Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2010

Online giving in 2008 was up 44% from 2007. Early estimates for 2009 show an increase in online donations of 46% from 2008. Social media is a numbers game. Mobile lists are hard to build and most new subscribers come from pitches in e-Newsletters. Pitches in Tweets and Status Updates help too. Online Donations.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Pledge money to purchase online game tokens, which you can send to anybody. The mini-golf game nearly derailed this newsletter. Along with RealClearPolitics , it keeps political junkies better fed than a zombie in WalMart's brains aisle. Pumpkin cookies ! Play2Cures , from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Here are the results for the 2008 Innovator Awards: Advocacy campaign or program Honorable Mention: National Parks Conservation Association Winner: Freepress for their StopBigMedia.com campaign Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies. All rights reserved.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2008

It shows that it’s not just nonprofits who are getting into the online video game, but also government. on Condoleezza February 07, 2008 3:40 PM Justin Rood Reports: The State Department is defeating terrorism one “strong, engaging&# online video at a time. It’s spent roughly $350 million a year in 2007 and 2008.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology My iPhone 3G August 12, 2008 I once joined the “iPhone non-buyers&# group on Facebook. There are some great apps and games, some really good for really cheap (or free.)

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FEBRUARY 12, 2008

One of the most interesting discussions this year was about gaming. Games have come to rival (or exceed) Hollywood in terms of dollars. Games have come to rival (or exceed) Hollywood in terms of dollars. Gaming is huge. On the gaming panel was Eric Brown, the CEO of ImpactGames.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology An interesting call from danah boyd February 8, 2008 Those of you steeped deeply in Web 2.0 know danah boyd. She’s a brilliant academic who studies social networks. That’s super depressing.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 27, 2017

However, effectively diversifying revenue is more effective than playing a “numbers game”. The American spirit has long been rooted in entrepreneurial success (Acs et al, 2008). To avoid operating in deficit, the gold standard, historically, has been to use “revenue diversification”. Sources: Arcs, Z., Phillips, R., Audretsch, D., &

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2010

Then in June 2008 I launched the @ NonprofitOrgs profile on Twitter. Social media in many ways is a numbers game. There is always a portion of your community that’s tech savvy enough to embrace the The Next Big Thing with you. At the same time I created the Nonprofit Organizations YouTube Channel.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 23, 2023

The potential ideas for this category are as diverse as your supporters’ favorite hobbies and activities, from movie and game night essentials to bundles of signed sports memorabilia. Rec and leisure. Jeff and his team at Winspire have helped over 12,000 non-profits to date.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

I had planned to do the social media game workshop, but after using a spectragraph to see if we had newcomers to social media and hear their burning questions, I decided to do some q/a and show them some basic getting started steps. I offered some places to start and told her to live in that one thing for a couple of months.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

The only thing that will be left is games. I like building my own systems – I need a new desktop, and I like the idea that I can build my own easily, and get a fair bit of power fairly cheaply. It’s been fun, these 20 years with Macintosh. Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 10, 2009

What does "game 2.0" Games are already highly participatory, but over the last few years game designers have been giving players more control over the gameworld and experience. The ultimate substantiation of this is Spore, a game in which players invent their own life forms and manage their evolution.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 9, 2007

My printer setup (Brother laser printer) was easier on Linux than on the mac Here are the bad things: The games available on Linux leave much to be desired Getting proprietary codecs to play (MP3, WMA, etc.) I have no problem getting just about all of my work done using Ubuntu. » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 06.24.08

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2013

It''s resulted in some of my favorite work ever: games like #namethatzoom , projects like FeederSketch , adult-only Ball Pits , and most importantly, the creation of Experimonth , which is what I''d like to blog about today. Back in 2008, I devised a plan to outsource my New Year''s Resolutions. Experimonth started out as play.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Or that a certain nonprofit Executive Director Dugg a post about starting a video game company? Creepy part: do I really want to know what’s on my ex-girlfriend’s MySpace page? Although I do have to admit its fun to know what a very old friend is listening to on Pandora.) What have I learned in all of this?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

"The first phase of this database of nonprofit collaboration models (currently consisting of the 176 nominations deemed eligible for The Collaboration Prize in 2008) contains the information submitted by each nominator in response to specific questions about the nominated collaboration.

