Rob Jordan, Idealist Consulting. Rob Jordan is a returning business development Peace Corps volunteer and the principal of Idealist Consulting, a technical consulting firm dedicated to advancing the mission of nonprofits through the implementation of affordable technology. Tags: cloud computing Infrastructure Newsletter NPTech NTEN rob jordan IT Staff MORE
Jordan Lieberman , President of CampaignGrid. This month''s Internet Advocacy Roundtable features a discussion on the cutting edge of online advertising from three companies that are breaking new ground on targeted advertising for advocacy and politics. MORE
The conference in Morocco was a “tri-lingual event” and was translated into French, English, and Arabic, although the content and instructional design were identical to the event in Jordan. In Jordan, we did the Debka, a Lebanese dance. Group Photo with Certificates. MORE
Jordan Viator is the Interactive Communications Manager at Convio, and manages the Connection Cafe blog, all things new and social media related and the company's corporate Web sites. The holidays are in full swing, and in between the last minute shopping, out-of-town guests, and end-of-year nonprofit campaigns, most of us are trying to fit in as much time as possible to make a positive impact in our own way. MORE
Join Tech Impact's Data Analyst & Storyteller, Jordan McCarthy, to learn how to use Tableau to collect data in more meaningful ways and understand the science behind data analysis. MORE
Tech Impact's Jordan McCarthy will explain the basic features of PowerBI as a visualization engine and tool, including importing data, tips on creating queries, and getting started building dashboards and visualizations. MORE
Michael Jordan definitely didn’t start out as a professional basketball player. As with anything in life, if you want to see results you have to make time for it. Musicians can’t magically pick up a guitar and play a riveting five-minute solo that captivates. MORE
Note from Beth: Two years ago while working on a capacity building project for NGOs funded by the Dept of State in the Middle East, I found myself in Jordan and visiting colleague Rami Al Karmi’s start up lab. MORE
Author: Jordan Viator. Guest post from John Chen, @ johnYSchen , DC-based nptechie and nonprofiteer. It's evident that social media has become ingrained into our daily lives. Social media has the power to bring your organization up in an instant (see Social Media Campaign Gives NBC’s Chuck a Fighting Chance ); it also has the power to bring you down just as fast (see Skittles Twitter campaign) if not done properly. Organizations are hearing: “You need to be on social media.” MORE
For context, read my first post about this project.) The highlight of third day was a VIP Lunch with project sponsors, implementation team, and remote participation via skype from members of the In-Country teams in Jordan and Morocco. MORE
West Jordan. Online fundraising continued its double-digit growth in 2013, retaining the mantle as the fastest growing fundraising channel, growing at 13.5% according to Blackbaud’s most recent Charitable Giving Report. MORE
Rami Al-Karmi , Founder and CEO of Shabakat , Al Ordon (JordanNet) and is serving as the E-Mediat Strategic Adviser for the Jordan In-Country Team shared some lessons about working as networked ngo. MORE
“Facebook is basically saying that their algorithm will be the arbiter of what’s promotion and what’s not promotion,” Jordan Bitterman said, chief strategy officer for North America at Mindshare. MORE
We are working with refugees on the ground in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. We conducted a live donor call from Jordan and a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) with two of our staffers who recently returned from the Syria region. MORE
Nermeen Obeidat, Country Director, Jordan, @nobeidatDiana. March 8, International Women’s Day , marks an occasion to celebrate the accomplishments of women worldwide. MORE
The project is training 300 NGOs in Jordan , Lebanon , Tunisia , Morocco , and other Arab countries to become networked ngos and use social media for civil society goals. A true public/private partnership, the funding partners include Microsoft and craiglist Charitable Fund. MORE
A big shout out to their new Director of Social Media, Jordan Viator. January is Tune Up month in the Zoetica Salon , an online space for free peer learning about nonprofits and social media. Here’s a few good resources shared on the wall in the past week. MORE
