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The third Digital Media and Learning Competition , from the MacArthur Foundation, is now accepting applications. This post was written by Amy Sample Ward and was originally posted on the NetSquared Blog. In partnering with the White House, National Lab Day, and videogame makers Sony and EA, the Digital Media and Learning Competition has prizes up to $200,000 and is open to all kinds of innovative projects (including games) that make use of digital media for education and social change. MORE
I found this slideshare show by Michael Weiksner, BJ Fogg, and Xing Kin Lui from a class at Stanford called " Creating Engaging Applications on Facebook." " They are taking a multi-disciplinary look at applications, including a focus on persuasion technology. MORE
We still have a few slots available in our Nonprofit Tech Academy for spring 2014, but the application deadline is fast approaching. Does the following sound good to you? MORE
ZDNet wrote up a great overview of the tool and its applications, and ReadWriteWeb also gave it a brief review. There's a new way you can communicate with your team, constituents, or professional community about any content you find on the web. Reframeit is a browser extension that allows you to annotate almost any content you find on the web, and engage your network in a discussion about it. MORE
There's huge promise in both the tenants of open source and specific open source applications. I love the tenants of open source software. What's not to like about software that's open to customization or modification, and (typically) costs nothing to download? MORE
Google Analytics | Application Gallery: "Google Analytics Application GalleryAdd Your ApplicationThis gallery contains applications that extend Google Analytics in new and exciting ways. Start by viewing our featured applications below or by browsing our categories to the left They are solutions that help analysts, marketers, IT teams, and executives get more out of Google Analytics. MORE
The post Environmental Scan of Text Messaging Interventions Supports SMS Applications in Healthcare appeared first on Mobile Commons. In May 2014, the U.S. MORE
Facebook Applications: the Future of Fundraising? The Bivings Report: "Facebook Applications: the Future of Fundraising? Probably not. » Probably not.Posted on June 18th, 2007By Erin Teeling in Social Networks, Social ResponsibilityWhen Facebook Platform launched at the end of May , the move was met with surprise and delight from online marketers and software developers who have been hoping for a. MORE
Blackbaud shook the nonprofit tech world last week with its announcement that they were cancelling Common Ground, a popular fundraising application built on Salesforce.com and used by small to mid-sized nonprofits. The application was a fee-based, customizable online database for capturing donations and engaging donors. Fundraising applications built on Salesforce.com are still the most popular choice for small to mid-size nonprofits. MORE
WWJ Newsradio 950 - Give Camp Offers Nonprofits Free Application Development: "Nearly 100 software developers from all over Michigan wrote a wide variety of software and Web applications for more than a dozen nonprofits over the weekend at the first-ever Ann Arbor Give Camp MORE
Facebook Charity Application Wins Investors, Grows With Safeway - Bloomberg: "Causes, a for-profit company that lets Facebook Inc.’s s users give money to charities, raised $9 million in new funding and began selling gift cards in supermarkets as it aims to bring more philanthropy to the Web MORE
Earlier this week LinkedIn announced its applications platform that includes a small number of well-chosen apps that can enhance your professional networking profile. For my profile, I added BlogLink (it posts my blog posts to my profile automatically) and SlideShare's Application. (In MORE
Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and an evolving cast of supporting players have formed a subgroup of social media I think of as "social identity" applications. 2009 was the year that these professionals went beyond being careful about their online presence to actively using social media applications to form the basis of their professional reputation and identity. In 2009, "social media" became the conventional buzzword to replace "Web 2.0" MORE
How are organizations using place-based applications like FourSquare or Facebook Places? In this webinar, we'll take a look at the potential of place-based applications. Join us for a talk about what these applications can do, how you could use them and a walk through some case studies of the tools in use in the nonprofit community. Event Price: 40.00. EventDate: September 15, 2011 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm. Type: Live Training. MORE
I am excited to learn about a technology and human rights conference entitled The Soul of the New Machine: Human Rights, Technology and New Media. In a partnership between University of California Berkeley Human Rights Center and TechSoup's Netsquared project, the conference is hosting a " Mobile Challenge " encouraging nonprofits and advocacy groups to "combine data, imagery, mapping and social networking to advance human rights." MORE
