Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

It’s time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news again! The First Crowdfunding Platform for Nonprofit Technology Projects. The tech support nonprofit, TechBridge in Georgia, has launched the first crowdfunding platform for nonprofit technology projects. Nonprofit Technology Rockstar: Jason Shim.

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sgEngage

MAY 27, 2022

These repetitive tasks can be even more prevalent in nonprofit organizations, where updating donor profiles, entering gifts, or documenting grant applications are everyday occurrences. Here are a few concepts to build your knowledge base around automation and how it can be used in a nonprofit organization. The average U.S. Automation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 25, 2021

This is a must-read book whether you are an aspiring entrepreneur or a current entrepreneur. The 10 journeys are engaging, relatable and profiled through these personas: The Maker : Prototypes everything, learns by doing. The Scale – Expanding potential through technology, delegation and partnership.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2009

Sean takes a point of view: I think that technology and social media in particular is best used when it helps us more fully express those things that make us uniquely human. Knowledge is not some sort of physical element that we can stack in a room somewhere and index easily.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

This is a must-read book whether you are an aspiring entrepreneur or a current entrepreneur. The 10 journeys are engaging, relatable and profiled through these personas: The Maker : Prototypes everything, learns by doing. The Scale – Expanding potential through technology, delegation and partnership.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

One of the biggest barriers to sharing our experience and knowledge, and learning as organizations is the belief that we are all so different we can’t actually share or learn from each other. Just because you have your own profiles now, doesn’t mean you can stop listening to the community or replying and commenting.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 18, 2022

In contrast, volunteering is a more general service that doesn’t require prior experience or knowledge. Good places to find this information include press releases, corporate giving web pages, local news, and social media profiles. Arts and crafts. Kitchen goods. Electronics. Musical instruments. Hobby supplies. Web design.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2011

Chris lead us through a simple user design process based a book by Giles Colborne. Meedan , an implementation partner, is responsible for designing and implementing the online learning community. Over the holidays, I got a new marker set and sketch pad – watch out.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. The need to have a Google account will come up many times in your social media and mobile technology campaigns. Though most nonprofits in the United States, Canada and the U.K. Create a master login sheet.

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NTEN

APRIL 16, 2015

You braved sleet and rain and even witnessed a snow day in Austin to take part in the 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference (15NTC). While we didn’t get the gorgeous spring weather Austin is famous for, we laughed, we cried, we drank in almost as much coffee as we did knowledge during another record-setting NTC. Yeah, we noticed!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

Cliff Atkinson's new book, The Back Channel is a must read for anyone presenting at conferences or planning trainings in age of social media. This online community, Engage365 , is a place to network and share knowledge about how to integrate the use of social media for events. The book has a cool worksheet to help you plan these out.

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Care2

JULY 11, 2013

While I have close to two decades of experience in the nonprofit field and love to share my experiences and data, I’m lucky to be surrounded by such smart nptech folks who share their knowledge with me. Check out some of my favorite resources in the nonprofit space.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 3, 2012

In the book, Beth and Katie identify a number of themes. At that time, most of NetSquared’s content came from the community blog, where anyone working at the intersection of technology and social impact could create a profile and contribute to the blog with stories, case studies, and more. Get your copy!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Editor's note — This blog piece by Micah Sifry touches on the still inadequate state of funding for nonprofit technology. Democracy platform reveals the state of nonprofit technology funding in a critical area in some detail. Nonprofit Technology Funding for Democracy: The Problem. What the Data Reveals.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology A goodbye to Facebook and LinkedIn? Want to show somebody a video or a picture you posted to your profile? The content centered ones, like flickr, del.icio.us Wired says : Therein lies the rub.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2023

Handwritten ledger books. Managing change can be difficult, but in looking back over the past 30 years of technology, it’s easy to see the benefits of continued evolution. Managing the Financial Technology Mindshift. Instead of writing the ledger entries in the book, they typed them into the computer. Paper checks.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 3, 2013

NASDAQ: BLKB) a technology company specializing in solutions for nonprofit organizations, we began philanthropy and ended up going to full “citizenship” route. I’ll also invite friends and experts to join me in sharing their knowledge, as well as profiling companies that – although small – are making a big impact in the community.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 21, 2008

