Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2022

For many nonprofit organizations, the rise of crypto philanthropy has been a shock that seems to have appeared virtually overnight. We try to identify general demographics and insights about how this might relate to a growing crypto philanthropy donor base. Now, in 2022 Pew Research surveys show that 87% of U.S.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

Schipul, a web marketing agency based in Houston, Texas, announced yesterday during the 2012 South by Southwest Interactive festival that Tendenci, a content management system (CMS) will be released as an open source solution. Social Philanthropy: Raising Money on YouTube and Twitter. This topic was especially relevant….

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

I have many examples from my own children and those of Sharing Foundation stakeholders - many who are adoptive parents and have encouraged their children to give back to Cambodia. Any that use Web 2.0? What are the best articles, posts, blogs, or web resources on this topic? Take for example the lemon stand fundraiser.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 16, 2010

In a guest post on the Tactical Philanthropy blog I started brainstorming about what was next. allows developers to find work they know will be adopted and start working on tools with an active base of users. It isn’t about having a crazy-liberal or Utopian version of the web. identify tools to fund.

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

Broader health, education, community development advocates, philanthropies, researchers, students, and media are also key users of the data, drawing larger lessons and trend lines on everything from smoking rates, walkability measures, and children in poverty across the U.S. Design your data storytelling products.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2010

While some nonprofits have been early adopters of Twitter Apps, the vast majority are not. For an example, see a BubbleTweet by the Chronicle of Philanthropy. With Screenr’s web-based recorder, there’s nothing to download. They may not even know the tools exist. Screenr : Instant screencasts for Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2010

Most of all, I like using it to read web content over coffee away from my desktop. So, I was curious when I saw the question from the Chronicle of Philanthropy on Twitter about nonprofits and the iPad. I also admit that the first app I downloaded was one for google analytics - it's great for browsing data.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

Next, the Summit featured a conversation between Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation , a $16 billion international human welfare and social justice philanthropic organization, and Dr. Una Osili , Associate Dean for Research and International Programs at Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

With over a decade of web development experience, John channeled his skills into building something with social value. I remember leaving for Vegas and making a promise to Joe that I would submit a mashup to the 2009 Change the Web Challenge. The problem with developing a standard is that it is only as useful as those adopting it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.” ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.” A starting point for envisioning a future state in which data is the ‘GPS of philanthropy.’ Explores the ecosystem of data for social problem solving and the role philanthropy can play. Alliance Magazine, September 2012.

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Care2

MAY 25, 2011

Nonprofits are often among the earliest adopters when it comes to technology and cloud computing is no exception. Check out William Grassie's article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy out how the Metanexus Institute shaved $176,000 of their annual budget by shifting to cloud based infrastructure. The savings can be dramatic too.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Elliot wonders what the recent changes at Google.org mean for the future of private philanthropy. Kevin considers a recent report on Web 2.0 adoption in the for-profit sector. Tools Using the Web and Internet. Tags: Web 2.0 Donate Your Brain.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

All part of the Twitter cycle of adoption ! And a friendly reminder to recycle your old mobile phone if you happened to pick up a Iphone and think about green web host ! Fundraising and Philanthropy There was lots of praise about Amy Luckey of Blueprint Research and Design's recent article called " Grantmaking 2.0:

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

Schipul, a web marketing agency based in Houston, Texas, announced yesterday during the 2012 South by Southwest Interactive festival that Tendenci, a content management system (CMS) will be released as an open source solution. Social Philanthropy: Raising Money on YouTube and Twitter. This topic was especially relevant…. I've been….

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

An Exploration of Web 2.0 Technology and Its Emerging Impact on Foundation Communications " is a new report that describes how philanthropy communications professionals are using social media. There is some good basic common sense advice about how to move forward with adopting Web 2.0 Photo by Fred Dawson. ???

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

They also help refer new customers to Blackbaud products and streamline the migration and adoption processes for new users. For more thorough upgrade projects, we’ll help your organization develop a long-term technology plan, ensuring proper training and adoption to make your investments pay off. Technical strategy development.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Increased use of productive meeting tools, such as consent agendas (60%), web-based board portals (37%), and telecommunications (47%). Boards continue to adopt conflict-of-interest policies, whistleblower, and document-retention policies. Increased accountability and self-assessment.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

We recently won a Microsoft’s Solutions for Good award , which funds the development of MathML Cloud —a cloud-based app that can make math equations talk in any web browser or ebook. We even convinced schema.org—the standards setting body for the big search engines—to adopt a standard to make it easier to discover accessible materials online.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2014