To help you get the most out of your Facebook Page, there are several applications you should check out. Extended Info – This app works much like the Static FBML application but is slightly easier to use. MORE
Google, World Bank use Map Maker to improve Africa's disaster response( - Internet-based applications and services ) : Innhold a- Google, World Bank use Map Maker to improve Africa's disaster response o Michael Malakata 19.01.2012 kl 18:33 | Computerworld Zambia By providing access to a Web-based community mapping tool and data, World Bank and Google are aiming to improve the ability of African and other developing countries to monitor public services and respond to disasters MORE
Americans and Text Messaging.pdf (application/pdf Object) Americans and text messaging 31% of text message users prefer texting to voice calls, and young adults stand out in their use of text messaging MORE
Flickr giving away 10K pro memberships (to nonprofits) - News - Internet Applications Software: "Flickr is giving away pro accounts to nonprofits and public libraries to showcase their efforts.Yahoo owned photo community Flickr has launched a new program called Flickr for Good. MORE
More and more organizations realize the potential in smartphones due to their technical capabilities to run applications, or "apps." In this article, I will describe a few of the basic problems related with creating mobile applications. What should the application do? MORE
I enjoy sharing (when I get permission to) the stories of new social tech ventures that visit Benetech. Because we're not a funder, we usually can't help new social entrepreneurs with their number one need, money. But, we can be a sounding board for new projects and help them on their path to using technology to make the world a better place. One of these projects is the Care Product Institute. MORE
Andrea Berry answers a common question about real-world uses for place-based applications, like FourSquare. Got a question you'd like to ask Idealware? Email Chris@Idealware.org and we may film a video response. -->. Trackback URL for this post: [link]. Social Media MORE
The Real Value of Mobile Applications. Just imagine this scenario: thousands or even millions of potential clients and customers engaging with your brand through a mobile application on their smartphones or tablets. So, how can a mobile application help your business to grow? MORE
I know a lot of pretty serious geeks read this blog, but I also know some folks who aren’t do too, and I figured it was time to do a quick outline of web application frameworks, and how they differ from things like a CMS. A web application framework is one that does require programming to provide the basics of a user interface. Popular web application frameworks include Ruby on Rails (using the Ruby programming language,) CakePHP (using PHP), and django (using Python.) MORE
Blackbaud shook the nonprofit tech world last week with its announcement that they were cancelling Common Ground, a popular fundraising application built on Salesforce.com and used by small to mid-sized nonprofits. The application was a fee-based, customizable online database for capturing donations and engaging donors. Fundraising applications built on Salesforce.com are still the most popular choice for small to mid-size nonprofits. MORE
March 21st: Deadlines to submit grant applications - 12:00 AM EST. March 28th: Finalists announced and reposted on JustMeans.com. As you can read below, Green Mountain Coffee and JustMeans have partnered up for the Change Climate Change contest. It’s an interesting combination of social media-based contest, submissions of ideas comments and voted on by readers, and traditional grantmaking, requiring all submission to also fill out a grant proposal for their requested funding. MORE
If there was a dictionary definition of an application developer that’s in this market for all the right reasons, it would point to PicNet and call it a day. Tagged: applications , Common Ground , Nonprofit , Nonprofits , nptech , Salesforce. MORE
When it comes to writing a gonna-get-the-gold grant application, it’s all about body language. No problem, see below for a closer examination of the anatomy of an amazing grant application. Attack that application! MORE
photo: Robert Weiner Today, I am excited to announce that the application for scholarships to the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference is officially open. MORE
My first thought was that "boundless" online grant applications meant "endless", which would be horrifying. I cling on to listening to the newscast lecture about receiving boundless online grant applications so I have been looking around for the finest site to get one. I was struck by the language in this spammy blog comment. But maybe they mean "for unlimited amounts of money". MORE
