Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

If there are too many unanswered questions about the impact of the technology platform, better to wait until others have been able to deliver tangible value. Momsrising is an early adopter of online tools currently exploring the Google + platform and discussing it in team meetings. Wait for maturation?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2012

That said, the actual voting numbers are low likely due to a fear that voting will result in spam tweet exclaiming you voted. September 2012 [445 Views] :: Has your nonprofit attended a social media or mobile technology training webinar? January 2012 [2,403 Views] :: Does your nonprofit have a Google+ Page? twtpoll.com/3ghxc2.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 9, 2015

Essentially, blacklisting is an anti-spam measure designed to help email and Internet service providers curb unsolicited junk mail and other communications from suspect websites. However, problems occur when the anti-spam measures put in place are overly aggressive and actually block legitimate messages and contacts.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 12, 2015

As long as there have been websites, there have been tools in place to keep those sites safe from spam and hacker abuse. Google recently unveiled their “No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA” feature that works on a simple and logical premise: it just asks users whether or not they’re robots. Thankfully, an on-line giant has come to the rescue.

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Judi Sohn

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Truth be told, I typically delete such useless drivel right away as blog spam. If it comes up in Google, all the better. This is a technology company in 2013 serving the enterprise with expertise in every tired technology, and they are clueless about what it means to be a customer company. That’s all I look at.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Create a Google Account and Set Up Google Alerts. The need to have a Google account will come up many times in your social media and mobile technology campaigns. Once you’ve set up your new Google account, sign up to receive Google Alerts via e-mail on a daily basis at google.com/alerts.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2010

First, spam was going to kill email. It certainly is true that most email sent these days is spam, but that hasn’t managed to kill it. And from that link, you can see that Google acquired the company behind it, so some of that technology has made it into Google apps – but you can still get the EtherPad code.).

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 15, 2017

Use a backup plugin if you don’t want to spend time backing up manually (although you should do manual backups that create a complete history of your site at least once or twice a year) and be sure you’re storing the backup copies in a safe and remote location such as Dropbox, Google Drive or another cloud-based service.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

By default, logging in regularly to approve new members also makes you a better group manager, because while you are logged in, you should also be participating in discussions and managing spam. Requiring approval to join forces you to be engaged in your group on a regular basis and take responsibility for monitoring spam.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 13, 2017

And to make the situation even more serious to a site administrator, consider this: speed now figures prominently into Google rankings, so you may very well be losing massive amounts of attention during searches. If you aren’t sure call in an expert (Byte Technology can absolutely help!) htaccess” file.

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Byte Technology

JULY 11, 2017

For those who have always been curious about Google Analytics but thought the process of getting it installed on their site was too daunting, think again. One of the main problems with having a comments section on your WordPress site is that, as older posts mellow on your page, they sometimes start to attract a rash of spam comments.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Granted, the positives do outweigh the negatives, but it is important to step back occasionally and take a critical look at how social media is impacting nonprofit technology at your organization as well as your digital staff. An approximate 2% organic reach (and still no Google Adwords-like advertising program for nonprofits).

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M+R

MAY 21, 2021

For Gmail, that’s all you can do—-Google has not announced plans to support any tags to control dark mode. How to Stay Healthy and Avoid the Spam Folder: Tips from the Deliverability Doctor. You can find her at APaschkopic@mrss.com. Related Links: Accessibility on Social Media. Is your email robot ready for marketing automation?

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

In the last step of this digital marketing plan, we’re going to share SEO strategies and tactics we use to increase search rankings on Google. Search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo then use complex search algorithms to index and rank content. Use heading tags to help Google understand the structure and text on your page.

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2013

Instant Chat allows you to chat with your friends from Facebook and Google from your inbox. It also has better spam filtering — it keeps spam to less than 3 percent of your inbox. The reviews in the technology press are coming in largely positive. Google Chrome 23. or higher (on Intel Macs): Google Chrome 23.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Women Who Tech brings together talented and renowned women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change. Panelists: Natalie Foster, DNC ; Rebecca Moore, Google Earth Outreach ; Laura Quinn, Idealware. spam filters: are you using spam-like words in any of your content?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

