Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2016

With Silk , developing custom websites, maintaining them, or creating complex data visualizations can be within anyone's reach, regardless of tech skills. Sometimes, it requires taking a step back to gain perspective on all the different ways data storytelling can enhance advocacy efforts. We're helping to bridge that gap.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2017

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Los Angeles, California: Muslims in Tech. Washington, District of Columbia: Online Advocacy Strategies — Mobilizing for Action. Morrisville, North Carolina: Tech Trends for 2017.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2011

Photo Tweeted by @starfocus during a network mapping session at NWF. Daniel facilitated a network mapping activity with NNF’s 10 education advocacy staff from regional offices and headquarters. Staff members were at the core of the map. They reorganized the map into clusters. Observations.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

We use free and open source software whenever possible, but we're pragmatic and work with what our human rights monitoring and advocacy partners need, so our environment is a pretty eclectic mix. Design and implement data visualizations, including everything from simple static charts and maps to custom interactive visualizations on the web.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2010

Miller-McCune has a story this month on geographic information system (GIS) mapping and the growing role it's playing in city-planning advocacy ( via ). One organization used GIS to correct a decades-old disparity in water services.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Be as we have seen in events around the world, the revolution will be tweeted, photographed, mapped and posted to our status. The most successful fundraising campaigns, advocacy efforts, and even personal experiences center on one person, one animal, one story, especially when trying to support a huge, faceless issue. Personalize It.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In this guide, we will provide an overview of nonprofit technology consulting essentials, Team DNL’s services, and what you can expect when working with a firm: Why work with a nonprofit consulting firm for tech? Why work with a nonprofit consulting firm for tech? How do you choose a nonprofit tech consulting firm?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Many nonprofits saw a surge in recurring subscription initiations following the 2016 election, particularly civil rights, social action, and advocacy organizations, according to Classy platform data. It’s my hope that these trends help your organization as you map out your strategy for 2020 and the years to come.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

One of the topics was “How to understand social networks through social network analysis and mapping techniques.&# I thought I’d expand on it here. In the book, we talk about the using low tech tools like crayons or post-it notes to map out your network. Marty Kearns has a diagnostic tool over in his Advocacy 2.0

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

We have done our best to clearly map out the fees and strengths of each platform to help nonprofits find the best fit. Founded: 2014 Give Lively builds tech for peak fundraising experiences on both the donor and nonprofit side. Online revenue is up for nonprofits. So what’s the best donation platform? Click To Tweet. For a Budget.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and other awesome organizations. Happy Hour with Nonprofit Tech Luminaries. NTEN Presents: Oregon Nonprofit Tech Roundup. Baltimore, Maryland: WordPress 101 and Tech Help and Consultations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

I've been in Washington, DC for the Network Effectiveness and Social Media Strategy Map working session for Packard Foundation Grantees convened by Monitor Institute. This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Boston, Massachusetts: Tech Networks of Boston Roundtable: Doing a Data Dive to Find Data About Children and Families. Chicago, Illinois: Knowledge Mapping for Greater Social Good.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2009

tech love to the nptech community. Free domain mapping. You might have at one time or another used Google Earth or Google Maps to find a geographic location online but Google Earth is also making a push to help nonprofits use Google Earths and Maps for advocacy and outreach. Photo and video uploading. 41 languages.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

This time I’ll review some new developments in privacy and security, social media, cloud computing, digital inclusion, gaming for good, and the new tech blog, Re/code. As I suspected, privacy and security remain a very hot topic in NPTech and in the general tech zeitgeist. A New Tech Blog: Re/code. Privacy and Security.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

I asked both women to talk about how they apply the lens of gender when planning advocacy campaigns, building coalitions, and marketing their programs. Map your network. Once you know the business goals you are trying to achieve, map your network. Mapping your whole network is important. Too Few Women in Tech?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2010

Broadly defined, GIS refers to the use of a map format to collect and analyze data. GIS is a powerful tool for education and advocacy: it's not just about presenting data more attractively; it's about illuminating the real story behind the facts. Warning: This site is very dangerous for map geeks who have work to do.).

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NTEN

APRIL 30, 2010

Rock on open data and mapping! See3 lays out 7 dos for any advocacy campaign based on the success of the recent Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) campaign for animal abuse legislation. Upcoming 501 Tech Club Events: Long Island: May 5th, Syosset: Two Speakers: Open Source Software, and HIPPA Requirements. Scariest part?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Also, don't forget to check out this week's webinar, Geocoding for Legislative Advocacy , on Thursday, December 1 at 11a.m. Join this webinar to learn how to create mapping tools to better reach your legislative districts, better inform your donor base, and more! Pacific time (that's tomorrow!)

