Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Pencils of Promise (PoP) was founded in October 2008 to help build safe and healthy learning environments for young children worldwide. Keeping donors engaged and giving during uncertain times can often feel like a challenging balancing act, but new technologies and strategies are available to keep us centered. Learn More About C.J.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 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. There’s definitely a math to social media synergy, and those that start early have both time and math on their side. Register here ! Be proactive.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What I’m up to these days January 29, 2008 As you might have noticed, my blogging has diminished a bit. It’s because, basically, I am about as busy as I’ve been in a very long time.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

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, take 2 January 31, 2008 Back in August, I did a review of web conferencing tools, with a decidedly unusual slant – as a presenter, I had to be able to share my Linux desktop.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2009

Beth Kanter took some time to contemplate good presentation skills and the nonprofit sector. Since many NTENers are frequent speakers on nptech, and it's the start of a new "conference season," this read might help you make that presentation you're working on even awesomer. Read the report for tips on doing it right.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology OpenOffice.org to get a boost September 13, 2007 I’ve been spending a lot of time with OpenOffice.org lately. I’ve not owned MS Office in a very long time. for at least 4 years.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

Around the time of the Nonprofit Technology Network ’s 2008 NTC conference, an even brighter light bulb went on. The vast majority of applications that have been built since 2008 match actions with related content: for example, by reading a blog post and searching the Social Actions dataset for related actions.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

I’ll leave the complaining about Croatian food and other things to my personal blog, when I get the time. That’s been a very interesting process, and we have been generating some good examples that will be really helpful in the process of figuring out what tools are present that can do what’s needed, and what gaps exist.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Beth gives presentations on living plastic-free , and why our personal changes * do* make a difference. When she's not out fighting plastic pollution, she spends her time with her husband, and two rascally kitties in Oakland, CA. You can follow her on Twitter at @PlasticfreeBeth.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Mulligan : This really came into focus for me after the 2008 financial crisis. Many, many of these people have had a hard time finding new employment. Mulligan : The first step is to invest the time and money in workers. Reskilling is the clear solution.

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Care2

JULY 16, 2010

300 billion was raised in 2008 (Giving USA); * $15 billion was raised online in 2008 – a 44% increase over 2007) (Blackbaud); * $21 million has been raised by Causes since its launch three years ago; * 30% of online giving happens in December. Did You Know? * How Does Your Nonprofit Measure Up?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

It uses sources such as how many delicious bookmarks, incoming links, how many times mentioned on Twitter, how many comments, etc. Scored 10 How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media? Gnomedex Real Time Fundraising Experiment. E-Metrics Panel Presentation. ROI and Nonprofit Technology Presentation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Time to Update The Cute Dog Theory of Social Media: Cute Animal Theory. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Ethan’s presentation takes a look at creative uses of well-known Web 2.0 The example below is from the Monterrey Bay Aquarium and one of their most popular videos. Cute Dog Theory.

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See3

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Marc Andreessen, the founder of Netscape, Ning and an internet thinker (and billionaire), wrote a post today on his blog called Inaugurating the New York Times Deathwatch. He shows vividly how the New York Times business has eroded, how their ad revenues are way down, circulation is down, etc. 11 Feb 2008 Michael P.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

The last three months of the year represent a critical time for the fundraising efforts of nonprofit organizations. Blackbaud's analysis of online giving in 2008 found that December accounted for about 21% of the year's transaction volume, but 48% of the total dollars raised. Online Giving Tops $15 Billion in 2008.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Mulligan : This really came into focus for me after the 2008 financial crisis. Many, many of these people have had a hard time finding new employment. Mulligan : The first step is to invest the time and money in workers. Reskilling is the clear solution.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 4, 2016

I joined ASU in Fall 2008, and it’s been 8 years. As a teacher or a mentor, seeing my students’ growth, whether it’s getting a dream job, winning an award, or presenting at a national conference, makes me proud. 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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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

Ushahidi got its start in early 2008. Founder Erik Hersman and a group of fellow Kenyan bloggers were frustrated by the lack of accurate information or media coverage of the violence surrounding the 2008 Kenyan election. Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

The year is 2008. At that point in time, keeping ourselves employed wasn’t even a thought. With no time to spare and with no colleagues with whom to collaborate (we were all too busy), executive directors had to act. New ideas take additional time. That, however, would have taken more time. Defenders of Children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2011

View more presentations from Beth Kanter. This started in 2008, and as Kathy notes, “We didn’t know what we would learn, or how it would change our own work and our work with grantees. The initial dollar investment was modest, as was staff time. 2) Was it worth the time and effort we put into it?

