Social Networks vs. Real Life Networks
Wild Apricot
AUGUST 19, 2010
Tags: Non-profit technology nptech online community Google Non-profit Communications research.
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Why we’re not friends anymore: the nptech echo chamber
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
JUNE 7, 2009
I did a kind of radical experiment a couple of weeks ago: I de-friended almost all of my nptech and client Facebook friends (cutting my friend count by more than 60%). I have an account on all of the major social networks (and some of the obscure ones, too,) listen often, and update fairly regularly. facebook nptech.
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Why we’re not friends anymore: the nptech echo chamber
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
JUNE 7, 2009
I did a kind of radical experiment a couple of weeks ago: I de-friended almost all of my nptech and client Facebook friends (cutting my friend count by more than 60%). I have an account on all of the major social networks (and some of the obscure ones, too,) listen often, and update fairly regularly. facebook nptech.
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100 4 Facts About How Millennials Use Twitter
TechImpact
AUGUST 13, 2014
According to Twitter, 80% of millennials are accessing Twitter through their mobile phoen at least once per day, with 15% of millennial users accessing the social network over 10 times per day. 56% of the respondents to the study claim Twitter is for sharing and documenting their life in real time.
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9 Social Media for Social Good Sites You Should know About
NetWits
JANUARY 11, 2011
Their belief is that “The most successful movements have always been born out of and held together by the bonds of real world relationships, and online social networks present never before seen opportunities for organizing.&# It’s a movement of people who want to make generosity a part of everyday life.&#.
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Social Media Best Practices: 12 Tips for Making the Best of Any Social Site
NetWits
JULY 6, 2011
Do you know how many of your supporters use popular social networks like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube? Google recently made a big social medial play by introducing Google+. With usage stats like that it’s probably safe to assume that a large portion of your followers use at least one social network, right?
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Social Networking IRL (In Real Life) at the NTC
NTEN
FEBRUARY 6, 2012
These session will focus on social networking without a formal agenda, presentation, or takeaways. Looking for information on pre-conference events, ride and room shares, and other social networking opportunities at the 2012 NTC? Think of them as a chance to sit around and chat with your favorite nptechies. >>
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NpTech Tag Summary: Scarcity Thinking, Social Network Fragmentation?, and Engagement Strategies
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 23, 2007
When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. A Few NpTech Conversations. Social Network Fragmentation. Social network fragmentation?
Social Media Not Working For Your Nonprofit?
Wild Apricot
APRIL 9, 2010
Sometimes life doesn't work out the way you want it. The same goes for social media. Tags: Non-profit technology General non-profit interest nptech Social networking Non-profit Communications social media. Sometimes all the planning and preparation in the world amounts to absolutely nothing. Blogs dry up.
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External, alienated, busy-busy
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
APRIL 19, 2010
I like being connected to the nptech community, and learning what’s happening. But, being on those networks has taken it’s toll on me. And I’m very interested in the way my work affects me and my life. There are plenty of people who never entered these waters at all.
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167 Nonprofit Social Media Smarts: Internal or External Social Networking Tools?
NTEN
NOVEMBER 9, 2010
Nonprofit organizations are increasingly adopting social networking tools to create a sense of community among members and donors. Although these statistics reinforce nonprofit's acceptance of social media, the numbers do not show whether organizations have adopted internal or external tools. .
NpTech Tag Roundup: Election Day, NPTech Blog Chatter, and Tool Talk
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 3, 2006
The NPTech Blog Chatter Confessions of a non-profit IT director blog rasied ruckus with his proposal for creating a closed forum and new NTEN Affinity Group : nptechhelp. The Knowledge-at-Work blog writes about when learning and knowledge collide -- and the importance of collaborative learning networks. More information here.
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NpTech Summary: Advocacy 2.0, Sketchcastes, and NpTech in Different Languages
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 10, 2007
NpTech Talk. NpTech Software. An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared. Here's two roundups of links about social media and nonprofits. This one via NTEN and Neighborhood Networks Conference and this one via the nonprofit blog exchange. Ruby Sinreich's Advocacy 2.0
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6 Nonprofit Technology Takeaways and One Killer Find from #12NTC
NetWits
APRIL 11, 2012
According to a report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project nearly half (46%) of U.S. While we were there, Blackbaud, NTEN and Common Knowledge released the 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. You probably have a smart phone in your pocket or on your desk right now. > [link].
