Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

He then spends some time making clear how the new networked environment makes peer distribution possible. Chapter 3 is a discussion on Peer production – it talks about how it is that people have come together to collaboratively create software and content – basically, knowledge production. Thanks for the comments!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

GlassLab ( [link] ) explores the potential for existing, commercially successful digital games to serve both as potent learning environments and real-time assessments of student learning. Since 2009, Zynga.org has enabled millions of players to contribute nearly $20 million to more than 30 nonprofit organizations globally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Those that have opened themselves up to using these tools and connecting with passionate people in their networks find abundance. Here’s one story about how one free agent, a social media savvy volunteer for a local food bank, saw a problem, reached out to her network, and helped solved in collaboration with the local nonprofit.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 8, 2020

Since the turn of the century, we have faced many societal and financial challenges to raising money for our organizations: September 11, 2001, the recession that began in 2007, and annual natural disasters that challenge the worldwide environment. Prospect research and screening tools. Wealth, affluence and capacity indicators.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

In order to get a clear and complete picture of what is happening with orchestras and social media around the country, I sent around a survey to 53 orchestra marketing, communications and web managers in October and November, 2009. This week, I will kick off the Orchestras and Social Media Survey 2009 series on my blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

The 13 winners were selected from 60 finalists drawn from 1,702 nonprofit taglines submitted to the 2009 Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards competition. 2009 TAGLINE AWARD WINNERS. Environment & Animals: Because the earth needs a good lawyer — Earthjustice. A great tagline can help people find you, too!

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Look for mobile providers to combine these ideas to enable a virtual meeting environment with video, audio, whiteboard, and presentations from multiple attendees. Through their use of "Second Life," TechSoup has been at the forefront of virtual meeting and collaboration environments for several years. What do you think?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. With these tools, our goal is to make the defenders of human rights stronger in their fight against injustice and abuse. Can we help stimulate the creation of far more technology-for-good ventures?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2009

As part of Earth Week 2009, TechSoup's GreenTech Initiative is holding a month-long TeleGreen Your Work campaign. This week, we've got ten tips to help your nonprofit find ways to use technology innovations to work more effectively while cutting back your impact on the environment through travel and commuting. read more.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2009

Meanwhile, Connecting Up 2009 is going on in Sydney. Jim suggests some ways in which online collaboration can spare both your travel budget and the environment. From the TechSoup vault: Eight Tools to Keep Your Team Connected and A Few Good Tools for Sharing Files with Distributed Groups. TechSoup Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

is a national non-profit dedicated to saving play through engaging communities; creating dialogue; and providing tools, training and resources to build playgrounds across the United States.). Through a suite of online tools—including a social networking site, online training, do-it-yourself content, and a Google-map mashup—KaBOOM!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

On January 1st, I wrote about my goals for 2009 using Chris Brogan's process of selecting three words or larger concepts to frame them. Many nonprofits and individuals have jumped in without thinking strategically. The economic crisis has changed the external environment. Learn to use the tools that help you measure success.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2009

It was such a success that in January of 2009, they hosted the second Iowa Small Libraries Online Conference (ISLOC): a conference that librarians and trustees from even the smallest libraries could attend without ever leaving their home or office. They saved money on travel costs for speakers and attendees.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 18, 2010

A Guest Beneblog by Vijaya Tripathi As outreach coordinator for Martus , Benetech’s secure software application, I travel to many countries where human rights defenders need tools to gather, organize and back up information about human rights violations. My most recent visit to Nigeria confirmed this trend.

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Judi Sohn

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Five years since I was first introduced to Salesforce and I’m still just as passionate about working on the platform and learning new tools and processes as I was in the beginning. I also spoke to some of the consulting firms that specialize in Salesforce in a nonprofit environment. I’m also passionate about community.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2022

The truth is that Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market capitalization, began in 2009 and so too did the genesis crypto culture. These structures allow people to collaborate in a trustless environment without the need of traditional bureaucracy or centralized authority. Tools like E therscan.io

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. It eventually garnered 45,000 users who took advantage of the easy-to-access tool to place reports.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

In today's environment, it's impossible to deny the importance of technology. They identify the right tools for the job are and balance the cost with potential benefits. Tech is often viewed as a money pit, an expense to avoid (until something goes wrong). But it can (and should) be adopted into your organization's core strategy.

