Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

More than 85% of US internet users watched online video in July, and on average they spent more than 14 hours doing it. And Cisco says that 90% of the world’s data will be video in four years. Bottom line: If you aren’t developing a video strategy you are not going to capture the mindshare of internet users. Holy smokes!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

Sounds a lot like Edupunk, doesn’t it? From their website: Some of the features that distinguish Hampshire from more traditional liberal arts colleges include student-designed academic concentrations; an active, collaborative, inquiry-based pedagogy; an interdisciplinary curriculum; and a narrative evaluation system.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 20, 2008

Sounds like MPower plans to get a lot more open as time goes on. Wish I would have had more time to visit in person at the conference, but I look forward to reading your NTC follow up posts. 4 Shawn Towey 03.24.08 at 2:31 pm If you think Penguins are so cute, take a look at this: [link] 5 Thomas 03.24.08 So I am a little less skeptical.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites. Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. Another example of indirect content is that of social networks.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

That sounded like good advice, since it might take me quite a while to get to step 1. (If, I had a brief conversation by email with Cory Doctorow , a science fiction author who is also a copyleft activist, who releases everything he writes with a CC license. If, perchance, you might want to read it, drop me an email.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 23, 2007

But what they gained, and it sounds like he’s not willing to give it up – is flexibility. They saved some in cost from a proprietary PBX system – but then they had to spend more on support and the like – it was a wash cost wise. It takes more, because you own your own system.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 29, 2007

That’s easier than it sounds. So I switched to the very standard ethernet PC cards that Gavin so thoughtfully included, and bingo – everything works. My next step, after installing the basic Debian system, is to switch the install to Ubuntu. Changing one file (/etc/apt/sources.list) and running a few commands, should do the trick.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Office suites include: Word 2010: Create professional documents with this -processing program. Excel 2010: Develop spreadsheets and keeping track of data. Outlook 2010: Manage your time and tasks with this program. PowerPoint 2010: Build slideshows and presentations with text effects, sound, and animation.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 14, 2014

According to NAIS, K-12 school enrollment numbers fell by 3% in 2009 and another 7% in 2010. They realized they needed to find new ways to connect with prospective families and the internet is the most popular channel. In 2010, we noticed a shift from how schools managed their admissions processes on the back-end.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

I have outstanding issues or decisions to make with my kernel not seeing all the memory I’ve given it (therefore requiring a recompile, which I have been postponing for weeks) sound, a webcam, a scanner, and accounting software. It’s easier for me to think about spending minutes rather than hours getting things to work. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

You’ll be great with this and it sounds like it will feed your soul in some new and better ways. I want to smell the sweat of working for change in our society, from the inside out. { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Michele 03.19.07 at 5:25 pm Good luck, Michelle. 2 Michelle Murrain 03.19.07 at 5:45 pm Thanks, Michele.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

Office suites include: OneNote 2010: More than any other program for me, OneNote is a handy note-taking program that virtually eliminates the need for notepads. Word 2010: Create professional documents with this -processing program. Excel 2010: Develop spreadsheets and keeping track of data. customizable surveys.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Do these statements sound familiar? Despite the facts and the data, organizations small and large that are spending huge amounts on direct mail and telemarketing are reluctant to move spending to the online channel — even when the data clearly shows that integrating online with offline campaigns makes the overall program more successful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

For the longest time I shunned Twitter without ever really giving it a chance, as it sounded dumb just by definition. at 10:15 pm { 7 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Matt Radel 04.11.08 at 8:42 am I think the biggest pain point that Twitter has is getting people to start using it.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

I have long had a pet peeve about the notion that we should not run professional, solid, sustainable ‘enterprises’ with good processes, great tools, sound management, and superior vision – organizations that make a difference MUST be that, in my view or they will simply not be successful or efective in the end.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

Carlyn Schulzke and Matt Hayes will discuss how current data on donor demographics impacts major-gift donations with specific emphasis on simple, safe and secure methods of attracting and engaging with cryptocurrency donors. But if our data is correct of the, you know, a couple hundred that are on probably 95% really are just getting started.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 7, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking What Facebook Knows Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 7th, 2010 Think about all the things people post on Facebook or any other social networking website. This isn’t meant to sound like a Big Brother warning.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2007

OK, so I’m going to sound like a broken record. Thus, every single penny of their income comes from donations that nonprofit organizations raise to, theoretically, fund the missions of their work. But, hey, why not? How about some community-owned, community-driven free and open source options?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 19, 2006

This sounds quite different than the activation issue. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

Carlyn Schulzke and Matt Hayes will discuss how current data on donor demographics impacts major-gift donations with specific emphasis on simple, safe and secure methods of attracting and engaging with cryptocurrency donors. But if our data is correct of the, you know, a couple hundred that are on probably 95% really are just getting started.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Just When You Thought Direct Mail Was Dead Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 10th, 2010 It’s baaack! This was true even before Al Gore invented the Internet. You thought direct mail was dead but it has returned. Is it easy?

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