Tech Soup

JANUARY 22, 2013

PowerMyLearning is a new, free online resource that has educational games, videos, and other activities for elementary, middle-school, and high school-aged students. Some of the videos, however, I found to be a bit sleepy. But what's good, effective, and also entertaining for kids? I think I may have a lead for you.

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Library Education Game Video 61

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Creating a space where you can collect and aggregate the news, content, and updates of your movement is important for people to better understand, follow, and join you. The livestream – whether it’s video, audio, or just text – can be embedded in your online homebase and shared across social networks.

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Technology Learning Audio New York 189

sgEngage

MARCH 12, 2024

On-demand video: Roadmap for the Front Line: Major Gift Fundraising Best Practices The disqualification move offers many benefits, such as improving fundraiser productivity and accelerating the speed to close on major gifts. It takes discipline to follow a disqualification rubric.

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Gift Proposal Blackbaud Phase 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2012

Also, you need, as Jan Gordon points out in the skype video interview, to know the audience’s content consumption patterns and interests. Robin Good recently curated this excellent piece about the difference between content curation and aggregation with this post by Ryan Skinner. Bundlepost is my perferred aggregation tool.

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Social Media Content Practice New York City 107

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I describe Social Actions as an aggregation of actions people can take on any issue that’s built to be highly distributable across the social web. In 2007, I realized that a much more effective way to aggregate interesting actions would be to subscribe to RSS feeds from trusted sources.

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API Action Open Data 186

Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 9, 2022

Taking content that you have already created, and pushing it through multiple formats (postcard, website, video, text message, etc.) The tools for delivering your message (Marketing Cloud, SMS, video platforms) can all connect with Salesforce to leverage the information you have stored and utilize it to get your message out there. .

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Giving Org Interaction System 91

Greater Giving

JUNE 17, 2021

Aggregated, nonprofits held an average of 3.94 Running a livestream is an investment of time and often money, and many nonprofits hired production and audio-video vendors to create high quality, immersive programs for virtual guests. events—a surprising amount of activity during a pandemic.

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Virtual Nonprofit Ratio Aggregator 91

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2017

This past month I’ve done several workshops where I experimented with different audience online interaction tools to engage people in the room as well as a remote audience tuning in through a live video stream. Online versions of assessments for participants that would can calculate individual scores and show aggregate results.

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Interaction Audience Poll Tools 81

Care2

APRIL 24, 2014

While the data''s comprised of both aggregated and anonymous data from retail, media and entertainment, and travel websites during 2013 - 2014, the data is also useful for nonprofits to examine. Photos and videos have increased in popularity on Facebook. Engagement with video posts is up 25% year-over-year.

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Facebook Adobe Social Network Aggregator 70

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 9, 2012

Under the terms of the merger agreement, Blackbaud paid an aggregate purchase price of approximately $325 million. (NASDAQ: BLKB) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Convio, Inc., a leading provider of on-demand constituent engagement solutions. “This is an exciting day for the Blackbaud and Convio teams.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2007

At NTC, I organized a panel and drop-in clinic called 'NTC Video GeekOut" featuring Jonny Goldstein and Andy Carvin. I also video blogged the session and caught up with a participant for a quick interview about their impressions. Next time, I think I might keep the video really short so it doesn't take so much time to render.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

One of the points he made during our planning call is that in order to curate, you need two sets of tools – news discovery and curation tools. News discovery tools select and aggregate content based on keyword searches, but give a higher signal to noise ratio than general keywords searches or general news sites.

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News Tools Skype Aggregator 94

Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 6, 2006

Now FightHunger.org (a project of the UN World Food Program and partners) is launching a Walk the World Viral Video Contest. They are looking for an, "upbeat viral video that spreads the word about ending child hunger by 2015." If your video is accepted we will send you a confirmation email." hunger video contest

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Hunger Contest Video Aggregator 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2012

Last January, I had the opportunity to present with Robin at the Social Media 4 Nonprofits Conference and he was very generous with his time, agreeing to do a video interview on skype before the session. There are over 250 tools in this collection, so it might be a little bit overwhelming for beginners.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 15, 2009

Change the Web Challenge: Finalists Announced - I'm really excited about the 24 Finalists in the Change the Web Challenge - this Challenge called for new applications that use Social Actions' API which aggregates and surfaces all kinds of actionable opportunities from around the web. Check them out!

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Web San Francisco Netsquared Bookmarking 100

Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This includes things like file downloads, form interactions, video views, and site searches. Your aggregate-level data will still be saved, but event-level data, such as file downloads, will only be kept for 14 months. Built-In Tracking: GA4 includes robust tracking right out of the box, with no additional customizations needed.

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Analytics Google Fundraising Track 52

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2011

When you post a message, upload a photo or video, or share, you are given the option to select which of your “circles&# are able to view it. .&# Making the options for backing up and downloading your content and data explicit. Privacy within the platform can be on a content by content basis. Circles are how you organize your contacts.

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Google Profile Stream Classes 267

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2012

This spring, The Big Wild launched Drawn to the Wild, a collaborative digital art project that invited Canadians to creatively contribute to a new version of a singer/songwriter Sarah Harmer’s music video and support the protection of part of the Niagara Escarpment at the same time. They came from a variety of sources.

