Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Mozilla Week of Service Begins September 14th: Mark your calendars and sign up to offer your geek skills to your local community for a service project this week. I've been doing this for ten years as part of the annual NTEN Day of Service for the NTC. NTEN has two fantastic events this month! Projects working in the U.S.

Social Media

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

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. It's nice to see NTEN members playing well together! Interestingly, social media comes last.).

NTEN

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

.&# Um, Matt, Sourceforge has been basically irrelevant for years, since people started moving their projects off of that platform, and onto their own platforms. New projects seem to crop up more on Google Code than on SF now a days. Mozilla Labs announces the winners of their Extend Firefox2 contest – the best Firefox add-ons.

Kintera

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! Sign up for the event or learn more here.

Brain

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

DECEMBER 31, 2010

When a nonprofit partners with a company on project that uses social media, what metrics do you use to measure success? This conversation was sparked by this post from Richard Becker that shares the numbers from the Pepsi Refresh Contest. Holly Ross, NTEN, Four Lessons Learned About Social Media in 2010. Measurement Challenges.

Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

As NTEN points out , the campaign include integrated tactics: They have a custom landing tab on Facebook for the campaign, tied to a contest: they’re asking their fans to share their pets’ stories and photos. We also have a weekly cross-sectional meeting that talks about longer term projects. That was key.

Facebook

See3

MARCH 27, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Daniel Hartman MAR 27, 2008 NTEN Does Web 2.0 Makes sense.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Crowdsourcing is defined broadly as: The process of organizing many people to participate in a joint project, often in small ways. The measures of impact for this project include diversity, deeper and more relevant reporting, and better connection with listeners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

VTVigils VT Vigils VTvigils.org is a project of a diverse group of national campaigns and organizations not affiliated with Virginia Tech. Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. The site was developed by Democracy in Action. Check out Greenlight Nigeria and Mobile Monitors.

Netsquared

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.

Tools

NTEN

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Caught in the act, the two are forced to undertake a community service project as punishment. Tags: contest COP Social Media Web Sites Communications. A jealous Quinn is bitten with the spirit to serve as well when she learns that the two will be spending every Saturday for a month together at a senior citizen's facility.

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NTEN

APRIL 26, 2012

As Holly wrote in the #NTCFail blog post outlining the things that didn’t go as planned at the event, we value being open and accountable at NTEN. 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. Yes, the counter to #NTCfail is #NTCwinning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Note: I've had this blog post in a draft for about a week and was reminded about it when I saw this post over at the NTEN blog asking Is Facebook A Bust or Is Obama's Model the Future ? But the denominations of the donations remain small, and it's not clear that one-off contests will lead to more.

Facebook

NTEN

APRIL 13, 2012

It was amazing to see so many NTEN members at the NTC last week! 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?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. List, Learn, Adapt - concept from David Armano: “Insight must before investment when implementing a social media project.&#. WeAreMedia Project ([link] has a listening toolbox!

Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Small Change blog points to First Giving Digg Contest which was one of four social media promotional ideas using social media tools. possibly related classroom projects??? There are 15 projects in the competition, all with a mission of ending traffiking and slavery, including an entrant from Cambodia. Which one worked best?

Nptech

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2006

I'm the moderator for the Flickr for Nonprofits Online Affinity Group over at NTEN and during a recent exchange about nonprofits using online photo and (video) contests to call attention to the causes, Cordellia and Susanne caught my attention. I interviewed the team about how they work together and their recent viral video contest.

Hunger

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2008

Arial Goldberg, Common Knowledge, winner of video camera I am in New Orleans this week because the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN is taking place. The Day of Service is an opportunity for nonprofit techies to share their expertise or volunteer for a local organization on a specific project.

Community

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.

Mashup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

For more NpTech Talk, see this roundup over at the NTEN blog. The good folks at Care2 (Heather Holdridge, Justin Perkins, and James O'Malley) have a detailed case study on the NTEN blog about the top Facebook winner of the recent Case Foundation America's Giving Challenge. You can find all the presentations from that conference here.

Nptech

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.

Nptech

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.

Facebook

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

Here some thoughts from the NTEN blog about ways to use twitter for your organization, although some nonprofit technology experts do not find twitter useful professionally. Do contests and competitions help build social capital and nonprofit fund raising or inspire burnout? Details here. What's your take on Twitter for Nonprofits?

Nptech

NTEN

MAY 4, 2009

Flickr Photo: ann.a.liese The NTEN Award is given each year to a person who lives the values of our community. At NTEN, we are all practical dreamers, we're open and authentic with one another, and we hold each other accountable. NTEN Member John Merritt, from the YMCA of San Diego County , embodies all of these ideals.

Award

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

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. According to the NTEN Blog , Blackbaud , a provider of services designed for nonprofits, has launched Blackbaud Labs , a sandbox for projects in the pipeline. Using Web2.0

Nptech

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2008

My thought was to blog about the cause (a stretch), but to share as much learning about personal/social fundraising or what I'm learning about social networks - that should be of interest some readers - and even those I'm competing with for the contest.

Donation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

I'm the moderater for the NTEN online affinity group that focuses on Flickr for Nonprofits. I read in the NTEN newsletter where there was call for Affinity Group Meetings. We will discuss flickr, tagging, digital photography, flickr contests, participatory media campaigns, and much more. Where do I find more information?

Wiki

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.

Money

Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology. The ideas submission process started last week and will be followed by online conversations, online community voting, jury voting, and a hackathons for the best projects in each of the countries. NPTech Online Fundraising Trends.

News

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Someone on the 501 Tech Club NY list ( NTEN Affinity Group ) suggested a name change might be needed. 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.

Summary

Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

Fundacja TechSoup in Poland, in a close partnership with Dokukino and other local organizations from the Western Balkans, has launched open challenges for the best technology-based social projects that address transparency and accountability issues in the the Bosnia and Hercegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia. NPTech Online Fundraising Trends.

News

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

And if that isn't enough, TechSoup is also running a contest with $10,000 in cash prizes. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and other awesome organizations. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Upcoming Tech4Good Events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

ActiveCollab an open source project management tool. Time to Nominate Projects, Vote for Videos, and Charity Badge Contest! You have until April 6th to nominate a project to be featured at the Netsquared 2007 Conference. Check out the top ten charity badges over at the Six Degrees -- the contest is in the home stretch.

Social Network

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2008

I have just returned from a week in New Orleans where I participated in the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. For many years, I've organized a pre-conference event called the Day of Service , an opportunity for nonprofit techies to share their expertise or volunteer for a local organization on a specific project.

Video

NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

What excites me the most are the projects people are coming up with on their own. Tags: digital divide digital inclusion nathaniel james Newsletter NPTech NTEN onewebday. In San Diego, they're throwing a dance party and featuring a VJ/video performance artist who will mash up the OneWebDay logo with compelling imagery.

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