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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Connection Cafe

APRIL 17, 2009

Published on Wordpress and Typepad and others Insights from nonprofit sisters and brothers Keeping my online strategy from going to the dogs These are a few of my favorite blogs. In homage to her show, which I very much enjoy, today I decided to do a "Sally's favorite nonprofit-strategy-and-technology blogs roundup."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

One of the things I've been wanting to do for a while is review my blog content for the year and select the "Top 10" posts or the "best of" posts. Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. Blogging Behind the Nonprofit Firewall: ROI Approach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

He shared some thoughts about an organisational presence on Facebook in the comments on a post I wrote last week on Facebook pages/ads and wanted to elevate it from comments so we might reflect a bit further. This means that a crucial element of the Facebook presence must be the ability to 'pull in' content from elsewhere using RSS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2005

I first "met" Marshall when he left a comment on my blog about the interview with Marnie Webb. More specifically, I help non-profit, small business and academic groups and individuals learn how to use web applications and services like RSS, blogs, wikis, search, social bookmarking, podcasting and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

I'm creating a powerpiont for the Webinar and an accompanying wikispace, but wanted to put out this blog post for any feedback. Extension programs track blog conversations and respond. Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. Use Technorati , a blog search engine.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2005

I got the first whiff of this conversation from Jon Stahl's Blog. Ed Batista's post " Blogs Are Obsolete " was summarized by Kurt Voelker from Influence in a post titled " Are Blogs Dead ?" It's a great post, and I completely agree - you don't need a "blog" to make your web site "bloggish.

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 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!" The ever popular widgets seen on blogs, for example, take advantage of APIs. All rights reserved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2007

Kevin Gamble left me a comment on a google analytics post that the " Depth of Visit Report " was one of the best metrics (coupled with referring source) for understanding visitor behavior on his university's web site. " I asked him if would share a screen shot of the report and reflect a little further on his comment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

My blog is worth $314,448.78. How much is your blog worth? I was inspired by Connie Bensen , a community strategist, who shared a post celebrating the success of her blog over the past year. About a year ago, I decided to benchmark my blog using some tips suggested by Avinash Kaushik. Okay, I'm procrastinating.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

Here's his definition: A Widget is a piece of code that enables a non-technical website publisher to pull in data and a display for that data from another website, so they can have, say, news ticker headlines or a personal horoscope, or local weather or an RSS feed. Does your web site or blog publish excellent content on a regular basis?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2006

There are three general types of sources to find widgets to install on your organization's blog or web site: 1. So, if you are already using one of those services and want to integrate content onto your blog, check on their web site first. There are also some creative ways to build community (or create silos) using search on your blog.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

They built an iGoogle dashboard and fed RSS feeds based on information they were seeking in online social networks. Then, grab the search RSS feed and add it to your iGoogle. Post your commenting policy on your Fan Page's info tab. Retweet followers, answer questions, and comment back. Be transparent.

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Care2

OCTOBER 22, 2008

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