Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

I took some much-needed time off in December and was able to spend some down time reflecting on the future of social media and mobile technology for the nonprofit sector. Most nonprofit Thank You’s are still long, text-intensive messages which more often than not these days feel cumbersome and overwhelming to supporters.

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

After all, there's no guarantee that, without our fine cat video curation, you'd always end up with something as funny as " Staticky Cat vs. Balloon ", let alone our most popular link: Yes, gentle readers, it gives us great pleasure to re-present your 2010 "Things We Like" champion: " An Engineer's Guide to Cats ". (We

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

After all, there's no guarantee that, without our fine cat video curation, you'd always end up with something as funny as " Staticky Cat vs. Balloon ", let alone our most popular link: Yes, gentle readers, it gives us great pleasure to re-present your 2010 "Things We Like" champion: " An Engineer's Guide to Cats ". (We

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2010

This year before the event Jeff Achen write a post sharing their strategy for 2010. This guest post discusses the results. Minnesota’s ‘Networked Nonprofits’ raised over $10M in one day by Jeff Achen of GiveMN.org. “Do All told, Minnesota nonprofits collectively raised $10,041,021 in one incredible day. Facebook = 21,865.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Recently, I got into a discussion with several other nonprofit tech consultants about guidelines for nonprofits to embrace a mobile strategy and specifically what to recommend. I thought the conversation was definitely worth a blog post to share with a wider audience and Heidi Massey agreed to write a guest post.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

How should nonprofits position themselves in this ever changing world of technology? 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. Engagement is the new Investment: How engaged is your nonprofit? It says that 22.7%

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JULY 30, 2010

A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources. Social media can definitely be a time suck if you don't manage it properly. The Nonprofit Marketing Guide: High-Impact, Low-Cost Ways to Build Support for Your Good Cause , Kivi Leroux Miller. The Networked Nonprofit , Beth Kanter and Allison Fine.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The Facebook of February 2010 is quite different from the Facebook of 2009 especially when it comes to Facebook Fan Pages. More are seemingly showing up in the News Feed > Most Recent view, but definitely not all. More are seemingly showing up in the News Feed > Most Recent view, but definitely not all.

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OCTOBER 13, 2010

On January 12, 2010, I didn't personally experience the major earthquake that hit Haiti, but I was forever changed by it. In the midst of inexplicable tragedy, my personal definition of the social web got rocked. We have a robust social media presence on all the sites you'd expect: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, and our blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

The Zoetica Salon is a free online space for informal peer learning about nonprofits and social media. It is a place to share resources and ask and answer questions. Notes one participant, “It definitely gave us the ability to work around chicken & egg conversations. Photo by M. Schenekenberg. Measurement Challenges.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. The nonprofit presence at SXSW has been growing steadily over the past couple of years. In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. It was organized by Ed Schipul.

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MARCH 19, 2010

We're only 20 days away from the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference -- but who's counting? This opening reception provides an opportunity to network with nptech professionals while checking out the over 100 exhibitors showing off their latest and greatest offerings to the nonprofit sector. 501 Technology, LLC in booth 80.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

I thought I'd do my part with a few of 2010's best resources (so far). If you haven't yet downloaded the free eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , released in April in partnership with M+R Strategic Services , you should definitely do that now. For the Cliff's Notes version, check out the blog post from Steve Peretz of M+R.

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MARCH 19, 2010

We're only 20 days away from the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference -- but who's counting? This opening reception provides an opportunity to network with nptech professionals while checking out the over 100 exhibitors showing off their latest and greatest offerings to the nonprofit sector. 501 Technology, LLC in booth 80.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. I did a roundup of nonprofit panel proposals a few weeks back and wanted to give you an updated list. The nonprofit presence at SXSW has been growing steadily over the past couple of years. The SXSW Interactive Festival.

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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. . Definitely. Audience Overlap : Use Rapleaf to sort out what percent of your Facebook audience is also on your email list.

