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HOW TO: Launch an iPhone App for Your Nonprofit for $25 a Month

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As an iPhone user, I personally would love to download the Apps of my favorite nonprofits and have their avatars displayed on my iPhone. Through December 31, 2009, Sweb Apps will defer all set-up fees for nonprofits organizations and all you are required to pay is $25 a month to host the App. Third , don’t add any buttons yet.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Nonprofit Tech for Good

When I started at organization in July 2009, the Facebook fan page had about 6,000 fans and now it has over 35,400 fans. I was hired in July 2009 to come into the organization and breathe life into social networking, explore new opportunities and empower the volunteers. Averaging 3,100 Facebook page views per week.

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Nonprofits Blaze Virtual Trails in Second Life Mixed Reality Lounge

Tech Soup

This post was originally published on The Huffington Post on June 8, 2009. Copyright © 2009 HuffingtonPost.com, Inc. The reason was because many participants in the room were participating from both Second Life and the room in San Jose, and they are doing so, in avatar form.

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How Many Hours Per Week Should Your Nonprofit Invest in Social Media?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

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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The Future of the Nonprofit Office: Working from Home v2.0

NTEN

Let's take a look at where the technology to make this all happen is going -- and where it's coming up short. . Advances in mobile technology are significantly changing how we live and work. avatar), interact with others, and even conduct business transactions. Have you hugged your servers lately? What do you think?

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The NMC Symposium for the Future: Prepping for Virtual Keynote about Nonprofits in 2020

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The 2009 NMC Symposium for the Future , the fourteenth in the NMC’s Series of Virtual Symposia (October 27-29th), will explore actual and potential applications of technology that could impact issues of global importance over the next five years and beyond. If you'd like to participate, I have 10 FREE PASSES to give away.

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Guest Post: A New Role for Science Museums--Playground for Scientists

Museum 2.0

I tweeted and Facebooked a request for friends to suggest things I could resolve to do over the course of 2009. I met many new people and learned a lot about technology and community, but the learning wasn''t the point, enjoying the resolutions was. Back in 2008, I devised a plan to outsource my New Year''s Resolutions.

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