Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2010

Online giving in 2008 was up 44% from 2007. Early estimates for 2009 show an increase in online donations of 46% from 2008. Facebook/YouTube/MySpace Comments and Twitter Mentions. Tags: Blogging Facebook Mobile Technology MySpace Online Fundraising ROI (Return on Investment) Social Media Twitter YouTube.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Last year, I couldn't decide and ended up writing the look back as a lessons learned, a personal New Year's resolution post, and a round up of what nonprofit folks had on their minds as they entered 2008: Four Lessons Learned: Social Media and Nonprofits Meme: I listed four lessons learned and tagged four other people.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 6, 2009

DIOSA Communications has been offering social media webinars for nonprofits since February 2008, but the content of the webinars and the time schedule mostly accommodate nonprofits in the United States. The first two webinar dates and topics are: February 4: How Nonprofit Organizations Can Successfully Use Twitter and Flickr.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2010

They move with you to The Next Big Thing i.e., from MySpace to Facebook to Twitter to Foursquare. It’s a good thing I did or this blog and my communities on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and now Foursquare would likely not exist. Then in June 2008 I launched the @ NonprofitOrgs profile on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

State of the Twittersphere HubSpot has just shared the State of the Twittersphere report for Q4 2008. It is based on real data pulled from a huge number of Twitter profiles of people who have used Twitter Grader. Twitter grader is a measure of authority and reach of a Twitter user. It doesn't work. Here's how.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2010

In 2008, many of the friends of the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace migrated over to Facebook, then in 2009 and 2010 a good number of the new fans came from @NonprofitOrgs on Twitter. Tags: Facebook. Last week the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page reached the 10,000 fans milestone.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Speaking of open social networks … August 14, 2008 I just joined identi.ca. There are an increasing number of third party apps that can use it (it supports the Twitter API.)

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FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology New tools February 5, 2008 Last week, I spent too much time watching demos from DEMO , which is this twice yearly event that showcases the most bleeding edge internet technology.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Creating Video Content : 15 Hours Weekly. As a starting point, all nonprofits should be investing time and resources in the “Big Three”: Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube. All nonprofits should also experiment with Twitter. Of the Big Three, Twitter requires the most time to utilize.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2009

A few weeks back I met Melinda Venable, Associate Director Digital and Ethnic Media at Resource Media who told me about the ClimateChangeUS Twitter strategy. . The Twitter account was started with a focused goal of raising awareness about the release of the Global Climate Impacts in the United States report last June.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

In 2008, over two trillion text messages were sent worldwide. Many of those texts are being sent via Tweets on Twitter and Status Updates on Facebook. Tags: Facebook Flickr LinkedIn Mobile Technology MySpace Twitter YouTube. MySpace estimates that 50% of its Website traffic will be mobile within 24 months.

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APRIL 12, 2011

Tags: Fundraising , Nonprofit Trends , nptech , Online Giving , Social Media , Web 2.0 Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader.

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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 ! Some of this applies to twitter as well. Saying thank you Twitter is easy with a retweet. Tags: relationships. Last year, I marked the date with the above photo and a post with tips for cultivating bloggers and how it was like a long term relationship. Make it easy.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2009

ONE/Blog – ONE/Northwest never ceases to amaze me The Open Road – Matt Asay has some interesting insights from the Open Source biz world Tagged as: nptech { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Jon Stahl 04.17.09 RoughType by Nicholas Carr – really smart dude, really interesting stuff. 2 homefreeorg 05.01.09

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 8, 2009

2008 Online Giving Trends - Connections - Want to compare your 2008 numbers/results to other organizations? " The Collective Power of Individuals - BusinessWeek - Thinking Twitter? ." " The Collective Power of Individuals - BusinessWeek - Thinking Twitter? "That’s Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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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DECEMBER 31, 2008

My attention has been divided between Twitter, Facebook and now my latest addiction, Ravelry. I’m not that sorry to say goodbye to 2008. Tags: Blogging. As such, my blog has been neglected. 2009 represents a fresh start. I wish everyone a healthy and happy new year. I’m not depressed about.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 6, 2007

But there are a few tidbits that I’ve enjoyed: There is a great Flickr stream building up of photos tagged with “07NTC &# including one of me. Technorati Tags: 07NTC , nptech { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 John Frost 04.06.07 Michael also has a really interesting map of the nonprofit technology space.

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MAY 1, 2007

And that some of what’s deeply, truly, long-term transformative isn’t shiny at all. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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MARCH 7, 2007

So, submit those posts by Sunday evening! Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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OCTOBER 23, 2009

platforms like Twitter and Facebook are the new king in town, said the WSJ. Email grew 21% between 2008-2009. million people in August of 2008 according to the Nielsen Company. million people in August of 2008 according to the Nielsen Company. Tags: Email Marketing Online Fundraising Social Networking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

I met James Leventhal via Twitter and we ended up working together on a project. Recently, James wrote about some interesting ways museums are using Twitter for offline/online engagement. And, one of the Twitter users who participated was a friend from high school! Tags: Art Sector Arts & Technology twitter.

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JUNE 18, 2007

And, if you’re already on facebook, add me as a friend. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 12, 2008

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. Tools like Twitter, FriendFeed and social networking. What was your favorite innovation from 2008? Community Movement.

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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. Twitter As Charitable Gift Spreader. Twitter Demographics. Twitter is the Second Highest Referral After Google. Donor Solicitation Techniques on Twitter. Twitter on Paper Icebreaker.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2006

It’s definitely worth a read. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " Cause Fatigue #4Change Recap « 4change – Did you miss the recent #4change twitter chat? Check it out!

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APRIL 12, 2007

Technorati Tags: nptech , opensource , penguindayDC , women , feminism { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 04.12.07 at 2:50 pm Thanks for shout out. Do you think the numbers in Angela’s presentation for FLOSS in general are on target? of women in FLOSS?

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NOVEMBER 26, 2006

Anyway, I think it’s worth checking out. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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MAY 15, 2007

Technorati Tags: npcarnival , nptech { 1 trackback } Donor Power Blog 05.15.07 Technorati Tags: npcarnival , nptech { 1 trackback } Donor Power Blog 05.15.07 Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2006

If you have any API wisdom, examples, strategies, what have you, that you’d like me to hear about, please drop me a line. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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AUGUST 30, 2007

The tag line for this blog is “Conscious, mimalist, neo-luddite perspectives on nonprofit technology.&# There are a few pieces to that challenge I might take up, on occasion. One of them, I’ll do now. A few days ago, Michele posted her blog’s mission statement. I got into a lot of trouble for that myself.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 23, 2007

Technorati Tags: nptech , opensource { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 04.24.07 Other projects take more care and feeding, and you might have to take it to the vet. at 10:00 am Free. brilliant. 2 Clint Young 05.11.07 at 2:26 am Wow – Finally something I can use to illustrate the difference!

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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. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

Part IIa: Social Bookmarking September 24, 2006 After writing my post on tagging , I got sidetracked by Marnie Webb’s mention of ma.gnolia , and then went off to investigate, then decided to write about social bookmarking tools. I do wish they had a tag cloud add on for blogs, too. Ma.gnolia is a new(ish) social bookmarking tool.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Google Analytics vs Site Meter September 18, 2006 Yes, I promise, the post on tagging and folksonomies is coming. But first, a great example of Web 1.0

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MARCH 12, 2007

Technorati Tags: carnival , data management , nptech { 2 trackbacks } The Bamboo Project Blog 03.13.07 Finally, if data management stresses you out, here are some tips ! Keep track of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, no matter which blog is hosting, by subscribing to the Carnival feed. at 10:14 pm Good carnival!

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