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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.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

Join us for a free webinar presented by GrantStation! Pacific time. ” He was initiated into the world of GrantStation through that endeavor and joined the team in July of 2008. The webinar, GrantStation: Jump Start Your Grantseeking , is happening on September 7 at 11 a.m. Register today as space is limited !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Social Impact Nonprofit Social Media Survey View more presentations from Weber Shandwick Social Impact. It takes time to get results, like anything else. This takes time and social media for nonprofits is still in its infancy. Social Impact Nonprofit Social Media Survey View more presentations from Weber Shandwick Social Impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2009

This is the first time I ran it for people all from the same organization, with a limited amount of time, and mix of experience. It was from April, 2008! At that time, the audience skewed younger. View more presentations from kanter. . In the last few months , Twitter become popular with old people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

Last conducted in 2008, this study of primarily US foundations found that there was little to no change in the degree to which grantmakers incorporated practices deemed important to the success of grantees. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. Is grantmaking getting smarter?

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NTEN

MAY 10, 2010

Ah, 2008, you are missed. If your organization isn't measuring the results of its social media initiatives, you may be wasting time and effort. Let's create a Ning site! No budget for a web site redesign? Start a Facebook Page instead! Maybe it will work. Well, playtime's over. You just don't know it yet!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2013

This week I was in Austin, TX for SXSW Interactive Festival where I presented or facilitated at several social good sessions or events. How can we improve the activity the next time we do it? Next time you make a mistake or your team is doing an after action review, don’t cringe. What actually happened during implementation?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

View more presentations from Beth Kanter. I started the social culture discussion with a story describing an Twitter and board meeting experiment I did back in 2008. This lead me to ask: Will board meetings of the future allow us to reach out to professional networks and get real-time advice and input for decision-making?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Many years ago before the digital cameras and children, my husband used to spend many hours combining two past times: birding and photography. Over the holidays, I took an all too brief social media break to spent time with family. The product-driven learning is mindful, mostly linear, and focused.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Astronaut Ron Garan How can you not read a book that starts out, " I have wanted to write this book since returning to Earth from my first space mission in 2008 "? In addition to being a fascinating read, for me, The Orbital Perspective provides a vision of hope and a time to think "what if" and to dream.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2009

All key metrics declined for the index as a whole for the first quarter of 2009 as compared to the first quarter of 2008. For the first time since the index began in 2002, overall revenue per donor declined; revenue per donor declines were experienced by two-thirds of the organizations in the index.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

You may remember " Children Need a Bailout " from 2009, or " Breathe In, Breathe Out ," from 2008. We're at it again in 2010, this time with more YouTube -y goodness! Check out today's announcement from See3 : See3 and YouTube Join Forces to Present the DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards.

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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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Forum One

MAY 4, 2010

Recently, M+R Strategic Services — in collaboration with NTEN — released their own report , and also gave a presentation at the Human Rights Campaign on some of the report’s findings. Some of these were: Online fundraising grew in 2009 as compared to 2008 but the average gift size was smaller. donating money).

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2011

The leads of several ground-breaking serious games projects presented their work. The developers behind iCivics presented what they had learned through the game development and deployment process. To date , iCivics has been played over two million times in all 50 states and Washington, DC.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 30, 2012

This post is the second in a series of reactions to Blueprint , a book chronicling the rise and fall of the Dutch Museum of National History (INNL) in 2008-2011. It’s a far more complex picture to present. The NMA was accused of presenting a “black armband” view of Australia’s history (i.e.,

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

There’s no time like the present to improving your donor retention rates. ’ This takes more time initially, but it produces the levels of support and advocacy we really want for our organization!” Their donor file has quintupled since 2008. So let’s get started, right? Can you do like they do?

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