Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Reflection and Evaluation March 10, 2008 Michele Martin, one of my fave bloggers, has a great post today on Reflective Practice. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2011

At TechSoup, we’re always interested in how nonprofits cleverly solve IT problems. We decided to upgrade the Childnet Results Manager from a local area network based system using Microsoft Access to a web-based system using Microsoft SharePoint 2010, backed with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 on Windows Server 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Last week, I had the honor of doing a mini workshop at the annual BoardSource Conference called “Governing the Networked Nonprofit in An Age of Social Media &# where I had an opportunity to share some ideas on social media culture, transparency, and simplicity from the Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

This post shares a few observations about Networked Nonprofits. I have been experimenting with how to deliver “networked&# presentations and workshops. We met face-t0-face at a social media event in 2008, but that was the only time I had interacted her face-to-face. Yet, there is still some resistance.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits. is vital to any nonprofit organization. It lies at the root of everything a nonprofit does â?? delivering a workshop), compared to evaluating a larger-scale outcome (e.g. Published Friday, June 06, 2008 8:13 PM by Rebecca. Effective communication â??

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Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2016

nonprofit sector is in many respects the envy of the world for its strength and diversity. " So wrote Cynthia Gibson, then of the Carnegie Corporation , and Nonprofit Quarterly Editor-in-Chief Ruth McCambridge in a 2008 special issue of that magazine dedicated to infrastructure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2013

I was only there for 48 hours, but I did two workshops on two different topics ( nonprofit social media managers workshop and measurement ), a discussion on impact measurement in the Beacon Lounge , and lighting talk failure Good By Global (the Social Good Summit at SXSW). Was it anticipated?

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, April 15, 2011 Research Friday: What It Takes to Lead and Manage a Nonprofit Organization posted by Laura L. A 2008 study shows that the nonprofit sector employs approximately 13 million people in the United States. [1] Bush, Ph.D. We welcome your comments and feedback.

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Care2

MAY 17, 2013

About the Presenters: Jeanette Russell – Organizing Director, Salsa Labs Nonprofit leader Jeanette Russell brings nearly 20 years of nonprofit experience to her role as organizing director for Salsa Labs. Jeanette has planned hundreds of workshops, events, rallies and webinars for progressive nonprofits nationwide.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2012

” I often used the video at social media workshops back then to generate discussion about how our world is changing. ” Does this signal that working in networks been become normal in the nonprofit sector? Has working in networks and with networks become a “mainstreamed” idea in your nonprofit?

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Nonprofit Finance Fund. As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Angela Francis is a Senior Associate, Pacific Northwest & Southwest at Nonprofit Finance Fund.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2007

This is not unlike what I've described as a "personal professional development blog" when doing workshops for nonprofits. Take for example the blogs of these three nonprofit marketers. Marc Sirkin, Nonprofit Marketing Blog. 2008: How do I do it right? These are certainly career blogs. This made me wonder.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2007

I'm doing a workshop on Social Media Metrics, Measurement, and ROI at PodCamp Boston tomorrow. 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. So it may get totally lost in translation to the nonprofit side of things.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Probably middle of 2008. How has the real-time Web already impacted nonprofit organizations or those focused on social impact work? How can nonprofits or social impact groups take advantage of the real-time Web? There are countless other ways that real-time information delivery can be leveraged by nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

AARP California Twitter Account Last week at the WeAreMedia Workshop, someone asked a question about babyboomers and social media use. In short, nonprofits need to develop an integrated strategy using email marketing, outreach and social media to brand their organizations and raise money. I answered no. by Beth Kanter.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2009

is sharing his wisdom on developing a major gifts program at nonprofits. Upon finishing his Peace Corps service he began his nonprofit career as the founder and first executive director of Servicios Ecoforestales Para Agricultores (SEPA), a large agroforestry demonstration farm in Eastern Paraguay. topped $307 billion in 2008.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" for Charities -- and launching GreenNonprofits.org , to help nonprofit organizations “green” themselves.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" for Charities -- and launching GreenNonprofits.org , to help nonprofit organizations “green” themselves.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Some of you know that in addition to the blogging, podcasting and other nonprofit technology stuff I do, I am also a career consultant. For a long time I taught workshops based on Carol Lloyd's book, Creating a Life Worth Living. Payment must be received by December 31, 2008. You can learn more about my work at brittbravo.com.

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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. Talk to other nonprofits whose blogs you respect. I've seen way to many nonprofit blogs with tons of posts between June-August, and then the intern leaves and it's a ghost town. blog blogging nonprofit

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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 ! It was from a nonprofit organization, a communications manager, who sent me the link out of the blue, without even a "Dear Beth," and really not saying much about why I would be interested. from Esquire Magazine's Awkward Wedding Photos . I got a cravat pitch this morning.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Elana Wolowitz (EW): Im pretty sure we started in May or June of 2008. What inspired you to join?

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

But I see many nonprofits who are lazy at telling their story. Dr. Adrian Sargeant’s original study in 2008 f ound that when donors IDENTIFY with you, they have a sense of connectedness and social identity that includes you and your cause. 7 Ways to Build Highly Committed Donors. OK this just seems so very basic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

Return on Investment, Return on Reflection: I will integrate my work on social media ROI with general nonprofit technology ROI More about this theme is below because it will be a major focus area for me this year. That's why I maintain a large and varied RSS reading list of folks from within and outside of the nonprofit area.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Thousands of nonprofit pros rely on our annual Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar to discover skill-building, strategy-slaying, network-enhancing nonprofit events. We've scoured the nonprofit-sphere for high-quality conferences, both large and small, broad and specialized, here in the U.S. Nonprofit Management.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 7, 2010

I’m in Atlanta on the eve of the 2010 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference and excited about the few people that I have already run into and looking forward to reuniting with more friends and NPTech peeps. NTEN attracts the smartest people in the nonprofit sector; they’re all worth talking to. Author: Corey Pudhorodsky.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2022

posted by Jackelyn Latham Spring 2021 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management. Many nonprofit organizations are focusing on how to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) principals in their work to better serve their communities. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Barely a week goes by that I don’t see at least one status update or tweet from a nonprofit colleague lamenting a hacked personal account, including email, Twitter and Facebook. Fortunately, my colleague, Aspen Baker, was attending. Even better, she agreed to share a blog post about what she learned on this blog.

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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). Automating Listening: You can automate your listening by using a tool like Tweetscan and search for particular terms - like nonprofit. Twitter for me is mostly a listening tool. A side benefit is that brings people over to my blog.

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Forum One

MARCH 26, 2008

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media. We also saw some.

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Forum One

JANUARY 9, 2008

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media. We also saw some.

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Forum One

AUGUST 4, 2008

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media. We also saw some.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

This year's program is heavily weighted to the "social web" and nonprofits. Nonprofits lag behind the corporate sector. The nonprofit sector is the long snail - helping the 99% of nonprofits that are providing 50% of the services to obtain the resources. We have definitions of legit nonprofit.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

I'd worked at a DC nonprofit the summer after my junior year that focused on policy work, but that wasn't a fit for me either. Research classes/workshops in a skill I want to learn. If you've already got an idea for an organization you'd like to create, the deadline for Echoing Green's 2008 Fellowship applications is December 3, 2007.

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Forum One

JUNE 18, 2008

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media. We also saw some.

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Forum One

JANUARY 2, 2008

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media. We also saw some.

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Forum One

JANUARY 9, 2008

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media. We also saw some.

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