Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 30, 2005
"For the first time I can read what I want, when I want, where I want, by myself." A great quote from a five minute video on accessible e-text books produced by college students in New York. It really delivers the message of how access to books changes the lives of students with disabilities.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
AUGUST 18, 2005
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology IP Tidbits August 18, 2005 Here are a few tidbits I’ve come across in the Intellectual Property arena in the past few days. Downhill Battle , which is an organization people interested in the whole "copyfight" issue should know about, has a new project, called Participatory Culture.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 22, 2005
Just about to unplug (yes, really), but noticed free wifi in the coffee shop and wanted to post the last three vlog posts from the Water Festival in Lowell, MA shot over the weekend. Check it out and see you in September.
Forum One
AUGUST 18, 2005
Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week. I wish I was able to attend, but am glad that many of my clients have the opportunity to go.
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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog
AUGUST 25, 2005
I was chatting the other day with a friend who works as membership director for an association of universities. The discussion, of course, got around to software, and she said, "Most vendors' membership modules seem to be built around the idea that their main purpose is to help me keep track of my members." Well, if that was a crime, we were guilty - what else would the main purpose of a membership module be?
AFP Blog
AUGUST 22, 2005
Letting Your Fingers Do the Running - New York Times : "Letting Your Fingers Do the Running * By MARK WALLACE Published: August 21, 2005 THIS year is the 20th anniversary of the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life events, in which teams of runners jog through the night at schools, fairgrounds and parks to raise money for the fight against cancer.
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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
AUGUST 10, 2005
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology More patent office silliness August 10, 2005 OK, this is great. At the same time as the patent office is granting business method patents that everyone knows have tons of prior art, they are busy rejecting trademarks, based on who knows what, exactly.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 18, 2005
I made my second podcast tonight with my son. One of the Cambodian bloggers created his first podcast -- illustrating how to say the word "thank you" in khmer correctly. Apparently, in our khmer video blog post , we mispronounced it. So, we created a podcast of our practice session. I was able to do the production on this one if five minutes -- I've mastered the work flow!
Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog
AUGUST 12, 2005
Well, I'm off tomorrow to “Fiddle and Dance†at Ashokan – it's a week of classes, workshops, dances, jams, and concerts, focusing on traditional music from the Southern US. It's a music often called “old-time.†So this week my usual round of adding features to our software, talking to clients about their websites, and assembling proposals has been leavened with an unusual amount of fiddle and mandolin practice, and as I drifted off to sleep last night I found myself musing about “old
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 23, 2005
I spent an hour today trying to write up just my list of action items from the O'Reilly Foo Camp 2005 ! This is where tech publisher Tim O'Reilly and his team host a weekend of camping in their empty second office building (built during the Bubble) by over 200 of the leading geeks. The energy was great, and lots of folks were excited to talk about the social applications of technology.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 10, 2005
On occasion, a sad event occurs that makes a major impact on me personally. Last weekend, one of the leading entrepreneurs in adaptive technology in the world, Dr. Russell Smith, died in a small plane crash in New Zealand , along with his wife. Russell was someone I greatly enjoyed and admired. His commitment to developing technology for blind and low vision people started long before I even knew there was a field.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 10, 2005
We got some great local TV coverage this week, thanks to a referral from the Skoll Foundation and Community Foundation Silicon Valley. Here is the video and text from our CBS-Channel Five: Silicon Valley Ten Years After Netscape's IPO. A newspaper story had come out in the Washington Post about how the Valley had become more friendly to social issues and causes.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 8, 2005
Last week Jane Simchuk, Dave Offen and I got a demonstration of Quindi: the Meeting Capture tool. The link to Quindi came from my old buddy Patti Price, who I've known for many years as a leading speech technology researcher. Quindi makes capturing meeting video/audio and action items really easy. It's the sort of thing that is a bit hard to describe, but very cool to see in operation.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 4, 2005
Prof. Jim Phills and Lyn Denend of Stanford Graudate School of Business just published a case entitled Social Entrepreneurs: Correcting Market Failures , where Benetech was one of the featured social enterprises. They have kindly permitted us to post an excerpt on our web page. This was a pretty exciting project: it's also a video case study. The other social entrepreneurs profiled are David Green and Victoria Hale, two folks I greatly admire.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 1, 2005
Two articles caught my eye recently. Nicole Wallace, the tech reporter for the Chronicle of Philanthropy, who does a great job, just wrote an article on new business plan software that the Social Enterprise Alliance has helped develop, entitled New Technology Tools Aid Business Plans. I saw a demonstration of this software at the last Gathering conference, and it looks very well done!
