NetWits

JANUARY 27, 2011

I just got an email from Holly Ross, the Executive Director of the Non-profit Technology Network – better known as NTEN. What’s the Nonprofit Social Networking Survey? It’s all about shedding light on how non-profits use online social networks (time, money, resources, etc). First, go take this years survey.

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 19, 2010

Tags: Non-profit technology nptech online community Google Non-profit Communications research.

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2015

If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Communications Networking Lunch. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Thursday, July 9, 2015.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

It's NTEN Member Appreciation Month , so I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the members of the NTEN community, past, present, and future, for building this successful network for your peers and colleagues (and yourself). NTEN Jobs Listings (nptech jobs). NTEN Speaker Directory (find your hero).

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TechImpact

MAY 20, 2014

They’re precious validation that your nonprofit’s presence on Twitter is not only being well received, but it is reverberating through the annals of the highly trafficked social network. Truncated automated tweets from other social networks. Twitter has a character limit on tweets, Facebook and most other social networks do not.

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TechImpact

MARCH 7, 2014

With 10+ major, free, social networking channels to take advantage of, nonprofits have a smorgasbord of opportunities available to connect with constituents, donors, and potential volunteers. Industry News Leadership Mobile Tech fundraising infographic nonprofit nonprofit technology nonprofits npTech social media technology'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Many of you have asked when the Kindle version of ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” would be available and I’m happy to announce you can get download your copy from Amazon now! Want to share freight costs to NZ of “Measuring the Networked Nonprofit”? New book by @ kanter @ kdpaine amz.to/measure-networ…

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

What is a knowledge sharing network? A robust knowledge sharing network might involve people sharing resources, best practices, worst practices, just-in-time information, quick tips, and deep thinking, all focused on a specific topic. What are some examples of knowledge sharing networks? Knowledge is a lofty word.

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 22, 2010

Recent changes in Ning’s business model (see News & Views About Change for updates) have Network Creators wondering whether to pay to keep hosting their online communities on the Ning platform, or to start looking at alternatives. Back in 2008, founder Marc.( read more ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2008

Photo by PixelFarmer - Zen Mutt (a rescue dog) - Title "Precision" The NpTech Tag Summary went on hiatus to give some space to rethink, reinvent -- again. I'm moving beyond monitoring the NpTech tagged items and meta feeds to incorporate nuggets from micro media sources, nptech bloggers, friend feeds, and networks.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Together, it''s a space to exchange knowledge, share best practices, and gain insight through valuable networking. For many, the NTC is like a family reunion of close nonprofit peers, as well as a meeting place for new friends.

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NTEN

MARCH 11, 2011

Network for Good has begun directing visitors to support responders, as well. Just last year, the Red Cross hosted a summit on emergency social data to explore how aid agencies might use social and mobile tools to better share data. Geolocation tools like Ushahidi and data collaboration tools like Sahana were used in Haiti to help responders.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

There are free workshops and networking events happening in cities across the globe this month. Storytelling is our focus for May, but every month our global network of community organizers host Tech4Good events in more than 50 cities. Communications Networking Lunches. Communications Networking Lunches. Storymakers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

Things are slowing down during the holidays , so here's a short version of the NpTech Tag Summary. Leave a comment and I'll summarize in the next NpTech Summary. They tire networks; call it competition fatigue. Their use as a recruitment tool will table; they'll reach a network threshold fairly quickly.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 13, 2009

I just received a real-world lesson in social networking done right — and a free bag of popcorn — thanks to Love Your City, a community outreach program by churches across Canada. What does this have to do with using social media to recruit new members to your non-profit? There are a number of lessons here.( read more ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. A Few NpTech Conversations. Social Network Fragmentation. Social network fragmentation?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

NpTech Talk. NpTech Software. This one via NTEN and Neighborhood Networks Conference and this one via the nonprofit blog exchange. Most of the links identified have flowed through the NpTech Tag stream but nice to revisit them! FrogLoop has a ROI calculator for social networking sites in a campaign. Social Web.

