Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2010

I decided it was time to do a roundup of the discussion and collaboration alternatives that exist at this point. I’m focusing on tools that are free and open source – tools that you would install on your own server, or your own private cloud. 2) Elgg: Elgg is a powerful open source social network tool.

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NCE Social Media

JULY 29, 2009

This slideshare presentation is from her social media wiki and discusses the importance of knowing what people are saying about your agency on social media sites. Tags: Marketing and Awareness Tools beth social media slideshare kanter. Without a doubt, one of my favorite social media and nonprofit writers is Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2008

I had to do it for Connected Futures: New Social Strategies and Tools for Communities of Practice workshop. " We have uploaded the screenshots into our wiki profile pages. Last week, I took along my N95 and used as a documentation tool - and a way to bring others from outside the class into the discussion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

In this session we'll explore some uses for screencasting, the tools you'll need to create one, and tips and tricks for making them work. Overview of the tools needed. We're going to use an Interactive Presentation where we will walk folks through what, what, how, tools, and tricks. Top Three Takeaways.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

The TCC Group is facilitating a “learn in public&# process by sharing early research findings related to 1300 capacity building grants. There has been an interesting discussion on the wiki and blogs about strategy for public learning. Flickr Photo by Gary Hayes.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. Here’s a run through of the Tools Galore session.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2008

My colleagues in the UK David Wilcox and Dave Briggs have started an open process to develop some tool kits for organizations and social media. A dedicated network space for post event support and discussion. The etoolkit wiki is here. The toolkit has 3 components: The toolkit itself, a prepared pack of information.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 9, 2005

In our search for collaboration tools we've been looking at web sites that in one way or another make use of the wiki model - pages which are freely editable by a community of users. Probably the most dramatic wiki project is the wikiPedia - an online encyclopedia edited by -- the entire world.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

It approximates the “out of the box” functionality of Jive, and integrates a significant suite of tools. SocialText is a commercial, hosted wiki-based platform with some collaborative workspace-type features such as discussions and document management tacked on. Open Atrium. It is also quite expensive. SocialText.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

It approximates the “out of the box” functionality of Jive, and integrates a significant suite of tools. SocialText is a commercial, hosted wiki-based platform with some collaborative workspace-type features such as discussions and document management tacked on. Open Atrium. It is also quite expensive. SocialText.

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Forum One

AUGUST 15, 2010

The third post is an encouragement to know your community , and the fourth discusses the importance of timing in launching a community and running its programs. Here are three broad approaches: Grab a free or cheap tool and get started fast. In part one, we look at determining the value of creating a collaboration community.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 12, 2009

Case Study: World Vision’s ‘Week For Children’ | Bright One - Check out this case study of World Vision's "Week for Children" - World Vision is a UK charity, and this case study discusses the use of various social media tools (include Facebook, Flickr, Yoube, Twitter, and Blogs) for the Week for Children campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2013

Note from Beth: Mitch Arnowitz and I recently participated in an online discussion at Venture Philanthropy Partners/Leap of Reason about creating a community of practice for continuous improvement and high performance in the nonprofit sector. The discussion thread reminded me of an AdMarketing conversation we had a long time ago.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2010

The other day, Matt Sharp shared this link to a social media policy generator called the Social Media Policy Tool. The process around policy - that is the discussion, buy-in, and education - is so critical for effective use of social media. The social media policy tool helps you with part of the of step 1. . World. . .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2011

They are “ learning in public &# on the wiki , paving the way for networked conversations with others. Here’s a best practice about Facebook that surfaced from the discussions. Here’s a wiki on custom landing tabs and more advice here. Facebook Custom Landing Tabs + Measurement = Best Practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

For the WeAreMedia tactical module on Listening we need a few nuggets, anecdotes, or stories in a few sentences about how your nonprofit has used a listening tool (technorati, google alerts, or RSS readers, or summize/tweetscan to listen). So, if you have a listening story you'd like to share - drop in the comments or over at the wiki here.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Folks in our industry can get into religious-war-level discussions on the merits / demerits of each approach and my intention is not to join that fray. Pick a tool, get it "live," invite particpants, and manage the heck out of the community. Put your data into some of the free tools out there and embedd the results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. In addition, we will be using a wiki to showcase learning and a private Facebook group for daily contact and “just in time” support.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Some questions we'll be discussing: What is content curation? Tools like Scoop.it , Summify , Kontribune , and Storify. Check out this how-to in TechSoup's Nonprofit Social Media 101 Wiki and watch the video below. What type of information are you looking for? How do you find the influencers? How to Participate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2010

