Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Speaking of open social networks … August 14, 2008 I just joined identi.ca. 1 trackback } Recent Links Tagged With "portability" - JabberTags 01.03.09 So I’m on identi.ca

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

2009 - Connected Action - Marc Smith - Social Media Network Analysis View more presentations from Marc Smith. In our book, The Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine, we provide an overview of mapping your social network in Twitter and other sites using some of the social network analysis tools available. .

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FEBRUARY 10, 2009

BusinessWeek innovation blog reached out to its readers on Facebook, Twitter, and its blog asking for suggestions for social media innovators for 2009. I also talked about the next innovation of the social web - as a platform to do good. There's some details in the profile that could stand to corrected, but later for that.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

So, why would you be interested in the debate about getting broadband Internet access to under-served communities? You need access to high speed Internet to participate in our society. If you care about your clients, if you care about your community, you need to care about the Internet. Who controls what is on the Internet.

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MAY 14, 2009

The event will reveal the results of the 2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , which: Provides updated industry-wide metrics to analyze your online program. Tags: Fundraising Online Fundraising Online Fundraising Online Seminar Social Networking Tech Planning Using the Web and Internet Web Building. Starts now!

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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. to Ma.gnolia. bookmarks to ma.gnolia.)

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JANUARY 28, 2009

The early-bird registration period for NTEN’s 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference ends January 31. is revolutionizing the social order. Tags: TechSoup. I love the NTC. Clay’s recent book, Here Comes Everybody, discusses how Web2.0 " read more.

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DECEMBER 13, 2008

These are my links for December 12th through December 13th: Have Fun • Do Good: 2009 Career Coaching Discount for Have Fun * Do Good Readers - If you are looking for some career coaching, Britt is an excellent coach! Tags: roundup bookmarks. Check out the discount! Check out how Tyson agreed to donate 70,000 lbs of food!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2009

ONE/Blog – ONE/Northwest never ceases to amaze me The Open Road – Matt Asay has some interesting insights from the Open Source biz world Tagged as: nptech { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Jon Stahl 04.17.09 RoughType by Nicholas Carr – really smart dude, really interesting stuff. 2 homefreeorg 05.01.09

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2010

There are now over 143 million blogs on the Internet and when I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0 in September of 2009, I had very low expectations. Timely, relevant breaking news is basis of a good social media campaign. Share your social media success stories. Tags: Blogging. Post calls to action. Write your own.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

BE a Government Consultant and Use Social Media: A Guide | Social Media Strategery – Here's an interesting post from Steve Radick about 10 ways to be a good government consultant using social media. "As Meru, Shepherds Junior School was connected to the internet for the very first time.

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

BE a Government Consultant and Use Social Media: A Guide | Social Media Strategery - Here's an interesting post from Steve Radick about 10 ways to be a good government consultant using social media. "As Meru, Shepherds Junior School was connected to the internet for the very first time. ″ consultants."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

At Monitor Institute we are interested in “emerging practices” in the social sector—including new more networked ways of working. called “ Breaking New Ground: Using the Internet to Scale ,” by myself and Katherine Fulton. s social media strategy is not the icing but the cake itself. With assistance from KaBOOM!

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Scheduled for November 24 – 26, 2009 , the 48-hour event created by Epic Change will encourage participants to express their thanks using online tools and at live events. We just spent three weeks at Shepherd’s Junior near Arusha, Tanzania setting up a technology lab and wireless internet at the school. Get Involved.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology New tools February 5, 2008 Last week, I spent too much time watching demos from DEMO , which is this twice yearly event that showcases the most bleeding edge internet technology.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

This year, they're also enabling people to participate by tagging blog posts, Flickr photos, YouTube videos, and blip.fm So far, they've had more than 13,000 thank you notes tagged with #tweetsgiving and they've raised more than $16,000. Along the way, they're also compiling a log of what Twitter users are thankful for this year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Essentially, nonprofits have been advertising Facebook to untold millions for free helping it become the powerhouse that it is today – the largest, most active social networking website on the Web. But for the second largest Internet company in the world with 2010 profit estimates to be between $1-2 billion, is that enough?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

In the pre-internet days, that meant engaging some REALLY invested people, because the barrier to entry for telling a friend was pretty high. With the introduction of email, and now social media, that barrier to entry has been removed. social media nancy schwartz 09NTC.

