Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2014

It might sound like I’m describing a typical college student's house, but I’m actually describing one of the many workspaces in Zappos’ enormous headquarters in Las Vegas. When you walk into Zappos, the first thing you notice is the unique structure of the building. Ping pong tables. Bean bag chairs.

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Library Las Vegas Culture Learning 62

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

The art part includes all the ways nonprofits and schools can engage and connect with alumni of their programs through social channels. It is important to understand that social media is just one channel, primarily for engagement and connection tactics, but organizations will need to use other channels like email.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Micro-philanthropy -- that ambiguous term that refers to all things socially networked, small-scale, and charitable -- will have matured. The fact is that program officers at foundations, boomers, and prospective employees are all turning to social networks to get a sense of your organization.

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Money Raise Contest Social Media 53

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

Social enterprise is wide use in classes covering computer software and services. The application purports to claim the trademark “social enterprise” in five areas: computer software, business services, educational services, on-line software and social networking services.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

danah boyd has a post called " On Being Virtual " (be sure to read the comments) As Kevin Gamble on the SLED list notes, what she seems to be saying is that if you look at the rise of social tech amongst young people, it's not about divorcing the physical social structures to live virtually. t think I???ve

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Environment Teach Second Life Learning 50

Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2009

I learned to cultivate creative greed while working on Operation Spy at the International Spy Museum, where I was lucky to be working on a project that was so new to us that we didn't have any pre-established models or structures for doing it. I want a college student to feel like her week is not complete if she didn’t make it to the museum.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

As I mentioned in my post about " extra-organizational activists" , there are bloggers out there who would love to raise money for your cause: Beth Kanter raised $800 for the Sharing Foundation using the ChipIn widget plus her blog , social networks, Flickr and video in 26 days. Aren't we all trying to create positive change?

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Blogger Causes Support Nicaragua 41

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

world where many organizations still weren’t even networked, still used dial-up internet connections, and had websites written in the earliest version of Front Page, or were done by the CFO’s nephew. But I have yet to find a school that has *any* idea how to spend money on technology to actually educate students.

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Forum One

APRIL 27, 2009

I spoke on a panel on Saturday afternoon and discussed internet technologies and trends in global health, including examples in data visualization, social networking, community development, and transparency. system that is used to teach tailored, structured courses long-distance to health care professionals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

One of the questions: How to address concerns about privacy, security, and avoiding spam overload that comes with social media and social network sites? He points out these problems with current social networking practices. (1) He points out these problems with current social networking practices. (1)

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Social Network Problem Network Social 50

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 9, 2008

The Brooklyn Museum is offering a new "socially networked" membership called 1stfans starting Jan 3. I used it last night for backchannel chat during a lecture on gaming in museums with a group of about 20 students, and I was impressed by how easy it was for everyone to use. with no registration required.

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Project Job Tools San Francisco 20

Non Profit Quarterly

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Computer science is one of the most popular majors at Stanford—it’s taken by nearly 20 percent of the student body. But in recent years, this trio of professors noticed their students were often attracted to the field mainly because of its financial rewards. And we need to do that in a systematic way.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Some of the most powerful players in the world today— from #GivingTuesday to Donald Trump to Airbnb® to the Parkland students—are successful because they understood one thing: people powered mobilization. Citizen movements play an enormous role in leading social change. What makes ideas spread?

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