Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2012

I was lucky to have a front row seat at the beginning of the nonprofit tech field back in 1992 – when nonprofits were first exploring how the Internet could be used for activist and mission-driven work. About a year ago, I scored a 10 and realized that I needed to work on changing my habits, one technique at a time.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Right now, our oxygen mask is the Internet. Recently, a federal court told the FCC that it couldn't prevent Internet service providers like Comcast from hindering access to certain kinds of services on the Internet. Here's some text you can use in your Facebook status and on Twitter: Save the Internet, Save the World!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Don’t take my word for, see Pew Internet’s recent Networked and Hyperconnected study ). Today’s nonprofit donors, volunteers, and fans are living a complex world, have busy lives and probably receive more messages and information than they can deal with. (Don’t How To Build A Ladder of Engagement by MixTape.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

So, why would you be interested in the debate about getting broadband Internet access to under-served communities? You need access to high speed Internet to participate in our society. If you care about your clients, if you care about your community, you need to care about the Internet. Who controls what is on the Internet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2009

I have not been blogging because I've been at the NTEN NTC Conference , the premier event for nonprofit techies taking place in San Francisco. NTEN had also set up a google application that lets people vote on questions which how they decided to handle the Q/A in a room of 1400 people. There is no change in knowing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Take for example deploying 200 sensors throughout the Brazilian rainforest to measure and visualize the effects of climate change. One theme he touched on that resonated throughout the day is how Microsoft is working with networks and partners to leverage it’s financial, technical, and social change commitment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2012

My article is the lead story in the June, 2012 NTEN Change Journal ! The NTEN Journal also includes a terrific introductory article for nonprofits and what content curation is relevant to their work. Go read it and come join me for an NTEN webinar on the topic to discuss it. More about that later. It’s free).

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

As many of you know, before joining NTEN as the Membership Director last year, I managed the NetSquared program which included locally-organized groups around the world, innovation challenges, and more. You do, though, change the scale and the opportunity. What is changing and why? Quite the opposite!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I volunteered to be the “expert&# in residence for the “Program&# track of Office Hours. 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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APRIL 6, 2012

To be honest, for NTEN staff, the bar for this show was pretty low. Working Internet and a hotel staff that actually like you were our biggest measures of success. You guys are dangerous, but big change never happens without big risk. More than NTEN will be able to address in the coming year. than I came with.

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JANUARY 13, 2014

The late 1990s saw the rise of ecommerce and along with it the first few philanthropic forms to accept donations on the internet. From those first few clicks to the latest multichannel campaign, online giving has continued to grow and change the nonprofit sector. The online donation form is now a teenager.

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MARCH 19, 2011

Each year, NTEN recognizes a member of this community who has furthered the work of the nonprofit technology field through dedication, innovation, and leadership. In 1989, before the Internet as we know it came into existence, a group of geeks in Chapel Hill saw a need to share public information in a meaningful way.

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

Last year, NTEN Community Champions helped to raise over $36,000 to support the NTEN Community Challenge , which enhanced NTEN''s program accessibility, including sending over 50 people to the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference (14NTC) and the 2014 Leading Change Summit (14LCS) with scholarships.

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MARCH 18, 2010

This convergence is being driven by widespread penetration of mobile devices (up to 4 billion people now have access), advances in software innovation and powerful applications, and the maturation of the internet providing a gateway for "cloud" computing where data and applications sit and run over the web.

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MARCH 18, 2010

This convergence is being driven by widespread penetration of mobile devices (up to 4 billion people now have access), advances in software innovation and powerful applications, and the maturation of the internet providing a gateway for "cloud" computing where data and applications sit and run over the web.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 12, 2010

That was the meat, now here's the pudding: the NTEN community's remake of "Bohemian Rhapsody", Muppets style!" The big changes to fundraising in the coming years will spring from the power of the web, according to Azadi Sheridan, chair of the Institute of Fundraising’s Technology Special Interest Group.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

" 2011 NTEN Champions Fundraising Campaign by the Numbers | NTEN – "The funny thing about being the Nonprofit Technology Network is that it can be really hard to practice what we preach. You may recall that the NTEN community recently helped us raise over $15,000 to host more local events throughout 2012. ."

