Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2008

is a new web resources that includes tactical guides to using a wide range communications tools for social change, packaged with some open source tools for creating media.    It also includes tips and resources for developing an Internet Strategy sharing content on mobile phones , and an email strategy.  

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

I “live the open source lifestyle.&# This news is so old it’s embarrassing – NPR opened up their content API. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. I was profiled on Linux.com. That’s kinda fun! Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 24, 2008

The conference was rich with great speakers and content, and it’s great to see how far things have come. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. I want to give huge props to Holly and all of the NTEN crew for putting on a fabulous conference.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I’m reading this book at the same time as I’ve been working on the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. I’m realizing that all of the justifications for why I am so into open source and free software is right here in this book! It gets chewy, for sure, but it feels like every chew is worth it. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

As one of those monolingual American types, I’m learning a huge amount about what it takes to create open content in different languages. It’s also really interesting to see how free and open source fits into all of this. The event itself has been fab. It is actually pretty mind-boggling. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 25, 2008

In many ways for me, the most important aspect of free and open source software is that it does just that – it levels the playing field so that people and organizations with few resources can have access to quality tools to do what it is they need and want to do in this software-driven world. would all be free (libre).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 18, 2007

I’m still not convinced by any of these social network sites not directly linked to content (unlike del.icio.us Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. or flickr) – but it’s fun to play with, anyway. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

My curmugeonly thoughts fall into three basic categories of sucks: time suck, content suck, privacy suck. At least the content-focused social networks, like del.icio.us, or flickr, or my personal favorite, our own Social Source Commons , there is some there there. They own my profile, and whatever time I spend adding content.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

April 15, 2007 At NTC , there was a lot of talk about the “big three&# open source CMS packages that most people these days in our sector are using: Drupal , Plone , and Joomla. What are all those content types, and where do they appear, and how do you get things to look exactly like you want them? Um, sorta.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Beth Kanter digs deep to try and figure out how to pull RSS content into Facebook I review Facebook’s new ad platform. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. I’m a real fan of Craigslist. Good stuff! for writing one-page fact sheets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

writes for Wired, and has worked with pioneering journalism bloggers like Jay Rosen and Jeff Jarvis. He is also the founder of Spot.Us, an open source project, to pioneer “community funded reporting," funded by the Knight Foundation News Challenge. Dave interviews Beth - Beth interviews Dave ). Dave is a journalist 2.0,

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

apps out there, and beginning to try and use them to create content and organize my life, I have come to the following conclusion: the apps are great, but integration still sucks. And, I also don’t want to do too much cross-posting of content. First, there’s the blogging issue. It’s a great idea, I think. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. Most of the content was (and is) user generated. Citizen journalism. They originally wanted to organize a conference to convene social innovators and social entrepreneurs on the nonprofit tech cutting edge to see what everyone was doing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 6, 2007

But I think the larger question about folksonomies is important: is efficiency all there is, and in what ways are folksonomies a way for the “folks&# (rather than “experts&# ) to have access to the process of categorizing their own content, and content they care about? What do those guidelines look like? Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Basically, they partner with localized web media outlets, and provide widgets that contain information about local nonprofits that are connected to content. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. So this is definitely a tool to watch. Watch the demo.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

Pretty presentation with no content is useless. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2021

The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance guide to nonprofit courses provides guidance for choosing courses that are best suited for nonprofit staff learning, including open source vs. paid learning opportunities, subject matter analysis, and some example courses. Additional Opportunities Created for Staff.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

In Issue 7 of NTEN:Change, A Quarterly Journal for Nonprofit Leaders , we approach the challenges and opportunities of data for nonprofit organizational leaders. We also feature content from the experts at The Sunlight Foundation, Network for Good, the NTEN community, a podcast from the CTK Foundation , and.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

I know that’s one more thing in a long list of considerations (and it’s generally more important to think about for the CRM – the CMS, if it is modern, and especially if it is open source, will provide few barriers to integration.) What’s involved in this? First, the what – what to integrate?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

August 7, 2007 I’ve been experimenting with the non-content centered social networking sites LinkedIn and Facebook for a while now. The content centered ones, like flickr, del.icio.us and our own Social Source Commons , are a different animal.) Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

communities, from LinkedIn to Flickr to … Amazon.com, keeps track of your contacts content. The tools are getting better and better, and one of the hallmarks of Web 2.0 – the APIs, make it all the more simple to aggregate all of someone’s online content. tool to jump in. Or perhaps maybe I won’t even.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

