Amy Sample Ward

JULY 16, 2009

Using hashtags lets you mark your message as pertaining to a certain topic, then automatically include that message in a stream with everyone else’s that include the same hashtag. For example, recent 4Change topics have included using competitions for social change and Twitter as a political/revolutionary tool.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Like other social sites, LinkedIn is a place to tell your story and connect with others – and LinkedIn’s new and expanded tools make that even easier for nonprofit organizations. Organization’s can add their blog or website’s RSS feed to automatically stream news content to their Company page.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 6, 2007

But there are a few tidbits that I’ve enjoyed: There is a great Flickr stream building up of photos tagged with “07NTC &# including one of me. And I think most of the bloggers are too busy giving, or going to sessions to blog much. Technorati Tags: 07NTC , nptech { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 John Frost 04.06.07

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Analytics tools. how to integrate tools without reinventing the wheel. use monitoring tools. use your RSS reader. How do you use a RSS feed like a rockstar? pull in hashtags from Twitter into the RSS reader (pull in the RSS of a search.twitter.com result). Listening tools: Netvibes.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

I’m on week 3 of my Ubuntu laptop migration – things are smoothing out – I’ve got audio working, I can listen to mp3 and audio streams. (If, perchance, you might want to read it, drop me an email.) Flash (and, therefore, YouTube) is working, as is Java. I’ll keep you posted on URLs and feeds. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

And, more importantly, will nonprofit messages get lost in the stream of news feed posts about Joe being a fan of Apple, and Jane renting a four star movie from Blockbuster? { Of course, there are huge privacy issues, here, and one law professor thinks the ads are illegal. What does this mean for nonprofits? Well, it depends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2009

It is one of a number of "life streaming applications" where individuals and organizations who are active on the social web can port their activity across social networks into one, easy to follow, read, and comment activity stream. It gives me a better snapshot that just following a Twitter stream. What do you think?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

Part IIa: Social Bookmarking September 24, 2006 After writing my post on tagging , I got sidetracked by Marnie Webb’s mention of ma.gnolia , and then went off to investigate, then decided to write about social bookmarking tools. Ma.gnolia is a new(ish) social bookmarking tool. It should be interesting to see how this plays out.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

One of the most important things to understand is that SaaS is primarily built upon open source tools such as Apache, MySQL, and MySQL. It’s my understanding that none of the major non-profit SaaS players use open source tools. 3 Jon Biedermann 09.25.08 5 friarminor 09.30.08

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Yikes, the first ever tag spam I've seen in the NpTech Tag Stream! Then, I remembered the phrase flowed through the NPtech tag stream about six months as a reference to interface design.) More about social media tools for philanthropy from Tactical Philanthropy. Some really cool events flowing through the NpTech Tag Stream!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2007

My notes in no particular order: The call started with a definition and some tools. Google reader has google reader sharing - reblogging - Imagine a power RSS user culls posts that are really useful and clicks share - and creates an exhaust feed of items. I love what Chris did with the data -- I love that IBM tool too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2009

Facebook empowers non-profits by enabling them to mobilize communities, organize events, increase fundraising, reduce costs with free online tools, and raise awareness through viral networks. Worst thing you can do with a page is dump an RSS feed into the Page - won't be as successful. I learned a lot, but not I captured it all.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

tools in different cultures around the world. Through following his twitter stream, I discovered he's on the ground now in Southeast Asia and is coming to Cambodia. " I have heard of interesting examples using mobile phones getting RSS feeds from blogs. He did some terrific reporting from the Web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2008

.   And, while some research indicates this slowing down is often to the brain's long-term benefit, one wonders what the impact is of too much Internet information that comes through our RSS readers.     All of a sudden my Twitter stream exploded with a sea of tweets from people who were new to me. .  

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2005

Marnie Webb posted this comment: "I think a critical second step for nonprofits is to use RSS to syndicate the tag stream (for lack of a better phrase) onto their own website." since I use it as a teaching tool.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. By using tagging and RSS extension programs are able to exchange information and share content freely. tools can provide quick and dirty market research tools or the ability to do an environmental scans for strategic planning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2005

conference, will help non-profit organizations move into that world -- byte by byte, blog by blog, RSS feed by RSS feed. There is a blogging community tool available on the site and people are registering and setting up blogs. Content is also being added to the site through streams of aggregated content through the net2 tag.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

Use your blog or twitter or whatever tool to solicit practical ideas on how to use social media to make connections. in your RSS reader and to add the del.icio.us Collective bookmarking is an extremely powerful learning tool! Use tools like Technorati, Bloglines, and Forum Tracker to monitor what people are. Johannes).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

