NetWits

MAY 31, 2009

According to the 2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study released by NTEN , Email is still the “killer app” we all thought it was when it came out! That said, we know that Social Media sites like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and others are growing at astonishing rates. Twitter grew by 1382% in February of 2009 according to Nielsen.

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Care2

JANUARY 6, 2009

60) Search « Care2 Adds Two Experts to Nonprofit Services Team | Main | Year-End Fundraising » Tuesday Jan 06 2009 Defining a Nonprofit Websites Google Analytics KPIs (Part 2) Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 12:43PM | by James OMalley In part 1 of this series, we discussed how to correctly install your Google Analytics.

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NetWits

AUGUST 2, 2011

million or 1.74% from 2009 levels”. Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube (and even Google+) are growing like crazy. According to the Run Walk Ride fundraising council “The top thirty “thon” or event fundraising programs generated $1.65 billion in gross revenue for charity last year, up $28.1 Simple as that!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What OpenSocial Means November 1, 2007 The buzz of the blogosphere is the announcement of Google’s OpenSocial. Marc Andreessen, who is, of late, connected to Ning, has a great blog entry with details.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 8, 2009

2009 Year-End Fundraising Guide – Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – “Is your nonprofit sending out 8-10 online fundraising appeals this holiday season? Tags: roundup bookmarks discussion facebook fundraising google gov2.0 Thus today’s announcement is a very big surprise.&#.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

You can search YouTube, Google video or about 10 other video sites, and make those searches a new channel. I get Democracy Now, ABC politics, the Webb Alert (a daily geek news headlines show,) Bill Moyers Journal, and lots of others. It can download videos via Bittorrent as well. It’s a pretty amazing tool.

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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. Throughout the summer, we worked hard to provide organizations with ample information about how the new site works, what would feel different and how to get help. GiveMN started as a giving day and site.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

That means custom fundraising pages, embeddable donation forms for your own site, text-to-donate functionality (with live display for sharing your progress bar at live events), live event ticketing, and peer-to-peer options. Platform Fee: 3% (first $100k); 2% ($100k to $1m); 1% (greater than $1m) Transaction Fee: 2.9%

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Weekends and holidays were always lower, and, much to our chagrin, Google won’t allow us to move any of our daily budget from weekends to weekdays. Other Benefits We’ve been pleasantly surprised by the additional, less quantifiable uses we’re finding for our Google Grant. It’s $330 a day, every day, period.

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NTEN

APRIL 3, 2009

Google's Chrome Experiments. IdealistNews.org aims to be the Digg , er, Reddit of social news sites, while Academic Earth wants to be the Hulu of education. We're not sure what's most surprising: that the Air Force cares about its Web2.0 image, that somebody in the USAF knows what a troll is, or that it has some really good advice.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Oxfam in Haiti – Google Maps – This is a great example of how you can use a tool like Google Maps to tell a story and provide easy access to information – great job Oxfam! "Oxfam This map shows some of the sites where Oxfam is providing water and sanitation, as well as employment through the cash-for-work program.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world, behind only Google. Using the site for your own personal professional reasons aside, managing a LinkedIn group and company page for your nonprofit requires a minimum time investment of five hours per week.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 22, 2009

My efforts to revitalize my blog were hit & miss in 2009. Part of the reason I don’t post to judisohn.com as much anymore is in my frustration with this site. Google agrees: Click to view large. My email has been hosted by Google for years. It has been 7 years since I started blogging. Blogging is no exception.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2009

UK and Europe developer camp and user meetup | CiviCRM Community Site - "The developer camp is aimed at those that want to learn more about CiviCRM from the people involved in it's development. These are some links I wanted to share from May 6th. Find me on Delicious for more! " Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

But for much larger/high-traffic sites, or sites that fluctuate a lot, it might be a great idea, especially if you want dedicated hosting. at 4:44 pm I’ve hurd that google uses redhat too, and so does this hosting site: [link] , which is in fact, quite good. 2 Brian 11.23.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

These include Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and many others. Basically, it means that the data that you put into social networking sites, like profiles, social graph (those who you are connected to,) media, etc. So first, what is data portability? are *yours* to do whatever you want with. .&#

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 24, 2008

at 9:24 am Hey, I found your blog while searching on Google your post looks very interesting for me. I will add a backlink and bookmark your site. I doubt you’ll look back. { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 DennisVega 09.30.09 Keep up the good work!

