Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

widgets and apps have yet to raise large amounts in online dollars for most nonprofits, but that doesn’t mean that social media is not resulting in large amounts of dollars raised online. Concentrate instead on finding your voice and nurturing your communities. It’s true that Web 2.0 before their communities were ready.

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Judi Sohn

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

I love widgets. I try and use voice control to “Call (person) mobile” when (person) is in my address book and the phone searches and dials a pizzeria in Idaho. My husband put it best: When my phone is working well I like it, but it’s not working well enough for me to love it. I love Google Maps. But the bugs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2008

Here's our first voice conversation back in 2005. Wanna also helped me with my first tooth fairy assignment -- he made a voice recording of the word "tooth" in Khmer. Meanwhile, I am so proud that he put the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge widget on his blog. We've never met face-to-face (yet).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

A Unified Voice for the Nonprofit Technology Community: Possibility or Herding Cats? Facing AIDS via Twitter, Widgets, & More: Government Strategies for Online Engagement. Mindfulness – How To Re-Fresh Your Mind’s Browser. Hillaaaarious…The Return of Funny: Using Humor in Online Communications.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

It’s also a great reason to finally bust out that cool countdown widget you’ve been dying to use. Change Your Voice. We’ve found that as you use storytelling more in your appeals, the more donations you’ll get.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 27, 2006

at 1:34 pm Michelle, Just curious what you thought/opinion is of widgets? at 1:35 pm And just noticed that you are using the “online status&# widget for typepad and would like to know what you think about that in terms of building community on a nonprofit blog? at 8:03 pm I like widgets, for the most part. 4 Beth 11.01.06

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

In terms of process, I really liked the opportunity to have so many experts/practitioners on the call and have different voices answer some of the questions. provides free data analytic tracking for services including Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and more - accessible through a web dashboard, XML and Dashboard and Yahoo!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

PostRank has recently brought back its " Top Content" widget " The widget displays you top ranked posts over the last month or so. I did this and noticed some posts from October that received higher ranks but aren't included in the widget.) Organizational Versus Personal Voice on A Blog. Twitter on Paper Icebreaker.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2008

Global Voices, South Asia Editor, Mong Palatino, offers this round up of what blogs in the region are reporting, including these eye witness accounts. The photos, videos, and blog reports are giving us vivid citizen accounts. Right now, thousands and thousands of women and children in Myanmar, need help. (I

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NTEN

JULY 5, 2013

It''s time to raise your voice and let us know which sessions have the mettle to be included in the 14NTC breakout agenda. Under the box with session details ("Track" and "Theme") is a voting widget that says "Vote this session up or down". It''s 14NTC Community Voting Time! No hanging chads here, my friends. A: Go to [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

A first-of-its-kind Twitter widget that tracks tweets about nonprofits or social causes in real time. A Causes widget that points to charitable actions and donations on other sites such as Global Giving and Facebook Causes. You’ll find: A directory of Web 2.0 Please join the conversation We want this to be your site, too!

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Forum One

DECEMBER 30, 2010

With the passage of this law, it is also an opportune time to showcase a few online tools, techniques, and communications strategies that some pretty cool nonprofits (some of them our clients) are using to amplify the voice of the healthy kids movement. PreventObesity.net : This site was developed by my Forum One comrades.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

Branding is.the art of creating a consistent, recognizable, and clear unified voice or personality that conveys your org's focus, credibility and unique contributions. Provide graphics, widgets, whatever is going to make their viral marketing more effective. This must be real, or it will undermine everything your org is trying to do.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Podcasting is a storytelling medium; use it as the voice for your organization’s most compelling stories. There are several services that allow you to create a podcast directly by leaving a voice message recording. This practice will help your voice sound more natural to your first listeners. Tools and Resources.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 8, 2014

transaction fee, and in return receive social media widgets and donor receipts. How it works for nonprofits: This helps you be a voice for whatever cause you’re advocating. When the campaign “tilts” (reaches the goal) then everybody’s cards are charged and you’ll get the funds. Nonprofits pay a 2.5% Free and pro versions are offered.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2009

