Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

From 10-paragraph editorials to 2-paragraph commentaries on breaking news, when you use the ideas given here, you should have no problem publishing the required minimum of one blog post per week (less than that and your blog starts to look abandoned). Share and Comment on Breaking News. Post Calls to Action. Interview Experts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 10, 2018

The first question that probably comes to your mind when reading this headline is – “Pinterest? For example, Grist.org is a news website that focuses on the environment. They created a pin board with expert advice on how to “Green Your Home” that is filled with beautiful visuals and helpful content.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

For example, if someone might be in a worried state while browsing your site, intense colors like red or orange won’t help them; it would be better to choose calming colors like blues and greens. Are there any new tasks that people need to do in this situation? Is this a temporary or permanent change?

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Just browse the news of the past several years and the number and frequency of major data breaches is enough to inspire panic: massive losses of customer information, credit card numbers, banking information, healthcare details, social security numbers etc., all to enterprising and crafty hackers who can wreak havoc on a world-wide scale.

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fusionSpan

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The good news is that there are code packages specifically designed to handle data comparison. In the compare report shown below, the chng_type “+” sign means the record exists in the new contact file, while the “-” sign indicates that the record exists in the old contact file. At the bottom of the report.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

From 10-paragraph editorials to 2-paragraph commentaries on breaking news, when you use the ideas given here, you should have no problem publishing the required minimum of one blog post per week (less than that and your blog starts to look abandoned). Share and Comment on Breaking News. Post Calls to Action. Interview Experts.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2009

This month’s Net2 Think Tank question asks, “How do you stay up-to-date online?&# There are so many blogs, news sources, and conversations happening at the same time, every day, and the chances that you’ll be able to find them all without trying is pretty unlikely. Getting Started. About Net2 Think Tank.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The key to successful fundraising is asking smarter questions. We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” There’s also a Q&A box specifically, your questions might be a little more visible there if you use that one. So good news. Steven is amazing.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 20, 2015

MWC generally also has a strong showing of green technology, and this year's show was no exception. " My colleague Jim Lynch wrote about Internet.org when it first launched and raised a few questions about the initiative. Of all the green news from Mobile Congress, I found Philips' CityTouch project the most intriguing.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

As you organize your nonprofit virtual fundraising event , you’ll also want to ask yourself questions during planning, execution, and follow-up on whether your schedule is respectful of your participants’ time. “ If your event has multiple remote guest speakers, have a staff member dedicated to run a green room (preparation room).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

It’s won awards from Treehugger.com as the “Best of Green in Food and Health” and is cited regularly in mainstream and new media as a trusted source for sustainable seafood information. You’ve just launched a new version of Seafood Watch. Our website , is the hub for all in-depth information and news.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Trust me — I know them well because I used to be one.” Giller, a journalist, established the Seattle-based nonprofit as a destination news web site for environmental news, reports and opinion with a wry sense of humor. Take for example their coverage on food that is devoured by a devoted flock of foodies. Source: grist.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I've been looking at the examples the folks have shared in the WeAreMedia Module 3: Sharing Your Story Social Media Style , particularly blogs and thinking about questions, strategies, and frameworks that one might think about before getting into the nitty gritty of the tool itself.  Green: Aggregate Content Blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Worldchanging: Bright Green: Worldchanging Interview: Jean Russell on Thrivability - Great interview with Jean Russell at Worldchanging! " Non-profit’s Twitter Interview Questions | twitter-interviews | interviews TechnicaVita Social Media Advice - Does your organization use Twitter? Find me on Delicious for more!

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2014

" I tweeted that question, along with Lucy Bernholz, who was wondering whether anyone from the philanthropic sector was attending. Neil Gorenflo, of the nonprofit sharing news site Shareable , was also there and is keeping us all abreast of developments in the sharing economy and social sector with news pieces on his site.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The good news is, the story had a happy ending. There were many questions, but they ultimately supported my ideas with a green light to start hiring immediately. Like so many parents, we were cut off from the outside world without notice. Where We Are Now.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Example: The Environmental Defense Fund's blog, Climate 411 , "is the voice of the experts at Environmental Defense Fund, providing plain-English explanations of climate change science, technology, policy, and news." Take it a step further and share their news story links on your blog. post office line, doctor's appt.)

