NTEN

MAY 14, 2010

Tag your own news with "ntenmember" or "nptech" to help us find your awesomeonline, or contact Annaliesewith your updates.) Deborah Elizabeth Finn updated her nonprofit technology bookshelf and shared her recommendations for what should be included in anyone's nptech library. What's Your Nonprofit's Superpower?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Creative Commons Search is another search engine that searches multiple sites simultaneously, including Flickr, Open Clip Art Library , Pixabay , and several more. You can also search files by tags. Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is nothing less than the portal for all public domain and open-licensed digital content.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

The Library Society of the World is one I use frequently. Marnie Webb introduced the nptech tag to help aggregate nonprofit technology content. Peter Campbell leveraged RSS to pull the tagged items into nptech. The tag points to individual resources, but is that knowledge? tagging capabilities to keep things organized.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 30, 2009

It was fun singing along in the Bookshare holiday video. Through her contribution we were able to give our most active volunteers (those who have directly contributed to adding 150 books or more to the library) a chance to request a book -- any book that they wanted to see in Bookshare’s Collection. Pavi • What a great present!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2009

In April, TechSoup Global's GreenTech Initiative will be kicking off a TeleGreening Your Workplace campaign to help nonprofits and libraries discover ways to save money, reduce travel, and still be effective in your work. Tags: GreenTech.

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Tech Soup

JULY 2, 2009

We thought the innovative work created by the winners and runners-up was so inspirational, that they should be shared more broadly and could perhaps give other nonprofits and libraries fresh ideas for your creative works. Tags: Marketing Multimedia & Graphics Running Your Organization.

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Adobe Project Impact Classroom 43

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Flickr Photo by Metro Transportation Library and Archive. We get so overloaded by meaningless data collection, that we’re exhausted before we get to do the fun part: making sense out of it. Tags: Measurement. And, of course, making the time to actually look and think about what the data means.

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Social Media Strategy Media Social 99

Museum 2.0

JUNE 1, 2010

Like many museum and library professionals, I am enamored of the idea of cultural institutions as “third places” – public venues for informal, peaceable, social engagement outside of home or work. People make fun of each other and laugh loudly. Tags: Book Discussion: The Great Good Place. On the other hand. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

Photo by Metro Library and Archive. We get so overloaded by meaningless data collection, that we're exhausted before we get to do the fun part: making sense out of it. My Facebook page is focused on a listening and engagement objective - starting and maintaining a conversation. Tagging photos. Tagging a person.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 6, 2008

Last week I announced a new weekly feature that I'm trying out on Have Fun * Do Good, Ask Britt , where you send in questions related to career design for artists and activists, and I'll do my best to answer them. Tags: askbritt. I encourage you to add on to my answers in the comments. Donate to your community.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

As an example, let’s think about a community library. We have the very fun chance to put pieces together and connect dots that others aren’t seeing. But when you look at it from the goal of ending homelessness, you see partnerships with those other shelters, as well as the job training centers, the food bank, and even the library.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 27, 2008

If you have a laptop, it may be less distracting to have your job search time at a café, or the library so that when you come home you don’t feel guilty relaxing. Make a fun to-do list. Once you’ve completed your scheduled job search time for the day, make time to have fun! Tags: askbritt. Network, network, network.

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Job Tips Skype Language 40

NTEN

MARCH 30, 2011

Lastpass categorizes and tags your passwords. This start-up company is accessible and generous if you work for a nonprofit, and has a growing community library of starter templates. Believe it or not, it makes preparing wireframes fun. Storing passwords in one browser or computer disk seems restrictive and not entirely safe.

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Tools Synchronous Doc Jing 60

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

Follow the lead of organizations like the Austin Public Library who have a sign-up form for those interested in participating. I especially love how the library messages the program as one about the volunteers, not the organization. 6) Provide a fun and supportive community. 3) Share your objectives in a clear and inspiring way.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Set up a way to donate online, create a social media campaign and promote it on a national scale and give the campaign a little extra something: whether that be a fundraising goal by a certain date, a fun competition between donors or asking for a specific item on your wishlist.

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History Learning Organization Vietnam 60

Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 21, 2008

The author of Social Software in Libraries hosted an Alternative Book Cover contest. The winners got signed copies of her book and were announced at the Computers in Libraries Conference. Tags: askbritt. Here are a few ideas: • A video book trailer, or video book review contest. The winner gets a Flip Video camera.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Specifically, there are five fun and exciting ways to help with this effort: Want to spend a little time but don't want to make a big commitment? I'm looking for people who are current, previous, or aspiring practitioners of audience engagement in museums, libraries, zoos, parks, alternative education facilities, and cultural institutions.

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Help Participatory Museum Wiki 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2009

with "just for fun." Tags: policy. Let's look at a couple of areas where a policy or policy discussion might pave the way for more effective use: Personal versus Organizational A few years back, most of us on social networks might have answered the question, " How Do You Use Social Networks?

