Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open content business models December 1, 2007 I’m at the Open Translation event, and we’ve just had a great session on open content business models.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

And, then it is an ongoing activity of f eeding and tuning your network as Howard Rheingold says it in this still very relevant article about building your professional network on Twitter back in 2009. I asked Miriam if she would summarize what she learned about nonprofits and content strategy in a guest post and here it is.

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NTEN

MARCH 4, 2009

Ask anyone in the nonprofit technology community about Content Management Systems, and they're likely to mention one of the following: Drupal. Tags: OSS NPTech NTEN laura quinn websites foss content management CMS 09NTC. We like them because they're free. We love to hate them because there are so many twiddly bits to adjust.

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APRIL 6, 2010

Establishing benchmarks helps organizations better leverage supporters, engage activists and keep websites dynamic with compelling content that drives people to take action. Even in this dismal economy, online donations grew 14% and 69% of nonprofits raised more in 2009 than 2008. However it’s not all good news.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Nonprofits Live: User-Generated Content Thursday, November 17, 10 a.m. If you have ever asked your members to post photos on Facebook or asked for stories from your clients, you have tasted the abundance that user-generated content (UGC) can bring to your organization. Pacific time Hashtag: #NPLive RSVP.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Blog Action Day 2009 will be one of the largest-ever social change events on the web. Blog Action Day is an annual event held every October 15 that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance.

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APRIL 3, 2009

There's more content than ever before -- and more confusion about how we can use it. The world of technology is changing so quickly, the laws that govern intellectual property can barely keep up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I've had a post in draft for a couple of weeks now about some personal/professional goals or my New Year's resolutions for 2009. I read Chris Brogan's " Your 3 Goals for 2009 " and I loved his process. Think of how you want to be successful in 2009. I have years of blog content and resource collections.

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2009

The 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference starts in just two days. > Find out how to follow the 2009 NTC Live! Of course, we're going to aggregate photos, videos, blog posts, and various other content tagged "09NTC" But that's just the beginning. > Find out how to follow the 2009 NTC Live!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Debbie and I have known each other since 2009, when we worked together virtually for MicroMentor, Debbie on the West Coast, and me in the Midwest – and Debbie has appeared here on my blog many times over the years, sharing insights about marketing and leadership. Content will be consistent. Was the Zappos agent trained to do that?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 14, 2012

In 2009 and 2010, nonprofits were busy launching and improving their social media campaigns. In 2009 and 2010, many nonprofits rushed to launch smartphone apps. Mobile browsers are hungry for new mobile content. For the most part, nonprofits have been slow to launch mobile websites. To Make Your Smartphone Apps More Functional.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Nancy says “a powerful tagline is a must for any nonprofit intent on delivering its message in our overcrowded world of 24/7 content.” . The 2009 Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Report ( [link] ) provides everything an organization needs to jump start its tagline development process: Why a Nonprofit’s Name Isn’t Enough.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 30, 2011

When I first dropped my self-hosted blog and relocated it to Posterous last year after a bit of a hacking incident , I had trouble importing the old content. So as a quick fix I dropped it here, on WordPress.com , so as not to lose everything going back to 2003. I’m sure I missed a few here and there. I can live with that.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

From 2009 to 2010, the open rate for organizations of all sizes and sectors declined by 12% on average. Meanwhile, unsubscribe rates held steady from 2009 to 2010. Source – keep track of how people signed up or what topics brought them to your list so you can target content and make your kinds of communication relevant.

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Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

Since 2009, Facebook has provided the option to create featured ads on their platform to help businesses and organizations reach others’ newsfeeds. A strategy will keep you on top of your marketing goals and tell you when to post your social media content for the highest impact. There are also several tools for scheduling your ads.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

That's the topic Kurt Voelker of Forum One Communications will tackle at the 2009 NTC in his session, " Gobs and Gobs of Data: Strategies for Visualizing, Mapping, and Sharing Policy Content " I talked to him about his session, and my fear of numbers, last week: .

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2009

It’s about the content and how it’s written—and sadly it’s usually the piece of a website that gets the least amount of attention. Remember, content is still king. Here’s a list of 10 best practices you can follow when working on your site content. What are your best web content tips?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Nonprofits have become intimately familiar with Content Management Systems (CMS). Some, especially those that are very content/document heavy, have become familiar with Document Management Systems (DMS). September 19, 2008 Note: This blog entry was originally posted on Idealware’s new community blog.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

My curmugeonly thoughts fall into three basic categories of sucks: time suck, content suck, privacy suck. At least the content-focused social networks, like del.icio.us, or flickr, or my personal favorite, our own Social Source Commons , there is some there there. They own my profile, and whatever time I spend adding content.