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 30, 2009

I get requests to post about more things than I have time to write a full blog post about, plus I'm going to be blogging on a couple of new blogs soon that I can't cross-post from so I'm going to start experimenting with Have Fun Do Good Link Love lists to share some quick links and short posts with you. Lemme know what you think.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2011

Care2 provides visitors to their site green-living advice and the opportunity to act on behalf of the causes they care most about. Care2 has achieved this by providing healthy lifestyle tips and articles through their blog and news feature, the Care2 News Network.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 11, 2009

NEWS I've published 12 new WE Volunteer posts since the last Have Fun Do Good Link Love: Six Holiday Volunteering Ideas WE Volunteer Twitter Giveaway: 29 Gifts by Cami Walker Donate Your Gently Used Items to Nonprofits Volunteering for Our Planet: How Are You Volunteering for the Environment? GoodGuide iPhone app + barcode scanning.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Flickr Commons Project: Smithsonian Institution I've been neglecting my Member News roundups, but it's not because I don't care -- it's a combination of you guys all being super active and NTEN being consumed by NTC prep. In other news: Arif Mamdani is the new Executive Director of the Progressive Technology Project.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 21, 2008

This week's Ask Britt question comes from a friend who is helping a changemaker launch a new book. Twitter is a social networking and microblogging tool where news travels fast. You can email me your question (please keep it to 50 words) about the do-good, or artistic work you are doing, or want to do, to britt@brittbravo.com.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

This month’s Net2 Think Tank question asks, “How do you stay up-to-date online?” There are so many blogs, news sources, and conversations happening at the same time, every day, and the chances that you’ll be able to find them all without trying is pretty unlikely. You could choose to monitor only news sources, only blogs, and so on.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

Benetech's momentum continues with some fantastic news. The big question everybody asks me is what I'm going to do differently. Our local paper, the San Jose Mercury News, did two great pieces on Benetech, a business section feature story and an exceptional column by Mike Cassidy entitled An Executive Does Well By Helping Others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

NpTech Conversations Convio Opens Up API Jason at DIA summarizes the posts and the bigs news in the nptech field this last week - Convio Releases An Open API. Tools and Strategy Google Earth for Green Activism. Here's a set of best practices for Green Activism with Google Earth. Ruby shares her 10 Questions video.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Time then to ping mainstream news sources, image search and his Wikipedia page to check for updates. Ted Roden, the founder of artsy social sharing site Enjoysthin.gs , says that ever since he started pushing new shared items live to the browsers of people on his site - the time people have spent on Enjoysthin.gs Real-Time Discovery.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

If you have a morbid curiosity on how addicted you actually are, you can take the Center For Internet Addiction Test , a 20-question online diagnostic tool that will give you the bad news. There is a ton of info on how telework helps the environment and is considered part of green technology. Mobile Work Exchange News.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

An additional benefit is that they are all green nonprofits in that they extend the lives of donated IT equipment and supply it to those for whom it can literally be a lifeline. This is good place for accessible computing news, webinars, in-person trainings, and tools. It's a surprisingly deep area of nonprofit enterprise.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 20, 2007

CONSUME: Writers read, artists go to galleries, reporters watch the news. Even if you never go beyond this step, at least you'll have a list of new media to send event announcements to. Users will choose the 10 best questions. The candidates will watch the questions, and then answer them with their own videos. (If

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2011

That’s the first question your readers typically want to answer. Are you intrigued by the subject line “Go Green Association Newsletter?” Originally posted on Constant Commentary , here's four tips from Caroline Shahar at Constant Contact on how to increase the open rate on your nonprofit's emails.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Thursday, October 28, 2010 How To Be A Green Leader You can be a green leader at work and help save the planet and money for your business, by following these practices and instilling these habits with your employees: Photocopiers: Use the "standby" button on your copiers and that will lighten your energy load by 70 percent.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

It's time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news! I’ll review some new developments in email technology including Gmail’s new tabbed inbox and how it affects your charity newsletters, and the array of new email filtering services that cut down on email overload. Open Data in Africa.

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Care2

MAY 8, 2009

The study also discusses how nonprofits continue to question whether it’s better to build a community on a popular social networking platform like Facebook, or to build their own in-house social network. My personal opinion on this subject is that creating your own custom social network can be very staff intensive and expensive.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 21, 2010

Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Share The Bad News Of course its much easier to share good news with your employees, but its perhaps even more important to share the bad news. If revenue is down, or if youve lost a large customer, or if a new competitor has entered the market, let your team know. Dont keep your team in the dark.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

What the Change the Web Challenge is about is getting these actions in front of people - by inspiring new tools that help you find ways to take action as you surf the web. The Change the Web Challenge invites you to answer the question: How would YOU connect ways to take action to the millions of people who browse the web everyday?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

NpTech Talk and News. The Best and Worst Cities for Nonprofit Efficiency (posted by Sarah Conner Smith ) Social Media and Web Strategy and Marketing Jonathon Coleman shared The (Lil) Green Patch Facebook app has donated $33,600 to The Nature Conservatory's Facebook Cause (I screenshotted and summarized the discussion thread here ).

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 13, 2011

And so the question of ownership of devices like mobile phones and tablet computers and control over their use becomes very important. The most dramatic example of this that I’ve found is a news story by National Public Radio entitled Wipeout: When Your Company Kills Your iPhone.

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