I’ve been tasked with designing and facilitating a session for trainers during our two-day e-Mediat networked nonprofit and social media bootcamps in Jordan and Morocco. The training for the NGOs that have completed the 5 workshops from the different countries over the past year. MORE
In the morning, we did a team building exercise to better understand the network core, the in-country teams from Yemen, Morocco, Lebanon, Tunisia, and Jordan. Photo by @sdarine. MORE
The final exercise was a competition where each in-country team had to create a campaign, give a brief presentation, and got feedback from judges (IIE staff). The Jordan Team won! Mary Joyce leads a session on digital activism using the Story of Electronics. MORE
Rem Hoffmann, Exponent Partners , and Rob Jordan, Idealist Consulting. Tags: cloud computing Newsletter NPTech NTEN rem hoffmann rob jordan Everyone has come across the term "cloud computing", but what exactly does it mean? What relevance does it have to a nonprofit organization like yours? The short answer: Cloud computing levels the technology playing field for nonprofits. MORE
Rob Jordan, Idealist Consulting. Rob Jordan is a returning business development Peace Corps volunteer and the principal of Idealist Consulting, a technical consulting firm dedicated to advancing the mission of nonprofits through the implementation of affordable technology. Tags: cloud computing Infrastructure Newsletter NPTech NTEN rob jordan IT Staff MORE
Jordan & Amanda Hirsch. For some people, they can’t wait for excitement of christmas morning. I feel the same way about the day that the sxsw panel picker opens for voting. Sure, I’m weird. But in the best possible way, right? (of of course right). For sxsw 2012, not only have my awesome colleagues at Beaconfire, our partners and our clients come up with some amazing sessions, but this year’s batch of nonprofit/social good panels are some of the best ever. MORE
Jordan Michelson shares his successes building building effective data management systems, and shows that they're not only important to organizational staff. NTEN: Jordan, give us a snapshot of your work at AoH. MORE
Earlier this year, the United Nations launched its first VR video at the World Economic Forum; it provides insight into the world of a young Syrian girl named Sidra as she shows you through Jordan's Za'atari refugee camp, home to more than 80,000 displaced Syrians since 2012. MORE
Author: Jordan Viator. Seth Godin wrote an interesting blog post yesterday entitled “ The problem with non ” that has definitely sparked a bit of conversation. MORE
I’m here at the Dead Sea in Jordan where I delivered the key note for the E-mediat Networking Conference, “New Media for the Networked NGO.” Beth presents HRH Princess Rym Ali from Jordan the Networked Nonprofit. MORE
This is a guest post by Jordan Menzel, COO of CrowdHall. —————— Jordan Menzel is the COO and Co-Founder of CrowdHall. This tool is awesomely cool – check it out. ——————-. MORE
Submitted by Jordan Viator, of Connection Café Hundreds if not thousands of online tools are available to help nonprofit organizations with online communication. MORE
Yesterday we talked about the importance of content marketing for nonprofits. Hopefully you caught it. If not, go check it out. We’ll wait here for you to come back. It’s a fairly simple idea. MORE
eLearning on limited resources - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times : "During the recent ASAE 2015 Technology Conference & Expo, Allison Hamrick of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons (ACOS), Micah Jordan of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) and Amanda Batson of ABD Partners, LLC, offered five tips for successful learning and technology partnerships, especially focused on eLearning, in organizations with limited resources. MORE
Facebook Linked In Twitter Home About Home Contingent Thinking Contingent Thinking Last Updated on Thursday, 11 January 2007 10:47 Written by Steve Thursday, 11 January 2007 10:47 I just got a copy of Peter Schwartz’s book The Art of the Long View on the recommendation of Brooks Jordan. MORE
I had a lot of fun doing a panel with colleagues Jordan Viator, Carie Lewis, and David Neff called " The Real Housewives of Social Media." Our task was to present practical and tactical information about social media using metaphors that related to housewives. MORE
Finding refuge just across the border in Hartha, Jordan, the family now lives in a meager one-room shelter. MORE
