Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

You need a good avatar. It’s the number one, first-voiced complaint in every webinar and social media training that I give. The level of frustration ranges from simply voicing that they can not longer keep up with all their job duties to the fact they are eagerly looking for another job.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Not everyone is a natural-born Twitterer, and it may take time to find the right person at your nonprofit to be the voice(s) behind your Twitter avatar, but it’s worth the investment of resources. Social Media and Mobile Technology Webinars for Nonprofits. All nonprofits should also experiment with Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

So much so that many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 17, 2020

For a virtual conference or trade show, help attendees feel more engaged by allowing them to create a custom avatar. This avatar will act as their visual representation in the virtual space. Integrated communications can be enhanced by using additional event technology like live translation.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 17, 2020

For a virtual conference or trade show, help attendees feel more engaged by allowing them to create a custom avatar. This avatar will act as their visual representation in the virtual space. Integrated communications can be enhanced by using additional event technology like live translation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

In the next few weeks I’ll be making recommendations of which tools and trends in technology nonprofits should prioritize in 2013, but for this year’s post on New Year’s resolutions I wanted to get back to basics. It is clearly not a fad, and yet the vast majority of nonprofits have zero budgets for social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

I took some much-needed time off in December and was able to spend some down time reflecting on the future of social media and mobile technology for the nonprofit sector. Your supporters also want to see what your staff and working space look like – the human beings behind the avatar, if you will. Watch this technology closely!

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

The 2009 NMC Symposium for the Future , the fourteenth in the NMC’s Series of Virtual Symposia (October 27-29th), will explore actual and potential applications of technology that could impact issues of global importance over the next five years and beyond. If you'd like to participate, I have 10 FREE PASSES to give away.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2007

But it represents technology that has the potential to be a bigger part of Museum 2.0 And if you’ve ever logged into this brutally confusing new technology, you’ve probably been literally confronted the sense that your avatar, let alone the emperor, has no clothes. In fact, at this point it isn’t even on the Web at all.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Chapter 3 :: Find Your Facebook Voice. It increases your generosity score and the exposure of your avatar in the Twitterverse and in the “Interactions” module and thus results in more new followers. Chapter 5 :: Use the Colors of Your Avatar to Design Your Channel. Upload more photos. Gowalla is out of business.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Chapter 3 :: Find Your Facebook Voice. It increases your generosity score and the exposure of your avatar in the Twitterverse and in the “Interactions” module and thus results in more new followers. Chapter 5 :: Use the Colors of Your Avatar to Design Your Channel. Upload more photos. Gowalla is out of business.

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NTEN

APRIL 7, 2014

Each year at the Nonprofit Technology Conference, we get the chance to celebrate one individual – of the many! – Jason also serves as an instructor in Digital Media Marketing at George Brown College, has held positions on several governing boards is also a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Chapter 3 :: Find Your Facebook Voice. It increases your generosity score and the exposure of your avatar in the Twitterverse and in the “Interactions” module and thus results in more new followers. And the Google Search App and Bing Search App are very useful and now empowered with voice search. Upload more photos.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

At the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference, we -- Carie Lewis , Beth Kanter , David J. When people logged in on Fridays, they saw hundreds of frozen pea avatars from people who were fighting breast cancer. Each Friday in December, we asked people to donate the cost of a package of frozen peas to help fight breast cancer.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. Mobile Marketing Watch is a blog about all things mobile technology and mobile commerce. e-Newsletter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

You don't necessarily see women keynote at technology conferences (well accept for women focused technology conferences like blogher ), but Geoff was trying hard ensure a gender balanced program and succeeded. Geoff Livingston invited me to keynote the conference along with Shel Israel , author of Twitterville.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as mobile media continues to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options that will be available to your nonprofit in coming years. Ideal for mobile social media managers, VoiceTexter is an iPhone app that instantly transcribes your voice messages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 14, 2009

Consider, for example, the Sony Wonder Technology Lab in New York City. The Lab is a hands-on science center focused on creative use of digital technologies. When you enter, you start the visit by "logging in" at a kiosk that records your name, your voice, your photo, and your favorite color and music genre.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

And my Mom says she’ll never forget that her first knowledge of the events of the day came through my voice, whole and well, telling her to turn on the television. Or, more recently, how the native population in Avatar are connected to one another through a planetary-wide nervous system. Tell them where you are.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The Sony Wonder Technology Lab in NYC has an involved Digital Profile system which personalizes every interactive to your name, voice, and image based on an initial registration. By creating an intuitive technology that is tightly tied to their core business goals. Define the core technology that aligns to your mission.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2022

When transcoding audio of voices, the worker knows they are putting into writing the words of a speaker with an Irish accent. This is a particular problem when – as with Project Maven – the technologies supported by microwork are built for explicitly oppressive ends. But there is no sense of what this recording actually is (e.g.,

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