Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

I got a message from one of my readers, Ashley Messick, on Facebook about a recent post about Social Actions Twitter for Good Facebook Group and TwitterFeed Mashup I wanted to Digg post about Save the World with Twitter and wasn't quite sure how to categorize it when submitting. Wouldn't it be nice to have a place in Digg for nonprofit news?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 26, 2008

New open source players entering the market (more on them soon), high satisfaction for other open source tools, and SaaS vendors throwing the doors open so that nonprofits can integrate their systems well (I’m psyched to hear about all the new connectors, mashups and apps happening all the time.) Be Helpful.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

LOLnptech Lot's of member news and activity online this week, so, in the order that I ran across them: NTEN member organization United Nations Foundation was mentioned in a Forbes article discussing ways nonprofits are raising money in tough times. If you're an NTEN member with some news, let me know! One tactic is going online.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2011

Peter Deitz is a long-time member and contributor in the NetSquared (and TechSoup) community; he started the NetSquared Montreal group and his Social Actions project was a winner in the 2008 N2Y3 Mashup Challenge.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Member News online this week: NTEN member United Nations Foundation is featured in a Forbes article for turning to innovative online strategies -- including YouTube and Twitter -- to raise money in tough economic times. Speaking of turning to online media, has your organization invested in online banner ads?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 17, 2006

One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups. Like the freedom that RSS gives to end users in terms of getting the data that you want in your hands, to read when and how you want it, APIs give programmers (and, at times, end users) the freedom to get data from Web 2.0 Be Helpful.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

There’s a lot happening with Social Actions right now but one bit of news is really exciting, and needs to be highlighted: some incredibly important technical enhancements have recently been made to the Social Actions API. I wrote a blog post called, Mashups, Open APIs, and the Future of Collaboration in the Nonprofit Tech Sector.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

In general, it may be considered fair use if you are reproducing a work for the purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research. During the Webinar with Michael Hughes of See3, the question of fair use came up, specifically around the mashup that was made to promote NTEN video content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

It was created to celebrate the launch of a new Twitter mashup that makes it super easy to share actions with your friends: (it also works with Facebook!): [link]. Rapid News Dissemination. Paul Young's analysis of what worked, what didn't in his fundraising campaign can give you some hints of what to measure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

And the good news is that if you've never created web videos before and don't have the big bucks to hire a professional, there is enough time to learn. Next ManorMeta Mashup coming soon, enjoy this for now! ~in NTEN has just announced the first NTC video competition. in kenzo, machinimatographer~

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Care2

JULY 16, 2008

The folks at Social Actions are trying to recruit a wide array of ideas from the non profit community for web applications and mashups Social Actions can build. 3 Comments | by Share Article Reader Comments (3) Hi Hatef, thanks for spreading the news about this announcement! Why not contribute to the Social Actions Labs Idea Wiki?

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NCE Social Media

MAY 25, 2011

News agencies picked it up and used it but few asked permission. If you use Tweetdeck already, you shouldn’t notice much change. 3) Who has rights to photos you post on social media? A woman posted a photo of the latest shuttle launch on a social media site. 4) Hashtags continue to be important in social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

So, you want to build a MashUp? Take the NetSquared Mashup Challenge ! Here's a roundup of recent additions: Social News for Social Good is about how to build buzz with Digg by Jonathon Coleman and the slide show he presented at Forum One - Social Sites for Social Good. NpTech Conversations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

There were two different kinds of APIs discussed – the ones that help organizations with interoperability within their organizational systems – getting data from one app to another, and using APIs for things like Google maps mashups. That’s good news. It seemed that only Blackbaud had APIs you have to pay for.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

And with mashups becoming more and more popular, there’s a kind of meta-collaboration at work now too. SQL is a bit fiddly at the best of times, and if we move past SaaS to DaaS (Data as a Service) it frees up a *lot* more time to share ideas on the functionality front. 3 Jon Biedermann 09.25.08 Be Helpful.

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Care2

JULY 17, 2008

The folks at Social Actions are trying to recruit a wide array of ideas from the non profit community for web applications and mashups Social Actions can build. 3 Comments | by Share Article Reader Comments (3) Hi Hatef, thanks for spreading the news about this announcement! Why not contribute to the Social Actions Labs Idea Wiki?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

To good news, you don't need to write a blog to find people and to participate in the conversation. news or web feeds ???? or software that gathers all the news feeds in one place where you can scan/read them quickly. The news feeds are created by some behind-the-scenes code called ???? Examples of Mashups.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Services: Pieces of common functionality that you can mashup with your applications (e.g., The good news is that the steps are similar to those you would take to implement any technology solution. Platform: The tools vendors use to build applications for nonprofits (e.g., Amazon Web Services, Force.com, Facebook). No network necessary.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Also I would add to Matts list consultants and technical practictioners with mashup expertise. Imagine someone who can offer to mashup your Advocacy Campaign results with Google Maps, or Fundraising Campaigns with Amazon and eBay. 60) Search « Would you like a share of $5 million?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Learn how shortcodes, custom social networks, and mashups are delicious. World by Ted Fickes, The Wilderness Society The death of traditional media is old news to some but has left non-profits and advocacy groups without familiar platforms for distributing information. Can (and should)non-profits become news sources themselves?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2008

EngageJoe.com blogs about his experiences spearheading and contributing to social change mashups and working with nonprofits on online strategy. Enviroblog blogs about latest science and news on toxins in your food, water, and air, and what government agencies should be doing to protect public health. Philanthropy.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Also I would add to Matts list consultants and technical practictioners with mashup expertise. Imagine someone who can offer to mashup your Advocacy Campaign results with Google Maps, or Fundraising Campaigns with Amazon and eBay. 60) Search « Would you like a share of $5 million?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

(Pop through your read to check out the new look for the blog too, although there are vendor ads via Google) Sundance, the Oscars, and Nonprofit Technology? Democracy in Action has invited everyone into the NpTech Oscar Pool Katya Andresen from Network for Good gives us the lastest celebrity news (what no gossip?) 20 practices.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

We're hosting a contest called the NetSquared Mashup Challenge that I wanted to let you know about, and am hoping that you'll pass on to social changemakers and web innovators in your community. Wikipedia defines a mashup as, "a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism. How do we—innovators, entrepreneurs—know what's going to make real-world impact and where do we start? Let's discuss: join us! Submitted by Amy Sample Ward.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2007

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Public Insight Network in Minnesota is a network of 75,000 people who help make Minnesota Public Radio News by sharing their observations, insights, and experiences with reporters and editors who may share these insights through a story or on the web site. Crowdsourcing for knowledge creation can include “mashups of data.&#

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2014

This campaign melded multiple ideas for a mashup and multiple dimension, campaign approach. The campaign would be promoted through community forums, social media (hashtag #datamatters), news stories, public service announcements, billboards, print campaign, and DonorEdge profiles. Team 1: “Know Your Community: 5 in 10.”.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 29, 2011

According to a recent HRC blog post , “the decisive leadership of Governor Cuomo combined with the strong bipartisan support in the legislature will likely influence other states—New Jersey, Maryland, Rhode Island–that are considering extending marriage equality to their residents.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Drupal sidebar connecting with the NPR API - perhaps to provide a targeted news stream? Doing a google map mashup of data in Drupal. I’d also have to cough up $50/year to get a google account that has the SSO API, but it might be worth it. Working with getting flickr photostreams to show in Drupal.

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