I thought of your recent discussion of open content in journals, but wasn’t sure what post to add the link to. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. I want to offer my good wishes for your new venture MetaCentric Technology Advising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2009

Earlier this week, I wrote a post called " What happens when you set your content free using Creative Commons Licensing? " I explained why I set my own work free, provided some examples, and pointed to a new tool. Cite me by name, journal title, and the URL of the post (Maya Norton, The New Jew: Blogging Jewish Philanthropy, www…).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

The originators of blogging probably thought of it mostly as a way for people to be able to easily update their websites quickly, and provide interesting content on a moving basis. Look at what kinds of things you can do to your website, for instance, to create RSS feeds for new content, instead of thinking of starting a blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

In this new world of Twitter and Facebook, of citizen journalism and astonishing grassroots campaigns like Twestival , it’s easy to feel befuddled by the dizzying pace of change. Matt Mullenweg and the entire WordPress development community for their open source code and awesome set of plug-ins.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

It will also allow you to store 12 hours of videos and photos in Space Saver format so you can take your favorite content wherever you go. Center for Technology Leadership Pens, Can coozzies, Sticky pads, T-shirts, and Journals. Grab a free printed copy of our Open Source Content Management report, our most popular articles, or more.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

I use furl to keep pages that have content that I absolutely want to keep, in case the site goes away (furl could go away, of course, so maybe I should save that stuff to my hard drive – they have a cool export feature.) The next question is, well, how useful is this anyway? Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Creative Commons points out the projects that support free culture and open content on their site and on. Open Source Software is Fair Trade ! Zen and the art of nonprofit technology wonders about Open Source Feminism. Join the Conversation and Debate On Open Content for Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Open Source Disability Gadgets: DIY for PWD submitted by Liz Henry, Blogher. With a culture of open source designs, Instructables, wikis, and blogs, we can start an international movement. With a culture of open source designs, Instructables, wikis, and blogs, we can start an international movement.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

And in your case, as the head of a nonprofit open source organization, I think you’re going to find that not publishing site statistics will cause you more grief than you think. What content does the best? That dog won’t hunt. 2 admin 09.18.07 How many people sign up for which webinars? Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

April 7, 2007 I had heard about this new journal a while ago, and it was sitting in some small corner of my brain, waiting for me to pay attention. I ran into an old colleague at NTC , and it came up, because he had been thinking of contributing to the journal, but decided that he probably won’t, for reasons I will talk about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Also, be sure to read Sean's summary of a recent article in the Wall Street Journal about how a new generation is reinventing fundraising. Rayt allows users to rate the content of web sites by making a comment and also to rate other people's comments. Sean's take, "Innovations in online philanthropy is often attributed to ???young

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

With Open, nonprofits can see what people are doing, how often and how long. Finally, the CMS Content management system that came over as a part of the GetActive merger will be integrated into Convio CRM via APIs. Post a Comment | by Share Article Reader Comments There are no comments for this journal entry.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 29, 2008

All of the free and open source options did quite well in terms of Quality, Usability, and Value. Only two proprietary CMS systems, Antharia’s and Ektron, had scores as good as the open source CMS.The CMS options from the big three (er, now the big two) didn’t score as well. Next step — CRM. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

As the author of a custom CMS (it did have the advantage that it was released as open source, but it never caught on, so it still counts as custom) I know what it is like to put my heart and soul (and time) into a CMS, and want my clients to get what they want. Best and easiest out of box *content management* system out there.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

If nonprofits want to have a good fundraising platform that they can know won’t be bought and swallowed and changed so that they’ll have to shell out more, it’s time to invest money and effort in an open source platform. We have power and options in using open source solutions. We will fill the void.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

They struggle mightily with software, no matter whether it’s free/open source or proprietary, shrink-wrapped or custom-built, on their desktops or web-hosted, which they generally spend extraordinary amounts of time and/or money on. Catherine 4 Beth Kanter 04.13.07 5 Anonymous 04.14.07 5 Anonymous 04.14.07 Be Helpful.

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