Museum 2.0

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In most cases, the audience wasn’t asking about money: they were asking about time. As one woman put it, “spending time on this means time staff isn’t spending on other work.” So in the interest of hers, yours, and everyone else’s time, here’s a rundown on what I see as the real time costs of a variety of Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Technorati (the first blog search engine at that time). Here’s how Daniel Ben-Horin described the potential of the project at the time: "What stands between nonprofits and much greater mission effectiveness is no longer about money. But it was an exhilarating time. Citizen journalism. Google Maps. Podcasting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2005

Mary Hodder's post Link Love Lost or How Social Gestures within Topic Groups are More Interesting Than Link Counts comes directly out of the discussion at blogher at the Technorati 100. Currently, blogs are measured in systems like Technorati or ranked in PubSub by links or by number of subscribers to a feed in Feedster.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Between the internet strategy teleseminar for the San Francisco Writing Conference I did on Monday, the blogging presentation I did for the Oakland branch of Ladies Who Launch on Tuesday, and the consults I had with individual bloggers on Wednesday and Thursday, I've been asked several times this week: "How do I increase my blog traffic?"

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Forum One

MARCH 1, 2009

I had a great time yesterday at Transparency Camp '09 in DC - kudos to Peter Corbett , and Gabriela Schneider and Clay Johnson and others at Sunlight Foundation , as well as others for catalyzing it. Twitter feed and Flickr pictures. Technorati Tag: TCamp09. More followup thoughts later. Picture courtesy of stereogab.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Nonprofit Data Management March 12, 2007 As you know, nonprofit data management has been a really important issue for me for a long time. at 10:14 pm Good carnival!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Nonprofit Data Management March 12, 2007 As you know, nonprofit data management has been a really important issue for me for a long time. at 10:14 pm Good carnival!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 2, 2007

I promise in April I’ll be right on time (oooohh, that could be fun, April Blogtipping on April fools day …) By the way, I think blogtipping is a great idea for our sector, and it’s a great way for me to think more about all of the blogs that I read. I think it’s a great idea, although I’m one day late.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Traditional barriers between consumers and real-time information are falling. The speakers wasted no time discussing the values and benefits when opening up the flow of information. Some presenters jumped at the chance to defend Jeffersonian principles through the timely release and transparency of public information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2007

She acknowledges that it takes time to listen and that there is no way around it. Add the feed to your RSS Reader. Follow the feed and leave comments when mentioned. Technorati. News Feeds. s Quick Guide for RSS Feeds for Educators - has advice on setting up search terms. Tracking Blog Conversations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 23, 2007

’&# I do think that is something that we have a hard time getting across to folks. Other projects take more care and feeding, and you might have to take it to the vet. Technorati Tags: nptech , opensource { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 04.24.07 at 10:00 am Free. brilliant.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Set up a few blog searches - you can search sites like Google Blogsearch , Technorati , Bloglines and BlogCatalog. Bonus Tip: Rather than email alerts, you can use a feed reader like Google Reader to collect all of your listening alerts and searches from Google, blog search engines and Twitter into one place. Choosing Keywords.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

Now the online channel has breathed new life into this surging wave and brought with it Facebook events, Myspace groups, Razoo causes, BBC News feeds updated real-time, Twitter posts about Wear A Red Shirt This Friday For Burma and countless IMs??? from friends telling friends telling friends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

She acknowledges that it takes time to listen and that there is no way around it. Add the feed to your RSS Reader. Follow the feed and leave comments when mentioned. Technorati. News Feeds. s Quick Guide for RSS Feeds for Educators - has advice on setting up search terms. Tracking Blog Conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2007

If you want to follow a specific space, consider finding the right people twittering about that space, and building a blended RSS feed in Yahoo Pipes , and adding that to your RSS reader , instead of using the Twitter interface itself. t just blurt out your podcast url. Why build a persona and add people if you???re Sharing is important.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

Birdie's blogs and stories have been featured in the New York Times, Time Magazine, Positive Thinking Magazine , and the Wall Street Journal as well as many other news outlets. Corante , and other topics for The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, Worthwhile , and The New York Times.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

I spend a lot of time listening on the social web using a radar that I've put together with a combination of free tools and the Stradivarius Violin of listening tools, Radian 6. It is sort of like Technorati for Twitter. I found it because I have an RSS feed for a twitter search on the nptech tag.

