Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

org before? Who’s read a blog post about it? It is less about the number of people to retweet or like or blog. Our fear should not be of losing branding, not having “control” of the conversation, or having someone post a negative comment on our blog or facebook wall; but only in not changing the world, right? Slacktivism.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

at 7:34 pm Hi there, nice blog. WordPress is one of the best blogging tools known to humankind, but I’d never want to use it to do a website that needed good categorization of content, and Joomla is way overkill for just a blog. It will take some time and effort to get a site up, but that’s standard for any website.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

At the end of the registration process (outlined in the blog post TechSoup Account Management 101: Registration ) you will be instructed to submit a Qualification Checklist and documentation to verify your organization's status with the IRS and the information that you registered with. The documents can be sent by mail, fax, or email.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2009

To give the audience an idea of what ads can be used for, Google shared just a few tactics adwords could help any given org do including: Solicit donors. Integration with YouTube, Picassa, and other rich media sites and files. Ability to upload longer, larger files. Enroll subscribers. Recruit volunteers. Promote events.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2018

* This blog post is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be legal advice. But if I’m someone that gives to a Healthcare organization, that org may know that my spouse has AIDS, or that I’ve survived a heart transplant. I’m probably sharing data that expresses my interests as an animal-lover.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Audience size, breadth, and depth: If your organization has big lists, lots of traffic to your website or blog or social media pages, or big crowds at events, there are many ways to turn this into a donor benefit. Files: Is your organization the holder of the official record of something? A dedicated blog post about the sponsorship.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

You found you had a knack for technology and you became your org's go-to person for computer problems. I work with our Executive Director to determine how we integrate technology into our programs and make decisions that affect the overall direction of our org. By reading this, you're doing one of them right now: daily reading.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

We therefore want charities and libraries to make maximum use of our articles, blog pieces, how-tos, tech-for-good news, and other nonprofit technology information. Email our friendly blog team at: blog AT techsoupglobal DOT org. That's the reason why TechSoup decided to adopt Creative Commons licensing in 2006.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2010

It all started in 2008, when Comcast deliberately slowed Internet traffic for BitTorrent, a file-sharing site, and the Federal Communications Commission told the ISP it can't do that. Audio and video have proven to be highly effective media for nonprofits -- and throttling would impact all orgs -- no matter where they fall on the spectrum.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2013

If you haven't upgraded to the new Office, be sure to read TechSoup's Microsoft Office: What Your Org Should Know and visit TechSoup's Microsoft donation program. Read more about them in Microsoft's Bing Blog. There are also apps for Microsoft Office SharePoint and Microsoft Project as well. Apps for Office.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Make it easy on your partners and collect all relevant materials for promotion, such as blog post and press release templates, logos, images, and approved quotes. You may want to outline a target number of Facebook posts, Tweets, or blog posts about the campaign. Be specific. And make sure you track results on both ends.).

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This can streamline everything from new employee onboarding to cross-team collaboration and secure file sharing. This includes creating pages and blog posts, managing forms, enabling e-commerce, and more. You can centralize your team’s documents, images, videos, and other resources into one accessible location.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

Their donor file has quintupled since 2008. P ut together an all-org donor listening team—Ask for help then show the WIIFM of donor feedback via tangible examples. This blog post was originally published in 2014, but has been updated to reflect the most updated charitable giving data and trends. Can you do like they do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

GetActive GetsAcquired - By Convio This is big news and it bounced around the nonprofit and progressive blogs, listservs, IM, and emails. Comment, Blog it, tag it NpTech, and/or start a blog over at the Netsquared site. The 59 Smartest orgs online is a list of 59 organizations that make good use of the web2.0 A Few Web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond," I wanted point to a new (to me) UK nonprofit technology blog discovered via a comment to my post about technology stewards and also weave in some more notes on UK examples. Miles Maier is blogging at the London ICT Champion and he left a comment. it.org.uk ???real???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2007

That's because when I started at the HSUS, I was obsessed with MySpace on a personal level, and I was challenge with the task of figuring out how the org could use it for their benefit of advocacy and fundraising. I was really excited that he thought this social networking "experiment" was worthy of an email to our file!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2017

Are there EOY tips for orgs that are Science and Research focused? How do you deal with new-to-file donors after EOY? For new-to-file donors in general, I’d recommend a monthly conversion ask of some kind as early in the new year as possible. Here – that’s a.zip file hosted on Google Drive. Danielle .

