2007, Experiment, Internet and Social

Social Networking Communities Are Migrant Communities

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2010

Social networking communities are migrant communities. Social media skeptics often say that it’s a waste of time to utilize social networking sites because they are here today, and then gone tomorrow. Then Facebook launched Facebook Pages in November 2007. Social networking communities are migrant communities.

Social Network

Social Network Community Network Myspace

Social Media is Going Mobile, and So Should Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

As the Web goes mobile , so does social media… and so should your nonprofit. If there is one thing I have learned over ten years of using the Internet for fundraising and social change, those nonprofits that can embrace change quickly, empower their visionaries, and adopt new Web trends, reap the benefits of being early adopters.

Social Media

Social Media Mobile Media Myspace

Five Nonprofit Technology Trends to Watch in 2014

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 11, 2014

Social media will remain a top priority for nonprofits in 2014, but 2013 helped solidify social media as a mandatory set of communication tools. 2) Integration of Digital Payments Into Social Networks. It’s a guessing game at this point who the social network giants will partner with.

Trend

Trend Technology Social Media YouTube

Building Capacity for Social Change 2.0

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Building Capacity for Social Change 2.0 Most often these new experiments have grown out of frustration with the fact that, despite several decades of rapid growth in philanthropy and nonprofits, many of the same social and environmental problems persist, or are getting worse. Call this “social change 2.0”.

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Build Change Social Facilitation

Web 2.0 Experiments, snafus and stumbles

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Experiments, snafus and stumbles December 17, 2007 I seem to have lost my head. I did set a pretty high bar a while back for the next social network I’d join. at 11:45 am It’s my social graph, darn it! I’m not joining any social networks like this anymore. You know why I started to twitter.

Web

Web Experiment gMail Open Source

Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. It may be time to rethink how these important social organizations are funded. What are the downsides and dangers in pursuing new models? Defourny et al.,

Model

Model Fund Social United States

Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping

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.

Social Network

Social Network Network Digital Social

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

MARCH 6, 2008

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

Influence

Influence Social Media Internet Web

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

JANUARY 11, 2008

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

Influence

Influence Social Media Internet Web

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

JANUARY 9, 2008

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

Influence

Influence Social Media Internet Web

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

MARCH 27, 2007

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

Influence

Influence Social Media Internet Web

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

APRIL 5, 2007

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

Influence

Influence Social Media Internet Web

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

APRIL 5, 2007

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

Influence

Influence Social Media Internet Web

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

APRIL 2, 2007

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

Influence

Influence Social Media Internet Web

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

MARCH 29, 2007

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

Influence

Influence Social Media Internet Web

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

MARCH 6, 2007

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

Influence

Influence Social Media Internet Web

Web 2.0 Part IIa: Social Bookmarking

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

Part IIa: Social Bookmarking September 24, 2006 After writing my post on tagging , I got sidetracked by Marnie Webb’s mention of ma.gnolia , and then went off to investigate, then decided to write about social bookmarking tools. Ma.gnolia is a new(ish) social bookmarking tool. to Ma.gnolia. bookmarks to ma.gnolia.)

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Bookmarking Web Social API

Why I’m twittering

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Why I’m twittering December 7, 2007 Yes, it’s hard to believe. I’ve critiqued Twitter and social networks in general. I succumbed. I have said many times that I wouldn’t Twitter.

Twitter

Twitter Open Source RSS Tech

Experimenting with Facebook Landing Pages

NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

if you use Firefox, open up and view your page in a new Internet Explorer window). We also offer our Social Media for Building Community class regularly. This is a basic, intro-level class on how nonprofits can use Social Media, and is intended for nonprofits who are just getting started (no landing pages covered).

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Facebook Experiment Classes Picture

Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

And what are some of the social benefits and impact that may result from such a relationship? I’d like to share our experience with Lavelle, where they took a series of calculated risks in grantmaking. I’d like to share our experience with Lavelle, where they took a series of calculated risks in grantmaking.

