Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology A goodbye to Facebook and LinkedIn? August 7, 2007 I’ve been experimenting with the non-content centered social networking sites LinkedIn and Facebook for a while now. 2 admin 08.08.07

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

Continuing a series of posts on tips and tricks for Microsoft Office, this month we're tackling Outlook 2010. We use Outlook across our entire nonprofit here at the TechSoup offices, and we can even use an Outlook web app to check our work email from home. Looking for tips and tricks on other Office 2010 products?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Some of the opinions I express below I have had for a while and speak to them in my webinars and trainings, but some are so recent that I am still in the stage of “Seriously Facebook? That said, people love Facebook. The vast of majority of nonprofits love Facebook too. on Facebook. Alright… thanks Facebook.

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NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2011

If you haven’t already, please consider subscribing via RSS or eMail to receive fresh content on a regular basis. —. Ten years ago there was no Facebook, Twitter or YouTube. Crowdrise came on the scene with a big splash in 2010. Jumo is another social media for social good platform that entered the mix in 2010.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

And don’t forget to produce content on a regular basis so Google continues to crawl your site. You’ll gain some interesting and actionable insights that will help guide how you create content and manage your website with a focus on SEO. At Blackbaud we saw our non-profit customers send over 1 Billion emails in 2010.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2014

Users can share them on Instagram while also choosing to share them to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare. It was created in 2010 and purchased by Facebook in 2012 (more history here ). There are lots of photo editing apps that work with Instagram, management tools, and tools to measure Instagram.

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Forum One

MARCH 18, 2021

“Mobile-first” became a major topic for websites when Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, popularized the idea in 2010 at the Mobile World Congress. The result was content being removed or presented on an entirely different site for mobile-sized viewports. Taking a mobile-first approach.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

We’ve grouped these solutions into the following categories: Donor Management Fundraising Project Management Communication Design Forms Marketing Events Website Content Management System As you assess each option, keep in mind that seemingly “free” platforms may still come with costs.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2010

We aim to work together to create a vision for meeting the education and learning needs of people in our field. The question, says Nancy Lublin, is whether such so-called slacktivism really works. Go ahead and criticize the substance of an action or the content of a speech, but just calling a person a nasty name is like pulling hair.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping October 1, 2007 I was reading Deborah Finn’s curmugeonly post about Facebook. They own my profile, and whatever time I spend adding content.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

The truth is I think it has only just begun and that we’re on the cusp of a radical transformation in how we use the Internet in our personal and work lives as well as how we use it to foster social good. Your supporters also want to see what your staff and working space look like – the human beings behind the avatar, if you will.

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DECEMBER 29, 2014

It forces me to reflect on what worked this past year and what didn''t. Several organizations that I work with have very large goals like ending world hunger or ending global warming. In 2010 nonprofits heavily invested in Facebook. I love year-end planning. Here are three that are at the top of my list.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. Direct Content. Direct Content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Anyone can set up a profile for an organization (it prompts for an EIN number ( but not required ) and Facebook account url) and you can opt to be the administrator. But it’s also the latest online creation of Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Note From Beth: Last year I covered Give to the Max Day and the impressive results. This year before the event Jeff Achen write a post sharing their strategy for 2010. This guest post discusses the results. From the looks of our post-event survey data and Google traffic reports, social media played a big part, particularly Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2010

As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation, I’ll be heading to the Independent Sector ’s Annual Conference “ Forging a Stronger Future Together ” in Atlanta October 20-22 with over 500 leaders from from across the nonprofit and philanthropic community. Darell Hammond, co-founder and CEO of KaBOOM!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Here are some statistics that show just how important Facebook, Twitter and YouTube were to our success. Here is the breakdown of where our unique visits came from: We earned 202 new likes on our Facebook page on November 16, 2011 and increased our fans by 1,263 since Give to the Max Day 2010. Multiple answers were acceptable).

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

What kind of content should they be sharing over Twitter and Facebook? Engaging Content is King. Do you like to read boring content that puts you to sleep? So why would anyone on a “social” platform like Facebook or Twitter want to read boring tweets or updates? Probably not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

In 2010, my three words were Networked, Generosity, and Full of Life. That means I’ll continue to build my personal networks and content sources in these areas. Extrapolate on the broader terms, and find one word to hang the idea on. I’ve been doing this for two years now.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Teaser: These are heady times for those of us that work in nonprofit technology. From virtualization and cloud computing to geolocation services to Twitter and Facebook, the changes are exciting and powerful. That's why we spent 2010 developing a strategic plan : we're ready to take the best of NTEN and make it better.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

As a content curator, I’m not just on the hunt for learning and sharing snippets of the new or what’s buzzing. Content curation is ultimately organizing, synthesizing, presenting, and maintaining your resource collections. Instagram Overview. As of September, 2015 , Instagram had 400 Million users.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

On the theme of this week in the US – Thanksgiving day, Elisa, of Nonprofit Congress, is thankful for her work. She’s thankful for both the practical, and more abstract ways her work sustains her. Beth Kanter digs deep to try and figure out how to pull RSS content into Facebook I review Facebook’s new ad platform.

