Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 17, 2011

I’m a fairly active user of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and some other social networking sites, and have been for years now. I certainly have followed and friended lots of organizations on these networks (particularly on Twitter, but also some more personally relevant to me on Facebook.)

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 3, 2013

and disappear from the recipients phone. Due to the hype, I decided to check it out myself to see if it had any use for nonprofits. During the viewing period of a Snap, the recipient must maintain contact with his or her phone's touchscreen, which hinders them from taking a screenshot. TechCrunch.

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NTEN

MARCH 17, 2010

Fundraising: How We Combine Email, Social _Media, and Phones to Reach. The Hype and the Potential of Social Network Fundraising . Understanding Online Donors: Their Demographics, Attitudes, and Behavior . Beyond the Myth of Integrated. Million Online Supporters .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2016

I started to pay attention when my kids became teenagers — and wanting to practice good digital parenting as Alexandra Samuel advises – I added the SnapChat app to my phone. So, why another social network, especially one where the focus is to create content, not consume and the culture of it is rather secretive?

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

The revolution that has allowed ICT services to transition to a point of real uptake and impact -- or as Heeks describes, from a tool of development to a “platform for development” --is the mobile phone. . Mobile phones have made the uptake of ICT services achievable because they have become incredibly available.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2007

The articles I've read with hype headlines like "My Space For Grown-Ups" or " LinkedIn or Left Out " describe LinkedIn is as necessary a business tool as a laptop or a cell phone. While the plugin makes it easy to expand your network, you have to think about your contact acquisition behavior.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2009

I won't try to speak for them, but I do think they aren't blindly following the latest tech hype and hoping it will change the world — many of them have clear social change strategies. With that in mind, I think social media and social networking hasn't entirely matured as part of long-term social change.

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