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JANUARY 11, 2011

Jumo’s received a very warm welcome and a lot of press being that the founder Chris Hughes was also the co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential campaign. According to Jumo they are “a social network connecting individuals and organizations who want to change the world.&#

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 18, 2007

The 16 year old intern, though, is totally game, so maybe it is just about time. [2] The 16 year old intern, though, is totally game, so maybe it is just about time. [2] Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

I keep a little tech support blog on Mayfirst[0] and I’m always game to answer questions like. Meanwhile, PoppyPhoto is right, there does need to be a lot more “what are these content types&# writing, at least about Drupal (I dunno what is out there for Joomla).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2008

Lil) Green Patch is a social gardening game. Like a real garden, it requires maintenance and the game includes lots of ways to interact with the larger Green Patch community and your friends. The most recent donation was made May 1, 2008 to the Adopt An Acre. Just read the application FAQ.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2009

Earlier this week, I had an opportunity to run the social media strategy game with senior program staff at the Packard Foundation. It was from April, 2008! Earlier this week, I had an opportunity to run the social media strategy game with senior program staff at the Packard Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Two or three years to adoption: Learning Analytics (K-12/Higher Ed), Open Content (K-12), Games and Gamification (Higher Ed). Learning analytics is not brand new and first identified in the education area in about 2008 according to this excellent primer on Learning Analytics that found by searching the Project Navigator on the topic.

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JANUARY 21, 2009

But video is becoming the dog to the text tail and nonprofit organizations — and businesses — need to get their online video game on. When people are checking for election results or the score for a big game, they tend to produce smaller bursts of traffic spread out over several hours. From today’s NY Times.

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DECEMBER 29, 2017

Think of those Google Alerts you excitedly set up in 2008 and haven’t read since 2009. Gamification: When we say game-based learning we mean learning activities that are games. When we say gamification, we mean the application of gaming exostructure, like points, levels, and badges, to learning. Slope of Enlightenment.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

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.&# Social network site usage for this demographic has quadrupled since 2008, from 4% to 16%.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 26, 2008

Get valuable insights and practical game plans from the thought leaders in Web 2.0 and author of "How Blogs Are Changing the Way Businesses Talk to Customers" The Webcast airs April 3rd, 2008 at 10am PST. Get valuable insights and practical game plans from the thought leaders in Web 2.0

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 9, 2009

While the 2008 Women Who Tech TeleSummit was a smashing success with over 650 women including Arianna Huffington and Joan Blades defying the stereotype that the tech world belongs to pocket-protector toting guys hooked on sci-fi and video games, 2009 will be even better. Submit your panel ideas at here. Panel submissions are due Feb.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The second part of the morning was designed around the Principles of Social Media Strategy and used a new version of the Social Media Game intended for a large group of people. Social Media Game: Scaling Small Group Learning Exercises. The Environmental Defense Fund has used the game for an internal training for 300 people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2008

June 11-12th we will both be speaking at the 2008 Making Media Connections Conference. I will give a keynote about, "New Media: The Wizard Behind the Curtain," and teaching a session about, "Social Media Game for Nonprofits." in Chicago.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2008

Baseball fans can buy discounted tickets for the 1:35 game against the Houston Astros and have $15 from every ticket be donated to the Children???s During the game, the Nationals and Major League Baseball will launch a mobile giving campaign. s Medical Center. All fans at the stadium ??? and people anywhere ???

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Tech Soup

MAY 8, 2012

Because she had a knack for doing computer stuff, she became the de facto IT person and over time developed their infrastructure, which is now based on Microsoft Server 2008 , with the help of consultants from time to time. The kids have a great time playing the games and learn about how to apply for college scholarships.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 14, 2012

One large local organization that has made tremendous strides in their governance is the Arizona Sports Foundation, which operates the Fiesta and Buffalo Wild Wings bowl games. Does your nonprofit need board governance assistance? The ASU Lodestar Center can help! Sources: 1.

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See3

MARCH 17, 2008

And there was an Electronic Arts game that exploits the iPhone’s accelerometers, which detect how you’re tilting the iPhone in any dimension; in this game, you navigate the 3-D world by tipping the iPhone forward, back, left, right, up or down. 18 Mar 2008 Recent URLs tagged Davidpogue – Urlrecorder [.]

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The fact is, you too have the resources and you can’t afford NOT to get into the online game. Organizations of all sizes can get into the game, you just need a playbook. In 2008, Convio pioneered a new program called Convio Go!™ Last year, Convio clients raised more than $777 million online and 2009 looks to be even better.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 28, 2008

Seems like there is a group of readers who read both of our BlogHer Blogs, and our personal blogs, so I thought I'd let you know when we'll be at the same place at the same time over the next couple months so we can meet you (: June 11-12th we will both be speaking at the 2008 Making Media Connections Conference in Chicago.

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AUGUST 19, 2016

Sure there are special broadcasts that detail typical training regimens for certain prolific athletes, and I for one am quite interested in attempting to eat the 2008 diet of Michael Phelps, who famously proclaimed he was consuming 12,000 calories a day. I hope you all have thoroughly enjoyed the games at hand.

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