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Time Cambodia Reddit Facebook 97

Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2016

Our partner See3 will announces the winners of the 2016 GoDooder Video Awards at the 2016 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC). TechSoup's storytelling campaign will have four prizes: Best Nonprofit Video, Best Nonprofit Photo, an Audience Award, and a Stories of Tomorrow Award. What Can You Do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

It compliments the data that you get from Insights – it lets you aggregate and analyze the comments and posts from your page. to Provide a Video Workshop for Five Area NonProfits. You pay per export and right now you can pay with a Tweet. I used it analyze the Facebook page. How Networked Nonprofits Visualize Their Networks.

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Social Media Practice Media Social 95

Forum One

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

We're doing this by setting up a social network for attendees, by blogging and twittering about the event, and by aggregating news and video and photo feeds from the event. Blog posts about session discussions and interviews with participants: And more videos on Blip TV. Watch video of actual conference sessions.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2016

Our partner See3 has announced the winner of the 2016 GoDooder Video Awards. TechSoup's storytelling campaign will have four prizes: Best Nonprofit Video, Best Nonprofit Photography, Audience Choice Award, and Best Story of Tomorrow Award. Want to see inspiring examples? Check out the moving, powerful stories that were submitted.

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Storytelling Challenge Digital Storyboard 36

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

And ultimately, we take action to be part of something as we already have plenty of opportunities to take and share video, photo and messages with our friends or the world at large. Perhaps the campaign could have been anchored in that fact and asked people to make a 45 second or less video to get involved. The next example, is 350.org

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2009

YouTube raised the question today: “ Are you a nonprofit who needs help creating great video for your causes ?” Why I dig this new program… It allows volunteers to use a skill that has been mostly untapped up until this point: video shooting and editing! Aggregation of multiple site opportunities in one place.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2014

News discovery tools select and aggregate content based on keyword searches, but give a higher signal to noise ratio than general keywords searches or general news sites. Always looks to discover new ways, tools and networks where useful sources can be found including images , videos , or documentaries.

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Content Arts Guidelines News 119

NTEN

AUGUST 14, 2014

Feedly : a news aggregation app that pulls feeds from news sites and social media. Storify : a content curation tool that allows you to create a timeline of social media posts, video, slide decks, and other online media. Some of the tools highlighted include: Content curation. Community engagement.

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Social Media Platform Strategy Media 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Most users prefer to consume user generated content, by reading blog, watching videos, or browsing through photos. The second C, Collaboration, refers to the idea that social media facilitates the aggregation of small individual actions into meaningful collective results. The Second C: Collaboration. The Third C: Community.

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Social Media Media Social Aggregator 106

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

The later focused on how nonprofit could become social content creators, that how to effectively communicate the organization's story effectively through social media channels like blogs, video, podcasts, and photos. We also touched on user-generated content, inspiring others to tell your organization's story in their own words.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

But, if you want more suggestions, see 22 Must Circle Nonprofit Bloggers and Nonprofits on Google + that Heather Mansfield aggregated. It is a diverse list of different nonprofits and people that have a presence and share information information on Google + that might be of interest to nonprofits. I have two nonprofit brand circles.

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Google Time Nonprofit Metrics 98

NTEN

DECEMBER 30, 2010

We could have sworn "Kitteh Roulette" would be the last cat video site you'd ever need. Why were the cat videos so popular? We continue to believe that data, properly analyzed and put into context, is key to the future of the nonprofit sector, particularly given the huge aggregations created by social networks.

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Haiti Africa Aggregator NTEN 52

NTEN

DECEMBER 30, 2010

We could have sworn "Kitteh Roulette" would be the last cat video site you'd ever need. Why were the cat videos so popular? We continue to believe that data, properly analyzed and put into context, is key to the future of the nonprofit sector, particularly given the huge aggregations created by social networks.

Haiti 52

Haiti Africa Aggregator NTEN 52

NTEN

JULY 30, 2010

You should probably know, however, that human beings have spent 15 years in aggregate watching " Surprised Kitty " -- longer than it took to land a man on the moon. Fortunately, the article that calculates all the time we spend looking at cat and dog videos links to all those videos, as well. So, congrats!

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Hype Case Study Aggregator Movie 47

Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

So however it makes sense to move information within your organization, that’s how I would take your input in and aggregate it. I’ll drop the video. Twitter | LinkedIn | The post [VIDEO] How To Lead And Manage In Our New Nonprofit Work Reality appeared first on Bloomerang. Who gets to be involved in consultation?

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Management Work Video Slides 87

Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2013

Facebook shifted its design to focus on photo and video-sharing in response to data showing that this content is shared way more frequently than text and links. I use an RSS reader to aggregate articles to read, a bookmarking tool (pinboard) to save links of interest, and conversational tools (Twitter and Facebook) to share.

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NTEN

MARCH 11, 2011

The photos and video coming out of the region are awe inspiring and scary. Within a week came the Katrina People Finder , aggregating data into one central location. Flickr photo: Logan was his name-o It's been just a few hours since one of the largest recorded earthquakes and subsequent tsunami hit off the coast of Japan.

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Japan Nptech Disaster Hurricane 64

Care2

MAY 23, 2011

Team profiles with a “follow&# feature, embeddable video, location information, comments, and feedback. Social media aggregation and promotion hooks including RSS feeds, Facebook “Like&# , inbound and outbound Twitter posts, and ShareThis.

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Lesson Service Challenge Online 73

Care2

AUGUST 27, 2011

Industry news on your topic – Don’t just regurgitate the news for them, they can set up a Google e-alert for that, but rather, aggregate the news in a way that is engaging by asking them what they think. Here are a few of her tips. Don’t just post a link to a news article, read it and ask a question about their opinion.

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Haiti Aggregator Poll Picture 63