Media Cause

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

and around the world, this coming November’s presidential election will be a stage on which events that impact society, economy, business, and philanthropy will play out. Be careful to comment on policy, not politics. For nonprofits in the U.S.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 24, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Now that Google+ is open to everyone, all nonprofit staff can start experimenting and familiarizing themselves with Google+ before the brand pages, also known as Google+ Business Profiles , are launched later this month. Add Google’s +1 button to your desktop and mobile websites and blog. e-Newsletter. Julia Campbell.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Miro is basically a video player, which can recognize RSS feeds, and automatically download videos. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #12: Miro February 26, 2008 Miro used to be called “Democracy Player&#.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

Mostly, because I get to read blogs by people that aren’t on my list of feeds I read regularly. at 12:13 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 robert guinto 04.19.08 And I get to highlight the work of some of my favorite bloggers, too.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Google already knows enough about me (it reads my mail, my feeds, my search history, and a few shared documents, to boot,) I’m certainly not going to add virtually everything else I do (the percent of things I do using a protocol other than http(s) is dwindling by the second.) Otherwise, fuggetaboutit. { 2 film fan 09.16.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 15, 2007

Choosing a theme Migrate the posts and comments (exporting it from typepad, importing into wordpress – all web gui based, very easy. The feed should stay the same. If, for some reason, yours stops working, try this feed. { If, for some reason, yours stops working, try this feed. { I’d recommend it to anyone.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 23, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits February 14, 2008 These are tidbits of things I’ve gotten recently from vendors, or gotten via feeds or twitter. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Dustin J Mitchell 02.14.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

That shows up in user’s news feeds, and in their profile. Also, if a friend agrees, their activities around a particular product (like, say, a movie rental) will show up on their news feeds. at 8:37 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 11.14.07 That, of course, can spread virally.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

More than likely, the person is just busy or not that active on LinkedIn. What you usually see there (and what most people ignore) are tweets that have been automatically posted in the LinkedIn news feed from your personal profile. Automated tweets just clutter the feed, and many people find them annoying.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Marketing Deviant has an interesting post about having a color dress code for your business. Keep track of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, no matter which blog is hosting, by subscribing to the Carnival feed. { at 11:01 am { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 david 11.19.07 2 Beth Kanter 11.19.07

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

However, to stand out from the other nearly one hundred million Facebook Pages vying for likes, comments, and shares, your nonprofit needs to excel at Facebook to ensure News Feed exposure. Their experience of your page will occur primarily in the News Feed. First impressions are important on social media.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

You've meticulously crafted engaging content to feed the page, making sure to present a good mix of media — probably favoring photos. So with all that thorough, detailed work you've done, you deserve for all those fans to see each of your updates in their news feed, right? Out of Reach. Guess what? Quality over Quantity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2011

When thinking about fundraising, many nonprofits and funders believe in the old adage, “Give a person a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a person to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” To see and comment on the comprehensive set of results, visit the foundation’s wiki.) How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 27, 2017

In this blog post you will learn: How San Diego Humane Society mobilized supporters in a time of crisis. Mobilizing Supporters During a Time of Crisis. Our Communications team ended the planning meeting early and quickly mobilized to prepare for communicating the rescue to news media, staff, volunteers and our donors.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

It is an inevitable result of our desire for social networks, as well as our desire for information to be portable (like in RSS feeds.) 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 ThomasT 06.11.08 at 10:43 am I think there’s a typo/error in the Clickz quote (which comes from the original). 2 admin 06.11.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 5, 2008

4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Holly 08.07.08 Like Holly wrote, blogs and RSS readers (I use Google Reader) are immensely helpful, and I’m trying to get into the habit of going through all of my tech blog feeds on a daily basis. I’m in an active phase right now (hence, the comment)!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 9, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Getting Naked: Being human and transparent October 9, 2007 If you are new to this site, you might want to read more , and subscribe to my feed. Sorry it’s a day late.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 2, 2007

