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NpTech Tag Summary: Face-to-Face or Mediated Experience, Open Source Software Communities, and Blog Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A social graph if the NpTech tag based on a google search NpTech Conversations Gavin's digital diner has written an article about the options that technology gives us for opting out of face-to-face gatherings. OpenSource and Software Communities Jon Stahl has a thoughtful essay on Nonprofits, Open Source and Leadership.

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Mobile for Good: Trends to Watch at Mobile World Congress

Tech Soup

Besides being a launch pad for shiny new gadgets, MWC has also been a forum for green technology news, digital inclusion efforts, low-cost smartphones, and other mobile for good innovations. In open source news, ZTE announced two smartphones that run Firefox OS 1.3, the Open C and the Open II.

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Digital Volunteerism – Effective Disaster Relief the GreenTech Way

Tech Soup

and Sahana Foundation (which hosts a free open source disaster management system), have changed the way disaster relief is being done all over the world. for key words to help users to search the site to find things that interest them. Twitter uses hashtags. The one for Voluntweeters is #voluntweeters.

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Need Hands-on Help? NetSquared's Free Workshops Are in Your Community

Tech Soup

Search for your city on NetSquared.org to find your closest event. Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways June PDH Lunch — Incorporating Green Infrastructure. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels and Bytes "Open-Source Summer Fiesta" San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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10 Website Design Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Also, a quick search of “ website design trends 2020 ” will add an extra layer of creativity to your process and ensure that by the time of launch your website will include innovative and forward-thinking design elements. 10) Optimize your website for Search Engine Optimization (SEO). On Mobile: 8) Use a social sharing app.

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NpTech Summary: Red T-Shirt Day - Supporting Monks, YouTube Nonprofit Channel, and Web2forDev Conference Reports

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Now here's a new term: Green Philanthropy. It's an open source free web meeting service. hidalgo is on "an open-source journey around the world documenting free culture, social innovators, and global change." The topic is how to do have fun and do good! Hurry the deadline is today! It isn't dumb dumb.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Chimp Personality, Convio Open API, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Tools and Strategy Google Earth for Green Activism. Here's a set of best practices for Green Activism with Google Earth. " This post from a few months back from Search England Land titled " How To Win Friends and Influence People in Social News Networks " offers some tips for leveraging sites like Digg, and Stumbleupon.

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