Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

It seems that a room helps with the noise levels because people have to consciously add info to a given room. Some people choose one site or method to connect with others, while others are "network weaving," jumping from one site to another. Andrew Cohen shared How do you test our web site cheaply? room, etc).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 29, 2010

That’s only enough for a very simple site. For more info, see Pricing Information. Tags: Mobile Fundraising Mobile Technology Mobile Websites Smartphone Apps Social Media Text Alerts Smartphones Apps. If you upgrade to $39 a month, you get 20 Page Elements and the ability to add CSS.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 7, 2013

And use anti-malware tools that will warn you about suspicious web sites. Sender: UN ATM OFFICE [info@uncief.org]. Sender: support@rlweiner.com (also sent from sales1@rlweiner.com and Tagged@taggedmail.com). Text: Dear Member of our site. For looking through her new info and photos, please, follow the link.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

So far, trying to navigate the site to browse or set up a profile has about a 50/50 chance of hitting either a 504 or 500 error page. I’m always the first to admit I’m not patient, but I persistence this morning has gotten me pretty deep into the site – so keep refreshing your browser and you’ll get through!

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 31, 2008

I upgraded C3’s site to WordPress 2.7 Thankfully, upgrading this site went smoothly and was done in under 5 minutes. ’s dashboard no longer shows that info, so I have extra clicks to see if there are posts I need to read/schedule. Tags: WordPress Blogging. This was the day for it. this morning. WordPress 2.7’s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Slide Share Show, " Putting the U in YouTube " although geared for higher education institutions provides some really good practical marketing tips for social networking sites that should be useful for nonprofits too. The Seattle's Net Tuesday Group has just launched a social networking site on ning. NetSquared. NpTech Talk.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 27, 2009

I immediately flashed on the latest post I had on the site which just happened to be about getting Chewii, our mutt. I’m in front of hundreds of professional colleagues who are being directed to my site, and it’s currently featuring pictures of my puppy. Tags: Geek Posts Personal Posts Blogging.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 12, 2010

At year’s end, givers could print out all their donation info on one page for tax purposes.&# I have written about the Charity Finder App before, and again, while I give them muchos kudos for being a pioneer in iPhone App fundraising, the problem here is that the buttons all link to desktop sites. 10 Free Nonprofit iPhone Apps.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

It’s an online-fundraising-friendly environment out there, with everything from donate buttons for your Facebook page to crowdfunding sites that leverage the power of relationships. When you send several emails out in a short period of time, you may lose subscribers or even get tagged as a spammer. Losing people is going to happen.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

As evidenced from their comments on the site and a couple of blog posts they enjoyed the experience of “Getting to know the Neighbors” as much as we did. “On On Monday, Benetech Bookshare came to Mozilla and did a great brown bag info session about their program. Tags: volunteer Mozilla Pavi Mehta books Bookshare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2009

With that in mind I’d like to share 4 Keys to Building a Successful Web Site based on similar tactics we’ve deployed on this blog. Then use what you learn from them to grow your site! Once you’ve digested this article check out the rest of his site. Before we go too far, let me start by saying, “Content is King.” Off we go.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Every day, people ask, and get answers to, questions about best practices , professional development , just - in - time technical info , whimsical resources , legal issues , and many other questions related to librarianship. Marnie Webb introduced the nptech tag to help aggregate nonprofit technology content. Some are huge.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Did you know that most donors check out your web site before they make a gift? – whether they are giving on line or through the mail. Here are questions you should ask about your site to see if it is hurting or helping your fudnraising campagin. Does your web site represent you well ? What’s the call-to-action on your site?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2010

If website visitors want to get more detailed info, give them the opportunity, but don't make every visitor wade through the details. Bad sites have a mishmash of several different — sometimes even contradictory — messages. Tags: Using the Web and Internet Web Building. How can design make this easy?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Here's more info from their site: read more. Tags: Finances Fundraising Online Fundraising Online Fundraising Running Your Organization Training Using the Web and Internet. And, they've extended an offer to TechSoup users for a special 15% discount off the registration fee by using the discount code TS325 when registering.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

The Wikimedia Foundation, which finances and oversees the nonprofit site, received a $1.2 campaigning resources and info – "Twitter is growing at gigantic rate, experiencing 1,500% growth in the last year (for more stats see The State and Future of Twitter 2010). " Twitter tactics – Louder.org.uk

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Tech Soup

MARCH 4, 2009

If you've requested Microsoft products through TechSoup Stock before, you may have been referred to the Microsoft eOpen site to get information about the products you received (like licenses and software assurance info). Well, we have a great document (PDF) intended to explain the whole process for using the eOpen Web site.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 22, 2010

HealthCare.gov , the federal web site that is officially charged with helping consumers make sense of the new health insurance landscape, was substantially improved this month. For starters, despite Facebook's significant design limitations, the Page administrators have meticulously extended the branding elements of their parent site.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

