Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2010

Some have even declared it to be the “ Twitter of 2010 “ I am not so sure about that, but it is fun. Thus, now all nonprofits worldwide have a good reason to get FourSquare on their radar screen. but right now let’s start with the basics for nonprofits: 1) Sign up for an individual profile on their website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

If your nonprofit is experimenting with text-to-give, text alerts and/or smartphone Apps (or planning to), then launching a mobile website is something your organization should seriously consider. They are very much first generation and pretty basic, but affordable for nonprofits. Related Links: 10 Nonprofit Mobile Websites.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 6, 2010

Here’s the scoop: Your nonprofit or foundation could be one of this year’s Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Award (a.k.a. All entrants will receive a free copy of the fully-updated 2010 Nonprofit Tagline Report in late 2010. Tags: Communications/Public Relations nonprofit taglines.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

As the Web goes mobile , so does social media… and so should your nonprofit. If there is one thing I have learned over ten years of using the Internet for fundraising and social change, those nonprofits that can embrace change quickly, empower their visionaries, and adopt new Web trends, reap the benefits of being early adopters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The 1 st tool was MySpace back in 2007. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs? gid=104492. It has close to 400 followers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2009

I've been playing in a sand box to explore online collaboration/social media tools and how they support network weaving. The big ah ha for me during our reflection that was that effective online collaboration tools for working in a networked way can't have top-down control interaction design. You can also follow other people's plans.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 30, 2010

Wild Apricot is delighted to host the Nonprofit Blog Carnival for June 2010. Here for your reading (and thinking) pleasure are five great blog posts that really meshed with this month’s theme – Managing Your Membership – Tips, Tools & Tactics.( Big thanks to all who sent in their blog posts for consideration! read more ).

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Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2010

The brand spanking new Microsoft Office 2010 slate of products has just hit the shelves and is now available for donation through TechSoup. There are also three new versions of Visio, the popular graphics and diagramming software: Microsoft Visio Standard 2010 , Microsoft Visio Professional 2010 , Microsoft Visio Premium 2010.

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NTEN

JULY 2, 2010

Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . Farra Trompeter wrote up an amazing article about Foursquare+Nonprofits (and other location-based social network tools). It's a helpful compilation about online tools for.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2010

Over the last decade nonprofit communicators have been perfecting e-newsletters to drive traffic to their organization’s website, blog, Facebook Page, etc. Text messaging campaigns help keep supporters engaged and informed, and can significantly increase traffic to nonprofit mobile websites and smartphone Apps.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Date : November 16th, 2010. Topic : Tools and Options for Selecting Social Media for Your Organization. Description : The hardest part of getting started with social media is figuring out what tools your organization should use. I’ll contribute to this webinar as a guest speaker weighing on tools and options.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

It's left some nonprofit professionals wondering whether these types of contests are a good idea." " 3 Powerful Social Good Trends in 2010 – Ben Rattray, the founder and CEO of Change.org, has a great piece on Mashable showcasing the three trends he sees coming in 2010 for the social change sector.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

The 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference session submission process yielded so many great session ideas, we couldn't include them all on the agenda. No Wrong Door: Tools for Non-Profits to Collect & Share Resource and Client Information with One Another (02/17). Tags: 10NTC NPTech NTEN. Public option or public voice?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2010

This post originally appeared on the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life blog and was penned by DustyArtuad. NPC is happy to share that TechSoup Global won the open-vote portion of the Justmeans/Financial Times 2010 Social Innovation Awards. Tags: Online Activism Social Networking TechSoup Help Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

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NTEN

MAY 13, 2010

An online session from the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) about the "starvation cycle" at nonprofits tackled a tough problem: we nonprofits tend to starve ourselves from the kinds of investments we need to make in order to be more effective in reaching our missions. Tags: NPTech NTEN. It's a $49 value!).

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NTEN

JULY 16, 2010

Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.). low-cost online collaboration tools. The Getting Attention 2010 Nonprofit Tagline Awards is still accepting. Members are in bold. page to convert your fans to your email list.