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AUGUST 21, 2009

(scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. The nonprofit presence at SXSW has been growing steadily over the past couple of years. In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. about or by folks who work with nonprofits and voting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2012

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity have lunch with Libby Leffler who works on strategic partnerships at Facebook with nonprofits. If you work in nonprofits and social media, you are likely to be seeing a lot of more of Libby as she will is doing a lot more speaking about Facebook and Nonprofits.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2012

It was right in front of their building with a familiar giant "F" in a blue box painted in the parking spot and a sign that read "Facebook Fan Parking." I took a picture and as soon as I got back from vacation I emailed some of my teammates and asked for examples of social rewards from other nonprofits. Social Reward Ideas.

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman JAN 30, 2008 Identity 2.0

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

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!" ROI (Return on Investment) in its simplest form has has a very specific mathematical definition.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Why Apple isn’t the Nonprofit App Grinch Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 10th, 2010 Nonprofit social media expert Beth Kanter isn’t happy with Apple at the moment. Probably not.

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JULY 17, 2007

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!" ROI (Return on Investment) in its simplest form has has a very specific mathematical definition.

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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!" 60) Search « Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? 60) Search « Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead?

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FEBRUARY 3, 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!" ROI (Return on Investment) in its simplest form has has a very specific mathematical definition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Note from Beth: My colleague, John Weeks, is an expat nonprofit techie living and working in Cambodia. When I was looking at the end of the year (2010), what my goals were, I felt a little bit discouraged. And then #Give10 became known as a point for focus and discussion about the nonprofit world. Definitely.

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JULY 2, 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!" But how should nonprofits track their social media? What tools should they use?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

It's time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news! I’ll review some new green IT developments like how nonprofit solar electricity is thriving in Haiti. I’ll review some new green IT developments like how nonprofit solar electricity is thriving in Haiti. Nonprofit Tech for Good.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

This is our earth month edition of nonprofit technology news. The problem requires pretty much all of us to change our passwords on Google (including Gmail and YouTube), Tumblr, Yahoo, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Intuit, Dropbox, Netflix and Flickr. It turns out that Facebook did not buy Titan Aerospace, Google did.

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

The most obvious change is that far more nonprofits are using web CMSes and using them more intelligently than we were three years ago. While researching the article, I found some great examples of nonprofits using these modules to incorporate upcoming events seamlessly throughout their sites, not just on a single calendar page.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

Come to our session at the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference to hear the rest! Definitely stop entering data twice. and hootsuite.com allow you to post to Twitter, Facebook and more at the same time. Make sure that photos posted to Flickr and videos on YouTube come up on your Facebook page. Stop entering data.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

Come to our session at the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference to hear the rest! Definitely stop entering data twice. and hootsuite.com allow you to post to Twitter, Facebook and more at the same time. Make sure that photos posted to Flickr and videos on YouTube come up on your Facebook page. Stop entering data.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Tuesday, November 9, 2010 How To Produce An Effective Company Blog If you lead a business and aren’t part of the 34% of U.S. Post your blog on Facebook.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 5, 2011

I have a rough time donating to nonprofits. At this point in my life, I only give money to one nonprofit organization, and I do that through automatic monthly payments, with little thought at all to the whole process. In 2010, Carlo made a commitment - to give to a different charity each day for an entire year.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 23, 2021

So if any of you listening are also at a YW, definitely follow Dom. Let’s definitely connect. I come to you today with about six years of fundraising experience, traditionally, and lots of other additional nonprofit experience as well. We are the first YW. So we’re over 150 years old now. Also a board member.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

You both just came back from the 2010 West African Women and Water Training in Ghana. MK: So, we just returned from Ghana in West Africa where we convened the 2010 West African Women and Water Training. We've been successful at that, but it's definitely taken a lot of rigor and thinking. What was that? How about you, Amira?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Network Management Systems? Think a whitebox version of Ning, or Facebook. 4 trackbacks } What we’re reading, week of 9/15 « i On Nonprofits 09.18.08

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