Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Last year, Google made an open call to organizations around the world to submit their ideas for how they could use AI to help address these social challenges. The report provides detail about the opportunities and challenges and offers some next steps for social good organizations, technology companies, and policy makers. .

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 23, 2022

We uphold our vision by providing peer-to-peer support, educating people on the issues that are important to the community, and advocating for inclusive policies and laws. Cindy Lackow, a senior Salesforce consultant with Fíonta, pinpointed four existing issues that needed to be addressed with the new system.

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Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

At an organizational level, evaluations can help to establish ethics policies for what AI can be used for and what appropriate use looks like. Candid has established AI policies for staff, one of which is that AI outputs must be verified for truth and accuracy.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Impact Labs convenes community experts across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas. Our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Why Climate Justice?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

We’re deep believers in the benefits of openness, which means we publish open source software and create open content under Creative Commons licenses. We are now looking for a half-time general counsel to join our team and manage the host of legal issues we are always investigating.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 20, 2006

This is a musing on the current state of the Gnu Public License, which governs a preponderance of open-source software projects. But first, let's talk about what open-source means for a minute. This is what has permitted such widespread commercial adoption of the open source idea.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 6, 2022

This is completely our view based on reading between the lines and also watching increasing regulations like GDPR and evolving data tracking through cookie policies. The rules changed underneath this useful product and it seems like there may be bigger issues at play around prepping for the future of privacy regulations.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2009

.&# " – I'm interested to hear what you all think about this issue, especially now during the 'giving season.' ' Open Source Is Dead! Long Live Open Source! What I mean is that open source, as we knew it, is dead. However, the efforts are far from organized and strategic.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

Hot Button Issues at SXSW: Kony and Homeless Hotspots. Personal and Professional Identity: Social Media Policies for Nonprofits. Tendenci Released as Open Source by Schipul. This is how Amber Case opened her 2012 South by Southwest Interactive keynote talk on Sunday, March 13th. This topic was especially relevant….

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

August 11, 2008 You’ve likely heard a lot about “ cloud computing “ And what’s true is that the sales-talk about computing in the cloud certainly makes the conceptual issues behind it, honestly, well, cloudy. If the provider goes belly up with your data, you’re toast. Make sure access is secure. Be Helpful.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 28, 2014

Decision 1: Must we have data governance policies before we migrate? Good data governance addresses data quality issues ranging from how you control your data input processes to questions such as ‘How long will you store old records? For Open Source and custom databases, you can usually get directly to the database if needed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

The topic of data is a geeky subject, but exciting because in this era of big data and networks, our collective capacity for problem solving has never been greater. Data is transparent because of social media, data visualization, and open data from governments – all helping us to usher a remarkable period in human history.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Support: There’s no one readily available to help answer your questions or fix something if you have an issue with the program. Dropbox Sign Platform overview: Nonprofits may need to share important documents and agreements, such as employment contracts or conflict of interest policies.

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Care2

MAY 24, 2010

When Facebook launched their Open Graph API last month they thought they had revolutionized their platform. Also what impact does Facebook’s new privacy policies have on nonprofits and their constituents? But Facebook crossed a privacy line again and has infuriated some of its most passionate users.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The weekend event was organized by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy , Code for America , Random Hacks of Kindness , and many other organizations and companies. While the challenges were focused mainly on local or statewide issues, they came up with solutions that could be adopted for national issues as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2007

Pick a platform that provides adequate services and start a community, pushing for interoperability and openness. Functionality : graphics quality; APIs for simulation; interface tools; authoring tools; links to 2D web; chat/voice capabilities; support for multiple instances; ADA issues. Legal and Mgmt : open source?;

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NTEN

MARCH 6, 2015

Also announced was the winner of this year''s Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest , an annual award of a $10,000 cash grant to one individual who has created or led an effort to create an open source software product of significant value to the nonprofit sector and movements for social change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

This role is more about providing London's non-profit sector with a for ICT issues and getting policy-makers and funders to recognise that investing in the ICT of non-profit organisations can actually achieve lots of positives - transforming organisations to work smarter and better, better collaboration and information sharing, and so on.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2010

This week, for example, NTEN members like Johanna Bates , Peter Campbell , Dean Matsueda , David Geilhufe , and many more debated the topic of privacy issues on social networks (a la Facebook recently) and whether that would drive more nonprofits to customized open source options for their communities. > DC 501 Tech Club.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

