Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2010

Worst case: The orphanage collapsed like all other concrete buildings in town and the locals might hesitate to dig out HIV infected bloody kids. Crisis Mapping My colleagues at Ushahidi have been working around the clock and around the globe mapping crisis information from Haiti. Tags: maps. I haven't been able to sleep.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what lots of nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured-IT to further their missions. the story of how tech donations through TechSoup have helped your organization better serve your mission? Want to share.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Blue Hair Technology Group is featured on TechSoup’s new Local Impact Map. Get Your Story Up On the Local Impact Map. If you use any of TechSoup’s resources and want to have your story on the Local Impact Map, just email community [at] techsoup [dot] org with "Community Story" in the subject line.

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

At this point, the question isn’t whether to use tech but whether your tech stack is configured in a way that positions your organization for success. It examines the tech you use and how effectively you use those tools. It examines the tech you use and how effectively you use those tools. So, let’s dive in!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others. The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. I will explain the use of mapping, fundraising, and crowdsourcing. Indirect Content.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2013

Find your local #nptech tribe by joining a NetSquared Local group. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Peterborough, Canada: Tech for Social Good. Naples, FL: NFN4Good Tech Club for SWFL. Austin, TX: Austin 501 Tech Club & Netsquared Happy Hour. Don’t be afraid! Tuesday, July 30.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2013

NetSquared Local is growing! We challenge you to join a NetSquared Local group or start your own ! We challenge you to join a NetSquared Local group or start your own ! Birgit Pauli-Haack and James McDonald in Naples, Florida usher in the NFN4Good Tech Club with introductions to Google Apps and Wordpress. Event Reports.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2013

The exact format isn’t important, as long as we are consistently gathering the nonprofit and tech communities together so that they can learn from each other. What have NetSquared Local groups been up to recently? Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Cambridge, UK: Get Tech World Cafe.

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Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2013

Find your local #nptech tribe by joining a NetSquared Local group. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Taipei, Taiwan: Homemade online map showing geographic data. Don’t have a local NetSquared Local group? work, but we can renew our energy to connecting with our peers.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

NetSquared Local believes that the best way to build a strong, self sufficient community of #nptech practitioners is for us to go outside and get face-to-face. We challenge you to join a NetSquared Local group or start your own ! What have NetSquared Local groups been up to recently? Event Reports. Monday, June 10. NetSquared.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 2, 2022

Spend time using the platform you choose, and familiarize yourself with their tech support so you’ll feel confident when the big day arrives.The best fundraiser ideas always start with the audience in mind. Even though it’s virtual, you still have to promote the event, sell tickets or tables, get sponsors, and map out the program.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Women Who Tech brings together talented and renowned women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change. But, if you have a good percentage of your constinuents who are early adopters and tech savvy, it’s a great place to be. Google Maps & MyMaps.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Get answers to your tech challenges at a NetSquared meetup (see list below). Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Don’t have a local NetSquared Local group? What have NetSquared Local groups been up to recently? Want a taste of a social media surgery before you commit to attending?

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

By following these suggestions during your planning process, you’ll be better prepared to drive awareness and make meaningful change at a local, national, or global level: Set clear campaign goals and identify a timeline. If you’re a new organization without many resources or contacts, you may have more luck working first at the local level.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2013

We are deep into June already, but NetSquared Local isn’t taking a vacation! NetSquared Local believes that the best way to build a strong, self sufficient community of #nptech practitioners is for us to go outside and get face-to-face. We challenge you to join a NetSquared Local group or start your own ! Event Reports.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

org to educational institutions like University of Massachusetts Amherst , new climate tech startups like BlocPower , and established global brands like Bentley Motors , learn how organizations across these sectors have taken meaningful climate action. From nonprofits like 350.org

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2017

That's why we do an annual survey of our members — because our local volunteers are always striving to figure out how they can help your nonprofit use technology to do more good. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 12, 2019

5) SEO can help you get local attention. Why focus on something as global as search engine rankings when your organization has a local focus? A Google Business Profile with reviews, a Google map image on your website, and Yelp can boost local rankings. Search engines include geographic information in the results.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 3, 2024

Whether you’re recruiting for a professional association or a union , these tech-savvy tactics can put your organization on the map and push your recruitment goals across the finish line. For instance, if you represent a union, you could ask a well-known organizer in your local area to join your marketing campaign.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

