Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2009

Rashmi Sinha asked me if I would do a session on how to present for nonprofits at the upcoming presentation camp. When I asked her what did you think would be most useful, she urged me to "open source my creative process." I thought it would be a great oppotunity to reflect on process and help others.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2017

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 7, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. Open Source data big data crowdsourcing' (Please visit the site to view this video). It was originally published on NetSquared.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

In the nonprofit sector, we have some big challenges in this area. Most examples we have of successful IT practices would likely fail in a nonprofit context, though. Trying to follow the example set by a commercial company, just in a nonprofit way, probably won't work, but there are lessons to be learned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Google announces " Broadcast Your Cause, " a nonprofit channel on YouTube. And, if your nonprofit does not have a video camera to create content, sign up to get a free one from the Flip Video Camcorder Giveaway , in partnership with the Clinton Global Initiative. It's an open source free web meeting service.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

&# The workshop was based on the concepts in The Networked Nonprofit , including listening, transparency, simplicity, social culture, and working with free agents. The specific learning objectives: To understand the principles of “being” a Networked Nonprofit. We also covered some of the basic techniques for listening and engaging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

Photo by American Art Museum Note from Beth: This week I'm trying to understand crowdsourcing and nonprofits, hopefully with a crowd of other folks. I'm looking for guest posts, ideas, and examples of nonprofits using crowdsourcing for their programs, fundraising, and marketing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

Open Source Feminism - Click to Play. Penguin Day is a day-long workshop for nonprofit organizations to explore the range of issues and options inovlved in using Free and Open Source Software. What are the tactics for supporting online open source communities? Penguin Days.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

Online tools like Twitter , Ushahidi , Google Person Finder , CrisisMappers , and the work of nonprofit organizations like Crisis Commons. and Sahana Foundation (which hosts a free open source disaster management system), have changed the way disaster relief is being done all over the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 30, 2007

The idea is to bring together students, professional Bloggers, writers, NGO workers, media, and tech gurus from within and outside Cambodia to share and learn more from each other on about how the ICT (including Open Source Software and Web2.0 A conference workshop on blogging techniques and video blogging techniques.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits. is vital to any nonprofit organization. It lies at the root of everything a nonprofit does â?? The evaluation tools and techniques you choose will depend in large part on the message, the method of delivery, and the outcome that you want to measure. Evaluation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

ve already partnered with 50 non-profits, like Care2 , Greenpeace , and Amnesty International The question it raises for nonprofits is, join an existing network like Facebook or MySpace or build your own social network or combination? But these sites have two important limitations that give nonprofits reason to look for additional tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Drew Bernard has a review of a new guide by the good folks at Tactical Technology Collective called " Visualizing Information for Advocacy " Nonprofits are from Mars, Designers/Techies are from Venus from the alldaybuffet describes some classic communications issues between nonprofits, designers, and technology staff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

The NTC is the nonprofit technology's field largest gathering. Nonprofit Social Media ROI and Adoption Issues The meme of the last week continues with a look at specific metrics like engagement. Google has been reaching out to nonprofits for its Google Earth product over the last few months. I wholeheartedly agree !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2005

Last night I had a wonderful conversation with Corey Pudhorodsky who is the and brains behind 501c3Cast - Podcast for Nonprofits , a weekly podcast show of interviews and news about Nonprofit volunteers, do-gooders, and professionals. Corey Pudhorodsky is the Terry Gross of the nonprofit podcasting world. The show list is here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

It is based on some open source code called Pligg that creates a "digg" like interface. The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. A quick review of the results of Isovera Survey of Open Source Content Management Satisfaction in Nonprofit Organizations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology NTC Summary, and Nonprofit Technology Consulting 2.0 I spent 8 years implementing technology “solutions&# for nonprofit organizations. Is it all just TCO arguments?

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Cloud 4 Good

JUNE 8, 2022

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

She recommends a list of good nonprofit blogs to get you started. My web developer colleague and enthusiastic blogger, Bob McDiarmid , told me that a majority of the charity nonprofit websites that he has seen are on either the Drupal or WordPress nonprofit open source platforms. TechSoup Resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

During the session, it was pointed out that crowd sourcing is a way to people, organizations, and communities work together for mutual good, and without competing. The second topic started percolating at last year's SXSW Social Media for Social Good BBQ and a question - so where are the good examples and techniques?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

It was good opportunity for me to look back at the crowdsourcing chapter in our book, The Networked Nonprofit , and update the examples and thinking. The presentation was followed by a discussion about how one might evaluate efforts to engage crowds. How Does Your Nonprofit Work With Crowds by Beth Kanter. Crowdsourcing 101.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

Again, shows me the power of open content and open source thinking. Many nonprofits professionals have to manage a lot of information on the web and share it with their co-workers or clients. Tagging and social bookmarking can be useful techniques for smaller nonprofits to easily share their information resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Papilia Online Tax Receipts enables nonprofits to provide donors with a secure web page that allows them to view their giving history and print personalized tax receipts. Papilia Online Tax Receipts enables nonprofits to provide donors with a secure web page that allows them to view their giving history and print personalized tax receipts.

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