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Blog Searches: Technorati. You can also setup a RSS feed. What is Earned Media?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2005

Of course there is not a cell-casting movement and listening to your cell phone for long periods of time without talking could seem strange with out a headset but there could be some potential there especially with the adoption of faster cell service by many countries. and the podcast feed is at: Radio mnartists Podcast. Art on Call.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

I'm hoping to get a chance to finish during some much needed down time. I listened to the audio feed of him talking to the kids, answering their questions. So, I asked, "There has been a lot of criticism about Second Life lately, do you think we're wasting our time and money? Technorati Tags: VECoP Is it just a fad?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2005

I have some static resources there, several dynamic resources (like syndicated feeds of certain categories of my Furl archive and the main column of posts or articles. I try to write there at least 4 times a week. I found you doing a Technorati Tag Search for Non-Profit, after I applied the same tag to a blog post of mine.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2008

In June, I will start full-time at the social marketing firm based in Washington, DC where I've been completing a fellowship, working on the client team representing the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Is it CNN broadcasting live, yahoo news feeds, a blog, your next door neighbor, or a guest lecturer? What shapes how you feel?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 17, 2005

Obviously, you can stray from that focus once in a while, but your readers want to know what kind of stuff they can expect when they take the time to read your posts. In Site Feed: click "Yes" in answer to "Publish Site Feed" so that other people can publish your posts elsewhere. The best blogs are ones with a particular focus.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 26, 2007

several times) Nonetheless, Stacy told me later in an email: Though from your end it might have seemed like a bit of a muddle, the panel was a great success. The dots represent data - some brought in by RSS feeds pertaining to geocoded stories from that area or you can click through to a web site. Technorati Tags: iasummit2007

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2005

Anyway, I noticed that Sonny had his "Read/Write" lists as RSS feeds going down the left side of his blog. Although it's a pretty critical component of our information management success, I hope to explore the workflow at another time. Technorati Tag: nptech. Now I have found way too many.). Click to enlarge).

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

A lot of nonprofit blogs have come on the scene in the year between these events and I feel like it is time to revise and update my "10 Ways" post to include not only ways that nonprofits can use blogs, but also engage bloggers to support their cause. Don't be afraid of RSS feeds. You can read Steve's blog at the Eye of Bakersfield.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2005

on the downside, I feel so distracted and can spend lots of time in discovering these tools (and not doing other things.) Hey, this will definitely reduce my RSI injuries and save me some time! Do I really have time for all this (with two kids under 6 whining at me as I yell - just another minute). Technorati Tag: nptech

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

An extension is actually good thing, gives us more time to look at all those projects! And if you want everything, look in these spots: Technorati. How To Feed Your Blog To Twitter shows you an easy way to stream a presence on twitter and if you don't know about Twitter, read the 12-Minute Guide. More pointers to NTC posts here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2005

I'm not sure what will bridge this schism--which I believe to be one part generational and one part privilege--perhaps just time and some good ol' fashiong spin-doctoring. The organization's web site welcome page there is an RSS feed of headlines from the blog. Technorati Tag: nptech. He adds his two cents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2005

Do you set limits on time, on topics? The organization has to be willing to put in the time. Time is also a barrier. feed), and tools that allow you to find other people and organizations who are working to solve the same issues you are working to solve. I was a freelance writer at the time and so it made sense to me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2007

that spending a lot of time on top-down navigation is mostly a waste of time. Even more don't come at all -- they come from feed readers (as you would know). Unique Visitors & Feed Subscribers). Technorati ???Authority??? Unique Visitors, from your web analytics tool, and Feed Subscribers, from your RSS tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Unique Visitors & Feed Subscribers). Technorati ???Authority??? So, if you are just starting up, pick a frequency that you can sustain over time. Calculating benchmarks should not take you more time than it is worth. So I'm not spending time to generate god's spreadsheet of monthly number of posts and words per post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2005

I guess I thought it was time, but people looked at me strangely, so I stopped asking. Q: You have an impressive record of regularly postings, was there ever a time when you stopped posting (outside of vacation)? It feeds into a variety of publications that I offer, some for free and some for sale. What keeps you motivated?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2009

I look at several metrics proposed by Avinash Kaushik These include author contribution, audience growth, conversation rate, and authority Then I look at the amount of time in my work flow and reflect on productivity. I've used my Technorati rank [it has issues ] and just compared against myself for year before.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2006

I get this information via a combination of my stats programs and feed stats, but it would also be nice to add data from a blog a audience survey.). There's some discussion of the difficulty of tracking readership via RSS readers: Online but external to the blog, RSS feeds and aggregators can both reveal and disguise a blog???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2006

social networking tools like del.icio.us, flickr, blip.tv, Technorati, etc. Technorati Search Widget : If anything else, I use the search widget on my blog to retrieve posts I wrote about a while ago, but can't quite remember when or what category I filed them in. The particular Web2.0 Social Networking Tool or Service.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2006

" The question awoke my inner research geek (a long time ago I worked as a research analyst and focus group moderator). "A blogger's influence should not be measured by in-bound links (like technorati), but out-bound links. want to waste some time. It goes into the topic of social networking analysis.huh?

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