Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2012

A small selection of that criteria is as follows: Consistent use of a visually compelling square avatar across all social networks. They are early adopters and boldly pioneer the Social Web. Custom-designed Twitter and YouTube Channel backgrounds. Consistent publication of fresh content to a blog or website. Hint, hint.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

However, it is worth noting that in Google+ you can configure your privacy settings to make your Google+ Profile visible to everyone on the Web or just those in your “Circle. Add a your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google Profile picture. Enter the name of the link(s) and the URL(s) in the fields provided.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

As with most other communities, the magic number when you no longer need to actively promote your group and it grows on its own hovers around the 5,000-member benchmark. You’re attempting to build a community on LinkedIn, not to build your Facebook or Twitter community. Subtlety is an art on the Social Web.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 8, 2017

The best WordPress bloggers, site owners and administrators know that one of the keys to having a fantastic and wildly successful web page is to integrate everything you post and promote with some sort of social media component. Of course, the problem many people run into when looking at a social media program or plugin is, which one to pick?

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

Website analytics: help us track donation page interactions and web traffic. Persona Development Now that you have a lot of really insightful data, it is time to create the avatar of who your ideal donor is. She currently lives in a pet-friendly community and owns a dog and a cat. Let’s explore an example. It is a win/win!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

In short, you have to be a real person on Google+ before you can use the community to build a brand for your nonprofit – just like Facebook. Add your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google+ Profile picture. Upload your nonprofit’s avatar as one (or all five) of your featured profile photos.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

If your nonprofit is already on Google+, then the best practices below are meant to help you better learn how to tap into and inspire the Google+ community. In short, you have to be a real person on Google+ before you can use the community to build a brand for your nonprofit – just like Facebook. e-Newsletter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

However, it is worth noting that in Google+ you can configure your privacy settings to make your Google+ Profile visible to everyone on the Web or just those in your “Circles.” Add a your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google Profile picture.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

Whether you call she or he a social media manager, a new media manager, or a digital media manager , there’s no doubt that if your nonprofit wants to be successful on the Social Web, then nonprofit executive staff and board need to begin to seriously consider allocating funds to a social media manager position. You need a good avatar.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

The estimates below allow for the time required to research and create content for your social media campaigns, the actual time spent engaging and participating in your nonprofit’s online communities, and the time necessary to monitor and report ROI. All nonprofits should also experiment with Twitter. Blogging: 10 Hours Weekly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A website that allows nonprofits to set up web-based SupporterWalls of which spots of varying sizes and donation amounts can be purchased by your supporters. SupporterWall :: supporterwall.com. SwipeGood :: swipegood.com.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

One thing I’m thankful for every day, beyond my family and friends, is the rich and open discussion we are cultivating on the web. I’m so thankful to be part of the community and hope I can continue to contribute in small ways every day. Dress up your avatar with some Epic Thanks love at [link].

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

We’re now 10 years into the Social Web. Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.), 10) Track the growth and ROI of your online communities. Blogger and LinkedIn both launched in 2003. 4) Read more books.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

It will automatically pull in your avatar, apply your Twitter username to your Pinterest account (such as pinterest.com/nonprofitorgs ), and sync your account with Twitter in case you occasionally want to share Pinterest Pins with your Twitter community. If you have a Twitter account, sign up with your Twitter username and password.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2010

The webinar featured guest speaker Heather Mansfield , who has been helping nonprofits build online communities for more than ten years. Heather began her presentation by differentiating between the different types of "web." is static — it's your website, e-mail newsletters, and "donate now" buttons; Web 2.0 Tools Web 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A website that allows nonprofits to set up web-based SupporterWalls of which spots of varying sizes and donation amounts can be purchased by your supporters. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk. SupporterWall :: supporterwall.com.

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2010

This blog post was penned by Evonne Heyning , who works with TechSoup's Nonprofit Commons in Second Life and Community teams. With our 65-inch plasma screen TV, we camped outside the main ballroom and projected the #NCVS tweets along with Second Life and web interactive experiences for attendees.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

Your supporters also want to see what your staff and working space look like – the human beings behind the avatar, if you will. The video(s) does not need to be highly-produced or expensive, but it should be positive, on the short side, and integrated into all your nonprofit’s communications: VIDEO: Thank You from Operation Smile.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Another part of my position is coaching the volunteers to embrace social media and use it to mobilize their volunteer base and communicate our message in their communities. 2) I want to make our website ( www.pancan.org ) more shareable across the web. We have over 70 affiliates in the U.S. Please summarize your ROI.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Ensure that when potential new followers land on your Facebook Page, the design of your cover photo and your avatar is visually compelling. It’s for this reason that your avatar should be well-designed, not include text that is too small to read in the News Feed, or show any obvious errors in cropping.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2007

