Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2011

If you haven’t noticed QR Codes yet, after you read this post and browse the QR Codes on Flickr you’re going to start to seeing them everywhere. On t-shirts, mugs, pins, and business cards. In magazines, on flyers, tabletops, and conference materials. So, what are they? In libraries. At parks and outdoor recreation venues.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2008

My current business trip started by heading for Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was easier to say yes than usual: I'd never been to Dubai or the region, and the government of Dubai and Emirates airline offered to fly me there business class! My full set of pictures are on Flickr: Dubai, UAE, Oman and Airbus 380 - a set on Flickr

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DECEMBER 24, 2012

Supporting local businesses. Photo: Flickr gazeronly. It makes me feel like I’m giving of myself and still giving “something” But, one thing I’ve learned through the process is that I actually end up spending at least as much money and certainly a ton of time putting those gifts together.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Flickr: Juushika Redgrave This past weekend saw the first offical day of fall which means we can all look forward to months of potted mums, candy corn, and annual conferences.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

It is a meeting place, or a cross roads for nonprofit, business and civil society groups to come together around improving the state. Image credit: Flickr muir.ceardach ). And, as a displaced Oregonian myself (I will make it home one day!), What do you think? Do you have examples to share?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

Guest Post: Interview with Georgina Goodlander: Fill the Gap Flickr Campaign by Debra Askanase, publisher of Community Organizer 2.0 The Luce Foundation Center created a Flickr campaign to literally “ Fill the Gap ” in the gallery case. When there is a need to fill a gap, the Luce Center posts a photo on its Flickr site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Flickr Photo by epsos.de. I saw an interesting post from Eric Petersen called “ The Myth of Data-Driven Business &# by way of KD Paine’s blog. It caught my eye because we’ve working on a chapter about how nonprofits can make the shift to a “data-driven culture. &#.

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JUNE 22, 2017

Flickr Photo by Brittney Bush. These qualities may sound “soft”, but Goleman found direct ties between emotional intelligence and measurable results. With regular intelligence, you are generally as “smart” now as you ever are going to be.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2014

Flickr Photo by Flower Factor. The Accelerated Millennial Manager ” by Devon Scheef and Diane Thielfoldt of The Learning Café is a summary of a research survey from 2011 through 2013 of 400 millennial managers, their managers, peer managers, team members, HR, and business leaders.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Flickr Photo by kayaker1204. Jean Case , Co-Founder of The Case Foundation, reminded us that “America’s businesses—small and large—possess an abundant wealth of strategic skills and talent that nonprofits need now more than ever before.” Guest post by Cindy Hallberlin. And she should know.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. From eating healthy to volunteering at local nonprofits, users earns points that can then be redeemed for rewards or special discounts offered by partner businesses. The app then allows you to share your photos on a photo-by-photo basis on Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

During the polar vortex winter 2014, telework has done some unexpected things like keeping federal government services open for business during one of the really bad snow storms. The usefulness of smartphones as business productivity tools doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Telework and the Polar Vortex. Mobile Addiction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Flickr Photo by WiserEarth - WiserEarth's team from Around the World play Peek-A-Boo With Book. Flickr Photo by KK. Flickr Photo by James Leventhal. The photo above shows WiserEarth ’s team from around the world in the Bay Area during break from a staff retreat reading the Networked Nonprofit. Photo by KK.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Flickr Photo by Haldane Martin. If you want the basics about holding a meeting that is energizing instead of draining, here is a good summary from the Harvard Business Review: “ What Everyone Needs to Know About Running Productive Meetings.” How many meetings and conference calls did you have yesterday?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Flickr Photo by neoporcupine. Taleb writes: In business and economic decision-making, data causes severe side effects – data is now plentiful thanks to connectivity; and the share of spuriousness in the data increases as one gets more immersed into it. One of the questions I was asked, ”Why Data Informed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

Flickr Photo Jakob Montrasio. So funders are realizing they need to give smarter, to be more efficient, and to better align funder dollars with the business and mission needs of nonprofits. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2012

If you have a Flickr account, you can manage, organize, and share images using the free Flickr mobile apps for Android, iOS, and Windows phone. You can also access Flickr's mobile site using almost any smartphone browser. Also check out Flickr's App Garden , where developers showcase their own Flickr-based apps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Flickr Photo by Brittany Bush. With Giving Tuesday just around the corner, the kick off the that busy time of year for most nonprofit development directors and their teams is just ramping up. So, take a deep breath! We are heading into the most stressful time of year for nonprofits, especially for fundraisers.

