Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

People are using social and Internet platforms – many of which have immense amounts of unstructured and often shallow information. The ability to distinguish between the “noise” and the message in the ever-growing sea of information. What will the future 2020 be like? One possible outcome is stagnation in innovation.

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JANUARY 6, 2011

Danielle Brigida from the National Wildlife Federation -- one of our amazing panelists for the upcoming presentation at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , "Let's Go Stalking! Your organization may already use a traditional CRM like Convio, Blackbaud, or Salesforce to track and maintain information about your members.

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APRIL 12, 2012

In fact, Blackbaud’s 2011 Online Giving Report , noted that the largest online gift in 2011 was $260,000 ! The report further noted, “87% of the nonprofits in this analysis had at least one online gift of $1,000 or more during 2011.”. For information sought by our major gifts prospects. Online Support is Needed.

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MARCH 19, 2011

Judy started her career providing support for nonprofits after retiring from UNC-Chapel Hill, where she helped introduce the university to the Internet as a documentation and training specialist for campus information systems. This year, we are thrilled to honor Judy Hallman for her work with this award.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

Technology is the unintuitive phone system, the frustrating donor management system, the computer that blue screens every time it has more than three windows open. Many people in their audience will absorb knowledge better from informative (and shiny!) Wa wa, wa wa wa wa.)

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 4, 2011

Friday, March 11, 2011 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Eastern Time) Support Center for Nonprofit Management 305 7th Avenue, 11th Floor @ 27th St New York, New York 10001 United States Most nonprofits know they need an information system, but may not know how to find a good system or what to look for in a system.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

Crowdfunding initiators can easily broadcast their campaigns to a wider range of potential donors and establish social relationships with them (Liang and Turban 2011 ).

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 4, 2011

Friday, March 11, 2011 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Eastern Time). Most nonprofits know they need an information system, but may not know how to find a good system or what to look for in a system. How are CRM systems used for fundraising and program management? What to look for in an information system? . •

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Tech Soup

JUNE 26, 2012

the information is exported in the form of turn-by-turn directions to drivers to. " To complicate matters, Easter Seals Nebraska had two operating systems and. In March 2011, a new Microsoft server and the latest version of Office for. " Whether it’s moving people or important information, Easter Seals Nebraska.

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JUNE 29, 2011

FarmingFirst has also done a nice job packing a lot of information into a small space with some dynamic code. While we're on the subject of updated downloads that also happen to be free, we just released a new " Consumer's Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems ", in association with Idealware. They make learning fun!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2011

TechSoup Global had an exhibition at the Science Fair and many nonprofits in attendance were thankful for donations they received from our donor partners through TechSoup, while others asked for more information on what they needed to do to receive them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

In 2011 I had gotten in the very bad habit of listening to (mostly) CNN in the background while working… all day long. It’s made me a much more hopeful, optimistic, happy, and ironically better-informed individual which ultimately results in more patience and kindness in my social media work.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

Schipul, a web marketing agency based in Houston, Texas, announced yesterday during the 2012 South by Southwest Interactive festival that Tendenci, a content management system (CMS) will be released as an open source solution. Tendenci Released as Open Source by Schipul. Tendenci was developed by Schipul especially…. Tech Talk at SXSW.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2011

A new paper argues that a key first step is to get a more realistic understanding of health systems, using the lens of complex adaptive systems." This year, we updated the entire guide with new research, additional sections on goals and strategies, and information about using social media for advocacy and fundraising."

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JANUARY 11, 2011

You've been collecting this information already, but you may not have utilized it to create more personal connections with your donors. For example: Address information tells you where they live. There is a lot you can do with that little piece of information. Use this information creatively. Thanks for your effort.”

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FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Or more techies because data keeps pouring out of the system faster than we can keep up? A positive feedback loop means little hope of homeostasis -- that's a little shout-out to the bio majors in the crowd -- but at least we have data visualization: The 2010 US Census has published a lot of detailed information.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 6, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, May 6, 2011 Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on the Arizona nonprofit sector! As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Nice quiz!

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MARCH 6, 2012

In the second half of 2011, when we set out to look at the “State of the Nonprofit Cloud”, we weren’t sure what to expect—and what we found after surveying US nonprofits and conducting follow-up interviews was that it’s somewhat.

