Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

I linked to a great thought piece a while back on opening up the social graph (that is, your network of friends.) I linked to a great thought piece a while back on opening up the social graph (that is, your network of friends.) Jon Stahl pointed me to a great article , also about opening up the social graph.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2018

Over the last two decades the NGO sector has embraced technology, but economic and political factors and the quality of Internet infrastructure regionally often affects how well NGOs worldwide can use technology. Topics include: How NGOs worldwide differ in their use of web and email communications. Time: 1pm EST/10am PST.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 25, 2016

Over the last two decades the global NGO sector has embraced online technology, but economic and political factors and the quality of Internet infrastructure regionally often affects how well NGOs worldwide can use new technology. Topics include: How NGOs worldwide differ in their use of web and email communications. Cost: Free.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping October 1, 2007 I was reading Deborah Finn’s curmugeonly post about Facebook. I have been having curmudgeonly thoughts about social networks in general.

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NetWits

JUNE 17, 2010

How important is the internet? How important is the internet to you as a nonprofit? Currently, three quarters of Internet users worldwide visit a social network or blog while online — a 24% increase year over year according to the recent study by Nielsen.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

6) By 2018 more than half the world will have access to the Internet and by 2020 global internet users are expected to reach 4.2 First-time access the mobile internet is exploding across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East and in Europe, North America, and Australia, the mobile web has surpassed desktop.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. " How Useful is Social Media to Nonprofits? " How Useful is Social Media to Nonprofits? Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of September 16th).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 8, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Update on social network portability January 8, 2008 Last week, I covered the Richard Scoble dust-up. And, of course, nonprofits should be especially keen on being able to keep control of their data.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Speaking of open social networks … August 14, 2008 I just joined identi.ca. The documentation is a bit lacking, and it’s clear that it’s a very new project. So I’m on identi.ca

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 16, 2012

The internet was once considered a great equaliser, a platform that could bring strangers together, even across racial boundaries. But internet users of the same race have recently begun clustering on certain social media websites. PEW REPORT] Digital Differences: How the Mobile Web is Narrowing the Digital Divide.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2010

Growing Empathy for Your Cause Through Social Media. Tags: Marketing Online Recruitment Privacy Social Networking Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

No one is immune to making mistakes on the Social Web. That said, below are 11 obvious signs that your nonprofit may be in need of social media training. If you’re only making a couple of these mistakes or none at all, congrats - your social media campaigns are likely on the right path.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 13, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Though the social networking behemoth continues creeping toward 700 million global users, six million Americans quit the site in the month of May. fact that I can often be found laying in bed at 6am and digging through client web reports.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Users ages 18 to 54 have reportedly turned away from email, as well — many are instead communicating through social-networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 6, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Yes, Finds Pew Study, People Will (and Do) Pay For Digital Content – "For a long time – right or wrong – content on the Internet has been synonymous with "free." " Free music. Free videos. Free blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

Social Networking and Web Tools for Chicago Nonprofits. now hear from homegrown social networks and what they have to offer local nonprofits. The majority of the room had experience in social networking sites and tools, both personally and for their organization. All live blogging disclaimers apply.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 26, 2017

hours a day on their smartphones and can not remember a time before the internet or social media. [ Global Web Index ]. Gen Zs get their first social media accounts at an average age of 11.4 Gen Zs get their first social media accounts at an average age of 11.4 Global Web Index ]. Influence Central ].

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Nonprofits should diversify their brand online for a number of reasons, but below are three important ones to consider: 1) There’s no one-size-fits-all Internet anymore. Young, tech-savvy millenials text often and increasing prefer social networks and using tablets. Gen X is big on blogging, e-mail, and social networking.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Nonprofits should diversify their brand online for a number of reasons, but below are three important ones to consider: 1) There’s no one-size-fits-all Internet anymore. Young, tech-savvy millenials text often and increasing prefer social networks and using tablets. Gen X is big on blogging, e-mail, and social networking.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

Second, search engines are consistently searching the web to index fresh content. The first blogging platform, Blogger , launched in 1999 and it signaled the birth of the Social Web. At the time, it was a completely new concept whereas today our daily internet experience is one based on social commentary and feedback.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

The Change the Web Challenge from Social Actions is now officially open! Change the Web Challenge is about building innovative tools to help people find and share opportunities to take action on the Web sites, blogs, and social networks that we all visit every day. How Change the Web Challenge Works.

