Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Experiments, snafus and stumbles December 17, 2007 I seem to have lost my head. What my colleagues and friends do has influence. And what did I do with the influence of colleagues and friends? I really could have skipped the pictures of two of my work colleagues necking. :) Kinda fun though. Walk right under it.

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Forum One

JANUARY 11, 2008

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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Forum One

JANUARY 9, 2008

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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Forum One

APRIL 2, 2007

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

His work examines the challenges of performance measurement, accountability, and governance facing organizations with a social purpose . Her work enables NetHope members to be more effective and efficient through the use of technology . Academic Institutions. Alnoor Ebrahim. Professor of Management. Aysha Akhtar, M.D., Eleanor Meyers.

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Forum One

APRIL 5, 2007

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

One of iconic icebreakers that Gunner has used is the “ Human SpectraGram ” that I first observed Gunner do at 2007 Penguin Day.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 9, 2009

"Of all the areas of life that computer and communications technology seems to be impacting the most is its influence on relationships. Giving Anonymously began in 2005 with our website up and running in early 2007. "The general public hold all kinds of inaccurate stereotypes about the way charities work.

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Forum One

APRIL 5, 2007

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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Forum One

MARCH 29, 2007

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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Forum One

MARCH 27, 2007

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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Forum One

MARCH 6, 2007

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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Judi Sohn

JULY 30, 2011

At Fight Colorectal Cancer, we switched from web host email to Google Apps in 2007 and we haven’t looked back. Among the restrictions: No selling products, no prosthelytizing, no trying to influence elections, etc. Guess which won? Last summer, I set up Google Apps for my synagogue. Not all nonprofits qualified.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. These initiatives were credited with influencing the Italian parliament in 1991 to create specific legal forms or “social cooperatives.” Defourny et al.,

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

If it had been, we would have done a lot more work on how to measure security. Issue #1 and #3 are more difficult in Drupal6 and 7, #2 involves someone ignoring the well displayed version numbers, and #4 is beyond Drupal’s realm of influence. This wasn’t designed to be an in-dept, complex analysis of security.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

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. Giving Tuesday takes a lot of these ideas and blends them together.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Channel of Influence. Regarding which "channel of influence" most influences mobile giving, among the six percent of respondents who made a text-to-give donation, more than two-thirds (68 percent) were prompted by a newscast or radio mention.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

In 2007, the popular Free Rice online game used quiz-style vocabulary building game that rewarded correct answers with ten grains per bowl to feed hungry children. So I think I have a pretty good sense of what works and doesn’t work. Here is how it works: - You log on to www.gamesthatgive.net and start playing games.

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Forum One

MARCH 16, 2010

In 2007, Twitter was announced here. Which tools will actually escape the laboratory, become useful, and become relevant to our work? Tags: Influence Events Events Tips & Trends. The problem is that there are few places on earth like SxSW. Many of these social tools are useless until there is a critical mass.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 6, 2009

Americans tend to define themselves by their work. A September 2007 Ode magazine article, Giving Makes Us Happy , describes a 60-year study by Paul Wink of Wellesley College that followed the lives of about 200 people. Arthur Brooks' September 2007 article in the Journal of Economics and Finance , Does Giving Makes Us Prosperous ?,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

If you know of campaigns and lessons learned that haven't been included, please leave a comment: August 2007 I launched a campaign to raise money and get t-shirts donated for the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. What seem to work was: Some influential people responding publically that they had donated.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

And who may be able to influence those actors in their decision-making? Toronto : Imagine Canada , 2007. I work with Bonasources Wild Apricot marketing team. Random Thoughts on Life and Work. December 2007 (11). November 2007 (12). October 2007 (14). September 2007 (14). August 2007 (12).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

Both posts influenced this speech. And frustrating challenges like fighting off big oil’s influence on the ever delayed climate change bill otherwise known as Waxman Markey. Instead, how can you use your Facebook group to engage your fellows, change your work environment, and spark your movement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2009

I've been re-reading Patti Anklam's book, Net Work: A Practical Guide to Creating and Sustaining Networks at Work and in the World which covers the many different forms of networks and how they work. Skills for Net Work by Patti Anklam. Make sure the technology is embedded in the work practices of the network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

Let your stakeholders share their story and passion about your organization – from the heart and humor work. Engage influencers and free agents. Pick a campaign and platform to experiment with integrating social fundraising , but build your network and get organized first. Cultivate and cheer on champions for your cause.

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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. I'm a huge fan of work and the way she thinks - especially after she road the Scare House ride on the Santa Cruz boardwalk with me and did a brilliant reflection on its design. Wiki users are often collaborators.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

The New Metrics of Scholarly Authority by Michael Jensen published in the Chronicle in June, 2007 describes how scholarly authority is being influenced by Web 2.0. Significance of author's other work. He points out, "While those trends are enabled by digital technology, I'm not concerned with technology per se ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2009

Some of you may remember the flap about Ranger Rick from 2007). www.facebook.com/facebookpages www.facebook.com/nonprofits www.facebook.com/influencers www.facebook.com/help www.facebook.com/advertising. They are working on having the ability to change it, but not high priority. If you do, they will delete it. Q&A Nuggets.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MAY 23, 2006

Along the same lines, they've made a "Beta 2" version of Office 2007 available to all comers, if you've got a spare PC to install it on. USA Today ran a piece on May 16th about the growing influence of blogs. They want to know that your work is furthering shared goals. Selfish Giving is a blog you might want to keep up with.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

Understand how the model works , but don't get distracted. Remember bookmarked items can also influence your blog traffic (positively). It can also influence traffic. He summarizes the Google acquisition in February, 2007 and how the service has evolved slowly since that time. Insight Harvesting: What are the topics?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2009

It's like a giant combination of influence and karma. Influence: Can you move groups of people, small or large, to take some action? What concrete recognition papers or articles published, etc have you received for your work? Share others' info relevant to your work. Let's talk for a minute about social capital.

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See3

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

Yes, you do good work. OK, I get you do good work. So please, don’t miss this special opportunity to contribute today – your donation will go twice as far and will help AJWS raise up to $350,000 for our critical work around the world! Yes, I care about these issues. OK, you got me. I will donate. But not now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

It can be hard to retool an organization's culture to do listening as a daily part of the work flow, particularly if it isn't valued or there are concerns about negatives. They've had months and months to hone their work flow and the Red Cross Social Media Team has it down to a science. Identifies influencers.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

In his identity work , John Falk determined that people use cultural institutions to reflect their personal self-concept as learners, social leaders, spiritual pilgrims, hobbyists, and experience seekers. What Easter eggs have you designed into your own work, and what secret places bring you pleasure?

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Care2

AUGUST 17, 2007

At the same time, MFCN hoped that the campaign also would serve a second purpose, namely, to identify people who might become loyal donors in support of MFCN’s vital work. Results: In only six weeks, Care2 generated and delivered 44,000 citizen letters to the target members of Congress who had influence over the legislation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

Technology in Arts Conference The 2007 Technology in the Arts Conference is over but the conversations and resource sharing still continue on the conference wiki. This one of the ideas that David Weinberger touches on in Everything Is Misc. And if Web 2.0 pushes your buttons, why not push a few Web2.0 generators.

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