Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2009

was adopted (or not) in the nonprofit workplace over the past 10-15 years, you'll notice that fear and silo culture are nothing new or unique as barriers to adoption. The authors were concerned about people who were not using the Internet and being excluded from the benefits. In the past, adoption of technologies like Web 1.0

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MAY 4, 2016

And of course now, thanks to the joys of the Internet that we hold at our fingertips, accessing information has become easier and astronomically faster. Today, the effects from FOIA continue as state and local entities strive to maintain an openness that would have been unheard of before Johnson’s act.

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APRIL 21, 2009

TPS: Broadband Innovation , taking place May 11, 2009 in conjunction with the 3rd annual Tech Policy Summit. conference, is designed to assist community and business leaders by offering best practices for improving Internet access and adoption. Tags: broadband internet access NPTech nptech events TPS.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2008

This slide show from Stephen Collins make me think about teaching Internet Skills Workshops for Nonprofits that I used teach over dozen or so years ago. " He talking about building shared language and understanding in order to successfully introduce a change (adoption of social media principles and tools) in an organization.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 31, 2021

Despite the need to address this gap, PhotoDNA and related tools are currently facing attacks from both tech sector policies (like expanded adoption of end-to-end encryption ) and government regulation (such as the European Union’s ePrivacy Directive ).

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2010

How Women Use the Web [REPORT] – "In the “Women on the Web: How Women are Shaping the Internet (Internet)&# report, comScore concludes that women are the digital mainstream, a group of savvy Internet explorers who are more engaged than their male counterparts, and are the primary drivers of online and group buying."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

I was part of the first-day that featured mobile expert Amy Gahran and Lee Raine , Director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. 1: Broadband Internet (Expansion of broadband). #2: Adopt a mobile mindset and do everything on your mobile phone for a week, no matter how painful it is.

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Whole Whale

MAY 16, 2022

Is this just stuff copied from the internet and duplicate content? It is a neural net trained on the entire internet up to 2019, this category of Natural Language Processor – GPT3 (General Pre-Trained Processor) is creating each word based on probability settings. Pricing: $25 per month for up to 50,000 words per month.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 15, 2014

As a long-time advocate for a global copyright exception and the founder of Benetech—which I started twenty-five years ago in order to make technology tools to address the needs of people with print disabilities—I was thrilled to become an active player in global diplomacy and witness the adoption and signing of this landmark Treaty.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

If you pay attention to the news, you may have recently heard about a major Internet hacking of celebrity phones and devices , in which hundreds of photos were leaked to the wider Internet. Adopt an Acceptable Use Policy and Train Staff on It! There was no intentional sharing by the celebrities — they were hacked.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

When you bring the Internet, online social tools, mobile technologies, and all the rest into the equation, you do not fundamentally change how communities organize or make change. Or a team of volunteers that manage communications (from phone trees to canvassing). You do, though, change the scale and the opportunity.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 15, 2021

Create an annual budget and work with your Board to adopt the budget. Is the nonprofit paying for at least a portion of your bills for cell phone and internet service? Present the recommended process to the Board, so they can adopt a reimbursement policy. If you don’t have a budget, well, that’s your first assignment.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Check out the Homeward Pet Adoption Center for an example of a well-designed, streamlined donation form: The form provides an opportunity to contribute a recurring gift as well as several suggested donation amounts right off the bat. Use A/B testing to determine which images are most effective for engaging visitors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

” Next up was an armchair discussion with Lela Janah, Founder and CEO of Samasource with Noah Wintroub, Global Head of Internet and Digital Media at JP Morgan. ” Scoble did not discuss the privacy implications when there is a human at the other end of this aggregated data and what the ethics policies should be.

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

This shift started fifteen years ago with the widespread adoption of the World Wide Web. In a similar finding, the Pew Research Center reported in January 2011 that among the general public the Internet has now surpassed newspapers as a primary source of news and is steadily closing the gap with television.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

century skills have been adopted throughout the Common Core State Standards Initiative by 45 states as of November 2012. If these sectors want the public to use these services, they should ensure that people have access to the Internet. American Library Association's "Digital Literacy Libraries, and Public Policy" report.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2011

Also, it requires adding the words “social media&# to any professional conduct language or a social media policy. Here’s some of the advice that came through Facebook: It takes a while to motivate the musicians, because they are busy people and often on the road away from internet.