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Social Media Policy Media Social 99

Museum 2.0

JUNE 22, 2009

My goals are two-fold: to develop a dynamic, creative, social platform for my community and to distribute its successful elements to other civic learning institutions (museums, libraries, community centers). I'm enjoying designing a place that I think is going to be successful and a hell of a lot of fun. Ticket sales reports?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

How much fun did you have striking the set over the weekend? Finally the Library of Congress community tagging pilot project on flickr. follow up here ) A pilot project the Library of Congress is undertaking with Flickr , the enormously popular photo-sharing site that has been a Web 2.0 re all dying to know! Artist Blogs.

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Arts Social Media Examples Artist 74

Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

Mostly it’s in libraries. But you can go to the library. Go to the library, spend an afternoon, do some research. Have a volunteer go to the library, spend an afternoon, do some research. I am a child of the ’80s, so I have to have a little fun when I use the word collaborate there. All right.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2006

The office is located on "Information Island" and there are libraries near by. I had to create an avitar (oh what fun it is to edit your appearance and create outfits) and then you have to learn how to walk, run, fly, jump, navigate the world, interact with other avitars, manage your information, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

So, now is the fun part. Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. By using tagging and RSS extension programs are able to exchange information and share content freely. Explore popular blog, searches and tags. It's messy. Step 1: Find People.

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Remix Professional Technorati Wiki 50

Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

The Ann Arbor District Library System uses a blog for the front page of their site. Library users can ask questions and make suggestions about library news, announcements and events in the comments of each post. Big thanks to the Have Fun * Do Good and NetSquared readers who sent me some of these links).

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Not only do I get to experience the fun of opening the door to something mystical, I get to play porter and grant my friends access as well. You earned your private reading tree or library back corner, and each visit continues to confirm your value as a special and clever person.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 2, 2009

But Netflix realized that their ability to sell subscriptions was directly related to their ability to provide users with a steady stream of good movie recommendations, so they invested heavily in creating a rating system that is fun and easy to use. But they aren't just fun ways to express yourself. They have direct personal impact.

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System Design Movie Museum 22

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

Small, quirky projects like the public art geocaching exhibition in Bellevue, WA , and inspiring surprises like the Living Library program and book-drop based tagging at the Hague. I shouldn't get to have all the fun. Tags: professional development. In other words, there's a lot going on. Thank you so much.

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Museum Voice Minnesota Participatory 20

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 21, 2008

Amazon doesn't let you write reviews for the fun of it. One of the most clever no-tech ratings system I've heard of is at a library in Sweden. The library has two book drops, one for regular books, and one for amazing books. Tags: Book Discussion: Groundswell marketing membership.

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Museum Review Rate Voice 20

Museum 2.0

MAY 16, 2007

I think it's a good thing that librarything gives me a way to talk to strangers about books that feels safer than approaching the drooling guy at the public library. It almost seems quaint to imagine that until very recently, library books listed names of actual people who had actually read the book. Exclusivity helps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2010

It combines expert judging with popular vote, online strategy with good old fashion off line organizing, links objectives to a theory of change, and incorporates a fun and engaging way for people to learn about and take action on a timely community problem. Tags: Case Studies Movement Building Philanthropy Strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2009

The launch party was lots of fun - lots of Twitterville's most prominent residents were there as you can see from the #tbash stream and the photos in Flickr by Kenneth Yeung. Robin Pratt from the Utah Nonprofit Association who will read it, apply to strategy, and then put in their library for nonprofits around the state to read.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Keep a library of training materials. And kind of fun as only a techie will appreciate. Tags: cloud computing Collaboration Infrastructure judi sohn Newsletter NPTech NTEN IT Staff. Integration and data consistency are our top priorities, even if we have to give up potentially helpful functionality in another service.

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Lesson Cancer Learning PDF 96

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Keep a library of training materials. And kind of fun as only a techie will appreciate. Tags: cloud computing Collaboration Infrastructure judi sohn Newsletter NPTech NTEN IT Staff. Integration and data consistency are our top priorities, even if we have to give up potentially helpful functionality in another service.

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Lesson Cancer Learning PDF 96

Museum 2.0

JULY 16, 2007

There have been some fun semantic jousting matches recently on the ASTC listserv about the difference between science museums and science centers. Kids wouldn't care if they were going to the Harry Potter Museum or the Harry Potter Castle of Fun or the Harry Potter Center: their interest in the topic overrides any prejudices about the venue.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 15, 2009

Like the Living Library project , the advice booth was a platform that connected strangers with strangers--not just staff with strangers. I think the bathroom wall made this possible by being an alternative for those who wanted to be a little less focused and just have fun with sharpies. But the exhibit team did something novel.

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Advice Museum Facilitation Student 31

Museum 2.0

MARCH 14, 2007

At the Mary Baker Eddy Library in Boston, there is an inverted fountain in the Hall of Ideas on which projections of letters form inspirational quotations which swirl around the pool towards the center. Consider LibraryThing , on which people catalog and tag the books in their personal libraries. Two quick examples: 1.

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People Museum Interaction Library 20

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 5, 2010

" 2009 In Social Media: A Cartoon Review – Rob Cottingham, from Social Signal, created a very fun video that recaps all the major contributions of social media to the world in 2009 – think you were on top of it all? This is a race we cannot afford to ignore." Well, check out Rob's video and see what you missed!

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