Join Tech Impact's Jordan McCarthy on November 15 to learn about this free data visualization tool from Microsoft. We know you've got a lot going on in November. There's the election and Thanksgiving and (hopefully) pie. MORE
Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session about leadership and social media as part of Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits. MORE
The goal is to train over 150-250 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen, Morocco, and other countries and help them put social media skills into practice. The E-Mediat Implementation Partners at SF Planning Meeting. MORE
MT @atikaCNN Filming Syrian refugees crossing into Jordan safely – thanks @and_harper , @refugees + Jordan military pic.twitter.com/xMRJHR3xen. — MORE
E-Mediat is working with more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen. I’m looking out my hotel window at the Dead Sea in Jordan. I met Dina Masri, a talented engineering student and change maker at the University in Jordan. Rami Al-Karmi, N2V Lab. MORE
The first day of training is this Sunday and we’ll be covering networked approaches for NGOs and social media trainers. The participants include in-country teams from six different countries: Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. MORE
As Amy wrote recently, many of you have told us that 2013 will be the year you really tackle the data at your organizations. (If If you missed that post, check it out for case studies, webinars, and other resources that might help.) One of our big projects for the year will, we hope, create a space for 19 thought leaders to do just that. The 2013 Communities of Impact (CoI) pilot program consists of two groups, both focusing on the ways that nonprofits measure, learn from, and share their data. MORE
The CoI survey committee: Michelle Chaplin, Eric Eagon, Doug Jacquier, Matt Koltermann, Mark Mathyer, Andrew Means, Jordan Michelson, Marisol Pierce-Quinonez, Jeff Piestrak, and Michael Silberman. In February we introduced you to NTEN''s Communities of Impact (CoI), a pilot program whose 19 participants are spending this year looking at ways nonprofits measure, learn from, and share their data. MORE
Jordan Related Topics Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 21, 2012
I’m here at the Dead Sea in Jordan where I delivered the key note for the E-mediat Networking Conference, “New Media for the Networked NGO.” Beth presents HRH Princess Rym Ali from Jordan the Networked Nonprofit.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 19, 2012
E-Mediat is working with more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen. I’m looking out my hotel window at the Dead Sea in Jordan. I met Dina Masri, a talented engineering student and change maker at the University in Jordan. Rami Al-Karmi, N2V Lab.
NTEN
MARCH 18, 2010
Rob Jordan, Idealist Consulting. Rob Jordan is a returning business development Peace Corps volunteer and the principal of Idealist Consulting, a technical consulting firm dedicated to advancing the mission of nonprofits through the implementation of affordable technology. Tags: cloud computing Infrastructure Newsletter NPTech NTEN rob jordan IT Staff
NTEN
JUNE 18, 2009
Rem Hoffmann, Exponent Partners , and Rob Jordan, Idealist Consulting. Tags: cloud computing Newsletter NPTech NTEN rem hoffmann rob jordan Everyone has come across the term "cloud computing", but what exactly does it mean? What relevance does it have to a nonprofit organization like yours? The short answer: Cloud computing levels the technology playing field for nonprofits.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 30, 2009
Submitted by Jordan Viator, of Connection Café Hundreds if not thousands of online tools are available to help nonprofit organizations with online communication.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 14, 2011
The project is training 300 NGOs in Jordan , Lebanon , Tunisia , Morocco , and other Arab countries to become networked ngos and use social media for civil society goals. A true public/private partnership, the funding partners include Microsoft and craiglist Charitable Fund.
NetWits
MARCH 11, 2012
Yesterday we talked about the importance of content marketing for nonprofits. Hopefully you caught it. If not, go check it out. We’ll wait here for you to come back. It’s a fairly simple idea.
NTEN
FEBRUARY 10, 2014
Jordan Michelson shares his successes building building effective data management systems, and shows that they're not only important to organizational staff. NTEN: Jordan, give us a snapshot of your work at AoH.
