NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Tags: Infrastructure Leadership Newsletter NPTech NTEN. Because cloud adoption is moving at such a torrid pace, that ecosystem is having trouble keeping up with the tools, meaning that though the cloud may be a no-brainer, nonprofits must be careful to select the competent vendors, applications, consultants, training, and deployment models.

Hype 76

Hype Charity API Iowa 76

Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Whether you’re hosting a festival, 5K race, or gala, your pre-event promotion should hype up your event as the can’t-miss opportunity of the season. Tag friends in a post or comment on one of your posts. Tag your account in a story. Host contests and giveaways to boost engagement. Make a related post with your event hashtag.

Contest 88

Contest Headline Social Media Survey 88

CauseVox

JULY 31, 2023

Craft marketing materials to share and create hype around your Giving Day. Encourage your supporters to share posts and tag their network to amplify reach. The power of story can never be underestimated! Share highlights and impact from your organization’s work and the necessity of your donors participation.

Giving 79

Giving Nonprofit Awareness Hosting 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

In " The Social Web Ain't Rocket Science " Worldchanging blogger Jon Lebkowsky reminds us that blogs, wikis, and social networking sites may not be appropriate for all nonprofits and that hype and pressure shouldn't drive adoption decisions or they may not be successful. Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week.

Convio 50

Convio API Nptech Summary 50

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 14, 2009

Yet in addition to bringing greater awareness to that tool, the hype surrounding Moldova revealed misunderstanding of the value of of Twitter for activism and, even though the realists responded strongly, there was not a stand-alone resource which clearly defined how Twitter could be used by activists." Tags: roundup bookmarks.

Moldova 105

Moldova San Francisco Hype Bookmarking 105

Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2023

A tiered ad campaign can help hype your donors and get them into a giving mindset. One way to engage with your donors on social media for GivingTuesday is to create a hashtag challenge for people to participate and tag you in. Begin your campaign with ads to increase awareness about your organization and the work you do in October.

Template 98

Template Retention Stream Social Media 98

NTEN

MARCH 17, 2010

The Hype and the Potential of Social Network Fundraising . Tags: ifc international fundraising conference NPTech NTEN Fundraising. Fundraising: How We Combine Email, Social _Media, and Phones to Reach. Million Online Supporters . Trends in Online Fundraising: What We Can Learn From the Data .

International 59

International Rate Conference Fundraising 59

NonProfit Hub

APRIL 22, 2014

Tag VIPs, attendees, partners & others so that their friends will see the post. You’ve hyped it up and congrats are in order, because the big day is finally here. Plus, if you tag them in the posts you have a greater likelihood that their friends will see them. Use more pictures and videos. Invite attendees to RSVP.

Social Media 60

Social Media Media Fundraising Social 60

Forum One

MAY 26, 2009

We are excited about the upcoming June 4 event, " Beyond the Hype: Government 2.0 Tags: Events. for Decision Makers ," where we will hear from a great lineup of speakers about innovative ways government agencies are using the web. Click here to register. It should be a great session.

Government 52

Government Web Hype Work 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

It closely follows Gartner's Technology Hype Cycle. Tags: mobile. Maybe I'm jaded. But having been in the nonprofit technology since 1993, I've seen a predictable pattern of cycles with new tools and technology. Technology Trigger. Inflated Expectations. Trough of Disillusionment. Slope of Enlightenment. Plateau of Productivity.

Open 95

Open Gartner Fundraising Hype 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

She pointed to this video from Chris Brogan about overnight success - and how important it is to focus on the results of the work, not the hype or number of Twitter followers. Tags: metrics. If we concentrate on our influence, we forget the end goal. We get caught up in our ego. Tara goes on to say: Focus on the big prize.

Influence 96

Influence Measure Impact Metrics 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2010

Tags: mobile. There is also another area for development and that is iPad apps for program/service delivery. Take for example this app that allows deaf people to test their hearing. Or VolunteerMatch which launched an iPhone and iPad app recently.

