Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2014

The participants are the content – and the design of getting participants into small group discussions where we can discuss topics related to our work that we are passionate about and want to explore and learn. These discussions are not lectures or traditional panels and are participant driven. You can do a whole network analysis.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I’ve followed and supported the work of Peter Deitz and Social Actions ever since hearing about his passion and ideas a few years ago. The updates introduce Semantic Analysis and Natural Language Processing (NLP) capabilities to the Social Actions API and begin to connect Social Actions to the wider Linked Open Data community.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

The Benetech Human Rights Program (HRP) is hard at work to ensure that technology and science best meet the needs of human rights defenders in these critical times. Both organizations work in the Caribbean, where sexual minorities face widespread violence, bigotry and marginalization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

Maybe open Social Graphs will help ? Trends in the Living Networks blog gives an analysis of the structure of influence and social opinion which offers some insights into leveraging a network effect. OpenSource and Software Communities Jon Stahl has a thoughtful essay on Nonprofits, Open Source and Leadership.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 6, 2010

I have followed the development of Social Actions over the last few years and really believe in the work that Peter, Christine and the community have done to shape a collaborative, open tool that benefits so many people and organizations in all kinds of ways. Learn more and support this work!

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

To compliment, I shared some of the core beliefs I’ve developed in my experiences working in technology, innovation and community engagement. Recognize the role of technology across all our work. Technology is a catalyst for data, analysis, scalability, effectiveness and efficiency. Focus on why, not if, something works.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 10, 2012

Thanks to Deanna Zandt for being so thoughtful and smart in her analysis: "Let’s break down why the meritocracy myth is both so pervasive and problematic. " Why Being Good Enough Is Never Enough on the Internet – Forbes – This is an important post I think everyone should read!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Our team has been thinking hard about scaling positive social impact of technology work. All interested nonprofits or social enterprises will be able to leverage SocialCoding4Good by posting their open source software development projects for social change and inviting volunteers to work on them. and James L.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

A free, open source software application that allows users anywhere in the world to securely gather and organize information about human rights violations, Martus enables human rights defenders on the front lines of fighting abuse to stay safe and protects the identities of those who would face violence and repression for telling their stories.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. We know technology alone won’t solve these issues alone, but we think it can help those who are working to address the issue amplify their impact.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

ProjectRSS for describing projects (part of the Open Philanthropy effort) – I've recently come across this project from John Brennan (@worldlyjohn on Twitter) and am interested in what you all think about it! "Open "Open source software exists in the computer industry. Open Philanthropy is about sharing.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2013

For example Edgeflip , a new initiative plans to turn the ad hoc data analysis tools developed for the campaign into software that can make nonprofits more effective at raising money and recruiting volunteers. He says however that a lack of data scientists wanting to work for such social causes may stands in the way of his vision.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2021

The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance guide to nonprofit courses provides guidance for choosing courses that are best suited for nonprofit staff learning, including open source vs. paid learning opportunities, subject matter analysis, and some example courses. Improved Staff Retention Rates.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

In the final analysis, in the days, weeks, months and years following these, and other mergers, no fewer people will be homeless, no fewer women will be battered, no fewer children will be hungry, no less environmental damage will be done, no more people who need it will get mental health services. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

In the final analysis, in the days, weeks, months and years following these, and other mergers, no fewer people will be homeless, no fewer women will be battered, no fewer children will be hungry, no less environmental damage will be done, no more people who need it will get mental health services. Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Along with updates to the four systems we reviewed in the past, we’ve added seven new open source and proprietary systems to provide nonprofits with a much broader scope of the types of systems available to them. It will give what you need to be a smart consumer. One of the areas we focused on was constituent interaction.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

You might think that comparing four different open source packages that, in essence, do pretty the same thing (in a broad sense) would be a cakc walk. This wasn’t designed to be an in-dept, complex analysis of security. If it had been, we would have done a lot more work on how to measure security.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

Through the Laura and John Arnold Foundation he set up with his wife, he plans to use the money to ambitiously solve some of America’s biggest problems like obesity and crime through data analysis and science, with an unsentimental focus on results. ?He Open Source philanthropy data big data'

