Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2012

From critics saying it is killing photography to hype and hoopla from marketing pundits saying it is a must-have as part of your “visual marketing tool box.” Visual marketing is becoming an important part of the online marketer’s tool box – especially because images are global, easy to digest, and distributable.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Cloud platforms implement "clicks not code" customization, allowing relatively unskilled users to change existing workflows and adopt new ones on the fly. Increases Pace and Decreases Cost of Change. Need to change the way you engage donors or implement A/B testing? Just do it. But we are still at the beginning of the cloud.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2023

But as is the case with any transformative new tech, hype is sure to accompany growing adoption, and generative AI has garnered so much attention and money that many VCs already feel the budding sector will be the next bubble. Don Butler, managing director at Thomvest Ventures, feels the bubble is already here. “We

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Cloud platforms implement "clicks not code" customization, allowing relatively unskilled users to change existing workflows and adopt new ones on the fly. Increases Pace and Decreases Cost of Change. Need to change the way you engage donors or implement A/B testing? Just do it. But we are still at the beginning of the cloud.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

He felt that Buildots, with such a premium product, would have a challenge selling to a low-margin industry that was late to adopt technology in general. Walking around today’s construction site, Danon said the adoption of technology is enabling Buildots to move quickly to build processes for the industry.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

It is really bizarre, but this afternoon I've been struggling with the notion about the connection between individual adoption and organizational adoption of social media tools like Facebook or others. Corporate types resist the adoption of these technologies, and then, subsequently embrace them. tool after Web 2.0 Of YouTube?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

That’s an incredibly high donor retention rate for a set of tools that are still in their early adoption phase. In these days of early adoption of Instagram and Facebook Shops, we say experiment! According to the Global Trends in Giving Report , 10% of online donors have made a donation through Instagram Charitable Tools.

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InfoWorld

JUNE 4, 2024

The rapid evolution of generative AI is poised to influence the significant adoption and expansion of multicloud architecture. What is most interesting is that multicloud is occurring mainly behind the scenes, without much fanfare, taking a backseat to the hype around generative AI.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2021

We will call our contacts and they’ll join, too’ ” There has been a huge wave of hype around crypto, although in the wider sense it’s still primarily an adopter phenomenon, far from being a mainstream investment, with most people having no idea how it works. No roadshow needed, we will help you.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A true “metaverse” may not yet exist , but that hasn’t stopped marketers from adopting the buzzword to promote their apps and games on mobile app stores. However, mobile game publishers led the adoption of the keyword, as 107 apps in the Game category now reference the term, or 19% of the apps studied.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

and volcom sector adoption. " or what we call "hype" - how does a small nonprofit avoid getting seduced by the hype? I guess our checklist would be a lot like the barriers to second wave adoption blogged about elsewhere : Understand the activities and goals of the organization. Understand how web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

” The early adopters have jumped in and pages are set up and waiting for some SMART objectives, content strategy, and tips on engagement. Robert Scoble pointed out some major problems with having only one account associated with the brand pages. Most of what I heard was, “I’ve got my google + brand page, now what?”

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Judi Sohn

MAY 29, 2009

Early-adopter-types (you know who you are) will talk about it nonstop for a while, and then forget about it until it actually launches. Those “regular&# people will try it for 15 minutes, be confused and overwhelmed depending how much of the bling the early-adopter puts in (and maybe just a bit bored), and not return.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

Momsrising is an early adopter of online tools currently exploring the Google + platform and discussing it in team meetings. Moderate Approach: Understand the argument for an early investment but will also insist on a sound cost/benefit analysis when new ways of doing things are not yet fully proven.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2011

The Cloud Summit will: Teach you how to distinguish hype vs. reality. And take a look at the human side of the Cloud – staff training and technology adoption. > Learn more and RSVP for Free Today! Event Details. Where : San Francisco, CA (Venue TBD). When : Monday, August 29th, 8:30 am - 3:00 pm. Cost : Free.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

There’s also plenty of healthy skepticism — is web3 enabling meaningful new user experiences, or is it just a hype bubble complicating what was already possible in Web 2.0? There is, however, clearly inherent value in blockchain technology, and the gaming industry is poised to become the focal point for mainstream adoption.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2021

At the same time, I want to temper the hype, refocus the conversation, and use the example of agriculture to forge a productive template for all business sectors with carbon habits to fight climate change. I believe that agriculture can be a leading climate solution while feeding a growing population.

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Candid

AUGUST 10, 2023

Before we get completely swept up, let’s not forget the previous technology hype cycles that have come and gone. The unfulfilled promises of blockchain to advance social good, a proliferation of mobile apps in developing countries that failed to garner adoption , and cheap laptops that were going to change the world are just a few examples.

