Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 5, 2008

I’ve been helping a client hire a temporary project manager, and so in the interview process one of the questions I ask is how people keep up with change in the field. August 5, 2008 I have been thinking for the last few days about what it means to “keep up&# with the technology field, particularly ‘net technology.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Dance 4 Peace is a conflict resolution, and civic education program that promotes empathy, understanding, mediation skills, anger management, and emotional and civic engagement through dance in youth around the world. Dance 4 Peace began in Bogotá, Colombia as part of Sara's Fulbright Scholarship project in 2007.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

I decided several weeks ago, for a variety of reasons, to retire my independent consultant hat. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 27, 2006

I was also wondering if I could do a quick audio interview with you on this topic. And sure, I’ll be glad to be interviewed. I’m working on a screencast about how one might use some of these low cost or free tools to build community around a blog. Would take like 1-2 minutes – only need soundbyte 2 Beth 10.31.06

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

Here’s some other coverage: Podcast from the Nonprofit Tech Blog Post from Josiah Richie Video Interview of Randy McCabe { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Matthew Edmondson 04.15.08 I have high hopes for it. And Blackbaud may well be shaking in their boots. at 1:00 pm This is indeed excellent news.

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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

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

This got me curious about the young people blogging about education or doing projects. Tell me about you Education is my passion. in General Childhood Education at Bank Street College of Education. Education is supposed to be the great equalizer. I am currently launching The Generation Project full-time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

My last visit to Cambodia was in 2007 and I remember how frustratingly slow the wifi felt compared to high speed access I enjoyed in the US. I met Sopharath in 2007 and recorded this interview. This is the first of a three-part post about what I learned about social media, NGOs, and Social Change in Cambodia.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2015

He joined Zane Benefits as its thirteenth employee in 2007. Lindquist : It was all about empowering the healthcare consumer and small business owners through education. Lindquist, in his 30's, is the President and CEO of Zane Benefits, Inc. He was promoted to Director of Sales in 2009 and took over as President in 2011. Good advice.

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JULY 13, 2012

Mobile apps are an interesting way for museums to advance their educational missions beyond people’s expectations. The iPhone version, released in January 2009, built on an earlier mobile site targeted at feature phones that launched in 2007. Here’s our wrap-up of new, updated, and helpful apps for doing good.

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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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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

In DC, I worked half-time for NASA as an electrical engineer and half-time for the Capital Children's Museum (now defunct) as a science educator. 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

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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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 3, 2006

She is an alumna of Up With People and traveled as an Applied Education facilitator with Up with People last fall. 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. Educate yourself on the world around you. While in D.C.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2007

key themes from focus group interviews: Participants felt a ???common I'm thinking about the interview that I had with Jon Udell. where we talked a lot about the job of educating people about the possibilities of new technologies like Web 2.0 2007: What does it mean to my business? Some of the. common struggle???

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

60) Search « Online Video: An Interview Revealing Best Practices and Trends | Main | Grantmakers Dive Into Web 2.0 Second Life users are about 57% male, almost all have completed some form of higher education, and 38% are between the ages of 25-34. You can download IDIs Second Life PowerPoint presentation here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Andy Carvin and Jonnie Goldstein interviewed a person from one of two projects based in Cambodia. Ten Tech Proposals Empowering Human Rights, Local Leadership, and Community Education is. is definitely worth checking out - like this interview with Christina Arnold from Project Hope. NTC 2007 Pipe. Google Blog Search.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

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. educational inequity, poverty), what would they be? Do it, don't think about it. You'll never know if you enjoy doing something by thinking about it.

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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. Integration is the hot button topic, as noted by Holly Ross in her " Integration is King " post. There's lots more to digest and lots more to come. nonprofit technology.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 7, 2023

This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. It’s really not improved since 2007.…Meanwhile, The March of Dimes educates. We do education for both providers and patients, but we also do a ton of advocacy. Dr. Elizabeth Cherot: The March of Dimes does funding along with research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2009

Here's a great interview that I did with Elana Wolowitz from Wellstone Action on their use of Twitter. Charlene Li has a great graphic on measuring blogging impact from her 2007 report, and I can't say it any better than the Q&A that concludes this blog post that announced the report : Q: Is there a standard ROI for blogs?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Department of Education gave us a major award on September 28, 2007. We want to ensure that every student with a disability no longer has the handicap of lacking textbooks or other important educational material. She came to us with some very well-developed ideas on how to reach out to our educational users.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

Several of the larger nonprofit organizations we interviewed for this screencast have gone that route. See Six Key Reports in this interview as possible alternative framework with integration of metric definitions and identify pages in book where the how-to is.) Interview with Dave Amos, Idealist. Act 3: Google Analytics That!

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Longtime Have Fun, Do Good Readers and Big Vision Podcast listeners may remember my interview with Dining for Women's Founder, Marsha Wallace, in September 2007. You can read the edited transcript below, or listen to the interview on the Big Vision Podcast homepage , or on iTunes. The education is key.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

more like the Berkman Center Thursday evening blogger meetups I used to attend from 2005-2007. Andy Carvin who I known probably for ten years since his early work in educational technology when he lived in Boston and through the years have connected with him in various communities from Global Voices and beyond.

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See3

MAY 11, 2007

But a lot more will do so if you encourage them to, provide them with photos, interviews and quotes, and recognize them as supporters for this kind of work as much as you do for the money they give. This has always happened, but the web has made it happen so much the more better. He didn’t need any encouragement to do it.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

I had an opportunity to interview Paola for the Big Vision Podcast, and wanted to share the transcript with you. I went to 15 countries on five continents, and interviewed and photographed 129 women. Britt Bravo: In so many of the groups you profiled, the women were using the arts for education, empowerment, or healing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

We recently had a delightful email interview about some of the ideas and themes from the book. Jennifer created the Mom Bloggers Club in 2007 and it is hugely successful with over 19,000 members, 15,000 discussions and over 500 groups. The causes organize trips and educational opportunities for the moms to blog about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2010

It’s corporate social responsibility program invests more in responsible drinking education than on alcohol-centered events. Sponsorship and Awareness: Events, education or awareness campaigns, etc. In Twitterville , Shel describes how Molson Coors Canada uses generosity as a key part of its branding and social media strategy.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2007

They talked about the economic value of housework, and the importance of education and literacy in gaining economic independence." Survivors can also participate in rights awareness and leadership education training, job skills training, and business development support. Kennedy New Frontier Award in 2007.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 23, 2006

After reading the interview, Heddy has asked that I modify some of her answers. The event brought together academics and practitioners in the field of education and peacebuilding from local, national and international perspectives to see what similarities and differences there were in our approaches and what we could learn from each other.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Interviewed several candidates for executive positions at Benetech. I started doing this back in 2007 , when we won our first big federal contract for Bookshare, to take it from 3,000 students back then to more than 350,000 students now. Met with a big NYC disability services provider about a possible Bookshare partnership.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

She has been the recipient of many awards, including Fast Company's 2007 Social Capitalist Award, and the League of Women Voters' Women Who Could Be President Award. I had the opportunity to interview her on March 6th for the Big Vision Podcast, and have included an edited transcript of the interview below.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2008

MN150 is a newish permanent exhibition (opened in Oct 2007) at the Minnesota History Center that marks the sesquicentennial of Minnesota with 150 of “the most influential forces in the state’s history.” We were working on this full time for 2-3 weeks—myself, a full-time assistant, and then a part-time educator and designer.

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