Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Back Channels, Workflow, Data, Twitter, and me March 13, 2007 I read Beth’s recent blog entry on Twitter , and of course, the neo-luddite in me said “waste of time!&#

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TechImpact

JUNE 11, 2014

Between your nonprofit’s website, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Youtube channel, Instagram account, and whatever else your nonprofit uses to advertise online, it can be hard to keep up. Fundraising Tech donation fundraising nonprofit nonprofit technology npTech technology' Image courtesy of Complete Payroll Solutions.

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JULY 30, 2014

Or have you ever wondered how many visitors arrive to your site from Twitter vs Facebook. The “3 second rule” is never truer than on the Internet. Fundraising Tech analytics data donors google analytics nonprofit nonprofit technology npTech' Want to know how many people landed on your website this month? No problem.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " The Web Is Dead.

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NTEN

APRIL 30, 2010

Right now, our oxygen mask is the Internet. Recently, a federal court told the FCC that it couldn't prevent Internet service providers like Comcast from hindering access to certain kinds of services on the Internet. Here's some text you can use in your Facebook status and on Twitter: Save the Internet, Save the World!

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TechImpact

MARCH 20, 2014

5 Days a week, post to Twitter. Twitter is the most dtnamic, fastest changing of all social media feeds. IT is contanstly changing, morphing, and is one of the few places on the internet wheer posting so often is acceptable. 3 days per week post on Pinterest and Instagram.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 16, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology So where is open source in the nptech ecosystem? Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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NetWits

JULY 6, 2011

Do you know how many of your supporters use popular social networks like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube? Twitter has more than 16 million users, and 42.3 Think about it like when the Internet became popular — you wanted to secure your domain even if you didn’t plan on using it right away so others wouldn’t register it.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

As we all continue exploring the vast horizons of the internet and the social tools it offers, be sure to check out the applications that help you continue telling stories with the power of video, maps and more. You do need a Twitter account to use it. Here are four that currently have my vote – please share yours!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 3, 2009

The conversations inevitably get stymied around Twitter - which is no surprise, as every nonprofit is trying to figure out what the tool means for them. Raising money on Twitter is happening all the time. Beth Kanter stood on stage at Gnomedex and used Twitter to help raise $2,657 in 90 minutes. Clearly it works.but why?

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " Why Do You Participate in Twitter Chats? " Why Do You Participate in Twitter Chats? on Twitter and Facebook.

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TechImpact

MAY 26, 2014

However, one of the most used internet communication tools, the email newsletter, could be one of the most efficient and effective tools for keeping a donor’s interest. Fundraising Industry News Social Tech newsletter nonprofit nonprofit technology nonprofits npTech social media supporters technology'

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NetWits

JUNE 7, 2011

Don’t count out the smaller sites, as together with Twitter and Email, they account for 62% of social sharing. Takeaway: Public social networks, such as Twitter and blogs, have a higher number of clicks per link than private networks, such as Facebook and email. 3) Facebook Is Not The Only Social Network. clicks and 1.7

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NetWits

APRIL 11, 2012

According to a report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project nearly half (46%) of U.S. Carla Schlemminger and JD Lesica led a 90-minute session titled You Need a Strategy, Dammit, Not a Twitter Account that focused on how to create a social media strategy for your nonprofit instead of starting with tool or tactics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

Things are slowing down during the holidays , so here's a short version of the NpTech Tag Summary. It all started when Susan Reynolds , a social media maven and artist, was diagnosed with breast cancer and started a blog to write about her experience and used twitter to fight her cancer. What's your take on Twitter for Nonprofits?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

The truth is I think it has only just begun and that we’re on the cusp of a radical transformation in how we use the Internet in our personal and work lives as well as how we use it to foster social good. Now I primarily only watch the PBS News Hour and listen to NPR and the BBC on the Internet more often, but not all day.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 21, 2014

Bill Gates famously wrote in 1996 that content will be king on the Internet one day. Whether his vision for what Internet content would be in 1996 was, we may never know. Yes, 80% of social sharing happens on Facebook and Twitter. Image courtesy of Web Business Agenda. Social sharing. Share volume. Is it your About Us page?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2011

