NTEN

JANUARY 15, 2009

To help: You'll probably want a map of some sort. There's also a free iPhone app , featuring maps, that will also let you know how far you are from the steps of the inauguration, if that's something you care about. ("That's right, son, I kept moving until I was exactly 2,009 feet away."). Tag things!

Tech 36

Tech Flickr Map Drupal 36

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner, MapTogether.

Tools 59

Tools Map Disaster Oregon 59

NTEN

MARCH 5, 2009

"Oh, a link to a map of legal drinking ages around the world , eh? " (And then it took me 5 minutes to find a map of risky drinking patterns. IdealistNews.org could very well become a terrific, and time-saving, central aggregator of nonprofit news and commentary -- but that's up to the community it builds.

Stumbleupon 36

Stumbleupon Reddit News Site 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond," I wanted point to a new (to me) UK nonprofit technology blog discovered via a comment to my post about technology stewards and also weave in some more notes on UK examples. IMHO the winners will be those that understand it's not enough to do the same old things.

Hype 50

Hype Nptech Wiki Slides 50

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

These included an English-Creole dictionary phone app, tools for tagging photographs of displaced people, texting tools that could be coordinated with the Ushahidi text alert system, and several tagging and updating efforts of satellite imagery and maps. This doesn't just cut down on "form filling."

Social 65

Social South America Disaster Mobile 65

NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Patrick Meier is a director of crisis mapping at Ushahidi, which is a platform that unifies data gathered from multiple sources (SMS, e-mail, web) and distributes it onto a visual map or timeline. It was used after the earthquake to map actionable information, using the volunteer efforts of thousands of people around the world.

Disaster 89

Disaster Haiti Los Angeles Social Media 89

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

These included an English-Creole dictionary phone app, tools for tagging photographs of displaced people, texting tools that could be coordinated with the Ushahidi text alert system, and several tagging and updating efforts of satellite imagery and maps. This doesn't just cut down on "form filling."

Social 61

Social South America Disaster Mobile 61

NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Amy Sample Ward recaps the lively discussion and shares some excellent resources like this Climate Debate Map , the Drupal.org profile of TckTckTck and the Climate Lab Wiki. With little lead time, a few Climate Riders pulled together a site that aggregated all the action into one place at Climate Ride Live.

Action 36

Action Change Technology Sample 36

NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Smart organizations create and publish their data widely to other sites, widgets, social networks, and aggregation applications. They use data visualization and sharing tools like Swivel , Widgenie , Many Eyes , Google Maps , Google Motion Charts , APIs and more to make their data more available and more compelling. Make it portable.

Policy 36

Policy Data Content Share 36

NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

The team is also building modules on top of this core platform that will compress data into text messages to send electronic medical records, create real-time maps to visualize health programs, and connect clinics to a revolutionary mobile phone-based diagnostic tool. Of course a selection of these updates will be aggregated on the team blog.

Mobile 36

Mobile Malawi Netsquared San Jose 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2008

How do you get people to contribute their knowledge - whether it be to a wiki page, leaving a comment on a blog post, or tagging a resource? It is constantly in flux and only by aggregating and assessing the community in real time, with constant new connections and renewed re-evaluation can the curriculum stay ???current."

Process 50

Process Reflection Work Wiki 50

NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

With this information, you can make decisions on how to consolidate information in other locations, reorganize your site map, or identify links to external sites that may be drawing users away from your site. Check back with your analytics to see where people are dropping off and where they're aggregating. What are they not saying?

Method 52

Method Audience Design Question 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2005

(Closest thing right now is the attention stream created for the nptech tag community - although the focus is on one slice of the nonprofit sector) There are a few adhoc decentralized nooks and crannies in the blogosphere where you can find listings of nonprofit blogs or aggregated content of interest to nonprofits.

Conversation 50

Conversation NPO Minnesota Blogger 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. The tagging community that lies beneath the npdigg structure has taggers, consumers, aggregators, and meta aggregators. Maybe we need an NPtech History Archive ? here , using the ICT4peace tag.

Summary 50

Summary Wiki Flickr NTC 50

Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

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)

Social Media 28

Social Media Advocacy Web Online 28

Care2

AUGUST 27, 2007

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)

Social Media 28

Social Media Web Advocacy Online 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I also plan to continue blogging about these topics - focusing on writing in-depth thought pieces as well as aggregate and summarize the best thinking in the nptech field. Mapping Metrics to Social Media Strategy: This wiki will be retooled to go deeper in more specific metrics linked to strategy. Tags: goals.

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Goal ROI Wiki Metrics 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

During the past two weeks, links shared via the #nptech hashtag on Twitter have been like a Chinese buffet, a huge selection of tempting dishes that look so good you want to fill an entire plate. Visual Mapping and Diagnostics for Scaling Change : From Steve Waddel, Iscale - this paper has done the impossible! Take your pick!

Nptech 91

Nptech Social Media Ning Media 91

NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

You shouldn't choose the toolbox for your organization until after a strategy has been defined -- at which point the following should be considered: fish where the fish are , use tools that make sense for your audience , know there is no "one size fits all" plan and map tools directly to your strategy.

Social Media 62

Social Media Media Cancer Social 62

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

She also writes for the Stanford Social Innovation Review and she also has one of the most read personal blogs in NPTech. Beth Kanter won the NTEN Award in2007: Most Valuable Person in NpTech field. It also means that privacy issues -- when there is a person on the other end of aggregated data are going to be much more of an issue."

Celebrate 90

Celebrate News Technology Nonprofit 90

Care2

MAY 4, 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)

Social Media 76

Social Media Online Communication Media 76