Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

Even more cumbersome is the trend to not only publish your stories on your blog and website, but to also have to publish them on Medium , Steller , as Facebook Notes , on LinkedIn Publisher , and soon directly into Google.com. Your nonprofit blogs or publishes a story on your website at least twice monthly. We’ve all heard it.

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JULY 14, 2009

Outlined in the brief article below is a new way of using the Web and web services to gather peoples’ stories – anecdotes, video clips, podcasts, blog posts and all sorts of other snippets – and help not-for-profit organizations move into action planning based on the “raw material” of what people are saying and talking about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2007

This Read/Write Web feature series on Read/WriteWeb feature is about non-profits and the Web. They are exploring how non-profit organizations use the Web and the tools available for them in the last three years or since this Wired article was published ( For Nonprofits, Web Is Windfall ). We turn to "web 2.0"

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

It's a more complicated question than you might think: adopting new media necessarily means giving up a certain degree of control over your message, and there's a host of reasons not to loosen the reins. Consider the story of Mister Splashy Pants ( via ): read more. Consider the story of Mister Splashy Pants ( via ): read more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. Remember, it's not the level , but whether it is a match to your audience.

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APRIL 8, 2013

” He started off with the story of Chelsea Welch and Alois Bell to illustrate how civic life has changed in the last 5 years. Lee used this story to illustrate three digital revolutions that are taking place that are having and will continue to have an impact on personal, professional, and civic life. #1: 2: Mobile Usage. #3:

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FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Working together, citizens could piece together news stories as well as facts from witnesses as they emerged to create the most complete picture of events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

Marnie also introduced me to social booking and tagging way back in 2004 as the originator of the NpTech Tag. I started my talk with a story about why I liked Twitter: It allows me to connect with people in my professional field and have a great conversations or ad hoc collaborations that improve practice. Theory and Practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Each story is written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and determining the plot arc by deciding which page to turn to. Explore the organizational change management issues that social media raises and how to talk about them. Online Networking. Chat Leader: David Neff.

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JANUARY 13, 2012

Pinterest has a lot of potential, especially for organizations whose stories lend themselved to visual storytelling. Pinterest is a new(ish) and growing a image based social network and the newest darling of social media marketers. Share the story of each animal in the Pin Description. Don’t just pin, repin.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 27, 2023

Google Analytics :: analytics.google.com Google Analytics is a freemium web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Internet Archive Wayback Machine :: archive.org/web The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is an online library of almost 500 billion screenshots of websites since 1996.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2011

Already that morning, keynotes had give some powerful adoption statistics. Geoff Livingston gave an overview of mobile trends , mentioning that the adoption rate of mobile phones and tablets are higher than Twitter now and mobile is now part of our lives. Allyson Kapin shared some stats about the use of email on mobile devices.

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NTEN

JUNE 17, 2011

Given the adoption of social media, the opportunity for nonprofits to capitalize on low cost means to improve engagement with members and potential donors is greater than ever before. Emotion: He or she was moved by someone's story. We know that the social web has changed the shape of customer relationships.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

I learn so much from those who have share their stories and advice. Sam shared a story that illustrates the barriers that many nonprofit organizations face in adopting social media and harnessing its power leading to successful outcomes. He allowed me to share his story if I stripped out all the identifying details.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

I follow Tim O’Reilly ( O'Reilly Radar ) who coined the term Web 2.0. Social Media and social networks allow for the quantum effects, paired elements at a distance. 1: New + Tech = Resistance New + Tech + Education = Adoption Think about what the technology adoption curve. Especially in this economy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

All part of the Twitter cycle of adoption ! Carie is a recognized nonprofit and social networking guru who was written up in the Chronicle of Philathantropy Blog for her organization's efforts on MySpace in June. Global NpTech: African Civil Society to Colombia Saidia.Org Blog is gathering stories about Web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2009

An early adopter of social media, the Lance Armstrong Foundation leverages social media to engage, connect, and celebrate its community. Encourage your community's creativity and creative expression We use the our blog to share stories about "out of the box" LIVESTRONG Day events and ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2009

