Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2014

Whenever I learn about a new concept or trend in technology, I try and think about how nonprofits and libraries could use it or benefit from it. We like to be ahead of the trend here at TechSoup, however. The ProjectVRM site , a wiki, is a bit daunting to the VRM novice. VRM: A Quick Explainer.

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Care2

JULY 17, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Thanks again for the post. com , Inc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

As many of you know who read this blog, I am an early adopter of social media and set up my listening post 5 years ago to scan for people, trends, and ideas related to social media and nonprofits. My sources of inspiration came from my personal learning wiki, WeAreMedia listening resources , and Marnie Webb's slide deck.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

Blogs, wikis, social network platforms, forums, chats: aka user generated content, conversations, communities. BrightGreenLiving wiki: crowdsourced knowledge. Started with mega trends of social media and green living. The ability to maintain a certain process or state. What is social media? - Jon Lebkowsky.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

To create the report, an international body of experts in education, technology, and other fields convene on a wiki to review research, practice, and significant trends. The technology trend that caught my eye was “Learning Analytics,” which is big data applied to the field of education.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2013

She manages to make everyone feel like they have wisdom to bring to the table (or the wiki). Maybe you saw it (#thebetheffect was trending on Twitter). She makes everyone feel like failure is okay.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2009

Learn Trends Digital Habitats View more presentations from Nancy White. This evolving wiki is already quite rich in useful resources and at this stage has three areas: A Communities of Practice Bibliography. Wikis for Communities of Practice conference. Technology for Communities project.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

TechSoup continued its Social Media Mondays in May with a discussion on Twitter to expand on the resources offered in its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki. Notice what others are saying on Twitter; be aware of trends and current events, and be mindful of separating fact from fiction. Bites of Wisdom.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2007

t ignore this trend. Check out the Nonprofits and Second Life Wiki and Blog for information about the nonprofit side. Understand the implications for access to open virtual platforms from within the enterprise and the risks involved,??? Mr. Prentice said. ???Despite Despite the concerns within companies, don???t

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Virtual Volunteering Wiki : in conjunction with the 2013 release of the Virtual Volunteering Guidebook later this year. We think other successes for the program are on the horizon and getting closer all the time. Includes myths regarding virtual volunteering (and microvolunteering).

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2012

Here are some of the trends: More short "how-to" articles : Overwhelmingly, respondents said they preferred short "how-to" articles for all topics. Community Wiki. As one respondent said, "The problem, always, is time. TechSoup Forums. and other online events. Information pages about specific products.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2007

The slides and resources list are on the wiki. Extension Trends from Jerry Thomas: [link]. I'm glad I put my first draft thoughts out there because I got some helpful clarifying comments. I spent time editing out material, although could probably stand another round of the more ruthless cutting and chopping. tools creatively?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2008

  It argues that blurring departmental boundaries, increasing horizontal exchange among departments, shrinking budgets, and a growing trend in which control over storing information is relinquished to third parties are all fueling the adoption of social media within government organizations.(And And perhaps nonprofits?) . 

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Thus, it continues the decades-long trend that IT spending has an increasing share of the global economy. Below, I’ll describe some recent research on the used, or "secondary," marketplace as well as some of the trends that address the viability of the refurbished computer market. Refurbishment and the Environment.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Tracking user trends is vital to understanding if your online communication efforts are succeeding -- or not. Given our multiple team members, we use a wiki as an easy-to-use online collaborative space, where we keep a calendar of upcoming blog topics and draft blog posts. Real-life Examples. DC Central Kitchen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Use the track trends option and set to track "Nptech" for nptech related twitters. Wikis Laura Whitehead writes about how to use a wiki as a trainer tool. NTEN blog summarizes the discussion thread about wiki software from the listserv on its blog. I've added a wiki to my Facebook profile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Also, check out Lucy’s Digital Civil Society wiki for examples of open data used for the social good. The group also mentioned an example in Europe where a neighborhood council was cross referencing social media data with location to find out what topics were trending in those neighborhoods as part of a planning process.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

First of all, while there are many choices for collaboration tools, a few simple filters will get one 90% of the way there (if you want to control the content but get some feedback, use a blog tool; if you need to develop a written product, use a wiki or Google Docs; if you want group discussions and networking, use a social network tool; etc.).

