Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

Written for the June 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine , where I am writing a quarterly column throughout 2011. Finally, if strategically designed, your blog will grow your e-newsletter list and communities on social-networking sites faster than any other tool available today.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " Conversation is the New Attention – "This article is adapted from their SXSW 2011 talk, Toss the Projector: Redefining the Speaker/Audience Dynamic.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 11, 2012

Admins can use the app to post to their Pages, comment, get notifications of activity, manage Admins, and view Page Insights: 3) Ability to Schedule Status Updates in Advance. HOW TO: Custom Design Your Nonprofit’s Facebook Timeline. This blog post will be posted as a $30 Promoted Post on Monday morning, June 11.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 6, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, May 6, 2011 Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on the Arizona nonprofit sector! We welcome your comments and feedback. Special thanks to Professor Mark Hager for contributions to this quiz and Kayla McKinney for the quiz design. May 6, 2011 1:19 PM Tom Noble said. 7 :) May 6, 2011 1:44 PM Sarah H said.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

It measures reader "engagement" based on things like the number of comments a post receives, and the times it was tweeted, rather than just page views. Thanks for reading, commenting on, and sharing Have Fun, Do Good! Last 100 Days of 2011: How Will You Make Time for What Really Matters? 20 Ways to Be a Generous Blogger 2.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2013

I have the honor of designing and facilitating three sessions, including a plenary on my favorite topic – learning from failure. I had the pleasure of designing this session with Will Coley – who interviewed the best content curators in the world and get them share their best practices. April 13, 2013 – 8:30-10:00.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2011

Last month, the Japan earthquake and tsunami occurred on March 11th 2011, the first day of the conference. The site was hosted on [link] , which used a URL and design that supported a strong sense of community around the campaign. I’ll be sure that Rob sees your comments as well!

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 18, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. It is designed for sharing with small groups — like colleagues, college roommates or hiking friends — instead of with all of a user’s friends or the entire Web.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 27, 2011

But, for now, check out all the amazing things NTEN member are doing, planning, and asking for in the last few weeks of 2011. Drop us a line or include your links in the comments! Nancy Schwartz wants to know what the biggest marketing lesson you learned (or re-learned) was in 2011. Share your links in the comments!

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 9, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. The Database, together with the fully-updated 2011 Nonprofit Tagline Report, are key tools in in crafting taglines, organization names and other messages that connect and motivate action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

The 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference will take place on March 17-19, 2011 in Washington, DC. If either of my two panels are accepted, I’ll be designing some fun, full room interactive learning experiences that will be intended to shake loose peer learning and shared insights.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 11, 2012

One of the primary gauges we use for digital communications is post reach and engagement, including number of views and amount of individuals who have interacted with a “like” or comment. Isaac also composes all copy and design of print communications for the organization.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, April 15, 2011 Research Friday: What It Takes to Lead and Manage a Nonprofit Organization posted by Laura L. Manager of Curriculum Design & Innovation, ASU Lodestar Center and Lili Wang, Ph.D. We welcome your comments and feedback. April 18, 2011 11:16 AM Laura Bush said. Bush, Ph.D. Stay tuned.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2011

That question generated 603 comments and 690 recommendations. In early November 2011, group member Len White graciously culled through the comments using his company’s Symphony Content Analysis Software that assists with the organization, analysis, and reporting of themes contained in text data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits! I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits! Designate a cheer leader. Gather your tribe and rally the base. Get your base to give first. They said thanks.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 4, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, March 4, 2011 Research Friday: "The Art of Data Interpretation" posted by Robert F. We welcome your comments and feedback. If our research is to be valid and useful, the design, data collection, and analysis must be meticulous and exacting. 2011. ^ [2] Falkenhagen, Andrea. Ashcraft, Ph.D.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2012

But they are looking at associated metrics such as: downloads, user comments, sharing, and google analytics to show dog searches… then data collection (emails and mobile optins), microdonations, and buzz via earned media. Specific measurable objectives included: Increase page likes to 12,000 by 12/31/2011 (achieved on 12/1/11).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2010

The authors were kind enough to give me a copy to give away on this blog, so if you leave a comment you could be the lucky winner of a book! I’m honored to be working with her on a training project that I’ll share more about in 2011. More about the book here. The book is available on Amazon or as a free download.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

The organization I helped found as Colorectal Cancer Coalition in 2005 officially became Fight Colorectal Cancer on Monday, March 6, 2011. The logo was designed what felt like minutes before our launch in March 2005. Leave a comment » This is a post I've been waiting over a year to write, so apologies for its length.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 8, 2011

Disclaimer Wednesday, June 8, 2011 Crafting a Successful Third Generation Nonprofit-Business Relationship posted by Laura L. Manager of Curriculum Design & Innovation, ASU Lodestar Center Working as a nonprofit professional in the current economic environment can be challenging — and sometimes discouraging. Bush, Ph.D.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 17, 2011

