Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The primary function of a Content Management System—making it easy for non-technical staff to update content—helps facilitate constituent interaction by helping your nonprofit better attract and engage visitors to its website.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

We can respond, participate in a conversation, build relationships with others, debunk a rumor or correct misinformation, help someone out, and much more. Just enter your keyword and subscribe via RSS or email. Each of the above will let you search for a word or phrase and then get the RSS feed for that search.

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NCE Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

I wanted to share this helpful video on Twitter lists. Share your experiences with lists in the comments section. It’s from a great site on social media that should be in your RSS feed. Back in November, I wrote about the introduction of Twitter lists. Are you on any Twitter lists? Do you use them?

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

The people who donate, listen in, connect with our programs by calling in, reading or commenting online, and coming to our offline events are our community. Just because you have your own profiles now, doesn’t mean you can stop listening to the community or replying and commenting. Start Joining.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 5, 2008

I’ve been helping a client hire a temporary project manager, and so in the interview process one of the questions I ask is how people keep up with change in the field. 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Holly 08.07.08 RSS readers, google alerts and blogs are so key to my existence these days! 2 Jack 08.07.08

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2006

That aside, Joistke goes on to reflect on the usefulness of tagging and rss feeds for her work with communities of practices (and by extension - nonprofit organizations.) This is a huge shift RSS/tagging can bring into the workspace." which then helps the organizations do the work that creates the change.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Miro is basically a video player, which can recognize RSS feeds, and automatically download videos. Be Helpful. There are channels for everything. PBS has quite a number, as do various and sundry video podcasters. It is, I imagine, what the future of television will be. { It is, I imagine, what the future of television will be. {

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

Especially when they help reveal a lot of information in a visual format. World Giving Index Charities Aid Foundation looked at three different types of charitable behavior – giving money, giving time and helping a stranger and used the results to produce the “World Giving Index.&#

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Be Helpful. The description: “ Talk with Michelle about internal software systems – document and knowledge management, CRM, client management databases, intranets, etc.&# So, come join me. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 17, 2008

Be Helpful. I’m looking forward to it. I’m on the Evaluating Open Source panel, with Laura Quinn and Catherine Lane, which should be great. I’m also holding the consultant spot on the panel “ Changing your CEO from barrier to partner &# with Marnie Webb, David Geilhufe, and Steve Heye. (And

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 11, 2008

Be Helpful. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology I’m hosting the carnival next week April 11, 2008 (Photo by frankienose ) I’m hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants here, next week. So send in your best of the week! {

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 11, 2011

Even setting up a basic Excel document will help you out when things start to get crazy. Finally, ask for help! Remember, you are not alone and there are resources, tools and practices that you can access to help in your good work. If you have your own tips for nonprofit success, please share in the comments section below.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 1, 2007

May 1, 2007 Jon Stahl quotes a comment by Ethan Zuckerman about “shiny&# – the over attention to cool and groovy web 2.0 Be Helpful. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Too much “shiny&# ? functionality.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Vote for them , especially the one I’m helping out with (David Geilhufe is the spearhead) on open source CRM. Be Helpful. There are some fabulous sessions proposed for the 2009 NTC , running the whole gamut of nonprofit technology, from planning to Web 2.0, open source, etc. I’m still watching the fallout on this one.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

You need to pick the right hard data points (fancy way of saying metrics) that will help you harvest insights to improve your social media strategy. I track two hard data points: RSS subscriber growth over time as well as the feed delivery stats (email versus reader). What is the quality of the conversation in the comments?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 12, 2008

Be Helpful. I’ll be on hiatus for about another week, and will have some long awaited new FOSS tools, as well as other posts that have been brewing for a while. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2009

ONE/Blog – ONE/Northwest never ceases to amaze me The Open Road – Matt Asay has some interesting insights from the Open Source biz world Tagged as: nptech { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Jon Stahl 04.17.09 Be Helpful. RoughType by Nicholas Carr – really smart dude, really interesting stuff.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 23, 2008

Be Helpful. April 23, 2008 NTEN is doing some great work getting information about the use of different kinds of tools in the sector, and how people are using them. and how they like them. They are doing a CMS satisfaction survey, and the more info that they get, the better. So go rate your CMS ! {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Sue Bennett 09.11.07 Be Helpful. He even asks “What would Jesus do?&# O’Rielly has a new online series about Women in Technology , with some really great articles. Worth a read! AgencyByte has a great article on how to prevent scope creep. I’d love to chat sometime.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2008

