Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Ever helpful, the team got on board to roll up their sleeves and pitch in at San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits that had big volunteer jobs. A call went out over a combination of listservs and social media channels asking local nonprofits and libraries to share their most pressing needs and dirtiest jobs with TechSoup via video or text.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Recently, several subscribers to the RCAAM (Registrar’sCommittee of AAM) listserv posted concerns about professional photographers and museum visitors taking photographs of objects on exhibition. I encountered strong push-back on the listserv, with one subscriber calling my fitness for my job title, “collections care trainer,” into question.

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NTEN

JANUARY 12, 2011

Ask them what challenges they currently face in their jobs and talk about ways that strategically-implemented technology could help them. Ask on listservs ( ProgEx , NTEN Affinity Groups , ISF Yahoo group , etc.) This is not the time for jargon -- save that for talking to your developers (or your NTEN listserv buds).

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

" TAG is an active community of around 300 foundation techies who: Discuss foundation technology on the TAG listserv and blog. Lisa does an excellent job, quietly working in the background to keep a steady flow of information happening. Hold a yearly conference. Organize regional meetings. Attend webinars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

One tidbit that Rebbecca shared is that they didn’t demand or require that their partners use their logo (although a simple text acknowledgment was included instead.) TechSoup has done an amazing job of partnering with local organizations throughout the world, and customizing the partnership to both minimize the risk and meet local needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2005

Andy Carvin, who is doing an incredible job of reporting from WSIS, made a 8 minute documentary. Here are some links from various listserv discussions and blog posts when the laptop was announced here in Boston last month.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 17, 2006

This post from the npEnterprise Listserv Allen Bromberger does some great pro bono work for the field by answering questions on the npEnterprise list, which is the official list of the Social Enterprise Alliance (where I am proudly a founding board member and am in my last term). FOR-PROFIT OR NONPROFIT?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

I posted a message on a CivicSpace listserv about my plans to make CitizenSpeak into an open source module on Drupal. I know that you are the mother of two young children, how do you balance being an activist, nonprofit software developer, and (a day job too!) I owe the CivicSpace community for this fortuitous virtual meeting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2008

" In 1999, after working 6 years on the web, I wrote this piece on how my online work had changed based on different job labels. The concept of digital curators has been around since the beginning of the Web - at first they were called "Cybrians." Perhaps editors are those who also still work in print form too?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Make sure you clearly communicate your needs in the job description, screen applications according to the identified criteria, and base your interview questions and reference checking around the required competencies. Writing a Compelling Job Description. Writing a Compelling Job Description.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

I've been following Carie Lewis's posts on the NTEN Affinity groups as well as other nonprofit tech listservs (yes, I still do read listservs) and caught up with her for an interview. As part of her job as Internet Marketing Manager in the Online Communications and Media department at the HSUS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. The nature of your job may provide you with access to confidential information regarding Easter Seals, Easter Seals beneficiaries, or fellow employees. t Tell Secrets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2005

She describes her blog as a "workish" blog and she posts as part of her day job, but also from home. They should belong to listservs, comment on community bulletin boards. org your personal professional blog or is blogging a part of your job at Compumentor? Going to conferences is a part of my job.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

So, let's take a quick look at the most highly rated items this week - which are about money, content, software, jobs, and some geek humor. Web Worker Daily describes five new jobs of the Web2.0 Although most nonprofits are probably still using more traditional job titles, the Agitator describes how the job Webmaster has changed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2005

Jane Perrone, representing The Guardian, does a great job summarizing some of the conversation. There are various channels for post-conference follow up discussion, including the listserv, IRC channel, and wiki. Yes, one day was way too short and definitely small group interaction would also have been good, but there is next year!

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

There have been studies that have shown that there’s not this sort of 9:00 to 5:00 job right now, especially when people working virtually, your office is where you live. And make sure you have your key attachments, your resumes, bios, job descriptions, budgets, and also what your concept could be for potential funding. .

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

The wiki has to be the best tool for the job. When is a wiki the best tool for the job? Woody launched it with an email to the ASTC listserv--a good group to target for his content. But people who read a listserv aren't necessarily incentivized to contribute to the wiki. a conference). Otherwise, people won't contribute.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

tried turning email discussions on listservs into blog posts and opting to record conference call presentations. It also does a good job helping. I've been trying to think of ways to integrate. content creation into work and events already happening. I always remind people to document their live events with photos or video.

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