Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Michelle Murrain is doing a post about 100 free and open source software tools. There's also the DiSo Project , an umbrella for a group of open source implementations of distributed social networking concepts. Share Your Stories and Change the World " is accepting submissions until February 7th.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

One of the underlying stories of the 2008 election victory of Barack Obama is the really intelligent use of technology , in a way that will permanently change how campaigns are run in the future. Open Source Hardware: can it be done ? Open-Xchange just got a bunch of $.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2016

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. Kitchener, Ontario: Promoting Open Source. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Friday, October 14, 2016.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

This reminds me of a true story. A long time ago (in web years) I was working with a certain CEO of a certain chapter of a certain very-big-nonprofit (whose role in life is to fund other nonprofits – this kinda gives it away, but it’s necessary for the story.) It’s very widespread. Be Helpful.

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NTEN

APRIL 30, 2010

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . Rock on open data and mapping! It's a true story. Members are in bold. Scariest part?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

NpTech Community. Open Content for Nonprofits Open Content discussion continues with some comments from Michael Stein (east coast) about Laura Quinn's post last friday. "Laura is not creating media, as the Social Source blog suggests one ought, to lure you into her site. " Findhabeas. Freecharity.org.uk

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Most NpTech blogs are high school level. The NOSI Choosing and Using Free and Open Source primer is on the ICT Hub Knowledgebase! Video The AFP Nonprofit Technology blog points to a story by Jennifer Gilomen from BAVC about digital storytelling techniques and tools for nonprofits in the NPTimes.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 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. Boston, Massachusetts: Monthly Pitch Night | BostonSpeaks/Impact Hub Open Project Night. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories.

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NTEN

MAY 6, 2009

Women and Open Source. It's a wonderful opportunity for our community to share our collective wisdom with inspiring stories and practical tools that help women grow professionally and personally -- and, of course, change the world. > Tags: NPTech NTEN WWT. Panels run from 11AM EDT to 6PM EDT. Video Activism.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Case-Studies: Three Stories of HR Management, plus a closer look at one small organization's migration of mission-critical data to a new database in the cloud. In the current issue you'll find: " How Your Organization Can Embrace Data--And Use What it Can Teach You ," by KD Paine, measurement expert and author.

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Tech Soup

MAY 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. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels & Bytes "Open-Source Summer Fiesta" San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Wednesday, June 7, 2017. Europe and UK.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

A wealth of data sources are becoming available online, allowing data from around the world to be mingled, mixed, and mashed up -- and where data does not yet exist, communities are using these new tools to gather it themselves! Tags: Data Newsletter NPTech NTEN Program. monitor election results in Mexico and India.

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

Mid-stream we realized something phenomenal: We could make this platform 100% open to the public and not hold our performance data behind a curtain. We'd love to hear your stories! When we started, we were creating an internal tool for project management and quality assurance. Anybody could observe our progress, at any time.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

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. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Wednesday, November 9, 2016.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 18, 2006

"But look at 2006 through a different lens and you'll see another story, one that isn't about conflict or great men. It's a story about community and collaboration on a scale never seen before. nptech time you net2 By now you've probably seen the announcement that TIME has named "you" the person of the year.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

A wealth of data sources are becoming available online, allowing data from around the world to be mingled, mixed, and mashed up -- and where data does not yet exist, communities are using these new tools to gather it themselves! Tags: Data Newsletter NPTech NTEN Program. monitor election results in Mexico and India.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Two years ago, Bev Clark, the co-founder of Kubatana.net , was awarded a large grant in the Knight News Challenge for Freedom Fone, an open-source software platform for distributing news and information through interactive voice response (IVR) technology. . Tags: Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN. It’s very basic.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Mobile Voices offers an open-source multi-media platform optimized for low-cost mobile phones that lets users create, share, and reflect on stories about their lives and communities. Tags: amy sample ward mobile devices netsquared Newsletter NPTech NTEN. To learn more about NetSquared or get involved, visit [link].

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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. Maybe we need an NPtech History Archive ? Flickr photo from jhritz NpDigg: The Insect Antennae? Generation.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. Tags: Collaboration Community Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Social Media Communications. Missing Persons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2005

He spends a lot of time researching the Web to find ideas for stories and then will has a formal list of questions he uses that he makes available in advance. He, like me, prefers free or open source tools and admits that Audacity did have a learning curve and it can be conquered.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

For 2014, our NPTech experts made strong predictions about charities doing more multi-channel marketing or going beyond email and direct mail into social media. If we want to get our story out there in a form that will get attention, videos are the ticket. Social Media and Fundraising. This past year, U.S. One is hiring.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 21, 2005

Keep an eye on some future developments in Cambodia and blogging as the Open Forum 's Khmer Open Source expects to launch khmer language blogging software. Technorati Tags: nptech We did started this email interview several weeks ago after I first heard about his project. Phnom Penh Network. Siem Reap Network.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

a slogan, perhaps, or a compelling human-interest story â?? an open class discussion, or a traditional front-of-room lecture from your teacher? While celebrity endorsements have power in marketing, studies suggest that most people are more open to a transfer or exchange of knowledge with a respected peer. open source.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Podcasting is a storytelling medium; use it as the voice for your organization’s most compelling stories. Audacity (open source software for Windows, Linux, or Mac) and Garage Band (Mac only) are two of the most common tools podcasters use. Tags: corey pudhorodsky NPTech NTEN Newsletter podcasting social media.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) You make them think, feel and care.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Email is a critical channel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

nonprofit technology thought leader Marnie Webb created the NpTech Tag as a way for nonprofit techies to share bookmarks on del.icio.us. Marshall Kirkpatrick , who was working with Netsquared , whipped up the NpTech Metafeed which allowed folks to aggregate items tagged by nonprofit techies from many distributed sources.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Panelist: Tara Hunt, Intuit 7. Whitehouse.gov 2.0:

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

There’s lots of interesting NPTech news this month. All the news stories I saw on this urged us to not confuse the web with the Internet. Among the plethora of news stories on this, I recommend Der Spiegel’s frank interview with Berners-Lee. NPTech Contests and Awards. This 25 th.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

I have a story about nonprofits with a website they can’t leverage for their mission. Although complete fiction, this story will feel quite familiar. And I know I’ve been a guilty party in a real story at some point in my career. They are resistant to rapid changes in their technology, as well they should be.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2011

This $10,000 prize is awarded to talented and creative individuals who develop open source software products that demonstrate impressive value to the nonprofit sector. Know an Open Source developer who is pushing the nonprofit sector forward? Nominate them!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2008

If you want to do an interview and have a dog, feel free to add your dog to the NpTech Dog Group ) David J. is the place for people to share their stories around cancer. Whether you are a survivor, pre-vivors, a caregiver or just someone with a story to tell SharingHope.TV Open source and local talent.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

There’s lots of intriguing green NPTech news this month. It tells the story of the mounting international e-waste situation. Heartbleed is an OpenSSL bug that creates openings in cloud servers in which attackers can go in and extract passwords, private keys, and other data. Recycling. Now the one that doesn’t work.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

My TechSoup Global colleague in Warsaw, Anka Kuliberda, reports that the biggest nonprofit tech story in Europe this past year were the anti-ACTA riots in several countries and also the Open Knowledge Festival. An example of this is the superb open-source freeware database developed by Benetech. called Martus.

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