Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2016

Taking a break from technology and the 24/7 news cycle is crucial. Overworked new media managers often find it challenging to connect face to face, or they cannot quiet their mind long enough to read a book on the beach or watch a sunset. The brain needs a break from the barrage and needs to reset itself to normal operating mode.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

But with the right technology and information, there is no reason that you can’t do so successfully. . Then, encourage them to have a question and answer period or live polling where the virtual audience is asked to contribute. Hosting a hybrid event is a lot different than hosting a traditional event. Online surprise and delights.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

In a couple of weeks, one of the sessions I’m facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Jose is called “ How To Be A Wizard at Tech Training.” Our session will change the way you design and deliver technology trainings. Group Polling Techniques and Tools. 8 Must-Read Books on Training Design.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Nope, that's not a typo: it's time for us to start thinking about where we will host the 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Our current bookings: April 3-5, 2012: San Francisco, CA. Share your opinion to help us decide where to head in 2015: Replace audience response hardware with Poll Everywhere. 2015: Wildcard!

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AccelEvents

JUNE 3, 2021

These comprehensive platforms are more than just a live stream and live chat; they can provide your conference with interactive tools, features for attendee engagement, polls, chats, signature branding, and augmented reality rooms. . Sometimes, technology causes problems, and event technology is no exception. Customer Support.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 3, 2021

These comprehensive platforms are more than just a live stream and live chat; they can provide your conference with interactive tools, features for attendee engagement, polls, chats, signature branding, and augmented reality rooms. . Sometimes, technology causes problems, and event technology is no exception. Customer Support.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 24, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Making a better, more findable blog October 24, 2007 I’ve gotten some nice kudos for my blog in the past few days, and it feels nice to know that people read the blog, and get something out of it.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Earlier this year, Ning announced that it would be dropping 40% of it’s staff and dropping the free service which came as a shock to much of the community, including author of the Ning for Dummies book Manny Hernandez and spurring many forums and blogs to create lists of Ning alternatives that were still free. Yes, although grou.ps

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 31, 2019

When polled, many people thought working in the field would feel much the same. Dear readers, I value you all, but I rarely read 1 book let alone two as source reading for a post. :> > First, I read The Optimist's Telescope by Bina Venkataraman , a book about the challenges of predicting the future.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 4, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology It’s my social graph, darn it! There’s a poll on mashable.com , where the sentiment is most certainly heavily in favor of Facebook opening up the social graph. 2 admin 01.04.08

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

But with the right technology and information, there is no reason that you can’t do so successfully. . Then, encourage them to have a question and answer period or live polling where the virtual audience is asked to contribute. Hosting a hybrid event is a lot different than hosting a traditional event. Online surprise and delights.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 16, 2024

This software leverages technology to help you build a connection with your virtual event attendees and create an immersive event experience. Your organization can customize appointment booking workflows to suit your needs while planning your event. Pricing Smartwaiver’s pricing plans start at $19 per month.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

And, if you are attending NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology in March, join me, John Kenyon, Andrea Barry, and Cindy Leonard for a session on designing effective technology training. So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

I've been involved with teaching and learning technology for nonprofits since 1993 when I worked for the New York Foundation for the Arts' online network for artists, Arts Wire. I didn't know anything about UNIX, discussion forums, email, or any of the technology used. My job was the network weaver.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

In turn, I suggested that we have a conversation with the nonprofit technology community with Holly Ross at NTEN as host. She recommended a book from the HR perspective called Brand Inside Essentials. The back-channel had a poll feature and one of the questions about change agents inside of nonprofits.

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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. However, some webinar platforms have a real-time polling feature, the virtual equivalent of asking people to raise their hands if. The book has a cool worksheet to help you plan these out.

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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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AccelEvents

JUNE 23, 2020

And as event technology advances and people become more and more familiar with a digital format, the benefits of a virtual trade show become abundantly clear. Attendees do not have to book accommodation or make travel arrangements making the cost of admission much more manageable.