You must submit an application by midnight on March 28, 2011, and you'll be notified if you've won on April 10. You may remember my predecessor, Katrin Verclas, who started and runs MobileActive. After a little over three years at the helm of NTEN, I still thank Katrin almost daily for one particular gift she gave us: our values ! She sat us down and had us draft these at our first all-staff meeting with her. MORE
KPBJ.COM | Local nonprofits'' grant applications posted online for public viewing andfunding | Business Daily | The KPBJ | KITSAP PENINSULA BUSINESS JOURNAL : Local nonprofits'' grant applications posted online for public viewing and funding March 12, 2014 @ 12:05am Kitsap Community Foundation has posted online summaries of grant applications from 71 local nonprofit organizations and invites the public to view and possilby help fund the applications. MORE
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has launched the application process for the new Community Engagement Fellows Program, which will provide professional development for engagement experts in the scientific community. MORE
Legacy applications are the mere backbone of the important part of the modern companies. After all, application modernization by the means of Fresche can only help in accelerating their processing powers, reducing their costs and maximizing their productivity. MORE
Can word clouds help you create more effective grant applications? Focusing on the words that appear more frequently in grant requirements, might help your application get noticed.( read more ). forum Non-profit technology MORE
Although it’s currently in limited release, thousands of developers have signed on and there are numerous widgets and web applications that are up and running as of now. Google’s App Engine allows anyone to “run [their] web applications on Google’s infrastructure.&# MORE
We''ve developed two new resources to help you build a better membership application form. Membership renewal membership-application MORE
Stimulus Applications Could Overwhelm Grants.gov | 44 | washingtonpost.com: "Stimulus Applications Could Overwhelm Grants.govBy Sarah CohenThe first federal casualty of the stimulus bill was identified by the Office of Management and Budget this week when OMB director Peter Orszag told agency heads to plan for a possible meltdown of the government's main grantmaking portal MORE
One of NTEN's values is: We are a stage and a platform for your voices, ideas, and debates on technology-related issues that affect us all in our work. That's voices , plural. I take that to mean it's our job to make sure the entire nonprofit sector has access to the NTEN stage and can make use of it. That's the reason behind our annual NTC Scholarship Campaign: it's important that we make the NTC as accessible as possible, regardless of our attendees' budget sizes. MORE
See first-hand how you can easily create engaging, interactive, and beautiful online surveys and forms with FluidSurveys; and accept, store, manage, and review application content and files online with FluidReview. MORE
In the grant world, you face an expansive world to find foundations who will support you, but knowing how to navigate the seamlessly endless possibilities can make the application process a lot easier to manage. The start of the grant process is similar to writing this article. MORE
Today, TechCrunch wrote about a new mobile application called CauseWorld Here's how it works: CauseWorld app users earn “karma points” when they walk into stores and check in with their cell phone. MORE
See first-hand how you can easily create engaging, interactive, and beautiful online surveys and forms with FluidSurveys; and accept, store, manage, and review application content and files online with FluidReview. MORE
Universities unite to build better Web applications - LinuxWorld: "A handful of universities is working to build a software architecture and reusable components that can make Web applications easier to develop and use.Related linksAlpha Doggs blog on network researchFLUID Project10 enterprise software companies to watch04/11/07The University of Toronto said it recently was awarded $2.5 MORE
Application Related Topics Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director
APRIL 9, 2019
The Real Value of Mobile Applications. Just imagine this scenario: thousands or even millions of potential clients and customers engaging with your brand through a mobile application on their smartphones or tablets. So, how can a mobile application help your business to grow?
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
APRIL 6, 2011
I know a lot of pretty serious geeks read this blog, but I also know some folks who aren’t do too, and I figured it was time to do a quick outline of web application frameworks, and how they differ from things like a CMS. A web application framework is one that does require programming to provide the basics of a user interface. Popular web application frameworks include Ruby on Rails (using the Ruby programming language,) CakePHP (using PHP), and django (using Python.)
Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director
MARCH 20, 2019
Legacy applications are the mere backbone of the important part of the modern companies. After all, application modernization by the means of Fresche can only help in accelerating their processing powers, reducing their costs and maximizing their productivity.
AFP Blog
MAY 5, 2010
Google Analytics | Application Gallery: "Google Analytics Application GalleryAdd Your ApplicationThis gallery contains applications that extend Google Analytics in new and exciting ways. Start by viewing our featured applications below or by browsing our categories to the left They are solutions that help analysts, marketers, IT teams, and executives get more out of Google Analytics.
AFP Blog
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
Americans and Text Messaging.pdf (application/pdf Object) Americans and text messaging 31% of text message users prefer texting to voice calls, and young adults stand out in their use of text messaging
Tech Soup Blog
DECEMBER 11, 2012
More and more organizations realize the potential in smartphones due to their technical capabilities to run applications, or "apps." In this article, I will describe a few of the basic problems related with creating mobile applications. What should the application do?
SocialFish
OCTOBER 10, 2016
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has launched the application process for the new Community Engagement Fellows Program, which will provide professional development for engagement experts in the scientific community.
Wild Apricot
JULY 25, 2013
We''ve developed two new resources to help you build a better membership application form. Membership renewal membership-application
NonProfit Hub
JANUARY 13, 2016
In the grant world, you face an expansive world to find foundations who will support you, but knowing how to navigate the seamlessly endless possibilities can make the application process a lot easier to manage. The start of the grant process is similar to writing this article.
AFP Blog
MARCH 17, 2009
Stimulus Applications Could Overwhelm Grants.gov | 44 | washingtonpost.com: "Stimulus Applications Could Overwhelm Grants.govBy Sarah CohenThe first federal casualty of the stimulus bill was identified by the Office of Management and Budget this week when OMB director Peter Orszag told agency heads to plan for a possible meltdown of the government's main grantmaking portal
AFP Blog
MARCH 12, 2014
KPBJ.COM | Local nonprofits'' grant applications posted online for public viewing andfunding | Business Daily | The KPBJ | KITSAP PENINSULA BUSINESS JOURNAL : Local nonprofits'' grant applications posted online for public viewing and funding March 12, 2014 @ 12:05am Kitsap Community Foundation has posted online summaries of grant applications from 71 local nonprofit organizations and invites the public to view and possilby help fund the applications.
AFP Blog
OCTOBER 19, 2010
Facebook Charity Application Wins Investors, Grows With Safeway - Bloomberg: "Causes, a for-profit company that lets Facebook Inc.’s s users give money to charities, raised $9 million in new funding and began selling gift cards in supermarkets as it aims to bring more philanthropy to the Web
Wild Apricot
JUNE 24, 2011
Can word clouds help you create more effective grant applications? Focusing on the words that appear more frequently in grant requirements, might help your application get noticed.( read more ). forum Non-profit technology
Robert Weiner
JANUARY 11, 2012
My first thought was that "boundless" online grant applications meant "endless", which would be horrifying. I cling on to listening to the newscast lecture about receiving boundless online grant applications so I have been looking around for the finest site to get one. I was struck by the language in this spammy blog comment. But maybe they mean "for unlimited amounts of money".
GroundWire
SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
Blackbaud shook the nonprofit tech world last week with its announcement that they were cancelling Common Ground, a popular fundraising application built on Salesforce.com and used by small to mid-sized nonprofits. The application was a fee-based, customizable online database for capturing donations and engaging donors. Fundraising applications built on Salesforce.com are still the most popular choice for small to mid-size nonprofits.
AFP Blog
JANUARY 20, 2012
Google, World Bank use Map Maker to improve Africa's disaster response( - Internet-based applications and services ) : Innhold a- Google, World Bank use Map Maker to improve Africa's disaster response o Michael Malakata 19.01.2012 kl 18:33 | Computerworld Zambia By providing access to a Web-based community mapping tool and data, World Bank and Google are aiming to improve the ability of African and other developing countries to monitor public services and respond to disasters
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 23, 2009
Today, TechCrunch wrote about a new mobile application called CauseWorld Here's how it works: CauseWorld app users earn “karma points” when they walk into stores and check in with their cell phone.