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NTEN

JULY 30, 2010

Tag your own news with " nten membe r" or " nptech " to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.). Even on vacation, Beth Kanter manages help nonprofits become. Some of us here at NTEN are pretty interested in geo-tagging. s 2010 Top Small Workplaces. more tech-savvy!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 26, 2009

2010 is going to be the year that the large national and international nonprofits launch iPhone Apps. Many of those Apps are already in development (@ Kiva4iPhone ), but at this early in the game hiring someone to develop an iPhone App for your nonprofit is expensive. All that said, I created an iPhone App for Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 21, 2009

Lumity , a nonprofit organization serving the Chicago region for 25 years, "helps charitable organizations to more effectively fulfill their missions through technology, financial support services, and training." Learn more about them from this short video. Past Technology Leadership Award Recipients.

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NTEN

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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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2010

I have the fun opportunity to be a presenter at the 2010 Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits! Tools and Apps to Energize Your Base – notes from the recent Women Who Tech telesummit session. Tags: presentation socialmedia webtools. Unlocking the True Value of Social Media. Helpful Links.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Google and the nonprofit community have had a very Jim-and-Pam* relationship over the past two years, as Google has repeatedly extended the end date for donated Google Checkout services but stayed equivocal about whether we can expect to see the free services indefinitely. Tools Web 2.0 Tools Web Building Web Building.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 6, 2009

DIOSA Communications has been offering social media webinars for nonprofits since February 2008, but the content of the webinars and the time schedule mostly accommodate nonprofits in the United States. The webinars are also well-suited for nonprofits in Eastern Canada. Tags: Webinars Facebook Flickr Twitter YouTube.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Nonprofit Data Management March 12, 2007 As you know, nonprofit data management has been a really important issue for me for a long time.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Nonprofit Data Management March 12, 2007 As you know, nonprofit data management has been a really important issue for me for a long time.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2010

The 2010 National Conference on Volunteering and Service (NCVS) is June 28-30 in New York City. Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2010; 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM. Technology Planning for Nonprofits Session. Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM. Tags: events conference ncvs netsquared presentation techsoup global.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

What ever set of tools you use remember the point – doing this helps each of us remember what we’re grateful for. As I’m writing this there’s over 2000 items on the list – can we get it to 5,000 by the time Thanksgiving 2010 is over? Tweetsgiving 2010 – #EpicThanks. Write it out by hand with pencil and paper. Use an iPad.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 15, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Better Late than Never May 15, 2007 This carnival is a day late, unfortunately. It’s a wonderful way of looking at these tools.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Here’s the dashboard from The Extraordinaries of our 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference session today: Bringing Community Organizing Into Online Campaigns – [International Ballroom C] (#co2oc). The groups will use both community organizing principles and social media tools to create an online social media campaign.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

It was so much fun and it was an amazing experience to work with people like Chris Worman and meet with so many local nonprofit and community changemakers. Notes: In June 2010: 253,360 new users joined in Romania – Coming in 3rd in the world for adoption for the month. In July 2010: 1,555,360 total number of users in Romania.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 22, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Competing for nonprofit dollars December 22, 2006 Many of you know that I have a real desire to ease nonprofit pain in two particular areas: vertical apps, and data integration.

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Wild Apricot

MAY 31, 2010

Wild Apricot Blog invites your blog post submissions for the Nonprofit Blog Carnival, June 2010 edition, on the theme of Managing Your Membership – Tips, Tools and Tactics.( read more ).

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

There I met Petra Kroon in person, someone I follow online in the nonprofit technology space. What is advice for entrepreneurs in 2010. Be sure to catch Petra’s blog (in Dutch, so use a translation tool like Google Translate) or follow her on Twitter. Tags: interview social entrepreneurs socialmedia video.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Notes from the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference for: Who : Speakers: Susan Tenby | TechSoup Global; Janet Fouts; Kira Marchenese. —– Tools for listening: Goodbyebuddy – find out when people aren’t listening to you any more. Check out listening tools at: [link]. Learn what people want to hear.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 27, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants October 30, 2006 This Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants has given me a chance to read some blogs I don’t usually get to read, since I’m so often focused in the tech field.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2009

Wireframes Magazine – I’ve been doing Information Architecture for a very long time, now, but it’s great to learn new tricks and tools. Flowing Data – OK, I’ll fess up, I’m a data geek. And I love data visualizations, and ways to make data easily accessible. 2 homefreeorg 05.01.09

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NTEN

MARCH 31, 2010

A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources. There are at least " Five Reasons Why Your Company Doesn't Need a Social Media Policy " But just in case, here's a new online tool that can help you create one. Tags: Newsletter NPTech NTEN Things We Like. Read more posts on our blog.

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