Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2006

I didn't see that practically a week ago, Nancy White, tagged me with the NGO/NPO Memo. So, the meme goes something like this -- What are the five resources that you would recommend to anybody working in an NGO who wanted to know about information management and technology but didn't know where to start. NGO/NPTECH Web2.0

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

More than 35 NGO and IT practitioners came together to explore ways of strengthening Romanian civil society through communications and local philanthropy development, lowering barriers to outreach through involvement of the Romanian IT&C community and developing a practical best practices repository with a platform for ongoing discussion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Technologies to Recruit, Organize and Engage Youth. Nonprofit Tech Blog points to a new report from United Nations Foundation and The Vodafone Group Foundation, " Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in NGO Mobile Use." The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

I posted some nonprofit technology trends and news late last month, but found some late breaking nptech news items I wanted to add. This is technology for good news from India. The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology. NPTech Innovation in Eastern Europe. Accessibility.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2006

One of the things we're doing is asking nonprofits and NGOs to share their success stories and challenges about their use (or difficulty using) emerging technology like blogs, podcasts, wikis, RSS feeds, aggregation, social bookmarking, social networking, tagging, content management and cell phones/SMS.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2013

NetSquared holds free or low cost educational events for people and organizations who want to learn more about using technology for social good. Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. Newest Net2Local Groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Here's a few sessions notes in the wiki: NpTech Tag , definition of Open API For-Profit/Nonprofit Software Collaborations and where are the biggest tool gaps ? An article called Free Software, Handpicked for Nonprofits by Tactical Technology Collective and iCommons just published on Techsoup. nonprofit technology.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Every month TechSoup's NetSquared community organizers volunteer to bring free (or low cost) nonprofit technology events and workshops to more than 50 cities. Get social at an NGO Ho Ho in Vancouver and Victoria or join Pittsburgh's Bagels & Bytes for its annual party. Upcoming Events. Arlington, Texas: DFW Nonprofit Geeks.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Every month TechSoup's NetSquared community organizers volunteer to bring free (or low cost) nonprofit technology events and workshops to more than 50 cities. Get social at an NGO Ho Ho in Vancouver and Victoria or join Pittsburgh's Bagels & Bytes for its annual party. Upcoming Events. Arlington, Texas: DFW Nonprofit Geeks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

without becoming slaves to technology. Small dots is an advocate for technology in the arts. Graphing Social Patterns is a conference devoted to the business and technology of Facebook taking place next week in Silicon Valley. Use the track trends option and set to track "Nptech" for nptech related twitters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

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. " Everyone Has Their 15 Minutes of Fame gokubi.com blog writes about Faceted Celebrity in the NpTech space. " Findhabeas. Paul Lamb might.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Every month TechSoup's NetSquared community organizers volunteer to bring free and low-cost nonprofit technology events and workshops to more than 50 cities. Our chapter leaders believe that we can bridge the digital divide by giving every NGO the tools and skills to accomplish its mission efficiently and effectively.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2016

You're reading the TechSoup blog, so you're probably already comfortable with using technology in your work. But there are millions of nonprofit staffers who don't have the skills to use technology to do more good. You can help your tech-shy NGO friends cross the digital divide by bringing them to a nonprofit tech meetup.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2015

NetSquared holds free or low-cost educational events for people and organizations who want to learn more about using technology for social good. Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient, local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. NPTech Social.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Over the last decade the discussion around nonprofit technology ( #nptech ) has primarily been social media, mobile technology, and online fundraising, however as the internet enters its next phase, nonprofits need to better understand some of the more complicated concepts that will shape the internet and its use in the decades to come.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

TechSoup Microsoft NGO Connection Day. TechSoup Global was the co-sponsor and it was great to catch up with long-time colleague, Marnie Webb , Co-Ceo. One of the reasons I made a commitment to blogging about professional topics regularly was because I was inspired by Marnie’s nonprofit technology blog, ext.

