Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

OpenSocial is a set of APIs that handle three different kinds of user data: profiles, social graph (who your friends are) and activities (the stuff of the Facebook news feeds.) Any application written for OpenSocial will work on any partner social network – any OpenSocial “container&#.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

In June 2009, John decided to sell nearly everything he owned and set out for New York City (via San Diego). I remember leaving for Vegas and making a promise to Joe that I would submit a mashup to the 2009 Change the Web Challenge. Essentially, we give organizations a simple tool to manage project information, like photos and videos.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Instead, they're either renting them from a managed service provider or moving to Software as a Service (SaaS) for common applications. The switch is almost complete for email, and is underway for most enterprise applications, such as customer relationship management (CRM) systems. . We Need to Have a Meeting!

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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. It should be interesting to see how this plays out.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

" The blur between our personal and professional identities on social networking sites may seem all too obvious, but the issue is becoming more prevalent as we use sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn as professional networking tools. Twitter and WordPress Feeds. Know the Risks. "OMG [oh my God] I HATE MY JOB!!"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2009

I shared some thoughts about the Causes Birthday application design , and have continued my reflections below. Notes about application. The Causes Birthday Application Makes You Feel Good What's more fun than a birthday celebration? I love the application wall because it is is like an electronic group birthday card.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

On January 1st, I wrote about my goals for 2009 using Chris Brogan's process of selecting three words or larger concepts to frame them. The tools are changing, so if you've settled into one way of using a particular social media tool or set of tools, don't set yourself on automatic pilot. Make Time for Reflection.

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Care2

JUNE 17, 2009

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!" See [link] June 17, 2009 | Eli Beckerman Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Partial victory?

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Care2

JULY 16, 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!" May 18, 2009 | last minute Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Thanks again for the post.

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JULY 17, 2008

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Recruiting applicants to a fellowship program. Mark shared his progress around the country in YouTube videos (he’s been featured on the YouTube homepage, blog posts , and his Twitter feed. Creating meaningful volunteer opportunities. Facilitating face-time and team building for your regional staff. Building local chapters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2009

The following is a talk I gave about ROI for Social Media at the 2009 Social Tech Training in Toronto, ON. Now tell me: In whose hands have those tools ended up over the last few millennia? You can then save those searches as RSS feeds, or in the application you use for Twitter. Measure THIS! Radio, television.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

In 2009, giving in December alone brought in about 1/3 of the fundraising dollars to nonprofits. And in 2010, online giving is expected to bring in more donations than ever, after having seen a 46% increase in online revenue between 2008 and 2009. Planning for the year-end giving season is in full swing throughout the nonprofit sector.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

But no one seems to be asking “why are we on this track in the first place?&# “Is being on this track going to really help me save the whales/feed people/organize/save the planet?&# Recently the language difference jumped out at me while advising an emerging nonprofit on tools and techniques for client management software.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

My co-author, Allison Fine and I found many great examples of successful activism using these tools as part of multi-channel campaigns in our book The Networked Nonprofit. The Tools Don’t Create Strong or Weak Ties, Stories and People Do. Every day I see their faces in my feed. They may be few, but it’s still early.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Summer 2009 Our growth over the last year has been so phenomenal that I wanted to use this summer update to highlight some of the great people working for Benetech: our interns, summer associates and fellows. In her spare time, she updates her Twitter and Facebook feeds and engages with her Kindle, iPod and other assorted tech toys.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

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!" Getting Started When our grant application was approved, we got to work right away.

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MAY 27, 2009

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!" May 27, 2009 | Beth Kanter Great post here - thank you! A great overview!

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Care2

OCTOBER 22, 2008

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 9, 2006

applications every day. tools – since in many ways, the most important aspects of Web 2.0 The technologies generally connected to Web 2.0 Hallmarks of Web 2.0 sites include a democratic approach to content, organization by tagging, and new, much more flexible and intuitive interfaces. Hallmarks of Web 2.0 I think Web 2.0,

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

On March 5, 2009 I interviewed yoga teacher and co-Founder of Off the Mat, Into the World, Seane Corn , for the Big Vision Podcast shortly after she returned from a trip to Cambodia with participants from Off the Mat, Into the World's Seva Challenge. The rice is used to help feed the children at CCF. 20,000 is a lot of money to raise.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2022

Indeed, it should be emphasised that these nascent methods of platform capital may not represent a divergent economic path so much as omens of a coming world in which the primary or secondary role of most work is to feed machine learning systems. But the new ignorance has old class roots.

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