Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 10, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology LinkedIn suits up December 10, 2007 LinkedIn, the serious MBA wielding brother to the Facebook fratboy and the MySpace rockergrrl, is really putting on the suit now. It’s an interesting strategy.

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OCTOBER 17, 2008

We've compiled a list of Tools and Resources to share with participants, and thought that you might enjoy seeing it as well. You have to set it up yourself and pay for web hosting) MovableType.com: [link] (Higher Education & Non-profit license for 5 authors, $195. Update: The presentation slides are available on FivePaths.

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JUNE 10, 2008

June 10, 2008 Today, someone on the progressive exchange list asked about a tool called Rapleaf. Rapleaf digs into the usual social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.), I don’t know whether to be sad or proud that RapLeaf finds only my Facebook profile and no demos. What is public? When is data public?

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AUGUST 25, 2009

Given the difficulty in unpacking all of the socio-economic, cultural, political, educational, and other mutually-reinforcing components of digital inequality, simple metaphors can't carry the weight. Mohammed Diop, of Mali , presumably one of the very people OLPC wants to convince: "It is a very clever marketing tool.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

OpenSocial is a set of APIs that handle three different kinds of user data: profiles, social graph (who your friends are) and activities (the stuff of the Facebook news feeds.) Facebook has quite the motivation to keep people on Facebook, and keep the eyeballs there, because of their revenue model, which is ad-based.

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APRIL 27, 2009

Analytics tools. how to integrate tools without reinventing the wheel. use monitoring tools. Listening tools: Netvibes. So, I’m going to trouble shoot and just take some live notes here and post them as soon as possible. Here goes… Take aways: How to use listening. The right metrics. industry benchmarks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Using Social Networks for Social Change: Facebook, MySpace and More View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. We use it to go where people are already organizing against genocide, and give them tools to do so effectively. The senior management of the organization was very supportive of their social networking efforts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Slide Share Show, " Putting the U in YouTube " although geared for higher education institutions provides some really good practical marketing tips for social networking sites that should be useful for nonprofits too. More about social media tools for philanthropy from Tactical Philanthropy. NetSquared. Looking for a primer?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping October 1, 2007 I was reading Deborah Finn’s curmugeonly post about Facebook. I have been having curmudgeonly thoughts about social networks in general.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Don't forget to add the search tool. Could a local social change site knock off Facebook for the social networking webby? If you already have a presence on MySpace, check this out - causes has just launched an application at MySpace. Want to listen on Twitter? Use Tweetscan and type in key words. Who has installed it?

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MAY 15, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore View more presentations from Amy Sample ward.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" and social networking experts emerge and offer their services as these new tools gain prominence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

ve already partnered with 50 non-profits, like Care2 , Greenpeace , and Amnesty International The question it raises for nonprofits is, join an existing network like Facebook or MySpace or build your own social network or combination? The Wild Apricot Blog has published a nice list of ten examples of how nonprofits can use Facebook.

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JULY 20, 2007

First there was a flickr group for NpTech Dogs and then we started seeing NpTechers with dog profiles on their Facebook profiles. Ian Wilker is happy about the Google Apps Education Education being available to. Tools Here's yet another post declaring the death of email due to Facebook and Myspace.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Turns out, unlike Facebook, or Myspace and such, the “Spock Bot&# makes pages for people without their knowing. Creepy part: do I really want to know what’s on my ex-girlfriend’s MySpace page? tool to jump in. .&# Well, I already trust them, so I joined them. Or perhaps maybe I won’t even.

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MAY 18, 2009

ReadWriteWeb Guide to Online Community Management ReadWriteWeb launched a great report and cool new tool that provides organizations with the latest research and best tips in social media. The report covers the basics, and answers commonly asked questions such as ("Should we be on Facebook? Whether you are using your Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

Use your blog or twitter or whatever tool to solicit practical ideas on how to use social media to make connections. Truly embrace social networking by encouraging your staff, your volunteers, your donors and your Board to join Facebook or Myspace and teach(!) application in your Facebook account. Professional.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

