Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

NpTech Conversations. For more NpTech Talk, see this roundup over at the NTEN blog. There's also a profile of the Humane Society's recent $50,000 contest win from Microsoft. NpTech Slide Decks SlideShare is like YouTube for powerpoint presentations. So, you want to build a MashUp? Take the NetSquared Mashup Challenge !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. An extension is actually good thing, gives us more time to look at all those projects! CompuMentor's founder shares his top ten projects.

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

Flickr: chotda This week''s Member Round Up draws from all corners of the sector in both region and topic, from the energy in the streets of Brazil to Facebook contests and assistive technology used by the Bridge School--see what the nptech community''s been up to! Member Round Up member update nptech Social Media'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch. Sixdegrees.org is running a contest with Hanes T-shirts to win $10,000K. Global NpTech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

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. ActiveCollab an open source project management tool. Time to Nominate Projects, Vote for Videos, and Charity Badge Contest! Social Network Fragmentation.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Along with 3 colleagues, we volunteered to develop an entry for the Apps for America 2 contest , sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation. Over 1,500 mashups later, and a first prize win in the contest, DataMasher is proving to be a great experiment in data transparency. Because data is powerful! Ensures the survivability of your work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2008

Donate $10 or more to the Sharing Foundation through Global Giving Fundraiser set up by Blogger Michele Martin of the Bamboo project! I just want everyone to know that I plan to continue to share what I am learning and after this contest ends on January 31st - minus the ask for the money. PS: Beth did not ask me to do this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

Making me think of March Dimes Flickr Contest ) Epilepsy Action in MySpace 1. Internally, we use a wiki to manage many projects and communicate across the organisation. Action Medical Aid Action Medical Research we had great success with a blog by Martin Holdcroft, the father of two very premature boys. Here and here ). it.org.uk ???real???

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NTEN

MARCH 11, 2011

The "Quick and Dirty" Project. People seem to forget, but there are actually two ways to get great returns on your investment: you can either have fabulously successful projects, or you can have projects that took so little time to implement that any return you get is free money. Certain projects need to be done a certain way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

NetSquared, a project of TechSoup, is awarding a share of $100,000 in prize money, and a trip to the NetSquared Conference, to the top 20 winners of the NetSquared Mashup Challenge. You don't need to have tech expertise to submit a project to the Challenge, just an idea for a change you want to make that could be facilitated by a mashup.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 21, 2009

For developers looking for iPhone apps for nonprofits ideas, or projects to get involved with: The Extraordinaries is building an iPhone application to help people find 20-minute volunteer opportunities, and needs volunteers. nptech net2 iPhone app nonprofit net2thinktank I predict that one of them will be iPhone apps for nonprofits.

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NTEN

MAY 18, 2009

Here are highlights from the web of NTEN members doing their, you know, NTEN-type awesomeness: NARAL-Pro Choice America launched a contest on Twitter last week: submit hashtag (#) ideas for aggregating the discussion around "the Supreme Court battle that's just around the corner." Tags: NPTech nten members. Thanks, Peter!

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

" GlobalGiving recently ran a contest to encourage nonprofits to use social media tools to engage and raise donations for their causes. Is there something in the nptech water? Marnie Webb reveals their project overview on her blog. Tags: community buzz nonprofit technology NPTech nten members. " to the post.

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Care2

JANUARY 25, 2011

We see it in the broad range of projects that responded to our NetSquared Challenges. We see it in the stories that people have shared in our S how Your Impact contests. There's also DatAgro , one of the Featured Projects from NetSquared Year 4.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Let's Encrypt is a project in cooperation with the University of Michigan, the nonprofit Mozilla, and TechSoup donor partner Cisco. The project aims to clear the remaining roadblocks to transition the web from [link] to https://. They have project management tools that combine document tracking and social media elements.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

We also have a contest in which we're giving away $7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera. 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. Tuesday, May 10, 2016. Wednesday, May 11, 2016.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

The fine people at Social Actions have announced a new contest that hopes to further social change (the hoped-for final result), online democracy (the community will vote to determine winners), and abject geekiness (you get to code for a cause). You have until April 3rd to submit your project. social actions mashup.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

I posted some nonprofit technology trends and news late last month, but found some late breaking nptech news items I wanted to add. The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology. NPTech Innovation in Eastern Europe. Find the winning apps and the array of entries on the contest page.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

As some of you know, part of my work is being the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of Tech Soup that facilitates the adoption of social web tools by nonprofits and NGOs. You don't need to have tech expertise to submit a project to the Challenge, just an idea for a change you want to make that could be facilitated by a mashup.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

This month the news is about ultramobile devices, NPTech innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, online fundraising trends, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the environmental mobile app of the month in honor or Earth Day 2013.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Flickr Commons Project: Smithsonian Institution I've been neglecting my Member News roundups, but it's not because I don't care -- it's a combination of you guys all being super active and NTEN being consumed by NTC prep. In other news: Arif Mamdani is the new Executive Director of the Progressive Technology Project.

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NTEN

MAY 24, 2010

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) Check out their project -- it's a great example ! Members are in bold. Beth's new blog! (I

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

You can present them with light-weight opportunities to show their support online by voting in a contest, participating in online and offline events, and taking part in volunteer and do-it-yourself actions. This feature allows nonprofits to specify the projects and outcomes that people can support when making a donation.

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Care2

OCTOBER 13, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) I have submitted my idea.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

There’s lots of interesting NPTech news this month. In either case, both Wello and the The Hippo Water Roller Project are searching for creative ways to make these devices affordable to the people who need them now that the technology is ready. People are comparing this venture to Google’s Project Loon.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

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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NTEN

APRIL 13, 2012

video contest and earn the chance to win money for your cause! If your idea is selected as a finalist, you’ll be invited to submit a grant proposal for up to $100,000 to get your project off the ground. Did your nonprofit make an astounding video this year? Submit it to the 2012 Lights. Click here to learn more - via video of course.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MARCH 21, 2008

But before we get back to delivering IT projects on time, let's look at some funny pictures. What is exciting about this contest is the way it changes the images used in educating folks about the seals. Certainly none of us have been spared the LOLcats phenomenon - where folks photograph cats and give them funny captions. Take a peak.

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2009

Flickr Photo: cambodia4kids The Lifetime Acheivement Award is given each year to a person who has pushed the nptech community forward. The DoGooderTV Nonprofit Video Awards is a project of NTEN and See3 Communications. Tags: 09NTC awards NPTech NTEN. Past winners include Beth Kanter and Marnie Webb.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2006

As if you don't get enough of my holding forth here, Marshall Kirkpatrick interviewed me the other day for Techsoup's Netsquared project, and posted it here. 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.

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Care2

MARCH 3, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) What were your goals going into the project?

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) What were your goals going into the project?

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NTEN

APRIL 26, 2012

It will change the way that I move forward on a large web redesign and database integration project that I will be working on this year. Dan Roam was an unexpected value. I had no idea that I needed that presentation as much as I did. Missed Dan Roam's keynote? View the recording. The opening was.well, I lack words.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) That went to several thousand supporters.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) That went to several thousand supporters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. More than $100,000 is on the table for innovate projects. And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. Follow the links from here.

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