Shirley Williams ponders the Communities of Practice Online Collaboration Exercise "The best way for doubters to control a questionable new technology is to embrace it, lest it remain wholly in the hands of enthusiasts who think there is nothing questionable about it." " Quote from Stewart Brand from this Worldchanging Article.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

Notes from a Brainstorm The overarching concern of Hiroshi is a potential split in the disability community over new technology, particularly in the broadband age. He would like to see the disability community speak with one voice on these issues. To some disability groups, Second Life is wonderful.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2011

We all make up systems as we go along, we all look for inspiration at non-parallel models, we all incorporate game-theory into our work, and we enjoy thinking about how to bring incentives into the act of participating in our communities. We all know that we are never at completion with a web product. The Scalable Edge of Innovation.

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Care2

APRIL 26, 2013

While members of the Millennial Generation, now the largest generation in our nation’s history, are widely known for a desire to give back to their communities or be part of large social change movements – the way Millennials define their engagement tends to be very different from the way organizations do.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 26, 2007

Hey Have Fun * Do Gooders, Many of you know that I work as the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of TechSoup. Part of my job is to help put together Net Tuesdays in San Francisco, monthly meetings for social changemakers and web innovators to socialize, network and share resources. Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at 5:30 p.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2007

To see which functions communities ???assign??? But that hasn't really happened, partly due to the wide open nature of the web and sensitive nature of these concerns. MacArthur Foundation becomes the first foundation to leave behind the limitations of physical space and fly into virtual worlds. vote with their feet,??? public role,???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2007

You can cast your ballot for the projects that you think most effectively use the social web for social change. CompuMentor has created a Technology Innovation Fund to provide direct cash support to projects selected by the NetSquared Community. Avatar Action Center. Community-Owned Telecenter Project in Malawi.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 29, 2006

When you try to explain how the Web can be used for social change to a colleague, family member or friend, do they get a glazed and confused look in their eye? Yahoo Messenger Avatars , "Your Yahoo! Messenger Avatar has a huge wardrobe of clothes to choose from. Because Yahoo! That's "me" above in a ONE campaign shirt. •

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 26, 2007

We briefly visited Boracay Island - designed by Nick Noakes and the home of communities in practice (and the Vecop group). You can see the back of my avatar in the green skirt, the male avatar is Josh Knauer , and my colleague, Susanne Nyrop from Denmark who we bumped into while wandering around Boracay Island.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 18, 2006

It's a story about community and collaboration on a scale never seen before. The you that writes blogs, creates podcasts, shares open source applications, creates entries on Wikipedia, posts videos on YouTube, meets friends on MySpace and chats with avatars on Second Life. world whether through disability, illiteracy, or poverty.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

Jeska Linden , Community Manager for Linden Labs, has the mike in her hand, while her avatar is behind the podium in Second Life. Last night's event brought back memories for me - of what it was like 13 years ago doing demonstrations at nonprofit conferences about online communities for arts organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2006

Last week, I met an avatar named Budley Omegamu who turned out to be Sombit Mishra who is a Technology Associate at GlobalGiving. He coordinates web development, donor traffic and analytics, and technical marketing for the team. Details will be available soon!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

It raised $3,500 in 15 hours. This campaign was a community-generated effort - spearheaded by Connie Reece and came from people who knew of Susan Reynolds fight with breast cancer and rallied behind her. September, 2008 Dr. Mani, a heart surgeon in India - and Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

Her friends through out the social web responded and put together the campaign: Watch and listen to Connie Reece explain what this campaign is all about and why it is important to her. See the flickr pool of pea avatar photos. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Photo in flickr from Community Technology Foundation. We also discussed the aggregation and publishing side and some initial goals for the NPTech Community site. It's always nice to discover redesigned nonprofit web sites with a web2.0 Check out the SDCTC Community Portal (is the idea of a "portal" web 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. Introduction :: Integrating Web 1.0, and Web 3.0. Replace the “Web 1.0: The Static Web” with “Web 1.0:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

Jonathan Fanton, above next to my Second Life avatar, engaged in a discussion with Philip Rosedale (Linden) of Linden labs about the role of civil society in virtual worlds and answered questions from the more than 200 avatars that packed the space. For context, see the event announcement and today's New York Times article.

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