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

The plan will help determine the future of Internet access across the country. As organizations with a stake in the future of communications, we must ensure that the commissioners hear our call for fast, affordable, ubiquitous, and open Internet access. The FCC should review policies governing competition and pricing.

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Forum One

APRIL 1, 2021

As an audio-based app, Clubhouse doesn’t have the same limitations as other platforms that require a connected infrastructure, high-speed internet access, and video-enabled mobile devices. More: Clubhouse’s full privacy policy. Key benefits. Levels the digital divide. Time sensitivity.

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Forum One

JANUARY 25, 2009

The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has launched a new initiative called the Innovation Exchange , to build and strengthen a network of innovators who will develop and adopt environment-friendly business initiatives. see his continuing news feed on " Policy Commons " ideas.) see his continuing news feed on " Policy Commons " ideas.)

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

The discipline and constraint imposed by an office is useful up to a point, but as Jim's post on telework policy makes clear, we can replicate the positive elements of peer pressure and self-discipline in the context of teleworking. My second reaction was, telework makes even more sense for nonprofits than other organizations.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

If you’re making an addendum to safety policies, focus on realistic scenarios (ex: what to do if there are too many people in a room at once) rather than outlandish, but exciting, “what if?” Let’s add in the fact that she’s recently adopted a puppy and her WFH desk set-up is actually a couch… placed inconveniently in front of a TV.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2017

We are in the middle of global disruption due to widespread mobile Internet and cloud technology, Big Data, the rise of the collaborative economy and crowdsourcing/funding. As Jeremiah points out, we are entering the next phase where robots, drones, bots, AI, and self-driving cars will have widespread adoption.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

To be able to telework, people usually need five things: a computer or tablet, broadband Internet, access to work email, access to work documents, and a phone. Nonprofits are adopting telework faster than most other types of organizations, including commercial companies. Tablet adoption is very brisk. That's around 1.3

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Tech Soup

JULY 30, 2013

With all of these new devices, it is important for your organization to implement a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy. Adopting BYOD practices will make for a more flexible workplace and allow your staff and volunteers to work from their preferred devices. Students can actually rent textbooks and read them on the tablet.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 5, 2010

Overview One of the great things about the Obama Administration is that they've generally lowered the bar for citizen participation in federal policy. We need to think much bigger with the Internet and the full range of disabilities. They don’t tend to lead to widespread adoption that benefits people with disabilities directly, though.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

The site will help public health professionals, community leaders, policy makers, and consumers discover how healthy their county is compared to other counties and to uncover strategies to reduce disparities and improve community health. The site ranks counties in two ways: "Health factors" (e.g.,

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. Should nonprofits become more aggressive in adopting new business models that can add needed revenue? As noted earlier, however, the United States has been slow to adopt this model.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

The CWRF model has been adopted by nonprofits. We have always done this by tracking policy outcomes and media coverage. You want to take a snapshot of outreach results with just enough detail to be able to attribute spikes in activity to external events, great content, or the unpredictable internets.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2011

What "support" means exactly varies from browser to browser of course, but the point remains — with the advent of HTML5 the internet is fundamentally changing all around us, giving non-profits new and exciting ways to engage constituents online. Practically every browser other than that one released ten years ago now supports HTML5.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 4, 2012

I was convinced that we could change the way that nonprofits engaged their constituents by harnessing the Internet. Though many thought I was crazy, I persevered with the support of my cofounder David Crooke, our early team members, early adopter clients, investors, and of course my wife.

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Care2

JUNE 17, 2010

Interestingly, despite all the protests against Facebook’s privacy policy she also said that people entrust their personal info with social networks. In fact, between 2000 and 2009, email in the US alone grew 138% according to the World Internet User Statistics. To Sandberg these are signals that email will die.

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Forum One

MARCH 18, 2010

Social media is excellent for crisis communications: Only a few weeks before the shootings at Fort Hood, Scott & White Health Care established its social media policies. Hire leaders: One way to spur adoption is through hiring. Tags: Influence Events Internet Strategy Social Media. Additional Resources.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The easiest way to begin is to know what is already handled, so start by reviewing all of your company’s insurance policies to see what would really be covered in the case of a disaster. While there is no way to predict what will be impacted, your business is most likely dependent upon utilities like gas, electricity, internet, and sewer.

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Forum One

MAY 29, 2005

Read More » Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World Sarah Hassaine in Influence 17 May 2010 When President Obama took the stage in Cairo, Egypt last year, millions tuned in to hear his approach for improved U.S. In this case.

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See3

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

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