Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

My collections: 2 examples. If you search for it online (especially in Instagram and Pinterest) you might think it’s a tool for professional graphic designers – but it is not, and you don’t need to be a graphic professional to adopt it. Also, in a way, BuJo is an open source movement with its basics, many versions and user community.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. An example of an API is when you put a Bing or Google Map on your website.). You had to say something on the blog, or post a photo on Flickr, or organize a Meetup. Technorati (the first blog search engine at that time). . 'Net2

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Most examples we have of successful IT practices would likely fail in a nonprofit context, though. Trying to follow the example set by a commercial company, just in a nonprofit way, probably won't work, but there are lessons to be learned. Proper use of open source software can make systems easier to expand and integrate with others.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

This is the first post in a year-long blog and webinar series called 101 Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Released in 2003, WordPress is open-source software and free to use and fully-customizable using WordPress themes and plug-ins. Primary Navigation Bar: Footer: 4.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 20, 2016

An in-depth guide related to the target issues they care about, tools or templates, case studies, and ebooks are all great examples of this. This kind of content gets shared and spreads the word, and it keeps people opening your emails, and even looking forward to them. Join the open source culture.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

For example, France Telecom-Orange has made anonymized records of five million mobile phone users in Cote d'Ivoire available to the research community as part of the Data for Development Challenge. Open Source philanthropy data big data' Private companies are also testing the concept by actually sharing data.

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

Open source. Here are some examples of categories and how they might be implemented within a website: Show – Recent Tweets, Likes, Comments. Open Source – API. The reasons are sourced from blog, news, or case study posts from a network of American Red Cross sites. Authenticate.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

and Sahana Foundation (which hosts a free open source disaster management system), have changed the way disaster relief is being done all over the world. A great example of crowdsourcing is Voluntweeters. for key words to help users to search the site to find things that interest them. Twitter uses hashtags.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

Great blog by the way – keep up the great work! :) 2 Marnie Webb 04.12.08 Though I’ve been thinking some about organizations that need an immediate influx of something — clothing donations to a women’s shelter for example — could us it. I came across your post searching for exactly that sort of wisdom.

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 8, 2023

We’ve run into IT departments that prefer a Microsoft tech stack, while others prefer open source. Open source systems don’t have licensing fees, and hosting in a Linux environment is less expensive than hosting in a Microsoft environment. Understand the development capabilities of your staff.

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 8, 2023

We’ve run into IT departments that prefer a Microsoft tech stack, while others prefer open source. Open source systems don’t have licensing fees, and hosting in a Linux environment is less expensive than hosting in a Microsoft environment. Understand the development capabilities of your staff.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

The disaster in Haiti is a perfect example of these changes: the impact of the Real-Time Web and the power of our phones. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

I'm looking for guest posts, ideas, and examples of nonprofits using crowdsourcing for their programs, fundraising, and marketing. Some questions I don't know the answers to: What are the best examples of nonprofits using social media to crowdsource advice, program evaluation, ideas, or other uses?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

What reading level is your blog? Most NpTech blogs are high school level. As FrogLoop blog concludes in its recent analysis of MySpace, "Social networking sites are essentially a microcosm of the internet, and hosting a profile on either is akin to managing a website. This is a must-read. There are 18 articles.

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See3

JUNE 22, 2009

He would aggregate individual nonprofit actions and opportunities for change from many sources. That way, someone could search a central database by where they lived, or what issues they were interested in, and they would find ways to make a difference. He called this Social Actions.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

Webinars are awesome, and so are blog posts — but there's a special magic that happens when we get face to face. Search for your city on NetSquared.org to find your closest event. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels and Bytes "Open-Source Summer Fiesta" San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

However, as you begin searching for your association’s next solution, you’ll quickly come across a new option on the market— learning experience platforms (LXPs). Whether social media posts or YouTube tutorials, weekly blog posts or podcasts, there’s no denying that we’re in a content creation golden age.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2007

Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond. " I need to start organizing the various pile of UK examples that tagged and grab from various emails and listserv posts. I have one blog post here. Although I do have a couple of uneasy feelings about blog spontaneity. ll blog it. If I have a ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Deborah Finn has written a SEO primer called " Search Engine Optimization for Nervous Nonprofit Novices " and she is seeking feedback from SEO mavens. There's a good round up of links to blog posts and articles by other nonprofit techies and SEO mavens. For more NpTech Talk, see this roundup over at the NTEN blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2005

Source: Powerhouse Museum. Powerhouse Museum Electronic Fabric Swatch Book is a really cool project and an example of using a folksonomy as a way to address the reality that Museums often use subject categorizations that don't reflect the terms most people use when searching online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Conversation Tracking in the NpTech Space There quite a blog buzz about the need for a Netsquared European Remix going on. Inspired by the NTEN blog post about whether online engagement leads to more money, Gavin's Digital Dinner gives a brilliant counter point essay on the topic filled with facts and nice pie charts. Any suggestions?

