Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

Social media is time consuming and if you aren’t doing it right, you’re wasting your time. Google has been slowly merging Google Search, YouTube, Gmail, Blogger, Wallet, Photos, Location, Mobile, Videos, etc. 10) Your Flickr stream has hundreds of photos named “ jpeg.” Google, etc. into Google+.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 30, 2006

Here are some of the tips they gave for other disaster relief bloggers: Tips from Grace 1. Most times during a disaster, the survivors do not have power, so your blog isn’t for them, it is for the people on the outside who want to help them. It would be a great way to mobilize the power of women bloggers. Tips from Sara 1.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2009

This is my first time attending the huge event and I’m already quite overwhelmed by all the people and conversations converging around me. You can always reach me on email or Twitter - or follow this blog and my Twitter stream for updates. I’m here in Austin, TX, for SXSW Interactive. Let’s connect!

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Check out her live tweet stream and the highlights from the conversation. It’s Time to Focus on Volunteers’ Results - Philanthropy.com - Evan Hochberg has a terrific post on Philanthropy.com starting an important conversation on what to do about all this focus on volunteering and service. "Government,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2010

1) Watching the social stream from a TV station in Chile live streaming> (2) Contacting the family's friends on Facebook through their accounts (3) Keyword searches on Twitter using the various hashtags including #chile, #buscapersonas (lost persons) (4) The Google People Finder. . (5)

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

You don’t want to monopolize the conversation, but keep an eye on the comments and pop in when the time’s right. The editor/blogger can also email individually and thank them for reading—and why not throw in a few questions about what content they’d like to see and what other blogs they read? links double every time we do this!

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2009

It’s soft and maliable and relative, pretty much all of the time. You also have a volunteer program for middle and high school students to work with the children in after-school time in lieu of child care, but find that the current partners you have in the community don’t work for attracting new volunteers to participate.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. Cinchcast is ideal for nonprofits that are advancing their communications into real-time reporting while on location from fundraisers, conferences, protests, etc. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com.

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Forum One

JUNE 1, 2009

This follows on three recent press events with newspapers, radio and bloggers on similar topics, so it will be interesting to compare the Twitter results and my experience from these different media channels. I wonder if this Twitter discussion will get picked up or elaborated by bloggers or others. Am learning a lot in the process.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

The fabulous Rob Cottingham, the NTC Official Cartoon Blogger, is helping us prep with some great cartoons -- you'll see them on our blog throughout the conference and at [link]. Whether you fly all the time, or just once a year, we want to be sure we see you! It's casual dress at the NTC -- we want you to be comfortable!

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 25, 2012

But I’m a first time blogger here, so before I invoke that well-worn (but apt!) We have in-house, full-time editorial and creative staff. Under this model, our revenue stream was bumping along for many years at a very consistent clip. cliché, I think some context is in order. Here’s why.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2012

Blackbaud guest bloggers share expert fundraising tips and simple steps for creating a Facebook page that rocks. Get practical advice on live-streaming an activist event and making an all-star meme for your nonprofit. Pacific time. TechSoup is keeping busy this July. Here's a roundup of what we've been doing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

That Tweet, out in the wild for about an hour, did not go unnoticed by Twitter followers, Beer bloggers , and, of course, Wendy Harman at the Red Cross who got awakened in the middle of the night with a call from a staff person in Chicago wanting to know about the Tweet. Thinking quickly, they did disaster recovery on the rogue Tweet.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Once we hit November and we’ve gotten through Halloween, Daylight Savings Time, and the first frost, it’s officially the holiday season – and for nonprofits, that means it’s also time for year-end giving campaigns. The reason is twofold: first, it makes sense to align with the holiday season, a time of generosity and giving back.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Knowing that not everyone could attend in person (like someone whose pic is in the top right of this blog) we decided to live-stream and record a number of the sessions. In our brief time together Claire mentioned one of the core values at Twitter – “Being a force for good”. Social Media for Nonprofits Ignite! Meet Geoff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2007

Photo from Lynetter's Flickr Stream and discovered via Twitter from Cogdog. since water cooler time might be considering "wasting time" and taking time away from doing work to learn something isn't work. That was one of gems I found while taking a quick twitter break. Maybe there is no analogy for nonprofits.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 22, 2010

Via Twitter, we set the time and he gives me the Tube stop (White City). And, as a huge Dr. Who fan, I had Tim take a picture of me in front of the Tardis (Doctor Who's time travel machine disguised as a standard old English police box). He invites me to come by the BBC in London the next day for a tour of the newsroom.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

I have been near Camden, Maine for the past few days at the PopTech 2009 Fellows Program as part of the PopTech 2009 conference ( streaming live ), which starts on Wednesday. In comparison, this was a shorter time amount of time, different instructional styles across faculty, and the overall frame was social innovation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

Cambodian Bloggers Want To Support Our Cause. Thanks to the Bloggers. Blogger's Campaign Update. Blogger's Campaign Update. Roger Carr and Bob Uva Join the Blogger's Campaign. America's Giving Campaign: Bloggers Roundup - Thank You. Teresa Crawford and the Riders Help Me Swim Up Stream. Sina's Story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2011

As Sami Ben Gharbia so eloquently noted on Al Jazeera’s Riz Khan program last week, these networks have existed for a long time. The New York Times reported on the use of social media and protests suggesting that Egypt’s government was afraid of the power of social networking tools. Are they enhanced by social media?