One of the best plain-language pieces I've seen on it is David Pogue's How and Why to Turn On Two-Step Verification for Your Apple, Google, and Yahoo Accounts. Google has an Android Device Manager that lets you remotely lock or erase your device if it gets lost. In fact my bank recently enforced it on. " Resources.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 24, 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 #5: WordPress January 24, 2008 It seems like a good day to talk about WordPress. Installation of WordPress is scarily easy. WordPress is expandable with tons of plugins.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2014

Vancouver, BC: The Canadian Anti-Spam Act: What Nonprofits need to know before July 1. Guatemala: Lanzamiento de e-comunidad de Google del Tec. San Francisco, CA: The EASE INITIATIVE business model and its leverage of social technologies. Busia, Kenya: Hackathon -New Technologies and young talents-kenya. Upcoming Events.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

Some recent events have included the panel discussion Technology Upgrade 101: Integrating New Tech into Existing NonProfits in Victoria, Canada and hands-on computer training for youth in Mukono, Uganda. San Pedro Sula, Honduras: Google Hangout - ¡Primer Meetup NetSquared! Monday, May 26. Tuesday, May 27. Wednesday, May 28.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 23, 2014

which is built on Google's Android platform. So let's say you're watching a movie and the camera pans to a can of Spam on a kitchen counter. It's an interesting glimpse into the future of technology – at least how Amazon sees it. Homelessness and Mobile Technology. The article interviews R.D.

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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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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

Shim shared a case study at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference on how his organization uses social media to communicate with youth participants in the Pathways to Education program. It's a burial ground for spam." If it sounds scary, Google it first. It might just be a song lyric. Have [Facebook] boundaries.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

A profile that is 100 percent completed makes a strong first impression upon LinkedIn members and anyone who might be searching for you in Google or Yahoo! Mobile Technology for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. Connections can contact you directly through LinkedIn Mail. Use a Professional Photo for Your Profile Photo.

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

In just 50 minutes Laura Quinn of Idealware, Natalie Foster of the DNC and Rebecca Moore of Google Earth Outreach talked about a ton of great tools to ramp up nonprofits online campaigns ranging from Wiki's to Google Earth and Twittter. spam filters: are you using spam-like words in any of your content?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

They are like broad, topical, personalized blogsearch with good spam control. LazyFeed consumes both PubSubHubbub and RSSCloud feeds in real-time as part of its topical blog search and YourVersion won't disclose what technology it uses but says the company has been working on real time since before it was cool.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

A profile that is 100 percent completed makes a strong first impression upon LinkedIn members and anyone who might be searching for you in Google or Yahoo! Mobile Technology for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. Connections can contact you directly through LinkedIn Mail. Use a Professional Photo for Your Profile Photo.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) does it rely on graphics/images?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Yikes, the first ever tag spam I've seen in the NpTech Tag Stream! Robin Good has a nice roundup of affordable Web Conferencing Tools and a useful comparison chart in a google spreadsheet. A nice little utility that lets you embed google mymaps into your blog. Via LifeHacker , does google analytics make you say huh?

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

We recently saw this in the Google/China case where Chinese crackers (bad hackers) broke into activist Gmail accounts. For more info, web search for: hacking "inside job" (As of late, the China/Google scandal commandeers at least the first three search pages. For many of these issues, good spam/virus filtering is essential.

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

I had a conversation today with a major Jewish Federation about technology change. They are thinking about the future and wanted to look seriously into how changes in technology will impact their activities in the future. The change taking place with technology isn’t simply about operational efficiencies.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

According to the Global NGO Technology Report , 47% of nonprofits purchased Facebooks Ads in 2019. That’s equivalent to sending an email to your supporters and 98% of your emails going to spam folders. Without purchasing advertising, the best a nonprofit can do to increase reach and engagement is to: 1) Post 2-5 times weekly.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Add Google Wallet to the list. Well, as of October 2012, Google Wallet is the first wallet service to launch the ability to donate online via a Google Wallet “Donate” button. The new time allotment and updated tool list is as follows: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: 15 Hours Weekly.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

And/or with Google analytics, form creation, registration or other tools? Ideally this includes a strict anti-spam policy, automatic SPAM cleaners, ISP-specific controls and white-list approvals. You want to hear that this person is like you and your colleagues in terms of technological skill level and job focus.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Add Google Wallet to the list. Well, as of October 2012, Google Wallet is the first wallet service to launch the ability to donate online via a Google Wallet “Donate” button. The new time allotment and updated tool list is as follows: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: 15 Hours Weekly.

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