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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2008, I was honored to be on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. They organize supporters, raise attention to important social and political issues, seek donations, and organize supporters to walk, run, shout, protest, and vote, things that were once done mostly by nonprofit organizations. Trust me.

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Too much “shiny”?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

May 1, 2007 Jon Stahl quotes a comment by Ethan Zuckerman about “shiny&# – the over attention to cool and groovy web 2.0 Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Too much “shiny&# ? functionality.

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10 Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That said, the best practices below are based on Nonprofit Tech for Good’s experience using Twitter almost daily since 2008. followers, can tweet and receive significant engagement (comments, retweets, likes) without having to engage their followers. It’s a community that takes a while to understand and adapt to.

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Microsoft Fails to get ISO fast-track for OOXML

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Microsoft Fails to get ISO fast-track for OOXML September 7, 2007 For those of you that pay attention to open standards, this is old(ish) news. I’ll keep you posted. { I’ll keep you posted. {

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Change the Debate in 2008

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Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment University Update – YouTube – Change the Debate in 2008 [.] Sign the petition here … in campaign, youtube, politics, michael hoffman, see3 | No Comments » View Original Article » [.] Sign the petition here. Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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Free and open source tool #5: WordPress

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #5: WordPress January 24, 2008 It seems like a good day to talk about WordPress. Here is yet another amazing free and open source tool getting a lot of good attention.

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Some lessons from the “enterprise”

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

For instance, Gartner’s top 10 technologies to watch in 2008. I really do hope that the CIOs of the world pay attention. { I really do hope that the CIOs of the world pay attention. { Some nonprofits fit into this category, but most nonprofits that I work with don’t.

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