Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 11, 2010

We (the two partners of OpenIssue ) shared a cab from the Atlanta airport to the hotel when we arrived for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference. I’m hoping that someone (hint, hint) will write the blog post or report taking off on this work, and articulate the major nonprofit use cases for Social CRM.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Understanding Why People Give (hint: it’s not what you think!) There are deep seated reasons why people give and most humans share these traits. Comment below and let us know! Thank you letters give you a chance to write again and again the two powerful and beautiful words: thank you.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

If you want to win at the game of building donor relationships, your communications with donors should invite a response — showing that you welcome their questions, comments, and feedback. That means you need to pay attention to what you are sharing with donors and when, and how often they hear from you. Map it out.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

These are some links I wanted to share from September 15th. This example can be applied to many situations, whether it's malicious comments on a blog, bad behavior in a forum, etc. 15, at 1 EST. Submit your question in the comments of this post, or check out the many ways to ask our Giving Gurus."

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Judi Sohn

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

What I wanted was a better way to do shared comment reviews from Acrobat desktop software. Instead of maintaining a separate WebDAV server account as we had been doing, we could use Acrobat.com to store the comment layer of the PDF files I distribute for staff review. I don’t care about the buzzword word processor.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

hint: it’s very helpful if you can make your “character” a specific person/animal or small group of people/animals that you can attach names to). And if you can use your Core Number to share what it costs to feed that child lunch, even better! For the purposes of our exercise, let’s say our story takes place in India.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2011

That’s where I connected with Miriam Brosseau who recently shared this awesome post on Facebook profile. It was such a terrific post I invited her share it here. Expect to get answers both in the poll itself and in the comments, and run with both! Finally, events, like docs, also have a comment stream attached.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2009

Do you have tips for successful invitations to create and share content with your organization or the community? We have a couple great responses to share this month to keep the conversation going! Since this directly relates to our project, we look forward to sharing and learning as much as we can for the next few weeks.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Hint: This week, comment on Brett’s blog post, share your story, and send out #NTENthanks.). Give your colleagues, co workers, and other good-doers in your life a public thank you! And keep your eyes out for ways to enter into our weekly prize drawings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2011

Google sees granular privacy controls as a way to spark more sharing because people will feel more comfortable and not just lurk. According to Warren, Google looked at the mental model of the person who isn’t sharing online and how Google could inspire them to share with more trust and control.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 26, 2014

Whether you're managing volunteers or an online community, the SF Online Community Meetup is a great place to learn from (and share with!) This month's event featured our own fabulous forums manager, Jayne Cravens, sharing her online community and volunteer management wisdom. Hint: It's NOT About Saving Money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Hoping someone can update the final results in the comments). This post is a quick round up of what I learned in Vegas and sharing it here because it’s too good to stay in Vegas! Danielle shared a story about making mistakes on Twitter. Hint, drive them to a landing page on your site). Danielle @starfocus.

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NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2010

Flickr Photo: Caro Wallis (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Hint: it's about organizational strategy, not operating costs, people! NYC 501 Tech: Wednesday, August 18th, Share This! Members are in bold. Tip: you may need a hanky to watch the video!). Speaker: Deanna Zandt).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Now more than ever, nonprofits need to share stories of how they’re making the world better. Share your best stories—but go beyond just posting them on one platform. Tailor your most compelling narratives for different channels to share them widely. WFP USA also shared Rani’s story on Instagram.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

Hint to NTEN : Affinity Group Planets!) But, I have some to do lists I need to share, and others I don’t. Technorati Tags: linuxchix , nosi , nptech , nten , opensource , web2.0 { 5 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Beth 11.30.06 at 7:28 am Glad I read the comments. Second, is bookmarking.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Even as the reporters acknowledge that museums are trying to better understand and serve their visitors, there''s a hint of menace in headlines like " The Art is Watching You. " give people different materials for visitor comments and see whether the materials change the substance of their feedback? We''re trying to personalize.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Don’t give hints. Don’t give hints unless they are completely stuck. When you hear a comment like, “I’m so dumb… I cannot figure this out”, I usually give a little feedback to keep them relaxed and moving forward. to share your desktop so stakeholders can watch the testing in progress.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 18, 2009

I attended an awesome session on accessibility at the UPA conference and the folks over at Fidelity Investments shared some great questions to use to test out your site: Can you navigate your site using just your keyboard? Hint: use the TAB key). Feel free to add in the comments. Is that text an equivalent substitute?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Here, I will walk you through the basics of setting up a landing page for your organization, and share some things that I learned while setting up ours. Feel free to leave us any questions in the comments section. There are a few other applications you can use, but this is what we used and what the following blog post recommends.)