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NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2012

14 million Americans scanned them in June of 2011 , and there was a +4500% increase in use from 2009 to 2010. In addition to web URLs, QR codes can contain SMS messages, plain text, contact info, event invites, Google Maps locations, YouTube videos, or social content. They are everywhere – and people are scanning them!

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

During Blackbaud's 2009 Conference for Nonprofits , Melanie Mathos and I lead a two-part social media workshop. It was a real blast delivering this content, and people seemed to react well to it. Part I of this pairing was a new session we developed called 50 Social Media Tactics Nonprofits Use to Meet Their Mission.

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NetWits

MARCH 23, 2012

Every nonprofit sector has seen double-digit online fundraising growth since 2009. >> Search engine optimization, paid search through Google Adwords, content marketing , social media engagement and display advertising all come to mind as very successful ways to drive traffic to your website on an ongoing basis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2009

And, the content is not all social media. My colleagues, Britt Bravo and Eric Leland are also facilitating a workshop about getting started with social media and Peter Deitz is talking about future technology.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

What are your nonprofit resolutions for 2009? Convio just released a helpful guide for nonprofits appropriately titled, " Nonprofit Resolutions That Make the Difference in 2009 ". What are your top nonprofit resolutions for 2009? Need ideas to turn your resolutions into reality? Receive monthly updates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Holly did a fantastic session on integrated content strategies. It’s not every day that you come across high quality content shared freely with the community – it helps life all the boats. Content is King. But it takes content: you’ve got to feed those media platforms and seed those conversations.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 7, 2010

Facebook and Twitter took over as social media centers in 2009, while MySpace faded fast - but don't count MySpace down and out yet! This summer, it's getting a major makeover with a new "content discovery" focus. In fact, the changes at MySpace have already started.( read more ).

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2010

Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2009: Participant Fundraising. What started off as a means to stay connected with people and share content, has transformed the way we interact with each other. What worked for your organization in 2009? From these, I pulled together this set of lessons learned. The 5/50 rule.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

About Company : Founded in 2009, based in San Francisco, Mixpanel’s most recent funding round happened in November 2021, raised a Series C round, a $200 million investment on a $1.05 Reach : Reach is the number of people who see your content. Engagement : Engagement is the level of interaction that people have with your content.

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Achieve

APRIL 21, 2016

With over 25 different sessions, three-days of content. Since 2009, Achieve, in partnership with the Case Foundation, began an effort to understand the dynamics of the cause relationship between organizations and a new generation of donors and activists. Hear the latest groundbreaking research.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

60) Search « The Joys of Google Grants, Part 2 | Main | The Joys of Google Grants, Part 1 » Sunday Feb 01 2009 Nonprofit Resolutions That Will Make A Difference in 2009 Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 08:56PM | by Allyson Kapin What are your nonprofit resolutions for 2009? All rights reserved.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 26, 2022

Grammarly, the first grammar checker, was actually created in 2009. Quick History of Grammar Checks. The history of grammar checks as a web service is interesting and dates back farther than you realize. However, the idea for a grammar checker dates back to the early days of the internet.

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NTEN

JANUARY 29, 2009

He'll be talking about the variety of ways we can now make our donor databases, content management systems, and email tools talk to each other and share data, and what this means for us as a sector. Jon is leading a session at the NTC called An Open Civic Engagement Platform: A new generation of tools that play nice together.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2016

Nonprofit data nerds will love this new resource from Media Impact Funders and Foundation Center called “ Foundation Maps for Media Funding ,” a free, interactive mapping and research tool that shows the full scope of philanthropically funded media projects worldwide since 2009. Telecommunications Infrastructure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Since 2009, we’ve posted a weekly first-person success story and podcast on our My Story blog. We identified two quantitative success measures, Twitter impressions and content sharing. A campaign like this wouldn’t be possible on Twitter without the great repository of content already developed on our blog and website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

In ongoing conversations with John Gautam on Twitter, I've learned more about how their overall social publishing strategy which balances their curated content or "branded" content with community conversations to co-create social content. Curated Content. India has a reading problem and the problem is two fold.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

As such, nonprofit organizations must be proactive in creating effective accountability strategies to recruit new donors and further engage current donors (LeRoux, 2009). Retrieved from [link] 72314/content/_16708162_1/Collins%20J%20Good%20To%20Great.pdf. Donor Communication. Jim Collins. Ethics and Accountability for Nonprofits.”

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

In 2009, Clay Shirkey predicted , “For the next few decades, journalism will be made up of overlapping special cases.” million in 2009 to $687.6 New venture journalism has been incubated thanks to nonprofit and foundation support.” According to the 2013 Foundation Center report , U.S.

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