Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2009

This is a free web-based tool that is totally customizeable and can be used both privately or publicly.To Finding Feeds. Netvibes will let you track all kinds of things online, all by using RSS feeds or ready-built widgets. As far as the email vs feed option - we are using Netvibes so you can cut down on email!

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2009

A few months ago, we featured Peter Campbell 's article Using RSS Tools to Feed Your Information Needs , courtesy of Idealware. Since then, Peter has been posting some great followups on the Idealware blog : More RSS Tools: Web Site Integration. More RSS Tools: Managing Content with Pipes.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #12: Miro February 26, 2008 Miro used to be called “Democracy Player&#. Miro is basically a video player, which can recognize RSS feeds, and automatically download videos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

in the UK, I made a Freudian slip and called RSI - RSS by mistake.). I'm finding that some people's initial reactions to RSS is "OMG, information overload!" I started off with 5 blog feeds and as I discovered other blogs or resources, I added them gradually. Circle of the wise - how many feeds you'll read).

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

With the evolution of the social web and the tools available today you’re able to listen much like you can with your ears in real life. Step Two: Configure the tools. There are more tools out there than you can possibly make use of so I thought I’d make it easy and give you a jump start. Special events you’re running.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 9, 2018

Here are a handful of communication tools we’ve been using and raving about. External Communication Tools. You can also access your newsfeeds and establish RSS feeds for keywords. Buffer allows you to schedule your posts for social media ahead of time and curate content from other websites through feeds.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 23, 2016

It’s hard to believe, but it’s been close to 10 years since Facebook first introduced the News Feed. And since then, Facebook has implemented over 30 major algorithm changes to determine what is prioritized on your Facebook News Feed. They have to “Like” your page before they can check “See First.”).

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NetWits

MARCH 22, 2011

If you’re lucky enough to have a decent budget, you can look into social media monitoring tools like Radian6. These tools provide great in-depth resources, but most of us will need to find an alternative due to financial constraints. Feel free to download it and start listening today!

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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

To begin with, Ulysses is an awesome writing tool that gives bloggers a terrific experience. Considered one of the best RSS feed readers available, it gives a clean and clear experience, intuitively tracks what you’ve read and helps with organizing all your various subscriptions into convenient groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

Reed Stockman from AFP Blog (Associate of Fundraising Professionals) told me that he is using a widget called RSSMIX to combine feeds and republish them on their Master Blog. He points to google analytics as a tool they have started using to track their audience. He notes that this widget is useful because it: a.) drives traffic c.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2012

I’ve been using Feedburner for my blog RSS Feeds since 2005! It is time to self-host your RSS feed many people wondered? Rumors that Google will close Feedburner are circulating again, but this time there is an option for an RSS hosting service, although not free. Thank you so much Phil!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

WhosTalkin is a new social media search tool that makes it easy to search multiple social media sources. Google Alerts now has RSS feeds, I read those in my RSS and am able to compare what captures what. Google Alerts now has RSS feeds, I read those in my RSS and am able to compare what captures what.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2007

Nedra Weinreich of the SpareChange Blog left a pointer to comic this in a comment on my post about RSS as coping tool for Information Overload ! I've been reflecting a lot on my RSS reading habits lately and how I organize (or don't) my RSS feeds in the reader. Just had to blog it! It kind of says it all.

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NCE Social Media

MARCH 29, 2011

is a tool for you. It’s a free tool that allows you to post your social media account links and url and rss feeds all on one page. What happens if you want to see stats on your social media accounts all in one place? Then About.me Think of it as your social media business card.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2013

In online discussions with nonprofit techies, Megan Keane pointed to the loss of an anti-censorship tool in places like Iran, and Nancy Schwartz noted in an online discussion, “this is a kick to independent content publishing, not just convenience on the readers side. If so what are they?

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Judi Sohn

OCTOBER 21, 2012

Now, with soooo many tools, apps and startups out there I’m more cautious. RSS is dead. I spend a lot of time on my iPad and I was frustrated at how near impossible it was to add a new feed to Google Reader from the iPad Safari browser. So am I the last of my friends to find this great little tool?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

It’s also possible to pull content from other sites via RSS and display it on your own site, giving you a way to share news feeds or cause-related information of interest to your audience. Most of the CMS tools we reviewed can support this, but surprisingly few allow you to moderate which of the items from that RSS feed are displayed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2005

My first taste of RSS Feeds began with a wish on how to find good content without getting RSS indigestion from slogging through a lot of junk. In the comments section, David Geilhulfe and Ruby Sinreich suggested a social networking approach to RSS by checking out their blogline subscriptions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

Amy Gahran has some excellent self-reflections and advice about the way she reads feeds in her RSS reader. Like Amy, I've lost count of how many feeds are in my reader(s) - at least 400-500. I'd love to know more specifically what tools Amy is using to track her ego finds or to listen? I developed a list here.