Disclaimer Tuesday, May 17, 2011 American Humanics: An Elite Group posted by Lyn McDonough , American Humanics Program Coordinator Senior, ASU Lodestar Center "The few, the proud." The 18 students being recognized at the annual graduation celebration will have completed all requirements during the spring, summer, and fall semesters of 2011.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Both Edgerank Checker and Post Rocket have good posts on the details, but in a nutshell, Facebook has altered the way it displays posts in the newsfeed to prioritize posts that have the greatest number of interactions – a cumulative figure determined by the number of clicks, likes, comments and shares a post receives. He studied more than 1.3

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Last week, I facilitated an interactive keynote in Seattle at 2011 Tech for Good Leadership Summit sponsored by Microsoft Community Affairs , in partnership with NPower Seattle. By all accounts , the event held the space for peer learning. It’s a design challenge. Watech4good Summit. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

However, any not upgraded will be automatically converted to the new design on March 10, 2011. ” That is, the Posts with the most comments and likes will appear at the top. You will also receive email notifications whenever someone posts or comments on your Page. Two notes before we dive in.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

The app was a finalist in Microsoft's 2011 Imagine Cup, a student technology competition. Victoria Walker, an 11-year-old from California, designed Rode Dog (coming to Android, iOs, and Windows Phone soon) at an AT&T-sponsored hackathon to stop texting and driving. Let us know in the comments!

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 18, 2012

Overall, Convio clients raised 17 percent more online in the last three months of 2011 than in 2010. Of course, my first question was what made 2011 year-end fundraising different from years past, and I was excited to hear from Sara Thomas, Senior Manager, Digital Marketing at Ocean Conservancy on their year-end success.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 29, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, April 29, 2011 Research Friday: The Office or the Impact? We welcome your comments and feedback. For example, domestic violence shelters are, by design, quietly hidden and not widely publicized by street addresses. April 29, 2011 10:41 AM Sarah said. May 3, 2011 11:09 AM Travis Butterfield said.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2013

The comments in the thread were terrific and generated a blog post: [link]. Ever since I’ve been recommending it and teaching it to nonprofits after being inspired by Holly Minch’s model in 2011. (I She asked me in the Facebook thread whether or not I used an editorial calendar. My answer: Yes!

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2011

If your organization needs convincing that its time to adopt HTML5, just share the following tidbit from Wikipedia with the powers that be: “According to a report released on 30 September 2011, 34 of the world's top 100 Web sites were using HTML5.” To that end, SEO really is a required part of good website design.

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

In our session on Community Voice at NTEN’s 2011 Nonprofit Techology Conference, Arthur provided a case study of the LikeMinded program and how it was built based on engagement with the community. The choice and design of the tools used to provide communities with a voice can have a big impact on reinforcing positive interaction.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2011

On July 8, 2011, founder and co-CEO of TechSoup Global Daniel Ben-Horin paid a special visit to the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life. " The design of TechSoup has always centered on the people more. Nonprofit Commons is an archipelago in the virtual world of Second Life, housing social benefit organizations from around the globe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

When Goodwill was planning their mobile site, they knew from their web analytics that their most popular feature would be the store locator; more than 7 million visited the Goodwill website in 2011, and more than 6 million of those visited the locator. Some techniques and resources that the panelists shared: What is responsive web design?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

On November 16, 2011, Minnesotans will take part in the 3 rd annual Give to the Max Day. Share your comments and questions with Beth and I. Jeff is in charge of video production, photography, graphic design, communication efforts and social media strategy for GiveMN, including the GiveMN blog , Twitter , Facebook and YouTube.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Other work might be creative such as coming up with a name for a new product or company or designing a logo, website or brochure or producing a 30-second video spot. Aliza Sherman is a veteran Web entrepreneur, author and commentator on digital, social and mobile.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

The comment that brought me up short was “This was great. This is a comment I’ve heard a lot over the years, and have wondered about what it takes to introduce or build more creativity into institutions. institutional change design guestpost' I can see a lot of potential for how this could help us develop better stuff.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 28, 2011

Peter Cheer shares the upcoming 2011 da Vinci Awards celebrating global excellence in assistive technology, slated for September 22 in Dearborn, Michigan. There is also the Accessibility Unconference in Boston on September 17, 2011. Let us know in the comments or add to our Accessible Technology and Public Computing Forum.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2013

Several campers commented to me that their favorite part of camp was the diversity of the campers'' backgrounds and frameworks. Many of the oldest campers were "counselors"--seasoned exhibit designers I''ve known and respected for a long time--and we didn''t have enough counselors for every team to have one.

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