Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

Lots of people were there (I ran out of handouts – I was surprised to see how many people showed up.) The presentation is available on my wiki (it’s at the bottom.) And aren’t those different that the issues other groups of people face? That speaks volumes to me.

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AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology WeAreMedia Project August 13, 2008 Yet another great NTEN project is happening, spearheaded by Beth Kanter, to develop a Social Media toolkit for Nonprofits.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

We know that people would much rather look at pictures of cute dogs than think about downers like climate change. And, of course, otters aren’t the only marine animals that people love – there’s mariachi whales. was invented because people want to share cute pictures of their cats. Cute Dog Photos! So, grist-.org

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

August 11, 2008 You’ve likely heard a lot about “ cloud computing “ And what’s true is that the sales-talk about computing in the cloud certainly makes the conceptual issues behind it, honestly, well, cloudy.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 12, 2008

It’s the time of year when people start placing their bets on where we’re going next. Tools for individuals are great, but what we’ve seen in 2008 is that the tools that individuals like the most and use the most are the ones that create the most dynamic communities. What was your favorite innovation from 2008?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

" I have to caution people that when I share the results of my experiments and learnings - that it is a culmination of 6 plus years of daily exploration of Web 2.0. You can find the slides and resources at my Arts and Social Media wiki. My head is spinning (in a good way) but where and how should I get started.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2008

About a year ago, I did a lot of research on a screencast about widgets for nonprofits and put together two wikis - Nonprofit Widgets (for a session at 2007 NTC Conference) and Fundraising Widget. KaTREEna Plantometer Every Human Has Rights 2008 Nonprofit Technology Conference The Niapele Project $40 for 40 Years of Fair Housing.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 18, 2007

Although MS reputedly put their best people on it. I think one of the problems here is that people see spreadsheets as *just* one component of an office suite. A lot of the goodness is inherent in the idea of a spreadsheet, right back to VisiCalc. I know it is awfully Web 1.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Each blog post is given a score from 1 to 10, representing how interesting and relevant people have found your content. Working Wikily: The Secrets of A Wiki Gardener. It takes your RSS feed and applies engagement metrics, analyzing the types and frequency of an audience's interaction with your content.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

I think those are better ideas than community blogs – and it’s so easy for people to get involved. Wikis are another great collective to do list/project management tool, but they don’t integrate, either. I think it would be very great to have a few nptech-focused “planets&# out there. Second, is bookmarking.

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JANUARY 27, 2009

Set up an event wiki. Wikis can take the shape of the event and its participants and range from more to less formal. They can house key resources & event materials/background resources, or bulletin boards for ride sharing, or contact information for people coming in from the same city, etc.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

I know a lot of the free site tools, wikis like wetpaint.com, keep trying to move to become more social, and let the audience/membership interact more – that is definitely related. at 11:17 am I’m interested to know which combinations of CMS/CRM are working best for people. at 8:53 pm Loraine Lawson 02.16.09

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Mastering each tool individually seems like a lot of work and a lot of people give up even before they begin. However, very few people use these terms precisely and almost nobody agrees on the exact definition of these terms. Wikis are a perfect example of co-creation. Used precisely, these terms can mean very different things.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 29, 2008

My friend Beth Kanter, of Beth's Blog , is working hard to win $50,000 for the Sharing Foundation by January 31, 2008 as part of the Case Foundation's America's Giving Challenge. The way America's Giving Challenge works is that the 8 individual online fundraisers who inspire the most people to donate, will receive $50,000 for their charity.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

and Trackable (of 60 people who opened the email, 25 clicked to the donate page and 12 donated). The website is the primary channel through which we communicate HIV information to our community, Federal partners, and people living with, or at-risk for, HIV. In July 2008, rising costs and shortages of food were in the news.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I also need to streamline the many wiki portfolios and resource collections that I've put together over the years. Mapping Metrics to Social Media Strategy: This wiki will be retooled to go deeper in more specific metrics linked to strategy. Social Media and Nonprofits: ROI Case Study Slam NTC in 2008. Critique Your Design.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

In defining your target audience, too, keep the intended outcome in mind: Which people are actually in a position to act on your information? While celebrity endorsements have power in marketing, studies suggest that most people are more open to a transfer or exchange of knowledge with a respected peer. June 6, 2008 10:41 PM.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2008

