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Yesterday, I had the huge honor and pleasure to present the keynote at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits ‘ NPTech Conference, eStrategy in an iWorld. The Evolution of NPTech: Where we came from, and [maybe] where we’re going. Community-sourcing is when you launch a contest or campaign to your community.
They’re busy retweeting, posting, sharing, pinning, and blogging on an array of social media websites and platforms across the Internet. According to research conducted by Pew Internet these 5 social media statistics will help your nonprofit understand exactly how to optimize its content to see better engagement.
It is submission-mania in the nptech world right now. Enter your organization’s tagline into this year’s award contest. There’s no better way to join your nptech brethren than with a speaking session at NTC. From taglines to SXSW, there’s a plethora of opportunities to strut your savvy stuff. Submissions are due August 17.
Frank , does internet marketing and strategy at Blackbaud , blogs at NetWits ThinkTank and guest blogs at Mashable.com , All his efforts are focused on helping non-profits use the Internet for fundraising, marketing, communications and community building. Moderator: Frank Barry – Blackbaud. He loves bacon. Carl Sagan is his homeboy.
Things are slowing down during the holidays , so here's a short version of the NpTech Tag Summary. Leave a comment and I'll summarize in the next NpTech Summary. The 2007 Crunchies is its first annual competition and award ceremony to recognize and celebrate the most compelling startups, internet and technology innovations of the year.
NpTech Tag Skypecast Anyone? Marnie Webb puts out a call for a call next wed, thurs, or friday to discuss in real time the issues that have surfaced around the NpTech Tag. Comment, Blog it, tag it NpTech, and/or start a blog over at the Netsquared site. Film Contest - " Film Your Issue " from Yahoo and other sponsors.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology speaks about how difficult is to be objective, while Social Source blog described it as a high school popularity contest. NpTech Community. on the interplay of newspapers and internet content. Someone tagged the NGO-in-a-Box with nptech just today. " Findhabeas.
A Few NpTech Conversations. Also found in the NpTech tag stream and a good backdrop to this conversation is " When the best tool for the job. Time to Nominate Projects, Vote for Videos, and Charity Badge Contest! Check out the top ten charity badges over at the Six Degrees -- the contest is in the home stretch.
The online contest they ran recently , hiding pieces of their new album cover on different sites around the Internet, ought to give you some ideas. Tags: Newsletter NPTech NTEN Things We Like. Speaking of which, here are " Ten Practical Tips for Facebook Fan Pages " Now get out there and try to succeed!
Last month I interviewed the Web Team over at Fight Hunger I got an email from Cordelia SalterNour telling me that they've selected a winner for their video contest. A little bit NPTech blog kismet, someone just the other day raised the question: "What's good or useful about user-generated content and what's just entertaining or cute?"
No Internet of Things (IoT) or big data. The New York Times also recently came out with an article on Reinventing the Internet to Make It Safer. The sharing or peer-to-peer economy is a relatively new Internet trend that arose out of the Great Recession. Do you have an NPTech prediction for 2015? Become a digital refugee.
For example, participants can watch videos, get ringtones for their phones, submit a design to a t-shirt contest, take a quiz about reproductive rights and find information on an interactive map , among other things. Luckily, the internet is a great place to connect with this new generation in fun and creative ways.
15 groups held live events which helped drive video submissions to the contest and allowed TechSoup to reach more NGOs with educational opportunities. October’s Safer Internet theme month inspired 22 events, helping nonprofits work more safely and securely online! NPTech Social. Wednesday, December 3, 2014.
There’s lots of interesting NPTech news this month. The most interesting thing about the report is not the end-date estimate, but rather the several dire predictions on the results of universal Internet access. " Facebook, Solar Drones, and Cheap Internet. The Internet was created nearly 30 years earlier by the U.S.
Can you edit the videos your supporters created for your video contest into something entirely new? Brian also recommends that you check out the Internet Archive while you're in San Francisco. Tags: 09NTC brian_rowe creative commons ip NPTech NTEN. How much of the New York Times technology blog can you quote on your own site?
To enter the contest, just answer a few questions on our “Success Stories” submission page ! Although there is only one winner in this contest, there are certainly no losers. Digital Divide nptech Local impact map digital inclusion success stories tssuccessstories' Alright you got me, I’m in. What’s next?
I posted some nonprofit technology trends and news late last month, but found some late breaking nptech news items I wanted to add. NPTech Innovation in Eastern Europe. And The Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners Are… In November Microsoft launched the first Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest.
NTCwinning 5: Internet You didn’t notice this because it worked, allowing you to blog, tweet, storify, and post to instagram with only slight delays at peak times. We thank the team at Mariette Systems for making a flawless wireless network for the NTC and converting the conference internet from an #NTCfail last year to an #NTCwin this year!
Although there is only one winner in this contest, there are certainly no losers. To enter the contest, just answer a few questions on our “Success Stories” submission page ! Digital Divide nptech Local impact map digital inclusion success stories' Alright you got me, I’m in. What’s next? Great question.
The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. Maybe we need an NPtech History Archive ? Flickr photo from jhritz NpDigg: The Insect Antennae?
Experiment with online contests, both creating them and participating in them. Online contests like the Knight News Challenge , The Case Foundation's America's Giving Challenge , and the AmEx Cardmember Project can be resource draining to participate in, especially for a time- and cash-strapped nonprofit.
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Here's one my god-daughter Leah posted on Facebook, for example: Taking off on the popularity of this craze, my friend Carie Lewis, the dynamic internet marketing manager for the Humane Society of the US - one of the most savvy non-profits around when it comes to interactive and social media - has launched an LOLseals contest on the HSUS website.
We talked about the work of my company Members Only Software, and how I see emerging Internet technologies impacting the non-profit arena. But the posting is most noteworthy for the accompanying photo of me playing my fiddle at the Speedy Tolliver fiddle contest in Arlington VA a couple years back. Tags: nptech , net2
The contest runs from August 29 until noon EDT on September 10, and hopes to uncover new ways of using mobile as a social engagement tool. Consider a world in which the internet is 250 times faster. NTEN Member Knight Foundation announced their latest Knight News Challenge: mobile.
And if that isn't enough, TechSoup is also running a contest with $10,000 in cash prizes. If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group. Bunda, Tanzania: Microsoft Cloud Computing.
This opening reception provides an opportunity to network with nptech professionals while checking out nearly 100 exhibirors showing off their latest and greatest offerings to the nonprofit sector. Here’s a great opportunity to participate in SmartOnline’s ‘Invent Your Mobile App’ Contest, and explore these possibilities!
Internet Sexuality Information Services, Inc (ISIS), a California-based nonprofit focused on sexual health, has been using text messaging since 2006. " She recommends nonprofits interested in mobile think outside the box in terms of creative message content and new ways, like contests or video, of reaching an audience.
The Internet and the Web are changing every institution and impacting every aspect of life. OneWebDay organizers will call attention to efforts that work to ensure that anyone who wants it has access to the Internet and the skills they need to engage, powerfully. Happy OneWebDay!
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