Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Part III: Blogs, Podcasting and Vlogs September 27, 2006 When I start out these series, I seem to have an idea in hand about how to organize them, which, invariably, gets rearranged in the course of writing. So, here’s the post about Blogs, and their follow ons: podcasting and vlogging. Blogging is old hat. Such is life.

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NTEN

MAY 29, 2009

Read more posts on our blog. 2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study. Trends in Constituent Satisfaction with Nonprofit Websites: Building Membership, Donations, and Loyalty through the Web Channel. We renew our call for an app to pipe foreign language blogs through an automagic translation service. states on a topo map. (If

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2014

I’ve been going every year since 2009 to cover the event on my blog. Out of all the amazing speakers and discussions , I was lucky enough to sit down with Barb Newhouse, President & Chief Executive Officer. ” They set up daily messages on their web site and social media channels to let everyone what was going on.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Finally, and even if your nonprofit is not yet producing videos (you can “Favorite” videos to build your channel), you should have a YouTube Channel. Many people today are overwhelmed by text, and photos and slide shows can often do better at communicating your message than text-heavy articles or blog posts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 10, 2010

You need to know basic HTML to utilize the Static FBML App on Facebook, to correctly design your Twitter and MySpace profiles, your YouTube channel, and to create and maintain a blog that is visually appealing and professional. Launch a blog. I launched this blog in September 2009. And then blog about it.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

The vendor is expert at what they do, but cannot always provide a channel of communication that the client can really work with. I provide that clear channel, so both sides benefit. The client is quite knowledgeable about their organization, mission, and goals for a project, but often not knowledgeable about technology.

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APRIL 25, 2009

As part of NTC 2009 , my buddy Jordan Viator and I are demonstrating the use of Ustream.tv Ustream is a live video service that lets you have live video channels where you can broadcast. CiL is a live blogging tool that lets you drop in a live blogging window into any page. We're doing two sessions on Sunday, April 26th.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

The next version of Azureus, called Vuze , which I haven’t yet used, looks like it incorporates a media player and channels and such. People have written all sorts of cool plug-ins for it. Basically, becoming a serious competitor for Miro , which I’ll talk about in the next post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2009

Screen capture of video blog I was an early adopter of video blogging and screencasting. For inspiration, I had to look no further than the " On the Road: Tanzania ," a video blog from the UN World Food Programme. There's also a YouTube Channel with some how-to videos and lots of other useful information. FLIP Camera.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2010

Channels include Latest News, Pets, Wildlife, Animal Rescue, Factory Farming, Animal Fighting, Fur-Free, Horses, Protect Seals, Wildlife Abuse, International, Investigations, Press Room. Updated: May 6, 2009. Access videos, blog updates, twitter posts and more. Released: November 16, 2009. App Name: Humane TV.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

like right now, on the Linuxchix IRC channel, we are discussing elections, HFS+ filesystems and terabyte switches.) It is a tool which is used predominantly in the open source world, for developers and users of open source projects to talk to one another, and get support. I use IRC every day. Quasi-social, quasi-professional.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 17, 2009

The initiative is an extension of Resolve to be Ready in 2009, a nationwide effort designed to encourage individuals, families, businesses and communities to take action and prepare for emergencies in 2009. Social change takes more than social media | Rootwork - If you don't read the Rootwork blog already, you should.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Communicating need is paramount to responsive generosity, with the most efficient channels being the news and press. Historical support shows that charitable response is swift in response to natural disasters, financial crises such as the Great Recession of 2008 – 2009 and the pandemic, as seen below: Revenue Trend: Human Services Benchmark.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Someone in an IRC channel last night who was trying to help me as I tore my hair out said “why does xorg suck so bad?&# X Windows has always been the bane of my existence. I really have come to think that xorg has it in for me. My refrain about it has always been “I hatesssss xorg, I hatesss it.&# at 9:41 pm Linux desktops?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

The first part of the problem is that India still has low literacy rates - the 2009 Annual Status of Education Report shows that between classes 1 to 8 only around 40% of children can read a class 2 level text in their own language and an even lower 23% of children can ready easy sentences in English - sentences of the kind "What is your name?"