With streaming video tools that are free - like Ustream.TV - I imagine we'll see more people video streaming from professional conferences like next month's NTC Conference in New Orleans. Check this recent interview to learn more about Jonathan's secrets to using social media tools for success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2008

John's River in Florida while live streaming with my n95 last week while on an all too brief vacation. using social media tools. What are some measurement processes, practices, and tools? How can you use different tools to listen effectively? RSS, Technorati, Google Alerts, etc). Alligator on the St.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2006

In the comments, I prodded her to share some of her experience about using tagging as a tool to share resources in a community of practice context. Does that contribute to the willingness to participate or pollute the tag stream and create information overload?). e-collaboration??? group" about tagging and social-bookmarking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Twitter for me is mostly a listening tool. Is Twitter A Traffic Tool, Not. Does Twitter Work Better As A Listening Tool. Last week inspired by this blog post written by an artist named Tina , I asked my Twitter network, " How would you use Twitter as a listening tool ?" Twitter As A Conversation Tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2005

That's not me, but the somewhat off putting clipart that appears on the top page of the RSS Newsreader, Newsgator. I first learned about this tool from Sonny Cloward's post " Going Back to the Dark Side " a few weeks ago when I was obsessing about RSS readers and finding blogs to read. Now I have found way too many.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

I presented an overview on content curation why important, a framework, and introduced some new curation tools – scoop.it Bruce’s daily routine includes using an RSS reader/dashboard filled with the best blogs and keyword searches. Content Curation Primer. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. and storify.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

And, what if you could subscribe to an RSS feed so anytime a new picture was added about a topic you care about, were studying, or writing about - it would come automatically to you? Why Museum Professionals Should Use Flickr from the Musem 2.0 A List of Examples. Amy Gahran's Advice on Using Flickr Photos As Source Material.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2008

Go to the KCET's landing page for the show and you'll see them promoting the Twitter account,(but not with a Twitter badge streaming the actual tweets.) Twitter isn't the only tool that is part of the strategy, there is also a video blog that is shot by an intern and shows a more informal side of Tavis answering people's questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

An excellent primer about RSS in Teaching Hacks Wiki that looks at RSS in terms of different outcomes - productivity, professional development, community building, and others. Peter Dietz has an article explaining why we need group fundraising RSS feeds. Gmail integrates PowerPoint presentation tool for attachments.

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NTEN

MARCH 23, 2009

You may have noticed that LinkedIn rolled out some new features for groups: Group managers can add RSS and Atom feeds to the News section. Is it so bad to provide an NTEN member benefit that integrates with the LinkedIn professional network tools and community? New posts will show up as new news items. > > My take: good thing!

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See3

MARCH 13, 2008

Work with the Public Affairs team to identify, develop, and execute communication tactics via the organization’s website, including video streaming, blogging, RSS feeds, subscription systems, social networking media, and other forms of electronic communication and convening.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Facebook is also a great tool for nonprofits. Integrate your blog /web site content via Blog RSS Feed Reader. Including media consumption and interactions per post, as well as the number of fans who have hidden you from their stream. With 200 Million users (and growing) it’s hard to ague otherwise. Stand up 2 Cancer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2007

" Sometimes I pop out of my RSS reader to leave a drive-by IM message on his meebo client just to be annoying. Yes, but I hate to think of my blog as a professional development tool although I understand it can be one. I especially get a kick out of his meebo (IM widget) "Confession Box."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2007

" which is an introduction to social media concepts and tools for nonprofit use. where derivative work is allowed is a great tool for the. While browsing RSS reader today, I noticed someone had favorited my recursive mashup photo that I have on the cover the presentation. The title was " Ten Steps to Extension 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2007

My Flickr Stream. The idea is that if you're overwhelmed, there's a problem in the way you work with the tool. Email subscriptions to my newsletter have leveled off (though RSS continues to climb). 3=Email is a chore, I prefer other ways to communicate with friends. 4=I hate email. " Maybe, but the thrill is gone.

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Care2

OCTOBER 24, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" You can read all of the details, including which topics will be covered, here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. Nonprofit Software (and hardware) Ryan at PicNet hacks Email to RSS for NTEN Affinity Groups ! TechSoup has RSS feeds too! bleeding edge tool, twitter. Also announced 2.0 Strategy, Wealth Management Edition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

Some of the topical themes I will work in more depth: Listening: I have focused on the free tools and have some great step-by-steps. Smart Social Media Tips, Tactics, and Tools Most of the resource organizing will be taking place over at the WeAreMedia wiki in preparation for the workshops taking place in 2009.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2005

I am 28 years old and am just beginning to work in consulting and training in the use of new web tools for research and communication. More specifically, I help non-profit, small business and academic groups and individuals learn how to use web applications and services like RSS, blogs, wikis, search, social bookmarking, podcasting and more.

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