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Pacific time, to learn about how the Cicero Legislative Information API can be integrated into websites, databases, and mobile applications to match addresses to district IDs, district maps, and contact information of elected officials. How tech savvy does someone need to be to use the Cicero API?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 18, 2013

Include a brief but very strong case for support that maps their donation to the impact on your organization, and consider leveraging video to ignite a passion for the supporter about your organization. A day later, send them an update to your last email reminding them of the important of their advocacy and their financial support.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

Crowdsourcing and mapping. Crowdmap is a hosted version of Ushahidi , which allows you to gather data and visualize it on a map. Tools to help you target advocacy campaigns based on a geographic database of state and congressional legislators. Think about that in comparison to your email open rates. Example: FrontlineSMS.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2019

As I imagined a world without the many museum tech projects of the decade, I felt inherently sad about the imagining away the successes that friends and colleagues have enjoying. Leaders should be thinking critically about the labors of their staff and working with them to map out long-term workload. But I couldn’t get there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

Photo by Geodog Speed Geeking Session at Advocacy Dev - complete flickr stream here. Here's one from LOLNPTECH.org and Little Dishes 2 from the Non-Profit Tech Blog. It's an online collaborative mapping tool. You import mindmap maps into it and can be useful for notetaking in real time on conference calls. tools to adopt.

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Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2011

Drew is a MAP Sustainable Energy Fellow. If you consider yourself a virtualization success story, we'd be interested in highlighting your organization in our extensive advocacy efforts. This is a guest blog post by Drew Bennett of Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2011

Read 5 Ways to Promote Your Text-to-Give Campaign on Social Media from Nonprofit Tech 2.0.) That’s pretty rad. And it’s just the tip of the iceberg. Lately, more and more of my conversations with nonprofit fundraisers have turned to mobile technologies and how non-profits should be leveraging mobile to further their missions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

I've gathered up some of best of the best folks in the nonprofit tech field to share their stories, metrics, and lessons learned - this will be informative AND entertaining. Lessons in Local Tech: Sustainable Food 2.0 Ever wonder if there's a higher good you could be serving with your tech skills? Are you eating well?

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Conducting advocacy efforts. You’ll have a timeline for scheduled updates and custom development projects as well as a plan for handling tech emergencies. Your tech planning team should represent diverse perspectives but also have clearly defined roles and responsibilities for each member. Receiving donations. Hosting events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Check in with the game changers beautifully hacking tech to fight climate change. LIVESTRONG: The Lance Armstrong Foundation Takes Advocacy Digital : LIVESTRONG has taken the fight against cancer digital, connecting people and communities to drive social change. Submitted by Rachel Weidinger. Come to this session and find out!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. Some recent nonprofit tech posts addressing this topic here , here , here , and here.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

Check in with the game changers beautifully hacking tech to fight climate change. LIVESTRONG: The Lance Armstrong Foundation Takes Advocacy Digital : LIVESTRONG has taken the fight against cancer digital, connecting people and communities to drive social change. Submitted by Rachel Weidinger. Come to this session and find out!

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

And for anyone attending the event and looking for some insight into how to get in on the philanthropic and social advocacy action, here are some of my recommendations on sessions, events and activities that have gold stars next to them on my personal event agenda.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

That said, to be alerted of new resources for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 GlobalTweets is a website which plots recent tweets from all over the world on a map by using their geographical information. Starting at $8 per month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0′s e-Newsletter. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk.

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NTEN

MARCH 1, 2011

By Steve Spiker, Director of Research & Technology, Urban Strategies Council As more and more people are bombarded with maps from every media source, many nonprofits find themselves asking “How can we use maps in our work?” – followed by, “Just how hard can it be for us to make maps for our work?”

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 25, 2023

For nonprofits that offer tons of classes and/or performances, Neon CRM’s event builder has built-in templates for both, with assigned instructors for classes and seat mapping for live performances. It makes setting up your event(s) super easy! But the best thing about Neon CRM is that it doesn’t just manage events.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 29, 2021

However, figuring out and implementing the exact features that lead your website’s visitors to become long-term supporters can require trial and error, especially for organizations lacking a tech background. Advocacy and political campaigns can use embedded petitions to collect signatures straight from their website.

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