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245 NpTech Tag Summary: Chimp Personality, Convio Open API, and More
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 19, 2007
The HSUS newest campaign is geared towards helping the 1,300 chimps still condemned to life in research labs across the country. NpTech Conversations Convio Opens Up API Jason at DIA summarizes the posts and the bigs news in the nptech field this last week - Convio Releases An Open API. I wholeheartedly agree !
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NpTechTag Summary: NpTech Events, Twitters, and Green Web Hosting
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 17, 2007
Net2 Houston, August Photo by Eschipul Nonprofits in Second Life Gala Opening Photo by RubyJi By looking at the photos tagged with NpTech, nonprofit techies were either on vacation or attending events. It went right into the SlideShare NpTech Group ! Maybe next week we'll see photos from BarCampBlock ? and Katya A.
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Blackbaud Headed to SXSWi 2011
NetWits
MARCH 7, 2011
There are a ton of great activities, networking opportunities and sessions focused on the non-profit space this year – one of which Blackbaud will be moderating. It should be a great conversation between (check out the panelists below) social networking providers and their non-profit users. Follow Frank on Twitter.
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NpTech Tag Summary: Putting the U in YouTube, Some Cool Events, and Electronic Sheep Dreams
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 29, 2007
Slide Share Show, " Putting the U in YouTube " although geared for higher education institutions provides some really good practical marketing tips for social networking sites that should be useful for nonprofits too. The Seattle's Net Tuesday Group has just launched a social networking site on ning. NetSquared.
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NpTechTag Summary: NpTech Blog Buzz, NGOS at Demo 07, and Moulin
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 2, 2007
NpTech Themes Nptech Tag News: The NpTech Community site can be found at: [link]. Unthinkingly experiments with visualizing NpTech Tag data with Many Eyes. DEMO 07 NpTech Bytes: DEMO 07 is a conference focused on cutting edge and emerging technology, mostly for the business sector. The offline wikipedia, Moulin.
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NpTech Tag Summary: Face-to-Face or Mediated Experience, Open Source Software Communities, and Blog Days
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 21, 2007
A social graph if the NpTech tag based on a google search NpTech Conversations Gavin's digital diner has written an article about the options that technology gives us for opting out of face-to-face gatherings. Social Media Roundup There are places in the world where YouTube has been banned, including Turkey and Thailand.
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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 24, 2007
Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. The AFP blog points to a press release from Firstgiving about the launch of a social networking site. How will these trends impact nptech?
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50 Social Media Monitoring in 30 Minutes or Less
NetWits
NOVEMBER 24, 2010
You may agree with this or not, but I think it’s safe to say that the skill of listening online is one that all nonprofits should learn – it’s essential for anyone who wants to harness the power of the social web in their online strategy. 3tyuxpqbwg khgf89n3cu. What questions do you have about effective online listening?
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New on SSIR: Reflections on Jumo & Need for Co-Creation
Amy Sample Ward
JANUARY 7, 2011
Whether you’re using social networks, or other shared spaces online, the social web is where you can find others, figure out the actions you want to take, spread news and information, promote the actions, and even stream media/data while taking the action. On & Offline Engagement. Online is great for organizing.
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Social Media and Privacy: Best Practices for Managing Your Personal and Professional Identities
NTEN
APRIL 28, 2010
" The blur between our personal and professional identities on social networking sites may seem all too obvious, but the issue is becoming more prevalent as we use sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn as professional networking tools. Can we completely separate our personal life from our professional life online?
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100 The Shrinking Generational Digital Divide
NTEN
AUGUST 25, 2009
Greater generational differences appear when it comes to reasons for social networking and selecting virtual destinations. Generations X and Y -- born between 1965 and the mid ‘90s -- grew up absorbing these tools early in life, while boomers and older generations have had to adapt and orient to a changing world of 24/7 communication.
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Great reads from around the web on January 6th
Amy Sample Ward
JANUARY 6, 2011
Social Networking Sites Move Into Charity World – NYTimes.com – "Crowdrise, Jumo, Causecast, Causes on Facebook and others try to use social networking and crowdsourcing to build interest in charities and causes, and to help them attract donations.
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The Social Life of PowerPoint Presentations (or why I really love SlideShare)
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 7, 2007
SlideShare is a social networking site that lets you share Powerpoint presentations. I set up a nptech group there and have been tagging slide shows I've discovered that might be useful others with the nptech tag. I invited folks to join the nptech group. Which brings me to the reason why I love SlideShare.
