Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

Part Vb:APIs October 20, 2006 This morning, I sat in on the " Great Open API Debate " hosted by NTEN. So, first off, one of the interesting things was that there was some initial differences of opinion as to how to define open APIs, and what they were used for. You can have openness and security.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

The move of Apple to use software update to break hacked and unlocked phones is somewhat ironic, given the attitude of Jobs toward DRM , and the open source basis for OS X. A few years down the road, when successive updates of the iPhone get hacked, they will give up, and open it up. at 3:34 pm Why stop at the iPod and iPhones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

The buzz has been going full blast about Google's Open Social API, from TechCrunch to ZDNET. The nonprofit technology community is aksing: " What will Google Open Social mean for nonprofits? If you are the Internet marketing person or responsible for your organization's web strategy, how does this impact your strategy?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

I want to see people’s real faces, and hear their real voices. In any event, I have a lot of other skills and knowledge besides databases and coding: skills and knowledge in teaching, in writing, in working with organizations, in facilitation, in religion and spiritual practices, and in working with people, that I want to use now.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 27, 2006

at 6:19 pm I think I made it easy to add your voice. I haven’t tried really hard to use them to create community (and no one that I know has yet IMed me because they saw I was online from my blog.) But there are some very cool and fun widgets. And sure, I’ll be glad to be interviewed. 4 Beth 11.01.06 Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Paul Connolly, who has been a guest blogger on this blog before , covered the session on Open Source Strategic Planning. How do you devise a future strategy for a diffuse Internet-based global movement? Guest post by Paul Connolly. Online input was supplemented with face-to-face local meetings around the world.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

Ushahidi has been developing open-source crisis mapping software for over eight years now. Many organizations including the United Nations have used Ushahidi's crowdsourcing tools to raise their voice. BRCK deals with the problem of frequent Internet and electricity outages in much of the developing world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

David Saski from Global Voices summarized her presentation: Dee Dee's 10 minute introduction to why she blogs and what she got out of it put a big smile on my face. It is difficult for some women to write blogs because it requires going into an Internet cafe and women do not always feel welcome. Dee Dee with the BlogHer bag!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

And it only makes sense if the connections that can be made, the communication channels opened, the voice heard is worth that investment. But there are many, many organizations in the middle of these extreme examples. Blogging takes time, focus, and energy from someone or someones. As for podcasting and vlogging. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In 2016, video will continue to be the most interesting media on the Internet. These are toys like Mattel's Internet-connected Hello Barbie that can have a truly interactive conversation with a child. We're not talking about the race to expand Internet access in space here. This past year, U.S. Children love it.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

We provide a supportive network for the vibrant and thriving community of women in technology professions by giving women an open platform to share their talents, experiences, and insights. There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Helpful resources on Twitter: Pew Internet report.

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2015

Additionally, many of the apps were built using Twilio.org's SMS and voice APIs. They designed an open-source mobile browser-based app that allows the user to quickly collect and map data while on the ground. Data Collecting and Mapping. The first presentation was from Prashant Singh, the CTO and co-founder of LocalData.

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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. This practice will help your voice sound more natural to your first listeners.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites. Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. Thousands of reports were placed via SMS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

There will be typos and I'll clean up later Day 1: Morning Opening Session Malcom Downes, Deputy Chairperson, CISA Inc. " 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.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 16, 2018

I had the honor to be the opening keynoter for the first-ever Good Tech Fest , which was held in Detroit on May 22, 2018. We have to use this opening to help advance our goal; using software and data to change the world for the better! And data is voice. We need to see data as an expression of the voices. A database!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

" -- the poll was done with mp3 files and so you can hear their voices. Social Source blog (whose new blog template sports Facebook colors and font style) takes issue with Deborah's post. Michelle Murrain adds that she won't sign up until the content is more compelling and the social graph is open. mean for you?

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Things to consider and target include: sender line: who is your email "from" subject line: what are you saying before the email is even opened? The White House opened up their Twitter account during the peak of the Swine Flu hysteria.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Ideal for activist organizations, CrowdVoice allows organizers to create “Voices” of protest where users can monitor and contribute links, photos, and videos of protests worldwide. CrowdVoice :: crowdvoice.org.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2009

You’ll take a while before you find your legs - get started hearing your voice and get feedback before you launch into the field. Audacity - open source and free, lots of community resources, have to download a separate mp3 encoder but they have links on their site. Can import other sources well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2008

kicked off as a personal 'social media experiment' to see if anyone gave a flip about my voice. Evangelism is a critical aspect of word of mouth and cause-related marketing, I am personally an evangelist for many causes, and we are all in the Church of the Internet. Keep an open mind, love your evangelists, and expect great things.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Ideal for activist organizations, CrowdVoice allows organizers to create “Voices” of protest where users can monitor and contribute links, photos, and videos of protests worldwide. CrowdVoice :: crowdvoice.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Ideal for mobile social media managers, VoiceTexter is an iPhone app that instantly transcribes your voice messages. This tool allows nonprofits to easily create Web-based Internet “TV” stations. Definitely a trend to keep your eyes on as Internet TV begins to penetrate our living rooms in coming years.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Ideal for activist organizations, CrowdVoice allows organizers to create “Voices” of protest where users can monitor and contribute links, photos, and videos of protests worldwide. Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Ideal for activist organizations, CrowdVoice allows organizers to create “Voices” of protest where users can monitor and contribute links, photos, and videos of protests worldwide. Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Ideal for activist organizations, CrowdVoice allows organizers to create “Voices” of protest where users can monitor and contribute links, photos, and videos of protests worldwide. Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Ideal for activist organizations, CrowdVoice allows organizers to create “Voices” of protest where users can monitor and contribute links, photos, and videos of protests worldwide. CrowdVoice :: crowdvoice.org.

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Care2

OCTOBER 3, 2011

During the Iran protests in February of 2011, a woman who was raped, sexually assaulted and beaten once she was identified as a "rioter" simply for voting, had no voice and little way to speak out about her experience. Can social media actually save lives and create a voice? Women in Iran and protestors on Wall Street think so.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

60) Search « New Study: The Power of the Premium: Convincing Prospective Donors to Give | Main | 5 Quick Steps to Better SEO » Friday Mar 13 2009 Open Government: A Recap of TransparencyCamp Friday, March 13, 2009 at 12:32AM | by Tracy Viselli "We have brought the techies and the policy wonks together, and they arent that different."

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

Back in 1995, in the early days of the internet, a San Francisco innovator named Craig Newmark started a small email distribution list for friends, highlighting local events across the Bay Area. The open and direct connections among individual users would allow for the efficient exchange of goods, services, and information.

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