Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 17, 2006

services, like del.icio.us, google, flickr, and many, many others, and use and manipulate this data to their own ends. One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups. These are using data in your own databases, and grabbing maps from google maps and putting them inside your application.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Takeaway #1 Know Your Donors Ogilvy had an “aha” moment when researching Rolls-Royce – discovering in a trade journal that their engineers focused extensively on reducing noise. Google Analytics is a must-use tool to help understand your campaign performance. Participation builds loyalty and community.

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Care2

AUGUST 21, 2007

60) Search « NPower Greater DC Region Technology Innovation Award | Main | Building a Successful Internet Presence » Tuesday Aug 21 2007 Get a Google Earth Pro License for Free! Visit Google to learn more: [link] Post a Comment | by Share Article Reader Comments There are no comments for this journal entry.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The first step is mapping your network so you understand the connections – hubs and influencers. Googling is great, but when I needed to know about content strategy, I tapped my network on Facebook. and article about content curation in NTEN Change Journal. It is about how you cultivate and develop your network.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

An example of an API is when you put a Bing or Google Map on your website.). Citizen journalism. Google Maps. The idea was to embed the functions of existing social sites like Meetup , Flickr , and del.icio.us. social bookmarking (now called Delicious ) by using their APIs on the site. (An Podcasting. Wikipedia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2013

Her team members use both a Google spreadsheet, Google Cal and Jira to manage it all. I have an editorial calendar where I map out themes for the year – topics that relate to being a networked nonprofit, measurement, capacity building/training, and social media.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 27, 2013

The organization's IRS Form 990, which must be filed by all organizations that claim tax-exempt nonprofit status, can usually be found with a Google search. Nursing@Georgetown, a master in nursing degree program, as well as a contributor to the Nursing License Map. This can benefit the organization as much as it helps donors.

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

As a result, the conditions under which data become information look different every day, whether in journalism, government, health care, education, publishing, philanthropy, policy research, nonprofit work, advocacy or countless other fields. The effect is being felt everywhere, from business to science, from government to the arts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

User generated content is also at the core of citizen journalism, the notion that amateur users can perform journalist-like functions (accidentally or otherwise) by reporting and commenting on news. Google extracts the pagerank, a measure of how important a page is, from our (implicit) linking and clicking behavior.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

There were two different kinds of APIs discussed – the ones that help organizations with interoperability within their organizational systems – getting data from one app to another, and using APIs for things like Google maps mashups. It seemed that only Blackbaud had APIs you have to pay for. Be Helpful.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

This ongoing study has been cited in hundreds of publications, including Forbes, TIME, Fast Company, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. .” In the last five years alone, Dan has given over 275 talks on philanthropy and innovation in 34 states and eight countries. He is a William J.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Evaluating Next-Gen Volunteer Opportunity Platforms: Forget about the high school community service club : The next generation of volunteering platforms is here -- from Google's All for Good to the President's Serve.gov. But can they also combat apathy? Let's discuss: join us! Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. What is it? How does it work?

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

Evaluating Next-Gen Volunteer Opportunity Platforms: Forget about the high school community service club : The next generation of volunteering platforms is here -- from Google's All for Good to the President's Serve.gov. But can they also combat apathy? Let's discuss: join us! Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. What is it? How does it work?

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

YouTube , Google Maps , DIGG , TypePad , MySpace , Facebook , Plaxo, or Salesforce , then youve likely run across an API. Post a Comment | by Share Article Reader Comments There are no comments for this journal entry. If youve ever used My Yahoo! The ever popular widgets seen on blogs, for example, take advantage of APIs.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

But if you’re not a big collector of online information like Google, Facebook or Microsoft, what does big data have to do with you and your work? Epidemiologists watch for blips in Google queries to localize flu outbreaks; economists use them to spot shifts in consumer confidence. Data Mapping and Visualization.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 20, 2011

The Survivors Connect online platform includes various opportunities for those wishing to report abuse, take action, or otherwise support the network of activists, and relies on a variety of collaborative technologies, from data mapping to online seminars, SMS-powered communications to an online community network. Top Tools for Collaboration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Visual Mapping and Diagnostics for Scaling Change : From Steve Waddel, Iscale - this paper has done the impossible! After you have your social network analysis map in hand, here's some tips for putting the information into practice. Emily Troutman has just launched a new online art/journalism project with a social conscious.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 22, 2021

If you Google “community foundation locator,” look for that. You’re going to see a big map of the U.S. Big map of the U.S. It was published in the Grant Professionals Association journal. Secondly, community foundations, which, in the U.S., most areas have a community foundation that covers your area.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The SEEP site’s integrations also enable it to make use of effective interactive tools, like this map of member locations. They offer a wide range of education resources, including simulation scenarios for civics classes, design thinking studio classes, complete game-based curricula, and research journals. Interactive tools.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2011

Hal Varian, Google’s Chief Economist , says: The ability to take data — to be able to understand it, to process it, to. Innovative visualization, such as the Mapping for Results Initiative , was highlighted as a powerful tool for civil society organizations and citizens. inclusion issues that arise with its disclosure.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 10, 2014

As a HubSpot Certified inbound marketer, he is a contributor to Nonprofit Hub, National Council of Nonprofits, Ragan, Social Media Today, Search Engine Journal, The Build Network, HubSpot, Content Marketing Institute and Business2Community. Think of it as mapping out all of the touch-points a donor goes through before making a donation.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2022

Google’s use of microwork for a US Department of Defense initiative, Project Maven, is a case in point. Partly to keep costs low, but also to keep the project private, Google contracted the services of Figure Eight (now Appen), a microwork site that specialises in data annotation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

There are lots of alternative gift giving opportunities too, take for example Save the Children gift catalog that lets you and your children explore a map of the world and imagine how simple gifts make a difference. More information, see this write up from the Wall Street Journal , not quite a gee whiz fantastic endorsement.

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