connected to lots of different kinds of people who can complete different tasks? Here's a great interview that I did with Elana Wolowitz from Wellstone Action on their use of Twitter. Not just important or famous people, either. Reputation: What are you known for? What do people say about your expertise? Good question!

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