My tip: Allow non-registered users to comment – I imagine you’d get more comments that way. Also, a minor technological thing – the RSS feed is a bit wonky sometimes (strange formatting, and it’s not always clear when there are new items.) I like that she includes graphics in most of her posts.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

I’ll keep you posted on URLs and feeds. { I’ll keep you posted on URLs and feeds. { My main blog is moving to WordPress, this blog is moving over to the Metacentric.org Joomla CMS. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 23, 2007

Other projects take more care and feeding, and you might have to take it to the vet. Technorati Tags: nptech , opensource { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 04.24.07 at 10:00 am Free. brilliant. 2 Clint Young 05.11.07 at 2:26 am Wow – Finally something I can use to illustrate the difference!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2006

Sure, I’d love to see more nonprofits move from sending their newsletters out by email, to getting them into an RSS feed, which I can choose to look at, or not. 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Beth 09.21.06 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Beth 09.21.06 soon, once I finish catching up. {

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

This is true for businesses, it’s true for nonprofits, it’s true for entrepreneurs, it’s true for basically anyone that’s trying to get someone to take an action. 80% of your posts should add value to your followers’ social media feeds. People usually need to hear things seven to 10 or even 12 times before they really get it.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Keep track of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, no matter which blog is hosting, by subscribing to the Carnival feed. at 8:24 am { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Alvaro 03.12.07 Technorati Tags: carnival , data management , nptech { 2 trackbacks } The Bamboo Project Blog 03.13.07 at 10:14 pm Good carnival!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Keep track of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, no matter which blog is hosting, by subscribing to the Carnival feed. at 8:24 am { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Alvaro 03.12.07 Technorati Tags: carnival , data management , nptech { 2 trackbacks } The Bamboo Project Blog 03.13.07 at 10:14 pm Good carnival!

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 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!" 3) Tailor the message for a mobile world.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

OpenSocial is a set of APIs that handle three different kinds of user data: profiles, social graph (who your friends are) and activities (the stuff of the Facebook news feeds.) And the language of these APIs are standard HTML and Javascript.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

More than likely, the person is just busy or not that active on LinkedIn. What you usually see there (and what most people ignore) are tweets that have been automatically posted in the LinkedIn news feed from your personal profile. Automated tweets just clutter the feed, and many people find them annoying.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Michele 03.19.07 You’ll be great with this and it sounds like it will feed your soul in some new and better ways. I want to see people’s real faces, and hear their real voices. I want to smell the sweat of working for change in our society, from the inside out. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

at 4:31 pm Cloud Feed » Blog Archive » Daily Cloud Feed - Sep 25, 2008 09.25.08 at 11:01 am { 5 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Joe Baker 09.24.08 The more SaaS vendors can contribute to and not detract from that ecosystem, the better. { at 8:02 pm I agree that openness is the key.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Known for having higher engagement than other social media, Instagram is evolving and it is becoming increasingly more difficult for nonprofits to get exposure in the Instagram Feed. In most cases, your avatar should not include text as it would be too small to read in the Instagram feed on a smartphone.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 10, 2014

fishing or hair __; homonym for “sweet” ( business mgmt. ” ( mobile app for hunger from TechSoup’s Caravan Studios ) Answer. Enhanced reporting helps you share quickly, add comments, and make better financial decisions. notepads not made of paper ( hardware ) Answer. “Home, home on the __.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Northwest Harvest Food Bank used its social media channels to mobilize supporters to give food donations that ended up breaking a Guinness Book of World Records. I appointed two Twitter advocates who live Tweeted the discussion and also verbalized questions and comments from Twitter, providing a link between online and offline.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 25, 2008

How much time, staff and money do you have to put into setting up your blog, writing your blog, answering comments, reading other blogs, and leaving comments on other blogs? Provide rss feeds to the whole blog, and to individual bloggers' feeds so readers have a choice of how they want to subscribe. Ask for comments.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2015

It's been a really busy year, with nine new vendors in the TechSoup catalog. Leave your answers in the comments below. And with mobile apps for all major platforms, your team can stay connected when you're away from your desk. Which one is the lie? Two Truths and a Lie. Two Truths and a Lie.

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