Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Drew Bernard has a review of a new guide by the good folks at Tactical Technology Collective called " Visualizing Information for Advocacy " Nonprofits are from Mars, Designers/Techies are from Venus from the alldaybuffet describes some classic communications issues between nonprofits, designers, and technology staff.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Eve Simon, Creative Director at Beaconfire Consulting , is serving up a tasty session at the 2009 NTC based on the theme: " This is Iron Chef.Battle Nonprofit " One San Francisco nonprofit will serve as the secret ingredient for four creative teams, who will each come up with a web site design, email template, and social media plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

John didn't know he was making a promo for one of my NTC sessions! The NTC Conference is a little more than two months away and I'm really looking forward to conversations with colleagues and meeting others face-to-face for the first time. I've volunteered to be a session designer for two (yikes!)

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Tech Soup

APRIL 27, 2009

The 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) has begun. Designed by Susan Tenby. Designed by Kevin Lo and Chris Peters. Tags: Acquiring Technology Digital Divide Fundraising Online Seminar Running Your Organization Security Social Networking Staff Tech Planning Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 The time has come.

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NTEN

JANUARY 7, 2011

AJAX, SEO, B2B anyone -- around Web Design and Development. It defines what tags we can use ( , , ), describes what they are (first level header, paragraph, and emphasize), and outlines any rules about how we can and cannot use them. In many ways, and with the majority of tags defined in it, HTML5 is nothing new at all.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

For Next Week's NpTech Tag Summary. NTC is just days away! Or more specifically, the limitations of using tagging in managing large collections of photographs in institutions. Mind Bloggling is blogging community designed to provide a safe space for poeple experiencing the effects of mental ill health.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 14, 2009

PHILANTHROPY 2173: Mapping the social economy - Great blog post on using design for philanthropy. " Penguin Day Agenda - pd.aspirationtech.org - Are you heading to the NTC this month? Tags: roundup bookmarks. These are some links I wanted to share from April 14th. Find me on Delicious for more! Check it out.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

You won't want to miss this unique platform for innovative communities, businesses and governments from around Australia to share experiences, successes and lessons learned from programs and projects designed to change their ’world’, whether it be a neighbourhood or a nation. It's a lot like the NTC , only in Australia! How amazing.

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APRIL 13, 2010

The 10 th annual NTC conference ignited engaging discussions on just about every topic under the sun. If you were not able to make NTC this year or attend all the great sessions you wanted to cram in, check out more key take-aways from nonprofit campaigners below. Avi Kaplan: Epic Change Design Matters!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 27, 2010

There was a good deal of activity, multiple sessions, and a lot of buzz around cloud computing at the recent Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC). Working with a Virtual Team and yet another by the great Beth Kanter and Kivi Leroux Miller called How to Design and Present Online Trainings People Will Love. Tags: GreenTech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

My role in the project is to the facilitate the training sessions, design the overall training, facilitate openers and closings, help prep the curriculum, and deliver modules on digital strategy and social media. So, before we did the icebreaker, I had everyone put dots on their name tags. A Few Examples of Good Openers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2010

I have a number of colleagues who I have been seeing almost every year at the NTC for the past decade. At 3:30, I'll be presenting with Kivi Leroux Miller " Designing Technology Trainings That People Love " and since it is the last session of the conference, we've incorporated a wine tasting! Tags: 10ntc.

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NTEN

JUNE 30, 2010

At the 2010 NTC in Atlanta, we built on what we learned and took this one step further by moving to a completely paperless evaluation system. Text: From the user's perspective, this system was almost identical to what attendees saw at the 2009 NTC.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Part of what makes the NTC unique is how they involve the community in every aspect of conference planning. If either of my two panels are accepted, I’ll be designing some fun, full room interactive learning experiences that will be intended to shake loose peer learning and shared insights. Tags: Conferences.

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2009

You can see all the virtural exhibit booths at NTConnect.org , the conference's designated social networking site, provided by Acteva. From smart strategy to outstanding support and implementation, we offer a full suite of services designed to help you execute successful programs time and time again.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

Use responsive design. Responsive design makes your website display differently depending on what kind of device is used to access it. This was especially relevant at NTC, given that this year's Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest (awarded at NTC) went to Nathan Freitas, for his work with the Guardian Project.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2010

I've kind of become an open-data geek in the past few months, largely thanks to NetSquared's unconference at NTC. What if instead, the government made certain data and systems available to citizens, so that we could design and build our own vending machines? You don't get what you wanted out of the machine, so you shake it."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

For the past 15 years, I have been excited about nonprofit technology training design and delivery and it is what I will continue to focus on as part of my role at Zoetica over the coming years. My design question: What is the best way to use this approach for a full-day workshop for 300 people?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2011