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Care2

JULY 14, 2009

If your nonprofit is not taking advantage of free tools like Add This , a widget that encourages users to share your organizations articles or webpages on the most popular social networks or branded toolbars like FreeCause , then your nonprofit is missing out on some big marketing opportunities. Bonus points!

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NCE Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

It’s from a great site on social media that should be in your RSS feed. Tags: Education and Training Microblog Tools lists twitter Video. Share your experiences with lists in the comments section. Also here is a story by Cindy King on the value of Twitter lists for marketing.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

Your tools are defined both by the goal of what you want to do, but also by the people – are they tools that that audience uses and likes? Similarly, the content is defined by the goal, but also by the tools at your disposal and the people who will consume it. Here are some Twitter-specific tools: Twitalyzer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2009

If your nonprofit is not taking advantage of free tools like Add This , a widget that encourages users to share your organizations articles or webpages on the most popular social networks or branded toolbars like FreeCause , then your nonprofit is missing out on some big marketing opportunities. Bonus points!

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Here are seven tools for nonprofits to maximize their marketing success: Razoo. This tool is easy-to-use: users are able to craft their own fundraising pages within a few minutes. This tool is able to tell the difference between a desktop and a smartphone. Include RSS feeds. Impressive, right?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 21, 2009

Today’s webinar focused on the building blocks of social meda; things like tagging, RSS and how to get started finding the conversations taking place online. Some of them, along with my answers, include: How much time a day do you spend reading (RSS feeds)? Here’s my slide deck: Social Media Building Blocks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 14, 2009

But recently, Causes has been making quite a few upgrades and launching some new tools, so I think they they deserve a second look. Social RSS App. The Social RSS App allows you to integrate your Blog posts or news feeds into your organization’s Facebook Page automatically. Create a Facebook Page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

I met them two years ago when I did a webinar called " Ten Steps To Extension 2.0 " Kevin and I started to share RSS reader tips and habits and he pointed to Feedly an RSS reader that gives you a magazine layout and makes it easy to share links from your reader. (See What tool do you use? See this review from Mashable ).

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

In 2007, I realized that a much more effective way to aggregate interesting actions would be to subscribe to RSS feeds from trusted sources. I wrote about the potential for aggregating RSS feeds of giving opportunities in a blog post called, Why We Need Group Fundraising RSS Feeds. was difficult.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2008

Last week, I did my annual Blog ROI benchmarking and I started to noodle around with the question - How can I use AideRSS as a tool to help me evaluate engagement and improve my blog? Aide RSS wrote about measuring social engagement on a blog which that looks at a number of different metrics. How are you using AideRss?

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 16, 2010

You've got bookmarks for websites you need to check daily, online tools, news alerts for tracking your nonprofit's keywords and issues, email, social networks, RSS feeds for favorite blogs… It's all too easy to miss vital information, or to waste a great deal of time checking for updates. read more ). read more ).

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 9, 2009

" New Fundraising Tool for Your Cause: Donor Choices – Causes Exchange Blog - Have you used Facebook's Causes application at your organization either as part of a campaign or general awareness/fund raising? " Third sector infrastructure organisations Social Media Map - RSS Feed - TALK Project - TALK - This is SO cool!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2007

tools successfully. I think it is a pretty critical marketing practice despite what technology tools you are using. " She gives examples of the listening deficits, but also the ways that social media tools can facilitate listening. Some tools and techniques follow below. Click on the RSS button in the results page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2008

The month of October we've been focusing on building out the Nonprofit Social Media Tool Box and awarding t-shirts to contributors!   We're talking about tools like Digg, Stumbleupon, Reddit and others.  The tools listed include one from each - text, audio, and video - but there are many, many others. 

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2005

I attended the " Tag You Are It " session at NTC by Ami Dar and Katrin Verclas and was exposed to a lot of new technology tools. So, I set up a little action learning project ( cambodia4kids ) to play with these tools to see how they might be useful for technology infused curriculum or nonprofit use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

For blogging, you have to use a couple of different tools to get the different metrics you need. The tools include Google Analytics, PostRank, Feedburner, and others. I track two hard data points: RSS subscriber growth over time as well as the feed delivery stats (email versus reader). How does that compare to my blog?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

This is a free web-based tool that is totally customizeable and can be used both privately or publicly.To Finding Feeds. Netvibes will let you track all kinds of things online, all by using RSS feeds or ready-built widgets. As far as the email vs feed option - we are using Netvibes so you can cut down on email!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2011

It is also important to understand that content curation is just about information, it is about feeding and tuning your network. There has been an explosion of tools and it can get overwhelming. Don’t worry about the getting into new tools quite yet. Here’s a few curation tools that are easy to get started.

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