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Care2

APRIL 14, 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!" April 14, 2009 | Anne Dougherty Jen Excellent counsel. April 15, 2009 | suzi w.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

And while yes, these are terrific tools, are they really the most authentic and engaging way to build communities behind the facade of an unknown institutional logo? In 2009 Lori founded the Ignited Online Fundraising Community to provide donor-centered fundraising professionals with training and coaching support.

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Forum One

JANUARY 22, 2009

In particular, 'Building Knowledge Sharing Culture in a Corporate and Industry environment' is one. This is challenging from so many dimensions--access to training/education, access to tools, affording/adopting new technologies, and then incorporating new systems into an organization--or a country government system.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

And, with a variety of tools available, they can be inexpensive to host and cut down on non-essential travel (which is a bonus for your wallet and the environment!). Webinars offer a unique opportunity to meet with your users, even if you may be spread out across the country or world to share information, answer questions, and engage.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009, there were more nonprofit focused panels and happily the trend continued at SXSW 2010. In 2008, I was honored to be on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. What’s new? What works?

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Care2

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!" February 18, 2009 | KME Great article--thanks--this is a great resource!

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In 2014, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation —the largest private foundation in the world—launched standard, streamlined procedures for its grant processing that included new tools to focus documentation and analysis on the key topics supported by its philanthropy. Why the Environment Changed: Federal Grant News. “It

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Communities of practice often include practitioners from the public, private and nonprofit sectors – all actively developing shared resources, best practices, and tools to solve some of society’s toughest challenges. These groups bring together cross-sector leaders to develop talent, improve performance, and deepen community impact.

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NTEN

JANUARY 6, 2009

That's also important for the nonprofit sector to do as we begin 2009. We should all look at what we'll need to accomplish, the environment in which we'll do it, and promise ourselves a couple things about how we'll get that work done. In 2009, we're going to need every second of every day to do our work.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Current best practices will serve nonprofits just fine in 2009. But a shifting communications environment and changing donor demographics could render those best practices ineffective at best, and obsolete at worst, as early as 2012. Raising money in a micro-philanthropic environment will come naturally to these groups.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

By 2009, there were over one billion PCs in use worldwide , and many more in use now. ” IDC has forecast that from 2009 to 2014 , worldwide IT spending will increase from $360 billion to $460 billion, a 5% compound annual growth rate. Refurbishment and the Environment. And indeed sales of new PCs and laptops are declining.

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2011

TechSoup's NetSquared Initiative partnered with the HRC in the first conference The Soul of the New Machine in 2009 to help select a winner in their Mobile Challenge. MacArthur Foundation and Humanity United , held their second Human Rights and Technology conference at the new David Brower Center.

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Care2

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!" February 18, 2009 | KME Great article--thanks--this is a great resource!

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Care2

MAY 29, 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!" Main | The ROI of Social Media » Friday May 29 2009 Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 26, 2009

As of March 23, 2009, I started my 9-month journey as the Visiting Scholar in Residence at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. It is going to be a very busy time for me as I learn to navigate in a new environment! Scholars Accouterments from flickr user mharrsch. What does that mean?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

conference in January 2009, in which he talked about how Flickr is a great tool to facilitate communities. I realized that this would be the perfect environment for us to solicit the public’s help in filling some of our long-standing gaps. People using social media tools like Flickr expect quick responses!

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 3, 2011

We adopted Convio Common Ground for better integration with fundraising and email marketing in 2009. As easy as it is to get around Common Ground, Salesforce can be an extremely complex tool. Did you know that every Common Ground instance comes with a testing environment? Never fear. Want to try out some fancy code?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Beth Kanter and Allison Fine, the authors of The Networked Nonprofit that inspired this experiment, wrote an Assessment and Reflection Report on America’s Giving Challenge 2009. Crowdrise was a good tool, but certainly not perfect: it didn’t allow for $1 donations, as I had wished.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

In 2009, 350, working in tandem with communities around the world and partner organizations aligned on the shared goal of creating a global movement to solve the climate crisis, ignited the largest collective action that has ever been taken around the world with their 10/10/10 Day of Action. What do we need?

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