On Friday, I tripped down the rabbit hole of Google + field test with many other social media early adopters and nonprofit technology (#nptech folks) who were kicking the tires. Google + is Google’s new social sharing platform. The tag is still active on Twitter and other places. I found it overwhelming! Let’s face it.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Claire Williams Diaz who works on social innovation at Twitter. Frank Barry , Internet Evangelist at Blackbaud. Once the panel discussion begins I’ll be taking questions from the audience as well as fielding questions via Twitter. Incredible!). Noah Everett , founder of TwitPic. This has got to be the best of all our pictures.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 12, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Twitter, Facebook and Google tools have already been used for market research, sales predictions and targeted advertising.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 21, 2011

How important is it for your conference attendees to have access to the internet? of NCFR Conference attendees said that having internet access is at least somewhat important. Our organization has felt the pinch, spending thousands of dollars in past years on internet access for just our cyber café and registration desk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

While the meebo nptech chat room is chatting live during the PDF, a few tweets overheard on twitter anticipate the upcoming NetSquared Conference. We're hearing some early tweets about Netsquared on twitter. If you pop out of your browser to visit, you'll see the NpTech Meebo Chat Room.). NetSquared Community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

According to PC World , Yahoo will shut down several of its Web properties, including Delicious, according to a leaked Yahoo presentation slide that was posted on Twitter. I queried my friends on Twitter and my library, museum, archivist, and educator colleagues suggested Diigo. I was hoping this was just a rumor.

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NTEN

JUNE 25, 2010

Even phone calls aren't phone calls anymore; increasingly they are Voice over IP calls that happen over the internet. This all works because the Internet is one thing above all else: OPEN. Because the Internet is open, our nonprofits can share knowledge, empower people and make our communities better places.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2007

Expect lots of tweets from Netsquared next week and make friends with NetSquared on Twitter if you haven't already! The NpTech Summary. So, this is going to be a NpTech Power of Ten roundup, noting ten themes from the week. Buzz in NpTech space -- from blog to blog to tagged bookmarks. Met Citizen 2.0:

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 2, 2009

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). … So in this post my hope is to share with you what is unique about measuring one such channel, Twitter. ." And a bold next step is ahead!

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TechImpact

JUNE 18, 2014

As a result, nonprofits and volunteers alike are turning to the internet to find, and fill, volunteer opportunities. Potential volunteers are weighing their bevy of options, and because of the internet, are able to make well informed decisions about who they want to donate their time and expertise to.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 9, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). – Pew Research Center – "Eight percent of the American adults who use the internet are Twitter users. Who Tweets?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " New Phone Apps Aim to Combat Harassment – NYTimes.com – “The Internet speeds everything up,&# Ms.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 21, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " Tags: roundup bestpractice bookmarks campaigning community list lists nonprofits nptech organizing postalicious resources socialmedia sxsw tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Compete provides information on every site on the Internet including site traffic history and competitive analytics. Alexandra Samuel has a great idea for using twitter - provide updates on how you've changed the world! Use the track trends option and set to track "Nptech" for nptech related twitters.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 18, 2007

June 18, 2007 OK, so I finally drank the Facebook coolaid – and although it took me a long time to get around to, I have now realized how many people in the nptech field have already been on facebook for a while. I decided to try out facebook when I kept hearing about the integration of other social networking sites into facebook.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 6, 2007

I think that it is certainly possible to disseminate some guidelines (that some people will pay attention to) for the use of the nptech tag that could increase the signal/noise ratio. Technorati Tags: nptech , tagging , folksonomies { 1 trackback } Beths Blog 01.08.07 What do those guidelines look like?

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 26, 2009

I’ve just been listening to a podcast of Lee Weinstein’s conversation with public relations consultant Donna Gibbs on how non-profits are successfully using social media right now, where Gibbs shines a light on the social media marketing activities — on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter — of two charities she’s involved with personally. read more ).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 12, 2007

We’d love to get more women involved in nonprofit open source – women from the nptech world who might not be thinking a lot about open source, and women from the open source community who might not be thinking a lot about nonprofit organizations. Let’s get together! at 2:50 pm Thanks for shout out. of women in FLOSS?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

So maybe, we can get some Linuxchix to get involved in the nptech community, and we can get some nptech women who might be a little shy getting their toes wet with technology installing linux and writing code, with Linuxchix support, and have some nice synergy. at 2:04 pm I’ll second Tory’s thanks.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology NTC Links April 6, 2007 There has been a little bit of blogging and the like at NTC – although it was certainly hindered yesterday, when the internet was down for most of the day.

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