Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 4, 2008

There’s a poll on mashable.com , where the sentiment is most certainly heavily in favor of Facebook opening up the social graph. I think people are finally realizing that the current state of affairs – where we can pump data into Facebook and other social networks, but not get data out of them, is untenable. 2 admin 01.04.08

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Read More » Local Government Web Managers Notes: Responding to Economic Uncertainty Michael Walsh in Influence 18 May 2010 In the past few months, world-wide political and economic uncertainty has shaken global confidence, which in turn has resulted in continued market instability and volatility. We also saw some.

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NTEN

MARCH 15, 2011

If you aren't using your Web presence to engage committed and potential members, you're losing a prime opportunity. Before you take that first step though, remember that your Web efforts, no matter how big or small, should advance your comprehensive marketing and business strategy. Start with the basics, then move on to the big time.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

This socially-sourced crowd spends upwards of 15 minutes per day, every day , on social media sites, 3 to 7 times more than on any other major web property. . All that being said, let’s assume you're redoing your organizational web site, and want to make it work well for your visitors arriving from social media communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

non-IT professionals understand web applications for collaboration. Alexandra Samuels has a terrific post on Best Practices for Nonprofits Using Web.2.0. From last week's Web2.04Dev Conference is a snap poll " What does Web2.0 " -- the poll was done with mp3 files and so you can hear their voices. mean for you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

During the NTC, ThePort Network, Inc , NTEN , and Common Knowledge released results of a survey that examines the use of social networking as a marketing and fundraising tool. The survey polled 978 nonprofit professionals about their organizations’ use of commercial social networking sites (e.g. On Facebook, about 39.9%

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Forum One

OCTOBER 31, 2006

Read More » Local Government Web Managers Notes: Responding to Economic Uncertainty Michael Walsh in Influence 18 May 2010 In the past few months, world-wide political and economic uncertainty has shaken global confidence, which in turn has resulted in continued market instability and volatility. We also saw some.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

In July of 2010, we added a new dimension to our rating system which considers the accountability and transparency of charities as reflected in certain information on their web site, as well as new information required in their annual IRS 990 filing.5 Tags: NPTech NTEN transparency Fundraising. BRONX POL 'FE$$ES UP.” New York Post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

This is both the hard and fun part of making web videos. What we're talking about are web widgets and the definition is: A Web Widget is a portable chunk of code that can be installed and executed within any separate html-based web page by an end user without requiring additional compilation. What is a Widget?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

I had to learn how to create web pages, manage email, modem escape codes, navigate the Internet, and whatever came along. It was almost five years ago to the day, that I did a webinar for NTEN on the topic and have been integrating social media into teaching and learning experiences ever since.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

We discuss issues and trends in modern web technologies that help your organization achieve more with less. Consider how you might use the interactive possibilities of the Internet and Web 2.0 RSS feed: We write on web technology and social media tools for non-profits - charities, associations, clubs and other organizations.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

According to a recent poll by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, two-thirds of nonprofits are using social media, and 39% of respondents said they feel these tools are important for reaching the greatest number of donors. An internal community is also a great way to increase Web traffic and search engine optimization (SEO).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

The MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning Competition includes a "Knowledge-networking" category designed to take good ideas and circulates them widely, taking full advantage of the Web's potential for collaborative thinking. is a free web application that lets you brainstorm online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Someone on the 501 Tech Club NY list ( NTEN Affinity Group ) suggested a name change might be needed. There is now a poll to vote on names suggested by people. Web Worker Daily describes five new jobs of the Web2.0 Nonprofit Software (and hardware) Ryan at PicNet hacks Email to RSS for NTEN Affinity Groups ! Generation.

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Care2

JANUARY 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) by age, interest, activism level).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2012

Evolution of the Web Infographic (hat tip Dirk Slater - click for Source). So I asked a few questions to determine the level of experience and current challenges and used the Webinar platform polling features. The Unanticipated Benefits of Content Curation. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

Original photo remixed from flickr photo by Stinky Peter Screencast in conjunction with NTEN View the screencast as higher quality flash file -takes longer to download here. My screencast on widgets is featured in this month's NTEN newsletter in a section pointing to " How To Build Online Community." I'm so excited!

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2011

By Annaliese Hoehling, Publications Director, NTEN. Within the era of the World Wide Web, there has always been someone filling the role that we are only recently starting to staff for purposely: the Community Manager. Sometime during her (and the Web's) evolution, however, she began to look and act more like that PR Professional.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Content management systems (CMS) have transformed standard expectations -- about posting news and updates without web design skills, managing donors and other constituents, opening up sections of your site to your community, tracking results, and more. To oversimplify a bit, modern web sites can be more interactive.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2008

These site subscribers are the hubs of their own social networks -- a population un-polled by traditional pollsters but known to the campaigns. These posts were literally "mashed up" with Current TV's election debate feeds that aired on their cable channel and web video feed. and aggregates them. Measure Twice, Cut Once.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

I have been doing the social media thing for almost 4 years and I took granted that most nonprofits are doing the basics in terms of measuring ROI, but recent polls I presented on Twitter speak otherwise. During the Era of Web 1.0, Poll your donors. Sending out my Web 2.0 Monitor your website traffic. 81% answered no.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Holly Ross at NTEN writes about a new ring tone, " Why don't you just shut up? According to a recent national poll , when price and quality are equal, 77 percent will choose a brand that supports a cause. More on the study results from Marshall Kirkpatrick at Read/Write Web and here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Provided you set aside the time to explore and experiment, your nonprofit can use the tools listed below to significantly improve your web and email communications and your social media campaigns. BlueHost is w low-cost web and email hosting company with excellent customer service and free SSL Certificates. Social Media.

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