Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2006

Silona is organizing a Code-A-Thon that will lock up 100 programmers for 48 hours to see what kind of open source software can be written for non-profits. Do you consider yourself more of a techie or a nonprofit/social change activist or both? Techie first social change activist second. to October 15th at 6:00 p.m.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 5, 2008

I’ve been helping a client hire a temporary project manager, and so in the interview process one of the questions I ask is how people keep up with change in the field. And, in a bigger picture way, how important do you think it is for people who work with nonprofit organizations on technology issues to keep up? Be Helpful.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

“As organizations,” Osborne said, “we must liberate spending to focus on the promotion, learning and innovation around braille,” and recognize that we ought to embrace today’s changing economics and technology so that braille can be part of an equation which delivers access to information for all, not just to those who can afford it.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 24, 2007

you the picture. There are some trends that make it seem that some vendors are beginning to get the picture that we can all work together – open APIs seem to be on the rise. .&# and “… hundreds of NonProfits have already found that ReadyTalk is a good fit for them both technologically AND financially.&#

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NTEN

JULY 1, 2011

Flickr: Iwan Indrawan Technological change moves quickly! Treesaver is a new, open source web platform that uses HTML5 to create narrative experiences with text, words, and pictures. 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?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2007

I have to admit I’m a sucker for cute pictures of kittens. It’s really worth a read. I’m convinced that I have a sense of humor. Really, I am. Except, well, I just don’t get this LOL* pheonomena. But I have to admit the bastardized language thing (“hai, I iz doin stuf&# ) just isn’t funny to me. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

But that was not so often, and, as staff in that organization left over time, that relationship changed. “finding the balance and looking at the big picture&# sealed where to put this. When I came back from seminary, I was very clear that I couldn’t do technology consulting in the way that I had come to do it.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2012

For more nonprofit- and library-specific apps, also see: Open-Source Mobile Apps for Social Change from the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Picture: Jim Trottier. For libraries, see ACRL's mobile applications for learning , the Top 30 iPhone apps for libraries , and the YALSA blog for youth-oriented apps.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

Want to show somebody a video or a picture you posted to your profile? Your pictures, videos and everything else is stranded in a walled garden, cut off from the rest of the web. Wired says : Therein lies the rub. When entering data into Facebook, you’re sending it on a one-way trip. Be Helpful.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Flickr: juushika As I looked around for a halloween-themed picture to post here about renewing your NTEN membership this month , it occurred to me that if you've been around NTEN for any amount of time, chances are you've heard us talk about zombies or robots , or even zombie robots. Renew this month and get a FREE Webinar on us!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

2 trackbacks } Change » Blog Archive » Profile aggregators 12.18.07 I really could have skipped the pictures of two of my work colleagues necking. :) Kinda fun though. I think I’m going to wait at least a few weeks after getting an invite to the next web 2.0 tool to jump in. Or perhaps maybe I won’t even.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

is an open source software guru who writes the some best posts on that topic. Social Change Activists. Britt Bravo covers social change and is the founder of Changebloggers. Alexandra Rampy , also known as Social Butterfly, covers social change and nonprofits on her blog. Big Picture Thinkers. Lucy Bernholz.

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

There’s another piece that, while it is a cornerstone of our organization, complicates the picture even more: we hire local talent. The intersection of unsafe water and extreme poverty isn’t good for kids—in fact, it changes the very trajectory of their lives. We don’t fly expat plumbers around the world. It isn’t perfect.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2006

Get the vendors out of the picture and start with your strategic goals. What comes first, technology or change? Change for change sake is not good. That's why Open Source is a good way to go - you don't get locked in. Business for Open source a.) What are you going to do with the technology?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Michelle most recently published a white paper in collaboration with NTEN called " Let's Talk: How Open APIs Can Change How Nonprofits Manage Data " It is a topic of critical importance in the nonprofit tech space. She is also the coordinator for NOSI - Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. The paper is a must read.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It evolves to meet our changing needs, to fit our changing lifestyles, and to integrate into the way we do our work. Working together, citizens could piece together news stories as well as facts from witnesses as they emerged to create the most complete picture of events. Direct Content. Examples from Haiti.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