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Mixed Reality Learning Lab: @techsoup at NCVS
Tech Soup
JULY 9, 2010
This blog post was penned by Evonne Heyning , who works with TechSoup's Nonprofit Commons in Second Life and Community teams. With our 65-inch plasma screen TV, we camped outside the main ballroom and projected the #NCVS tweets along with Second Life and web interactive experiences for attendees.
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58 9 Ways Nonprofits Can Excel Using Social Media
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 20, 2010
Marnie also introduced me to social booking and tagging way back in 2004 as the originator of the NpTech Tag. 4: Identify influencers on social media spaces and cultivate them. Example: Northern California ACLU social network analysis of their followers on Twitter. 5: Make sure your content has a social life.
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Use Social Media to Boost Success for Events and Conferences
NTEN
NOVEMBER 9, 2011
After all, associations have been in the "social networking" business long before Facebook and Twitter became household names, Lehman says. This is why social media has been so successfully adopted by associations and integrated into their existing marketing mix. Social networking is another layer that enables that.
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83 Nonprofits Celebrate New Home in Second Life: Nonprofit Commons Grand Opening Gala Event on August 14th, 2007
Have Fun - Do Good
JULY 26, 2007
Part of my job is to help put together Net Tuesdays in San Francisco, monthly meetings for social changemakers and web innovators to socialize, network and share resources. I am a total Second Life newbie. I found this Second Life Basic Help page today which might help. Download and install Second Life , it's free.
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40 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference: A Vibrant "Social" Community of Practice
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 28, 2009
The NpTech Community has been early adopters of social media and social networks like Twitter. In a social environment and it is mysterious why one thing works or does not. Social network platforms are an example. Handling information is a fundamental fact of life. There is no secret sauce.
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EENs Avatars Campaign Brings Online Marketing to Life - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop
Care2
APRIL 21, 2008
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42 Second Life: Debunking Myths, Identifying Opportunities - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop
Care2
SEPTEMBER 6, 2007
frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" million total (500,000 active monthly) residents of Second Life.
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EENs Avatars Campaign Brings Online Marketing to Life - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop
Care2
APRIL 21, 2008
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NGO/NPO Meme - tagged by Nancy White
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 4, 2006
As a result, been behind with the online/blogging part of my life. I want to find Nonprofit tech resources beyond the America's borders, I also start searching on Itrainonline , DigitalDivide Network , or Development Gateway ICT section. NGO/NPTECH Web2.0 NGO/NPTECH Web2.0 Technorati Tags: ngomeme
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50 NpTechTag Summary: Connected Conversations, Live Blogging, and Other Great Finds
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 26, 2007
NpTech Tag Talk If you couldn't make to the NpTech Conference call this week, there are notes here. We also discussed the aggregation and publishing side and some initial goals for the NPTech Community site. They are using RSS to stream content, including resources tagged with NpTech tag in del.icio.us. " Web 2.0,
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Bring Your Idea to Life at Social Actions Wiki - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop
Care2
JULY 16, 2008
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28 Bring Your Idea to Life at Social Actions Wiki - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop
Care2
JULY 17, 2008
frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Why not contribute to the Social Actions Labs Idea Wiki?
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28 Many Uses of FriendFeed
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 20, 2009
It is one of a number of "life streaming applications" where individuals and organizations who are active on the social web can port their activity across social networks into one, easy to follow, read, and comment activity stream. I've used a little social network theory to design my FriendFeed friending strategy.
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50 11NTC Preview: Technology in Times of Disaster: The Important Role of Social media in Disaster Response and Awareness
NTEN
JANUARY 13, 2011
In the aftermath of that quake, as well as flooding in Pakistan, fires in Israel, flooding in South and Central America, and countless other incidents, technology played a critical and often-life-saving role, and remains at the center of the ongoing advocacy and long-term rebuilding work in Haiti.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 24, 2007
Is this my life? ;-). Social Networking. So, my lens is focused how does one translate lessons learned from edtech sector to nptech sector? What struck me was the code of ethics for Virtual Worlds: Virtual Worlds Act in second life like you would in your first life. Mobile Phones. Virtual Worlds.
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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: June 12th
NTEN
JUNE 12, 2009
Michelle Murrain compartmentalized her social networking life -- and learned a thing or two that might apply for individuals and orgs. Tags: community buzz NPTech NTEN nten members. Other NTEN members joined the discussion on her blog , including Beth Kanter and Peter Campbell.
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A Procrastinators Guide to Year-End Fundraising - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop
Care2
NOVEMBER 9, 2007
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