ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 4, 2016

She has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on such diverse subjects as Program Evaluation & Information Management, International NGOs, and Philanthropy. I joined ASU in Fall 2008, and it’s been 8 years. As a proud mom of my son and daughter, I enjoy spending time with my kids when I’m not here at ASU.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Back Channels, Workflow, Data, Twitter, and me March 13, 2007 I read Beth’s recent blog entry on Twitter , and of course, the neo-luddite in me said “waste of time!&# And then there is data.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Properly is the key word here, as customizing Salesforce, despite the 10 free seats offered still costs dev time and ongoing management of your data. Founded: 2008 MobileCause has a pretty simple goal: Help nonprofits raise more money with less time and effort. Online Course. MobileCause. Platform Fee: 2.5% Enroll Now.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

As a quick comparative look between a small number of open source systems, it’s hard to argue that it contributes no information. You also ignore my argument about the 2008 security audits of Drupal that resulted in numerous vulnerability reports, but more on that later. I can only assume you concede these points. “itâ??s

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

At Benetech, we’re fortunate to have had long-time support from funders who have been willing to bet on us. That’s what a lot of foundations would love to see happen: in this case, it’s happened multiple times! We first extended Bookshare services internationally in 2008 with the launch of Bookshare in India.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2012

I met Rufina in 2008 in Australia when I keynoted the Connecting Up Conference and taught social media workshops for NGOs. At the time, Rufina was the CEO of Nasscom Foundation and transforming the nonprofit technology sector with her incredible networking, scaling, and capacity building skills. Stay tuned.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Part III: Blogs, Podcasting and Vlogs September 27, 2006 When I start out these series, I seem to have an idea in hand about how to organize them, which, invariably, gets rearranged in the course of writing. Which, of course, is why many people and many organizations don’t need blogs. 3) keep stakeholders informed?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

On the morning of July 7th, a page was created for the events taking place in central London and as both television news and personal witnesses revealed more information the page content grew – by the minute. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. Now for indirect content or Mash-ups.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Quite the contrary: it was very well made, with important, disturbing, and timely information. The 3rd Annual DoGooderTV Nonprofit Video Awards , which we're co-sponsoring with See3 Communications and the Nonprofit Times , are now open. If you made a video in 2008, we want to see it!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Here's a story Mac users might get a kick out of: while the rest of the world patiently awaits a definite release date for Office 2010 , there's been relatively little information from Microsoft about the suite's Mac sibling, Office 2011, aside from the announcement last August that Entourage will be replaced by a Mac version of Outlook.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

When a learner accumulates a sufficient balance of CE credits over a certain span of time, she achieves maintenance of certification. It’s a great attractor for learning experiences at conferences and multi-day live courses. Think of those Google Alerts you excitedly set up in 2008 and haven’t read since 2009.

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NTEN

JULY 1, 2010

Each time, I walked past a gallery set up for AED. So, on my way back to the hotel -- with a burrito and a Coke (Diet, of course) -- I slowed down long enough to examine their logo for clues. Dive in for more information on FAQs, judges, previous winners, sponsors and more. This could be your organization in 2010!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 12, 2023

Those under 45 have faced the changing global dynamics of 9/11, the financial crisis of 2008, and the COVID-19 pandemic–the results of these major events have been felt extremely acutely as these younger Americans entered the workforce, built families, and attempted to build wealth against these headwinds. more on average.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

You basically have to either decide which site has your loyalty, and then stay with that one (or spend a lot of time importing and exporting and double/treble/quadruple bookmarking. Bookmarking saves me time, for sure. at 9:17 am Thanks for this informative article! bookmarks to ma.gnolia.) 3 Beth 09.27.06 4 Michelle 09.27.06

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

I don’t want to start a race to the top of the Nonprofit 25 – where organizations start spending more time worrying about their position on that list, and less time feeding people. Even if Allan’s vision does become reality some time in the future, why rush to present your figures now. That dog won’t hunt.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner , MapTogether.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. The data were collected in the summer of 2009 by asking people to reflect on their volunteering during all of 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

That post was one of my top ten posts for 2008 ! We got into some back and forth - and of course, it got me interested in writing about the topic. Plus, the person took the time to get to know me over time before asking me for anything. from Esquire Magazine's Awkward Wedding Photos . Kevin Bondelli has more advice.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Web Huddle – The only other one I can find that at this time offers the possibility of sharing a Linux desktop. at 12:31 pm Online Courses » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 11.06.07 I hope that information helps you in your analysis. Nonprofits are charged much lower rates (see comment below.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