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NTEN

AUGUST 8, 2011

A lurker will never post to your blog or add content to a wiki-site but she will digest your content and possibly pass it along so acknowledging reading and logging-in can make super-users out of an often unappreciated contingent of your member community. Is gamification a trend or a fad?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I also need to streamline the many wiki portfolios and resource collections that I've put together over the years. I will also continue to write case studies, step-by-steps instructional pieces, and trend pieces. A Beginner’s Guide to Making Your Site More Usable. A Guide to Creating a Minimalist Website. Critique Your Design.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

Of course, I’ve been a wiki fan since the very beginning, and I haven’t lost the desire for true data portability , and open source alternatives to the current social networks. 2 trackbacks } Nonprofit Communications » Blog Archive » Nonprofit Trends - What’s Hot & Not @ the Carnival 08.15.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

What makes it possible Cloud computing is made possible and easier by two trends, two that have happened closely in parallel, one that is relatively recent: High bandwidth to the curb and massive data centers. You are dependent on your internet connection – which could be a problem for mission-critical applications.

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AFP Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2007

Colleges Are Reluctant to Adopt New Publication Venues - Chronicle.com: "Colleges Are Reluctant to Adopt New Publication VenuesAcademe has been slow to accept new forms of scholarship like blogs, wikis, and video clips, according to a report released last week that examines emerging technology trends in higher education."

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

First of all, while there are many choices for collaboration tools, a few simple filters will get one 90% of the way there (if you want to control the content but get some feedback, use a blog tool; if you need to develop a written product, use a wiki or Google Docs; if you want group discussions and networking, use a social network tool; etc.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

I came across two more excellent resources on this evolving topic of social media metrics and wanted to quickly summarize before I add to the link list in the wiki. He points out, "While those trends are enabled by digital technology, I'm not concerned with technology per se ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

How will these trends impact nptech? " Geeks for Good and Green Geekery Ruby Sinreich facilitated a session at BarCampRDU on how geeks can use their powers for the forces of good and has a wiki with resources. But there isn't much about the demographics of who is using wikis, particularly their age. How was it organized?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 27, 2009

What promising and exciting trends in the social change space do you see developing in the next 5-10 years? Collaboration.

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Forum One

AUGUST 15, 2010

Many community platforms, whether simple or complex, offer a large number of options for user interaction: user-generated content contributions, discussions, groups, wikis, blogs, real-time communication, Twitter-like updates, photo galleries, collaborative file management, etc. Communities take time to grow and needs change over time.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2005

technologies such as tagging, social bookmarking and online social networks, blogging, content sharing through Wikis and RSS, and new Web widgets need not only be in the hands of well-funded developers; but also can be used by organizations to further their missions. What on earth is a Wiki? The Impact of Web 2.0

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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. The visuals used on the wiki (Except for the screen captures) came from flickr photos that were licensed using the Creative Commons attibution license which means I can use them freely as long as credit the creator. Wiki Issues.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2005

We see that the trend to make more and more services available via the web has brought xml-based webservices and innovative web-development techniques to the fore. XML-based web services Probably the biggest trend we see is that organizations are trying to push more functionality out to members and supporters via the internet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

pdf and a wiki with definitions of the lingo [link] Last week I gave a colleague a hard time about aspiring to “create an enabling environment” so I deserved to be surrounded by smart people who are making strides to create the infrastructure needed to drive capital to social change. I’ve lifted this from their website. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2009

I taught two workshops ( notes are on the wiki.) The Nonprofit Communicator blog has a round up of local reaction. Secret Sauce: Chicago Workshop Final Slides View more OpenOffice presentations from kanter. My workshop was in a fixed seating theatre, but I managed to make it interactive and I think a little fun.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! It is essentially a wiki where you will be able to upload a problem statement and links to related data sets etc. After that we hope lots of people will contribute content to it. Technology for Good Report.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 4, 2008

"Beyond these trends and landmark event, I think we’ve yet to see what will define our Generation, a Generation with a profound sense of social responsibility and a Generation who does not accept 'impossible' as a valid word in our dictionary. Yes, We Can." --Andrea Zak, Here's What's Defining Generation Y Now on Brazen Careerist.

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Care2

AUGUST 8, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

Might we start seeing tag called "NpTechUk" or a wiki for the UK Riders List? Heather Carpenter from AspirationTech points us to two nonprofit studies -- one about employment trends in the sector and the other nonprofit effectiveness. Now, as David Wilcox notes , the thinking outloud on this topic is circling the globe.

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