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sgEngage

JULY 18, 2023

With all the hype growing around this new social media platform, you’re probably asking how it might be useful in your fundraising strategy and whether you should jump on the bandwagon. Recruit early adopters and your most active / influential followers to expand your reach! Already made the leap? We’d love to connect with you!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

But roboticists are a pragmatic bunch, offering projects for adoption more than a decade into the future. No one can accuse the category of being a hype bubble. It hasn’t entered the hype cycle the way things like crypto and generative AI have. And there’s not a lot of gray area here. This is closer than you think.

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2020

Fail to hype up machine learning or neural networks when unveiling a new product, and you might as well be hawking hand-cranked calculators. But judging by its recent WWDC performance, Apple has adopted a smarter and quieter approach. AI has become an integral part of every tech company’s pitch to consumers.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2022

Skeptics think the metaverse gets a lot of hype and isn’t backed by substantial technology or user adoption. “These hyped areas look really nonobvious. Bent said that in her experience, skepticism is to be expected for any early-stage consumer products.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

But, try as we might, we couldn’t find any research that looked at arts groups’ adoption and attitudes toward digital and social media nationally that also asked all-important questions about how groups are measuring what they’re doing. The key question we asked is whether digital and social media are delivering on their promise and the hype.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

According to a 2021 survey from O’Reilly, cloud adoption steadily rose across industries, with 90% of organizations using cloud computing compared to 88% in 2020. The accelerated cloud adoption led to a rise in security issues. ” It’s not strictly hype, necessarily. In a recent poll of U.K.

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.orgSource

JULY 17, 2023

Should we believe the hype? Yes, there are dangers, but that profound impact on culture and society is the best reason to begin understanding this technology and to become an early adopter. So, association marketing executives embrace, AI’s alliance, a remarkable embrace. Is ChatGPT’s style a little stiff?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Viva and Yammer chief vice president Murali Sitaram explains: “Over the last several months we’ve heard your feedback that having two apps surfacing similar experiences and the same services and content has introduced confusion and made it challenging to drive adoption and create clarity for end users.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

Okay, the GPT-3 hype seems pretty reasonable. 4 ways startups will drive GPT-3 adoption in 2021. GPT-3, which they worked on, is an astonishingly versatile language system that can produce extremely convincing text in practically any style, and on any topic. How does it do it? What is it “thinking”?

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

“Nothing about their adoption or their integration into our ways of thinking is inevitable,” Waltzer says. “We’ve seen the hype cycles around massively open online courses that were going to transform education,” Waltzer says. Three years lets things settle. We will be able to see the future more clearly.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The combined companies will have the ability to provide satellite collected data to optimize crop management and adoption of conservation practices along with site-specific analysis and custom interventions for different crops, fields, farms and regions.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 17, 2011

We have a great line-up of presenters, including cloud experts – and NTEN Members – Ami Dar (ED at Idealist.org), Matthew Eshleman (Director of Professional Network Services atCommunity IT Innovators), and Donny Shimamoto (Founder of IntrapriseTechKnowlogies). If you can't make the live event, we'll also be offering it as a livestream.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

On the one hand, we felt it might be our time to shine, as digital solutions rose to the surface even in industries that were previously slow to adopt them (think banking and airlines). Factoring in the amount of hype that was permeating the market (something I’ve never been a fan of), the “wise” decision felt elusive.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Slack first succeeded with small teams who wanted to accelerate their work and was often dragged into organizations by early adoption. I love good productivity tools and was rooting for Slack to someday become as good as the company hyped it up to be. But today, waves of consolidation are leaving people with fewer real choices.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Artificial intelligence has been around since the 1950s and it has gone through periods of hype (“AI summers”) and periods with reduced interest (“AI winters”). The recent hype is driven in part by how accessible AI has become: You no longer need to be a data scientist to use AI.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Despite the hype, construction tech will be hard to disrupt. Despite the hype, construction tech will be hard to disrupt. Postman’s head of developer relations, Joyce Lin, wrote a guest post for Extra Crunch based on the findings of a study aimed at increasing adoption of APIs that utilize a public workspace.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

In the next decades, we’ll see rapid adoption of social media for many nonprofit purposes, including fundraising and as gen y's come into their own as donors. We're still in the early stages of social media as in the early days of the web and online fundraising , so, we are in the "it's hype, and not going to last" phase.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The hype is problematic, but the revolution is real. Confidently walk into the future with expert insights into the wide range of possibilities to improve outcomes, how to thoughtfully adopt new generative AI technologies, and unleash your fundraising potential. But things forever changed when OpenAI released version 3.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

There’s hype around the company in its early days. It’s a new category the industry hasn’t seen and is rapidly adopting. Anytime a company that has raised more than half a billion dollars basically implodes, it’s worth taking a look at the roller coaster ride it was on before it got to that point.

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