Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2011

Colleague Geoff Livingston was in the WhiteHouse and filed this report. and looks like more NPTECH folks found their way into the sandbox. I’ve managed to find about 200 other people who work with nonprofits or nonprofit technology exploring it. No one has figured it out yet , so we are learning together. Analysis here.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 6, 2013

We've compiled tools and resources on mobile payments from TechSoup and beyond and explain some of the technologies out there. This technology basically turns your phone into a credit card, allowing you to make payments by simply touching your phone to an authorized hub. The Deal with NFC. Mobile Payment Processing Tools.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

The nonprofit technology community is a robust knowledge sharing network widely dispersed across many blogs, tweets, discussion boards, Facebook walls, etc. Marnie Webb introduced the nptech tag to help aggregate nonprofit technology content. Same answer as for all of your nonprofit technology questions: be strategic.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 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 #6: Joomla! January 29, 2008 I don’t exactly know where the exclamation point came from, but if you want a scarily easy CMS to install, Joomla is a place to start.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

You found you had a knack for technology and you became your org's go-to person for computer problems. But at what point can you call yourself a technology professional? I work with our Executive Director to determine how we integrate technology into our programs and make decisions that affect the overall direction of our org.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Nonprofit consulting services might solve a specific challenge, like customizing and cleaning up your database , or serve as more of a long-term investment, like designing a complete technology plan for your nonprofit. Technology strategy and solution implementation. We specialize in: Nonprofit technology strategy development.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

We therefore want charities and libraries to make maximum use of our articles, blog pieces, how-tos, tech-for-good news, and other nonprofit technology information. From our point of view, sharing our content helps TechSoup achieve its mission: making technology information available to every charity and library that needs it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Files: Is your organization the holder of the official record of something? Do you have the news clippings of major events in your files? This can be 4 emails a year dedicated to sponsors who give the org $10K or more. This can include a building, or access to experts or cool technology or data, or historical archives.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2023

Managing change can be difficult, but in looking back over the past 30 years of technology, it’s easy to see the benefits of continued evolution. Check out our webinar for an overview of the changes and tips for moving your team into the current technological era: The Times They Are A-Changing: Is your Finance Office, Too?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

Did you know that TechSoup's most popular accounting technology donation programs have mobile apps? TaxCaster by TurboTax/Intuit (Android, iOS, Windows Phone) calculates an estimate for your tax returns before you even file. Financial and Accounting Tools. This free app uses the same tax calculator as TurboTax. More Resources.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2023

Managing change can be difficult, but in looking back over the past 30 years of technology, it’s easy to see the benefits of continued evolution. Check out our webinar for an overview of the changes and tips for moving your team into the current technological era: The Times They Are A-Changing: Is your Finance Office, Too?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 1, 2013

This has leveled out because everyone has now caught up with the technology. This trend is because orgs are now able to market for online purchases and eliminate or minimize transaction fees. On average, organizations in the dataset saw their email house file grow by 17%. Admissions Data. Online Transactions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

Resources and Reports Nancy Schwartz of the Getting Attention Blog summarizes an article with tips on for how nonprofit marketing and public relations staff can gain entry into the blogosphere Michael Stein (East Coast) files a report from Mali about the GeekCorps Mali project. Jon Stahl gives us a good reading of the Tea Leaves. A Few Web2.0

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2009

I must say, I was thrilled to see such a huge, powerful technology coming to not only support but evangelize their myriad programs offered at no cost to nonprofit organizations. To give the audience an idea of what ads can be used for, Google shared just a few tactics adwords could help any given org do including: Solicit donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond," I wanted point to a new (to me) UK nonprofit technology blog discovered via a comment to my post about technology stewards and also weave in some more notes on UK examples. is right for you and your org? is and why it matters to their organization.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 8, 2013

It was a great concept built on Salesforce technology that was never upgraded with the times. Before I dive into technology, I have to say something about Appextreme’s support team. I need to get this to the volunteer who lays out our newsletter in a neatly formatted Word file. I’m sure it would have been amazing.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Slack is a combination messaging/file-sharing tool intended to replace internal email and intranets. There's an org chart. So this year, we worked hard to build new tools to strengthen our commitment to radical collaboration--within the context of our larger, more mature organization. Here are my top five: SLACK.

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JULY 22, 2021

To get the ball rolling, take note of your technology and marketing offerings. Second, we must then explore Tracking Cookies: files containing anonymous data that identifies website visitors through their activity on your website. Blog: Exploring the Future of Hospital Foundation Technology with Salesforce.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 12, 2017

PDFs are document files and therefore do not pull up thumbnails on social media which significantly decreases user-generated traffic and exposure. org , bsr17.org org , and bsr18.org. A very common mistake made by nonprofits is releasing infographics for reports and campaigns in PDF format. For example, bsr16.org

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 18, 2014

In a recent paper, Making the Pitch to Nonprofit Leadership: How to Convey and Sell the Need to Invest in Fundraising Technology , my colleague Danielle Johnson-Vermenton and I explored how nonprofit fundraisers can advocate for investments in online fundraising technology. You can’t do it all overnight, so where do you start ?

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NTEN

MARCH 25, 2013

The field of Nonprofit Technology Assistance Providers (NTAPs) began developing in the early 1990s. Each organization plays a unique role in the sector, contributing our own solutions to the complex problem of helping nonprofits adopt and use technology to create more social change. And what holes in service they could recommend?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2009

technologies, everyone in your organization has more opportunities to speak for your organization than ever before. I think there's a portion of ppl in our org who are "cloud" people, but upper mgmt still resists it, hence a clash.". Yet, because of the exponential growth in connectivity and Web2.0 The site asks what it means for you?

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2015

The 20-person department pulls the information from scanned PDFs of the filings, enter the information into their database, and classify the information in the Foundation Center taxonomy. org , was such a great speaker that I forgot to take notes. org blog a lot. Mullainathan described the evolution of machine learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

I'm slightly out of my comfort zone here because I've only been following this topic closely for a short time, although I have co-authored a guide for nonprofits on technology evaluation and ROI. You typed in a URL and a file with text and links (and later pictures and video) would be delivered. Life was good.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

GuideStar does have Jumo International listed as a nonprofit organization but very little information is shown and likely won’t be until they file their first 990 with the IRS. “We saw on the Obama campaign you’ve got to combine content and technology to facilitate action.

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Care2

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Converting Fresh Leads Into Donors&# and featured Heidi Hess of Children’s Defense Fund and Greg Zelder of the California State Parks Foundation , with Holly Ross of the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (NTEN) moderating. We also do email appends on our current file to make sure we have current information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

Original photo remixed from flickr photo by Stinky Peter Screencast in conjunction with NTEN View the screencast as higher quality flash file -takes longer to download here. because, to be honest, some did not hold promise for a nonprofit org blog. I'm so excited! Act 1: What. Visitors or readers might find the search useful as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

m a product of the Great Lakes and have a degree in technical writing from Michigan Technological University. That way, we let Flickr and Yahoo worry about developing the technology while we???re I routinely bookmark and comment on environmental news, green blogs, and stories about sustainability and alternative energy technology.

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