Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2014

This campaign melded multiple ideas for a mashup and multiple dimension, campaign approach. A national celebrity, such as Justin Bieber or Justin Timberlake (whoever is available!), Here’s what emerged: (Special thanks for Lori Larson for capturing notes that allowed to write this up). Team 1: “Know Your Community: 5 in 10.”.

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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. Nonprofit Tech Blog points to a new report from United Nations Foundation and The Vodafone Group Foundation, " Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in NGO Mobile Use."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

is a national non-profit dedicated to saving play through engaging communities; creating dialogue; and providing tools, training and resources to build playgrounds across the United States.). Through a suite of online tools—including a social networking site, online training, do-it-yourself content, and a Google-map mashup—KaBOOM!

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

"Citizen journalists" throughout the country collaborated to collect information about this violence; they received incident reports from thousands of citizens via web and mobile phone, collated the data, and displayed it on a Google Maps mashup. Maps Of The People, By The People, For The People - Map Kibera.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

LOLnptech Lot's of member news and activity online this week, so, in the order that I ran across them: NTEN member organization United Nations Foundation was mentioned in a Forbes article discussing ways nonprofits are raising money in tough times. One tactic is going online.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Services: Pieces of common functionality that you can mashup with your applications (e.g., There are thousands of nonprofits -- including Ashoka, National Coalition of the Aging, United Nations World Food Programme, and Points of Light -- already using cloud computing to run every type of software application imaginable.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Over the past 10 years, the mashup of the web and our personally identifiable data (PID) has grown up. Youth Summit, NonProfit Coordinating Committee NY, National Conference on Volunteering and Service, National Red Cross Conference for Volunteers, and as a guest lecturer at NYU and NYIT. By George Weiner, CTO, DoSomething.org.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Member News online this week: NTEN member United Nations Foundation is featured in a Forbes article for turning to innovative online strategies -- including YouTube and Twitter -- to raise money in tough economic times. Speaking of turning to online media, has your organization invested in online banner ads?

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

"Citizen journalists" throughout the country collaborated to collect information about this violence; they received incident reports from thousands of citizens via web and mobile phone, collated the data, and displayed it on a Google Maps mashup. Maps Of The People, By The People, For The People - Map Kibera.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

gThe above video is one of the many social networking strategies that The Genocide Intervention Network used to transform itself from a small student group to national non-profit. Expressions (media creation, mashups, etc). Go read it. Here's the key takeaways for me: * The capacity to be successful is an investment in time.

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Tableau

JULY 19, 2021

The Tableau Blueprint Assessment is based on Data Culture research and Tableau Blueprint —a mashup of analytics best practices and the expertise of thousands of customers, curated to help our customers turn repeatable processes into core capabilities. Think of this as your success plan.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 25, 2009

While the practice of using images to convey meaning is nothing new to humans, dating back to the earliest cave drawings, putting data into visual representations seems to have taken on a new life in this day and age where mashups are king on the internet. Below are some links to a great collection of data visualizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Photo Sharing around an organization's programs/mission - Global and National Youth Day. Content used in mashups is typically sourced from a third party via a public interface or API Many people are experimenting with mashups using Google, eBay, Amazon, Windows Live, and Yahoos APIs. Examples of Mashups. Who Is Sick?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

We got to know Ushahidi's work when it entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May of 2008. Many organizations including the United Nations have used Ushahidi's crowdsourcing tools to raise their voice. I was there that year and the competition was intense. So much innovation.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008. Many organizations, including the United Nations, have used Ushahidi's crowdsourcing tools. The NetSquared Challenges Foster Tech Innovation. We got to know Ushahidi mere months after the platform launched.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

This vibrant, moderated discussion will include representatives from Kiva, OptINnow, and 2 national advocacy organizations. Will traditional nonprofits need to adopt new technologies and fundraising models as donors demand greater accountability for their funds? By Skylar Woodward. Design and Development Powers for the Social Good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

As more and more politicians dive into the world of Social Media, the way we communicate and interact with our local and national representatives is changing. Learn how shortcodes, custom social networks, and mashups are delicious. With snacks! Open Source Disability Gadgets: DIY for PWD submitted by Liz Henry, Blogher.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 29, 2011

In the past year, a number of national polls (Washington Post/ABC News, Gallup, and CNN) have shown, for the first time, that a majority of the country supports marriage equality. Support for marriage equality has increased by 19 percentage points since 1996, according to the Pew Research Center.

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2020

National Geographic took away this year’s most awards, 15 total, with wins for its science podcasts, travel videos, and photos on social media, among other things. Webby Award and Webby People’s Voice Award for Magazine : National Geographic. Webby People’s Voice Award for Law : Urban Justice Center by Superunion.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 2, 2025

It's not just musical numbers about the joys of putting alpha males in their place, or the madcap chaos of Mullally's ad-libs, or even national treasure Lane spitting ham at his beloved Sewer Boys. Imagine The Parent Trap as a scorching satire of queer culture and homophobic fears, and you'll get some idea of what's in store.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

Its a mashup of cultures, methods, and experience and often more functional than pretty, but its also undeniably American. I frankly look forward to seeing the rainbow parade of color that, according to the specific language of the executive order, should be coming soon to our nations capital.

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