Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2005

In preparation for tommorrow's iLaw , I reviewed some cyberstrategy for third world countries links I've collected. I came across this one for Khmer Open Source Project. Here's the link to the draft of the master plan for implementing open source in Cambodia.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. This website tracks what sites are the most popular in the world today. In addition to the list of global top sites, you can also view top sites by country.

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Byte Technology

JULY 4, 2017

That said, the folks at WP Beginner have compiled an impressive list of creative shortcuts and work-arounds that can really up a user’s game and make the process of designing, launching and administering a WordPress site infinitely more seamless and easy. Here’s part one with seven tips and tricks, stand by for part 2 next week.

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 4, 2021

All of your digital marketing outlets, including email, social media, online ads, all seem to lead back to your nonprofit site. It’s hard to go past the research step of the donor journey when your nonprofit site is full of out-dated and inaccurate information. This means conducting regular nonprofit website maintenance.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2014

While you should definitely explore the full site, here are the top five tips I distilled from the project. These open source tools include apps and tools for encrypting emails, texts, browsing history, and even phone calls. You can even add a banner to your site to spread the word. Double-Protect Your Online Accounts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Note from Beth: Your web site is your home base is the heart and soul of your content strategy. Letting them subscribe to your site content through RSS feeds or email can help them ensure they’re getting the most-update information from your organization with ease and convenience.

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Forum One

JULY 20, 2021

Drupal is an open-source content management framework that was initially released 20 years ago. Upgrading Drupal to the next major version usually meant you had to rebuild your site from the ground up, which could have been a big undertaking. Your site will have to be on Drupal 8.8 million members. or Drupal 8.9

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Drupal is an open-source content management framework that was initially released 21 years ago. Upgrading Drupal to the next major version usually meant you had to rebuild your site from the ground up, which could have been a big undertaking. Since then, there have been nine major releases. million members.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Drupal is an open-source content management framework that was initially released 21 years ago. Upgrading Drupal to the next major version usually meant you had to rebuild your site from the ground up, which could have been a big undertaking. Since then, there have been nine major releases. million members.

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

If you're considering revamping your website to include social elements like the Facebook Like button, streaming from YouTube, or adding information from a social site through its API, it can be overwhelming to know where to begin. Taking that thought a bit further, think about how using social media on your site will accomplish those goals.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

That a growing number of consumer brands are transforming their existing static Web sites into interactive online communities is a trend that is not only recent, but also rapidly accelerating." "Open source software exists in the computer industry. Open architecture exists in the construction industry.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

We use free and open source software whenever possible, but we're pragmatic and work with what our human rights monitoring and advocacy partners need, so our environment is a pretty eclectic mix. Maintain and develop our data deduplication (entity resolution) framework written in python and Java.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

Just send the company your e-mail list and tell it what social networking sites those on your list are using, their demographics, the numbers of friends they have, how many widgets they’re using, even their interests. Rapleaf digs into the usual social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.), Be Helpful.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Guest blog by Pavi Mehta, Volunteer Coordinator Open source champion Mozilla.org kicked off seven days of service earlier this month: September 14-21st thousands of people donated over 6000 hours of their time to good causes in their communities as part of Mozilla Service Week.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing, take 2 January 31, 2008 Back in August, I did a review of web conferencing tools, with a decidedly unusual slant – as a presenter, I had to be able to share my Linux desktop.

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Care2

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Here’s a final checklist to run through before you launch your site to make sure everything is ready for the big-time. User friendly - Have a few staff members or volunteers who weren’t involved in the design process go through the site as a "normal" user. At a minimum, test the site on iphone, ipad, and Android phone.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

The thing that is prompting this post is the little storm about the security metric that we used to try and get a handle on the security of the 4 different systems we reviewed. You might think that comparing four different open source packages that, in essence, do pretty the same thing (in a broad sense) would be a cakc walk.

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2013

Under the terms of the Executive Order and a new Open Data Policy all newly generated government data must be made available in open, machine-readable formats. This has followed in the footsteps of a host of government initiatives that encourage open data and reuse. Please visit the site to view this video).