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NTEN

AUGUST 6, 2012

And if you need a little inspiration, then look no further than your fellow NTEN community members, some of whom have recently received recognition for their work. Socio-economic variables can be extracted from the ACS directly into a Shapefile for mapping or other forms of analysis and modeling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

The annual conference helps inform, enable and enhance the strategic nature of their work. This year’s conference, “The Future We Make” had four themes – strategic philanthropy, modern day slavery, agriculture and nutrition, and education, learning, and employment. Notes from Session. gpf13 #philanthropy.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels and Bytes "Open-Source Summer Fiesta" San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Seattle, Washington: Social Network Analysis: Mapping Your Nonprofit's Connections. Wednesday, June 7, 2017.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

Burlington, Vermont: Working Board Lunch: Embrace the Future — Transition Planning. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels & Bytes "Open-Source Summer Fiesta" San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

about the early days and evolution of nptechies working with the web, and you'll probably see some names your recognize, including current and past NTEN members like Ami Dar of Action Without Borders/Idealist.org. In related news, Michelle Murrain reviews the new open source products from newly re-branded NTEN member organization Orange Leap.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

Open Source is Dead. What I mean is that open source, as we knew it, is dead. For the last decade, what we've been talking about when we say "open source" is "open code" -- a set of zeroes and ones that we can configure to our heart's desire. Long Live Open Source.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

In December, Fast Company published an article called " The Most Influential Women in Web 2.0 " featuring about a dozen amazing women who work in the Web 2.0 is an open source software guru who writes the some best posts on that topic. works for Livingston Communications and leads their social good efforts. Jordan Viator.

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Forum One

JANUARY 22, 2010

Crisis Camp DC participants work hard to develop applications and tools for relief workers in Haiti. I jumped at the chance to participate, as I have a background in humanitarian emergency analysis and am a self-proclaimed geek. Open source maps to help aid workers navigate damaged areas and coordinate their efforts.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

But did you know that our work is global? Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Birmingham, United Kingdom: Open-Source Software for Charities. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Monday, November 7, 2016.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

And the major engine that makes these three types of ephemeral media really work, is RSS, which is the subject of the next post. I can think of two organizations that I’ve worked with, which are, in a sense, case studies for why to have a blog, or not to have a blog. Good analysis. Should staff of a nonprofit blog?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

I Collaborate blog has a post about how to lobby for skype in your organization, if you're working internationally. KM4Dev has a section devoted to Social Network Analysis process and tools. Michelle Murrain is doing a post about 100 free and open source software tools. "as part of a LASA Panel she is planning.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The data is there, and the demand is there; it’s just a matter of doing the work. The Army Research Laboratory in Orlando, Florida (the Silicon Valley of simulation), is, a source tells us, leaning toward specifying xAPI (see below) as the standard for LMS-simulator communication. If implemented, that will make a big difference.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

" The Ushahidi project was so helpful, it quickly evolved from a one-off web site to an open source "software platform" that any organization can download and customize for similar projects. The resulting website was named "Ushahidi" from the Swahili word for "testimony."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

It would based on an analysis of all the "words" or tags that people have used to describe resources also bookmarked with nptech. " About six months, my colleagues who work in KM for Communities of Practice for Development, shared some of the reflections and lessons from an experiment in using tagging for KM.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

" The Ushahidi project was so helpful, it quickly evolved from a one-off web site to an open source "software platform" that any organization can download and customize for similar projects. The resulting website was named "Ushahidi" from the Swahili word for "testimony."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2006

The Art Museum Social Tagging Project is a group of art museums is looking at integrating folksonomies into the museum Web by developing a working prototype for tagging and term collection, and outlining directions for future development and research that could benefit the entire museum community. A tag is a user???s

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

It is an internal assessment tool which helps organizations figure out what parts of their online strategy are working, and what parts might need tweaking. And in your case, as the head of a nonprofit open source organization, I think you’re going to find that not publishing site statistics will cause you more grief than you think.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

" Allan also offers an analysis of the nonprofit micro-philanthropy applications, but says it is too early to speculate where things will be in the next 21 days or next few months. Charlene Li has an analysis of the impact. What is Openness? " So, how do you explain Open Social to your executive director?

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