Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Facebook Ad Platform November 13, 2007 It always takes me a bit to digest new Web 2.0 That shows up in user’s news feeds, and in their profile. That, of course, can spread virally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2010

Others are pre-scheduled events with activities and presentations or part of an existing event. Activities: If the event will be more than a networking event, have some structure activities or presentations. If you have a projector and laptop available, you may want to stream the Twitter Feed during the event.

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MAY 24, 2011

Im lucky to live and work in downtown Chandler , a community with an active merchants association and a city that is very interested in creating a sense of place. We talk about serving the community, building community, and engaging community. But sometimes we forget that "the community" is not just an abstract demographic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2012

” For one of the sessions, we focused on a methodology of how to make sense of data from Facebook Insights to improve the relevance of content and engagement activities. The art of writing good teaser headlines is critical to getting more interaction. Commenting on the posts in other aligned partner’s Facebook pages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2011

When thinking about fundraising, many nonprofits and funders believe in the old adage, “Give a person a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a person to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” To see and comment on the comprehensive set of results, visit the foundation’s wiki.) How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What OpenSocial Means November 1, 2007 The buzz of the blogosphere is the announcement of Google’s OpenSocial. Open Data » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 11.08.07

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2009

  Reader engagement consists of metrics for: Conversation (commenting). However, not all activities are created equal, so to speak. engagement) to leave a comment or write your own blog post responding to someone else's, for example, than it does to just click on a post to read it, or click a button to bookmark it.

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JUNE 15, 2011

These activities build relationships beyond basketball and establish a bond that our youth may not otherwise have. Making a good connection with a nonprofit organization early in life will also encourage young volunteers to continue on in the sector later in life. Research Friday: "Really, How Many People Volunte.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

Brooklyn Museum With over 21,000 followers, the Brooklyn Museum, one of the oldest and largest museums in the country, is having discussions about art with art patrons and other art museums on Twitter. All staff members are active and have their individual profiles. All of them talking about hunger issues.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 10, 2011

We feel that the success of this event was directly related to the active participation and shared wisdom of its attendees. Just leave a comment at the bottom of the post! Research Friday: Really, Your Tax Exemption has be. Crafting a Successful Third Generation Nonprofit-B. The Future is You: Philanthropy in the 21st Centur.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 5, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How do you keep up? 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Holly 08.07.08 I’m in an active phase right now (hence, the comment)! How bleeding edge do we need to be? {

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

At it’s heyday, a few hours a day sending friend requests and posting wall comments on MySpace profiles quickly resulted in large, thriving online communities. Some articles have been downright racist, elitist, and offensive… and the comments from the masses even worse. MySpace was designed to be a marketing tool.

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JULY 6, 2011

Through pages, you can publish content that will appear in the main news feed, send messages and other notifications to a large list of fans, and create interactive content. Be Active and Promote Community. Promote community interaction by inviting reader feedback through questions, and then be sure to respond to comments.

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JUNE 10, 2011

We welcome your comments and feedback. The active ones have their act together and filed their required forms long ago. Long overdue, the IRS finally pulled the trigger. Point is that this is one more Arizona organization that simply isnt around anymore. They are almost always very small. Thanks for your keen insights!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

The organizations are a combination of smaller, progressive organizations like Ushahidi and the Sunlight Foundation and large venerable institutions like NPR and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. If you have had a change to play with Jumo and have some insights, please share in the comments. What is Jumo?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Varied and sundry June 1, 2007 It’s been a week of mostly not work, which is a nice rest. There’s been some interesting activity in the realm of women in open source. That feels good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Listening by using rss feeds helps refine their services and help stay sharp and connected to experts in the field. It doesn't need to be an all-consuming activity, but you need to decide who will do the heavy listening, who needs the know what has been said, and who is empowered on respond or act on the information. Google Reader.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

We welcome your comments and feedback. The first question in the September volunteer supplement asks “Since September 1st of last year, have you done any volunteer activity through or for an organization?&# Over the past year, have you done any of these types of activities?&# This simple prompt turned 2.4

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

I've been observing how he uses the Chronicle of Philanthropy's Twitter Feed to participate. Just reply to your @ or other) I've been actively searching Twitter for folks who are involved with philanthropy -- be they charities, professionals who work for charities and foundations, consultants, and those who simply care about social change.

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MAY 29, 2007

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!" 60) Search « Cultivate, Educate or Activate? 1 Comment | by Share Article in Misc.

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MAY 17, 2007

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source. at 6:45 pm » SaaS vs. Open Source » Audio Books 10.07.08

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

I have a BFA in Graphic Design from the Savannah College of Art & Design , but I don't think I'm a very good designer. That said, our home currently has 5 Macs in active use and 2 iPhones. . You can subscribe to the site via RSS , but when I post it does automatically feed out to Twitter and Facebook. Follow me on Twitter.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

I have a BFA in Graphic Design from the Savannah College of Art & Design , but I don't think I'm a very good designer. That said, our home currently has 5 Macs in active use and 2 iPhones. You can subscribe to the site via RSS , but when I post it does automatically feed out to Twitter and Facebook.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

We welcome your comments and feedback. I'm a donor and an active fund raiser. In regards to your comments on connections I learned more about this in the past few weeks. As a charitable donor, Ive become so fickle its almost embarrassing. Excellent example Kayla. April 5, 2011 11:07 AM Mark Rubin said.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 22, 2011

We welcome your comments and feedback. They are the " dark matter " of the nonprofit universe — probably numerous, but almost always missing from our count-em-up descriptions of nonprofit activity. Really, how many nonprofits are there? Oy, such an easy question to ask. Thanks for breaking it down for us, Mark!

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 29, 2011

We welcome your comments and feedback. However, those "on the ground" who know our field realize that where a nonprofit is headquartered may not at all describe where their activity takes place. In a prior post titled, "Really, How Many Nonprofits Are There?" Fascinating. Research Friday: "Really, How Many People Volunte.

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JANUARY 13, 2012

Pin masterpieces from the budding artists in your arts classes. Think about the tire-swing at the park, the basketball court made from old sneaker rubber, the community garden using the snow from an organic office paper shredder as insulation, the kids art project made from old bottle caps, etc. Just use your beard!".

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 27, 2011

For example, for the Brooklyn Museum's recent exhibition on women and pop art, Seductive Subversion , curatorial intern Rebecca Shaykin was assigned to improve (and write) Wikipedia articles on the 25 artists profiled in the show. It doesn't live on "your" page, open only for user comments and site-driven advertising.

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MAY 31, 2007

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MAY 29, 2007

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APRIL 15, 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!" Check out the full study here.

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MARCH 28, 2008

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What do web stats mean, anyway? Allan says: Granted, web site stats will not tell me anything about how many hungry people a nonprofit feeds. For one thing, feeding people is not what NTEN does.

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JUNE 4, 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!" 60) Search « Why Nonprofits Need to Grow their Online Lists | Main | Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead?

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JUNE 11, 2007

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!" To create a new comment, use the form below. We happen to agree with her. ;O) O) Thanks Hollis!

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JANUARY 15, 2009

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