Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 21, 2007

Folks have set up, in addition to the traditional listservs, an online channel for the Bookshare.org community that allows both voice chat and text messaging in a way that is highly accessible to people with disability. Of course, the great thing is when accessibility works but is just invisible, and that's the case.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

A member of the PRSPCT-L listserve (for prospect researchers) asked "What do other institutions do to regulate or “police” data entry work, specifically when you have multiple users with authority to make updates?". Donors will give online and misspell their own names, or leave the caps lock on. It's a tough problem.

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 21, 2012

A question was posted to a listserve for nonprofit techies looking for tips on training staff on a new database. Provide access to online video training materials if possible. I discussed training at a high level on page 13 of this chapter from CASE's Handbook of Institutional Advancement. Create cheat sheets for common tasks.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

M+R shares 6 Rules for Online Writing that just might shatter some old grammar rules. AASP''s listserv, Fundsvcs, won the grand prize in the 2013-2014 LISTSERV Choice Awards. Check out the latest news and good reads from your fellow NTEN Members: Go ahead, risk horrifying your old middle school teacher.

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AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

Naturally, hosting an online event takes some effort. And if you’ve never hosted an online conference, you may be unsure how they work and the steps you need to take. . Much like a traditional conference, a virtual conference is a conference held online or digital space. What is a Virtual Conference? panel discussions.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

They’ve also told us about some great, but little-known online resources that explore faith-based IT like the pros and cons of the different church member management software packages and website content management systems for congregation websites. to share files, and sundry web applications for online communications.

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Robert Weiner

OCTOBER 4, 2009

I prefer listserves over online forums and email to IM. Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks: I like to get information by email. And I don't like having to look at a web page/feed reader every day to find out whether anything new has appeared on an RSS feed. I want information to come to me -- I don't want to seek it out.

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See3

APRIL 22, 2009

When I left my position at Easter Seals , I had seven-plus years of research covering the field of nonprofits online flowing (more like gushing) in daily via email newsletters, listserve digests, etc. NPAdvisors e-Fund News: Thought provoking weekly articles on online donor development written by Rick Christ and Heather Fignar.

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Forum One

JANUARY 27, 2009

We've been helping groups for many years with ways to have a little more influence and get a little more impact out of their online and offline events. With users' increasing confidence in participating together online, there's never been a better time to take a leap and try a new tactic to engage a group. Set up an event wiki.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 16, 2010

In this month’s chat,we had some good discussion around social media guildines and online community moderation. Laura Norvig shared the guidelines used for their email listserv: E-mail discussion lists hosted by the Resource Center are not moderated. Read the full transcript here!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2016

In those days, I was working with the New York Foundation for the Arts on a project called ArtsWire, an online network for arts organizations and artists. Back in the old days, there was a very small community of peer that I could ask questions and learn from — we had a listserv!

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). That’s why it pays to look for principles of online crisis management that will be relevant in the long run."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

I've been using online wikis - documents and more recently, spreadsheet wikis for the past year. It's the same kind of impatience I feel reading email from listservs -- only because my RSS reader makes scanning and reading a lot of information very eficient. I'm not going to ditch email or listservs anytime soon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Other findings include: More established forms of online communications — e-newsletters and Listservs — are regularly used by foundation CEOs at a much higher rate (65 percent and 45 percent, respectively) than the newer social media tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

In those days, we used listservs and online discussion software, but platform matter. I then modeled this support on the online community — and we quickly had a village of practitioners supporting one of another. It was the free and open sharing of knowledge, insights, quick tips, and how-tos.

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Care2

JULY 14, 2009

Moderate* Note: This can be time consuming if you let it, so that’s why I encourage nonprofits to spend at least 15 minutes a day using two main online social networks. Listservs: Participate in listservs that align with your nonprofit’s mission and where your organizations’ issues are being discussed.

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

As someone interested in online communities, I’ve been following the work of the Technology Affinity Group (TAG) for some years. " TAG is an active community of around 300 foundation techies who: Discuss foundation technology on the TAG listserv and blog. Foundations need tech support as much as anyone. Attend webinars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2009

Moderate* Note: This can be time consuming if you let it, so that’s why I encourage nonprofits to spend at least 15 minutes a day using two main online social networks. Listservs: Participate in listservs that align with your nonprofit’s mission and where your organizations’ issues are being discussed.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 17, 2009

participation in online discussion groups. online and print advertising. participation in online discussion groups. online and print advertising. Sign up for CharityChannel’s CONSULTANTS listserve: [link]. Figure out how you will market your work. Options include. writing articles. publishing a newsletter.

