Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

A story about Rapleaf in Clickz (a newsletter for online marketers) says this : Rapleaf allows you to quickly and inexpensively find out the social networking footprint of those you’re marketing to. Rapleaf digs into the usual social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.), 2 admin 06.11.08

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I also want to thank Ken Goldstein for sharing with his network on YouTube. At our last board meeting, we discussed online fundraising strategies and I made a proposal about using the fundraising widget and a campaign. use your social network to help you with the campaign. What is the checklist? re doing and ask ???em

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 11, 2016

Similar to the early days of Myspace and its users mastering HTML hacks and widgets, Snapchat has an equally dedicated user base of young people that pride themselves on becoming skilled at Lenses, Filters, Stickers, and other Snapchat tips, tricks, and hacks. The same can be said of the new legally verified.NGO domains.

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Forum One

APRIL 22, 2010

A customizable social network with a wide variety of fun and sophisticated add ons. Additions: Photos, wikis, video, search, email notifications, and chat. A social networking tool similar to an intranet, specializing in online collaboration. Profiles: Dual profiles for both professional and social uses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Here's an update from Mike Everett-Lane on the Social Actions blog about how the nonprofit tech community is supporting the event. Choose from a list of service opportunities: Search Mozilla's partner sites ( Idealist & betterplace.org ) for a volunteer opportunity near you or anywhere around the world! .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

They can opt-in by sending a Keyword (NONPROFITORGS) to a Short Code (41411) , or through a subscribe page/widget on a nonprofit’s website. That said, below are 10 text campaigns that I was able to find through Google and Twitter searches: 1. Service Employees International Union :: Subscribe. That’s a great best practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

That's why I remixed the fundraising widget on my blog in support of Creative Commons Annual Campaign. I donated $75 so I could get the t-shirt and photograph myself in it - and added it to all my social networking profiles. So, we searched for creative commons licensed photos. I hope you will do the same and donate too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2008

This time, online organizing efforts using social media are happening before the storm hits. Take for example this widget created by Cerada, Hurricane Gustav widget for iPhone, mobile device or Web site/blog , which allows you to list yourself and indicate whether you are offering. The widget's resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2007

It helped me clarify some fuzzy thoughts about social networking, pattern analysis, and information overload. Rashmi illustrates how social networks have and are evolving over the past five years from the perspective of an information architect/interaction designer/cognitive psychologist. Is social networking doomed?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Apps are software widgets that you usually download onto a phone or PC. Most apps are games and entertainment, social networking tools (like Twitter), informational feeds for a specific topic area or a specific news source, or business and productivity tools like email that fits your particular devices' screen.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 24, 2008

When Change.org started less than two years ago, its main focus was to be a social network where nonprofits and their supporters could connect and take action. In early October, the network re-launched as a social action blog network. org) blog social change activism social network Change.org

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2005

Web searches? What are widgets and how can these new tools help you solve age-old problems? How can an online social network help your organization find volunteers? How is it better than the old-fashioned Web site? What is tagging and how is it relevant? How can you learn from others??? Chris Messina.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2009

We've always done search ads, blogger outreach, and posts on our social networking profiles, but this year, I was ready to take it to the next level. I wanted to make this a social conference. The great thing about social networking is that it breaks the ice. Tweetup widget from TWTvite 2.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 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!" And is it even worth it ? The Data How was it collected?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2006

was about networking, and Web 2.0 turning the search for information on the web into its ability to more intuitively present you back with knowledge instead. and Widgetized Web " --. Jonanthan Peizer describes it as: If web 1.0 about collaboration then Web 3.0 can be defined as being about the smart web ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2007

I noticed today when I logged into Typepad that it is promoting the LinkedIn widget (ChipIn is the featured widget in the gallery , BTW). I joined LinkedIn in 2004, but I only recently actually completed my profile and given some attention to adding people to my network which now has what one friend say "a crap load of contacts.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 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!" And is it even worth it ? The Data How was it collected?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Election Day Debriefs What we can learn about online politics from the 2006 Campaigns from e-politics offers some lessons and takeaways about social networking and other traditional technology tools deployed for political campaigns. Meanwhile Randal Moss gives us some food for thought about turnover in Social Network sites.