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 14, 2022

Disabled Americans use the internet at least as much as nondisabled people , although they experience more barriers to access such as screen reader incompatibility and site colors that prevent colorblind individuals from navigating. Update and maintain websites and social media profiles. Ensure accessible events.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 22, 2009

My efforts to revitalize my blog were hit & miss in 2009. Part of the reason I don't post to judisohn.com as much anymore is in my frustration with this site. Google agrees: I think I need to move to a new server, and I don't have the time or energy to focus on the change. My email has been hosted by Google for years.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

There is a Google group (called Social Network Portability), that you should definitely join if you are at all interested in these issues. There are an amazing number of new sites that have launched over the weekend (I imagine people sitting in their home offices with lots of caffeine and pizza.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

at 10:52 am I hate giving my Google password to any web site that’s not at google.com. Given the widespread problem with phishing schemes, it’s disturbing that web apps are training users that it’s OK to give a new site your email username/password. 4 Ade 12.18.07 5 Jay 12.18.07

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

60) Search « The Joys of Google Grants, Part 2 | Main | The Joys of Google Grants, Part 1 » Sunday Feb 01 2009 Nonprofit Resolutions That Will Make A Difference in 2009 Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 08:56PM | by Allyson Kapin What are your nonprofit resolutions for 2009? All rights reserved.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

It's a relationship driven by their experiences with their bank, their airline or travel site, and yes, Google, Apple, YouTube and eBay. . 63% of online consumers planned to use the Internet to donate to charity in the last quarter of 2009, up from 51% in 2008.1. Mobile (and Open) Creates Future Opportunity.

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Care2

JULY 13, 2012

The iPhone version, released in January 2009, built on an earlier mobile site targeted at feature phones that launched in 2007. Seafood Watch - Google Play. ArtClix - Google Play. Louis - Google Play. Moma - Google Play. Smithsonian Mobile - Google Play. Seafood Watch - iTunes App Store. Historic St.

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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. Googling is great, but when I needed to know about content strategy, I tapped my network on Facebook. Copyblogger.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Proposed solution: CC developed Red House 2009, which had three event components: Traditional cocktail party for its major donors, Nonevent called Stay@Home, and. It was to serve as the kickoff for Red House 2009 and was hosted by a board member. Results: The concept of Red House 2009 was in sharp contrast to concepts of the past.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2011

Note from Beth: Last Spring, Allison Fine and I did an evaluation report for the Case Foundation on the America’s Giving Challenge 2009. Executives at world-class brands such as Ford Motor, Red Bull, Google and Starbucks opened their marketing playbooks to help Steppenwolf learn from their experiments.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

For example, if a tech officer knows that an organization wants to allow members to log into the site eventually, they may choose a different kind of content management system in the short-term so they can make this feasible down the line. Tech officers can use this to inform decisions about systems toward long-term impact. During his 4.5

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

2009 total mobile fundraising: $4 million. You can subscribe on the front page of our new web site. Google Street View shenanigans. A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources. Read more posts on our blog. 2010 Haiti earthquake mobile fundraising: $30+ million.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2011

While devotedly pouring over websites dedicated to votive candles and stationary, googling " decoupage ", and researching charities for our registry, I was stopped in my tracks by a striking banner ad. Remember that average banner click-through is just 0.1% [ DoubleClick 2009 Year-in-Review Benchmarks ].

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Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

Avoid using image or flash-based navigation in your site. This will make it easier for search engines to crawl and understand your site. Its also typically easier for site visitors to use and is more accessible. Create an XML sitemap and submit it to Google (and Yahoo too!). March 23, 2009 | Hatef Yamini Excellent list!

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

"Citizen journalists" throughout the country collaborated to collect information about this violence; they received incident reports from thousands of citizens via web and mobile phone, collated the data, and displayed it on a Google Maps mashup. The image above is an example from the Sumatra earthquake response of 2009.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Users can, for example, subscribe to feeds of crime incidents or view a Google Map of construction projects completed in 2009. Rhode Island's Open Data : Yet another site only a programmer could love, RI.gov's data library is as deep and wide as Newport Harbor, for which you can download tidal data.

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

60) Search « The ROI of Social Media | Main | Advocacy Online Launches in the US » Thursday May 21 2009 Earned Media: How to Stay Relevant and Track It Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 01:20PM | by Allyson Kapin “If you dont brand yourself, Google will brand you,” says branding expert Sherry Beck Paprocki.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

"Citizen journalists" throughout the country collaborated to collect information about this violence; they received incident reports from thousands of citizens via web and mobile phone, collated the data, and displayed it on a Google Maps mashup. The image above is an example from the Sumatra earthquake response of 2009.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook. Tags: cloud computing Collaboration Infrastructure lucy bernholz Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Program. With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser.

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Care2

MARCH 15, 2009

In fact there are several simple things you can do to improve your sites SEO. Heres are 5 tips to get you started: Make sure that every page in your site has a unique, relevant title in the pages html title tags. So, if your site is about dog food dont wait until half way down to use the words dog food. All rights reserved.

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