NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

It’s an old problem, made worse by the tantalizing potential that technology provides: how do you collect and aggregate quality data when you work in low resource areas? How do you start to tackle this problem? Wikis/Blogs. Sometimes the problem is the technology -- or rather, inappropriate technology. Mobile phones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

If you didn't have a chance to participate, you'll find the slides, resource materials, and an archived recording over at the webinar wiki. The community is hosted by Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer of SocialFish in collaboration with Omnipress. What: The art of social instructional design. How: 6 Tools and Tips. It has 400 members.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 26, 2015

OpenProject is a web-based project management system designed to help dispersed teams collaborate on projects of varying scope. They were also able to move data from multiple systems into one centralized solution. Project Management. Human Resources Management (HRM).

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

A hackathon is an event where programmers, developers, designers, and leaders come together to collaborate on an app, website, or software projects. This wiki can be a first step in providing those developers with information about the problems that can benefit from their support. or Code for Oakland ).

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

CrisisCamps are one example of how cloud computing lets us reimagine a problem and thus develop new solutions. As we build the assumptions of the cloud and mobile apps into our work processes, we will find that we see problems differently and shape solutions in new ways. CrisisCamps took off after the earthquake in Haiti.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 7, 2012

We can collaborate on Pinterest boards asynchronously, comment on what others add to the boards, and plan events based on the aggregated information. We're using it to solve a basic internal communication problem. Project coordination on wikis. We're starting to use it for the early stages of exhibition planning as well.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

CrisisCamps are one example of how cloud computing lets us reimagine a problem and thus develop new solutions. As we build the assumptions of the cloud and mobile apps into our work processes, we will find that we see problems differently and shape solutions in new ways. CrisisCamps took off after the earthquake in Haiti.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

My role was to deliver components of the Networked NGO curriculum – sessions on network mapping, challenges assumptions about networked ways of working, as well as training on how to use the online collaboration platform for their together moving forward.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Those of us who sell strategy services for a living tend to rely on the desire for measured approaches to big problems. Nowhere is this truer than in the online collaboration space. Tags: Influence Tips & Trends Collaboration Internet Strategy Tips & Trends Tools & Software. This same dynamic is true in other cases as well?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The tool will allow hackers and coders to get up to speed before the hackathon by reading problem statements written from the perspective of the people who are working to solve social problems on the ground: NGOs and activists. They can go straight to work to create useful apps and other tools for solving social problems.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Given our multiple team members, we use a wiki as an easy-to-use online collaborative space, where we keep a calendar of upcoming blog topics and draft blog posts. The wiki helps us avoid version control issues and allows us to keep a history of changes by author. DC Central Kitchen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2010

There is one problem with this design: Many of us find experimenting difficult. If two minds are better than one, what about 100? The wiki and our hashtag helps bring in other people into our learning and enrich it. We'll have check-in conference calls as well as use the wiki and hashtag to provide just-in-time learning.

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Forum One

JANUARY 22, 2010

During the camps, groups and leaders quickly self-identified and immersed themselves in solving humanitarian relief problems like coordinating relief workers and negotiating language barriers. A Crisis Wiki to serve as "yellow pages" for folks supporting the relief efforts in Haiti. Photos tagged in Flickr with Crisis Camp.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

wiki that gives you a good set of questions to ask after you’ve created a descriptive drawing. One problem is that it doesn’t analyze your network in real time. This can be useful to find potential collaborators. Apparently this team chemistry is important to winning.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Those of us who sell strategy services for a living tend to rely on the desire for measured approaches to big problems. Nowhere is this truer than in the online collaboration space. Tags: Influence Tips & Trends Collaboration Internet Strategy Tips & Trends Tools & Software. This same dynamic is true in other cases as well?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Wiki: Collective brain of humanity. He also mentioned a Romanian wiki called MediaPedia.Ro. Talked about the problem of wiki spam and how easy it is to administrator. A good collaboration between the state hospital and ngo. . They wanted to dispel myths about what mental problems really mean.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2007

Ihad set up a wiki with the idea of collecting the remixes and incorporating some templates or make it easier for folks to remix. I've been creating the cards in Publisher -- not the most web collaborative tool in the world - and putting the resulting document up as a pdf. The problem is that it isn't easy for people to remix.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2008

#machine for machine problems; ex., ???#machine EP+your state if you have a serious problem and need help from the Election Protection coalition; ex., A volunteer network of software developers, designers, and other collaborators have teamed up with the award-winning blog techPresident to launch Twitter Vote Report. 