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

When it comes to fundraising, though, one of the areas of most interest is motivation – this can help fundraisers and organizations align their message and delivery with the points of interest and the channels that are the most influential to the target audience. Online fundraising revenue grew overall by 14% between 2009 and 2010.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

But interestingly, Yugma is now integrated with Skype, which totally changes the whole audio on a separate channel issue. I had been encouraged to look again at Yugma , because they said that Linux desktop sharing would happen before the end of last year. Well, it seems that it still is “coming soon.&#

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NTEN

JUNE 8, 2011

Well, my favorite white paper of 2009 just became my favorite white paper of 2011! The 2011 donorCentrics Internet and MultiChannel Giving Benchmarking Report was just released last week, updating the version I excitedly blogged about , lo, those many moons ago. We need to work in both channels to make the ask. The lesson?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 18, 2005

It makes finding channels with interesting video easy, as well as making channels easy. I’m looking forward to the Crooks and Liars channel! They’ve just released a beta version (sorry, Mac only, for once) of a new platform for internet video, called DTV. This is very cool. It’s definitely a thing to watch.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2012

In 2009, the “Social Media ROI Poetry Slam” SXSW lead to a book “Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Here’s a few worth checking out and voting for: Connective Consciousness: Why Influencer Back Channels Work - [link] This panel I’m on with Sarah Granger, Brian Reich, and Ritambra Rana is going to rawk!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

In June 2009, John decided to sell nearly everything he owned and set out for New York City (via San Diego). With over a decade of web development experience, John channeled his skills into building something with social value. It’s similar to how one subscribes to a blog. On July 5 the real fun began.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2007

It was interesting not as much for its focus on the presence or absence of “channel programs&# but for the way it characterized the qualities of the different distributions in terms of the business model of reselling Linux. And, Canonical also provides professional support. Canonical has a lot of connections in the nonprofit sector.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Being able to have your stakeholders engage with you – through social channels or otherwise, is what can help you win their hearts and minds, and eventually their donations. (Don’t take my word for, see Pew Internet’s recent Networked and Hyperconnected study ). How To Build A Ladder of Engagement by MixTape.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

The Index shows that online giving remained positive during most of 2009 and the trends for 2010 have been very encouraging. Another aspect of the Index data that is interesting is the growing percentage of total fundraising that comes from online channels. His blog Connections uses no artificial sweeteners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

They just marked their 150th first-person story on their blog , so in the 150 hours leading up to Labor Day, @GoodwillIntl is tweeting out one of these success story per hour under the hashtag #150job to spotlight someone who has found work, education or volunteer opportunities with support from Goodwill. . How are you defining success?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

 Bruyneel offered a friendly challenge – on Twitter and on his blog. He used social media (blogging/Twitter) and Blackbaud’s personal fundraising tools (Friends Asking Friends ) to pull off this incredible achievement. Without By this time (12/11/2009 2:23 pm pst) he's raised over $135K.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2011

From email blasts to Facebook pages, in many cases it’s now nonprofits that find themselves with channels in need of content. Now your nonprofits is the publisher managing your own communications channels, an Editorial Calendar can be a great way to manage your content pipeline. Flickr Photo by Yandel. Content is King. Align Your Team.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Source: Weather Channel Alerts 2009 was looking like a very uneventful hurricane season. Last summer, during the height of the hurricane season, Andy Carvin, interrupted his self-imposed summer blogging siesta, to help organize online efforts and coordinate volunteers in advance of Hurricane Gustav.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

I have been tracking this giving day since its first Giving Day back in 2009 and every year do a debrief post or interview. PadillaCRT has led our earned media strategies since we launched GiveMN in 2009. On November 13, Minnesotans broke a record Thursday, donating more than $18 million to schools and non-profits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2016

Social media listening (or social media monitoring) is the practice of paying close attention to digital channels when conversations relevant to your cause are being discussed. When influencers and supporters talk about your work online, you’ll respond quickly on the right channel with the right call to action!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Launched in 2009, the third match day will happen on Wednesday, November 16th. So far, the Give to the Max Day events in 2009 and 2010 have raised $14 million and $10 million respectively, more than in any other community. Jeff Achen gives us the inside view. Good luck and Go Minnesota! Guest post by Jeff Achen, GiveMN.org.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 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). Causes may even want to consider alternative mobile channels for communications and fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

And, then it is an ongoing activity of f eeding and tuning your network as Howard Rheingold says it in this still very relevant article about building your professional network on Twitter back in 2009. She is a social media coach and strategist, and writes occasionally on her professional-ish sometimes-blog, Clips and Phrases.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

from 2009 when giving was $280.3 While a large majority of donations are still made by check (79 percent), online fundraising is the fastest growing donation channel. After you finish reading this blog post, give two of your friends $10 and ask them to donate money to your website. . – Charity Navigator. – AFP.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

Leveraging the networks and personal brands of your staff as champions can help your organization’s communications strategy have more impact. With a few guidelines and a little training, employees can use social channels effectively in service of your organization’s mission AND their own learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2010

His total for the day was 64 hot dogs. In 2009, he won again, beating his own record by consuming 68 hot dogs. That you feel it is okay to spend some of your work day investing in your knowledge and you gather wisdom from your professional networks via social media channels. No downright sick in the stomach. Photo by Salon De Maria.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

I wanted to find out more about how Seafood Watch integrates its mobile strategy across its communications channel, including social media. The original Seafood Watch iPhone app was released in January 2009. Can you tell me how the channels support and enhance each other? What were some of the results?

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