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NTEN

APRIL 3, 2012

Another NTC means more great studies about nonprofit technology released, including the 2012 " Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmarks Report." for yourself: > Download the 2012 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report. It's free! >

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

Getting involved in a social network, whether it be something like Facebook or Myspace, or a content-connected social network like flickr or delicious (I’m starting to get used to writing that without the dots,) is pretty easy. Sure, you can join a social network, and “friend up&# a bunch of people you don’t know.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

Colman set up the nptech room on FriendFeed five days ago and 105 NpTechers have joined the NpTech Room. Some people choose one site or method to connect with others, while others are "network weaving," jumping from one site to another. NpTech Talk and News. room, etc). Jonathon D. Exploring FriendFeed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

As a result, I'm publishing a briefer than usual edition of the NpTech Tag Summary because I can only get to fast loading blogs and web sites. NpTech Conversations Wild Apricot Blog is hosting next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants on the topic "How are non-profits using Web 2.0 and social networking tools?

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Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Networks of networks (or associations of associations) are far from rare, but the Ontario Nonprofit Network is especially interesting in how it helps to build cross-sector alliances. Tags: Associations collaboration case studies General non-profit interest Activism nptech. read more ). ( read more ).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 16, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology So where is open source in the nptech ecosystem? Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2007

A key value of following the NpTech Tag stream, even though it is undifferiented is for finding or identifying patterns. There is a lot to be learned about our respective tagging behaviors and who contributes to the NpTech Tag stream and why. A sort of "digg" for NpTech Tag items. still thinking outloud.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Most NpTech blogs are high school level. Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. What reading level is your blog? For the launch, they???

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

As part of this, we’re looking to re-vamp our Social Network Strategy. As the NTEN community, you ARE the “social” in our Social Network Strategy, which is why we’ve decided to turn to you for feedback and input. As mentioned before, NTEN would not have a social network strategy without a social network.

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TechImpact

JUNE 8, 2013

Facebook, Twitter, these are networks that employers have traditionally classified as distractions. Blog Mobile Social Tech nonprofit npTech sm4np social media workplace' For some companies, social media at work remains a taboo. More and more organizations are … Continued The post Social Media At Work?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

NpTech Community Snippets Who let the (NpTech) dogs out? First there was a flickr group for NpTech Dogs and then we started seeing NpTechers with dog profiles on their Facebook profiles. O'Reilly Radar has a post about networking in Facebook. Another online social networking cause-related fundraising site !

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TechImpact

AUGUST 26, 2014

And what’s this I hear about teens leaving Facebook for other social networks, is this true? According to a recent survey conducted by LinkedIn , reading industry news posted on the professional social networking site was the top reason for users under 35 to log on and check their feeds. But what social platform are they on the most?

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Despite Facebook’s best efforts to limit the amount of organic reach an organization gets, Facebook continues to drive the best referral numbers of any social network. Pinterest does have the highest bounce rate of any social media network, sitting at 53%. Facebook drives more referrals than any other platform. 78 cents each.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Social networking Twitter analytics social media.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Is your organization using niche networks as part of its social media strategy? What is a niche social network? . A niche social network is an online community drawn together by a shared location, demographic, or interest -- or combination of the three. Examples of niche social networks include: .

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NTEN

MAY 10, 2010

Remember those halcyon days of yore when the phrase "social networking" was suffused with golden light? Tags: NPTech NTEN. New fundraising campaing? Try Causes! Need to build community? Let's create a Ning site! No budget for a web site redesign? Start a Facebook Page instead! Maybe it will work. Ah, 2008, you are missed.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Mark Zuckerberg Never Dresses Appropriately for the Weather might be a more accurate title for The Social Network. The Social Network as a title lets us assume the movie is about Facebook, which it isn’t. Maybe the makers of The Social Network just don’t get Facebook. . I wanted the point of The Social Network to be Facebook.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 9, 2014

15% Social / Networking events. General cloud computing constituent relationship management system nonprofit technology nonprofits npTech volunteers' Here’s a list of the top reasons volunteers keep coming back, according to volunteer consultancy company , Software Advice : 27% convenient scheduling. 24% Proof of work’s impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

NpTech Conversations. For more NpTech Talk, see this roundup over at the NTEN blog. Ethan Zuckerman gives a summary of Pros/Cons of facebook Activism , a presentation by Imran Jamal and the Burma Global Action Network. NpTech Slide Decks SlideShare is like YouTube for powerpoint presentations. Haven't dug into Digg yet?

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TechImpact

APRIL 24, 2014

Software-defined networking. Software-defined networking (SDN) offers your network administrators a set of tools to virtualize your network’s infrastructure. It works by decoupling the two network systems that decides where traffic is sent, and the systems that forward traffic to a defined destination.

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