Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 17, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 Part Va:APIs October 17, 2006 One of the best parts of Web 2.0 These are Application Programming Interfaces, and they are a relatively new part of the way that Web 2.0 for geeks is APIs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Social Actions has designed the Change the Web contest to stimulate innovative and effective web application development that facilitate social actions. Social Actions is reaching out to social software tool builders to dream up a new tool to help people find and share actions.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2011

Peter Deitz is a long-time member and contributor in the NetSquared (and TechSoup) community; he started the NetSquared Montreal group and his Social Actions project was a winner in the 2008 N2Y3 Mashup Challenge.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Maps are a tool for visualizing data about place, much like charts are tools for visualizing numeric and financial data.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Maps are a tool for visualizing data about place, much like charts are tools for visualizing numeric and financial data.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 Part Vb:APIs October 20, 2006 This morning, I sat in on the " Great Open API Debate " hosted by NTEN. It seemed that only Blackbaud had APIs you have to pay for.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

With over a decade of web development experience, John channeled his skills into building something with social value. I remember leaving for Vegas and making a promise to Joe that I would submit a mashup to the 2009 Change the Web Challenge. The mashup was a map showing where people were volunteering in near-real-time.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 24, 2007

He or she has created one of the most innovative, enjoyable mashups out of a cultural icon. What's a mashup? speak, it's a web application that combines data from more than one source to create a new tool. This mashup turns a simple list of quotes into a geographically browsable conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Photo from LolNPtech.org (Registration is here ) Mashups, Meatballs, and New Orleans Do you look at all of the data available online, and imagine ways to combine and connect it to increase awareness about an issue? Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! KM4Dev has a section devoted to Social Network Analysis process and tools.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2009

We've discussed Ushahidi here before; the project won last year's NetSquared Mashup Challenge. Tools Web 2.0 Tags: Digital Divide Online Activism Software Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

If a social mashup starts making money from ads, how would that be split up between the host site, the app developer, and all the other applications or social networks from which that mashup pulls data? O’Reilly doesn’t really have an answer for that one.

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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. Tags: Digital Divide Grants for Technology Multimedia & Graphics Online Activism Tech Planning Telecom Services Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2007

Carr reports that some hard data is coming out this week on the adoption of Web 2.0 tools by companies: Forrester released some results from a December 2006 survey of 119 CIOs at mid-size and larger companies. It indicated that Web 2.0 Fully 89% of the CIOs said they had adopted at least one of six prominent Web 2.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 26, 2008

I also wrote a software choice worksheet , that can help with the process of looking at a wide variety of tools. One of the fascinating things to me is how quickly the CRM space is evolving. I’m glad to see that. After the webinar, I’ll be putting the slides up in varied places, and NTEN will have a recording of the webinar. {

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2009

Or have you started out in the online world of the blogosphere, twitterverse, vlogosphere or virtual reality but now that you have you are not sure what the right tools are for the job or who should be involved. Tags: Social Networking Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

The climate change/ clean energy/ environmental (or whatever other title you prefer) sector is not unique to the broader social change arena in that there is still along way to go to really harness the power of the web. This GreenLiving article asks, “Have Facebook, Twitter and Web 2.0 It’s not going to work.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

The team conceived "DataMasher" -- a web app that allows users to "mash up" two sets of state data. Over 1,500 mashups later, and a first prize win in the contest, DataMasher is proving to be a great experiment in data transparency. With all the great tools available, all of us can be experts!

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NCE Social Media

MAY 25, 2011

You should read the privacy and permissions policies for each social media tool/platform/product you use to know. Is it a semantic web ? Is it mashing up current tools? 4) Hashtags continue to be important in social media. I’ve discussed them in the past. 5) People often ask me what is the future of social media?

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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. The campaign would be delivered using the DonorEdge website, widgets, and responsive web design. Showcase data tools. Here’s what emerged: (Special thanks for Lori Larson for capturing notes that allowed to write this up).

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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?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2008

Since I'm going to be teaching the Listening Module for the WeAreMedia workshop in February, I'm going to write up some step-by-steps on how to do this with different monitoring tools. You can read on the web or send messages to your phone or IM client. Here's a neat tool to help you design your profile. Pros/cons to each.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Over the past five years, there have been some technologies that came and went (virtual worlds) and others that seem to be permanently on the five year horizon because geeks really like them (semantic web, internet of things). Tags: Technology Tools Worth Checking Out Quick Hits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Don't forget to add the search tool. Win $10,000 DonateNow Mashup Challenge at NetSquared. Okay, building the mashup will probably take you longer than ten minutes, but $10,000. A Practical Guide to Using Web 2.0 A Practical Guide to Using Web 2.0 Want to listen on Twitter? Use Tweetscan and type in key words.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2007

" which is an introduction to social media concepts and tools for nonprofit use. which was based on Marnie Webb's Ten Ways To Use Web 2.0 where derivative work is allowed is a great tool for the. Do mashups and the notion of content remix finally fulfill the promises once made by proponents of learning objects?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2009

I did a mashup with social media framing. I also wondered about the historical context of change management and technology tool adoption, asking on Twitter if there case studies about the adoption of the typewriter in the workplace. Expo: The growing awareness that there is a need for change management to accompany Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

We asked, " How many whales did you save with that web site ?" and of course, we can track web site or blog referrals from Twitter (traffic) and possibly sign ups for an action. Twitter as Tool for Emergencies : Twitter Me to Safety : Twitter for health and healthcare. What do we measure? What does it mean?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

One of the most important things to understand is that SaaS is primarily built upon open source tools such as Apache, MySQL, and MySQL. ’ [Your captcha is asking me to type a slightly naughty word) 2 Mr Web Service 09.25.08 Personally I love open source and think it’s part of what the web’s about.

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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.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 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!" Main | Lean, Mean Blogging Machines » Thursday Nov 16 2006 The Coming Wave of Web 2.0

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2007

youre a funder in the philanthropic sector, and youve concluded that online collaboration is a great tool for solving issues like. Chris Wolz manages this blog with the help of his colleagues at Forum One Communications, a web strategy/technology firm in the Washington DC area. We also saw some.

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Care2

JULY 16, 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!" Their goal is to build & bring to life between three to five of the communitys best ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

So, you want to build a MashUp? Take the NetSquared Mashup Challenge ! Gavin Clabaugh tells us how to embed "Skype Presence" in a SharePoint Web Part. Check this recent interview to learn more about Jonathan's secrets to using social media tools for success. NpTech Conversations. for NGOs there.

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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. Nonprofits are resourceful, great at finding solutions given the available tools. By George Weiner, CTO, DoSomething.org. Whether it’s data or dances, silos keep people separated at the party.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

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!" Main | Lean, Mean Blogging Machines » Thursday Nov 16 2006 The Coming Wave of Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. The social web makes it easy for your find people with exactly the same passion. tools can provide quick and dirty market research tools or the ability to do an environmental scans for strategic planning. Hiring people.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Now, with cloud computing, all of these pieces live online and are readily available to you from any web-enabled device (giving you more legroom under your desk). Let's break it down into three major components: Applications: The tools that you use to run your nonprofit (e.g., Amazon Web Services, Force.com, Facebook).

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2008

Thanks to Bryan Kennedy from the Science Museum of Minnesota for providing this overview/reflection on the Museums and the Web conference that recently concluded in Montreal. Museums and the Web 2008 guest blogger Bryan Kennedy here. Who's sharing authority and how? Their task is both especially important and challenging.

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