AFP Blog
JULY 14, 2008
WWJ Newsradio 950 - Give Camp Offers Nonprofits Free Application Development: "Nearly 100 software developers from all over Michigan wrote a wide variety of software and Web applications for more than a dozen nonprofits over the weekend at the first-ever Ann Arbor Give Camp
Mobile Commons
MARCH 2, 2015
The post Environmental Scan of Text Messaging Interventions Supports SMS Applications in Healthcare appeared first on Mobile Commons. In May 2014, the U.S.
Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 20, 2009
March 21st: Deadlines to submit grant applications - 12:00 AM EST. March 28th: Finalists announced and reposted on JustMeans.com. As you can read below, Green Mountain Coffee and JustMeans have partnered up for the Change Climate Change contest. It’s an interesting combination of social media-based contest, submissions of ideas comments and voted on by readers, and traditional grantmaking, requiring all submission to also fill out a grant proposal for their requested funding.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 14, 2006
I enjoy sharing (when I get permission to) the stories of new social tech ventures that visit Benetech. Because we're not a funder, we usually can't help new social entrepreneurs with their number one need, money. But, we can be a sounding board for new projects and help them on their path to using technology to make the world a better place. One of these projects is the Care Product Institute.
NTEN
JANUARY 5, 2012
photo: Robert Weiner Today, I am excited to announce that the application for scholarships to the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference is officially open.
AFP Blog
APRIL 17, 2007
Universities unite to build better Web applications - LinuxWorld: "A handful of universities is working to build a software architecture and reusable components that can make Web applications easier to develop and use.Related linksAlpha Doggs blog on network researchFLUID Project10 enterprise software companies to watch04/11/07The University of Toronto said it recently was awarded $2.5
NTEN
JANUARY 5, 2011
One of NTEN's values is: We are a stage and a platform for your voices, ideas, and debates on technology-related issues that affect us all in our work. That's voices , plural. I take that to mean it's our job to make sure the entire nonprofit sector has access to the NTEN stage and can make use of it. That's the reason behind our annual NTC Scholarship Campaign: it's important that we make the NTC as accessible as possible, regardless of our attendees' budget sizes.
John Haydon
OCTOBER 15, 2010
To help you get the most out of your Facebook Page, there are several applications you should check out. Extended Info – This app works much like the Static FBML application but is slightly easier to use.
Idealware
FEBRUARY 8, 2012
Andrea Berry answers a common question about real-world uses for place-based applications, like FourSquare. Got a question you'd like to ask Idealware? Email Chris@Idealware.org and we may film a video response. -->. Trackback URL for this post: [link]. Social Media
Idealware
FEBRUARY 19, 2009
I am excited to learn about a technology and human rights conference entitled The Soul of the New Machine: Human Rights, Technology and New Media. In a partnership between University of California Berkeley Human Rights Center and TechSoup's Netsquared project, the conference is hosting a " Mobile Challenge " encouraging nonprofits and advocacy groups to "combine data, imagery, mapping and social networking to advance human rights."
Tech Soup Blog
MAY 15, 2014
See first-hand how you can easily create engaging, interactive, and beautiful online surveys and forms with FluidSurveys; and accept, store, manage, and review application content and files online with FluidReview.
Idealware
SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
Blackbaud shook the nonprofit tech world last week with its announcement that they were cancelling Common Ground, a popular fundraising application built on Salesforce.com and used by small to mid-sized nonprofits. The application was a fee-based, customizable online database for capturing donations and engaging donors. Fundraising applications built on Salesforce.com are still the most popular choice for small to mid-size nonprofits.
NTEN
APRIL 2, 2014
We still have a few slots available in our Nonprofit Tech Academy for spring 2014, but the application deadline is fast approaching. Does the following sound good to you?
