Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2006

We had dinner, took a walk on the board, and I got a chance to have a conversation with my dad about blogging. (He I decided to video blog the first conversation. Our first conversation was about what he hoped to do on his blog and to come up with a name. was also able to set it up on my husband's laptop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2008

Joseph Jaffe offered bloggers a review copy of his boo, Join the Conversation: How to Engage Marketing-Weary Consumers with the Power of Community, Dialogue, and Partnership. Opened in 2006, the school offers computer classes every morning utilizing ten donated laptops and a few older desk tops. Hey, a girl can dream can't she?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 28, 2010

People can post comments and converse with your organization in public for all to see. is all of the above except that the Web experience is no longer limited to desktop and laptop computers while stationary in one place. It’s the Internet on the go fueled by mobile phones and tablets. At its core, Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2010

Susan Tenby , Josephine Dorado , and I camped with our laptops, video cameras, resource guides, favorite game-building sites, and a bountiful new Nonprofit Resource Library in Second Life providing a playful space for participants to get hands-on with mixed reality technologies.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Rather, the entire suite of hardware, data, and software is managed by external service providers and made available to end-users over the internet. Probably the most pervasive example is Microsoft Office 365, in which application software and data (ie, content) is all worked on, saved, stored, shared, and otherwise managed over the internet.

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Care2

JUNE 27, 2013

It just wasn’t confirmed until recently how the government has partnered with Google, Facebook, and phone companies like Verizon to make it easier to monitor messages and conversations. So if you truly don’t want something shared on the Internet, don’t put it online. Four Tips to Protect your Online Privacy.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 29, 2023

Online fundraising platforms are software solutions that your nonprofit can use to solicit, accept, and process donations made via the internet. Supporters can use these platforms to give quickly and easily from their laptops, desktop computers, and mobile devices. What are online fundraising platforms?

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

Live: Participatory Events, Webinars, Conversations, Local and Global. Tweetchats — A TweetChat room opens with a hashtag like our recent #NPtagging conversation. Anyone who uses the designated tag on Twitter automatically becomes a part of the ongoing global conversation on that topic of interest. We think Watchitoo.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

I had a brief conversation by email with Cory Doctorow , a science fiction author who is also a copyleft activist, who releases everything he writes with a CC license. I’m on week 3 of my Ubuntu laptop migration – things are smoothing out – I’ve got audio working, I can listen to mp3 and audio streams.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

The physical space is an open lab space, with lots of white boards, fast wifi, turkish coffee, and lots of geeks sitting on bean bag chairs or at tables with laptops on their laps coding and hacking on their projects. So, the workaround was to post “Allah is watching” on the site and the cursing rate dropped dramatically.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The risks of being on the Internet are increasing. Smartphone and tablet users are far more likely to use unsecured WiFi than laptop users. Social media is not the place for private conversations. Safer Internet security passwords mobile phones privacy' Around 15 million people in the U.S. It’s not our imagination.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

The average smartphone outperforms the laptop computer of the previous decade. It's true: the employees of tomorrow may not have laptops or PCs. The new realm of net-enabled personal communications devices will cut down on the need for many employees to have an expensive-to-maintain PC or laptop. FYI: it doesn't work over 3G.)

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Achieve

AUGUST 5, 2022

backpacks, and laptop stickers. Plus, you can use the internet to research designs that inspire you. Conversely, an in-person fundraiser has different requirements. Create a survey and send it out to your existing donors so that they can “vote” on the items you’re considering. coupon cards.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 24, 2015

You could seriously benefit from sitting down at a group of strangers and striking up a conversation. And instead of trying to download the website content on your phone, tablet or laptop, you can instead download an easy-to-navigate app. No internet connection necessary. AFP is on board with that idea.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Responsive web design started its takeover of the Internet in 2011 and has since become a necessity. The most common screen width for desktop/laptop computers is 1336px , so you can go pretty wide. I hope these questions and tips will get the conversation started at your organization! Is your website responsive?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 18, 2015

And during our conversation, he got a call from a city government employee who needed help finding local census data. When an organization has a small or nonexistent budget for technology, there might not be anyone around to encourage safe practices for using the Internet. Planning a Healthy Hancock County.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology New tools February 5, 2008 Last week, I spent too much time watching demos from DEMO , which is this twice yearly event that showcases the most bleeding edge internet technology. I think like a lot of Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

I did my first presentation about the Internet when I started working with Arts Wire in 1993. Arts Wire was patterned after the Well and was designed as an online conversation community for artists and arts organizations. Or participating in the online conversation on Arts Wire. 09 was the first version I used). What did I do?

