Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. 'Net2 in Action' highlights more than 30 real-life examples of nonprofits using this new breed of Web-based technologies to tackle issues such as reaching and mobilizing constituencies. What Is Web 2.0? Citizen journalism. Google Maps.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

My Twitter feed will have quotes, notes and links. This session will revisit the challenges of collective action in an era of “open source activism,” and highlight how the Web can help overcome those hurdles. Action: Giving people the right tools at the right time only matters if you ask them to do the right thing.

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

Create a call to action. Open source. Open Source – API. Implementation : livestreaming, Facebook event plugin, Twitter feed. Goals: raise funds, create on-site engagement, create a call to action. Goals: create a call to action, develop a sense of community on site. Create on-site engagement.

Social Media 87

Social Media Websites Integration Design 87

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

I recently had the opportunity to connect with John Brennan , the driving force behind OpenAction.org , which empowers individuals and organizations by helping them tell the world about the positive impact their actions have. Last March I met Joe Solomon and the Social Actions team through twitter.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

This is when actual code is written in the CMS (via module or customization) which calls APIs on the CRM side to perform specific actions, such as adding records, syncing records, grabbing data, etc. I’ll have follow up posts on specific examples of this integration using open source tools (on one end or the other, or both.)

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

She is the co-founder and co-director of Women's Global Green Action Network , a nonprofit that cultivates global partnerships of grassroots women environmental leaders by providing access to communication tools, support services and networking capabilities. Below is a transcript of an interview with her from the Big Vision Podcast.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

Should they spend a bit of time tying their RSS feed (if they have one) to a twitter account? Should the communications person use twitter to connect with other nonprofit communications professionals? Heck, yeah, I could easily argue it will help them in their work. Sure, why not. Or even a social network strategy? 3 Seth Schneider 04.15.08

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2007

Paul Webster from the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action a partner with the ICT Hub pinged me about his blog. Some more examples and resources from the LASA list: Sean Kenny points to an example of publishing content with RSS feeds. All by next week! Every section of the website can be subscribed to individually.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

For organizations, web stats are useful indicators of how many people are being reached by their message, the geographical spread of the visitors and whether or not a specific campaign was successful in driving traffic or creating actions (like donations, or letters, etc.) For one thing, feeding people is not what NTEN does.

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Forum One

MARCH 25, 2009

s very innovative in its open-source and collaborative approach, it?s Global Energy Observatory ? We think GEO should be funded because: it?s s focused on an important problem ? how we generate and use energy, it?s s highly scalable and could be used by many around the globe, and it already has a well developed ?alpha? We think it?

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Database Map Global Project 52

Forum One

MARCH 25, 2009

s very innovative in its open-source and collaborative approach, it?s Rajan got in touch with us at Forum One in 2008 because of our prior online data/map/API work for " Carbon Monitoring for Action " - and we've discussed his project several times, but not worked for him.). Global Energy Observatory ? We think it?

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Database Map Global Project 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

Released in 2003, WordPress is open-source software and free to use and fully-customizable using WordPress themes and plug-ins. Think of your website’s sidebar as free advertising space and utilize the space for important calls-to-action (CTAs) and to feature key content. Primary Navigation Bar: Footer: 4.

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Websites Design Practice WordPress 348

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

We have the NPTech Meta Tag Feed (which aggregates about dozen feeds of NpTech tagged items and I'm still using for various reasons); Kikono.org (which uses an NpTech feed and digg like features) and now we have the two pipes from NTEN - the NTC pipe and the NpTech Pipe. Open Source Software is Fair Trade !

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NTC Nptech Netsquared Summary 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Democracy in Action Blog tells us how to use tagging and widgets to share jobs in their community. ActiveCollab an open source project management tool. The Nonprofit CMS blog shares some agruments against Open Source. Ruby Sinreich gives a report about Hillary Clinton's Second Life Campaign Headquarters.

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Social Network Nptech Tag Summary 50

Care2

MAY 15, 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!" There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not.

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Social Media Tools Online Advocacy 34

Care2

MAY 4, 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!" Until recently, these tools were too complicated and expensive for most nonprofit staff to use.

Social Media 28

Social Media Conference Advocacy Online 28

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 11, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Thankfully, we have some incredible nonprofits on the ground who continue to tackle these issues everyday, raise awareness and mobilize people into action.

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Web Advocacy Open Source Bookmarking 111

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Improving public health in the United States needs to include actions at the local community level and across many sectors. However, data on the health status of different local communities, and which actions are most effective, are hard to come by. . County Health Rankings & Roadmaps. “A A starting point for change.”.

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Platform Foundation Examples Digital 56

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

It ends with a motivational call to action to become part of the solution to end extreme poverty. Feeding America took a unique approach to the event recap blog post by interviewing their director of advocacy and neighbor engagement about her experience at the event.

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Captivate Content Ideas Photography 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Most recently, Marnie Webb created a Yahoo Pipe of the NpTech Feed and runing it through AideRSS to sort it by popularity. Allan Benamer put together an NpTech version of Digg, using open source software called Pligg combined with a Yahoo Pipe of the Nptech feed. The question was also discussed over at Social Actions.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Twitter has been experimenting with secret algorithms too and testing to see if popular content should be filtered to the top of users Twitter feeds. This came particularly frustrating when I started an Ello account for our web agency @RadCampaign so we could share fun photos and musings related to open source and philanthropy.

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Tips Bookmarking Profile Feeds 78

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Viewbix is a service that allows you to insert numerous apps inside of the videos that you host on your nonprofit’s website, such as a “Donate” button, an e-newsletter subscribe option, or your Twitter feed. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 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!" said Greg Elin of the Sunlight Foundation. You should too. helps you keep tabs on the U.S.

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Government Social Media Open Advocacy 31