Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2010

As Shelley says, " as people explore our area, the Brooklyn Museum staff help them along in their journey pointing out the joys of pancakes at Tom’s Restaurant or the killer wine selection at Abigail’s." Other ideas include a special Museum badge. In addition, the Museum has taken those tips and created a mashup with the YELP api.

Museum 98

Museum Social Network Mashup Nonprofit 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2006

What a great idea! Photo in flickr. Creative Commons is running a Flickr Contest encouraging people to use their photographic skills to support Creative Commons. The official rules are here. Technorati Tags: nptech.

Flickr 50

Flickr Contest Mashup Photo 50

The Next Web

APRIL 27, 2013

No-one wants to talk about their ideas for fear that the person sitting next to them will steal them.”. In many emerging economies capitalism has slowly developed out of the shadows of communism, feudalism or dictator-style mashup economies, and its current incarnations haven’t entirely shaken themselves of the dusty vestiges of the past.

Tanzania 144

Tanzania Ecuador Tech Develop 144

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2008

"    Use of Points When Selecting Tools:   He only gives participants a choice of 18 tools and it is a wide range (more technical tools like Drupal, Joombla, and Mashups), but they have a budget of 10 points - so this naturally leads to a discussion of priorities.  

Remix 50

Remix Social Media Ideas Media 50

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

it actually tells you, with much richer context: I personally love data-map mashups and Qriously uses them brilliantly! I’m happy to share my thoughts, feedback, ideas, and “expertise&# and love to help others learn something that they can then do on their own (without me next time).

Data 154

Data Mobile Time Map 154

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2010

"      Other ideas include a special Museum badge. In addition, the Museum has taken those tips and created a mashup with the YELP api. " I like the idea of leveraging a networked effect of the swarm badge.   I stumbled upon this engaging YouTube video that Steppenwolf.

YouTube 95

YouTube Badge Museum Social Media 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

I’ll be sharing tips and techniques on how to generate ideas or “brainstorming” techniques. If participants are afraid that their ideas might be shot down by others, brainstorming will not be productive. All ideas are as valid as each other. Encourage as many ideas as possible. What is Brainstorming? .

Facilitation 109

Facilitation Work Nonprofit Technique 109

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 26, 2008

New open source players entering the market (more on them soon), high satisfaction for other open source tools, and SaaS vendors throwing the doors open so that nonprofits can integrate their systems well (I’m psyched to hear about all the new connectors, mashups and apps happening all the time.)

Open Source 111

Open Source Mashup RSS Open 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2014

I gave a keynote about the Human Side of Data for Good and facilitated a mini-innovation lab to brainstorm creative ideas around the challenge of communicating about the value of shared data and becoming the community knowledge center for shared data for donors, nonprofits, and other stakeholders. I was blown away!

Reflection 114

Reflection Conference Learning Homeless 114

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

There are TONS of climate activisits and organizations on Twitter - spreading news, policy alerts, new developments, and ideas. You can also use Social Actions’ Twitter mashups to pull and push actionable opportunities to your network. and news streams like #earthtweet. It’s not going to work.

Green 102

Green Social Media Mashup Org 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2008

What ideas might they offer for new services or marketing/fundraising campaigns? Here's a few ideas to get started. Nonprofit Pulse just created a mashup. What do they think about your issue area? What do they like or dislike about your program or service? How are their preferences changing? People who attended TED.

Twitter 95

Twitter Nonprofit Profile Search 95

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 17, 2006

One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups. Like the freedom that RSS gives to end users in terms of getting the data that you want in your hands, to read when and how you want it, APIs give programmers (and, at times, end users) the freedom to get data from Web 2.0

Web 100

Web API RSS Open Source 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

We hope that this will spur development for more social applications and mashups as well as better distribution of these applications worldwide. Katrin over at MobileActive.org weighs in , and I agree: So what does this mean for the ‘mobile for good’ field?