I put together a wiki for this presentation which includes a set of conversations questions. It is a remix of the " Cute Cat Theory of Digital Activism " which was the title of a talk given by Ethan Zuckerman at O'Reilly's E-Tech Conference in March, 2008 (notes from Ryan Singel. What the heck is the Cute Dog Theory?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

For the WeAreMedia Module 4: Spreading Awareness and Buzz With Social Media , the community has built an awesome resource - lots of tips, resources, and ideas from people's experience. We also encouraged people to change their avatars (see above). I would have maybe spent more time asking people to share the info on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

It is nice to arrive on scene where 800 people in modest surroundings are energetically pursuing questions that have to be answered to build a movement. People are open sourcing their metrics, and building taxonomy. To get the market from niche to mainstream people are working on taxonomy, metrics and peer and trend ratings.

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OCTOBER 28, 2013

A 2008 update on these initial reports, User Survey Analysis: Secondary PC Market Offers Growing Opportunity , continues to support both the supply and demand growth projections. From 2007 to 2008, the Community MAR program had a 57 percent volume increase worldwide. In the recession year of 2009, order volume increased 16 percent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2008

2008 has been a record year for disasters and therefore a record year for disaster response. As for social media, we've tried to supply our online supporters with all the tools they might need to make it as easy as possible for them to help us get the word out that people affected by disasters need their help.

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JULY 15, 2008

If a nonprofit works internationally, they should film their trip and the people they talked to and the work that they did. He also said that showing a human face to a cause is incredibly powerful because it brings people, who would not have necessarily cared, to the nonprofit. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

The minutes of meetings held in 2006, 2007, and early 2008 reflect a hurried and rather superficial process. In this situation I was hired during the last quarter of 2008 to get the process moving. So I asked people to make up scenarios. Most people enjoy building a fantasy world. Following the Museum 2.0

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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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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. For many people who find you online, your website is the organization.

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APRIL 10, 2009

Spore was released in September of 2008 to huge sales expectations. These creatures can be registered on a wiki , and there are easy tools to upload videos directly to YouTube from the game of your creature taking its first steps and yawlps. Spore does pass the basic test by getting better the more people use it.

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MAY 15, 2009

In just 50 minutes Laura Quinn of Idealware , Natalie Foster of the DNC and Rebecca Moore of Google Earth Outreach talked about a ton of great tools to ramp up nonprofits online campaigns ranging from Wikis to Google Earth and Twittter. For many people who find you online, your website is the organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Real Time Representation - How Social Media is Changing the Face of Government submitted by Erica O'Grady 2008 marked the year of the first Twitter from inside the Oval Office. Gear and software for people with disabilities is usually provided through charity or from medical supply companies.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

What's a wiki? Wikis are websites that are extremely easy for anyone (even you!) Its success can distort understanding of what makes a wiki work. After all, if Wikipedia could succeed as a collaborative documentation of well, everything, isn't your specific wiki bound to thrive as well? But wikis are a very specific tool.

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JULY 11, 2007

The true power of the Connected Age is the ability of many people to participate in conversations. Now, as with the immigration marches last spring, people are becoming engaged from friend-to-friend communications, such as email or text messages. Which way do you think connects people more to one another and the cause?

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 22, 2009

That is a fascinating approach to taking a new look at the way people interact with and benefit from art. This wiki document is a collaborative picture of how museums are affected by the future described in the IFTF game forecasts, and how they are helping society to cope. 2, 2008) will be offered as a free webcast on Jan.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The “Open Source Software is Free&# myth July 14, 2008 I had a startling realization a few days ago. People were saying that stuff when Clinton was president. 2 Ryan Deschamps 07.14.08

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

It pays to spend a few hours reviewing the demographic or “technographic” details (what people are doing online). Josh Bernhoff, Social Technographics 2008 3. Remember, social media can also be used to connect people to offline actions and events. Resources WeAreMedia Wiki - Tactical Approaches WeAreMedia Tool Box 7.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

For background, in the 3 previous NMC conferences I have been involved with since starting my job there in 2006- we’ve done mainly a “tag this conference” approach where we ask people to tag photos, web sites, blog posts e.g. 2006 , 2007 , 2008 where I cobbled together some summary pages using mainly my own Feed2JS code.

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