Forum One

MARCH 6, 2009

The Obama Administration announced yesterday what had been widely expected, that Vivek Kundra, former Chief Technology Officer of the Washington DC government, would be taking on the role of Federal Chief Information Officer. Tags: Communication. It's a pretty exciting development!

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Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

A lack of standardized demographic data not only hinders our collective work to create a more equitable sector; it also requires nonprofits to take time away from their mission-driven work to respond to disparate requests by funders for this information.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The most interesting part was a session on e-governance featuring R Chandrashekhar and John Suffolk. government and Chandrashekhar is the secretary of India's Ministry of Communications and IT. Both men have received a lot of recognition for changing how their respective governments use technology to provide services.

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 24, 2023

Along with handling basic aspects of their engagement, such as updating addresses and payment information, consider how else your supporters may want to interact with you online. Compliance management Nonprofit organizations must adhere to government regulations and complete reports to demonstrate compliance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2007

where you navigate by tags, most views, or slide shares by users and events. I stumbled upon the term "pivot browsing" while researching a workshop I gave about tagging. Rashimi Sinha's article was very informative. So, for this week's NpTech Tag Summary, I'm aggregating a few of the best ones.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 20, 2017

And all this wonderful information is provided to the site owner or administrator in the form of visual analytics that makes it easy to digest and, ultimately, leverage the knowledge gained. The conversion map has a great filtering capability, and the program allows you to tag individual users to track how they behave on repeated visits.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Last night I was able to meet Vivek Kundra, the new Chief Information Officer of the federal government, at an event organized by Full Circle Fund and the Craigslist Foundation hosted by IBM at their offices on Market Street in San Francisco. For me, it's an amazing change. link] [link] [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Here's a few sessions notes in the wiki: NpTech Tag , definition of Open API For-Profit/Nonprofit Software Collaborations and where are the biggest tool gaps ? What really defines GiveWell is collecting the information that nonprofits are surprisingly hesitant to share, and centralizing and coherently summarizing it.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

More databases now have protocols and mechanisms that allow you to pull your data out and publish it online, so your site can always have your most current information, no updating required. Remixing the content: Government content can't be copyrighted, so you're free to grab and reuse any government created content on the site.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 29, 2009

The systems for participating in government have been long established and formalized. It's taking advantage of technology to make a more powerful discussion that I hope will be more productive and informative compared to the old, asynchronous comment mechanism. Tags: blog Reply Comments OSTP RFC federal.

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NTEN

AUGUST 30, 2011

We know our friends over at the Red Cross have been expertly using social media for disaster response for years now, but this weekend, with Hurricane Irene set to touch down all along the east coast, we saw many other organizations and government entities reaching out via social media, as well.

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VisionLink

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Specifically, Congress enacted Section 508 , requiring federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. government contract and one is 508 compliant, then this company is likely to win the contract. ALT tags for images). For example, who has to be 508 compliant?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Here's my kick-off post for the thread: I was impressed when I heard Tim O'Reilly, one of the main thought leaders in information technology, recommending to all tech folks last year that they Work on Stuff that Matters. And, the same spirit of innovation for a purpose is affecting nonprofits and government as well.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 24, 2010

In the statute: "authorized entity" means a nonprofit organization or a governmental agency that has a primary mission to provide specialized services relating to training, education, or adaptive reading or information access needs of blind or other persons with disabilities; In this case, authorized means authorized under the statute.

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NCE Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

As more of your employees are likely Tweeting, posting to Facebook, and uploading videos and photos, you need to make sure they aren’t posting information about your agency without your agency’s permission. The Social Media Governance website has 82 examples of social media policies in place at corporations.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

For instance, your major gift officer may use an app to look up more information about major prospects prior to initial meetings. but now, you can take all that information on the go with Bloomerang’s mobile fundraising app ! They offer a donor portal that makes it easy for donors to self-serve their information updates.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 29, 2010

million documents in the archive produced from 1960 to 1996 contain critical information about police operations during Guatemala's 36 years of internal armed conflict during which an estimated 200,000 people were killed or disappeared. Tags: Guzmán archive National Police Archive human rights trial Guatemala disappeances.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 27, 2023

Keeping track of your data over time helps you identify trends in user behavior and make informed decisions about how to optimize your analytics strategies. Quick tips to select the date and then choose the max rows because the PDF only snapshots the information you see in the report. Anything—we just want what we had before!”