Frogloop
JANUARY 7, 2015
“Facebook is basically saying that their algorithm will be the arbiter of what’s promotion and what’s not promotion,” Jordan Bitterman said, chief strategy officer for North America at Mindshare.
Tech Soup Blog
OCTOBER 11, 2016
Tech Impact's Jordan McCarthy will explain the basic features of PowerBI as a visualization engine and tool, including importing data, tips on creating queries, and getting started building dashboards and visualizations.
Tech Soup Blog
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
Join Tech Impact's Jordan McCarthy on November 15 to learn about this free data visualization tool from Microsoft. We know you've got a lot going on in November. There's the election and Thanksgiving and (hopefully) pie.
SocialFish
JANUARY 4, 2013
This is a guest post by Jordan Menzel, COO of CrowdHall. —————— Jordan Menzel is the COO and Co-Founder of CrowdHall. This tool is awesomely cool – check it out. ——————-.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 1, 2011
Rami Al-Karmi , Founder and CEO of Shabakat , Al Ordon (JordanNet) and is serving as the E-Mediat Strategic Adviser for the Jordan In-Country Team shared some lessons about working as networked ngo.
Frogloop
JUNE 19, 2013
Jordan Lieberman , President of CampaignGrid. This month''s Internet Advocacy Roundtable features a discussion on the cutting edge of online advertising from three companies that are breaking new ground on targeted advertising for advocacy and politics.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 20, 2011
For context, read my first post about this project.) The highlight of third day was a VIP Lunch with project sponsors, implementation team, and remote participation via skype from members of the In-Country teams in Jordan and Morocco.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
SEPTEMBER 23, 2013
Finding refuge just across the border in Hartha, Jordan, the family now lives in a meager one-room shelter.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 18, 2013
Note from Beth: Two years ago while working on a capacity building project for NGOs funded by the Dept of State in the Middle East, I found myself in Jordan and visiting colleague Rami Al Karmi’s start up lab.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 24, 2014
Connection Cafe
JUNE 20, 2014
West Jordan. Online fundraising continued its double-digit growth in 2013, retaining the mantle as the fastest growing fundraising channel, growing at 13.5% according to Blackbaud’s most recent Charitable Giving Report.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 1, 2013
We are working with refugees on the ground in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. We conducted a live donor call from Jordan and a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) with two of our staffers who recently returned from the Syria region.
gokubi.com
JANUARY 11, 2007
Facebook Linked In Twitter Home About Home Contingent Thinking Contingent Thinking Last Updated on Thursday, 11 January 2007 10:47 Written by Steve Thursday, 11 January 2007 10:47 I just got a copy of Peter Schwartz’s book The Art of the Long View on the recommendation of Brooks Jordan.
Tech Soup Blog
NOVEMBER 13, 2015
Earlier this year, the United Nations launched its first VR video at the World Economic Forum; it provides insight into the world of a young Syrian girl named Sidra as she shows you through Jordan's Za'atari refugee camp, home to more than 80,000 displaced Syrians since 2012.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 7, 2012
Nermeen Obeidat, Country Director, Jordan, @nobeidatDiana. March 8, International Women’s Day , marks an occasion to celebrate the accomplishments of women worldwide.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 14, 2014
MT @atikaCNN Filming Syrian refugees crossing into Jordan safely – thanks @and_harper , @refugees + Jordan military pic.twitter.com/xMRJHR3xen. —
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 9, 2013
Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session about leadership and social media as part of Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 11, 2011
A big shout out to their new Director of Social Media, Jordan Viator. January is Tune Up month in the Zoetica Salon , an online space for free peer learning about nonprofits and social media. Here’s a few good resources shared on the wall in the past week.
NTEN
FEBRUARY 19, 2013
As Amy wrote recently, many of you have told us that 2013 will be the year you really tackle the data at your organizations. (If If you missed that post, check it out for case studies, webinars, and other resources that might help.) One of our big projects for the year will, we hope, create a space for 19 thought leaders to do just that. The 2013 Communities of Impact (CoI) pilot program consists of two groups, both focusing on the ways that nonprofits measure, learn from, and share their data.
