Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Majora’s life journey is an inspiring story. open source design or DIY manufacturing) to create customized products in small batches and the global reach of the Internet to sell them. I had the pleasure of meeting her earlier this year for an exciting conversation. Naturally, she was eager to escape.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2022

This open-source, accessible solution enables workers and volunteers to collect data wherever they need to go. By using a mobile phone, they can collect data on the go and easily sync it to their Salesforce platform if they are in an area where the internet is unavailable. They needed a mobile app that worked offline.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

In my country, there still are no good hosting companies, though our internet speed and ping inside the whole country, is better than the most of europe, that’s why I use e-insites. 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 me_just_me 11.12.07 2 Brian 11.23.07 Thankfully bandwidth between EC2 and S3 is free. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 7, 2007

So what’s the story? Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Why I’m twittering December 7, 2007 Yes, it’s hard to believe. I succumbed. I have said many times that I wouldn’t Twitter. Michelle twittering? 1 trackback } Web 2.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 24, 2008

We just show up and make sure you guys have ample opportunities to share your amazing stories and expertise. { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Holly 03.24.08 at 12:00 pm Thanks Michelle – and thanks to you! It’s the NTEN community that provides all the magic at the conference. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

A story about Rapleaf in Clickz (a newsletter for online marketers) says this : Rapleaf allows you to quickly and inexpensively find out the social networking footprint of those you’re marketing to. What is public? June 10, 2008 Today, someone on the progressive exchange list asked about a tool called Rapleaf. Be Helpful.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

Here's what I love about the internet. I was planning to write a post today about the use of story in museums. But I'm interested in how we can go from individual stories--which are interesting--to The Story that drives an exhibit. But back to my love of the internet. It was interesting. Or, so I thought.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Client success story: We’ve seen plenty of examples of organizations that have switched from free fundraising solutions to Bloomerang and experienced a boost to their fundraising and donor management strategies. View Bloomerang’s customer results page for more success stories from organizations that have made the switch to Bloomerang.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

This reminds me of a true story. A long time ago (in web years) I was working with a certain CEO of a certain chapter of a certain very-big-nonprofit (whose role in life is to fund other nonprofits – this kinda gives it away, but it’s necessary for the story.) Be Helpful.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

That work includes updates and upgrades to Martus , our free, open source software that enables human rights fieldworkers to securely document abuse that is occurring in dangerous environments. We will continue to support human rights defenders and other social justice actors and our theory of change remains the same.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

. - This is an independent, community-nominated, community-voted event created in 2012 that aims to publicly recognize the excellent individuals and organizations that have maximized the capabilities of Drupal open source content management system. Stories From The Tiziano Project. Faces of Drunk Driving. Voiceless Eyes.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

12NTC: Open-Source Mobile Apps for Social Change from Ariel Gilbert-Knight. 12NTC: Nonprofits and the Future of Internet Rights from TechSoup's Carlos Bergfeld. Telling Better Stories: Fundraising Tips from 12NTC from Ariel Gilbert-Knight. Here are some of our recaps with nuggets of wisdom highlighted for your use.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

Like getting underneath the surface issues of the recent CRM vendor mergers, or getting underneath issues relating to open source software. I don’t think I live up to that quite as well as I’d like, given my preference for open source solutions. But in his epilogue, Menand cites Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2007

.&# I picked it up by happenstance, I think because I had NOSI on my mind, and I was thinking about how to talk to people about open source and nonprofits. in order to get an idea to stick, the idea needs to be Simple, Unexpected, Concrete, Credible, tug at Emotions, and tell a Story (their acronym is SUCCES). Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Note from Beth: Since the concept of working in Networks is can be hard to explain to newcomers, learning from case studies, stories, and examples can be illuminating. Paul Connolly, who has been a guest blogger on this blog before , covered the session on Open Source Strategic Planning. Guest post by Paul Connolly.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

Ushahidi has been developing open-source crisis mapping software for over eight years now. Surveyor is for teams collecting multiple data types from many sources. BRCK deals with the problem of frequent Internet and electricity outages in much of the developing world. These folks do astonishing work.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

You can review the page edits here: [link] ) Links to news stories were included as they emerged and the occasional personal edit of sentiments like “no one knows what’s going on” contributed to the live action growth of the page. The same with live information, personal stories from witnesses, and so on. Examples from Haiti.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In 2016, video will continue to be the most interesting media on the Internet. If we want to get our story out there in a form that will get attention, videos are the ticket. These are toys like Mattel's Internet-connected Hello Barbie that can have a truly interactive conversation with a child. This past year, U.S.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

The Internet has a proven ability to shift the balance of power between individuals and organizations. This session will revisit the challenges of collective action in an era of “open source activism,” and highlight how the Web can help overcome those hurdles. Tuesday, April 28. 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm. Net Tuesdays.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

Open Source Feminism - Click to Play. Penguin Day is a day-long workshop for nonprofit organizations to explore the range of issues and options inovlved in using Free and Open Source Software. He told the story about the growth and challenges facing the Joomla! What is the gensis of an open source community?