Photo by Terry Bain in Flickr I've been hearing a lot lately from folks who work in nonprofits asking for examples of "social media or social networking policies." But, if an organization simply cuts and pastes a social media policy without the internal culture change, it won't be effective. with "just for fun."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Is it only younger people who are using social media. I told the story about posting a video interview with my dad (who was 86 at the time) on YouTube about his first blog post and how I discovered a community of "older" people using YouTube. At its core, use of online social networks is still a phenomenon of the young.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2012

The episode examined some of the ways technology and social media can be harnessed to support causes. Social media adoption continues to grow and technology becomes more accessible. The Growth in Smartphones and Social Media. A recent study finds that 73 percent of Internet users in Europe use social networks.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2010

If you’ve been paying attention to the news in the past week , you’ve most likely heard about the new changes making their way into Facebook to make sharing interests across the web easier. And the nonprofit community is an exceptional example of a group that thrives from people.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

This convergence is being driven by widespread penetration of mobile devices (up to 4 billion people now have access), advances in software innovation and powerful applications, and the maturation of the internet providing a gateway for "cloud" computing where data and applications sit and run over the web.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

This convergence is being driven by widespread penetration of mobile devices (up to 4 billion people now have access), advances in software innovation and powerful applications, and the maturation of the internet providing a gateway for "cloud" computing where data and applications sit and run over the web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

This will be a conversation that explores the changing media landscape and how the web can rise to the challenge of supporting our communities and their information needs. Submitted by Ted Fickes Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People! Learn from innovators how to leverage the web for good! How does it work?

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

This will be a conversation that explores the changing media landscape and how the web can rise to the challenge of supporting our communities and their information needs. Submitted by Ted Fickes Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People! Learn from innovators how to leverage the web for good! How does it work?

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JANUARY 20, 2011

What struck me were the points that they shared from NGOs in their country and later reported on their blog with contextual links: That, since these companies determine in many ways how we use the Web, they should play an active role in demanding and defending freedom of expression for all. They had impressive results.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 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!" What inspired you to join? If yes, how do you schedule who does what and when?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

A December 2006 survey has found the at 28% of internet users have tagged or categorized content online such as photos, news stories or blog posts. The report also includes an interview with David Weinberger who on his blog wonders how many taggers it takes for tagging to become a vital web resources? to Web 4.0. ghost story???

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

2008 was a benchmark year in online fundraising history as Obama won the presidential election with 87% of funds coming through social networking. She shared insights into the inner workings, vision, and future of Causes, along with best practices, success stories and sneak preview of now launched custom Facebook tabs.

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MAY 14, 2009

We provide a supportive network for the vibrant and thriving community of women in technology professions by giving women an open platform to share their talents, experiences, and insights. Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1. Or, you may need to get one that can work for many kinds of groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

For “giving days”—which are becoming increasingly popular all over the country—social networking and digital communication such as email and blogging are key to driving big results. 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.

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OCTOBER 7, 2007

RSS feeds and blogs, article comments, social networks… it’s all increasingly important. Avenue A/Razorfish, the high-end web ad agency now owned by Microsoft, did a little study of these so called Web 2.0 technologies to see about rates of adoption. Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2008

What are the organizational change issues necessary for implementing a successful social media strategy? Who should drive the organization's social media strategy? How to facilitate "stealth adoption" without getting fired or your IT department royally pissed of at you? What type of stories do you need to tell?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

If you're at the conference, hand me an index card the URL of a web resource that you discovered in a session or informal conversation, write a brief description, and hand it to me while at the conference. Another interesting post about going from blogging for professional development to Social Networking as professional development.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Social Media: Adoption, Strategy, and Measuring Success ZUP4Nonprofits has a two-part post ( pt. 2 ) that discusses how to lay the groundwork for board signoff on an organization's social media in initiatives. Network-Centric Advocacy blogs points to a new feature at Alex's Lemonade Stand called "From the Mail Bag."

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Care2

JUNE 4, 2009

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APRIL 28, 2011

. “Crawlers&# are not just smaller nonprofits, but may include larger institutions that have all the basics in place, but lack a social culture or is highly resistant to change from a command and control style to a more networked mindset. Often, a “Return on Investment” argument surfaces.

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