Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

Charities carry out mission-based work. Foundations fund and coordinate mission-based work. Things work best when the two sides are well aligned, and technology is an important area where we can do that. are two organizations doing good work to make that happen. Foundations need tech support as much as anyone.

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

Each CoP has space in the NTEN groups platform ([link] You can search for current CoP’s by entering “CoP” in the search bar on the upper right hand corner of your browser window. The online group includes a listserv email archive, a library, a wiki, a group blog, and a discussion thread platform. Where does the CoP “live”?

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

I often get the comment during a leadership seminar I teach that goes something like, "Well this is all well and good for large organizations, but what about my twelve-person NGO?" The MobileActive listserv is a good one for phone-based app's. The MobileActive listserv is a good one for phone-based app's. The benefit?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

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. work in providing life-changing solutions that help all people with disabilities have equal opportunities to live, learn, work and play. Our goals are: ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

The resulting discussion thread on the progressive exchange listserv prompted some reflections on how nonprofits can effectively use Facebook. We put our resources into creating that profile as a way to put a personal touch to those issues as 500 "real" people on his friends list. to open its profiles to Google search.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

I first met Amy Fox when she de-lurked on the Museum Computer Network listserv. Then set up an account for your museum and follow a few other museums as well as people in your target market using a search for location or interest keywords. You might also consider throwing in some key words to make sure you show up in searches.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2007

" I need to start organizing the various pile of UK examples that tagged and grab from various emails and listserv posts. She uses her personal blog, A View From Home , to help her keep informed of technology. "I use my blog to help work things out for myself. ll search my own blog to get that reference."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

I'm having to quiet some inner Gollums while working on the presentation materials. looking at the ten steps and overlaying these themes in search of examples! Personal learning and reflection on and about your instructional topic. Use Technorati , a blog search engine. Here's how to search on Technorati.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

I've been following Carie Lewis's posts on the NTEN Affinity groups as well as other nonprofit tech listservs (yes, I still do read listservs) and caught up with her for an interview. she manages all social networking profiles, online advertising, search engine optimization, and online marketing techniques for campaigns.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Remember to include both hard skills (specific knowledge and technical qualifications) and soft skills (behavioral characteristics, personality traits, and attributes of work style). In fact, approximately 75% of nonprofit jobs are filled by strong candidates before the search ever becomes public. Initial in-person interview.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2007

Right now there's a group of us trying to do some action learning about how to facilitate virtual collaborative work and learning in Second Life. Here's the description: The aim of this exercise is to get you use to SL and working with others in SL. If there is time there will be more boxes to search for. Personally I think I???ve

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2005

This week I wanted to get a bird's eye view of nonprofit blogging from a nonprofit technology assistance provider (people who work with nonprofits on technology/capacity building issues). They should belong to listservs, comment on community bulletin boards. The photo above is one of two places where you will find Marnie blogging.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 7, 2007

What happens to the surprises designers encountered, the interactive that visitors loved, the bits that never seemed to work quite right? As a poet, I know how a wide range of poets over a few hundred years have influenced my work. The way real people work online is much broader. There's no sharing of that information.

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NSF Interview Case Study Museum 20

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 28, 2008

Human contact is hard to come by, and while websites and phone systems provide the basics, there are many visitors with complex questions—often more interesting questions—who are turned away by the frustrating inability to reach a real person. What if that real person was another visitor? Let's look at each in greater detail.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

Use it not only to advertise your services, but also to share files with clients, point to resources, clarify your working style/methods/contract, etc. It’s easy and cheap, accessible from anywhere, and will help you define your work. (3) every contract should have a scope of work, the more specific the better.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

(calling me a pro -- but honestly in comparison to Vicky's work, I feel like more a Sunday afternoon painter.). another person Vicki tagged was Doug Johnson , author of the Indispensable Teacher's Guide To Computer Skills. I've never met Doug face-to-face, but I sure know and admire his work. Does it make me think of a person?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Its success can distort understanding of what makes a wiki work. My second example is more personal and slightly embarrassing. We had 40 "emerging technology" professionals on the team, and we couldn't sufficiently self-motivate to do our work on the wiki instead of an antiquated email list. So when do wikis work?

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Wiki Wikipedia Museum Doc 23

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Here's a quick working definition to get us started: Content curation focuses. about what he ate for breakfast or one of his personal passions, basketball. organization's mission and work as a bipartisan advocacy organization. content creation into work and events already happening. Many organizations today are.

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