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 18, 2005
Eath Chhnon (otherwise known as " Village Girl ") is a Cambodian ???video blogger??? or vlogger. She grew up in a small village in Cambodia near Angkor Wat , one of country???s cultural treasures. Two years ago, at age 20, she came to New York City. Eath is video blogging her life story. 1. Why did you start vlogging? I think vlogging is an interesting way to express yourself and the right medium for my.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 19, 2005
We're taking a brief vacation in the Northern Woods of Maine by way of the Water Festival in Lowell, MA. From what I could tell, there isn't much in terms of Internet access in Maine, but you may see a few posts from the Water Festival. So, don't expect a lot of posts in the next week or so.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 18, 2005
The new world of the non profit blogosphere is a discussion started by Patrick O'Heffernan at Socialedge. He summarizes from "The Emergence of the Progressive Blogosphere: A New Force in American Politics," a report recently released last week by the progressive New Politics Institute think tank and provides some resources. I don't see some obvious nonprofit blogging resources or blogs on his post -- so stop by and let folks know about you in the comments!
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 16, 2005
Andy Carvin wonders which tool to use to record the podcast! Tonight I attended a cocktail party for Global s hosted by Rebecca Mackinnon. I got a chance to meet some folks connected with GV face-to-face, including Ethan Zuckerman , Paul Frankenstein and Andy Carvin. Towards the end of the evening, I got a chance to observe Andy Carvin's podcasting interview skills first-hand when he interviewed me.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 16, 2005
I also ran into Deborah Finn who mentioned her lastest idea, the Nonprofit Blog Exchange. It is a group blog for nonprofit bloggers. If you're interested in participating, Nonprofit Blog Exchange, you should send an email to Emily who is coordinating the project.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 17, 2005
Jillaine Smith has created a blog and I added her to my blogroll. According to her email: "I'll be sharing current thoughts and resources relevant to the intersection of strategic planning, Internet communications, leadership development and organizational effectiveness." Check it out!
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 16, 2005
I got a cheap Olympus Recorder (WS-200) after reading Andy Carvin 's and Brian Russell 's posts. I did my first recording with a Thai Dancer who speaks Cambodian, along with my son. It's here: Download firstpodcast.mp3. My big mistake was that I neglected to make sure the recorder was turned off while transferring the files to the computer. The files were corrupted!
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 14, 2005
The hard drive of my deskstop computer, an ancient Dell, appears to be dying. Thank god I have backups. So, now going through the time consuming process of moving everything I need to my laptop. That's keeping me from the time consuming process of finishing my first podcast.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 13, 2005
I'm also wondering about removing barriers to podcasting for nonprofits in countries without much infrastructure, like Cambodia. Feedback would be appreciated. 1. Podcasting Without An Ipod, Internet Access, or Electricity 2. Conversation with Andy Carvin about Podcasting in the Third World. Meanwhile on this side of the world, via Nancy White : A frequent audio show/podcast about Multiple Sclerosis: From breaking research news, to personal stories, fundraising tips, book reviews, and much more.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 12, 2005
I've been enjoying Alexandra Samuel's obsession with treo and getting things done lately. She has a great sense of humor. But so does her husband, Rob Cottingham , who created the above.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 12, 2005
Ethan Zuckerman has been analyzing Global s stats since the site's redesign last month. The tool used to count total links is Blogpulse (He also shares his worksheet ) In the analysis, he mentions that the average blogger links to Global s 1.86 times. (I earned the distinction of linking the most times to Global s this past month - 7 times, although later I found out that I was tied with Ethan.).
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 10, 2005
I think this might be another one of Nancy White's community indicators (if she is still going to collect them and I hope she does) - that a community around nonprofit blogging is forming. Christopher Dover from the American Cancer Society who blogs about Relay For Life (RFL) just posted some thoughts about how to use blogging and other techniques to support and promote Relay for Life, the ACS's signature event.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 10, 2005
Chris raises some great questions about internal nonprofit blogs: How do we decide who blogs? For those of you that have started nonprofit blogs, how did you decide this? Do we assign people to certain topics? I think you need to start with the people who are the most interested and passionate about it and spread it slowly through the organization. This could be done with discussion, showing some examples, and getting their input.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 10, 2005
I just popped over to the Walker Arts Center blogs to see if more departments had entered the blogosphere. When I interviewed the Walker Bloggers two months ago, there were only two departments. Now there are four, including the Film/Video department. They posted some notes about their future plans for podcasting. I wonder if they considered vlogging?
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