,” complaints of hijacked accounts increased by one-third from 2007 to 2008. Organized crime, Mr. Carlin, says is selling our information and making some very serious money. Same with social networking, you should expect that your private information may end up somewhere you didn’t intend. And for good reason.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner, MapTogether.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Of course, you can't know - nobody knows but Google. Last week I started looking into alternatives to Feedburner to track RSS subscribers because Chris Baskind's post, " Is It Time To Let Feedburner Burn? He summarizes the Google acquisition in February, 2007 and how the service has evolved slowly since that time.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MARCH 21, 2009

The problem of course is the collapse of the traditional business model of the newspaper. The Internet has disrupted the old economic realities of information distribution. Walter Isaacson , former managing editor of Time and former CEO of CNN, assumes that the print edition a is dead but the institution need not perish with it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2007

I'll be doing a presentation on a panel at the Museum Computer Network Conference in two weeks on this topic and in early 2008 for the Legal Services Corporation. You should read two articles that will help inform your thinking. Her example is a marketing example, of course, and business oriented. This is work in progress.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

I track two hard data points: RSS subscriber growth over time as well as the feed delivery stats (email versus reader). Analyzing Your Blog Content With Metrics and Insight Of course, you need to set overall goals for your blog and understand your audience. You should be looking at monthly trends over time. If not, why?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2013

Back in 2008, I devised a plan to outsource my New Year''s Resolutions. I tweeted and Facebooked a request for friends to suggest things I could resolve to do over the course of 2009. We recruited folks and designed software that texted them five times a day for thirty days, asking one question, "Rate your mood 1 (low) to 10 (high)."

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2009

I learn a lot from the flow of information out of Twitter. Twitter has had a banner 2008. • ~5 million users at the end of 2008. • Net result is 600% growth in 2008. So, I’m not the only one out there who became a new user in 2008 and who plans to keep using in 2009. Statistics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008. Of course, referring to the newish book by Seth Godin called Meatball Sundae: Is Your Marketing out of Sync? This post traces the evolution of social networking sites from the 80's to present time, although missing a few major early players. asks Rich Reeder.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2009

I learn a lot from the flow of information out of Twitter. Twitter has had a banner 2008. • ~5 million users at the end of 2008. • Net result is 600% growth in 2008. So, I’m not the only one out there who became a new user in 2008 and who plans to keep using in 2009. Statistics.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

That happened sometime in 2008 or 2009. This organization has reached out to me via direct mail and email in the time since then, but always through an acquisition or renewal campaign. So, rather than donating the intended $120 a year to this organization (until I told them I was no longer interested), my gift that year totaled $10.

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See3

MARCH 27, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Daniel Hartman MAR 27, 2008 NTEN Does Web 2.0

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Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

“Of course, things got a lot worse in the fourth quarter, so these trends might not hold up.” For example, between 2006 and 2007, online donations grew by 26% but between 2007 and 2008 online donations only grew by 14%. Dave Steadman Hamilton College March 26, 2009 | Dave Steadman Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Referrals - percentage of visitors by top ten sources for past 30 days (April, 2008). This past month, for the first time, Twitter is now the #2 referral of visits to my blog, but only 1/3 of those referrals are from my own tweets. I did a comparison of time on-site with top referrals and Twitter referrals stay longer than Google.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

If people are already on Facebook, have gone to your Causes donation page, become a "member" to your Cause, and still havent donated - they arent going to, no matter how many times you message them. We also utilized our blog to get more people informed about Facebook Causes. Sometimes more!

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

If people are already on Facebook, have gone to your Causes donation page, become a "member" to your Cause, and still havent donated - they arent going to, no matter how many times you message them. We also utilized our blog to get more people informed about Facebook Causes. Sometimes more!

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 24, 2010

I've long admired this museum for its all-encompassing commitment to community co-creation , and the visit was a kind of pilgrimage to their new site (opened in 2008). She did several things over the course of the tour to make it participatory, and she did so in a natural, delightful way. What if it isn't what I expected?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Reader Comments (6) One of the challenges is of course creativity. By the time they get it, too much time will have passed. If someone (who may or may not be a potential volunteer) cannot google you and find information related to your entity, 9 times out of ten, they will not participate. All rights reserved.

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