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

More information is in the press release below – you can contact Marie with additional questions. We need to move beyond our customary categorical thinking and invite everybody – business, government, communities, organizations, individuals – to work together to address the issues we face before it’s too late.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2010

The American Red Cross is hosting the Emergency Social Data Summit to bring together government agencies, emergency management professionals, disaster response organizations, tech companies and concerned citizens to address how to reply to these digital requests for help more effectively. Tags: Conferences. Feel free to join!

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

The simple call to action also lends itself to participation by many, including government officials. It shows a pledge counter, providing a sense of collective participation as soon as you visit the site, and asks you to take the pledge: You are then prompted to fill out some basic information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

You could feel the energy in the room - a convergence of IT leadership from business, government, social innovation, and nonprofit sectors. There are six different categories covering nonprofits, business, corporate social responsibility, e-governance, multi-stakeholder partnerships, and environmental project. Tags: india.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2013

Examples of open government data reuse in US by private corporations and nonprofits is also highlighted and a webinar to help those that also want to use it is being hosted this month. It uses a Facebook app to prompt people to share information from a nonprofit, but only with those friends predicted to respond favourably.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 24, 2009

A new 50- minute documentary film called " 10 Tactics for Turning Information into Action " is a guide to how best to use take advantage of the power of these tools and avoid hidden dangers. Tags: netaction. Activists around the world are using social media tools to make change. The Ten Tactics 1. Mobilise People.

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Forum One

APRIL 2, 2010

Earlier this week, I addressed the topic of social media in the military and government on a panel at The Army and The Navy Club in Washington, DC. From my perspective, the central theme of the panel was that social media is a permanent fixture of government communications. cannot be ignored by the government and military.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

public information??? Also found in the NpTech tag stream and a good backdrop to this conversation is " When the best tool for the job. Marshall Kirkpatrick points us a tag 'PrezConference" for YouTube users to record their questions for the candidates on YouTube. For me, the web and 2.0 For others, the concept of ???public

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 5, 2009

I think this comparison, and context, is a great example of why local (read: non-global) organizations are still key in social change work, and why we need to be building stronger networks for data and information sharing. Tags: otherblogs networks organizations ssir strategy. Power to the People. What makes this more powerful?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

This historical ruling has established forced disappearance as a crime in Guatemala and provided government prosecutors with a key legal precedent needed to investigate higher ranking officers for their possible role in the case. Tags: HRP Guzmán impunity HRDAG human rights Guatemala. You can read more about the verdict here.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

This week, TechSoup Global/Guidestar International's Keisha Taylor has been participating in the Internet Governance Forum in Vilnius, Lithuania. Tags: Event. Read all of Keisha's blog posts and follow other coverage on the IGF social reporting aggregator.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2010

With built-in sharing functions, a web view for more details on each story, and a simple, no-nonsense interface, HumaneTV offers animal lovers the most useful and informative video experience in the App Store. Tags: Mobile Fundraising Mobile Technology Mobile Websites Smartphone Apps Text Alerts iPhone Apps Smartphones Apps.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Federal News Radio reported today that Vivek Kundra, Chief Technology Officer for the District of Columbia, has taken a position as new Office of Management and Budget administrator for e-government and information technology: Kundra comes to OMB from the Washington city government where he was chief technology officer.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Oakland Local is launching in partnership with 35 local nonprofit, neighborhood & community organizations: it combines postings of partner organizations’ news and information with blogging and with reported stories from a top quality news team. Tags: community otherblogs local news socialbysocial. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2009

Transparency Camp is an unconference designed to convene a trans-partisan tribe of open government advocates from all walks — government representatives, technologists, developers, NGOs, wonks and activists — to share knowledge on how to use new technologies to make our government transparent and meaningfully accessible to the public.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 22, 2010

For starters, they added information from over 200 insurers on 4,400 plans. Wall: This is where the government publishes updates for its fans. Also, privacy practices are governed by Facebook, not the U.S. government. Tags: Influence Government Internet Strategy Social Media Tips & Trends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

The annual conference helps inform, enable and enhance the strategic nature of their work. This year’s conference, “The Future We Make” had four themes – strategic philanthropy, modern day slavery, agriculture and nutrition, and education, learning, and employment. Notes from Session.

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Forum One

MARCH 15, 2010

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Aid Information Challenge on Friday at the Word Bank. Get governments in developing countries to pay attention and act on the data to drive aid effectiveness. Tags: Influence Data & Visualizations Government.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Facebook in Online Privacy Breach; Applications Transmitting Identifying Information – WSJ.com – "Many of the most popular applications, or "apps," on the social-networking site Facebook Inc. Really looking forward to hearing your responses!

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