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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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.

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Nonprofits Should Consider SMS Fundraising With Eyes Wide Open

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It closely follows Gartner's Technology Hype Cycle. The Haiti crisis demonstrated that text to give fundraising can be a powerful tool, particularly as an "early responder" fundraising technique in disaster. Tags: mobile. Maybe I'm jaded. Technology Trigger. Inflated Expectations. Trough of Disillusionment.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What are the techniques and strategies that nonprofits use to find free agents? 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.

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The "neigh"sayers take the floor again

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

some exciting new wave non-profits need to catch, or is it just a bunch of marketing hype? Of course technology is developing rapidly and there are new tools and techniques you'd be a fool not to explore -- in fact there are quite a few I will urge you to take a look at. Tags: nptech , web2.0 That old debate.

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Another view of this 2.0 thing

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

techniques like Ajax access data more dynamically, the real paradigm change in his book will be when browser "pull" is replaced by push technologies. His concern is that while indeed some new techniques have come into use, simply using them does not necessarily provide better applications: The Web 2.0 Tags: nptech , web2.0

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Friday Links: June 23

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

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 Programming If you're a web developer eager to get your feet wet with the new Ajax techniques but not sure where to start, take a look at Ajax Hacks , by Bruce W. Tags: nptech

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