Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

They originally wanted to organize a conference to convene social innovators and social entrepreneurs on the nonprofit tech cutting edge to see what everyone was doing. Net Tuesdays became a series of national and international face-to-face meetings connecting industry and nonprofit techies. What Is Web 2.0? Text messaging.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2010

When you think about it, the idea of an ecosystem can be applied to many things in life. Wikipedia gives you a fairly verbose definition , the dictionary gives a similar, but less wordy definition that I think is simpler to grasp. Teaming up with a local nonprofit to map out a historic walk. What’s an Ecosystem?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 31, 2011

A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources and other goodies. Wikipedia came up with a great idea , one we encourage you to steal. Idealware just released their latest " Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide". By now, you've surely heard his thoughts on death as "life's change agent". Lots of seconds.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

last week to see what’s really going on in the frontier of nonprofit technology: wearable devices. a nonprofit project), Golden-i , SixthSense. The nonprofit Wadsworth Center in New York is developing an in-home brain computer interface system for use by severely paralyzed people to make communication possible for them.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

This doesn’t mean you need to turn your copy into a Wikipedia article. In real life? Over the past 18 years, Will has written millions of words of fundraising, advocacy, and marketing copy for nonprofits of all types. Eliminate, or clarify, any jargon or Official Language that may be opaque to readers. Wonky language and jargon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Note from Beth: My colleague, Daniel Ben-Horin, from TechSoup Global has been in the nonprofit technology for decades. But when he gets excited about activity that could benefit the nonprofit technology sector, I listen. What do you think of the Campus Party model? He has seen it all. Welcome to the U.S., billion to date.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2008

Once we have a definition that we are comfortable with as a good enough starter, we'll post community sourcing on wikipedia. or more) to this important cause and asked your friends to do the same, there is only 36 hours left to donate and change a Cambodian child's life! Here's what Zena is asking: Define community sourcing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2009

For more details, see this wikipedia entry. It is one of a number of "life streaming applications" where individuals and organizations who are active on the social web can port their activity across social networks into one, easy to follow, read, and comment activity stream. How Nonprofits Can Use FriendFeed by Beth Kanter.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 30, 2011

AHA is a nonprofit organization that helps build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular disease and stroke by reaching people of all ages and providing education about the importance of exercise and diet in order to sustain a long and healthy lifestyle. Facebook, iPads, Blackboard, Wikipedia (don't judge me, but there's good stuff there).

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

How is a CIO or IT manager with limited experience in a low-budget nonprofit to keep up without breaking the bank? According to Wikipedia, clickjacking is " a malicious technique of tricking Web users into revealing confidential information or taking control of their computer while clicking on seemingly innocuous Web pages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

It will explain the problem that a widget may solve for a nonprofit blog, some examples of nonprofit blogs using them, and oh yeah, answer the age old question "What is a Widget?" Wikipedia's definition of widget also points to some popular, cultural, and technical, including: A comic book character and copyrighted image.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

According to Wikipedia, a wireframe is a “visual guide that represents the skeletal framework of a website” If you’re going through a design project, you’ll likely see wireframes after a user research phase and possibly a sitemap phase.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Closer to home, Andrew Sears built some publicity with his piece, " How Google and Social Entrepreneurs Perpetuate the Digital Divide Among Nonprofits. of foundation funding goes to nonprofits led by people of color, people of color make up 16.5% And who needs libraries when we have Wikipedia and Kindles?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Slide Share Show, " Putting the U in YouTube " although geared for higher education institutions provides some really good practical marketing tips for social networking sites that should be useful for nonprofits too. Gavin's Digital Diner has a thoughtful essay titled " Do Nonprofits Dream of Electronic Sheep?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia. Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology speaks about how difficult is to be objective, while Social Source blog described it as a high school popularity contest. NpTech Community. " Findhabeas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

I will also be teaching this workshop for nonprofits in a number of other locations in the coming months. Getting Your Nonprofit Ready To Listen. You need to begin with sharing some stories about how other nonprofits are getting value from listening. Beth Kanter, Getting Your Nonprofit Ready To Listen. Google Reader.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2005

I was curious by how he described his work: "blogger coach to nonprofits." So far, I have interviewed people who I have met face-to-face or have known through my work in the nonprofit tech field. What type of work do you do in the nonprofit sector? How did you become interested in nonprofit technology?

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Care2

JULY 10, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Todays providers offer everything from communications to fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Read more about it from Green Miles blog and a summary of reactions from other nonprofits here. Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Some recent nonprofit tech posts addressing this topic here , here , here , and here. Netsquared Net Tuesday next week in SF is about " How Nonprofits Can Use And Build Online Social Networks ," featuring speakers from Change.org and Ning. How and Why Nonprofits Are Using Web2.0 What do you think? era websites.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Even though there aren’t as many people today reading actual newspapers or watching the 6 o’clock news these days, your local media still reaches a large audience of people in your community who need to know about your nonprofit’s work. Keep the pitch focused on the issue, not what programs your nonprofit offers to help people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

David Armano likes to talk about how Twitter can strengthen loose ties (two people who are connected on social networks, but don't know each other in real life or very well). The Core are people who do most of the work (think wikipedia editors.) (See this map from Malina ). Hubs look like starbursts on the visualization.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 23, 2022

billion to nonprofits on Giving Tuesday in 2021. On Giving Tuesday, donors who might normally give $25 may step up to give $100 and people who have never given at all may give to two or three nonprofits in a single day. Sadly, some nonprofits don’t see the opportunity. Donors gave an astounding $2.7

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Join us for our 19th Annual Nonprofit Conference on Sustainability Strategies. We walked through an exhibit of life-sized models of animals and birds, many of them Pleistocene megafauna like the giant sloths and saber-toothed tigers, long-gone from the Earth. Condor: To the Brink and Back — The Life and Times of One Giant Bird.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

At Benetech he’s learning about the nonprofit world and making contacts that he’ll use when he launches his next business, after he finishes his MBA at Babson College. She’s currently working on “spatial quantile regression” and has learned at Benetech how to use statistics to address real-life problems.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years.

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See3

AUGUST 6, 2007

wikipedia b. Rex’s Guide to Life. [.] 8 Aug 2007 Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2007

There are Twitter critics in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. One wonders where virtual words like Second Life fit on the interaction and communications axis. These stories are summarized and aggregated with some previous articles, posts, and resources about Nonprofits and MySpace here. of Internet visits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

The offline wikipedia, Moulin. Check out this splashcast channel with a nonprofit theme created by Netsquared Blogger, Britt Bravo. Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: The most recent is a roundup of posts addressing the question of how nonprofit communicators can cut through the clutter to engage overloaded audiences.

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