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

You are dependent on your internet connection – which could be a problem for mission-critical applications. What you should do Make an assessment – will using this online tool really save money or time, or facilitate collaboration in ways that is not possible with local apps?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 27, 2009

As Seane Corn said in my interview with her about Off the Mat, Into the World : "We use the analogy like when you are on an airplane and they say, 'If there is ever a problem and the pressure drops and the oxygen masks drops from the ceiling, put it on yourself first, and then put it on your child or friend.' Collaboration.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2006

The first point seems obvious - but its a big problem. Here is a perfect application for a wiki. A wiki is a website that allows a community of users to easily add and edit content and is especially suited for collaborative writing. We've been finding that the wiki is a perfect place to plant organizational knowledge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

So, we kicked things off with speed dating – modified share pairs to give participants swap success stories and mutual problem solving. I also added a round of “Pair Squares” or having two sets of pairs pair up – this helps break the intensity of the one-on-one. Content Curation Primer. SMART(er) Social Objectives.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 17, 2010

Don't want tickets/case management, don't want wikis, don't want blogs, don't want "here's what I'm eating for lunch" status updates - need to be able to to tailor interface to only what we need/want. The biggest problem with these tools is that they are designed for teams that work with clients. Basecamp's focus is on collaboration.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 17, 2010

Don't want tickets/case management, don't want wikis, don't want blogs, don't want "here's what I'm eating for lunch" status updates - need to be able to to tailor interface to only what we need/want. The biggest problem with these tools is that they are designed for teams that work with clients. Basecamp's focus is on collaboration.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2005

technologies such as tagging, social bookmarking and online social networks, blogging, content sharing through Wikis and RSS, and new Web widgets need not only be in the hands of well-funded developers; but also can be used by organizations to further their missions. What on earth is a Wiki? The Impact of Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

tools take collaboration and information sharing to a whole new level, the non-profits I work with have nuts and bolts Information Systems issues that are, and should be high priorities. Even if an organization could benefit from these tools to solve a priority problem, there is an education effort needed. While Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

My early experience in doing technology training was collaborating with teachers to deliver professional development on how to integrate technology. I was introduced to lesson planning from veteran teachers and have written “lesson plans” or now that I’m an adjunct professor a syllabus for everything I teach. Development.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

No problem. Collaborating. Make a slide at the end with contact information, wiki address, etc. Participants will have two weeks to do the exercise and we'll write our reflections on a wiki. So, need to take what I learned from this session into that as well as learn how to use Media Wiki. Interactive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

Sometimes it doesn't support the process of collaboration effectively for all the reasons we already know. And, how does a virtual world tool help or hinder effective online collaboration or a synchronuous online communication? How much does this help or hinder effective collaboration? Co-editing WHILE discussing a document.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2005

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. Can you tell me more about your work with wikis and nonprofits? How have nonprofits you're working with used wikis?

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Forum One

MARCH 27, 2005

Read More » Collaboration for Funders: Understanding the Challenges Joe Anderson in Influence 1 Jul 2010 This is part two of a series on online collaboration for grantmakers. In part one, we looked at determing the value of creating a collaboration community.If

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

from pitching your cause to donors and funding agencies, to delivering services to members and clients; and from seeking public support and the ear of decision-makers, to collaborating with other organizations in projects of common interest. collaboration. Crowdsourcing: How Business and Nonprofits Tap into the Wisdom of Crowds.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 28, 2008

As Charlene and Josh point out, when a customer answers someone else’s question on an online support forum, she doesn’t just solve one person’s problem. Her useful comment is archived and can be accessed by hundreds of other people with the same problem. Most support forums are only frequented by people who have a problem.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2005

I try to understand the problem and present a range of solutions. I think that blogs are one piece -- and probably the most easily accessible and implemented piece -- of an online strategy that can encourage collaboration through the installation of plumbing that makes sharing inherent and explicit.

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Care2

JULY 11, 2007

Somehow, a while back, we slipped from solving social problems to treating social ills. Plus, in our society, it’s tough to collaborate. JO: Lots of people are concerned the impersonal nature of technology actually makes it harder bring people together to solve problems - its harder to reject a face than an e-mail.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2008

Not sure how to use the wiki software and may feel too difficult or time consuming to figure out. One of the design decisions in setting up the wiki was registration. The wikispaces discussion feature on each page is great for brainstorming ideas, problem solving, or pre-writing. Levels of Collaboration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

And that’s good thing for solving complex social problems with innovative ideas. Using this open source collaborative platform, the Manhattan-based nonprofit has so far engaged more than 600 communities in 55 countries in creating citizen maps to catalyze new environmental projects, large and small.

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