Care2

DECEMBER 23, 2010

So what type of metrics are non-profits tracking to determine if they are achieving their objectives? One metric I track on our Blog is RSS or eMail subscribers. And to set objectives that you can measure when your done. Good question. Here’s what we’ve seen based on talking to close to 800 non-profits.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Netvibes will let you track all kinds of things online, all by using RSS feeds or ready-built widgets. This free service from Google let’s you identify key words, phrases, or URLs that you want to track. You can then click on the linked “Feed&# word that has the RSS icon next to it (the icon looks like a signal).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

Lee LeFever and Sachi created this three minute video to explain RSS in plain English and why if you're not tracking web information using RSS you need to do so! RSS is Step 5. His post is here. This afternoon I'm teaching a webinar called Ten Steps to Extension 2.0 for Extension professionals new to Web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

Submitted by Amy Sample Ward, publisher of Amy Sample Ward’s Version of NPTech When it comes to “nptech” or nonprofit technology, there are more blogs and organizations and resources than any one person can find, let alone keep track of! So, my response is simple: I want to share my RSS reader with you. I’m no exception. Check it out!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

He points to google analytics as a tool they have started using to track their audience. This isn't the only widget that uses RSS stream headlines or content from feeds. These include: RSS Scroll Box - allows you to add up 3 RSS feeds that scroll up the page. A quick search on widgetbox and found a few more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

Amy Gahran has some excellent self-reflections and advice about the way she reads feeds in her RSS reader. I have them organized into folders by topics I'm tracking, including my "ego feeds" and "circle of wise" (the blogs that I get the most value from reading like Amy's for example). ego surfing??? ve joined.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2009

RSS Feeds: Add an RSS feed to your blog and news sections so people visiting your site can subscribe to your feed and stay updated on your nonprofits latest news. I like Google Feedburner because it gives visitors a choice to subscribe via RSS or email. tracks data such as click-through rates, geographic locations, etc.

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

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!" Tracking Earned Media Monitoring earned media has become a lot easier and faster.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2008

Dipity is a timeline tool that let's you edit a timeline collaboratively or pop in an RSS feed. I put the RSS feed for the WeAreMedia wiki in - and it displays the changes in a timeline. More here. I wish I had known about dipity from the beginning -- gives you a sense of participation.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

On Twitter , look up hashtags that your community uses and follow them to track conversations. Regardless of which Facebook option you choose, track which kinds of posts or content your community responds to the most to help make the most engaging space you can. Creating Buzz. Be sure to use relevant (but not spammy!)

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 16, 2010

You've got bookmarks for websites you need to check daily, online tools, news alerts for tracking your nonprofit's keywords and issues, email, social networks, RSS feeds for favorite blogs… It's all too easy to miss vital information, or to waste a great deal of time checking for updates. read more ). read more ).

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

The PMDMC conference had a 4-part social media track. In the presentations section of this post you can follow how to set up a community map, content map, and basic tracking documents; and templates for all of those are in the resources section below. Start Joining.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

day conference was split into two tracks for IT and NGO, sometimes meeting separately, sometimes coming together to collaborate. I had the opportunity to facilitate the IT track and had lots of fun poking, prodding, and supporting some really interesting conversations and sharing sessions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Make sure the CMS you choose lets you moderate comments, ban individuals from commenting, and fast-track certain commenters—staff, for example—by allowing them to publish without waiting for moderation. Note from Beth: Your web site is your home base is the heart and soul of your content strategy.

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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Considered one of the best RSS feed readers available, it gives a clean and clear experience, intuitively tracks what you’ve read and helps with organizing all your various subscriptions into convenient groups. If you use photography on your blog or other type of WordPress site, it may be necessary to edit photos on the go.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

On a listserv the other day, Laura Quinn at Idealware asked if "Visit" or "Click" data on Feedburner were useful metrics to track to assess reader interest in your blog content. Looking at Alternatives to Feedburner To Track RSS Subscribers Chris Baskind's post, " Is It Time To Let Feedburner Burn? Here's the thread.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I volunteered to be the “expert&# in residence for the “Program&# track of Office Hours. The description: “ Talk with Michelle about internal software systems – document and knowledge management, CRM, client management databases, intranets, etc.&# So, come join me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

If you are not reading blogs and web sites in an RSS Reader , make that your New Year's resolution. If you are using a RSS reader, evaluate if it is still works for you. Attend NTEN's NTC Conference in April and attend the social media tracks. Use a time out timer to help you track time spent and keep on track.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2007