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

WordPress Platform overview: WordPress is a free, open-source CMS, meaning anyone can view and change the software’s code to suit their needs. Drupal Platform overview: Drupal is also an open-source CMS that many nonprofits use to build secure, scalable websites. Prices vary based on the hosting provider you choose.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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Care2

JULY 11, 2013

When I’m frustrated with Facebook and just can’t find a solution, I will head over to The Nonprofit Facebook Guy site where I will often find the information I need. John has great tutorials that walk you through Facebook marketing and also offers great insight in his blog posts, such as Why Facebook Marketing Feels so Impossible.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

According to the American Red Cross , A recent Red Cross survey asked 1,058 adults about their use of social media sites in emergency situations. There were also many sites so a searcher would have to go through several and sort through the many different search protocols and syntax. Citizen-Powered Response.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

As some sort of measure of accountability, raw web statistics (this site got x visits and y pageviews in t timeframe) mean zilch. Allan says: Granted, web site stats will not tell me anything about how many hungry people a nonprofit feeds. Why bother having a web site at all? Your site, zenofnptech.org, is already on Quantcast.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

There are some interesting comparison’s out there – see Notmyself, Phil Crissman , and Jeff Croft for a good review of Ma.gnolia’s open API. First, I’ll do a quickie review of the social bookmarking phenomena and why I’ve been using del.icio.us, and why I’m switching to Ma.gnolia.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2015

It is a noncommercial site that has ratings and reviews for movies, games, apps, TV shows, websites, books, and music. One we like that is oriented toward open source and also advocacy is the Library Freedom Project (LFP). A good place to get a start on that is the FCC Cybersecurity Site for Small Business.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

NPTimes " Hot Nonprofit Websites " article highlights the successful "Main" and "Micro" sites of nonprofits, with the editorial help of NTEN's own Holly Ross. NTEN members featured in the list of sites include the United Nations Foundation and The Wilderness Society.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Nancy raises a few questions about whether a distributed presence for organizations - splitting the attention of members between an organization's web site and social networking profiles is a liability or an asset. Michelle Murrain is doing a post about 100 free and open source software tools. The Nonprofit Blog reviews InStedd.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

He publishes how-to articles on NTEN, TechSoup Canada , and the surprising Nonprofit MarCommunity site. He is the founder of Txtocracy.com , an open-source project that aims to increase voter turnout via text messages. Harvard Business Review is another favourite for insights from a business / management perspective.

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2015

They designed an open-source mobile browser-based app that allows the user to quickly collect and map data while on the ground. Watch this quick video to see LocalData in action: (Please visit the site to view this video). The simple site is divided into categories: Shelter, Food, Medical, Hygiene, and Technology.

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NTEN

MARCH 7, 2011

Chris Bernard, Senior Editor, Idealware Idealware's first report on Open Source Content Management Systems for nonprofits, published in March of 2009, covered WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and Plone. However, WordPress doesn't scale as intuitively as the other three systems to support complex sites.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

He publishes how-to articles on NTEN, TechSoup Canada , and the surprising Nonprofit MarCommunity site. He is the founder of Txtocracy.com , an open-source project that aims to increase voter turnout via text messages. Harvard Business Review is another favourite for insights from a business / management perspective.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

In " The Social Web Ain't Rocket Science " Worldchanging blogger Jon Lebkowsky reminds us that blogs, wikis, and social networking sites may not be appropriate for all nonprofits and that hype and pressure shouldn't drive adoption decisions or they may not be successful. The parody sites are sprouting up like mushrooms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Creative Commons points out the projects that support free culture and open content on their site and on. "Put it this way, if you have a quote from Bill Clinton on your site, you are probably not hurting for publicity!" Tim Fullerton gives us a quick review of the NTC as a first-timer, as does Marc Sirkin.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

This time I’ll review the Nominet Trust 100 nominations for the very best technologies for social good, the big TechSoup/ Guardian Technology for Good Report, The soft launch of Hacker Helper, a new free service that sends money over email, the world’s most popular websites, and two new Netflix style subscription services for eBooks.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Idealware.org has reviews of many of these tools as well. House of Representatives; EPA just halted all new permits and ordered a review of the practice. To get started and to review more case studies, 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. A quick review of the results of Isovera Survey of Open Source Content Management Satisfaction in Nonprofit Organizations.

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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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