Mobile 100

Mobile Game Hype Adopt 100

NTEN

JULY 30, 2010

You've avoided the hype thus far. Tags: NPTech NTEN Things We Like. Disney has been marketing that movie for 3 1/2 years , in multiple stages. So, congrats! But is there anything we can learn from their marketing tactics? Other than the obvious, of course: don't go snooping around abandoned video arcades.

Hype 47

Hype Case Study Aggregator Movie 47

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 1, 2009

Danah’s research shines a bright light on an issue many activists and organizations have been concerned about ever since the media hype around Facebook VS MySpace rose as a loud voice in the conversation about social media use. Tags: issues otherblogs audience community demographics social networking ssir.

Community 100

Community Myspace Social Network Demographics 100

Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2009

Various media outlets such as the New York Times , Forbes , and Ars Technica are reporting that McKinsey; along with The Uptime Institute, a data center consulting group; released a report this week on the value (and hype) of cloud usage, cloud computing, and cloud services. Photo: Karen Ka Ying Wong , CC License.

Hype 43

Hype ROI New York Amazon 43

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Hope from the Hype So why does social networking matter? There is still a lot of hyper-hype, but the opportunity and potential is very real. Tags: guest blogging nptech socialnetworking. Later in this series I'll go into some reasons why the thinking and practice around these kinds of applications are flawed.

Social Network 50

Social Network Network Create Strategy 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2006

I entered "blog hype" as a search term and came across a recent article on WSJ online. The article points out some recent articles and polls that suggest a cooling off in the hype around blogs. " So, this is the backlash hype. " Technorati Tags: 06ntc Are blogs a vanishing fad?

Hype 50

Hype Poll Technorati New York 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

No Hype Online Fundraising A panel of nonprofit fundraisers will cut the hype on text-to-give, email solicitations, social media, e-Cards and other interactive fundraising strategies. Tags: Conferences Free Agent. We’ll let you know what worked and what didn’t. So, go and vote for my panel and these others.

Comment 97

Comment Artist Social Media Hype 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

But beyond all of the hype and noise, the most dominant theme I keep coming back to is that community is and always will be King. Tags: sxsw. We heard a lot about the use of crowdsourcing, the latest Twitter apps, and why content strategy is so important. We also "checked in" using FourSquare and Gowalla everywhere.

Community 90

Community Offline Hype America 90

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

There is some ROI, but there is also a lot hype about Facebook. Tags: Facebook ROI (Return on Investment) Social Media. They should have an “Official&# Facebook Page. After the Page is set-up it takes very little time to manage. Posting 3-5 Status Updates a week is not that time consuming. And that is my Facebook rant.

ROI 251

ROI Integration Question Facebook 251

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

Technorati Tags: crm , fundraising { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 01.20.07 at 1:02 pm thanks for deflating a bit of the industry hype and prattle with this provocative and essential idea. Are the means that progressive organizations use to reach their ends truly in line with their mission?

Open Source 100

Open Source Convio Nonprofit Hype 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

Technorati Tags: crm , fundraising { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 01.20.07 at 1:02 pm thanks for deflating a bit of the industry hype and prattle with this provocative and essential idea. Are the means that progressive organizations use to reach their ends truly in line with their mission?

Open Source 100

Open Source Convio Nonprofit Hype 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2009

Tags: twitter. And, while it may be an argument about semantics, it further illustrates this tension.

Activities 80

Activities Active Activism Twitter 80

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2008

Photo by PixelFarmer - Zen Mutt (a rescue dog) - Title "Precision" The NpTech Tag Summary went on hiatus to give some space to rethink, reinvent -- again. Conversations are getting more distributed and it is getting increasingly difficult to use tagging to discover, aggregate, and summarize them. As Geoff points out: What???s

Summary 50

Summary Social Network Nptech Practice 50

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2006

some exciting new wave non-profits need to catch, or is it just a bunch of marketing hype? It just means to avoid the hype as you look at the new web technology - and keep your focus on how each tool might further your mission by improving communication with your community. Tags: nptech , web2.0 That old debate.