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

Charity and Technology in the Online Universe This infographic from Mashable and Shane Snow puts social good into better context with donation numbers, growth charts, and some comparisons to its offline counterparts. Get the latest data on email open rates, social media usage, email churn, and more.

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MAY 7, 2009

Tags: Social Networking Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 Slides and resources from the panel can be found here. Speakers: Scott Moore, Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation. Peggy Duvette, WiserEarth.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

New ‘WSJ’ Conduct Rules Target Twitter, Facebook - The Wall Street Journal circulated a newly compiled list of "professional conduct" covering social media, social networking, and so on. They’ll take for granted that their voices can be heard and that a social movement can be launched from their laptop.

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MARCH 17, 2010

At the Arc of the US Convention in Albuquerque in 2009 you could count them on one hand. Our internet connection went down on Monday, March 8. The next day, I tweeted from my phone on my personal account during lunch that our internet went down and hadn’t come back on yet. We were now on Day 3 of no internet.

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MARCH 3, 2009

A great example of organizing on the social web. "we20 Nominations open for 2009 Social Innovation Fellowships | The Pop!Tech Tech Blog | Accelerating the Positive Impact of Worldchanging People and Ideas - "PopTech has opened nominations for the 2009 Pop!Tech Tech Social Innovation Fellows program.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology NTC Links April 6, 2007 There has been a little bit of blogging and the like at NTC – although it was certainly hindered yesterday, when the internet was down for most of the day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

AARP California Twitter Account Last week at the WeAreMedia Workshop, someone asked a question about babyboomers and social media use. Is it only younger people who are using social media. Some recent studies on social media and social networking use and baby boomers show that more and more are adopting social media.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser. " Frontline social workers are finding that this repository of data has put them in touch with colleagues' expertise and helped them improve their work. CrisisCamps is not a rogue example.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2009

Summer of Social Good by Mashable - "Summer of Social Good is the first large scale online charitable campaign to raise funds strictly online through the power of Social Media and the Internet. " Tags: roundup bookmarks. " Tags: roundup bookmarks. Find me on Delicious for more!

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MARCH 18, 2010

With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser. " Frontline social workers are finding that this repository of data has put them in touch with colleagues' expertise and helped them improve their work. CrisisCamps is not a rogue example.

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NTEN

APRIL 3, 2009

Brian Rowe has put together a great panel at the 2009 NTC , " Fair Use, User Generated Content, Terms of Service and the DMCA Safe Harbor Act " I'll be the first to admit that intellectual property law sounds like it could replace the Tylenol PM in my travel bag. Tags: 09NTC brian_rowe creative commons ip NPTech NTEN.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology WeAreMedia Project August 13, 2008 Yet another great NTEN project is happening, spearheaded by Beth Kanter, to develop a Social Media toolkit for Nonprofits.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

This week is about using the Internet to make life better, and its not too late to get involved! This week - September 14-21, 2009 - we’ve asked individuals to step up and make a difference by using the Web to better their community. Show a non-profit how to use social networking to grow its base of supporters.

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OCTOBER 23, 2009

Email grew 21% between 2008-2009. In August 2009, 276.9 Social Network demographics can be skewed. What percentage are really “active users&# and communicate via social networks all day? Between 2008 and 2009 the number of users on social-networking and other community sites jumped 31% to 301.5

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2009

" The Forrester Blog For Interactive Marketing Professionals - Forrester "found that technologies trigger changes in consumer adoption, and brands will follow, resulting in five distinct waves…" You can check out the 5 eras of the social web along with recommendations for "brands" preparing for the future.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Every time you host an event, convene a conversation, design a workshop, or anything else, invite those who weren’t on the email list, or at the last event, or part of your local community’s “social media club&# to come participate, contribute, and learn. Perform an Internet Health Check. Get Involved.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 18, 2007

I decided to try out facebook when I kept hearing about the integration of other social networking sites into facebook. I’m still not convinced by any of these social network sites not directly linked to content (unlike del.icio.us or flickr) – but it’s fun to play with, anyway.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 8, 2009

" Social Media ROI | Janet Fouts - Janet Fouts has a great post discussing ROI for social media use. It's often a hard thing to wrap our minds around because so much of social media doesn't provide straightforward numbers. Tags: roundup bookmarks. Check out some great designs that could get you thinking!

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MAY 1, 2007

And that some of what’s deeply, truly, long-term transformative isn’t shiny at all. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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