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Before long, you’ll have the development assistant searching Google for “technology grants.”. The nonprofit world’s approach to funding does not, and will not, work for the capital intensive, open source driven, risk-laden landscape of technology today. The Open Collective Idea. It costs millions to build a tech platform.

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Forum One

MARCH 8, 2009

This is the first of a series of blog posts we?re We think civic infrastructure for this online age needs to include open-source standards and software which provide a platform or framework for many to use, and which are licensed to allow others to extend and enhance the services. re doing to identify ?shovel-ready? evangelize.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

This blog is for volunteers, webmasters and administrators of associations, clubs, charities, communities and other groups. This blog is sponsored by Wild Apricot membership software : a set of tools for membership administration , event registration , website management , online fundraising - with friendly and knowledgeable tech support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Allen Benamer of the Nonprofit Tech Blog says " Support Idealware !" Creative Commons points out the projects that support free culture and open content on their site and on. The are many projects are out campaigning for votes -- for example - here , here , here , here , here , here , here , here ,and here.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Examples of NT100 projects include: Witness , the Peter Gabriel-founded watchdog charity which uses online videos call attention to human rights abuses. Mozilla’s Firefox , the nonprofit driven free and open source web browser; Creative Commons , the project set up to provide a straightforward licensing framework for online creators.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2005

Technorati tags can help you attract more readers for your blog and also facilitate contributing to the collective community wisdom surrounding a particular tag. Bookmarklets are simple tools that extend the bookmarking and search capabilities of web browser software. Paste the HTML snippet into your blog post. Click OK 4.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Monday rolls around, and you find yourself posting yet another press release to your nonprofit website’s blog. You scroll through your blog roll and see post after post with long text blocks and little else. Captivating blog content is a prime opportunity to engage supporters and get them more invested in your cause.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A comprehensive blog about all things related to Quick Response (QR) Codes, Augmented Reality (AR), and Near Field Communication (NFC). A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. That said, to be alerted of new resources for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Assume podcast listeners are also receiving updates from you via other channels, like eNewsletters, print, blogs, and other social media such as Facebook messages from your org’s group page. Check out: Gabcast.com , talkshoe.com or cinch.blogtalkradio.com for some examples.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. percent have more than 1,000 A couple of examples: Recently, Rep. Its also a good idea to use a content management system to manage your websites content and updates, like Wordpress , Joomla , and Squarespace. Email is a critical channel.

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

The ever popular widgets seen on blogs, for example, take advantage of APIs. SH: Convio doesnt charge any extra licensing fees for Open APIs, so theyre free. For example, many of our clients work with Heller Consulting. SH: Were very excited about the developer community that were building around Open.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Review your website’s blog posts, educational guides, and other resources to determine what’s worth keeping and what should be eliminated or adapted. . Also, identify content that may be ranking well for search engine optimization (SEO), but hasn’t been updated in a while—these pages are strong candidates for content refreshes. .

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Judi Sohn

JULY 9, 2009

When you search for your issue among the posts, you typically find nothing but posts from others with the same issue but no solutions. For example, I blogged about a problem with Gmail rendering back on June 19th. Can’t check email and you run to Twitter search to confirm that others are having the same problem.

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2017

Open-Source Tools. Open Data Kit helps you collect and manage data through a mobile app that works offline. Open Function is an automated data integration tool that connects anything to anything (think Internet of things sensors connected to water pumps in mines). This blog post was written by Austin Clark.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Effective SEO features enhance online visibility, improving search engine rankings. Features WordPress offers your basic stew of website features, including email and social media marketing, SEO, blogging, and pre-built templates (which they call “themes”). Let’s read on. There are no nonprofit discounts at this time.

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