Hype 40

Hype AJAX Yahoo Technique 40

Forum One

MARCH 17, 2010

But beyond all of the hype and noise, the most dominant theme I keep coming back to is that community is and always will be King. Tags: Influence Events Internet Strategy Online Community Social Media. We heard a lot about the use of crowdsourcing, the latest Twitter apps, and why content strategy is so important.

Community 58

Community Offline Hype America 58

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2009

You can almost visualize swarms of companies jumping off into the abyss following competitors, self serving social media consultants and momentum created by mainstream media hype, each yelling “weeeee, social meeeeeedeeeeahhhh” and then realizing (maybe too late) with wide open eyes that they’re not prepared (no social media policy, no roadmap).

Social Media 50

Social Media Open Media Chicago 50

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JUNE 23, 2006

If you don't read his always provocative commentary in Rough Type , you should start; often running contrary to the millennial hype about web2.0 Tags: nptech Internet Culture Speaking of "contributing original thinking", Nicholas Carr is afraid original thought may be a victim of the " cut and paste " culture spawned by the Internet.

AJAX 40

AJAX Hype Yahoo Culture 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2005

This not just media hype, it's part of the Cambodian Government's ICT Policy : Government will promote Open Source system(s) in ICT to cut costs in a long term but also to broaden the skills and capacities of ICT professionals. Technorati Tags: cambodia nptech Maybe Tharum might be interested?

Open Source 50

Open Source Cambodia Software Open 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

It has been hyped. Technorati Tags: VECoP I know that there was some criticism of Second Life recently arguing that yes there are two million subscribers but there???s s far fewer numbers at any given time using te space. I think that???s s a fair criticism. To some degree, the educational value is in being able to reinvent the world.

Second Life 50

Second Life Life Participatory Discussion 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2006

Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond. tools are the right fit for their organizational goals and if so some first steps to have a conversation and not get seduced by the hype. We're both bloggers, read other blogs, and tag resources. (I'm hoping to also meet Nick Booth and maybe Steve Bridger too!)

Roles 50

Roles Technology Wiki Hype 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2007

Koolaid) Michelle offers some advice to both companies, including deliver, don't hype! I will summarize more in the weekly nptech tag summary. So be sure to tag your write ups with nptech. So, the perhaps not everyone at Convio has drank the Web2.0

Convio 50

Convio Open API Kintera 50

NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Finally, there is a growing of m-hype which we should be aware and cautious of. Tags: Data Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN IT Staff. The fact that I’m a respected figure in the mHealth community is testament to this. . The potential for mobile services, however, is undeniable and we will ultimately figure out the right mix.

Mobile 62

Mobile North America Mali Cameroon 62

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. Tags: guest blogging social media socialnetworking.

Social Media 50

Social Media Change Social Media 50

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JANUARY 5, 2006

So why all this hype if the technology is not really all that brand new? Tagging, for example, is not a technology at all - it's just a program feature. We provide for tagging of people, organizations, and tasks in our Windows-based CRM. Tags: nptech , web2.0 is pure marketing.

AJAX 40

AJAX Technique Mashup Hype 40

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 26, 2007

In most cases, the hype that precedes a tool is so overwhelming that its functional value is lost in its charm appeal. When hype is the driver, the essential step of evaluating a given technology for its functional value is lost. The technology, like other gifts, is evaluated, not hyped or coerced. We don't think "gosh!

Gift 20

Gift Technology Giving Hype 20

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 2, 2007

Well, a year, 40 employees, awesome projects, and a whole lot of hype later, I've been converted. Tags: virtual worlds interview usercontent game. I argued strenuously with him about the value and importance of something that looked to me like a diversion for nerds with big graphics cards. I used to ask, "how would I ever use this?"

Second Life 20

Second Life Life Question Hype 20