AFP Blog
MARCH 6, 2008
Flickr giving away 10K pro memberships (to nonprofits) - News - Internet Applications Software: "Flickr is giving away pro accounts to nonprofits and public libraries to showcase their efforts.Yahoo owned photo community Flickr has launched a new program called Flickr for Good.
Tech Soup Blog
MAY 15, 2014
See first-hand how you can easily create engaging, interactive, and beautiful online surveys and forms with FluidSurveys; and accept, store, manage, and review application content and files online with FluidReview.
AFP Blog
JUNE 21, 2007
Facebook Applications: the Future of Fundraising? The Bivings Report: "Facebook Applications: the Future of Fundraising? Probably not. » Probably not.Posted on June 18th, 2007By Erin Teeling in Social Networks, Social ResponsibilityWhen Facebook Platform launched at the end of May , the move was met with surprise and delight from online marketers and software developers who have been hoping for a.
Idealware
JUNE 30, 2009
There's huge promise in both the tenants of open source and specific open source applications. I love the tenants of open source software. What's not to like about software that's open to customization or modification, and (typically) costs nothing to download?
Idealware
AUGUST 2, 2011
How are organizations using place-based applications like FourSquare or Facebook Places? In this webinar, we'll take a look at the potential of place-based applications. Join us for a talk about what these applications can do, how you could use them and a walk through some case studies of the tools in use in the nonprofit community. Event Price: 40.00. EventDate: September 15, 2011 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm. Type: Live Training.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 6, 2008
I found this slideshare show by Michael Weiksner, BJ Fogg, and Xing Kin Lui from a class at Stanford called " Creating Engaging Applications on Facebook." " They are taking a multi-disciplinary look at applications, including a focus on persuasion technology.
Beaconfire Wire
JUNE 26, 2008
Although it’s currently in limited release, thousands of developers have signed on and there are numerous widgets and web applications that are up and running as of now. Google’s App Engine allows anyone to “run [their] web applications on Google’s infrastructure.&#
Tech Soup Blog
JANUARY 15, 2010
The third Digital Media and Learning Competition , from the MacArthur Foundation, is now accepting applications. This post was written by Amy Sample Ward and was originally posted on the NetSquared Blog. In partnering with the White House, National Lab Day, and videogame makers Sony and EA, the Digital Media and Learning Competition has prizes up to $200,000 and is open to all kinds of innovative projects (including games) that make use of digital media for education and social change.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 1, 2008
Earlier this week LinkedIn announced its applications platform that includes a small number of well-chosen apps that can enhance your professional networking profile. For my profile, I added BlogLink (it posts my blog posts to my profile automatically) and SlideShare's Application. (In
Influence
APRIL 5, 2010
Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and an evolving cast of supporting players have formed a subgroup of social media I think of as "social identity" applications. 2009 was the year that these professionals went beyond being careful about their online presence to actively using social media applications to form the basis of their professional reputation and identity. In 2009, "social media" became the conventional buzzword to replace "Web 2.0"
Judi Sohn
APRIL 1, 2013
If there was a dictionary definition of an application developer that’s in this market for all the right reasons, it would point to PicNet and call it a day. Tagged: applications , Common Ground , Nonprofit , Nonprofits , nptech , Salesforce.
NTEN
MARCH 11, 2011
You must submit an application by midnight on March 28, 2011, and you'll be notified if you've won on April 10. You may remember my predecessor, Katrin Verclas, who started and runs MobileActive. After a little over three years at the helm of NTEN, I still thank Katrin almost daily for one particular gift she gave us: our values ! She sat us down and had us draft these at our first all-staff meeting with her.
NTEN
OCTOBER 31, 2008
ZDNet wrote up a great overview of the tool and its applications, and ReadWriteWeb also gave it a brief review. There's a new way you can communicate with your team, constituents, or professional community about any content you find on the web. Reframeit is a browser extension that allows you to annotate almost any content you find on the web, and engage your network in a discussion about it.
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