Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2011

Louis Gray points out that a couple of safeguards have been built into the system, use of real identities and rating/voting of the answers, to prevent this from happening. Geoff’s posts were removed because they were to yes or no oriented, and Quora does not allow for polling types of questions.

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NTEN

JUNE 30, 2010

At the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we gave our session evaluation system a major tech overhaul by highlighting a mobile text messaging option in addition to our normal paper evaluations -- as well as an online option that was added at the last minute.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JULY 15, 2009

But at a recent project kickoff the bar for success was really low: "Our staff will actually use the system." He can poll users frequently to get them to send him any material that would be apporpriate for inclusion. Tags: nptech socialmedia training. This barrier can be reduced by "priming the pump."

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2015

To quote an overly used advertising tag line: know the gaps. Digital Service, the creation of online digital movements engaging millions of active participants, and the provision of timely voter registration and polling place information to tens of millions of people. Nonprofit Technology Funding for Democracy: The Problem.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

No, there are scores of companies building and selling systems today that deliver very real value via the real-time web. Olark is an XMPP system that puts a chat window on top of any webpage you publish and ties the communication with page visitors in to your favorite IM client. Real-Time Relationships (And Up-selling ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Microtasks could be tagging hundreds of images or cleaning up hundreds of database entries. Many crowdsourcing work sites provide some kind of rating system meaning the better, more accurate workers can rise to the top. For clarification, “Work” means any process that requires actual efforts that are usually compensated in some way.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

In recognition of the emerging tools and the tremendous need for information regarding transparency and effectiveness, we have recently undertaken efforts to include these measures in our rating system. Tags: NPTech NTEN transparency Fundraising. Ninety eight percent indicated a strong or very strong level of interest in it.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Polling capabilities enable quick decision-making between and leading up to meetings. Trello is a project management system that helps provide a visual representation of each stage of the project’s process. Qgiv’s app automates that process and saves your nonprofit time. Compliant reporting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

You can also use polls and surveys for collecting input from your colleagues in advance, before the meeting, so that everyone has the same opportunity to share their ideas (they may not have it during the meeting). Having a buddy system helps remove the sense of isolation or distance from those in the room.

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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. Tags: NPTech NTEN. By Bob Alves, President and CEO, Advanced Solutions International.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2005

The tool for this job is a content management system (CMS). Content management systems are software applications for creating, editing, and controlling the information on your website. A good system will allow you to give many users the rights to edit content, while reserving for a select view the right to approve or publish.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

I have a poll question for you. I’m going to end the poll, if that’s all right. So I’m going to ask you a couple of questions, and, Steven, it’s time to bring the other poll up. And let me go back to it for just real quick for you while Steven is bringing the poll up. Here we go. Steven: Yeah.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

After studying irrigation and soil and water conservation, which pays attention to the interface between social systems and irrigation technology in developing countries, she worked for ten years in Africa. What is your sense of how these social networking tools, tagging, blogs and the like ??? I'm too shy to do an online poll.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Polling tools will allow you to gauge opinions on everything from serious strategic decisions to more lighthearted decisions like the theme for your annual gala. No need for board members to rely on lengthy email chains or to play phone tag with one another! Discuss important topics and make timely decisions using polling tools.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

I’m going to be kicking things off in a couple minutes with some awesome polls to get to know you better. And I’m going to start off by doing some polls, and I’m going to launch this poll right now. Take my poll, fundraising friends. Just choose in the poll how many appeals mail and email you sent.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 21, 2008

While many museums are still far from seamless technology-based ways to allow visitors to rate exhibits real-time while in the museum, there are some no-tech ways to do this using post-its or penny polls. One of the most clever no-tech ratings system I've heard of is at a library in Sweden.

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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. Tags: CMS Leadership Newsletter NPTech NTEN Planning steve backman Web Sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2010

For almost 30 years Ashoka has been seeking out and supporting the best innovators working to create systemic change to join the Ashoka Fellowship. Each tweet is hand-crafted and relevant to our audience, something we checked by asking our followers want sort of information they wanted from us in a poll. Tags: twitter.

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Forum One

MAY 4, 2009

In the keynote address, Ian Schuler of the National Democratic Institute , gave an overview of his work in election monitoring, where he had monitors armed with mobile tools to report on far-flung polling places. This kind of system has been going on, in fact, for 20 years, in various forms, so it has far more precedent than I realized.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

Julia: All right, so all systems go. But The Harris Poll that was conducted between late March and early May found that between 46% and 51% of U.S. The majority of TikTokers, they’re so young, they’re so spontaneous, they’re so generous with reactions, with shares, with tagging. Steven: You got to do it.

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