These challenges helped provide early publicity, support, collaboration opportunities, and funding for now-famous "tech for good" organizations such as Ushahidi , FrontlineSMS , and many others. The NetSquared Challenges Foster Tech Innovation. The information would be compiled and displayed in real time online on a map.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Schedule tech checks with each of your guest speakers once they are confirmed. Monitor presenters’ internet connections during the tech check. This is where you do the final tech checks before your guest speakers go live. Our staff was there to welcome them, do the final tech check, and answer any questions or concerns.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

" While you might think that it came from the satirical The Onion , it was actually a real headline from our local newspaper here in San Francisco. Here's what I found, and I'll show you the steps I took in Tableau Desktop , available at TechSoup, to make the following map. Gathering the Data. Crunching the Numbers.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. obama reach vs local reach. Any resources to move from national to local? Below is the live blog or the archive of the live blog. Can’t wait! what things need to be measured.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 12, 2013

We’ll be hosting social media surgeries for local nonprofits and community activists. Find your local #nptech tribe and consider sharing your skills as a volunteer surgeon by joining a NetSquared Local group. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Don’t have a local NetSquared Local group?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

In the local context, Kenyan’s give an extremely high proportion of their earnings as donations (cc. The lack of trust between NGOs and local Kenyans and the expectancy that NGOs are funded from outside Kenya are the key reasons for limited local fundraising towards NGO in Kenya.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

We believe that NGOs learn best from each other, so NetSquared provides a platform where we can come together face to face to share technology tips and create a community of practice around tech for good. Find your local #Tech4Good group. Mississauga, Ontario: Hustle Hour — Tech Entrepreneurs Mastermind. Reform Copyright.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 14, 2021

Create and Map Out Your Marketing Plan Early My grandmother used to tell me that a job well planned is half done. Follow this marketing roadmap for your product fundraiser: Map out your communication and marketing plan early. If you’re not super tech savvy, ask someone who is for ideas. She was so right!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

It's a great opportunity to love your local business (or nonprofit) or get your staff and supporters to show their love by nominating your organization. If your "business" isn't listed in the automated directory/map, you can also manually enter your organization's information to be eligible for the contest.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2014

The organization submitting the story with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the UnoBook tablet AND will be featured as the “Tech 4 Faith” story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). Poke around the map and see for yourself. Interested? Eligibility.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

" World Bank’s Mapping for Results launched – Check out this deployment of the Ushahidi platform for digital storytelling and reporting: "This weekend at the World Bank annual meetings the World Bank launched their new Mapping for Results platform.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

One of TechSoup's less-known areas of work has been to support and promote the work of other tech-for-good organizations, like Ushahidi in Kenya. Ushahidi has been developing open-source crisis mapping software for over eight years now. LABB created an Oil Spill Crisis Map in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Be as we have seen in events around the world, the revolution will be tweeted, photographed, mapped and posted to our status. How To: Use Tech to Organize Today. “The revolution will not be televised.” The revolution may not be televised, but no matter where you are, you can now have a front row seat to the broadcast.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 22, 2021

He has experience on the front lines of the nonprofit industry from his time as a youth worker and he brings a wealth of experience in supporting the tech stacks which power the nonprofit industry after five years in various roles at Blackbaud. She is also a crisis line operator with the mental health charity Shout!

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 22, 2021

He has experience on the front lines of the nonprofit industry from his time as a youth worker and he brings a wealth of experience in supporting the tech stacks which power the nonprofit industry after five years in various roles at Blackbaud. She is also a crisis line operator with the mental health charity Shout!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 16, 2012

Designed specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch, National Geographic’s new and improved World Atlas puts our best maps in the palm of your hand. NRDC Eat Local App. With videos, interactive quizzes and simple step-by-step advice it’s never been easier to know first aid. National Geographic Society World Atlas App.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

What happens when you combine local government, open data, and creative and tech-savvy citizens? Led by TechSoup Europe , Apps4Warsaw challenged Warsaw's tech-for-good community members to create useful technology for their neighbors using city open datasets. Apps4Warsaw. A Contest Built on City Data. spanhidden.

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NTEN

MAY 30, 2013

You can map the vicinity in which your phone is located once you lose it or activate a siren that sounds for up to a minute to help you locate it. For Android phone users, Lookout provides the ability to remotely lock and wipe a phone when the owner of the phone is unable to retrieve it.

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