This week, we're covering the third objective in Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff's book Groundswell : energizing (chapter 6). Maybe a comment card or book. But these same curators probably go home and rent movies, buy books, and select restaurants based on peer ratings and reviews. Don't ratings and reviews degrade the collection?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

who gave the keynote speech at UC Berkeley’s conference on law, ethics and technology, “ Social Networks: Friends or Foes? ,” complaints of hijacked accounts increased by one-third from 2007 to 2008. While the overwhelming consensus was that such behavior isn’t right, there are few laws on the books to address these scenarios.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2023

Handwritten ledger books. Managing change can be difficult, but in looking back over the past 30 years of technology, it’s easy to see the benefits of continued evolution. Instead of writing the ledger entries in the book, they typed them into the computer. Paper checks. This isn’t the start of a dystopian accounting novel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Note from Beth: Last month during one of our book talks for “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World , ” at TechSoup Global, Rachel Weidinger from Upwell came up to say hello. As technology costs drop and communications move online, the future of our work lies in big listening. It’s possible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

They need your help to bring back Ranger Rick's profile that was recently taken down by Facebook Staff. Help bring back Ranger Rick's profile Email: appeals-comment@facebook.com and ask them to let Ranger Rick exist on Facebook! GINKs is a knowledge network promoting the use of ICTs in development in Ghana. What's Hiafux ?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Knowledge: Subject matter expertise, research, polling, case studies. History: Simply being around a long time has some cachet and may mean you have access to historical wisdom, knowledge, and records. New technology called “voicemail drop” allows an organization to place a voicemail in your voicemail box without ringing their phone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

WiserEarth's vision comes from NCI’s Executive Director, Paul Hawken , who recognized its need when researching his latest book, Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being, and Why No One Saw It Coming. “I When you set up an account, it is much like setting up a profile on a social network. Now, I'm a fan!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

The best part is that high-profile individuals or celebrities are more likely to participate in these sorts of charity events if they don’t have to travel, and you’ll save money on their accommodations and transportation. Trivia themes that are relevant to their interests and knowledge can generate a competitive atmosphere.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 7, 2007

The artifacts are reaccessioned, the labels (hopefully) recycled, but what happens to the knowledge? Jim: It came out of a book that Kathy Maclean did with Wendy's help, Are We There Yet? How did this come to be an ASTC (Association of Science and Technology Centers) project? What happens to an exhibit when it closes?

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Care2

JUNE 11, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Companies don’t make friends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

The Nasscom Foundation in India, the epicenter of nonprofit technology and social innovation, invited me to present as part of the Global CSR track in a session about reaching the Bottom of the Pyramid with technology and social media. Network Weaving With Books and Twitter. Using that information, I was able to customize.

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Neon CRM

APRIL 27, 2023

Holding events is a great way for nonprofits to raise money, engage constituents, and raise their profile. A successful volunteering event will not only help you raise your profile, build new connections, and build your volunteer pool, it will also make a direct positive impact in your community.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 20, 2010

Saturday, March 20, 2010 Read Good To Great Near the top of virtually every list youll see of the best leadership books, youll find Good To Great , by Jim Collins. The book, five years in the making, and published in 2001, addresses the all-important question of: Can a good company become a great company, and if so, how? Foster said.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

"Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place? Thanks David, for another useful ebook!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

The bottom line is that, despite how technological and automated organizations have become, at their core they remain a collection of human energies that are merely being applied in an organized environment," explains Shaner. The book came out earlier this month. Its joined my Top 10 leadership books list!

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

New computer and internet technologies would facilitate direct connections between individual users anywhere in the world, using web- based platforms provided by companies like Craigslist, eBay, Airbnb, Uber, and Grubhub. It was the early stirrings of what we now call the “platform economy.”. What’s not to like? Not So Rosy After All.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2022

The following is an excerpt from Work Without the Worker: Labour in the Age of Platform Capitalism (2021) by Phil Jones, reprinted with permission from Verso Books. Microwork, however, thins the aperture of knowledge to a tiny sliver of light, divesting workers of the capacity to know what they are doing and to what end.

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