Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

The films that we work with touch on serious social justice issues, so we link them up with organizations who are already doing work on the issue. Wikipedia - editing articles of films, events, and organizations that we are closely linked to in order to mention our affiliation with them. You've got a lot going on here!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

You are not obtaining the software, and whether or not you can see the code, or modify it, is really not the key issue here. at 11:01 am { 5 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Joe Baker 09.24.08 I said in that post: At one level, whether or not the software underneath the SaaS is open source is not relevant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2008

A quick trip to the dictionary and Wikipedia: Authenticity refers to the truthfulness of origins, attributions, commitments, sincerity, devotion, and intentions. The debate in the comments of this post shed some light on the definition of transparency in the nonprofit world. But, first I wanted to check on some formal definitions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2005

In the comments of a I post I did on continuous computing where I referenced the continuous computing blog and the possiblities for nonprofits, Wade Roush, a senior editor and West Coast bureau chief for MIT's Technology Review magazine suggested some additional tools. (He I hope to post an interview with SJ soon.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments. The Core are people who do most of the work (think wikipedia editors.) Interesting, one of the backchannel comments was the definition of an expert.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Wikipedia has a great entry on PostgreSQL, including some history). It lagged behind MySQL for years because of speed issues (it was much slower,) but that has changed with the newest versions, such that in fact PostgreSQL is faster and more scalable than MySQL. at 6:42 am Hi Michelle,? You might want to take another look at Ingres.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Wikipedia has a great entry on PostgreSQL, including some history). It lagged behind MySQL for years because of speed issues (it was much slower,) but that has changed with the newest versions, such that in fact PostgreSQL is faster and more scalable than MySQL. at 6:42 am Hi Michelle,? You might want to take another look at Ingres.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

There are many other readers - here's a comparison of features from Wikipedia. You can monitor social networks and YouTube for mentions of your organization and issue. Once you have a policy around who will respond, you will get down to commenting and engaging in conversation. Here's a few: Bloglines. Google Reader.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Help bring back Ranger Rick's profile Email: appeals-comment@facebook.com and ask them to let Ranger Rick exist on Facebook! Rayt allows users to rate the content of web sites by making a comment and also to rate other people's comments. Peter Gulka had plenty to say about the lab. Found via this post tagged nptech by Meghan.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations. However if you, as a well-meaning representative of an organization, try to inject your side into the debate, your edits might be summarily deleted and you may be accused of violating Wikipedia rules in quite harsh terms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

A few comments over at Kikono too. " Some commenters suggest that bells and whistles are mostly for early adopters who can build a lot of buzz and help a site reach critical mass, although clever functionality is not a replacement for good content. Several commenters offer very good easons why they don't use their real names.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia. Allan Benamer weighs in with some observations after wading through the comments over at the Netsquared site and pointing to Holden from GiveWell to be the most salient point. NpTech Community.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2005

I got dissapproving comments by half a dozen readers - typical was a comment from Mike at Mind Valley who says: I am surprised that you doubt the business value of tagging and social bookmarking. My point was simply that most of the non-profits I work with have far more crucial technology issues to resolve at this moment.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations. However if you, as a well-meaning representative of an organization, try to inject your side into the debate, your edits might be summarily deleted and you may be accused of violating Wikipedia rules in quite harsh terms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

A blog with the comments feature enabled allows or sharing photos in flickrs allows Extension program participants to discuss plans and programs. Bloggers frequently link to and comment on other blogs, creating the type of immediate connection one would have in a conversation. Leave a comment on a post. milllion blogs.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2008

I was particularly interested in the ECHO project and Bryan's comments about the lack of in-house technical staff in museums and how that affects ability to innovate. Institutions like the Library of Congress and the Powerhouse Museum are getting thousands of quality tags and comments on previously hidden away images.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

It makes us uncomfortable with opening museum content up to comment, tagging, and alterations by visitors. Whether on blogs or talk-back walls, people are more conscious about their comments when they know their name will be associated with their work. But this goes both ways. What can you do to gain visitors' trust?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2005

I first "met" Marshall when he left a comment on my blog about the interview with Marnie Webb. Have you been reading awhile before you posted or did you find and post a comment? I did post a comment right away after discovering your blog. I was curious by how he described his work: "blogger coach to nonprofits."

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

According to the latest blog post on Causes.com , to date: “186 million registered users in 156 countries have raised over $48 million for nonprofits, collected 34 million signatures for grassroots advocacy campaigns and created hundreds of thousands of online groups around important social issues.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

If you'd like to be eligible to win a free copy of Tamar's book, leave a comment explaining why your nonprofit's community rules and your secrets to success in marketing on the social web. I was going to write a review and do a book giveaway, but I stumbled upon Wiser Earth blogger Angus Parker's excellent review.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

Wikipedia defines a mashup as, "a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool." If you have an idea for a way to combine data that could raise awareness around an issue, submit it to the NetSquared Mashup Challenge by March 14, 2008 5 PM PST for a chance to win cash prizes.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2014

The following article was originally published in the June 2014 issue of User Experience Magazine. We also like to include social commenting widgets on the participant’s fundraising pages to create an instant conversation. Reprinted here by the author. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Responsively designed for both desktop and mobile devices, customers can buy, share, like, comment and checkout all from your nonprofit’s Facebook Page. based nonprofits and nonprofit staff that regularly participate in e-advocacy should monitor what issues/petitions are most important to U.S.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 9, 2006

Writing a series I think gives me the space and time to think about particular technology issues in way more detail than I can in one post, and Web 2.0 The Wikipedia entry on Web 2.0 Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0

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Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

The NAS publishes one such report every business day, and apparently these reports are seen as a gold standard of objective, well-researched content on a range of industries and issues. Dream big, share it in the comments, and help this be a more productive study. Of course, that audience is a long way from seeing such a report.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 18, 2007

Most of the things that I know about Wikipedia are from watching The Colbert Report. It was a non-issue. Closing Comments The world is embracing web 2.0 As I explained to Nina, I am a bit new to the idea of web 2.0, so keep this in mind. Blogs are something I read not write, and I have to admit that I only do that occasionally.

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