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Fund India United States eBook

A goodbye to Facebook and LinkedIn?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

August 7, 2007 I’ve been experimenting with the non-content centered social networking sites LinkedIn and Facebook for a while now. and our own Social Source Commons , are a different animal.) It’s supports a distributed social networking, uh, network. 1 trackback } The Better Scoial Network 08.24.07

Linkedin Facebook Social Network Open Source

The more things change …

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 21, 2007

The exceptions to this in my experience have been very, very few and far between. However, take one little step outside of our warm and fuzzy community into the larger technology community, and things change. 1 trackback } Linux Journal Lost South Of Calais « The Wayward Word Press 10.09.07

Change

Change Open Source Journal Digg

Guest post by Brian Reich: GamesThatGive - You Play. We Donate. Charities Win.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

In 2007, the popular Free Rice online game used quiz-style vocabulary building game that rewarded correct answers with ten grains per bowl to feed hungry children. BTW, Brian Reich will leading a WeAreMedia Webinar on September 23rd on social networking. Nobody wants ads ruining their game experience, so we make sure they don’t.

Charity

Charity Donation Game Afghanistan

See a problem? Throw a website at it!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2007

July 6, 2007 Deborah, is, as per usual, diplomatic in her discussion of the site " Sustainable Nonprofit ", which is a new(?) website that is designed to: "create a unified place for nonprofits and experts to share their experience, pain, achievements, and discoveries." Throw a website at it!

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Problem Websites Open Source Place

How to find out about free and open source software

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Send queries to nonprofit tech lists for experiences and information, like nosi-discussion , nten-discuss , riders-tech , and others. Look at ohloh.net – they have great info on most projects – how many developers, lines of code, how active development activity is.

Open Source

Open Source Software Open Free

What software freedom means to me

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 25, 2008

I was a professor at the time, and a nonprofit organization wanted to get on the web, and give some of their staff email, and at the time, colleges and universities were the only organizations that had easy access to the internet, and virtual hosting companies cost a fortune, way beyond what a nonprofit could afford.

Software

Software Open Source Articulate Comment

Linux desktops?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

June 24, 2008 I’m doing a webinar on Linux Desktops next month, and it’s making me think a lot about my own experience using Linux on the desktop, and where I think things are going. This experience has made me think a lot about where organizations should think about using Linux, and where they should steer clear.

Ubuntu

Ubuntu Open Source Software Laptop

Michelle, the consultant

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

I can evaluate previous projects based on what I see is the underlying complexity, and figure out how much experience a vendor has had with a particular set of problems. I know when a vendor knows their technology, and when they are blowing sales language at me, and might not be up to the technical task.

Consultant

Consultant Open Source Database Tech

Gender, Race and Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Gender, Race and Open Source June 29, 2007 My session on Free and Open Source software and the US Social Forum went great yesterday. The presentation is available on my wiki (it’s at the bottom.)

Open Source

Open Source Open Software Music

New Book: How To Implement Multichannel Online Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” Internet Director. Social and Mobile Staff.

Campaign

Campaign Online Chapter Model

How, When, If To Weave and/or Strengthen Networks Using Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2009

"How, When, and If to Weave and/or Strengthen Networks Using Social Media." We can answer this question pretty well in the context of nonprofit organization for its external communications. I think some of these are still, very relevant to for organizations or networks that want to use social media for online collaboration. .

Social Media

Social Media Network Media Social

Drupal, Joomla and Plone! Oh my!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

April 15, 2007 At NTC , there was a lot of talk about the “big three&# open source CMS packages that most people these days in our sector are using: Drupal , Plone , and Joomla. I hadn’t had experience with either Plone or Joomla, but in talking to folks both at NTC and Penguin Day about Joomla, I got intrigued.

Drupal

Drupal Open Source NTC Open

What was it, the question mark?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2007

December 14, 2007 I feel misunderstood. at 2:27 pm I got the message :) But I also have some experience with marketing… and marketing is all about stating the positive without stating the negatives. Earlier this week, I wrote a post on about the NTEN CRM satisfaction survey. To my mind, it bodes well for the open source tools.