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 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!" The ever popular widgets seen on blogs, for example, take advantage of APIs.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2005

technologies and illustrate how using new socially oriented technological innovations can help the nonprofit community. How can you learn from others' Web searches? What are widgets and how can these new tools help you solve age-old problems? * How can an online social network help your organization find volunteers?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

I'm not sure if Christine obsesses about her technorati rating, but she sure does care about blog search widgets and has found something even better than the technorati widget. Another online social networking cause-related fundraising site ! Do you follow your blog's technorati? Does it matter to you? Google Aps.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 23, 2023

For example, o ne template is for organizations that want to focus on member connection and boosting social networking. Use descriptive labels, organized menus, and consider adding a search function to enhance usability. Another template is for associations that desire an analytical, singular experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

I happened to pop out of reader today and cruise through Marnie Webb's sidebar links from Ma.gnolia to land on an interesting article from Monday's SF Chronicle called " Social Sites Becoming Too Much of A good Thing." from Michigan State who is doing research on how younger people are using social networks.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 25, 2008

One of the most popular tools for raising money on blogs are fundraising widgets like ChipIn , Network for Good and Global Giving. Advertising your blog in your email signature, e-newsletter, printed newsletter, annual report, social networks, business cards, etc. How do you increase traffic?

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Smart organizations create and publish their data widely to other sites, widgets, social networks, and aggregation applications. Then, your "data library" can be sorted, searched, and filtered just like your publication library. Don't let your data fall victim! Make it portable.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 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!" 60) Search « Why Every Nonprofit Should Embrace the Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

What is interesting to me about this concept of a platform for change that is very different from say - campaigns on social networking sites like Facebook or the use of widgets and charity badges on blogs for personal fundraising campaigns -- is that while Virtual Worlds are empowering individuals -- we are empowering collective action.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 27, 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!" We’ve done a lot of work in these early phases of social networking and web 2.0

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 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!" The campaign enabled CI to boost their email list by 50,000, in only two weeks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

My screencast on widgets is featured in this month's NTEN newsletter in a section pointing to " How To Build Online Community." If you have questions about widgets or want to share your organization???s Other terms used to describe a Web Widget include Gadget, Badge, Module, Capsule, Snippet, Mini and Flake.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2006

This weekend I went widget shopping! I installed (and unstalled) lots of widgets until I found a few good ones that might be appropriate for nonprofits. Where to find widgets. There are three general types of sources to find widgets to install on your organization's blog or web site: 1. Social Networking Tool or Service.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2017

So social media influencers, by definition, are people that are active on one or more social networks with a modest to large following who can drive awareness and action around your campaign. So again, it’s very key to get your supporters to post your campaign messages to their social networks.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

Use social widgets to allow easy interactions such as like, share, comment, etc. I call this Social Engagement because the goal is to have supporters use their influence on social networks to promote your brand. Search for relevant and trending hashtags to jump into a discussion.

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Care2

JULY 10, 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!" frogloop: Can you share any new or interesting fundraising statistics or data with us?

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Also CauseWired - which was recently published and is all about online fundraising using social networks. Q: What is the best way to acquire or create a widget for a Facebook or MySpace page? Q: Are there any specific ideas to use social media on a regional basis? Beth : See [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2010

After customizing this widget at Facebook.com , you can easily put it into your site’s template in a matter of minutes. Create a branded social network around a specific topic or cause. Facebook communities are great, but some organizations need private label social networks to take them to the next level.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

According to the blog search engine, Technorati 's, "State of the Blogosphere" in October 2006 : Technorati is tracking more than 57 Million blogs. Widgets like ChipIn and Network for Good Badges , and services like Firstgiving make it easy for them to support your cause. So here it goes.10 Include bloggers on your press list.

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