Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
NOVEMBER 30, 2007
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What I’m learning November 30, 2007 It’s been mostly fun so far at the Open Translation event here in Zagreb. I’ll leave the complaining about Croatian food and other things to my personal blog, when I get the time.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 30, 2007
Earlier this week I was invited to speak on an on-line conference by the Friends of Benetech, an independent support group for our Bookshare.org digital library for people with print disabilities. They have a neat technology for an on-line audio and text chat room. There were more than fifty people on-line with us, and the entire talk was recorded and placed on the web.
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Have Fun - Do Good
NOVEMBER 8, 2007
According to the CCNMoney.com article, Splurges Will Be Scarce This Holiday Season : "Americans will spend an average of $923.36 on holiday gifts, which includes $106.67 on me-too purchases, which are the impulse buys that people make for themselves while they're shopping for gifts. This is up a moderate 3.7 percent from last year, according to NRF's 2007 Holiday Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 23, 2007
I picked up on a post by Elizabeth Dunn about decision trees for which type of social network - large network, nice audience network, or roll your own. Kevin Gamble has more describing a limited test of two efforts - one on Facebook and one on elgg. This is absolutely the right approach -- start with small test before investing further. Kevin used the white label social networking solution Elgg (an open source sonet with facebook like functionality) to set up a community.
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Forum One
NOVEMBER 19, 2007
Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week. I wish I was able to attend, but am glad that many of my clients have the opportunity to go.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 24, 2007
Amazon.com: Kindle This is the first ebook product that gives me a vision of where the book is going to go. I am imagining students with complete libraries without having to carry twenty pounds in their backpacks! And, while not perfect, it gives a vision of where this technology will go. Sort of like the iPod: not the first of its type, but the one that pointed the way forward and ignited the field.
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NOVEMBER 28, 2007
Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Daniel Hartman NOV 28, 2007 A Vision of Your Target Market Most nonprofits are thinking about how to reach younger audiences.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 8, 2007
See larger image here. Just testing this new feature in typepad that lets you automatically cross publish to Facebook profile. It didn't prompt me and it automatically published it. I had to be logged into my Facebook account though. What's nice about it is that it puts a link to your blog post in a mini feed. Higher up on profile real estate and one or two less steps than using the Facebook bookmarklet.
Forum One
NOVEMBER 15, 2007
Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week. I wish I was able to attend, but am glad that many of my clients have the opportunity to go.
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Have Fun - Do Good
NOVEMBER 28, 2007
How would you like to be "friends" with Rigoberta Menchu, the Dalai Lama and Jimmy Carter? You might be able to if you join the newly launched social network, TheCommunity.com. From the home page: "Our social network just launched! November 26, we have just launched our new social network, to put you in touch with Nobel Peace Prize winners and other peace builders around the globe.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
NOVEMBER 26, 2007
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Wiki Syntax madness November 26, 2007 As most people deeply imbedded in Web 2.0, I am an avid Wiki user. I have become a complete devotee of Dokuwiki , which I use locally on my laptop, for my to do lists, notes, etc. I love it because it’s really easy to set up and back up (it’s all files, not in a database,) and it’s has draft autosaves (yay!).
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 25, 2007
I've seen two social simulator projects in the last couple of months, and they are both worth exploring. The first was at the NCTI: National Center for Technology Innovation » 2007 NCTI Technology Innovators Conference, where I had a blast keynoting. The first project was Social Simentor, which is aimed at helping people adapt their behavior to the workplace.
See3
NOVEMBER 26, 2007
Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Daniel Hartman NOV 26, 2007 Don’t Let the Video Tail Wag the Campaign Dog The UN Foundation practices much of what See3 has been preaching for years.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 13, 2007
Jeremiah Owyang has an excellent post called " Why you need to have a strategy NOW before you make a Facebook Fan page." Here are the questions to think about before setting it up: 1) What???s your objective in joining social networks? Why are you doing this in the first place? Does it align with the direction your company is going? 2) Is Facebook the right network for you?
Forum One
NOVEMBER 15, 2007
Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week. I wish I was able to attend, but am glad that many of my clients have the opportunity to go.
Have Fun - Do Good
NOVEMBER 26, 2007
I'm thinking about switching over to a Working Assets cell phone plan, which they are now calling CREDO Mobile. I like the idea of supporting a socially conscious phone company, but ultimately your phone has to work, right? Nothing is more annoying than dropped calls and cell phone customer service. If you've used Working Assets cell phone service/Credo Mobile, I'd like to hear about your experiences.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
NOVEMBER 26, 2007
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology On my way to Zagreb! November 26, 2007 I’m going to Zagreb, Croatia to be at Aspiration’s Open Translation event. I’m really looking forward to it. It will be my first international open source event, and it’s an amazingly interesting topic.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 18, 2007
Bookshare.org hits 35,000 Books! It's always exciting when we hit another milestone like this. The milestones are going to be coming ever faster, now that we have the Bookshare.org for Education project (funded by the Office of Special Education Programs of the U.S. Department of Education). We're committed to increasing our rate of title growth by a factor of four or five while improving quality.
Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog
NOVEMBER 27, 2007
A lengthy article in the Wall Street Journal highlights the effect that the One Laptop per Child Initiative has had on the pc industry. The background if you haven't been following: OLPC is a non-profit venture started by the MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte to create laptop computers that could be sold for $100 each and put them in the hands of millions of schoolchildren in less developed countries.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 13, 2007
The Give One, Get One campaign launched yesterday. Between November 12 and November 26, OLPC is offering a Give One Get One program in the United States and Canada. During this time, you can donate the revolutionary XO laptop to a child in a developing nation, and also receive one for the child in your life in recognition of your contribution. I wrote about some of the challenges about using these laptops in Cambodia (primarily - can't load KhmerOS on them because the screen is too small) and yo
Forum One
NOVEMBER 11, 2007
Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week. I wish I was able to attend, but am glad that many of my clients have the opportunity to go.
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See3
NOVEMBER 21, 2007
Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman NOV 21, 2007 The Web’s Next Phase I feel that we are on the verge of a lot of changes on the web.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
NOVEMBER 21, 2007
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open source your Open Social Apps? 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.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 9, 2007
The best part of my job is brainstorming with brilliant, passionate people around social issues. On my visit to the UK last month to launch International Bookshare.org (check out www.bookshare.org.uk as an inital example), Kevin Carey of HumanITy invited Hiroshi Kawamura, the new President of the DAISY Consortium and me to lunch on Brighton beach. Although it was October, the weather was even nicer than California.
Have Fun - Do Good
NOVEMBER 13, 2007
How do you change consumers' associations that Goodwill clothes mean tacky clothes? Start a fashion blog! The DC Goodwill Fashion Blog is one of the most creative uses of a nonprofit blog I've seen in a while. The DC Goodwill Fashionista posts about everything from how to wear winter accessories , to holiday dresses available on the DC Goodwill's eBay Store , to the DC Goodwill Goodnight Sale (happening tonight!).
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 1, 2007
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Forum One
NOVEMBER 8, 2007
Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week. I wish I was able to attend, but am glad that many of my clients have the opportunity to go.
See3
NOVEMBER 15, 2007
Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman NOV 15, 2007 I’m a Progressive. I’m a Conservative.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
NOVEMBER 19, 2007
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants November 19, 2007 Today, it’s my turn to host the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. It was an open call, so there are a wide variety of posts to talk about. On the theme of this week in the US – Thanksgiving day, Elisa, of Nonprofit Congress, is thankful for her work.
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