Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Not everyone is a natural-born Twitterer, and it may take time to find the right person at your nonprofit to be the voice(s) behind your Twitter avatar, but it’s worth the investment of resources. As with Facebook in 2007 and Twitter in 2008, the early adopters began experimenting with location-based communities in 2009.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 28, 2017

As organizations serving public interests, nonprofits answer to the voices of multiple stakeholders. However, by seeking out the voices of the people they serve, nonprofit organizations can embrace their responsibilities and improve their organizations. Nonprofit Management and Leadership , 26(3), 295-312. doi:10.1002/nml.21191.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Originally published in the November 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine where I have written a quarterly column throughout 2011. In June 2007, I presented my first social media training to a small group of nonprofits in Lowell, MA. At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

Now, once you have completed the verification process via text or voice, you will land on page where you can complete the process of setting up your Google Profile: 3. Set up your Google Profile. Make a commitment to diversifying your brand online!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

From his perspective (and mine, too) one of the big issues (as he put it, the elephant in the room) is how open APIs impacts the business model of vendors. That bothered me a bit – they are totally different issues. Zach brought up an interesting point, and I think it is worth highlighting.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

If Apple were subjected to the ruling the Europeans just issued Microsoft, they would be hurting. I don’t know yet, but whatever it is, it will be unlocked. { 1 trackback } My iPhone 3G » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 08.12.08 at 1:35 pm { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 PW 10.03.07

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Tech Soup

JULY 20, 2011

For them, it’s about having reliable and fast Internet access; accessing health care services via mobile in rural areas; voicing views online without fear of persecution, not having useful services blocked by Internet service providers (ISPs), not being exposed to cyberbullying, or fearing to become a victim of online fraud.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2010

It all started in 2008, when Comcast deliberately slowed Internet traffic for BitTorrent, a file-sharing site, and the Federal Communications Commission told the ISP it can't do that. It's quickly becoming a hot political issue in Washington, divided right down party lines. . Become educated on the issue. Think it can't happen?

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Several decried the oversimplification of the question, arguing that it's not an issue of "lead vs. follow" but a spectrum of forms of participant engagement. Adam and I first met in 2008, when we were part of a National Academies think tank-ish thing on the future of museums and libraries.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

Grant funding and the proper knowledge to conduct program evaluation are common issues: The United Way is one grantmaking organization that promotes an outcome-driven culture in nonprofits. More sophisticated methods of evaluation include random controlled trials (RCTs) or the use of a logic model. Sources: 1. Carman, J.G.

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See3

OCTOBER 20, 2008

October 15th is Blog Action Day , an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world's bloggers, podcasters and videocasters to post about the same issue on the same day. Bread for the World is a collective Christian voice urging our nation's decision makers to end hunger at home and abroad.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

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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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. The photo or video taken on a phone and then posted to the web can change the conversation, alert news media to issues or new developments, and change the course of response.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 26, 2008

I just have to do what I can. " -- Jerry Fowler, Executive Director of the Save Darfur Coalition , during an interview on the Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast. I don't have to solve the problem. I just have to do what I can.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Some people asked questions about the role of GSA in establishing policy for Federal agencies on open government issues. they might indeed need to catalog and respond to comments in a rulemaking, but if they ask for more open-ended input about general policy issues, that should be valuable input which does not trigger response obligations.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 15, 2009

I recommend you listen to his December 22, 2008 show where he created a montage of his favorite quotes from guests. Voices on Genocide Prevention by the U.S. He starts most shows with a few minutes of news from the nonprofit and philanthropic sector, and then transitions into an interview. Listen/subscribe on iTunes.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean''s book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions. why not museums?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 9, 2016

These realities make it more evident that each nonprofit needs a unified voice, powerful enough to withstand the process of making policy. Once public opinion changes the tide of a given issue, it becomes difficult to ignore, bottle up, or trade for another agenda item that is seemingly more pressing to the decision maker. New donors.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

It wasn't ignorance, it was more about a lack of time and focus on what was perceived as "surface" issues. At the 2008 conference, I attended a session presented by Farra Trompeter of Big Duck Consulting. We picked what was aesthetically pleasing and that's about it. No, we weren't "Katie's group."

