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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Yesterday, I attended — and live tweeted (#baruchnp) — an interesting panel discussion at Baruch College here in New York, “ Social Media and Technology: What Nonprofits Need To Know.” You can learn new ideas and share resources with people around the world. Comment away…. You can read all the details here. ]. Kyra Gaunt.

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JULY 20, 2009

Photo by Matt Westervelt Back in April I created a slide presentation for an Ignite session at NTC about the Many Uses of Friendfeed that Beth Kanter picked up on , intrigued with the idea of using it as an internal listening tool. Like the blogosphere, it helps enormously if you actually comment on items. An incredible listening tool.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2011

In the NTEN group discussion on LinkedIn that followed, Michelle Hines made the following comment: "There are still some days that I don't feel absolutely comfortable in my role as Technology Director and I wonder if its right, but that is usually countered the next day by something that confirms that it is the right position.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #6: Joomla! 5 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Leo Germani 01.30.08 It will probably take you less time than a generic HTML site will. {

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APRIL 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Twitter and Nonprofits April 10, 2008 This actually was a post to the Progressive Exchange discussion list. at 10:15 pm { 7 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Matt Radel 04.11.08

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JUNE 10, 2011

Such a place can also be a source of “user generated content”, relieving your internal staff from the burden of coming up with fresh content, and truly leveraging the ideas of your larger community. Marnie Webb introduced the nptech tag to help aggregate nonprofit technology content. commenting on any item. rating items.

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AUGUST 10, 2009

As part of our agenda planning process for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we hosted a community planning call this past Friday. It was chock full of great ideas and direction (not to mention threats of pinching ) for the 10NTC Agenda. Back office technologies and management. Leadership. Change Management.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2010

My post is copied below but you can read it and join the network of readers/commenters on the Frogloop site, too! The first step here is to create processes within your organization that are collaborative by nature so that when any new projects (whether they are collaborations—with other orgs, etc.— Looking forward to your ideas!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2011

Up to you & the culture of your org- maybe add initials. Social Media = online tools for sharing ideas, information, etc. I think you do need basic social media guidelines for your org. Look to other orgs for examples. Think about and decide who will have ownership of your orgs official social media outposts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

I left inspired, yet I also felt there is still a lot of work we need to do to help our peers in volunteer coordination put these ideas into practice. At the same time, volunteer service organizations need to rethink how they work and what technology they use. Share it in the comments. Do you have one? About the Author.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

John Kenyon, John Kenyon Technology Consulting. ’ How do you fight burn-out as a technology consultant given the churn of new technology? Discussion: Ideas about telling the story about “what do I do as a consultant?&#. Jana Byington-Smith blogged it again, and here’s what she recorded.

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JANUARY 22, 2009

You found you had a knack for technology and you became your org's go-to person for computer problems. But at what point can you call yourself a technology professional? I work with our Executive Director to determine how we integrate technology into our programs and make decisions that affect the overall direction of our org.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Katrin 10.23.06 Part Vb:APIs October 20, 2006 This morning, I sat in on the " Great Open API Debate " hosted by NTEN.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2019

As I imagined a world without Nina Simon ’s Participatory Museum , I felt sad about all the visitors whose voices (and post-it note comments) weren’t honored. The idea of interactives in the galleries (alongside collections) are now not novel or very controversial. But what are your ideas? Who is doing engagement best?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What do web stats mean, anyway? 10 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Allan Benamer 09.18.07 And the mission of the organization matters too. 2 admin 09.18.07

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JANUARY 24, 2007

" (Allan's blog isn't the only nonprofit technology blog to mix the themes of nonprofit technology and spirituality - take for example here and here.). His blog is a valuable source in the nonprofit technology blogosphere! I've gotten in "trouble" but all in all, we're fairly lenient in my org.

