Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Photo from Kate in Flickr Social Signal Open House in TechSoup Office last week I'm playing catch up here on a bunch of Second Life stuff happening over the past week that I didn't want to let slip through my fingers: Social Signal held an open house in Second Life to welcome their new virtual worlds manager, Catherine Winters , to Social Signal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. GroupMe is useful for managing small teams of volunteers or for real-time communications between staff and volunteers during events. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com. HelpAttack! :: helpattack.com.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

He is the founder of Txtocracy.com , an open-source project that aims to increase voter turnout via text messages. He teamed up with Jason Samuels to set up all of the collaborative note-taking at the latest NTC conference. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

He is the founder of Txtocracy.com , an open-source project that aims to increase voter turnout via text messages. He teamed up with Jason Samuels to set up all of the collaborative note-taking at the latest NTC conference. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God.

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Technology Canada Nptech Award 64

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. GroupMe is useful for managing small teams of volunteers or for real-time communications between staff and volunteers during events. It also has a “Charities and NGOs” section.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2011

This $10,000 prize is awarded to talented and creative individuals who develop open source software products that demonstrate impressive value to the nonprofit sector. Know an Open Source developer who is pushing the nonprofit sector forward? Her first tip: Use your nonprofit’s avatar as your profile picture!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. Twibbon is a tool that allows your supporters on Twitter and Facebook to add a micro version of your nonprofit’s avatar to their profile pics. You can also view statistics about what time people voted and from what country.

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