Nonprofits that work in policy and advocacy can help craft legislation and work with local, state, and national policymakers to adopt laws that balance the explosion of sharing-economy startups and protect the marginalized from exploitation. Why They Shared , Jeremiah Owyang, Web-Strategist.com. Images: Twitter pics, me.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Some of the key trends supporting rapid adoption of technology by nonprofits are: 1) Online lifestyle, behavior and giving of consumers and donors leading to success. Nonprofits, Donors and Consumers Adopting Online Lifestyle. Tags: Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Social Media Web Sites Fundraising. 2) Mobile technology.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Grassroots Philanthropy by Bill Somerville and Fred Setterberg As I wrote in my review, I Want to Be a Grassroots Philanthropist!, PhilanTopic included the book on its list of Best Philanthropy-Related Books of 2008. tools, it was about how Web 2.0 tools, it was about how Web 2.0 tools can, and are changing our world.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 27, 2017

In the days following the rescue, our Communications and Philanthropy teams continued to keep our online community engaged in this developing story by posting a perfect mix of web updates, fundraising email appeals, and live streams on social media. 92Yorkies First Adoption: [link]. 92Yorkies Adoption Update: [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2008

I wanted to talk a little bit FriendFeed and how personal information sharing/consumption has changed due to the increasingly social web. The social graph is for people what hyperlinks are for web pages - that is, for organizing, filtering, and association. The introduction/primer covered different Web 2.0 and James L.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

I attended a panel called "The Future of Social Innovation on the Web" This all-guy panel was facilitated by Dennis Whittle, Global Giving and featured Premal Shah, Kiva.org; Jonathan Greenblatt, Our Good Works; Steve Newcomb, Virgance; and Ben Rattray, Change.org. He defined it as: "If Web 1.0 I tweeted some of the key points.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Certainly there’s been a correlating growth in the adoption rate of social media by the general public as well as nonprofits and schools themselves. It was exciting to see that many of the nonprofits and schools adopted our tactics and put them to use leading up to and on the day of the event. Check out the webinars here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

While young people and early adopters increasingly turn to the social Web not only to socialize but to communicate, explore new ideas and share new experiences, nonprofits and social change organizations are still generally stuck in the top-down, one-way world of Web 1.0. You’ll find: A directory of Web 2.0

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

This shift started fifteen years ago with the widespread adoption of the World Wide Web. It accelerated 8-10 years ago with the start of broadband proliferation and the introduction of more capable Web browsers and programming platforms. These are things that were impossible in a pre-digital era (or even a year ago).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Here’s a few of the videos focused on using the social web for social good. She leads social innovation, philanthropy, and causes at Twitter and Blogs at Claire.us.com. Are the fees charged by the various new online fundraising platforms to high for mass adoption to occur? Social Media for Nonprofits Ignite! Negatively?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

An eBay community member noted that when you have a sale with proceeds going to charity, there are lots of indicators on the regular eBay web view informing shoppers of this, but on the mobile app, there are none. Find out about Philanthropy University's Amazing (Free!) That is a fairly sizable bug, but fixable, I trust.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2009

For more context, see Networks and Philanthropy Exploration and the most recent release of the Working Wikily paper from Monitor Institute. The objective of the The Innovation Exchange is to facilitate rapid and widespread adoption of environmental innovation in business. Sharing internal presentations on slideshare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2013

Display your OMTM prominently through web dashboards, on TV screens, or in regular emails. There has been a couple of studies and workbooks that speak to the growing need for nonprofits to embrace the use of performance measurement data as a management tool. Nobody likes puke. Use the OMTM as a way of focusing your entire company.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

The MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning Competition includes a "Knowledge-networking" category designed to take good ideas and circulates them widely, taking full advantage of the Web's potential for collaborative thinking. Fundraising and Philanthropy 2.0. young people???, young people??? " I agree.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

The Non-Profit Tech Blog drills down deeper on the limitations and suggests waiting before adopting. Nonprofit Social Media ROI and Adoption Issues The meme of the last week continues with a look at specific metrics like engagement. And if Web 2.0 More from the Convio Summit this week. I wholeheartedly agree ! generators.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2015

While those of us in philanthropy may not like to admit it, we know that our industry tends to be around five years behind the eight ball when it comes to technology adoption. Adopt a mobile giving app. Nonprofits don’t often have the same resources as those in the for-profit sector to invest in new technologies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

I wanted to highlight a couple of observations that Lucy Bernholz makes in her analysis of yesterday's discussion about philanthropy in Second Life by the MacArthur Foundation. I was also surprised to read this post by the Web Metrics Guru, not the usual type of blog that covers the nonprofit world or philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Perhaps create a special web site and discuss the results on Twitter or your blog ? Is it risky to provide statistics about finances and results on a public Web site? An organization's dashboard is an internal report and the data not shared publicly (although NTEN shared its Dashboard spreadsheet template recently). .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

" Allan Benamer answers : Not much because the average nonprofit does not have the infrastructure and skill sets that would allow for rapid adoption for new technology. t even begun to take advantage of the Web 2.0 And, maybe this is only of concern to relatively small number of early adopters in the nonprofit sector.

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