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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.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 18, 2020

S o, we polled our Blackbaud Champions for their best tips on how to manage and stay productive. – JoAnn Strommen, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology . “Do remember to get up and stretch on a regular basis. We received an overwhelming response and have included some of their responses below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Note from Beth: My colleague, Aliza Sherman, has written a book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Crowdsourcing and you drop everything and buy it now. We’ve been chatting about how to measure the impact of the crowd and she offered to write this guest post on the topic. Click to Purchase Your Copy Now!

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2013

In addition to having all of the functionality of GoToMeeting , GoToWebinar lets you keep track of webinar registration and attendance, and its polling and survey features help you get audience feedback. Organize your finances, from balancing the books to tracking investments with Quicken Premier. Available in bundles of 25.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 23, 2020

And as event technology advances and people become more and more familiar with a digital format, the benefits of a virtual trade show become abundantly clear. Attendees do not have to book accommodation or make travel arrangements making the cost of admission much more manageable.

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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. Public opinion polls provide some types of insight, but take time and money. It’s possible.

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NTEN

JUNE 30, 2010

At the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we gave our session evaluation system a major tech overhaul by highlighting a mobile text messaging option in addition to our normal paper evaluations -- as well as an online option that was added at the last minute.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

effective way to make your office paperless is with technology. Going entirely paperless means some up-front technology planning and. Make sure you do your homework before any technology investments, especially ones that effect your entire office, are made. invest in e-books? surveys and polls. Go Paperless!

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

We discuss issues and trends in modern web technologies that help your organization achieve more with less. RSS feed: We write on web technology and social media tools for non-profits - charities, associations, clubs and other organizations. Ease of use - technologies that delight you and those that frustrate you. Remember Me?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Knowledge: Subject matter expertise, research, polling, case studies. New technology called “voicemail drop” allows an organization to place a voicemail in your voicemail box without ringing their phone. Observe your community research as it happens (polling, focus groups, town halls). This may be used as a surprise benefit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

If your nonprofit is based in the DC area, NpowerDC reminds us that the deadline for their annual Technology Innovation Award is two weeks away. Some say it is impossible and a poll by wikimedians here. Technologies to Recruit, Engage, and Activate Youth." Fundraising and Philanthropy 2.0. Using Web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

After studying irrigation and soil and water conservation, which pays attention to the interface between social systems and irrigation technology in developing countries, she worked for ten years in Africa. Blogging an article or a book helps me to go one step further because I push myself to formulate what I really learned from it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

It will be interesting to see how this evolves given the technology platform came before the social design , but as online community pundits note, web2.0 There is now a poll to vote on names suggested by people. Netsquared Technology Innovation Fund which is high on the agenda of this year's Netsquared Conference. platforms.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

I’m really pleased that we’re focusing on technology. We haven’t focused on that yet in the program, and I know it goes without saying that with COVID and shelter-in-place, technology is front and center for all of us, even in ways that we didn’t imagine. We have multiple polls. So that’s what today is about.

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

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) But widgets are just the beginning.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

With a physical conference guests, and attendees often have to travel to your event venue , book accommodations, and pay for meals. Work together with sponsors, partners, and registered attendees through polling or submitted requests for a specific theme or topic. But, these numbers are not as cut and dry with a virtual audience. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 25, 2015

The investment the early adopter nonprofits made into online fundraising technology and strategy in the late 1990′s and 2000′s is now finally starting pay off – especially if they have also invested into a smart, multichannel, integrated social media strategy. Source: Harris Poll. Source: Echo & Co. Source: Happify.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

With a physical conference guests, and attendees often have to travel to your event venue , book accommodations, and pay for meals. Work together with sponsors, partners, and registered attendees through polling or submitted requests for a specific theme or topic. But, these numbers are not as cut and dry with a virtual audience. .

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

Maybe you’re considering your program and how you can actually engage folks to actually think that they’re part of a community which will create that sticky power that continues to be self-perpetuating so that folks continue to give their time, their talent, their technology, their treasure. . It is brilliant.

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