Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

The Louisiana Bucket Brigade (LABB), for instance, has used Ushahidi to document the impacts of oil spills and other petrochemical pollution on human health and the environment. The organization got started when a group of Kenyan bloggers led by Erik Hersman began doing online mapping of violence reports after the 2008 Kenyan election.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2008

Though the numbers aren't in, it must be likely be higher in 2008 as this article by David Cay Johnston in the New York Times points out. Hunger isn't just a problem in America. A few Bay Area bloggers documented their experiences of living on $21 a week (a typical Food Stamp allotment).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

First, the major problem is that there are, at this point, so many of them, and although many (most?) 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2008

The OpenSocial Foundation will be an independent non-profit entity with a formal intellectual property and governance framework; related assets will be assigned to the new organization by July 1, 2008. Nick from Social Times adds: My biggest problem with the standard so far has been that it???s s not easy!

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See3

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

The biggest problem I can see right away is that they are not letting us embed the videos. on Condoleezza February 07, 2008 3:40 PM Justin Rood Reports: The State Department is defeating terrorism one “strong, engaging&# online video at a time. It’s spent roughly $350 million a year in 2007 and 2008.)

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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. Problem is, I’m not a nonprofit organization. We chose Persony because it had one of the simplest interfaces and had a one-time fee. Nonprofits are charged much lower rates (see comment below.)

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Shrinking government budgets and greater competition for ever-fewer dollars are reducing the scale and effectiveness of nonprofits in meeting the nation’s growing challenges and intractable problems.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Well, I just got my first one out in 2008! Benetech Update: Summer 2008 I'm thrilled to be writing you this update, because this year is unusually exciting even by Benetech standards. You can imagine the impact of Bookshare.org going from a $1 million per year enterprise in 2006 to over $7 million in 2008.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

What was once good enough in the world of grant management has been replaced by a new age of accountability where grant recipients must ensure that funds are spent as intended and performance goals are met on time and on budget. It seemed like a good idea at the time” are often the famous last words before a great disaster.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Some folks may not have gotten up to speed on more recent developments, however -- and might be relying on "stale data" about open source tools: "Not ready for prime time." " "For geeks only." " "Doesn't scale." " "Great for developers but not for every-day users."

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sgEngage

AUGUST 15, 2023

Need a list of scholarship recipients who graduated from Harvard between 2008 and 2018? No problem! A complete record should ideally contain accurate phone, email, and address information, particularly if clients can send emails or generate mail merge documents directly from their grantmaking software.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

I like to use half of any allotted time slot to talk and half for Q&A, so we usually have time to get into meaty discussions. Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." The Museum 2.0

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I like to use half of any allotted time slot to talk and half for Q&A, so we usually have time to get into meaty discussions. Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." The Museum 2.0

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Care2

JULY 11, 2007

Somehow, a while back, we slipped from solving social problems to treating social ills. It doesn’t take an advanced degrees or specialized skill to succeed in the Connected Age, just lots of old-fashioned confidence, some time and faith. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com The rest is a piece of cake. All rights reserved.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

I know my co-workers cringed and ran every time another email from me began with "Try this." Focus on solving problems, not adapting to solutions. Operationally, C3 has standardized around Salesforce's Force.com which we started using in 2006, and Google Apps which we started using in early 2008. Which leads me to.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

I know my co-workers cringed and ran every time another email from me began with "Try this." Focus on solving problems, not adapting to solutions. Operationally, C3 has standardized around Salesforce's Force.com which we started using in 2006, and Google Apps which we started using in early 2008. Which leads me to.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Her thoughts on Apple’s ban on donations in iPhone apps recently appeared in The New York Times. There are plenty of well documented and researched usability issues with nonprofit donations forms that can be improved to get better results right now. This isn’t a new issue for her and she blogged back in June on this topic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

Heck, i t’s time to start thinking about 2010. it was the NMC’s 15th anniversary) that got rolled into a NMC@15 video , and a chance to sign up for 15 minutes of studio time on the John Lennon Bus to create a package of sharable music loops. So on to what we tried this year… (this is gonna be a long scroller).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

That Twitter was the answer to all their programs' problems evermore. . `At Though I feel the time spent disputing could be better spent recruiting. offer real-time valuable information for people affected and their families. One of them @peoppenheimer was kind enough to critic and help my own poem's meter and rhyme!

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Each fall since 2008 MNN has hosted an annual conference and expo. As you dive deep into the world of storytelling and connecting with donors, we also want you to have a great time and feel inspired when you leave. on the heels of an historic election, at a time of significant change in the sector and the country. 11/10/2016.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2011

Turns out that part of the problem was that many nonprofits didnt understand functional expense accounting or reporting rules. Zooop — fast-forward to 2008: Charity Navigator gets new executive leadership in Ken Berger. Its an exciting time. By the end of 2009, Charity Navigator is doing two extraordinary things.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

CompuMentor in due course turned into TechSoup when it became a national nonprofit, and TechSoup Global in 2008 after it had become an international organization. Daniel Ben-Horin’s life has been well documented. He has been named four times to the Nonprofit Times list of the 50 most influential nonprofit leaders in the U.S.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

Want to earn some money in your spare time by ferrying food or riders around town? Globally, the number of platform companies rose five times between 2010 and 2021; 2 and, as of 2022, about 20 percent of all market commerce in the United States is now conducted online. Want to share your extra room with a traveler and make a few bucks?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 6, 2006

Anyway, with technological advances taking over the election process, new problems and concerns are troubling many voters. The site is intended to "make sure that any voter who experiences a problem at the polls has a way to tell their story and get help. Pope Copyright © 2008, Care2.com November 6, 2006 | Kemble K.

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