NTEN
MARCH 18, 2010
Rob Jordan, Idealist Consulting. Rob Jordan is a returning business development Peace Corps volunteer and the principal of Idealist Consulting, a technical consulting firm dedicated to advancing the mission of nonprofits through the implementation of affordable technology. Tags: cloud computing Infrastructure Newsletter NPTech NTEN rob jordan IT Staff
AFP Blog
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
eLearning on limited resources - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times : "During the recent ASAE 2015 Technology Conference & Expo, Allison Hamrick of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons (ACOS), Micah Jordan of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) and Amanda Batson of ABD Partners, LLC, offered five tips for successful learning and technology partnerships, especially focused on eLearning, in organizations with limited resources.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 30, 2012
The conference in Morocco was a “tri-lingual event” and was translated into French, English, and Arabic, although the content and instructional design were identical to the event in Jordan. In Jordan, we did the Debka, a Lebanese dance. Group Photo with Certificates.
Beaconfire Wire
AUGUST 15, 2011
Jordan & Amanda Hirsch. For some people, they can’t wait for excitement of christmas morning. I feel the same way about the day that the sxsw panel picker opens for voting. Sure, I’m weird. But in the best possible way, right? (of of course right). For sxsw 2012, not only have my awesome colleagues at Beaconfire, our partners and our clients come up with some amazing sessions, but this year’s batch of nonprofit/social good panels are some of the best ever.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 13, 2010
I had a lot of fun doing a panel with colleagues Jordan Viator, Carie Lewis, and David Neff called " The Real Housewives of Social Media." Our task was to present practical and tactical information about social media using metaphors that related to housewives.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 5, 2012
I’ve been tasked with designing and facilitating a session for trainers during our two-day e-Mediat networked nonprofit and social media bootcamps in Jordan and Morocco. The training for the NGOs that have completed the 5 workshops from the different countries over the past year.
NonProfit Hub
NOVEMBER 10, 2014
Michael Jordan definitely didn’t start out as a professional basketball player. As with anything in life, if you want to see results you have to make time for it. Musicians can’t magically pick up a guitar and play a riveting five-minute solo that captivates.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 28, 2011
In the morning, we did a team building exercise to better understand the network core, the in-country teams from Yemen, Morocco, Lebanon, Tunisia, and Jordan. Photo by @sdarine.
Connection Cafe
SEPTEMBER 16, 2009
Author: Jordan Viator. Seth Godin wrote an interesting blog post yesterday entitled “ The problem with non ” that has definitely sparked a bit of conversation.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 2, 2011
The final exercise was a competition where each in-country team had to create a campaign, give a brief presentation, and got feedback from judges (IIE staff). The Jordan Team won! Mary Joyce leads a session on digital activism using the Story of Electronics.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 18, 2011
The goal is to train over 150-250 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen, Morocco, and other countries and help them put social media skills into practice. The E-Mediat Implementation Partners at SF Planning Meeting.
Connection Cafe
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
Author: Jordan Viator. Guest post from John Chen, @ johnYSchen , DC-based nptechie and nonprofiteer. It's evident that social media has become ingrained into our daily lives. Social media has the power to bring your organization up in an instant (see Social Media Campaign Gives NBC’s Chuck a Fighting Chance ); it also has the power to bring you down just as fast (see Skittles Twitter campaign) if not done properly. Organizations are hearing: “You need to be on social media.”
NTEN
APRIL 11, 2013
The CoI survey committee: Michelle Chaplin, Eric Eagon, Doug Jacquier, Matt Koltermann, Mark Mathyer, Andrew Means, Jordan Michelson, Marisol Pierce-Quinonez, Jeff Piestrak, and Michael Silberman. In February we introduced you to NTEN''s Communities of Impact (CoI), a pilot program whose 19 participants are spending this year looking at ways nonprofits measure, learn from, and share their data.
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