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JULY 12, 2017

NPQ, 2014) In 2010, the PEW Research Center put out a report titled “Millennials, A Portrait of Generation Next.” PEW, 2010). Nonprofits should be incredibly clear on the work that their organization is doing and the impact that it makes on their specific cause. Millennial Donor Report, 2011). Technology. & Stone, C.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 12, 2017

NPQ, 2014) In 2010, the PEW Research Center put out a report titled “Millennials, A Portrait of Generation Next.” PEW, 2010). Nonprofits should be incredibly clear on the work that their organization is doing and the impact that it makes on their specific cause. Millennial Donor Report, 2011). Technology. & Stone, C.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

But if you want to get even deeper insights, do an in-depth review of a similar nonprofit’s practice – whether it be broad – such as digital marketing techniques or narrow such as analyzing specific techniques as part of a content strategy. We want our donors to be advocates.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.) are permeating our everyday lives: According to a San Francisco Chronicle article earlier this year, Facebook has outstripped Google as the main traffic source for big sites like MSN and Yahoo! Meanwhile, the manager of online content and community development at KaBOOM!

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Care2

JANUARY 25, 2010

Is building your nonprofits online community a priority for your organization in 2010? Blogs: Building Your Online Community If your organization doesn’t have a blog, you should consider launching one in 2010. Search engines, Facebook and Twitter reward valuable blog content with expert status and donor support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

We know that video can connect people to the work you do every day in a ways simple text just can’t match. You might think of Facebook as an important social network, but it is now also the third most popular video site on the web. In 2010 much of their focus was on responding to the earthquake in Haiti. Holy smokes!

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See3

OCTOBER 18, 2007

I will write more about the API later, but everyone is really there to see the Facebook opportunity. Convio has built a Facebook application builder as part of their Open initiative. For organizations on the Convio platform, the Facebook application is a no-brainer and a HUGE improvement from Causes. Day 1. [.]

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

To answer these questions and more, we at Smart Online™ used this last quarter of 2010 to try and unravel the ‘Technology Trends for Nonprofits’ in 2011. Our survey showed that 91% of our respondents use Facebook, 63% use Twitter, 45% use YouTube and 35% use LinkedIn, amongst other media. 1] Bango Annual Mobile Usage Study, Feb 2010.

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Care2

DECEMBER 28, 2010

You don't have to translate your whole site, but be strategic about what content mobile browsers want, and what you want mobile browsers to see. I saw (and responded to a few great appeals in 2010) but much nonprofit communication still seems artificial, inauthentic and dare I say boring! And not apps. Be platform agnostic!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Love and generosity as themes and user-generated content goals. They are also offering some cool prizes and incentives, including these Climate Love Packs (Wow, that grand prize is a Schwinn 2010 World NX7 Commuter bike.) What did they have in common?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

On one hand, I’m excited to announce that my article “Facebook’s Privacy Trainwreck: Exposure, Invasion, and Social Convergence&# has been published in Convergence 14(1) (special issue edited by Henry Jenkins and Mark Deuze). On the other hand, I’m deeply depressed because I know that most of you will never read it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Our website’s blog – which now has over 280 bloggers who publish up to 25 posts per week – has been a powerful tool in our work to create cultural and political change on a range of topics related to family-friendly policies, flexible work and parenting. MomsRising Health Reform Blog Carnival – September 2010. What Worked.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I have always been proud to support WWT both during the telesummit and during the rest of the year with other offline meetups, online content, and more. WWT 2010: Apps and Tools to Energize Your Base. Tip: You can also get Google Analytics for your Facebook Page! Facebook Insights. Nutshell Mail – [link].

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

A whopping 86% of nonprofits say they have a presence on Facebook or another social media site according to the 2010 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. . Audience Overlap : Use Rapleaf to sort out what percent of your Facebook audience is also on your email list. That only increases abandons. .

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See3

MAY 28, 2007

It is fueled by easy-to-use blog software, social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, and the online video phenomenon of YouTube, and a thousand other video sharing sites. One way to get people to create content for you is through contests. The article is a nice look into the challenges of user generated content contests.

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