Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2007

Ringtones08 makes it quick and easy to create ringtones and broadcast opinions - from any political persuasion - about national or local candidates, issues, get out the vote, or any other subject dealing with the 2008 election. To post a ringtone, users simply go to RingTones08.com,

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2017

The Symantec donation program at TechSoup offers antivirus and Internet security for your local area network, Mac and Windows computers, and mobile devices. Guide by Cell lets you create interactive audio tours of exhibits that visitors access with their mobile phones.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Files: Is your organization the holder of the official record of something? Do you have the news clippings of major events in your files? Many of us are familiar with local businesses sponsoring local sports teams. Send a video or audio “thank you” through social media or email. Welcome packet. It was super cool.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Instead of serving everyone at a single location, consider a catered meal delivered to each of your donors from a local restaurant. Consider things like ebooks, video or audio files, or even a private livestream session with a celebrity. You can provide everyone who completes the hunt with something as simple as a digital file.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 30, 2013

I called Mary to learn more about this brilliant example of a small museum thinking in big and courageous ways about community participation in local history. We’ve done a few; I’ll interview someone for a specific reason for an article or to add to a file. That letter didn’t come until after we’d talked about it in our local paper.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Did you know you can embed an audio file in Google Earth?) Examples: Neighborhoods Against Irresponsible Logging (NAIL): When planners distributed a confusing and hard-to-understand map, many people in Rebecca’s local community didn’t “get&# what kind of logging plan was really in store.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

I was fascinated by the project’s innovative approach to collecting, sharing, and connecting people through locally-produced media. Someday we want to collect audio and video, too, but we’d need a pretty serious operating budget to do that and at least one full-time employee. You go online, and that’s why physical culture is at risk.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2008

Both attract locals and tourists who may travel out of their way for the thrill of collecting another place or experience. He talked about the volume of sculptures—that with 200 pieces going out from one location, it was tough to energize the local geocaching community to really get each of the sculptures moving on an interesting narrative.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

Did you know you can embed an audio file in Google Earth?) She re-mapped the data in Google Earth and shared the new map with community members, local politicians, and presented it at the community meeeting to a much different response. Raising awareness and providing local communities a venue for sharing their story.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

I want a phone that will sync with a local copy of Outlook (as opposed to an Exchange server), without requiring me to store all my data on Google. It appears that changes to my music on my PC will not be picked up automatically -- looks like you have to selectively copy the files, or overwrite the entire collection. Miscellaneous.

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 25, 2021

For example, perhaps 1/3 of your local population is food insecure, defined as not having consistent access to the food needed to support a healthy lifestyle. If your story includes other digital media assets, such as audio files or infographics, include those in your content library as well.

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Neon CRM

APRIL 28, 2023

Excel spreadsheets, email programs, basic online file storage, and other readily available tools can be used to communicate with donors and track payments. This includes all types of media like videos, audio files, and blog posts. You’ll also need internal communication methods like an instant messaging system (e.g.,

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Whether video, animation, photos, or audio, most course authoring software allows you to add a wide range of elements to your courses to convey information clearly and interestingly. Though Adobe Flash compatibility was phased out at the tail end of 2020, Captivate is still available and able to publish courses as HTML-5 files.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2014

Here are some of my favorites: ES File Explorer - for browsing files on your device. Muni Alerts – our local bus and train app for routes, schedules, and arrival predictions down to the second. BART Runner – is our local commuter train app. the apps that TechSoup folks like. Wes Holing, Web Content Developer.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

And another great thing about WhatsApp that not other messaging apps have is that you can share audios. So you can share post notes, you can share files and since a really long time ago, like now there’s other apps that can do that, but in WhatsApp this has been from our really long time. Audios, files.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Skeptics doubted the iPod in 2001 , but it went on to help revolutionize how people consume music and audio content. The platform lends itself to investments in high-definition movies, high-resolution photos, and audio-clips — stories that help reveal "what your support is accomplishing."

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2021

While livestreaming is largely focused on showing content to a mass audience, modern platforms can now: Allow one-on-one video chats Facilitate text chat for quick questions Create breakout rooms Screen record event content Hide or display video/audio. Video Toolbox is a free video editing solution that can process video files up to 1500 MB.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Local Impact Map :: datamarket.azure.com/application. Microsoft Local Impact Map is a low-cost visual mapping tool ideal for nonprofits that have multiple chapters or programs. Whether you want to display your work on a local, national, or global map, this is a visually-compelling new way to tell your nonprofit’s story.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Wistia is a video and audio creation tool that allows you to add email pop-ups to your videos and podcasts. Dropbox is a cloud storage service that is frequently used for file sharing and collaboration. Small PDF enables users to convert numerous files types into PDFs as well as edit and merge PDFs. Wistia :: wistia.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

I mentioned that I was able to track only the last 1500; he replied and said that their tool actually archives all hashtagged tweets, which he was able to send me as a data file, which is how I got the 1874 total. And you wil find a lot of local scenery in the flickr stream as people enjoyed the streets of Monterey. Live Video Streams.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2021

Dropbox is a cloud storage service (sometimes referred to as an online backup service) that is frequently used for file sharing and collaboration. Small PDF enables users to convert numerous files types into PDFs as well as edit and merge PDFs. Zoom is an affordable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2008

The eye images were posted to the site, and the incantations were layered over the top of each other in an ever-growing audio file. We did not draw a new audience to the bricks-and-mortar museum as the people who played the onsite game on October 25 were generally local and had visited the museum before.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

GoToWebinar enable organizations to host webinars with VOIP audio or toll free numbers, polls, analytics, and recording. For small regional nonprofits, the service could be used for local events and regular meetups. Zoom is an affordable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing. MeetUp :: meetup.com. For Nonprofits Only.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

It substitutes traditional local and long distance charges with a flat monthly per-account fee, and dramatically reduces international calling rates. Web conferencing allows audio and video interaction for a dialogue that seems more face-to-face with shared desktop viewing for reviewing documents and training.

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