Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

In the next few weeks I’ll be making recommendations of which tools and trends in technology nonprofits should prioritize in 2013, but for this year’s post on New Year’s resolutions I wanted to get back to basics. That said, here’s a tool kit to help you ask for that raise and get it. Good luck.

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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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Have Fun - Do Good

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. Tomorrow, October 18th, Eric Leland of Leland Design , and I will be presenting about, "Internet Strategy on the Cheap" at the San Francisco Bay Area Nonprofit Boot Camp.

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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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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? 2 admin 06.11.08

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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

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Jeremiah Owyang has an excellent post called " Why you need to have a strategy NOW before you make a Facebook Fan page." 2) Is Facebook the right network for you? re not in Bebo, MySpace, Orkut, or other network? Do you know the Facebook demographics? (I The features of Facebook pages are limited, it???s

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Mohammed Diop, of Mali , presumably one of the very people OLPC wants to convince: "It is a very clever marketing tool. Even an organization with the marketing muscle and international support of OLPC can't avoid infighting over whether or not they should build a version of their system featuring Microsoft's distinctly unfree Windows XP.

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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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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

At AIDS.gov , our mission is to provide access to Federal HIV and AIDS information through a variety of new media channels, and to support the use of new media tools by Federal and community partners. Is it simply the number of followers you have on Twitter, or how many people "like" you on Facebook? Make it known.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2009

So do “click actions” like signing a petition and becoming a Facebook fan actually make a difference? They are used to text messaging, MySpace, Facebook, get-in, get-out, instant gratification. This flaw is not that the tools are ineffective; it’s rather a misuse and missed opportunity by the organization.” – Kristin Ivie.

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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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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

JULY 22, 2009

There were a number of questions related to tools and tactics that I couldn't answer off the top of my head - so I decided to crowdsource them on Twitter asking for answers in the comments. How often should an organization post to Twitter or send out updates on Facebook? Thank you Kevin! Quality is more important than quantity.

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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

JANUARY 27, 2010

It morphs this way and transmogrifies that way and reveals new cracks in the systems we use each and every day -- from our cellphones to ATMs to voting machines -- providing fertile ground for those with malicious intentions to infiltrate our data and productivity. Wolfe , Marin Institute. Security is always changing and evolving.

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OCTOBER 20, 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!" SH: Open APIs allow nonprofits to bend systems to fit their particular needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

The Idealist.org has a long history of using the web for delivering it services/programs, what do you think the opportunities are for the idealist to extend its impact embracing new web tools (e.g Mari Velasco: We have made some recent changes to expand our use of new web tools, but there's always more we could do! Social media, etc.)

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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

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NTEN

AUGUST 11, 2011

Arguments are made that achievement systems such as the gold star, grades, and other extrinsic motivators are less effective and desirable for inspiring life-long learners. Whether it is the top score in Pac Man, bonus programs in business, or your 3rd grade teacher’s star chart, achievement systems can be powerful external motivators.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A section of the e-newsletter entitled “Resource Spotlight” features a new tool in each edition. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

They even created a Facebook application. Today, an interview with Shelley Bernstein , the Manager of Information Systems at the Brooklyn Museum, and the engine behind that museum’s fabulous forays into Web 2.0. We started slowly with the MySpace page , and we started in earnest with Flickr. MySpace is, but Facebook isn’t.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

as an excellent example of systems thinking that needed in the nonprofit techspace. 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."

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MARCH 27, 2008

Another point Brian made was that perhaps Facebook and Myspace are not for your organization. So, if you use the right tools through LinkedIn, you can get that much closer to a donation–so I’d say that is a better path. In other words, to formalize that relationship is a great idea.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

The Digital Diner has an excellent post on photo management tools and the limits of consumer projects in an enterprise setting. The post goes on to describe a Digital Asset Management System. It may be the basics not social networking tools.) Tools and How They're Used. Philthanthropy. Goodness2.0 ? Do you find Web2.0

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2013

five tools that make fundraising easy, effective, economic, and even. Working primarily as a Facebook app, Causes automatically publishes any user’s interaction on their friends’ newsfeed, spreading awareness with each "like," "share," donation, or petition signature, or if they’ve joined the cause.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2008

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JANUARY 30, 2008

Is Facebook and MySpace a trend? Blogroll (C)Systems AVC Beth’s Blog Christine Herron Deborah Elizabeth Finn Donordigital Emily’s World Getting Attention Gift Hub Philanthromedia Social Edge TechSoup © Copyright 2010 See3. How do you think the web and technology change will impact identity?

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MAY 4, 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!" Well examine what can and cant be quantified as well as various metrics and analytics tools.

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JULY 2, 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!" What tools should they use? link] What are some of your favorite social media tracking tools?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 10, 2008

create and manage a Facebook group or page, or a MySpace page. open collections databases like the Powerhouse Museum's tagging system , where visitors can add their own keyword tags to museum artifacts. This pretty much requires dedicated staff. open exhibit development projects like The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Is that built into the system? 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. What's the protocol? and, if you linked and I don't have you on radar yet - leave me a comment). throw a fundraiser/houseparty.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, to be alerted of new low-cost or free resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Facebook Cheat Sheet :: dreamgrow.com/facebook-cheat-sheet-sizes-and-dimensions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, to be alerted of new resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc.

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See3

MAY 25, 2007

Facebook is the second big social networking site behind MySpace. Facebook used to be only open to college students but, realizing they couldn’t play with the big boys, opened to the public about a year ago. Facebook is still independent — they haven’t been bought by any big company yet.

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