It also has widgets. Stories come out experimenting, helping people find their voices or the confidence or the desire to take an action, volunteer their time, or raise money for a cause they care about. The site streams volunteer opportunity content from sources like the Idealist, VolunteerMatch, and others.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2005

technologies such as tagging, social bookmarking and online social networks, blogging, content sharing through Wikis and RSS, and new Web widgets need not only be in the hands of well-funded developers; but also can be used by organizations to further their missions. These leading voices of Web 2.0 The Impact of Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

blogs, Twitter, wikis and various widgets (like IM interfaces that help people connect, converse, swap ways of doing things and gather feedback from colleagues and customers). And, just as importantly, increasingly people want AND expect that their voices will be heard. From yesteryear to tomorrow Enter social software.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 25, 2008

But blogs are all about authenticity, transparency and the voice of a real person. How do you handle a blog with multiple voices? One of the most popular tools for raising money on blogs are fundraising widgets like ChipIn , Network for Good and Global Giving. Should the content be appropriate to your audience?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

What if the government created a third-party widget that asked people a range of personal questions that they then data-mined and used to find criminals or criminal behavior? Aspen Baker is executive director and founder of Bay Area-based Exhale, the nation's only pro-voice organization dedicated to.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

" -- the poll was done with mp3 files and so you can hear their voices. " If your organization is using social media, perhaps you've been wondering how to measure or whether if you can even measure "embeds" (that cut and paste script for videos, badges, widgets, and the like). mean for you? hard to use ?"

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

While some activists are unreasonable and deserve to be screened out, it is important to address all issues in the groundswell so that readers can respect your voice. Q: What is the best way to acquire or create a widget for a Facebook or MySpace page? Emily : Again, it is acceptable to screen posts and have a disclaimer.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 17, 2017

“ Use your voice.” Asking an individual to use their own voice and share personal experiences, as opposed to simply urging them to regurgitate a prewritten organizational blurb, makes the resulting message matter. It’s no secret that authentic constituent voices make a difference. Let them use their voices.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Unfortunately, just because your team isn’t driven by profits, shareholders, or selling the latest widget – it doesn’t mean that you don’t have to be concerned about dollars and cents. Pay close attention to the language and the tone of voice you choose to use in your script and make sure it aligns with your copy elsewhere.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2009

You’ll take a while before you find your legs - get started hearing your voice and get feedback before you launch into the field. Podcast Pickle & Podcast Alley & Odeo - good directory, has a good community forum, as well as embedable widget players for your website. Soundboards - definitely not necessary.

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See3

MAY 25, 2007

But then you also have widgets. Widgets are big. Widgets are little applications that live on some other page on the web, where the info in the widget comes from some server somewhere else. Technically, an ad server is a widget – displaying a banner coming from DoubleClick, for example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

You can even add a good deed widget for your site. Global Voices Bloggers Mentor Others. A few examples - TwestivalDC , BostonTwestival , SFTwestival , and so many more. After you have your social network analysis map in hand, here's some tips for putting the information into practice. Inspiration.

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See3

DECEMBER 12, 2007

And, they have this web widget with the countdown. They are hoping to pressure the parties to continue the momentum from the Annapolis meeting, resulting in a Palestinian state at peace with a secure Israel. One of the tools they are using are large public countdown timers in Tel Aviv and Ramallah. You can learn more on their site.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 7, 2015

But getting a real human voice thanking me for my gift? Have you downloaded free widgets that allow your website visitors to tweet/post/share, etc.? I donate to a lot of organizations and not all of them say thank you. As long as I know they got the money, that’s ok because I care about the cause. Now that was impressive.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 18, 2007

The interesting thing about progressive people is that they are very interested in getting all voices to the table, they are comfortable with nuance, and they understand the complexity of issues, and that is a wonderful platform for governance. It is different than it used to be. We have a Facebook group called Rockwood that people talk to.

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