It is really bizarre, but this afternoon I've been struggling with the notion about the connection between individual adoption and organizational adoption of social media tools like Facebook or others. Boyd goes into the specific issues related to adoption of Facebook at the organizational level. Shut It Down!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Twitter and Facebook, but with Skype Out, Email Rules A few nptech bloggers are experimenting with Twitter and seeing some of the benefits. Laura White wonders whether " Twitter and Facebook, will they change the way we connect and communicate ? Non-Profit Tech Blog lets us know that project agape (Facebook causes) now at 2.5

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NOVEMBER 16, 2006

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" and social networking experts emerge and offer their services as these new tools gain prominence.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

When you launch an integrated marketing plan, you're most likely producing content for a web site, a landing page, a blog, a newsletter, and perhaps a Facebook or MySpace page. His objective is to work with a client to help them realize their vision and create a Web site that inspires, educates and engages end users.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

Marnie mentions one downside to FriendFeed - that she is unable to process the information as quickly or as seamlessly as she can with other tools that she is regularly using for social bookmarking, feed reading, and causal interactions. A: They talk about tools! But there were a number of quick conversations mentioning new tools.

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DECEMBER 16, 2008

1: New + Tech = Resistance New + Tech + Education = Adoption Think about what the technology adoption curve. You have early adopters, a big scary chasm, and then more mainstreamed adoption of the tools. This pattern is the same no matter the tools. The simple fact is that “ Technology Changes, Humans Don’t."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Small Change blog points to First Giving Digg Contest which was one of four social media promotional ideas using social media tools. Michael Stein has an interview with Jonathan Coleman about his success building a donor base on Facebook. " He describes some of the work flow issues related to nonprofit using Facebook causes.

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JULY 26, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator. Need some metrics guidelines? The irony).

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JULY 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator. Need some metrics guidelines? The irony).

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JANUARY 27, 2010

So, there's plenty to educate yourself on -- but it could take some semesters in studying to get comfortable with them all. But you can take precautions: educate yourself and use the powerful tools developed by other trustworthy people that have direct meaning and service to your needs. " 'Nuff said. Live long and prosper.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

From Ruby Sinreich at Lotus Media comes a pointer to the Findhabeas.com campaign on myspace and possibly other places. shows us how to screencast with Linux and other open source tools! Trish Perkins offers up a list "cool free tech tools." And, Rob gives us a second example of nonprofit organization on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Fellows make use of blogging, social networking, photo and video sharing tools to build communities of support for their host organizations so donors can follow their work and directly share in the accomplishments. book go directly to SEPTAR, the fledgling Special Education PTA of Redwood City. Check out their MySpace page.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2007

They even created a Facebook application. We started slowly with the MySpace page , and we started in earnest with Flickr. MySpace is, but Facebook isn’t. We get so much spam on MySpace, whereas on Flickr and Facebook and the blog we never get spam. Using existing tools to run your site allows for plug-ins.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2008

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Doing something different with a set of tools that tens of thousands of other nonprofits also use is the trademark of an exceptional social media manager. Just because someone is 19 and came of age using Facebook in his personal life does not mean that he can manage and implement your online communities on social media sites successfully.

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MAY 16, 2007

When you think of MySpace, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, even ExhibitFiles are tools that allows people--strangers and friends--to connect with one another. The tools aren't inherently unsafe. The irritating design? Or is it the stalkers?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Mongkol, a Cambodian college student who is studying in the US on a Fullbright Scholarship and knows the importance of a college education had this to say. I think its really ironic that I'm often hired to create such tools, but because I have not done a fundraising widget campaign I felt I needed to plunge in.

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JANUARY 15, 2008

Some of the most popular are LinkedIn (a professional network), Facebook (social and professional), and MySpace (anything goes). It's not an open space for discussion or communication; instead, it's a network of private spaces where kids and families have tools available to continue their museum experience.

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APRIL 10, 2008

This is also a good place to get an education in how people are using images from your institution--both legally and illegally. create and manage a Facebook group or page, or a MySpace page. There are also a few Web 2.0 activities you can initiate without requiring frequent content updates.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology More on Facebook July 17, 2007 Michelle Martin has a great post this week on Facebook. They have a roundup of what they are calling the 10 best Facebook apps for work.

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