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Care2

JANUARY 12, 2011

If your organization is focused on building community among your activists and donors you’ve probably had to choose an online group tool. If your group would make for an active and participatory email listserv, it will probably work as a group too. But which platform is best for your group? It could get unwieldy quickly.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2014

Forward this to all the girls online” By 2011 the meme evolved a couple of times. Online Advocacy Online Fundraising Online Marketing' Write the color of the bra you’re wearing right now as your status on fb and don’t tell the boys. “We are playing a game…… silly, but fun!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Note From Beth: I remember back when Hurricane Katrina struck, I saw a post to the Museum ListServ that said “ Chuck Patch Is Not Dead.” This is where that online community you’ve worked so hard to build is going to prove its value. Flickr Photo by Rob Howells. Close the loop.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Now there’s so much for knitters online, it’s hard to grasp it all. Before, there were some high-activity listservs and sites with patterns to download. The place to be as a knitter online seems to be Ravelry. When I fell “asleep,” knitting was a different world. Now, there’s podcasts, blogs and knitting social networks.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2007

Games for Change is looking to hire a community manager to manage a variety of online projects, primarily the Knowledge Network. This person will also oversee G4C's online presence, listserv, and future social networking space.

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

As someone interested in online communities, I’ve been following the work of the Technology Affinity Group (TAG) for some years. " TAG is an active community of around 300 foundation techies who: Discuss foundation technology on the TAG listserv and blog. Foundations need tech support as much as anyone. Attend webinars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2006

Ever since, our paths have crossed several times in nonprofit technology circles online, most recently via the Digital Divide Network listserv and the online forums at TechSoup. I figured out that I could offer teaching, training, consulting activities online. What was your most exciting moment as an online instructor?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Then in the 90’s people had some of these conversations via online forums and listservs. The development of apps and tools like Act.ly , an online petition tool that leverages Twitter and TweetProgress – a comprehensive list of 4000+ progressives on Twitter. You should follow Frogloop on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

I learned one from Nancy White when I took her online facilitation workshop. That's why Nancy White's post on most useful synchronous online facilitation practices really caught my eye. And, how does a virtual world tool help or hinder effective online collaboration or a synchronuous online communication?

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 8, 2010

We have a couple of email listservs on Google Groups of our top-tier advocates that we've been interested in migrating to an online community. Being the type that doesn't need to be asked twice to be social online, and given that I want to get a handle on what Chatter is really like, I dove in. I followed people.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

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. Although the community couldn't visit their usual haunts on techsoup.org, they could still keep up with TechSoup online.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2013

I spend my professional time online reading blogs, reading reports, sharing articles, engaging in text chat. This is great for museums looking for authentic ways to engage with people online. Most of the professional networks I belong to online operate using the most antiquated of text-based tools: the listserv.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2007

Here's a description of the series: As media, politics, and civic activity shift online, a new cadre of opinion leaders is stepping forward to shape public discourse about nature protection and pollution control. This week, I???ll ll interview five of them ??? s the link to the kickoff post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2009

There is also the use of social media tools (and online collaboration tools) to support inward facing work, including online groups, communities of practice, and internal coordination or learning activities of organizations working as pure networks. Meetings – in person or online gatherings with an agenda (i.e.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

After posting a query about various conferences people attended on some peer listservs, I got only one reply with four more leads -- two of which I had discovered via cha cha guide and search engine by digging deeper into the leads provided. Wow, better than a listserv! Okay, it is time to actually do some (billable) work.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

I encouraged the vendor to find a pricing model that won't encourage deleting donor records, such as pricing based on concurrent logins, number of modules, number of emails sent, and/or online transactions. All of these approaches have their downsides, of course, but they don't encourage data loss. Others Who Agree.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2006

About six months ago, we connected via a listserv I posted to and she emailed me privately to say hello. My dissertation, "Taxonomy of Collaborative E-learning," was based on a qualitative study conducted entirely online. One for online instructors and one for online learners.

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