Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Stick to a three-year plan : Technology is constantly changing, so you want to keep your plan current. Make sure your plan is fluid and can adapt to changing technology. Travis also discussed a few tactics for troubleshooting technology if you don't have a dedicated IT person on staff. Opt for the K.I.S.S. Speedtest.net.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

I'm caught between being a Myers-Briggs J or Getting Things Done person (as fast as possible) and making space for reflection or rather reflection in action. Wow, better than a listserv! Social Change + Nonprofits turned up less than 100 resources, but several solid leads that were not uncovered by google searches.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

The PeaFund Friday Campaign PeaFund Friday is an amazing example of the power of social media for social change. Commentary here ) Maybe that's why we've heard rumblings in the blogosphere and on listservs that the YouTube Nonprofit Channel was backlogged on accepting applications. Useful for you personally or organizationally?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2007

Social Change. I'm using some traditional ways to research this topic: -Email to listservs -Posts on online forums -Google search. The beauty of ChaCha is that it can hook you up with the person that knows. I was multi-tasking scraping the archives of some nonprofit listservs to see what else might turn up. Technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2009

According to Iavor, "Our role changed to a facilitator of conversations and content around the three key themes rather than a creator of messaging and materials." Like many social media strategists, Iavor has seen the boundaries between his personal and organizational social networking presence become blurred. "My Here's an example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

I've been doing a small research project pulling together a list of conferences that people who work with nonprofits and technology and social change might be attenders or presenters. person in the know??? To challenge my set ways of doing traditional Internet research (are ya laughing now Gavin?), so to speak. s not so much ???what???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. work in providing life-changing solutions that help all people with disabilities have equal opportunities to live, learn, work and play. Carmen left me a follow up comment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2009

Step 2: providing technology: choosing a strategy, selecting a solution, and planning the change. Meetings – in person or online gatherings with an agenda (i.e. who made sure you’re the new person was invited in and met others?). listserv or web forum , Twitter , etc.). monthly topic calls).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Laura White wonders whether " Twitter and Facebook, will they change the way we connect and communicate ? to track personal fundraising campaigns. Lots of buzz on listservs and twitter about the MacArthur Foundation's $2 Million New Digital Media and Learning Competition. All part of the Twitter cycle of adoption !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2007

So a hat tip to Katrin Verclas and Progressive Exchange listserv. They said "under no circumstances" would they change their policy. So now my personal Facebook profile is the Administrator of the Oxfam America group (which I can tell you, is less than ideal). Ranger Rick Image from Facebook profile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Many nonprofits considering starting a blog should look at a team approach so the onus isn't on one person to blog. Deborah Finn isn't crazy about Facebook, although she likes giving virtual gifts and especially using the applications of her clients, like Changing the Present. Is Facebook becoming the default front end for nonprofits?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

pulling together a list of conferences that people who work with nonprofits and technology and social change might be attend or present. Out of habit, I started off doing the research in my usual ways - posts to listservs, search engine, private emails, and posts to forums. I've been doing a small research project.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And, dang, you’re busy and you’re a super-smart person. Now personally, I would like to see this 52 be like 82 but I will take the 52. Donors want to know that your board members are personally involved, they want to see that your board is diverse and inclusive of all perspectives and backgrounds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2007

Allison Fine in her book Momentum notes: "Listening requires genuine interest in what that person is saying and a willingness to change as a result of what was said." Gavin wrote some excellent advice not too long ago on a listserv and if we're lucky, he'll write it up as a blog post). BlogDigger. News Feeds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

I first met Amy Fox when she de-lurked on the Museum Computer Network listserv. If I'm a museum staff person and want to connect with my peers on Twitter, what's the best way to do that? I am always discovering new resources, there is so much out there that it is difficult for one person to keep on top of everything.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

Allison Fine in her book Momentum notes: "Listening requires genuine interest in what that person is saying and a willingness to change as a result of what was said." Gavin wrote some excellent advice not too long ago on a listserv and if we're lucky, he'll write it up as a blog post). BlogDigger. News Feeds.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

What strategic changes are likely to occur over the next several months and years, and how will those changes impact our IT needs? Remember to include both hard skills (specific knowledge and technical qualifications) and soft skills (behavioral characteristics, personality traits, and attributes of work style). Resume screen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

Nedra Weinreich, Spare Change Blog Nedra Weinreich was one of the first nonprofit tagged blogs that I discovered while browsing the blogher blogroll a few months back. She works with nonprofits and government agencies to bring about health and social change using social marketing. Take for example her write up on Games for Change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

If you are interested in community plumbing, here's rough diagram , although it might have changed since a few days ago. applications have changed the rules of online community. Someone on the 501 Tech Club NY list ( NTEN Affinity Group ) suggested a name change might be needed. There are two sets of social roles here.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 7, 2007

If I'm developing an exhibition, I may start at ExhibitFiles and then contact the person directly. It will be really interesting to see how the human side evolves--when you see something you question, do you write a comment, call up the person, or.? I think a cool thing is that we took a fair amount of push on the personal profiles.

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Care2

JULY 11, 2007

Allison is a successful social entrepreneur and writer dedicated to helping grassroots organizations and activists implement and sustain social change efforts. James OMalley: How does social media help bring about change? The face of social change is changing as well. She is the founder of Innovation Network, Inc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

She turned to Facebook to ask how we might document the day for those who couldn’t join in person. Andrew is already cooking up some big changes for next year’s conference, so don’t miss out. To learn more and stay in the loop with Data Analysts for Social Good, you can join the LinkedIn group and subscribe to the listserv.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

But there are still opportunities, and there is some changes that funders have made to be mindful of those things during COVID. And so that can really change things which makes you more susceptible to burnout and increased stress. Are you going to change? We need to increase our capacity.”

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

3) Find resources to build your skills, and give them time every week: webinars, listservs, online classes, books, etc. Be prepared to spend some time negotiating terms (use Track Changes in Word for this purpose). SOWs can be made as attachments to contracts, with terms for amending them as things change. Attend conferences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2007

Laura Quinn provides a summary of the concerns expressed on different nptech listservs: As these two software companies are two of the ???big The listserves are hopping with this news. And now, with this Proclamation, a wide community of progressive organizers, campaigners, vendors, consultants and technologists is demanding change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

another person Vicki tagged was Doug Johnson , author of the Indispensable Teacher's Guide To Computer Skills. I shared this on a listserv with some nonprofit technology geeks (aka circuit riders) and one of them told me that his father worked at the same school as Doug in Minnesota. Does it make me think of a person?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 16, 2007

There have been some fun semantic jousting matches recently on the ASTC listserv about the difference between science museums and science centers. And earlier last month, the Museum of Television and Radio announced a name change to the Paley Center for Media. I have a personal aversion to the word Center.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

My second example is more personal and slightly embarrassing. Wikis are useful when a distributed team is designing a project together or managing a changing set of projects. You can do it physically at an in-person event like a conference. But people who read a listserv aren't necessarily incentivized to contribute to the wiki.

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