The day before the conference, I spent some time at the Open Institute , the NGO that hosts the KhmerOS (Open Source Software) project. The executive director, Chim Manavy, was on the Cyber Cambodian panel and spoke about Cambodia's need for a telecommunications policy and action plan. She a lot of leadership potential.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Now seems like a good time for nonprofits to educate their constituents about the privacy issues surrounding these and other smart objects. "Closing the digital divide will take more than one year and more than one policy change. Nearly half of them were in the U.S. Pretty much all major toymakers sell smart toys now.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

There are other projects underway to solve it, including the MedBiquitous Activity Report standard and (in a sense) the Mozilla Open Badges project. When we open that can of worms, we’ll know we’ve reached the trough of disillusionment. EHR-Integrated Performance Improvement: Uncertainty around the U.S. Slope of Enlightenment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Lucy Bernholz, moderating, said that metrics are the carbon in the ecosystem and the oxygen is the policy frame. She’s launched a policy project you can read about here. People are open sourcing their metrics, and building taxonomy. I sought out sessions that focused on setting industry standards for social measurement.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2005

Sudden and unexpected changes in software behavior are not just little treats for your staff, but issues that require policy consideration and training. This has an impact on issuing a credit card refund. Besides these usage issues, there is risk to consider. But your mission-critical systems are NOT Gmail or Flickr.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

We provide a supportive network for the vibrant and thriving community of women in technology professions by giving women an open platform to share their talents, experiences, and insights. There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Influence decision-makers; impact public policy.

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Forum One

APRIL 29, 2008

youre a funder in the philanthropic sector, and youve concluded that online collaboration is a great tool for solving issues like. In part one, we looked at determing the value of creating a collaboration community.If

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

We discuss issues and trends in modern web technologies that help your organization achieve more with less. an open class discussion, or a traditional front-of-room lecture from your teacher? open source. Terms of Use Privacy Policy Billing and Refund policy. Industry news and upcoming events. net2mashup.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Open Content for Nonprofits Open Content discussion continues with some comments from Michael Stein (east coast) about Laura Quinn's post last friday. "Laura is not creating media, as the Social Source blog suggests one ought, to lure you into her site. shows us how to screencast with Linux and other open source tools!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon, the capstone thesis project for Heinz School Masters students. As Lifehacker notes , seems like this is a quick and dirty way to submit issues to tech support. BlindConfidential serves as a commentary on issues regarding people with vision impairments.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

But that it exists at all is revealing to the kinds of thinking necessary to help solve core issues that plague the nonprofit world. Because it exists as an Open Source architecture rather than an Open Source project based on a specific platform, it is strengthened by interdependency as more nonprofit software providers participate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

The Case Foundation blog also has a section called " Tech4Good " TechSoup blog posts about an online tool and forum discussion about green policies. And if you're looking for some fabulous manuals for open source software, check out the Floss Manuals. Kabissa.org wants to know how you are using "Web 2.0"

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 11, 2014

A significant, but neglected, issue is the ethics of data collection and storage. The solution we have been exploring is a semi-customized, open source, secure, data collection and analysis application that makes it easier for social sector users to safely gather and use information more efficiently.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

Upgrading to Open Source Government When: Monday, March 16th from 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm: Room Hilton D Description: The 2004 and 2008 campaigns use of collaborative tools, blogs and social networking have shown citizen activism and online communities can wield powerful influence. All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

Take, for instance, Unlocked Labs , a nonprofit that employs a team of incarcerated software developers who are building nonprofit, open-source technology to make high-quality education more accessible to incarcerated individuals. Moreover, the global nature of Black SiS’ operations meant time zones became an issue.

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Forum One

MARCH 18, 2006

youre a funder in the philanthropic sector, and youve concluded that online collaboration is a great tool for solving issues like. In part one, we looked at determing the value of creating a collaboration community.If

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Things to consider and target include: sender line: who is your email "from" subject line: what are you saying before the email is even opened? The White House opened up their Twitter account during the peak of the Swine Flu hysteria.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 1, 2023

This makes sense, when an AI is put in a situation where harm to humans is possible there needs to be a clear policy from Government. AI as a service is now a reality and can be powered by any number of growing open-source models. Escalates complex issues to responders who review, oversee and handle direct support.

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