Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

But for the second largest Internet company in the world with 2010 profit estimates to be between $1-2 billion, is that enough? 2) Nonprofits are consistently kept in the dark and left guessing when it comes to Facebook upgrades and changes in the toolset. Those sites let users know in advance when changes are coming.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

E-learning is using internet technology and your networks to learn in real-time – either as an individual, within your organization, or a network and learning is applied to get results. This e-mail exchange with a dozen or so colleagues evolved into a guest post about one aspect of the topic. Find your e-learning change agent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2011

The countertrend has sparked a debate over whether the conventional wisdom that the Internet and social networking inherently tip the balance of power in favor of democracy is mistaken. What this can do is prevent language from being a barrier to participate or follow a social change through social media.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Open Data November 8, 2007 As the hype (which, I agree I have contributed to ) around OpenSocial dies down, the reality behind OpenSocial becomes clear. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Social !=

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JULY 30, 2010

Internet Management for Nonprofits , Ted Hart, James M. Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard , Chip Heath and Dan Heath. You've avoided the hype thus far. The Nonprofit Marketing Guide: High-Impact, Low-Cost Ways to Build Support for Your Good Cause , Kivi Leroux Miller. It was a Tron: Legacy reference.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

So the reality is still pretty far behind the hype. But I still haven’t seen much activity on the sourceforge page, nor does it seem that the code for these new projects is available. I sure hope the reality catches up. This news is so old it’s embarrassing – NPR opened up their content API. Way to go, NPR!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2006

Obviously, the biggest change is the ubiquitous nature of Web 2.0, though is more hype than useful. I’m hoping that will provide some very interesting things to blog about over then next few weeks, as I regain my footing. and the ways it’s made itself into the nonprofit sector. I think that a lot of Web 2.0, Some of Web 2.0,

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Forum One

MARCH 17, 2010

But beyond all of the hype and noise, the most dominant theme I keep coming back to is that community is and always will be King. Both online and offline, communities are not only the way we identify ourselves, but more importantly, they are the most authentic and powerful vehicle for change. And that will make all the difference.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

It doesn’t really change anything. at 1:02 pm thanks for deflating a bit of the industry hype and prattle with this provocative and essential idea. On the other hand, perhaps it means that these new, larger entities can provide services and resources that the smaller ones could not.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

It doesn’t really change anything. at 1:02 pm thanks for deflating a bit of the industry hype and prattle with this provocative and essential idea. On the other hand, perhaps it means that these new, larger entities can provide services and resources that the smaller ones could not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Note from Beth: The long anticipated social network site for social change, Jumo , launched. As the platform matures , we’ll get a better sense of the power and potential of this network that lets people find, connect, and support social change organizations and issues. What is Jumo? by Steve MacLaughlin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Hope from the Hype So why does social networking matter? In the book People to People Fundraising , I talked about the "Changing Nature of Community" and how "never before have people been able to transcend the physical boundaries of location, language, or other limitations to connect with one another in such powerful ways."

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AUGUST 31, 2010

Starting in the mid-1990s, telecenters provided a relatively quick and measurable way (# computers bought, # people trained) to show change in access (digital divide) and capacity building (Microsoft UP). Finally, there is a growing of m-hype which we should be aware and cautious of. Matt Berg, Millenium Villages.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Nonprofits face unique challenges that commercial enterprises often don't face: you have no IT staff, no IT budget, uneven levels of technical skills in staff, high turnover and volunteer staff, distributed teams with only the internet connecting them, no long term IT planning or vision, and project based funding models.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

Deliver, don’t just hype - of course, marketing is important, but when the rubber really has to meet the road, be there with more than vaporware. You’re going to get a much more vibrant developer community involved in developing new stuff for your platforms if you eliminate hurdles. What’s to lose?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2007

With the increased access to internet connected computers and the development of a wider range of web based collaboration technologies, sometimes called "social software," a new practice is emerging of stewarding technology for knowledge sharing, knowledge management, collaboration and learning. The market changes rapidly.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

Forget pages, linear text and other archaic vestiges of designs print ancestry; the separation of content from presentation has already changed everything. Panelist: Julie Barko Germany, Director, Institute for Politics Democracy & the Internet 9. The Mobile Web for Good: Hype or Reality? Can Social Media End Racism?

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See3

JANUARY 29, 2009

Twitter.com is all the rage among geeks, although it has more hype than users at this point. I’ll admit that, for the longest time, I was exasperated by the Twitter hype. People can be just as snotty on Twitter as they are everywhere else on the Internet. This causes the muscles to change. Which brings us to Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

Here's a quick summary of my notes: In Fanton's welcome, he noted that it is easy to get caught up in the novelty and hype of virtual worlds, but whatever the complexities, "we think they will grow and become integrated into our daily lives." Can you talk about security and pornography issues? Linden: You mentioned pornography.

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MAY 4, 2011

While gut-based decision-making is as natural as choosing your breakfast, I'd like offer some tips on how to recognize the patterns, and ultimately change the way your organization makes strategic decisions. Test small, incremental changes instead of overhauling everything. Sometimes we've led trends.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 9, 2007

Last week, Elaine Gurian and I talked about radical change in museums. You're talking about changing the unique value proposition that museums have for modern society. So we’ve got to be figuring out how their concept of changing the world can connect to math and science. I don’t think it’s a lot of hype.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Malcolm Gladwell’s article “Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted,&# brings the slacktivism , social media for social good or evil , strong and weak ties , and organizations vs networks debates to a mainstream audience. One key point is that Internet bolsters strong ties directly and indirectly.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

Read More » Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World Sarah Hassaine in Influence 17 May 2010 When President Obama took the stage in Cairo, Egypt last year, millions tuned in to hear his approach for improved U.S. In this case.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The idea of using the Internet to aggregate a crowd to fund a project is a modern complement to, if not a full-on replacement for, traditional fundraising methods that are aging badly in the non-profit space. You’re not going to over-hype a message to your mother or your very best friend. Direct mail just doesn’t yield what it used to.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Online fundraising is the process of raising funds from supporters via the internet, usually using an online donation page. Statistics show that the average daily social media usage of internet users worldwide is 147 minutes per day , representing a significant portion of the time that people spend on the internet.

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Judi Sohn

MAY 29, 2009

They’ll invite their friends, family and co-workers to check out the new shiny with visions of how it will change the face of communication. I don’t want the Internet to just throw data at me. Tags: Internet & Technology. Other times, I only want to see status updates or comments around a particular subject.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

Neff and Jordan Viator -- had the great opportunity to lead a session entitled " The Real Housewives of Social Media " Funny Photoshopped pictures were displayed of us, we sported aprons to hype the theme, and we shared information and case studies on various aspects of social media campaigning.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Some over-hype it as "magical" and "transformative." Despite the shortcomings in Apple's v1 product, I believe that the iPad — and successors from other vendors — will change how people interact with online content. Tags: Influence Internet Strategy Tips & Trends.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 9, 2006

is a series of innovations in web technology that have come together in unexpected ways, to change the experiences that people have in using the internet, and has made it much more deeply a many-to-many experience, rather than the more one-to-many experience it had been before. But there is a lot of hype regarding Web 2.0,

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2010

The proportion of Internet traffic served through web browsers reached a peak of more than 50% in 2000, but has since declined to less than 25%. This doesn't mean fewer people are visiting websites right now, since overall, Internet traffic has continued to grow explosively -- but if trends continue, it might. More room for us!

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