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MAY 26, 2011

Whether you or not you understand how to use tags, chances are you have come across them if you have ever used blogs, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, or bookmarking sites such as Delicious. It is an accepted convention on Twitter that too many hashtags is unhelpful and, in fact, makes a tweet look too busy and difficult to read.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2012

Flickr photo by DoroQuez. how to use social media to support their brand); Shared data for planning and evaluation; Strategic and business planning around compelling vision with financial analysis for sustainability; Social entrepreneurship or entrepreneurial thinking; Build the network mindset (i.e.

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

Flickr by Leo Reynolds. Disrupting Business as Usual. This insight hit home for me when serial entrepreneur Lisa Gansky talked about innovative businesses like CouchSurfing ([link] Zipcar, and AirBnB. Guest post by Paula Goldman. The wisdom of crowds, the insanity of crowds.

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JUNE 19, 2008

Flickr Photo by Beth. On June 20, 2008, businesses, animal shelters and pet-care professionals from around the world will work together to better the lives of shelter dogs everywhere. Thousands of businesses will open their doors to employees' pets on this day in celebration of the great companions dogs make.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2014

Flickr Photo by Soyignatius. Depending on your niche area, you may also be following curated general news sites or a news site devoted to a specific topic area, for example business , education , technology , or more specific to your nonprofit’s program area. ” I love that phrase coined by my friends at Upwell.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

A day or two after the event, write up a brief blog post summarizing the event, with a Flickr slide show or YouTube video recapping the event. Some will be too busy to take the time to write, but others will happily embrace the opportunity. It’s also good to feature quotes from supporters who attended the event.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

Flickr Photo by Sam Livingston. When a person is busy, it is easy to let everyday tasks fall to the wayside. Note from Beth: This week I’ve been in Finland at the invitation of the US Embassy to do trainings. On August 14th, I’m doing a FREE webinar with Soapbox Engage on how to raise more money and not burnout.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 6, 2007

And I think most of the bloggers are too busy giving, or going to sessions to blog much. But there are a few tidbits that I’ve enjoyed: There is a great Flickr stream building up of photos tagged with “07NTC &# including one of me.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Flickr Photo by AstridWestvang. I’ve been busy interviewing people who work for nonprofits for my next book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout , with Aliza Sherman.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 25, 2012

Symantec Enterprise Products ( Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition , Protection Suite Small Business Edition , Endpoint Protection , and Mail Security ). Flickr Pro. If someone leaves your organization and takes their Flickr account with them, your organization can place a request for new accounts through TechSoup.

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AUGUST 13, 2009

Flickr Photo: kohtzy Last weekend, I was lucky enough to speak at The Arc of the USA 's executive leadership conference. I tried to frame most of the trends in terms of the business changes that are happening and the possibilities and challenges they create for IT. The presentation includes lots of tech stuff, of course.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

I’ll be posting pics to flickr, for sure! { I have been tasked to be “use case librarian&# which is very cool, since I am a real fan of use cases. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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JULY 1, 2011

Flickr: Iwan Indrawan Technological change moves quickly! Jan Masaoka was busy myth-busting in a Blue Avocado post this week. But NTEN members are using the newest, and some of the oldest, technologies to do good all over the world. Have more news to share? Drop us a line or include your links in the comments!

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MAY 17, 2013

Flickr: jasonshim By Jason Shim and Shubhagata Sengupta At Pathways to Education, we offer cross-cultural conflict resolution training called YOUCAN, and one of the first topics we cover with the students is that the analogy of an iceberg can be useful in understanding people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Flickr Photo by Jek in the Box. There have been a lot of questions about customized Facebook landing pages and my business partner at Zoetica, Kami Huyse, wrote this fantastic summary of the resources shared. This post harvests some of the insights shared about social media measurement and nonprofits.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 17, 2006

services, like del.icio.us, google, flickr, and many, many others, and use and manipulate this data to their own ends. Other examples include desktop applications that allow uploading photos to flickr. One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

It can bring in your photos (and the photos of your contacts) from flickr. Today, I’m talking about Flock. Flock is the “social browser.&# For bookmarking, it uses your del.icio.us It can keep track of your Twitter friends, etc. You can also use it as a blog editor, which I am going to start trying out. It’s amazingly good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

There was also a flickr component that I learned about this from the wonderful Heather Gardner-Madras , who like me, is a flickr fan. She posted a pointer on the NTEN Nonprofit Flickr Affinity Group list today. great example of the innovative new things we can do with Flickr in terms of.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 8, 2008

Update: LinkedIn, Flickr, SixApart and Twitter have now joined Dataportability.org. Read/Write Web and TechCruch have good coverage of this. This is, of course, great news. But the real question is: will this actually result in data portability? {

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