This ranges from online discussion of the issue to hosting an Emergency Social Data Summit – or #crisisdata on Twitter on Thursday August 12, 2010, in Washington, D.C., This includes a a wiki , Twitter conversations during the conference via the #crisisdata hashtag, Flickr photos and U-Stream (to be provided by NextGenWeb ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

I didn't know anything about UNIX, discussion forums, email, or any of the technology used. For almost six years, she has been integrating social media tools and tricks into her instructional practice. Learning Objectives: Understand why it is important to incorporate social media tools in your instructional practice for trainings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

It includes case studies, tools, and how-tos. tools to capture and share knowledge from nonprofit gatherings. " Here's the wiki , blog , and flickr compilations. tools into your PR messaging? Something to read before jumping into using the tools. Yet another great example of using Web2.0

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Folks in our industry can get into religious-war-level discussions on the merits / demerits of each approach and my intention is not to join that fray. Pick a tool, get it "live," invite particpants, and manage the heck out of the community. Put your data into some of the free tools out there and embedd the results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Also, check out Lucy’s Digital Civil Society wiki for examples of open data used for the social good. One of the themes that bubbled up was the role of ambient data from social media channels and I agreed to lead a discussion on: How useful is this data for foundations? .” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.”

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

I liked our 10 technology tips to help you reduce your need to travel, and also our travel reduction tools we compiled. All of the tools mentioned allow you to do things like store and share documents, calendars, project management schedules, and presentations online at no or low cost. Online Project Management Tools.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

Using the definition above, the point of the webinar and discussion was to talk about ways that organizations (of any kind) can create opportunities for the community to decide, organize, orchestrate or otherwise fuel engagement. Google Analytics for your Wiki. Engaging Community. My NCME webinar focused on community-driven engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2011

Attendees will explore concrete examples and tools that grantmakers can use to tap the power of networks and increase peer-to-peer learning among grantmakers who are experimenting with networks. You can follow the conversation and join the discussion by also using the hashtag #netfunders. Want to take a deeper dive?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

How: 6 Tools and Tips. 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. It integrates online community discussion forums, structured learning like webinars, content, with participants' social profiles. Social Instructional Design.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

Join us for a discussion and exploration of how social media are being used to accelerate our transition to a global sustainable culture. Blogs, wikis, social network platforms, forums, chats: aka user generated content, conversations, communities. BrightGreenLiving wiki: crowdsourced knowledge. What is social media? -

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

We've had some fantastic conversations and brainstorming on the wiki about the strategic issues, including how to know if social media is a good fit for your organization , strategy mapping , meeting resistance , storytelling , engagement skills , and ROI. If you blog and want to host a discussion on one of these topics, drop me a comment.).

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

So how do you turn your data into a powerful communications tool to tell your story? Pacific time for a special Digital Storytelling Challenge edition of the weekly CommBuild discussion on Twitter. Have questions about storytelling with data you'd like to make sure we cover during the discussion on Twitter?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

NTEN’s gathered some of the top nonprofit social media experts to help your organization devise a solid strategy as well as learn the secrets of using a variety of social media tools. Experience a variety of social web tools that are essential in listening/engaging, storytelling, generating buzz, and online networking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2013

Designed to support social sector organizations and consultants with tools and resources to get ready for engagement in capacity-building projects, ImpactRising.org aims to help make the consulting sector stronger. In that spirit, I’m excited to introduce ImpactRising.org as a resource to nonprofits and the consultants they work with.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

To create the report, an international body of experts in education, technology, and other fields convene on a wiki to review research, practice, and significant trends. This year, the rise of big data was the subject of discussions across many disciplines, including the nonprofit sector.

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Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2011

TechSoup kicked off its Social Media Mondays in May , designed to accompany the launch of the Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki , with a discussion on using Facebook for nonprofits. Several chat participants felt that Facebook management requires organization leaders to take part in the sharing and discussion.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

How can we and how are we using social media tools for social change? There were three main lessons or focus areas that emerged in the discussion. “Social media is a storytelling tool, it’s let voices effected by climate change be heard around the world&# (@ amysampleward ). Lesson #3: Local vs Global.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2011

This week I attended Center for Effective Philanthropy’s conference “ Better Philanthropy: From Data to Impact &# where I participated on a discussion panel about social media, foundations, and grantees. There were questions about social media policies as well as content and engagement strategies and handling mistakes.

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