News 100

News Open Google Open Source 100

TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2022

The idea is to let developers test AI systems and biases — that is, the edge cases where the systems perform poorly — to reduce the time needed for validation, Choi explained in an email interview. Pay structure aside, crowd-powered validation isn’t a new idea.

Model 98

Model Test Develop Companies 98

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2009

You might not know your way around an API, but if you love the idea of making government information more accessible, there are other ways to get involved with Sunlight Labs. Check the Labs' wiki for ideas. You can find more information at [link]. Don't worry if you're not a coder geek.

Mashup 36

Mashup API Contest Challenge 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2007

While browsing RSS reader today, I noticed someone had favorited my recursive mashup photo that I have on the cover the presentation. He has created a " Mashup Page " with the sub-title: Dr. Mashup or: Why educators should learn to stop worrying and love the remix. site that has photos, etc.,

Remix 50

Remix Mashup PowerPoint Slideshare 50

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I’ve followed and supported the work of Peter Deitz and Social Actions ever since hearing about his passion and ideas a few years ago. I wrote a blog post called, Mashups, Open APIs, and the Future of Collaboration in the Nonprofit Tech Sector. I knew I wanted to be in the session even without really knowing why.

API 186

API Action Open Web 186

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

I got a message from one of my readers, Ashley Messick, on Facebook about a recent post about Social Actions Twitter for Good Facebook Group and TwitterFeed Mashup I wanted to Digg post about Save the World with Twitter and wasn't quite sure how to categorize it when submitting. to merit something. What do you think?

Digg 51

Digg Social Mashup Nonprofit 51

Forum One

JUNE 9, 2009

He talks about the benefits of both putting book content online *and* also allowing people to engage/comment/mashup the text. How to do well with "ideas discovery"? in logical sections/pieces so discrete (groups of) ideas can be linked to. Other ideas for enhancing idea discoverability?

Policy 52

Policy Impact Digg Mashup 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2009

Well, let's look at five different event types and see if one or more of 'em sparks some ideas for your community! These events are very simple and unstructured , but many people have found employment, made friends, developed new ideas, done deals and had moments of serendipity.". And if you're stuck for action ideas, just click here.

Offline 88

Offline Community Organization Online 88

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

Source: Share Your Ideas. Here’s a brief definition and cultural example of each: • In contributory projects, users are solicited to provide limited and specified objects, actions, or ideas to an institutionally controlled process. What do these categories look like outside of the science environment?

Active 98

Active Activities Activism Model 98

NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

For an idea of what they're looking for, check out these examples of projects already using the Social Actions API: 'Related Ways to Take Action' WordPress Plugin : A plugin you can add to any WordPress.org blog that identifies the keywords of each blog posts and then displays related ways to take action. social actions mashup.

Mashup 36

Mashup Change Plugin Action 36

Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2009

They cover all 21 Featured Projects from last year's N2Y3 Mashup Challenge. Last year's Mashup winner — Ushahidi — is the topic of the first case study. Leading the pack with innovative ideas, amazing grassroots social change, and barn-raising tech solutions, the N2Y4 is not to be missed.

Case Study 43

Case Study Netsquared Registration Studies 43

Care2

JULY 16, 2008

60) Search « Webinar: Using Email to Engage Activists, Cultivate Donors | Main | Three Tips: How to Harness the Power of Video for Nonprofits » Wednesday Jul 16 2008 Bring Your Idea to Life at Social Actions Wiki Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 10:00AM | by Hatef Yamini Got ideas? Contribute your ideas here.

Wiki 28

Wiki Social Media Action Ideas 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2007

Here's scoop on how to participate: You will need to submit a video, animation, or mashup that either tells the story of a project (or projects) on GlobalGiving, or focuses on why you give to a project (or projects). GlobalGiving FilmFest Timeline. You: Beginning May 3, agree to rules and conditions and register at the GlobalGiving FilmFest.