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Question Open Source Sample Survey

Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

JULY 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Some social networks are set up to enable communications with a lot of people quickly.

Social Network

Social Network ROI Social Media Network

Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

JULY 26, 2007

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Social Network

Social Network ROI Social Media Network

Eating my own dogfood. It sometimes tastes yucky.

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 9, 2007

July 9, 2007 So I talk a lot about both open source software, and the preciousness of one’s own data. But the last time I tried Evolution, it was a horrible experience. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Eating my own dogfood.

Open Source

Open Source Ubuntu Chad Open

Anticipate - Personalize - Integrate

NetWits

MAY 23, 2008

Along with the release of Blackbaud Enterprise CRM and Blackbaud Direct Marketing in 2007 and the recent release of Blackbaud NetCommunity Universal — all leveraging the Infinity platform — came another level of openness.

Integration

Integration Personal API Blackbaud

Linux ready for the desktop?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 9, 2007

August 9, 2007 It’s been 7 weeks of using Ubuntu 7.04 (better known as Feisty Fawn) as my primary desktop. But it appears, from my experience and others, that question actually has to be framed not as “Is Linux ready for the desktop?&# , but “Is Linux ready for your desktop?&# coming out in October.

Ubuntu

Ubuntu Open Source Calendar Integration

March Blogtipping

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 2, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology March Blogtipping March 2, 2007 I’m folllowing Kivi on the NPBlogtipping bandwagon. She uses her experiences to talk about technology issues. A note: Deborah is an old college friend of mine.

Open Source

Open Source RSS Massachusetts Comment

Linux, Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, and Me

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

I imagine if I was wired, it would automagically work (that’s been my experience in the past.) Ubuntu doesn’t come default with an easy GUI way to connect to a wireless access point. I had to go command line in order to get online. So I had to dig out of my memory (and do some online looking) about iwconfig.

Ubuntu

Ubuntu Open Source Laptop Open

How the Global Mobile Revolution is Transforming Philanthropy

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 18, 2016

I was a young Gen Xer, empowered with a brand new Bondi Blue iMac® G3 desktop computer, that was emboldened by the belief that my generation was going to pioneer how nonprofits used the Internet. In truth, we did change the world, and we did pioneer how nonprofits use the Internet. 4) SOCIAL MEDIA. 4) SOCIAL MEDIA.

Mobile

Mobile Global Philanthropy Hints

Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Some social networks are set up to enable communications with a lot of people quickly.

ROI

ROI Social Network Social Media Advocacy

Ten Things Nonprofits May Not Know About MySpace [But I Wish They Did]

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

MySpace was and still is (for some) the easiest social networking site to grow a community quickly. Nonprofits using social media… it all started on MySpace. As a regualr MySpace user, there is no denying that MySpace is more diverse than any other social networking site. So, my Ode to MySpace: 1.

Myspace

Myspace Teen Facebook Social Network

Google Analytics vs Site Meter

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

at 1:27 am From my personal experience after using both: Sitemeter scripts are slow and increase your page load time, whereas the Google Analytics script is fast! I appreciate your patience as I know my ignorance was showing. There’s so much to learn about blogging, but I am improving but slowly, very slowly. 6 Debjit 01.01.10

Analytics

Analytics Google Site Folksonomy

Social Networking Communities Are Migrant Communities

Social Media is Going Mobile, and So Should Your Nonprofit

Trending Sources

Five Nonprofit Technology Trends to Watch in 2014

Building Capacity for Social Change 2.0

Web 2.0 Experiments, snafus and stumbles

Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

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Why I’m twittering

Experimenting with Facebook Landing Pages

Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

A goodbye to Facebook and LinkedIn?

The more things change …

Guest post by Brian Reich: GamesThatGive - You Play. We Donate. Charities Win.

See a problem? Throw a website at it!

How to find out about free and open source software

What software freedom means to me

Linux desktops?

Michelle, the consultant

Gender, Race and Open Source

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How, When, If To Weave and/or Strengthen Networks Using Social Media

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