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Care2

JUNE 17, 2010

She said only 11% of teens email daily and that they are using SMS (or Twitter) and social networks for communications. Interestingly, despite all the protests against Facebook’s privacy policy she also said that people entrust their personal info with social networks. In India it grew by 1250%. Will they survive?

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Care2

JANUARY 5, 2011

They love their gadgets and are constantly on the web via laptops and mobile devices. According to Pew’s latest study, “they still clearly surpass their elders online when it comes to many communications and entertainment-related activities, such as using social network sites and playing games online.&#

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Web Crawl Data: Click here to see larger image. Note from Beth: As visiting scholar at the Packard Foundation, I'm connecting with other people who are studying and learning about how networks work. Web Crawl Mapping The “quick and dirty” one is web crawls. There are a couple of tools that can help you out. .

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2009

Here are the details: What: Promoting Causes on Online Social Networks. Tags: Marketing Online Activism Online Recruitment Running Your Organization Social Networking Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 When: Tuesday, June 2, at 12:00 p.m. Cost: Free. Where: Online. Register at: [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

When I was in Minnesota, one of the questions I got was about blogging and social networking policies. Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. I mentioned a link from IBM via Elsua (Luis Suarez).

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Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

A number of findings in a newly released study by Pew Internat on Social Media and Young Adults will be of interest to nonprofits who seek to connect with or recruit members and donors online.( Social networking research social media. Tags: Non-profit technology General non-profit interest nptech Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2008

A question I'm often asked is " What are the demographics of social networking users ?" " and what is behind that question is the need for some information to decide what social media strategy is right for their organization's goals and audiences and further, social networking or not?

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 6, 2009

Technology already plays a significant role in many North American churches, and to expand a church's ministry to the Internet is not a great leap. The internet is a mission field," says John Saddington of ChurchCrunch, "and sometimes it's easier to be effective if you see it as one.".( read more ).

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2010

One of the final speakers from this morning's session trying to ask and answer whether the Internet could fix politics or not was Scott Heiferman , the co-Founer and CEO of Meetup.com. Having more followers or fans shouldn't be the goal for any organization working on social issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

What happens when fundraising meets social networking? Social Fundraising? Socially-Networked Fundraising? While analyzing our orchestra's "social network," I discovered that someone attended high school with Garrison Keilor. I wonder if we need a new term to describe this approach?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2013

Available through TechSoup, Microsoft Expression Studio 4 Ultimate is a family of tools for designers building web and Windows client applications and rich media content. The COO of 99designs, a design firm based in Australia and San Francisco, guest blogged about web design for Connecting Up, TechSoup's Australia and New Zealand partner.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Submitted by Steve MacLaughlin, publisher of Connections For a while now I've been talking with a lot of nonprofits about using social media and social networking in their organizations. Déjà Vu All Over Again Web 2.0 in 2009 reminds me of Web 1.0 Silo Syndrome And just like with Web 1.0, Where are we today?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2009

Our pals at NTEN have put together a survey to poll how nonprofits are using social networking sites to increase their reach. Questions cover both external social networking efforts using sites like Twitter and Facebook to internal social networks that your organization may have created yourself (like a community forum).

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

How are you encouraging your supporters all over the web to connect with you directly? Tags: Digital Divide Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 To connect with supporters, organizations and individuals working on projects will need to be sure that data gets back to them.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

In particular, he reflected on five strategic uses of the internet which, when combined intelligently, have influenced the actions of the entire US Congress. Transparent scorecard reporting: After aggregating a "grade" for each policy maker, publish it on the Internet, with all relevant substantiating information.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 1, 2011

These types of technologies can also be used for social good. The technology trends that Green Goose is combining are social networking, serious gaming, and the Internet of Things: read more.

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