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 22, 2021

Second, we must then explore Tracking Cookies: files containing anonymous data that identifies website visitors through their activity on your website. You May Also Enjoy: Blog: Support and Maintenance of Your University’s Salesforce Org: Staffing Recommendations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

6 trackbacks } The Webinar Blog 08.23.07 at 7:32 pm Change » Blog Archive » Web conferencing redux 12.08.07 at 12:32 pm Hi Michelle, Our Social Media Director came across your blog this morning, and passed the link along to me. 6 trackbacks } The Webinar Blog 08.23.07 16 Santiago 04.16.09

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2009

if you are recroding with multiple people, you can record them to separate audio files so you can edit more easily. allows you to backup the files by recording to multiple devices. Want one that recrods to mp3 or wav files (will be sending mp3 out for production eventually). File size - length depends on the format of your show.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

Original photo remixed from flickr photo by Stinky Peter Screencast in conjunction with NTEN View the screencast as higher quality flash file -takes longer to download here. A few important questions to ask before your consider adding a widget to your blog or web site. Do you write blog posts that inspire lots of comments?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2023

The point-and-click, folder-based interface made accountants and finance employees look up at the screen and think about how the files should be organized. CTOs and CIOs began appearing in nonprofit org charts in the early 2000s as well, a few years after those roles became commonplace in for-profit organizations.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

It's a pernicious culture of seeing rank-and-file staff as costs, not assets, nevermind as people. Then—and here's the radical part—give staff the opportunity to take part in higher-rated projects across the museum, seeing work as roles and responsibilities, and not just titles and boxes on an org chart.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 16, 2011

Employees at your organization are using IM, Skype, social networks, and collaborative file and note sharing tools to communicate and exchange information and do their jobs. Comments, files, and links can be shared. Orgs that are split across teams or geographically could find that Chatter is the virtual water cooler they need.

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2015

The 20-person department pulls the information from scanned PDFs of the filings, enter the information into their database, and classify the information in the Foundation Center taxonomy. org , was such a great speaker that I forgot to take notes. org blog a lot. Mullainathan described the evolution of machine learning.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking What is Jumo? GuideStar does have Jumo International listed as a nonprofit organization but very little information is shown and likely won’t be until they file their first 990 with the IRS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

There is a lot of discussion on the topic on web strategy blogs and from social media strategy gurus like Owyang. There's also a lot of talk in the nonprofit blog space prompted by a recent Netsquared ThinkTank and some great thinking on the topic, particularly by Wendy Harmon of the Red Cross, mostly focused on ROI. Life was good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2009

I think there's a portion of ppl in our org who are "cloud" people, but upper mgmt still resists it, hence a clash.". We also use flickr, wordpress, facebook, twitter, ning and we use a cloud based file backup called DataDepositBox, ADP for payroll - using their web interface, Vonage for phones.

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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. For example, the Non-Profit Tech Blog installed custom search feature using the google coop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

I'm going reel off the names of some tools that I've observed you using and would love your best piece of advice or tell me a story about how you've used it in your org. I routinely bookmark and comment on environmental news, green blogs, and stories about sustainability and alternative energy technology. Stop: Hammer-Time!

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

She’s been blogging for us. She spends a lot of time doing workshops, helping orgs with communications. In fact, for you, environmental folks listening, special focus on environmental orgs. Audios, files. I’ve gotten to know Naira over the last. She’s awesome, folks. She’s got a heart for that.

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