.&# It’s been the early adopter tag for nonprofit techies since 2004 when Marnie Webb started using it to experiment with delicious. The tag is still active on Twitter and other places. Many of us have met face-to-face because we attend the NTC (Nonprofit Technology Conference) which has often been called a family reunion.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Flicker photo: mastermaq Every year at the NTC , we partner with See3 to bring you the DoGooder Nonprofit Video awards. Tags: 10NTC NPTech see3 Social Media video Web Sites youtube Communications. You may remember " Children Need a Bailout " from 2009, or " Breathe In, Breathe Out ," from 2008.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Since I started working on the NTC -- and its predecessor, the RoundUp -- almost a decade ago, my very favorite part has been the Day of Service. It's simple: We work with fabulous local hosts to recruit NTC-area orgs who need some help. Layout and design ideas for my site. Tags: 10NTC beth kanter dos NPTech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2009

Next month will include NTEN's NTC. I've taught webinars and workshops on how to design and deliver effective training sessions and have written a few blog posts on training and presentation techniques. Tags: powerpoint. The conference season is upon us. But I haven't focused on it in much depth recently.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2010

The Academy is a 9-week online training program designed to help nonprofit leaders understand how to manage technology to both meet their basic operational needs and meet their missions. . > By the way, participants will be able to earn points toward special software donations from Microsoft, free 2011 NTC registrations, and more!). >

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

NTEN set up an event area on Slideshare for the NTC 2010. Some events have set up branded channels, like the Bar Camp Channel. (5) Tags: Presenting Tips Tools and Tactics Training Design slideshare webinar. 5) Tool For Networked Nonprofits To Share Draft Documents and Get Feedback. 6) Training.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

Download the NTC app developed by 501 Technology to make the most of your NTC 2010 experience. Katya Andresen, Alia McKee Scott and Mark Rovner will be presenting a session during NTC based on this book, so attendees will definitely want to get their hands on a copy! Tags: #10NTC Community NPTech NTEN science fair.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2010

I had a good time going onstage with Asi Burak of Impact Games and Games for Change to do a quick runthrough of PeaceMaker , a game that places you as a leader in the midst of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, at this year's NTC. I think both of Asi's organizations are fantastic and have great ideas and incredible talent.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

Download the NTC app developed by 501 Technology to make the most of your NTC 2010 experience. Katya Andresen, Alia McKee Scott and Mark Rovner will be presenting a session during NTC based on this book, so attendees will definitely want to get their hands on a copy! Tags: #10NTC Community NPTech NTEN science fair.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

David Tames is a filmmaker, podcaster, media technologist, strategist, and designer who has worked as a producer, director, editor, or cinematographer on numerous film, video, web, and multimedia projects. Next month in Washington, DC at the NTC Conference, I designed a session on video blogging for nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2006

Britt Bravo over at Netsquared found an excellent post via the net2 tag entitled " Why Nonprofits Should Blog." Technorati Tags: nten , nptech , net2 " The post was written by Whitney Smith of the nonprofit, Girls for a Change , a client of Voce Communications. More on that later.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 18, 2009

Hildy Gottlieb’s Pollyanna Principles are a great place to start if you want to learn more about how you can evaluate and identify your organizational goals (and larger view) in a way to successfully design projects, programs and even partnerships for real impact. Tags: socialmedia strategy goals guestpost POST social media.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

In a packed room at the 2009 NTC in San Francisco, LeVar Burton loomed large. But as we shared our recipes for success at the NTC session Join! High design can hurt the bottom line. Using the same text, the heavily-designed version actually decreased response rates. Marc Ruben, M+R Strategic Services.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

What: The art of social instructional design. Here's some reflections on the Webinar: Overcoming the Strawberry Jam Problem With Social Design. We had similar spread for those having experience designing and delivering trainings. I think you can design around it. Social Instructional Design. How: 6 Tools and Tips.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

As a result, I'm publishing a briefer than usual edition of the NpTech Tag Summary because I can only get to fast loading blogs and web sites. Laura Whitehead is the session designer for a workshop on Social Media and Nonprofits and she's asking for input from the NpTech community on the session. in the NpTech Tag stream.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. It will be interesting to see how this evolves given the technology platform came before the social design , but as online community pundits note, web2.0 Check out NOSI 's plans for NTC. choice and when it is not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2009

Laura Norvig gave me a sneak peak at her ingite presentation for NTC Ignite called the Many Uses of FriendFeed. I've used a little social network theory to design my FriendFeed friending strategy. Tags: friendfeed. Many Uses Of Friendfeed. View more presentations from lnorvig. I'm looking forward to hearing her give the talk.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

Science Fair: The NTC Exhibit Hall. Attendees will divide into break-out groups to design the online campaign. Tags: events 10ntc netsquared nten presentation. Who : NetSquared and other Community Organizers. When : 10:30 a.m. Who : TechSoup Global staff. When : 3:00 – 8:00 pm. Follow the Conference Live.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2009

I organized at the NTC last year. I've designed some fun ways to incorporate Twitter into the experience. Tags: sxsw. I am participating in several panels and events at SXSW. I'm really excited about the Social Media Nonprofit ROI Poetry Slam. This is a new and improved version of the Social Media Case Study Slam.

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