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CauseVox

MAY 12, 2022

Donors are reaching your donation page from a variety of devices, from computers and laptops and tablets and cell phones. Eliminate fields you may not need, like postal address, and use a solution that makes their giving experience easy — and you’ll see a much higher conversion rate. Read about them here ! Fraud prevention.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

Stephen Downes points to his post with the following commentary: This would be pretty funny if it weren't such a sad commentary on our media, not merely for using a photo of Brian Lamb and his laptop out of context, but in pandering to a resurgent anti-computer and anti-networking sentiment. blame the internet! :-).

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

Keep it conversational so people can easily read and understand it. Seek funding for very specific needs, such as heartworm prevention medicine for dogs in your care or laptop computers and internet access for families in your education-focused program. This is how you want to write your letter. Make the right Ask.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In 2016, video will continue to be the most interesting media on the Internet. These are toys like Mattel's Internet-connected Hello Barbie that can have a truly interactive conversation with a child. We're not talking about the race to expand Internet access in space here. This past year, U.S. Children love it.

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Forum One

MAY 20, 2009

Above the clattering of China plates covered with hot stuffed chicken and long grain rice were conversations rich in stories, pursuits, and initiatives around the world. Can we really debate one laptop per child and mobile access when kids may really just need food, clothes and school books?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2006

Sara's school does not have an Internet-connected computer, so the activities were focused on movement, reading a book about it, circle time, doing related crafts, and singing a song. I told them that after circle we would use SKYPE internet phone to call Nick in Hong Kong. I was not able to get on with my laptop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

The walking at work trend is being more broadly adopted by senior managers, in part because leaders want to get some distance from their always on work styles, with all of the demands of smartphones and laptops. Those that require technology and an Internet connection can easily be transferred to a mobile phone while you walk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

Technology can be a huge barrier for inclusion if we don’t consider the digital divide of skills, tools, and Internet speeds when selecting platforms and tools for meetings. Organizations have to consider more than just Zoom and high speed Internet, everything needs to be digital to get the job done.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2008

Starting and maintaining conversations with stakeholders. What did you learn that from your experience that you apply to starting and maintaining conversations with stakeholders? I got on the Internet in the early days when it was social media. That doesn't change the fact that he's smart and savvy on the social media front.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2007

The Internet connection is very slow that I am on and typepad won't load. While nothing replaces face-to-face conversation, since we've know each other for over two years via our blogs - it felt like meeting up with old friends you hadn't seen in a long time. I'm finding the Internet connections very very slow.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 11, 2013

Then, make sure the features that fill your cart focus on and drive traffic to this content, rather than relying on the features on their own to boost your website traffic and conversions. New Internet buzzword for you right there! If your content is not important for mobile users, maybe it isn’t all that important.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

Participants had digital copies of the powerpoints translated into french and used their laptops to follow along. We used real-time translators and participants used headsets to tune into the language channel of their choice to understand what was being said. Workshop Handouts work in Arabic and French. Localized Content Delivery.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

We will use SKYPE out which is more rebust for monthly conference calls, scheduled for business hours in Pakistan so participants can use the Internet connection at their offices. Dealing with Connectivity Issues, Remote Work, and Use of Social Platforms. The power of peer knowledge at work!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

We went to a pub with some David Wilcox and Nick Booth, ordered up a few rounds of drinks, and had a fantastic conversation about social media and nonprofits. The type of conversation you have with your peers about your work that you can only have face-to-face. I pulled out my video camera to do some moment capture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

This makes me more comfortable for me to open my laptop and take notes. I asked if I could live tweet to bring others into the conversation which I did using the tag #packfound. . These principles apply to their work, but it doesn't happen out in the open where anyone on the Internet can see it. There is controlled access.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

But last year, over Thanksgiving, I sat next to a man who was working on his laptop (not an activity that invites conversation), creating a presentation on elementary education and technology. A former superintendent of such a district, he explained the basic premise to me: each student, from kindergarten on, has a personal laptop.

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Forum One

MARCH 16, 2022

Smartphone ownership is almost ubiquitous in the United States: 85% of Americans own a smartphone, compared to 77% who own a desktop or laptop computer ( Pew Research Center, 2021 ), 48% of US adults ages 18–29 say they are almost constantly online ( Pew Research Center, 2022 ), and on average, Americans spend 4.2

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fusionSpan

JULY 5, 2023

This is by no means a comprehensive list, but it’s a great place to start a conversation with your IT staff or support vendor. Ensure their laptops are encrypted using Window’s bitlocker. Feel free to use it as a conversation seed with your IT team or vendor. I know, that sounds a bit harsh, right?

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