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NetWits

MAY 23, 2008

A number of companies have successfully deployed the SaaS model to hundreds of thousands of users, most notably SaaS blogger Phil Wainewright's four horsemen of SaaS , and in the nonprofit world eTapestry blazed the trail. However, these benefits often come with limitations on flexibility and data access.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 17, 2016

In modern times, there is not a day that goes by in which I forego attempting to learn from my peers. Bloggers just like myself are sitting there tormenting their brains in an effort to say things that impact you more than the person before them. New more consistent source of materials.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2008

As Geoff Livingston further notes on Social Media Club blog : "The time to for action is now, and in a year when many of us are suffering financial hardship, we can still make a difference. Blog Components There is also a bloggers kit and blogger outreach effort underway. That's how it came to my attention). Darfur Voices.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

She is a writer and blogger with a passion for self-improvement and helping others. Still, as more systems come into play and more forms of data become available to marketing professionals, the steady stream of information can feel more like a tidal wave. Kayla Matthews is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2007

Photo by David Tames from his flickr stream. The group includes podcaster, video bloggers, filmmakers, artists, educators, videographers, and more. I need to carve out some time to play with it. Steve mentioned another live streaming site similar ustream (blog tv?). I always learn so much when I attend.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Cutting Edge Integrated Social Media Strategies When: Tuesday, September 28th, 2010 at 1:30 PM Eastern Time. We have a limited amount of teleconference lines, so please take a moment to sign up now. About the Presenters: Alan Rosenblatt is the Associate Director for Online Advocacy at CAPAF.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The eighth guest blogger in my have fun, do good series is Beth Terry. Y ou can see her speak (via streaming video) this Saturday, November 6th at TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch in Los Angeles. How many points do I get each time I refuse a plastic straw? Click here to find a watch party near you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2007

The goal of the project is to help bloggers build traffic for and community at their blogs. Michele has not only taken the time to do each assignment and written about on her blog. It also means that once I've finished with a feature (like an About Page) I haven't periodically looked back to see if it's time for an overhaul.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 12, 2016

In particular, monthly giving grew faster than one-time giving in 2015. For-profit businesses have gotten quite good at this, and it’s time nonprofits took note. Sometimes fundraisers can be so consumed with national or international leads that they forget the importance of investing time and money into local marketing.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 9, 2013

My eyes may be bloodshot, but the sight of the blogger interface still warms my heart. Check out the comments for more unlikely connections between Mao and the American national past time. but they are offering a virtual live stream for free. Back to the land of the blogging! SPEAKING OF RELEVANCE. Full schedule here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2010

The concept is simple: conductors make some time available to answer questions; Twitter followers ask their burning questions, and the conductors answer the questions. Participants and bloggers can use these handy banners and already San Francisco Symphony’s Donato Cabrera put on up on his site. All in one day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Michelle Murrain is curbing her time on "walled gardens " like LinkedIn and Facebook while pondering the question, " How Open Is Facebook, Really? Nonprofit Times covers it here. Most of the links identified have flowed through the NpTech Tag stream but nice to revisit them! Blackbaud, Inc. Just the Write Click!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Many other nonprofit and do good bloggers helped promote the contest. Without a response, they escalated their organizing efforts reaching out on Facebook, the blogosphere , and main stream media. They start organizing boycotts and asking their fans to post on the Chase Fan Page (which at that time was opened for comments).

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

It's not often that a little do-good blogger like myself gets invited to cover a big 'ole event, but I am! You can watch the Presidential Forum on Service on CNN, or streaming live on the event host's site, Service Nation. I'm sitting in the press area at the Presidential Forum on Service at Columbia University in New York City.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

What does it mean that one blog has three times as many users as another blog in the nonprofit tech space? These are events where a group of bloggers write about a particularly topic on a particular day. The event is encouraging bloggers around the web to write a post about the environment. I think it means nothing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Since conversations are getting more distributed and in addition to using the NpTech tag to discover, aggregate, and summarize resources, I'm incorporating nuggets from micro media sources, nptech bloggers, nptech friendfeed room, and networks. Do you remember the Grasshopper and the Ant Fable ? And if you???re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

As bloggers and others give it closer scrutiny, we're hearing a debate about which Facebook App is better? See3 Blog writes about the advantages of the Convio Face App (integration with organization's Convio database) and the limitations (can only run one Facebook app at time). Convio or Causes? blog thought it was cool too.

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