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4 Ways Colleges Use Technology To Increase Campus Engagement

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There are a variety of technologies available to help Student Activities professionals excel in their work, particularly Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) databases that allow easy tracking and management of campus events and general student involvement. Track and manage students, groups, and activities effectively.

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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

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To many of these folks, Bob's wired classrooms seem threatening. Institutions like the Boston Children's Museum (which she helped lead in the 1970s) drew heavily from and worked in partnership with the "open classroom" movement to develop informal educational models that are interactive, open-ended, and individualized.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. Tagged with a footnote Marnie Webb notes "What do you think of the survey O'Reilly points to? Found via this post tagged nptech by Meghan. " I agree.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Face-to-Face or Mediated Experience, Open Source Software Communities, and Blog Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A social graph if the NpTech tag based on a google search NpTech Conversations Gavin's digital diner has written an article about the options that technology gives us for opting out of face-to-face gatherings. " Holly Ross from NTEN has the final word with a brilliant post sharing all the metrics they track and putting them into context.

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If your organization tweets it, will they donate?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Avi Kaplan has published some basic stats from the recent Tweetsgiving Campaign that raised over $10,000 in 48 hours right before and during Thanksgiving to build a classroom in Tanzania. Velocity and fluence and it's darn hard to track those. Twist analyzes and presents trend comparisons and volume between keywords and tags.

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Guest Post by Michaela Hackner: Community Matters Even At SXSW

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

During a panel on fundraising, Donors Choose raised enough money to fund a music classroom project in Austin. This year there was an entire conference track dedicated to social good. Tags: sxsw. For example, through a Twitter campaign during the conference, Mark Horwath raised $50,000 for his organization InvisiblePeople.tv

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Community Matters, Even at SxSW

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During a panel on fundraising, Donors Choose raised enough money to fund a music classroom project in Austin. This year there was an entire conference track dedicated to social good. Tags: Influence Events Internet Strategy Online Community Social Media. to help promote awareness of homelessness in America.