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DECEMBER 31, 2019

I’d poured through the various comments on the questions I asked for your predictions of the next decade. Mimosa Shah shared her ideas of an inclusive field: Stop creating so many barriers for people to enter the GLAM profession, especially BIPOC persons who do not have the capital to participate in established tracks. —

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

So to me, let’s deal with the actual problem, which is the fact that misinformation is spreading like wildfire, the algorithms favor, provocative conversations that spew, you know, that spur outrage and millions, millions of comments. And also in the way that we’re talking about the use of the platforms. Let’s be real.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

" Marc responded to my comment/question on the post about he finds the time to experiment. " In the case of LLS's use of myspace I feel like part of the experiment is figuring out how an org (vs. I have no idea. Now, I have no idea what the context was like for educational technology conference where Nancy was working.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

A couple of disparate ideas in this post from different perspectives -- I'm trying to make connections and this will probably make no sense to anyone but me. I am wondering about the role of an evangelist or what Networked for Good report calls super activist, an individual who acts on behalf of an org, business, or other entity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Your workshop encouraged us to devise a strategy for using social media, and to tease out what these tools could really mean to our mission, vision, and constituencies -- rather than just, "hurry up and get your org up on Twitter!" Set up RSS Reader, Start Commenting on blogs. Refine strategy based on listening first.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2005

This week I wanted to get a bird's eye view of nonprofit blogging from a nonprofit technology assistance provider (people who work with nonprofits on technology/capacity building issues). They should belong to listservs, comment on community bulletin boards. By that I mean that they should expose themselves online.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 30, 2014

As always, this is easier in theory than it is in practice, but here are a few ideas: All event staff should understand your organization and its mission and values, as well as the event and its goals, and know how to represent your brand appropriately. Technology' Get Rid of the Velvet Rope. More on this in a future piece.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Via Laura Quinn at Idealware comes a pointer to a research paper titled " Technology Motivators and Usage in Not-for-Profit Arts Organizations " that comes from the Systems Synthesis Project course at the H. In the comments, blog readers share their experiences. What do you think? Do you have advice? Pulling my hair out!

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JANUARY 26, 2007

Photo in flickr from Community Technology Foundation. Check out the SDCTC Community Portal (is the idea of a "portal" web 2.0 Allan Benamer of the Nonprofit Technology Blog continues his coverage of the software vendors with a poll to debrief the Convio merger teleconference and a hug. functionality. 20 practices.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2013

We got the idea for doing this from Denise McMahan, Founder & Web Publisher at CausePlanet. Jarod Lanier is regarded as the father of virtual reality technology. " Kevin Lo, Lead Technology Analyst. org, Freedom to Marry, New Organizing Institute, Avaaz, GetEqual, Greenpeace, Idle No More, Open Media, and many others.

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Care2

JULY 24, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) know about your Cause.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2013

We got the idea for doing this from Denise McMahan, Founder & Web Publisher at CausePlanet. Jarod Lanier is regarded as the father of virtual reality technology. " Kevin Lo, Lead Technology Analyst. org, Freedom to Marry, New Organizing Institute, Avaaz, GetEqual, Greenpeace, Idle No More, Open Media, and many others.

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) know about your Cause.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Technology planning in nonprofits is too often thought about in terms of how many computers we need and the IT staff to maintain them from the basement of the organization. But technology is critical to an organization's success: all staff depend on it to deliver programs, communicate the organization's mission, raise money, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2013

Please share in the comments. The concept of having a peer from the community is called a “technology steward” in the book Digital Habitats, co-authored by Nancy White, John Smith, and Etienne Wenger. Who’s running the parenting/running/makers community/community org, young donors, etc. What have you learned?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2009

Well, let's look at five different event types and see if one or more of 'em sparks some ideas for your community! These events are very simple and unstructured , but many people have found employment, made friends, developed new ideas, done deals and had moments of serendipity.". And if you're stuck for action ideas, just click here.

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MAY 31, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Will keep you posted.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Will keep you posted.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) What goals does the org.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) What goals does the org.

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