Giving 50

Giving Mashup Remix Registration 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Win $10,000 DonateNow Mashup Challenge at NetSquared. Okay, building the mashup will probably take you longer than ten minutes, but $10,000. Hurry the deadline is May 19th to submit your idea. Use Tweetscan and type in key words. Don't forget to add the search tool. A Practical Guide to Using Web 2.0

Nptech 50

Nptech Tag Summary Social Media 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Last month, I heard a talk by author Jonathan Salem Baskin about his soon to be published book, “ Histories of Social Media.&# The book looks at social media concepts and ideas, asks is this really new? The technology tools certainly are, but history provides a context for every behavioral quality of new media. 2) Crowd Creation.

Measure 96

Measure Impact Fund Social Media 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

While the idea of giving away a non-profit model itself isn’t new, KaBOOM! Through a suite of online tools—including a social networking site, online training, do-it-yourself content, and a Google-map mashup—KaBOOM! is one of the first non-profit organizations to take this approach online. And the results have been impressive.

Network 95

Network Case Study Social Change 95

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Instead, Pinterest now sees its potential as a platform for creators who can share their ideas in video format — whether that’s recipes, DIY craft projects, home décor ideas, beauty tutorials, fashion ideas, or anything else.

Video 100

Video Tools Belarus Effective 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

A few months back, the San Francisco Symphony used YouTube to crowdsource auditions for a mashup peformance. I wrote the following trying to translate some of the ideas for nonprofits and use it as framework when looking at the Opera project. How do you evaluate this? Pick the Right Model.

Analysis 88

Analysis Music San Francisco Mashup 88

Care2

JULY 17, 2008

60) Search « Webinar: Using Email to Engage Activists, Cultivate Donors | Main | Three Tips: How to Harness the Power of Video for Nonprofits » Wednesday Jul 16 2008 Bring Your Idea to Life at Social Actions Wiki Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 10:00AM | by Hatef Yamini Got ideas? Contribute your ideas here.

Wiki 28

Wiki Social Media Action Ideas 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2009

Chris suggests: Before you start the clock it is a good idea to benchmark where you’re at. His post "The Apollo and Dionysus of digital evaluation " talks about finding the right mashup between numbers and stories using mythology metaphors. Make a note of the obvious numb ers. celebration of shared sensations of change?

Social Media 50

Social Media Media Social ROI 50

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

SQL is a bit fiddly at the best of times, and if we move past SaaS to DaaS (Data as a Service) it frees up a *lot* more time to share ideas on the functionality front. And with mashups becoming more and more popular, there’s a kind of meta-collaboration at work now too. 3 Jon Biedermann 09.25.08

Open Source 100

Open Source Open Software Profit 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

There were two different kinds of APIs discussed – the ones that help organizations with interoperability within their organizational systems – getting data from one app to another, and using APIs for things like Google maps mashups. It seemed that only Blackbaud had APIs you have to pay for.

Web 100

Web API Open Source NTEN 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

This graphic is a mashup of Priscilla Brisbane's illustration of Levels of Engagement in advocacy campaigns with this blog post from the Social Organization's blog about how how business relationships and how technology helps or hinders. Chris Brogan tweeted about this blog this morning and I when I read the post it got me thinking.

Relationship 56

Relationship Business Social Develop 56

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2009

I did a mashup with social media framing. The adoption of the typewriter, at just the same time that women began to work in offices, reflected changes in women's roles, new ideas about the organization of work, and the rapidly growing corporations of the day. Joitske recommend Learning To Change.

Change Management 66

Change Management Social Media Adopt Change 66

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

The Flickr for Nonprofits Affinity group will meet in Washington, DC on April 4 at 1:00 PM ( check agenda ) to share experiences, tips, and ideas about how Flickr can be used to support nonprofits and their programs. Full Stop Campaign - google maps and flickr mashup. Given my interest in flickr that's why I set one up last fall.

Flickr 50

Flickr Comment Resource Contest 50