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2012

Craig Newmark (the Craig of craigslist ), Rainey Reitman of the Electronic Frontier Foundation , and NTEN executive director Holly Ross presented a post-mortem of sorts on SOPA, which was largely a cautionary tale about the future of Internet rights. Why Should You Care? A bill being considered in the house, H.R.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

but it would take too long and need updating every third day as the tools change. Easter Seals Internet Public Discourse Policy. NTEN Community Values. white lindy dreyer maddie grant Newsletter NPTech NTEN. You could create separate policies unique to every tool (blogs, microblogs, networking sites, media sharing, etc.)

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

This is What a Librarian Looks Like – I love this example of a Tumblr blog used for a perspective-changing campaign. NTEN’s Technology Leadership Academy Returns for 2012 – "We're excited to announce that the Technology Leadership Academy is returning in 2012.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2011

In the far reaches of the Internet, a small site called Groupon goes serenely about its business. It's Free for NTEN Members. We'll also introduce G-Team, an even broader platform for social change in the Groupon family. You do have to be an NTEN Member to attend this event, but it's easy to join.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

I’m still on internet clients, believe it or not, and still have some to go. 1 trackback } Boy in the Bands » Blog Archive » Because the power of the Internet increases as people get connected. Today, I’m talking about Flock. Flock is the “social browser.&# For bookmarking, it uses your del.icio.us

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 23, 2008

April 23, 2008 NTEN is doing some great work getting information about the use of different kinds of tools in the sector, and how people are using them. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Rate your CMS! and how they like them.

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JULY 21, 2021

As individuals, we rely on internet access every day. And the global pandemic made access to high-speed, affordable internet even more vital for our jobs, education, and healthcare. don’t have access to internet service. But together, we can change that. Join us today in the fight for a fair internet!

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MARCH 18, 2010

This growing trend, often described as telecommuting or e-commuting, reflects a fundamental change from the traditional concept of work (performed in an office, on a nine-to-five schedule) to a more adaptive, results-based one. Tags: Infrastructure Newsletter NPTech NTEN IT Staff. Contact him at jgriscom@betterworldtelecom.com.

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JUNE 24, 2011

World Change, by Glennharper Here at NTEN we talk about the power of technology to change the world every day - in part, by allowing unheard voices, information, and numerical data to speak in new and meaningful ways. This week our members inspire us with change and the technology driving it. Have more news to share?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 24, 2008

I want to give huge props to Holly and all of the NTEN crew for putting on a fabulous conference. And, as a member of the NTEN board, I’m really proud of what’s been accomplished. { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Holly 03.24.08 It’s the NTEN community that provides all the magic at the conference.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

" Care2 Impact Prize | NTEN – A group of inspiring, talented people! Any member of the NTEN community is welcome to vote, but only one vote per person, per IP address will be counted." Please help us select a winner for the Care2 Impact Prize! "We

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Using the internet and social media as a vehicle to tell stories is an approachable, inexpensive, and effective way to engage your audience (Check out NTEN's social media and storytelling web seminars series for the juicy details.) Tags: guest blogging nten social media socialmarketing storytelling. And he did it well.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

It still requires the hardware and operating systems, and databases that more traditional applications that are inside your network require, but, generally, you hand off that responsibility to the folks that host your application, and access the application through the internet.

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APRIL 2, 2014

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 3, 2008

It’s a conference that is an event of the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet. I’ve never been – online politics has never really been my focus. But I’m quite looking forward to it. I’m looking forward to talking about free and open source software to this audience. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 26, 2008

The lesson here, I think, is that CRM, even for large organizations, is changing rapidly, and the days are numbered where systems that are expensive, proprietary, and closed rule. After the webinar, I’ll be putting the slides up in varied places, and NTEN will have a recording of the webinar. { I’m glad to see that.

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APRIL 11, 2008

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

I was lucky enough to attend NTEN's Nonprofit Cloud Computing Summit on Monday, August 29. I personally liked the definition presenter Peter Campbell, of Earthjustice , used: an outsourced platform, application, or suite of applications delivered over the Internet. The cloud is available anywhere you have an Internet connection.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2007

December 12, 2007 I had a good look at NTEN’s CRM Satisfaction Survey (yippee for data!), 3 trackbacks } Product Blogs » Blog Archive » CiviCRM comes out on top in NTEN Survey 12.14.07 at 1:24 am What was it, the question mark? » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 12.14.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

It also gets kudos from NTEN’s satisfaction survey (it came in third, after CiviCRM and Salesforce.) But, I’d send the query to both the nptech-related groups (like nten-discuss and nosi-discussion) as well as the Sugar folks – you might get some answers. 2 admin 04.20.08

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