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JANUARY 6, 2012

Will 2012 be pretty much like 2011? It replied: Based on that, plus 27 years in the field, I foresee that 2012 will be pretty much like 2011. It replied: Based on that, plus 27 years in the field, I foresee that 2012 will be pretty much like 2011. Weiner Consulting. it’s not cloud-based. it’s the cheapest. it’s the “best”.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2021

This group talked about how to create a green rating system for the building industry and created LEED. Now, LEED has grown into the most widely used green building rating system in the world. The website was founded early 2011. Green Building Council, the group that LEED is a part of.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

This is an immense victory for fair use as the basis of a balanced intellectual property system, and we, at Benetech, are delighted by it and by its tremendous positive implications for the public interest. In September 2011, the Authors Guild sued the HathiTrust, alleging massive copyright violations. copyright law).

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 16, 2011

"As of May 13, 2011, we are releasing the code for our community software platform, the Zanby Enterprise Group Family System, under a GPLv3 license. If you aren't familiary with Zanby, I encourage you to read the news and check out the platform today! "As Look no further!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

It’s because our mission depends on a balanced intellectual property system that encourages innovation. After all, our IP system was set up precisely to balance the interests of society with those of creators. We are especially concerned that the IP system ensures that it’s both easy to serve disadvantaged communities and to innovate.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

President’s Update Fall 2011 Don’t be surprised, but we’re picking up the pace of change at Benetech! We also want to enable effective information sharing among agencies about what does and doesn’t work. The world’s problems are many, and we keep seeing opportunities for technologists to address those problems effectively.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

Salesforce had acquired collaboration tool company Stypi in May 2012, as well as social media monitoring platform Radian6 in March 2011." So today I’m really excited to launch the Knowledge Graph, which will help you discover new information quickly and easily. But searching still requires a lot of hard work by you, the user.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Here’s a small list of articles and blog posts that help frame this topic, including how the term “Data-Informed” was using in my recent book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Beth Kanter, “ Data Informed. Beth’s Blog, September 2011. ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.”

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 7, 2013

Adobe Systems Incorporated. Sender: Willie Crawford [Willie@Acumlator.co.us] (also Lazy Cash System [LazyCashSystem@65.com]). another version said: "This page from Profectum Foundation has been forwarded to you by Lazy Cash System" Lazy Cash System. Text: Good afternoon, You can download your Adobe CS4 License here -.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, June 10, 2011 Research Friday: Really, Your Tax Exemption has been Revoked? As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. This is great news.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

That’s right, the session selection process is open for the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference ! The system is the same as last year, with a few refinements, including more social media sharing options. Vote today! I’m not gonna lie: this is not a quick & easy task.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2010

GuideStar is the premier source of vetting nonprofit information. During the past month, I’ve been hearing from mobile payment system providers and app developers talking about workarounds. Apple is a leading platform of mobile apps. I think this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.&#. Guess what was inside?

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JULY 16, 2012

1) The Nonprofit Social Media Policy Workbook – Sometimes “don’t be stupid” is good enough as an informal policy to guide an organization’s social media engagement. The guide includes a comparison of 29 different systems and offers detailed reviews of 10 of the most popular.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2013

In 2011, the group LulzSec hacked into PBS's website and posted an image of the spooky Nyan Cat as retaliation against the network's broadcast of a WikiLeaks documentary. The group broke into PBS’s servers by finding a security hole in an older version of the content-management system Movable Type.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 10, 2012

inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Case in point, YNPN’s 2011 survey of young nonprofit workers found that “commitment to remaining in a nonprofit job weakened as employees got older.” In 2011, 35% of respondents said that “direct service” positions—i.e., As part of a.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

We have set up a Web site, [link] , to share information and conversation about the ongoing review. Here is a partial list of what we’ve completed as part of this review: Program evaluation based on a sample of 169 OE grants closed in 2007-2009, conducted by TCC Group (2011).

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, June 3, 2011 Research Friday: Really, is the Nonprofit Sector Becoming More Commercialized? As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Nonprofits need to find a way to capture this information, to build a bridge from its commercial social network to something it owns to ensure against data loss. Without them, you have no fundraising information, no campaign data, no volunteer information. The lifeblood of the nonprofit is its lists. you get the idea.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2011

The State of Marketing 2011 report recently released from IBM analyzes over 300 online and direct marketers across a wide range of industries, geographies, and company sizes. A key finding: Nearly 60 percent of respondents listed “ measurement, analysis, and learning &# as their top information technology bottleneck.

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