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

Punch It Up: Think about incorporating “Top 5” lists around an issue you want to highlight. Receive monthly updates 3 Comments | by Share Article in E-newsletters , Email Marketing Reader Comments (3) One thing Ive found that works extraordinarily well for large, national NGOs is mailing on local issues.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

Yesterday, they published the list of organizations that have lost their exemption from paying income tax due to failure to file required reports in 2007, 2008, and 2009. The "Fall Festival" advertised on their homepage is for 2008, and the "events" link opens up to a May 2009 calendar. Long overdue, the IRS finally pulled the trigger.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

I just finished reading the 2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarks Analysis , put out by Blackbaud company Target Analytics. By many measures, online fundraising had a red letter year in 2008: Online donors are younger and have higher incomes than traditional, primarily direct mail donors. Get the report and read it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

who gave the keynote speech at UC Berkeley’s conference on law, ethics and technology, “ Social Networks: Friends or Foes? ,” complaints of hijacked accounts increased by one-third from 2007 to 2008. The issue of privacy is of huge importance to my field of sexual and reproductive health as well as anti-violence work. I’m not a lawyer.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean's book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions. why not museums?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 25, 2008

Earlier in the month I taught a Nonprofit Blogging 101 workshop at the 2008 Making Media Connections Conference. But blogs are all about authenticity, transparency and the voice of a real person. How do you handle a blog with multiple voices? How do you deal with issues of fear and control? Be controversial. *

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

This has been a steady upward trend since 2008. The doll takes a child's words and sends them over the Internet to cloud based voice-recognition software that can create the perfect response. Now seems like a good time for nonprofits to educate their constituents about the privacy issues surrounding these and other smart objects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

I remember in 2005 the Global Voices Summit used IRC as a backchannel -- no so much for people in the room, but for remote participation. to come out of 2008's SXSW Conference was for moderators of panels to use Twitter (or back channel tool) to poll the audience upfront and monitor it in real time. One of the reflections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Network for Good has recently released a new e-book called " The 2008 Online Fundraising Survival Guide: 12 Winning Strategies to survive and Thrive in a Down Economy " (a terrific reframing of best practices advice for online fundraising and perhaps fear-driven adoption of these practices will be in the works.) Here's one for you.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 16, 2013

Ze had issued an invite to tens of thousands of people online, and we had no idea how many people would attend, and who they are. He gently acknowledged the fundamental weirdness of meeting people in real-life, in confronting their "fleshiness," giving voice to anyone else's concerns about over-stimulation in the space.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Very cool project from 2008: Twitter Vote Report. You can embed Google Earth into your website to present information to your community that really helps tell the story of your work and your issue. Helpful resources on Twitter: Pew Internet report. O’Reilly New Radar Report: Twitter and the Micro Messaging Revolution.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

It wasn’t ignorance, it was more about a lack of time and focus on what was perceived as “surface&# issues. At the 2008 conference, I attended a session presented by Farra Trompeter of Big Duck. We picked what was aesthetically pleasing and that’s about it. Unfortunately in reality, we were often misunderstood.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

The following is an edited transcript of an interview I did with her on March 25th, 2008 for the Big Vision Podcast. Young women of color, what are the issues that are most important to them? That is still an issue today where there are huge pieces of land being lost in the south to African-American landholders; it is going on today.

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

That said, the long tail of the internet (in this case, social networks as a microcosm of the internet) comes into play, and having a consolidated mega-group might kill the inspiration of the individuals who are raising money, in their own voice, for you. But its tough to get in the middle of that, as an organization. Is it a random sample?

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Care2

JULY 24, 2007

That said, the long tail of the internet (in this case, social networks as a microcosm of the internet) comes into play, and having a consolidated mega-group might kill the inspiration of the individuals who are raising money, in their own voice, for you. But its tough to get in the middle of that, as an organization. Is it a random sample?

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

You can embed Google Earth into your website to present information to your community that really helps tell the story of your work and your issue. May 15, 2009 | Anne Dougherty Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Did you know you can embed an audio file in Google Earth?) Read the full case study here. All rights reserved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

While some headlines might proclaim that Open Source is meaningless in the nonprofit sector, the issues as Holly Ross of NTEN says, "The question isn't really about open source, but about openness." Opinions: There are many, many voices on Techmeme if you want more color. What is Openness?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Try first asking people to voice their support by signing an email petition. Go back to your activists with an ask related to the issue that brought them on in the first place – tag people’s interests from then on, so you send them stuff they like and avoid sending them things that aren’t up their alley.

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