Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2017

The real-time, in-the-moment nature of cause awareness and giving days can inspire donors to give provided that your nonprofit knows how to promote the days effectively. In addition to the days listed below, see also public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Reporting : The best dashboards come with built-in reporting features that make it easy to see how your nonprofit is performing over time. Tableau is a good option for nonprofits that need to be able to interact with their data in real-time and want more control over how their data is displayed. Microsoft Power BI – Wikipedia.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2017

The real-time, in-the-moment nature of cause awareness and giving days often inspire donors to give provided that your nonprofit knows how to promote the days effectively. That said, please also see public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months when planning your campaigns.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. Groups currently are maxed at 25 members, but in time will likely grow and perhaps even enable one-to-many group texting for free or at a very low-cost. IconsPedia :: iconspedia.com/pack/social-me-1467.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Description : Social media tools allow for people to connect: broadcasting messages to real time communication, online networking to offline collaboration.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. Cinchcast is ideal for nonprofits that are advancing their communications into real-time reporting while on location from fundraisers, conferences, protests, etc. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 15, 2011

Like ‘how many times can I invite my Facebook friends to a fundraising event before it’s considered spam?’ Wikipedia Rolling Out Article Rating System – What Do You Think? – "Love it or hate it, you can't say Wikipedia is slow to innovate. Doing Good. Have you made a video like this?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Millions of editors on Wikipedia and it’s rise in public use was climbing. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. Direct Content. What’s so important or interesting about this?

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NetWits

MARCH 10, 2012

According to Wikipedia … “Content marketing is an umbrella term encompassing all marketing formats that involve the creation and sharing of content in order to engage current and potential constituent bases. I’m sure you just said to your self “we do that” at least 3 or 4 times. Up from roughly 50% in the previous year. Am I right?

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NCE Social Media

MARCH 25, 2009

RSS - Really Simple Syndication, can be a great time saver. RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format (from Wikipedia ). Ideaware has an outstanding article on how to harness RSS to benefit your information needs.

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3rd Sector Labs

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Did you know that the Ice Bucket Challenge has its own Wikipedia article ? Recently, the Chronicle of Philanthropy asked on its front page “ Is Raising Visibility a Waste of Time? It is time for data mining, data analysis, data science. Discussion and debate. million new donors. So much to debate. Let me explain.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 26, 2007

Wired News: Wikipedia Shakeup: Resignations: "By Kim Zetter| Also by this reporter14:00 PM Mar, 23, 2007Two top employees of the Wikimedia Foundation have resigned, citing disagreements with the board.

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Last week I defined skills management by referencing and summarizing an existing Wikipedia article. ” Again going to Wikipedia, here’s how it defines skill. . ” Again going to Wikipedia, here’s how it defines skill. In other words the abilities that one possesses.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

While we’re all learning how to live, work and play (at home, all together, all the time, aah!!) According to Wikipedia , “A disruptive innovation is an innovation that creates a new market and value network and eventually disrupts an existing market and value network.” The perfect time for action. Disruption: your new bff. (I

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

They have since published a report on The Real-Time Web and Its Future. The Real-Time Web: it's more than just immediate delivery of Twitter messages to an always-on mobile device, disrupting the concentration that civilization is based on and bringing a rush to crazed social media addicts obsessed with the hottest new buzzwords.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 29, 2008

“Dumping” on people is not what you want to be known for in the world of Social Media (see definition on Wikipedia) or any other world for that matter. Think of how you responded the last time someone yelled at you … I doubt you appreciated it. It doesn’t benefit you or the people you're dumping on.

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Gyrus

JUNE 14, 2016

This practice also aids in the ability to reschedule due to unforeseen circumstances, as well as to track user metrics within the allotted scheduled times. Gone are the ways of the past and the need to call your LMS provider every time you need a new bit of content development. "Title 21 CFR Part 11" Wikipedia.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 7, 2010

And not that you need to limit child abuse awareness to a certain time of year, but, at least in the U.S., What does this mean for the Child Abuse Awareness Month activities in April – when a specific organization or campaign tries to call on us “for real&# this time? National Child Abuse Prevention Month isn’t until April.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

When they first launched, Facebook Community Pages briefly had check-in functionality and were thus created when a Facebook user checked-in to to your nonprofit for the first time, but when Facebook Places Pages were launched the process by which community pages are created changed. Step 2 :: Find your Facebook Community Page.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