Be Helpful. It’s still mighty small (still around 2%), but Linux Desktop market share grew from 40-60% (depending on who you ask) from last year. Adobe (yeah, Adobe ) joined the Linux Foundation , and released a Linux alpha of Air , their new application platform. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Be Helpful. The last time I coded in a CMS was when I was working on the (now dead) perl CMS I wrote many moons ago. So I’m polishing off my PHP skills, and we’ll see where that leads. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 26, 2008

Be Helpful. I won’t be blogging here, and I know that my work will be cut out for me in terms of catching up when I land. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

at 9:01 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Robin 03.16.08 These posts on open source applications are so helpful. Be Helpful. Update: I’ve been using it now as my default browser for the last day or so, and it is really growing on me. { at 7:46 am Just wanted to say: thanks. A true gift!

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

As I make some changes to my business, Big Vision Consulting , I want to know: how I can best help you realize your big vision for your work in the world right now ? I would be honored if you would share the challenges you''re experiencing as you work towards your big vision either in the comments of this post, or on this anonymous form.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 13, 2008

1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 adam nicholson 03.13.08 Be Helpful. The process of governments in Europe starting to shift to open source software, and software that used open standards, rapidly increased the use of FOSS in Europe. It could happen here. { at 8:48 pm Wow…that’s amazing. How much trickle-down?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 7, 2008

Please take it no matter what the level of use of open source software is in your organization – data on as wide a range of organizations will be helpful to us. Be Helpful. Please encourage your colleagues and clients to take this survey as well.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 25, 2008

Be Helpful. Not waiting for Android vaporware (my research suggested it was probably a long time coming, and would not be on my carrier, AT&T,) I decided to succumb, and buy an iPhone 3G. More on that in a later post. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 3, 2008

Be Helpful. I’m giving a talk on the panel on Open Sourced Advocacy , where I’ll be speaking with my colleagues Ryan Ozimek (of PICnet ) and Jo Lee (of CitizenSpeak ), as well as Michael Haggerty, of Trellon , and Alan Rosenblatt , of the Center for American Progress.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2011

After all, both are businesses, and both can help you provide the service you want to share. These are a few of the key differences that can help you make the right choice for your organization. By collaborating, you could fulfill your own desires as well as help the existing nonprofit in fulfilling its mission. Have questions?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

November 21, 2007 Beth’s wonderful post about a decision tree for whether or not an organization should get into the social networking business had a link to a comment about OpenSocial. Maybe this is the use for opensocialorg.org! :-) { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Devdas Bhagat 11.22.07 Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 30, 2008

at 6:31 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 07.30.08 BTW, I thought of you today after reading Nancy’s comments about the online community module for NTEN We Are Media. Be Helpful. I read her blog for great tips on professional development and technology. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Alanna 09.05.08 Be Helpful. If someone releases a “Chrome minus Google&# – that is, a version of Chrome with all of the “phone home&# code completely eliminated, then I’ll think about using that version, just to see what it’s like. 2 film fan 09.16.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2008

Be Helpful. Check out the new images and videos of Android , the open source phone. And the video with the kids is very cute. Wait for this, or buy an iPhone? Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 17, 2006

Like the freedom that RSS gives to end users in terms of getting the data that you want in your hands, to read when and how you want it, APIs give programmers (and, at times, end users) the freedom to get data from Web 2.0 applications, provided their data via open APIs, it would help other nonprofits, and the sector as a whole.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 4, 2008

The surveys could stand some graphic design help, but you can design templates for it. Be Helpful. The admin interface is nice looking, and fairly intuitive. It’s a LAMP stack application. Worth a look if your organization does surveys. { Worth a look if your organization does surveys. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 18, 2007

I have a few comments. Be Helpful. I looked over Allan Benamer’s post on the Convio and Kintera initiatives, I looked harder at the Convio Open and Kintera Connect docs, and I also had a chat with some Kintera folk. Of course, the API was only one part of Convio’s initiative, so I do still think they come out ahead, a bit.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 26, 2008

I also wrote a software choice worksheet , that can help with the process of looking at a wide variety of tools. Be Helpful. Idealware has a great article on CRMs, and how they are different, and how you can begin to figure out what might work best. One of the fascinating things to me is how quickly the CRM space is evolving.

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