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2015

Webinars and Other Online Events on Nonprofit Technology. How to Launch a Social Media and Content Strategy for Your NGO OnGood / Webinar / Fee: Free. Community of Practice: Chat with Anne Kreamer NTEN / Community of Practice: Women in NPTECH / Fee: Free. Sites NetSquared Monitors for Nonprofit/Technology Events.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

If you're holding monthly events that gather 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. Seattle, Washington: Fall Nonprofit Technology Speed Geek. Matloding, South Africa: Technology for Rural Development.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

I often get the comment during a leadership seminar I teach that goes something like, "Well this is all well and good for large organizations, but what about my twelve-person NGO?" Pick one that fits your size and mission, and addresses technology. Share your technology experiences and frustrations. NTEN and TechSoup list a few.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2016

2016 NGO Online Technology Report. Based upon the survey results of 2,780 NGOs worldwide, the 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Report is unprecedented and provides valuable insight into the global NGO sector and its use of online technology. The State of Nonprofit Cloud.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

It’s an old problem, made worse by the tantalizing potential that technology provides: how do you collect and aggregate quality data when you work in low resource areas? Imagine this scenario: You’re an NGO working in an African country to advocate for clean water. The cost of some technology tools and solutions has gone down.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2006

Dave's sig line gave me an instant flash of what's he up to lately: Technology Director, Lower Eastside Girls Club Ex-Television hack, podcaster, Maya maniac Blog for girls cheerleader. Technorati Tags: net2 , nptech , blogher , nonprofit , ngo , Technorati Tags: net2 , nptech , blogher , nonprofit , ngo ,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2005

Here's the link and information Aspiration is conducting the first-ever 'Nonprofit Software Survey' of those making decisions about software solutions in and for nonprofits and NGOs around the world. Pass on the Nonprofit Software Survey [link] to nonprofit and NGO staff and decision makers in your network. We need your help: 1.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Every day, American nonprofits, charities, and libraries rely on TechSoup's product donation program for the information they need to make smart decisions about technology. It's how you use technology that makes all the difference. Victoria, British Columbia: The Indigenous Technology Talent Development Strategy.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

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. Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Learn How Your NGO Can Use Adobe Spark and Other Storytelling Tools. Bunda, Tanzania: Microsoft Cloud Computing.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

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: Nonprofit Communications and Technology Conference (MCN). Los Angeles, California: Using Technology in Local Activism.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2005

What resonates about his post is that he is coming from both the nonprofit/for-profit worlds and he looks at from it from both a technology and people headset. The technology should have this feature, but deciding on when to flick the switch depends on the context and content of the discussion. Steve provides some examples.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2006

Michael Glibert wrote an interesting thought piece on the N-TEN Blog called Asking the Wrong Questions: Challenging Technocentrism in Nonprofit Technology Planning. I believe that most practitioners of nonprofit technology planning are asking the wrong questions. How can we fix this?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2005

My three main streams are practical examples, culture and technology. Technorati Tags: nonprofit , development , ict , ngo , nptech , nonprofit

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 27, 2005

My sister was working for an NGO as a volunteer agriculturist in Cambodia and encouraged me to take a job there. Tell us about your work in Cambodia with the NGO, Mlup Baitong. How does your NGO use technology to support your advocacy and education work? Technorati Tags: net2 , nptech , cambodia Mlup Baitong???s

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are one of the most surprising technologies for good. Here is what we've found out about how drone technology is being used to benefit humanity. Precision agriculture is one of the fastest areas of growth for civilian drone technology. What Are Drones, Anyway? In the U.S.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2005

Using a device called a biodigester that converts human and animal waste into cooking gas, a NGO named Cambodian Rural Development Team is seeking to spread this technology into rural Cambodia. By the way, I wasn't the first one to break the "Poop Barrier" in the nptech space.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 2, 2007

I delete the pooch blurb, and replace it with something somewhat more professional: I write for NGO staff trying to integrate technology more centrally into their strategic planning. So we explore new technologies, technology and organizational development, and issues of tech planning, purchasing, and troubleshooting.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

The nonprofit technology news this month reports on the reinvention of the wheel in India and Africa, how nonprofits are leading the wearable computing field, the privacy threat you may not have heard about yet, and plenty more. There’s lots of interesting NPTech news this month. NPTech Contests and Awards. News flash.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2006

Maybe even talk about Information Technology and learn about the challenges facing NGO's in your part of the world. Rebecca's husband is from nearby Guinea, so we're counting on getting a good introduction to West African culture - especially music.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2006

Like all technology tools, we aren't going to see all nonprofits adopt all the tools. Technorati Tags: CoP2.0 , CP2Web2 , net2 , nptech , nonprofit , ngo , non-profit. Or maybe that in itself reflects an underestimation or misperception of blogs by nonprofits. I dunno, I'll have to think about this more. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. It will be interesting to see how this evolves given the technology platform came before the social design , but as online community pundits note, web2.0 Maybe we need an NPtech History Archive ? Follow the links from here.

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