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels & Bytes "Open-Source Summer Fiesta" San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Fort Collins, Colorado: Tech4Good in Fort Collins: Topic TBD. Europe and UK.

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Forum One

JANUARY 22, 2010

Earlier this week, I introduced a series of blog posts discussing the Good News Story in Haiti. Open source maps to help aid workers navigate damaged areas and coordinate their efforts. Tags: Influence Collaboration Data & Visualizations Internet Strategy Online Community Social Media. Photo above by Leslie Jenkins.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

What is the role that philanthropy can take that can create the incentive for people to use it. He talked about the consequences of not valuing data as a outcome with a story about EveryBlock. He suggested the need for open source licenses for data and research should be available openly within a year.

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2015

They designed an open-source mobile browser-based app that allows the user to quickly collect and map data while on the ground. If LocalFreeWeb sounds familiar, it's because this service for finding free Internet access was at the previous Caravan breakfast. We also wrote up a follow-up story on how the project is going.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Social and Nonprofits ROI: Case Study Slam submitted by Beth Kanter Using a poetry slam format, each panelist will present a five-minute poem or story about how their organization has successfully implemented a social media strategy experiment and how they considered the ROI. With snacks! We need to hack the model for accessibility tools!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 18, 2009

When most people hear the word Mozilla, they think of the popular open source browser, Firefox and the plug-ins that help many of us to do our daily work on the web. Check out some of the projects that people have shared already on the Service Week Stories and Inspiration page or by browsing the Idealist.org opportunities database.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

It is based on some open source code called Pligg that creates a "digg" like interface. The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. A quick review of the results of Isovera Survey of Open Source Content Management Satisfaction in Nonprofit Organizations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

And in your case, as the head of a nonprofit open source organization, I think you’re going to find that not publishing site statistics will cause you more grief than you think. Certain organizations will, if they have not already, use the internet for this purpose. That dog won’t hunt. 2 admin 09.18.07

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Helpful resources on Twitter: Pew Internet report. You can embed Google Earth into your website to present information to your community that really helps tell the story of your work and your issue. Email is a critical channel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

" I did manage to get Internet access on my nokia N95 and couldn't resist Twittering his quip. Bill Strathmann Opened with his personal story about he got started with Networked For Good. Told story about doing a workshop and someone said the product didn't work. He urged everyone to pay attention to this closely.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

Finally, for your website to be compatible with the growing number of devices that it is likely to be viewed on in the coming decades – personal computers, smartphones, Smart TVs and appliances, and internet-connected mirrors and car dashboards, ensure that your website utilizes responsive design.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Think of it as TiVo ® for Social Media on the Internet: People can get precisely what content they want, whenever they want it. Podcasting is a storytelling medium; use it as the voice for your organization’s most compelling stories. What makes it powerful is that the podcast can be part of a broader web presence for your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 21, 2005

Keep an eye on some future developments in Cambodia and blogging as the Open Forum 's Khmer Open Source expects to launch khmer language blogging software. For, rural area, internet extension is critical to blogging promoting. We did started this email interview several weeks ago after I first heard about his project.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

Social Media Nonprofit Poetry Slam When: Saturday, March 14th from 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Room 18BCD Description: Using a poetry slam format, each panelist will present a five-minute poem or story about how their organization has successfully implemented a social media strategy experiment and how they considered the ROI. Whitehouse.gov 2.0:

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 22, 2013

In recent years, the possibilities of what can be achieved with human rights fieldwork and advocacy has expanded as the worldwide use of mobile phones has increased and significant advances have been made in Internet and mobile technology. We’re excited to share that our Human Rights Program has been awarded a two-year, $2.2

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

people who are blind or severely dyslexic), and human rights groups will be collateral damage in Hollywood’s attempt to break the Internet in their latest effort to squash “piracy.” We develop free and open source software to help groups capture the stories of human rights abuse, and store and back them up securely in another country.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

Katya Andresen points us to " Story Telling As Best Practice " online free training with Andy Goodman. Webinars about personal fundraising (with Kevin Bacon) and Open Source Software (Michelle Murrain) over at NTEN next week. Christine.net writes about recommendations engines. You know, I'll have what she's having).

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