Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

I actually thought this could be quite useful for organizations to figure out how to allocate sparse resources in the Web 2.0 I realized that one of the most important things that we can do is educate the organizations we work with (as well as individuals) about privacy issues and data. But that’s not the point of this post.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

We combined that research with insights gained from more than 300 industry leaders that participated in our Real-Time Web Summit in October 2009. How has the real-time Web already impacted nonprofit organizations or those focused on social impact work? One of the organizations I did an interview with was the American Red Cross.

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APRIL 22, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" DZ: Is there more than one person that tweets for your organization?

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FEBRUARY 7, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Clearly, knowing your donors and making sure they feel a part of your organization is key.

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JANUARY 19, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Please call Justin at 303-475-4827 or email and ask for the webinar password. Was this recorded?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Your organization can create a page on your Web site announcing the new App and promote it in your e-newsletter and on social networking sites. 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.

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APRIL 16, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" To use this calculator simply enter the data from your organization. And we should.

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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. I've already started updating the feeds on the homepage to aggregate Ida-related information, but there are still some tasks to be done. That is until Hurricane Ida slammed into El Salvador killing 91 people as of this writing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2011

But many causes and organizations are finding that it’s a lot harder to get picked up in the local paper and/or the national news than it used to be. So long live new media, which places your nonprofit organization in the driver’s seat. But it takes content: you’ve got to feed those media platforms and seed those conversations.

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MARCH 25, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" To use this calculator simply enter the data from your organization. And we should.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 27, 2011

If anyone ever once doubted the energy and organizing force of technology, rest assured they dont anymore. Convergence" makes the following assertion: "To have a credible voice in this [technologically advanced] environment, nonprofits need to empower everyone in their organization to be a spokesperson." They want to connect.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Since 2009, we’ve posted a weekly first-person success story and podcast on our My Story blog. You mentioned this is an experiment, can you tell me more about how your organization experiments and evolves aspects of its social media practice/strategy? How has your organization measured the effectiveness and success of using Twitter?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 17, 2011

Subscribe to the feed here , or click here to subscribe via email. Einolf (2009) [1] analyzed the baby boomer generation and predicted a similar increase in volunteer numbers and rates. How do 50+ adult volunteers engage with your organization? We welcome your comments and feedback. Love our Research Friday series?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

Yesterday, they published the list of organizations that have lost their exemption from paying income tax due to failure to file required reports in 2007, 2008, and 2009. The news no doubt sent many board members scurrying to their organizations to find out if they are on the list. We welcome your comments and feedback.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

You've meticulously crafted engaging content to feed the page, making sure to present a good mix of media — probably favoring photos. So with all that thorough, detailed work you've done, you deserve for all those fans to see each of your updates in their news feed, right? Out of Reach. Guess what? Quality over Quantity.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

Check out these best practices to help protect both yourself and your organization. In August of 2009, the following exchange occurred between an employee known only as "Lindsay" and her boss, "Brian": [Lindsay]. Create lists to organize personal and professional contacts to control what they can or cannot see.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2011

I’ve given approximately 2,900 hours of work for America since 2009. How to Start a Nonprofit Organization: Questions t. Today, I am about two-thirds of the way through my second term of national service in Public Allies Arizona and AmeriCorps. I can’t tell you what an honor it has been to serve my country.

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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. They know how to use social media to engage people inside and outside the organization to improve programs, services, or reach communications goals. Joey Chestnut won the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest in 2008.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Can having a blog benefit your organization? Blogs help provide quick, up to the minute news about your organization and cause. Not only can you share organizational news as it happens, you can also comment on how breaking news in the world relates to your cause, or organization. When someone emails it to them.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 26, 2009

This year, Hunger Challenge participants will try to eat 3 meals for $4 per day, per person, during the week of September 20-26, 2009. To participate, email the San Francisco Food Bank at: HungerChallenge@SFFB.org. You can take the Challenge for one day, or for the whole week.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" No organization wants to be left in the dark and scramble to play catch up later.

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JANUARY 15, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Many e-newsletters are too long and not well organized. Headlines should be short.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

How do you determine which technology, or set of technologies, will be best suited to your organization? I review both fundraising and friendraising techniques and how to take them, to varying levels, online – from email solicitations and events to social media and websites. How do you appropriately implement them? Fundraising Events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

Can having a blog benefit your organization? Blogs help provide quick, up to the minute news about your organization and cause. Not only can you share organizational news as it happens, you can also comment on how breaking news in the world relates to your cause, or organization. When someone emails it to them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

Your organization was one of the early adopters of mobile phone apps. The original Seafood Watch iPhone app was released in January 2009. Finally, as a conservation organization, we’re always looking at ways to reduce our use of paper. An app is not another form of email or social media channel.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Many organizations are enjoying lower overhead, higher productivity, and happier employees by providing the option to work from home (WFH). A growing trend among organizations is to get out of the business of owning servers entirely. All functional and productive organizations share certain characteristics.

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MAY 22, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" How can your organization effectively brand itself and get on the radar?

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JUNE 13, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" June 11, 2009 | Jeff Patrick Great article ! So Im surprised by the reversal in adoption by boomers.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Full disclosure: Care2 operates the Frogloop blog, and hired me to be its editor.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" I followed with a post to our blog , Facebook pages, Twitter and an email blast. By 10:30 a.m.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Full disclosure: Care2 operates the Frogloop blog, and hired me to be its editor.

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JANUARY 6, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" This is the most important part of your web analytics. Which metrics will help you achieve it?

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JUNE 26, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" August 16, 2009 | gratis downloaden Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Sound interesting?

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FEBRUARY 7, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" tools as part of an organization’s communications strategy. so important? During the Fem 2.0

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JUNE 30, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" June 11, 2009 | Tara Great list of tips! 60) Search « How Sticky is Facebook? Avoid the wonk.

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MARCH 26, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Online fundraising, email list growth and website traffic continue to increase.

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JUNE 17, 2009

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