Let's begin with big picture question that Gavin raised: What purpose do folksonomies serve? I argue that while folksonomies are changing the way we interact with content, people, and organizations, they are still a long way from helping us optimize our consumption of the ever increasing amount of content and media on the Web.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

have changed. Print pictures. Can you remember when a huge mobile. phone was a brand new and exciting phenomenon and something that only a. privileged few were within reach of. a device only seen on TV! The International Telecommunications Union (ITU). reported that this year there are over 5 billion mobile subscriptions. MP3 player.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

What caption would you add to this picture ? The BuzzMonitor is an open source application that "listens" to what people are saying about the World Bank across blogs and other sites in order to help the organization understand and engage in social media. Not sure what a Game for Change is? Check this out.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 12, 2010

Or build an open-source PCR machine for copying DNA. Kickstarter is a symptom of changes in donor culture. There's no video, just a picture of the planned new community cultural center. Let's say you want to make a documentary about the World Cup. Or sail around the world. How would you fund it?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

I’ve emerged from this week’s frenzy of buzzwords like “blogging,&# “open API,&# “e-advocacy,&# “municipal wireless&# and “social networking&# not surprised at how much things have changed, really, but how much they have stayed exactly the same. Catherine 4 Beth Kanter 04.13.07

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

7-Zip File Manager is an open-source free download that compresses and uncompresses files or groups of files in most formats - ZIP and GZIP, TAR and ARJ, CAB, and DMG files. Any changes you make on one device are synchronized automatically to other devices. Definitely worth a look at this top seven list. Ninite Updater.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2011

Also, because #hashtags aren’t as tied to the infrastructure of the web as a URL, they are subject to misspellings, mutation, and organic change. and you can then add a video, picture, or story to your cause’s page. Neff , Co-Founder: has over 10 years driving innovation and change in the nonprofit sector Nationwide.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2017

No technology can guarantee 100 percent secure communications, and any technology is susceptible to human failings, but you can change your behavior and digital tools to be safer. But to truly stay secure, you need to change your behavior. OpenPGP is an open-source, end-to-end email encryption technology. Peer-to-Peer.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

It’s a change of pace for the monthly nonprofit technology news to lead with non-electronic technology, but what can I do? The SixthSense project is working on a set of open source instructions on how to make your own prototype augmented reality. The Big Picture. Reinventing the Wheel in India and Africa.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2017

This guide will always be a work in progress because of the ever-changing landscape of cybersecurity. You can change that by using browser extensions to block tracking cookies. Make sure you know what your contacts can see when you post your status or some pictures or indicate your location. Get Started with These 4 Tips.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

You have housing, markets change, you have rental markets all too and so it’s these models that are able to do that so quickly. So we go to the Nasdaq Tower, we ring the Bell, we put pictures up, we bring customers in. Change it, change it, do whatever you want with it, mess with the name, have fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

Can I connect that pattern to a picture? And, how does the picture morph and change that pattern/idea? Can I connect the pattern or picture with my own experience, a story, or annecdote ? That's where that the open source thinking or the connected conversations start to happen. Writing is thinking.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 7, 2013

It was so gratifying to see firsthand how Martus , a free and open-source software tool developed by Benetech, is empowering people to be the change they wish to see. This bigger picture feedback on Martus, from ND-Burma and other partners, has been instrumental in shaping the product roadmap for the next generation of Martus.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

With YouTube’s resources behind the project and tablets changing the way donors and supporters consume Web content, you’d be wise to spend two minutes reserving and protecting your nonprofit’s Zeen username. Qwiki automatically turns pictures and videos from events you’ve captured on your iPhone into brief movies to share.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

I promise not to say anything about a picture being worth a thousand words, but in today’s ‘attention economy’ using images in our communications online or off is more important than ever in attracting attention. I particularly like the feature overview page that shows in pictures the kinds of things you can do with GIMP.

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DipJar

AUGUST 24, 2022

She came to the library right before a significant capital campaign to transform the library into “an open source, people’s university” and hasn’t looked back since. DipJar is also a part of the fundraising picture. That plan changed due to the pandemic.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

A longer explanation on this is John Humphreys' recent blog post in Forbes called How The Internet of Things Will Change Almost Everything. Increasingly people there are demanding transparency and an open-source Internet as a necessary condition of democratic society in a deepening information age. called Martus.

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