While you should add a personalized touch to your website, the guidelines to make your site appealing are generally the same. There are 4 steps I typically recommend following as you build your site. Analyze any prior web traffic : If you use Google Analytics or another tool, look and see where your site traffic is going.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 26, 2009

If you already have a Joomla site (or you are about to choose Joomla) and you want to use CiviCRM, you should talk to the CiviCRM-Joomla folks, or check out the CiviCRM forums. If you have detailed info, please feel free to share in the comments. Tags: Data opensource CRM Nonprofit Tech Web Tools CMS nptech integration.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

First, we don't "sell" the products listed on our site. We are the conduit via which those for-profit companies listed on our site distribute donated products to nonprofits and libraries. All that info is fed into a system that matches your organization type to which donated products you may be eligible to recieve.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

These links will give you all the info you need to know how to participate: Contest Homepage - Watch our contest video and submit your entry by March 19. Tags: 10NTC NPTech see3 Social Media video Web Sites youtube Communications. FAQs - Answers to all your most pressing contest questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2009

When YouTube first started, all of 4 years ago, the quality of the video was bad, the audience wasn’t so huge and messages about changing the world just seemed totally out of place amid the poor amateur video that was appearing on the site. It has both audio and the slidedeck and I was told it was quite packed with useful info.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . More good info for nptechies from the Care2 blog is Allyson Kapin 's highlights and recommendations of some upcoming conferences for nonprofit technology topics. Tags: NPTech nten members.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2009

Whether you're the IT Director, a network administrator, the operations person, or the staff member who just happened to be the one appointed to fix small problems with computers on-site, it's helpful to have resources to find answers. Tags: E-Learning Running Your Organization Staff Training Training Using the Web and Internet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

She contacted me via Facebook after she my post on shopping for cause and my query for tips for how nonprofits can make the best of cause-related shopping sites. Sharon is using a site called Maatiam , but these tips could apply to any program where your nonprofit receives a percentage of sales. Include links in your email tag lines.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

At Forum One, this kind of list illustrates the core concept of an internet strategy as distinct from a web site strategy -- not just how to design or build a smart web site, but how to use the entirety of the internet in a very powerful way to help achieve your mission. Tags: Human Rights Communication Collaboration.

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NTEN

JANUARY 8, 2009

ANY organization using media and technology can apply for a full-time, on-site VISTA intern. Email info@ctcvista.org. Tags: ctcvista NPTech. The CTC VISTA Project builds the capacity of nonprofit organizations using media and technology to strengthen communities. So, submit your proposal. Hey Karl !). Have questions?

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Whether you’ve mastered target tags or are new to the power of data, there’s something for everyone in their insights. So, a prospective member visits your site, then leaves your site. Your marketing “follows” them around the web, reminding them to click to return to your site and become a member!

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NTEN

AUGUST 13, 2010

In the "Info" section, the website listed is a link to www.jetblue.com. While it's unclear who is behind the site -- all updates are written in the third person (and I don't believe it's a JetBlue marketing intern hiding in a back room with a laptop) -- it certainly doesn't appear to be hurting their business.

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

Read the quick facts below, see Free Press for more info, and comment today ! (If Additional nondiscrimination requirements are necessary to ensure that corporations don’t become the Internet’s gatekeepers, picking and choosing which Web sites and services load faster and which won’t load at all. Competition and Choice.

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See3

OCTOBER 19, 2009

When YouTube first started, all of 4 years ago, the quality of the video was bad, the audience wasn’t so huge and messages about changing the world just seemed totally out of place amid the poor amateur video that was appearing on the site. It has both audio and the slidedeck and I was told it was quite packed with useful info.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 27, 2009

Some sessions are being broadcast live or presented via webinar through NTEN's site so even if you're not able to attend in person, you can still garner some useful info. Twitterers and bloggers are live - blogging left and right. What are the best strategies for learning a new subject when you're in a hurry?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2006

One of the breakout sessions at The Netsquared Conference was on Tagging in the Nonprofit World at that session blogher Holly Ross of N-TEN asked a question. "How can we use tagging to make social change, not just organize our own work." Recruit other tagvocates for their tag(s).

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NTEN

MAY 8, 2009

With an account, if somebody searches for info on, say, "polar bears" -- we're told polar bears are ratings gold -- and your organization is trying to ensure there's an ice cap left for them to do polar bear-y things on, you can try to try to steer them to your web site. Tags: advertising google grants NPTech NTEN.

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NTEN

APRIL 3, 2009

How much of the New York Times technology blog can you quote on your own site? I talked to Brian about the kinds of practical, hands-on info folks will get out of the session: For the record, I actually find this stuff fascinating. Tags: 09NTC brian_rowe creative commons ip NPTech NTEN. Yes, there is.

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Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

Avoid using image or flash-based navigation in your site. This will make it easier for search engines to crawl and understand your site. Its also typically easier for site visitors to use and is more accessible. An XML sitemap can provide search engines with important information about your site and improve your search rankings.

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