Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

Maintain and develop our team's internal groupware websites: a MoinMoin wiki, a rietveld code review deployment, and several small custom sites built on Django. High level of attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and ability to balance/manage multiple simultaneous tasks on your own.

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Byte Technology

JULY 4, 2017

Indeed, message boards teem with useful information that WordPress users, designers and administrators at every level of knowledge and skill share and disseminate. Lots of WordPress users aren’t aware that, by default, the program shows your latest posts and added content on the homepage of your site.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Write tweets in clear, concise language. Embrace a writing style known as plain language which is becoming an increasingly important skill for social media managers. Format your tweets for easy reading. Don’t use uncommon abbreviations and always use proper punctuation and grammar.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

And if your site is compelling enough to keep your guest interested for 30 seconds, you have a good chance of convincing them to explore for two minutes or more. Because the site convinced me that the organization was working to solve an urgent problem and that my gift would make a meaningful difference.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Ensuring clear navigation is critical for an excellent audience experience and fulfillment of site goals. The various menus and buttons and links need to express the visual identity of the site, for example, by using the key colors and typography in effective and prominent ways. What markers and language will most resonate with them?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

How Cancer Research UK is Exploring AI and Voice Tech: This cancer charity in the UK has been testing chatbots, voice enabled devices, and natural language processing – looking at how those could be useful and where the impact lies.They piloted a chatbot on our fundraising pages to help answer the most common questions people had.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In one case, volunteers who might normally have trouble traveling to work sites in person suddenly had new options to engage from their desktops and smartphones. Relying too heavily on technology means that those who lack the resources, language skills, and savvy to use technology to its full potential are left behind.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The nonprofit lets the impact stand on its own on certain pages – no pictures, very little language, and lots of white space. Want to get your site checked for inclusive language before the end of 2021? Charity: Water’s annual report is the perfect example of keeping it simple, but effective. National Public Radio (NPR).

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The Nerdy NonProfit

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Real world applications are especially useful, with DreamWakers hosting videos such as “Language Arts in the Real World” and “Art in the Real World.” The on-site teachers and remote guests can then work together to use information from the game to further interact with students.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Connectional intelligence and digital body language can create trust, build relationships, support work-life balance, and prevent burnout. It’s essential to ensure that all employees can participate fully in the workplace, whether they are on-site or remote. Break down old silos — but also be careful not to create new ones.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

DEIA principles need to be baked into how we approach the sites we build, the research we do, and the plans we make in a way that is systemized, documented, and repeatable. These efforts have included refining and documenting our approach to inclusive language, inclusive research practices, co-creation principles in design, and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Web Site Usability, Social Media Engagement and ROI. Online Journalism Review's Five Guide to do-it-yourself web site usability testing tagged by Marnie Webb on Ma.nolia NpTech Group with annotation: "Usability testing is a skill that -- just like design and programming -- you improve the more you practice it.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

This group is a go-to for many fundraisers looking to learn and improve their skills. Want to get your site checked for inclusive language before the end of 2021? The firm is skilled in designing and implementing customized research solutions to meet clients’ specific needs. The Prospect Finder. Website: [link].

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 22, 2020

You can create website content that will boost your nonprofit’s site in search results and put it on people’s radar without a degree in copywriting or any technical expertise. That’s why we wrote this—to give you the need-to-knows about how to write for SEO and empower you to optimize your site for search. . What is SEO? .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It is always challenge to use participatory techniques when your participants are not native English speakers and you don’t speak the language. When on site, make sure you introduce yourself and ask for any clarifications of language or ideas. The thumbs up means the pace and language is good.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Rather than asking people to donate material items directly to your organization, you can create a public wish list on an e-commerce site like Amazon where your donors can buy items you need directly online. Give your artistic students the opportunity to show off their skills by hosting a virtual art show. Matching gifts drive.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Small nonprofits in Brazil are usually created by social entrepreneurs in the slums or other low-income zones, people with no management skills but lots of love to give. 3) You founded Doare, a crowdfunding site for charitable organizations in Brazil. It’s something incredible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Yes, the process of creating your own information design is straightforward but you need to invest some energy learning about design fundamentals and honing your visual thinking skills. And then there is mastering the tools. How are you honing your visual thinking and sense-making skills? Here they are: 1.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Located in northern Illinois, this nonsectarian organization welcomes participants from all walks of life regardless of background, creed, socioeconomic status, or prior skill. They also learn theory, ear training, foreign language skills, and the study of music within a social context.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 4, 2021