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

The title is "Take the hint from unresponsive subscribers" and it is definitely worth a read. Please share your war stories about list segmentation and re-engaging inactives in the comments! Even though the study is from for-profit emailers, we can learn from the results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

The Cross Blog Discussion of the NpTechTag has generated some comments and blog posts that I've summarized below. However, in the comments, readers point to the benefits of a folksonomy and suggest that combining the two approaches can lead to a best-of-both-worlds outcome. Leave a comment. I wonder what we can learn from them?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

You can even pull this off in multiple long-distance locations where several smaller groups gather in-person and combine to share their experience virtually with other group locations via livestream and watch party event software features. You can also take photos and share videos on social media to make this more of a community event.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary recently tied together National Lazy Day and National Dog Month for a special twist to highlight their old geezers: Once you’ve filled in all dates that you want to recognize, it’s time to fill in the gaps and think about content you want to purposefully share. Don’t just share what YOU think is interesting.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Read on to learn this experts view on the current state of nonprofits and online video, tips and hints on how to maximize your videos impact, and how much all of this really costs. Post a Comment | by Share Article in Online Advocacy , Technology , Video Reader Comments There are no comments for this journal entry.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 12, 2008

And yet it wasn't apparent to me--until quite recently--that there are tomes which serve as benchmarks for exhibit design, books that help us see where we've been and hint at where we can go. So thanks to Marjorie Schwarzer of JFKU for sharing with me the following book list for my education. Happy reading!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

" At that comment, all the avatars started clapping, cheering, and agreeing with quips like "Wow, MacArthur Foundation really gets it. "We are in a moment of time where 57% of teens produce and share media. This inspired quite a lot of comments in the backchannel chat on Second Life.

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NetWits

JUNE 1, 2012

hint: effective nonprofit websites follow the two-or-less rule) If not, revise your structure. Be transparent – share your annual report and show how much of the support goes to the cause. Do you have more examples to share? Please comment and share your successes! Great web design shows them!

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

But most importantly, please feel free to send in any questions or comments along the way. Let me stop sharing my slides, and you can pull up yours. I’m going to go ahead and share my screen. But here’s a hint I always find really helpful. I want you to go ahead and share, and I want you to get.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

But most importantly, please feel free to send in any questions or comments along the way. Let me stop sharing my slides, and you can pull up yours. I’m going to go ahead and share my screen. But here’s a hint I always find really helpful. I want you to go ahead and share, and I want you to get.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Moreover, it is a place where you can react and share your views without limitations, a place to tell your side of every story. Make sure you enable comments and you encourage interaction. Social sharing - if you have accounts on social platforms, don’t forget to link them to your website.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 26, 2012

Hint: Effective nonprofit websites follow the two-or-less rule.) Be transparent – share your annual report and show how much of the support goes to the cause. Do you have more examples to share? Please comment and share your successes. Does it take two clicks or less for key tasks? Say "thank you."

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 12, 2017

What makes you share a message or visual? Hint: Social media.). Not surprisingly, we saw much higher engagement among our young audience on Instagram, with overall numbers of nearly 2,500 Likes and Comments on Instagram, and Reactions, Likes and Shares on Facebook. What inspires you? What do you connect with?

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 17, 2010

As noted last week , the vast majority of participants got involved for just a few minutes at a time--the time required to read and comment on a blog post or a tweet. Another commented: "At first, I wasn't sure whether or not my responses were useful to anybody. Everyone was both appreciated and seen to be appreciated."

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Bloomerang

JULY 23, 2021

But most importantly, if you are listening live, please do chat in your questions and comments along the way. A little insider hint for you. So I’m going to stop sharing. and I’d made this comment on the podcast, and you’ll hear me say it today. So don’t be shy. We’d love to hear from you.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Georgina will be monitoring the comments to respond to your questions. The feedback we received was outstanding, with comments that included: “Hopefully innovations like that will help keep art alive for our younger generation,” “I was surprised to have such a fresh and enjoyable experience in a museum.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 13, 2017

Has over 200 social media shares. Here’s a hint, it wasn’t the length of the content. By using a tool like Buzzsumo , you can identify who has shared, liked, commented, or linked back to a given topic. This will provide a list of everyone who has shared your article on Twitter. Conclusion.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 1, 2007

Since then, Ellen and tens of thousands of other treasure-seekers have engaged with A Treasure's Trove and its sequel, gallivanting all over the states looking for various tokens and symbols hinted at in the book. Sure, they can offer a comment, but it's a one-off, not a continuing relationship or engagement.

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