I discovered that I had problem figuring out how many total feed subscribers and the trends over time because I had four feeds (three built into the typepad blogging platform) and another one in feedburner which offers the stats tracking feature.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 12, 2011

It’s core is a very powerful and flexible ticket tracker, but it includes all of the important project management features you want and need, milestones, time tracking, wikis, file repository, even discussion boards, and it connects with version control repositories. I think it knocks Basecamp right out of the water.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Last week I started looking into alternatives to Feedburner to track RSS subscribers because Chris Baskind's post, " Is It Time To Let Feedburner Burn? made me pause and wonder whether Feedburner is still the best option for tracking subscriber growth overtime. There are other ways to measure your RSS reach.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

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). Think about which things you really need to track and measure those, not everything you could possibly track. use monitoring tools.

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Care2

MAY 2, 2007

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!"

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Care2

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Burn your feeds – You’ll want to make setup your RSS feeds properly in Feedburner so that you can track subscriber numbers and click-throughs from RSS readers. Get Tracking – Install your Google Analytics tracking code so you can keep tabs on traffic, how people get to your site, and lots of other web stats.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Each button is then edited individually by adding either a link, a RSS Feed, or by checking a box indicating you will add further information later in the Sweb App Management System. It allows you to login to your back end and track the activity of your App. This information will be important to track over the coming months.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Netvibes will let you track all kinds of things online, all by using RSS feeds or ready-built widgets. This free service from Google let’s you identify key words, phrases, or URLs that you want to track. You can then click on the linked “Feed” word that has the RSS icon next to it (the icon looks like a signal).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

If you are not reading blogs and web sites in an RSS Reader , make that your New Year's resolution. If you are using a RSS reader, evaluate if it is still works for you. Attend NTEN's NTC Conference in April and attend the social media tracks. Use a time out timer to help you track time spent and keep on track.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 9, 2018

You can also access your newsfeeds and establish RSS feeds for keywords. This interactive to-do list can help your nonprofit when schedules don’t exactly match up and you need to track progress on projects. Buffer allows you to schedule your posts for social media ahead of time and curate content from other websites through feeds.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

You create lists and plans and milestones and systems to track how you''re spending your time and money. If you would like to receive my posts via email or RSS, the prompts to subscribe are at the bottom of brittbravo.com.' Maybe you''re naturally a more structured person. You feel in control of your destiny. All photos by me. *

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Write content and secure photos for mobile pages, or import via RSS. Create a Bitly account to track mobile click-throughs, if applicable. Create a 6- × 6-inch hard copy of your nonprofit’s avatar for photo check ins, if applicable. 3) Mobile Website. Select a mobile CMS. Design and upload a banner. Add social networking icons.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

As nonprofits get more comfortable integrating social media into their communications outreach, they still face an uphill battle in how to track their brand through a user-friendly dashboard. What affordable and easy options do nonprofits have to track their brand online in one central space?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 7, 2008

I figured I’d keep on this track for a while – there’s lots to talk about. Next up, Filezilla.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Beth Kanter digs deep to try and figure out how to pull RSS content into Facebook I review Facebook’s new ad platform. Keep track of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, no matter which blog is hosting, by subscribing to the Carnival feed. { The Donor Power Blog shows that to give, is to receive. Good stuff!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

It can keep track of your Twitter friends, etc. Flock is the “social browser.&# For bookmarking, it uses your del.icio.us It can bring in your photos (and the photos of your contacts) from flickr. You can also use it as a blog editor, which I am going to start trying out. It’s amazingly good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2008

Are you using RSS to listen, but want to know how to fine tune your listening skills? Let's say that you have mastered using an RSS reader like bloglines or google reader or event NetVibes to read feeds. Here's an example of a Yahoo pipe that Marnie Webb put together that tracks nonprofit technology resources.

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NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2011

—. If you haven’t already, please consider subscribing via RSS or eMail to receive fresh content on a regular basis. —. Non-profit organizations using RainMaker are able to easily see who’s supported to them, track how much money has been raised via Twitter and send automated thank you Tweets to each donor.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 21, 2008

CiviCRM has 4 basic components: CiviContribute, CiviMail, CiviMember, and CiviEvents – which allow you to track contacts, donations, members, send out email blasts, have event registration, etc. It originally came out of the idea of making moving eBase (the CRM based on Filemaker Pro) to the web.

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