Reading time: 12 minutes Soon after I learned the rules of chess, I started playing a lot of games against myself. I simply wanted to get better at playing, and it seemed to me like handling both white and black at the same time was a good way to go about it. you will probably have a difficult time. Or, not only that.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 21, 2011

There’s a great Wikipedia article to do the work for me. On the other hand, as most people who have read books on a reader like the Kindle know, a device like the iPad is actually not the most optimal kind to read books for long stretches of time. What I want to talk a bit about is what’s next.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 14, 2023

While all donors and donations are important for your nonprofit to progress, you should put special time and effort into identifying and building relationships with major donors for this reason. In fact, most of the time that goes into a capital campaign will involve soliciting major donations.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Gift economies all have: Gifts are always free – If you go to someone’s house for dinner, have a great time, and at the end of the evening you say, “wow, can I write you a check for $56 because I think is about what it was worth,&# you’ve just breached the principle of the gift economy. Examples: Wikipedia.

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

It being 2015 the first place I looked is Wikipedia (of course) and found this: Skills Management. A development plan may be provided to bridge skill gaps over a period of time. In several recent postings I’ve blogged (a lot) about skills and skill management. So what IS skills management?

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2017

Search tricks can save you time by narrowing your search much faster. Wikipedia is another frequent starting point. Search engines like Google and Bing will often be your first stop when you have a question. Get more out of Google by using its advanced search techniques. Check out this handy search primer for Bing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 29, 2010

So while I’ve been off twitter, I’ve had time to research social CRM (funny, that.) From Wikipedia : Customer relationship management is a broadly recognized, widely-implemented strategy for managing and nurturing a company’s interactions with clients and sales prospects. And what I’ve found is pretty interesting.

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NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

Beyond sending emails, in Brett's time at NTEN he helped create a community of nonprofit leaders who were excited to learn and share with each other, he wrangled a website with the best of them, and he provided insight and guidance to our strategic direction and evaluation of our work. Curious if other readers have taken the link bait yet?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2015

The real-time, in the moment nature of social media increases the likelihood that donors will be inspired to give to your nonprofit on cause awareness and giving days provided that your nonprofit knows how to promote them effectively. Cause awareness and giving days can be very powerful for online fundraising. 18: Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 6, 2011

I know a lot of pretty serious geeks read this blog, but I also know some folks who aren’t do too, and I figured it was time to do a quick outline of web application frameworks, and how they differ from things like a CMS. People who are working with frameworks are spending much of their time dealing with code.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

I found this wonderful comic on Mashable “ The Field Guide to Procrastination ” that identifies 12 different methods for work avoidance or procrastination, defined in Wikipedia as “ putting off tasks for a later date.” Pomodoro : The pomodoro technique is a time management methodology created by Francesco Cirillo.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

Today, Wikipedia is the most widely used reference work in the world. org on Climate Change and Building a Movement – "Social Media Coordinator, Joe Solomon took some time to explain what 350 really means, talk about transforming community inspiration into political power, and share a story about how his work with 350.org

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I’m reading this book at the same time as I’ve been working on the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. He talks about three examples which have become classic – free/open source software, SETI@Home , and Wikipedia. He spends a fair bit of time talking about the Wikipedia model, and how, basically, amazing it is.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

The big problem is that most nonprofit web design projects are considered a one-time expense, instead of a long-term investment. Expenses are a one-time cost with a start and end date. Drupal gets updated and maintained by millions of developers (a lot like Wikipedia). Mind Shift: Expense Versus Investment. A 25 percent return?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 31, 2011

will keep you occupied for seconds at a time. Wikipedia came up with a great idea , one we encourage you to steal. To leave you on a happier note, check out this spellbinding set of time lapse videos. We've also got some more great resources on our blog – on how to tell stories with maps , video , even paid advertising !

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2010

With the global success of Wikipedia, many organizations are curious of the pros, cons, and technical details of how exactly wikis work. Pacific time will review the basics of wikis, including software options, best practices, advantages, as well as drawbacks. This free webinar on Wednesday, May 5, 11 a.m.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Wikipedia gives you a fairly verbose definition , the dictionary gives a similar, but less wordy definition that I think is simpler to grasp. “An Think about it this way … If I’m responsible for putting on the Heartwalk in San Diego I need to: Make sure I secure a location, date, time, etc. What’s an Ecosystem?

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