A landing page is appropriately named: it’s the page a user “lands” on when they click on an ad and visit your site. Using high-quality content, concise language, and effective Calls To Action, visitors will be more inclined to meet your desired goals. Inevitably, one will perform better than the other.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. Use Normal Language in Your Story A long, drawn-out, flat story with a bunch of numbers and statistics and jargon is not a good way to convey your message and your needs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Of all the mass communications tools your organization is using (website e-newsletters, social networking sites, mobile), which is resulting in the most online dollars being raised (directly or indirectly)? What do you think are the most important skills necessary in a social media practitioner? Absolutely email.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Do you call her or go through the weekend with a broken site? As someone with questionable math skills and zero computer programming experience, this has been a daunting subject to overtake … so I thought. If you're new to online classes, try a couple different sites and programs to get a feel for your preferences.

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NTEN

APRIL 4, 2011

By Amy Potthast, Director, Service and Graduate Programs, Idealist As a non-techie, I think I can safely say that a hiring nonprofit's current staff may have so little technical knowledge, they don't even know what skills are needed to do a job they want done. Look for their pain points. Point to past work that illustrates your capabilities.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2015

And they're doing this using the programming language Java on their laptops. He saw the potential of Java as a language and tried to expose Vineet to it. Java, meanwhile, has become an important language for app development, particularly for smartphones running the Android operating system.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I was also impressed by the energy in a room with twenty people who have a networked mindset, leadership skills, and social media expertise. Day 1 included a detailed project orientation as well as a design discussion about the online learning community site lead by Andrea Burton from Meedan, a partner in the project. Networking.

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NTEN

JULY 3, 2012

This year we used language that was a little more inclusive, so that respondents would consider: "How many staff, excluding consultants, are responsible for supporting or maintaining technology-related tasks in your organization, in Full Time Equivalency (FTE)?" We've been asking about this since our first study in 2006.

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John Kenyon

JUNE 25, 2019

A new type of website management tool known as Static Site Generators makes websites less vulnerable. Before we had CMS software tools like Dreamweaver, Drupal and WordPress, creating a website page meant learning to use the coding language HTML (HyperText Markup Language). What are Static Site Generators?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

How many times do we go to online giving sites and give up?” — Daniel Mansoor (see Science, technology, and design: A new framework in fundraising ). A/B testing can help determine which language resonates and which does not. . Yesterday’s best strategy may not be the best nonprofit digital strategy for today. .

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Care2

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Apps are fine, but nonprofits seriously need to invest in mobile versions of their sites. You don't have to translate your whole site, but be strategic about what content mobile browsers want, and what you want mobile browsers to see. Holly Ross, NTEN. And not apps. Be platform agnostic! Hyper local.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The Associated Recreation Council (ARC) was one of our test sites. ARC already has a training lab there that provides lifelong learning opportunities for older adults, many of whom speak languages other than English. Young Pham, who regards his tech skills as medium, set up the MultiPoint Server system. Administration.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2021

A photo montage video requires some videography skills, and you may want to hire a videographer, or you may have a volunteer with video-production experience. Avoid an overly sweet or flowery language or imagery. There are many sites with free and low-cost images and music.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Note from Beth: The long anticipated social network site for social change, Jumo , launched. Jumo means “together in concert” in Yoruba, a West African language. We’ll be matching people based on their skills and interests with organizations around the world that need their input. What is Jumo? by Steve MacLaughlin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2016

But for now, Listening and feedback loops are important skills for nonprofit leaders and for organizations to get better results. In my training work with emerging nonprofit leaders , teaching how to ask powerful questions and hone your listening skills is part of the leadership development curriculum and workshops.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

No coding ability, no design skills. Many nonprofits want to be a effective as possible in driving traffic to their own sites from Facebook (and vice versa), what are some best practices for getting your content shared on Facebook? Short, easy to read posts are more likely to get shared across the site.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2012

Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. Awhile back, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What's Your Favorite?"

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. A couple years ago, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What''s Your Favorite?"

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