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. Fundraising and Philanthropy 2.0. Sean's take, "Innovations in online philanthropy is often attributed to ???young How will these trends impact nptech?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Conversation Tracking in the NpTech Space There quite a blog buzz about the need for a Netsquared European Remix going on. MacArthur Foundation announces a Virtual Philanthropy event in Second Life next week. Allan Benamer writes about " Party 4A Purpose " a new events sites for nonprofits. Pulling my hair out!

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

You can see the full results here and check out the site, too. " Tags: roundup activism bookmarks climatechange community communitybuilder development engagement fundraising interviews list magazine news nonprofits nptech philanthropy postalicious resources socialmedia strategy uk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

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. Social Networking Fundraising Success article describing how different nonprofit organizations are using social networking sites to tap into a whole generation of new supporters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

The Net2 Secret Plan from Marnie Webb NpTech Tag New Year's Reflections, Predictions, and Best Ofs What are some of the ways that the social web marks the New Year? Chronicle of Philanthropy has a roundup of predictions for 2008 from. Chronicle of Philanthropy has a roundup of predictions for 2008 from. Let's take a look.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Peter Dietz gives us a video walk through of his site, Social Actions which focuses on micro-philanthropy. Now here's a new term: Green Philanthropy. NpTech Software and Web Apps Here's two new networked content creation platforms, although focusing on different disciplines. The topic is how to do have fun and do good!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2009

The HashTags site, a centralized directory of hashtags on Twitter, also offers a good definition: Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets. The Nonprofit Technology community has used a special tag, nptech, created by Marnie Webb in 2004. What is a #HashTag?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

" New Research Proves the Business Case for Product Giving : PitchEngine : Get the Word Out™ – "New research from Indiana University concludes that businesses can do well by doing good through product philanthropy. " Would love to hear what your experience and perception of email use is!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Most NpTech blogs are high school level. Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. What reading level is your blog?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 9, 2012

The A/B Test: Inside the Technology That’s Changing the Rules of Business | Epicenter | Wired.com – This is a terrific case study in the power of a/b testing on your websites – be it organization site, microsite, campaign pages, or even fundraising pages – to question everything and find what really works. and Canada.

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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. Does your organization have a blog?

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 21, 2007

PRESS RELEASEFirstgiving Opens Social Networking Site to World of Online Philanthropy: "SOMERVILLE, Mass., Tags: NPtech. Firstgiving's new application. Firstgiving's new application.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

Megan Keane blogs at TechSoup community site. is the queen of nonprofit philanthropy predictions. Case Foundation bloggers Kari Dunn Saratovsky , Sokunthea Sa Chhabra , and Megan Stohner cover philanthropy, social change, fundraising, and activism. Tags: nptech. Holly Ross. Rachel Weidinger. Big Picture Thinkers.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

are permeating our everyday lives: According to a San Francisco Chronicle article earlier this year, Facebook has outstripped Google as the main traffic source for big sites like MSN and Yahoo! Tags: Leadership NPTech NTEN Social Media. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.) This post was originally published at [link].

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Not to mention a lot of press coverage in The Huffington Post , The Wall Street Journal , Fast Company , Mashable , The Chronicle of Philanthropy , and The New York Times. “The last thing I want to do is add yet another site to a nonprofit’s plate. The site then uses your location to show organizations in your area.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Bernholz: Why Juno, Facebook and the rest won't change everything | Voluntary Sector Network | guardian.co.uk – "I recently asked "If this was as interesting as it gets for the web and philanthropy?"

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NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2011

The site also enabled LDF to break out of their normal website messaging mode and dig deeper, providing more detail, substance, and emotion. Making AIDS History is an example of how a microsite can complement its parent site and act as a powerful fundraising tool at the same time.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

Parker is an original investor in the political social media site, Votizen. Brigade will merge Votizen and Causes to create a political organizing site that will that will “tackle the problem of declining citizen power and engagement in democracy.” NPTech Organization of the Month. I don’t know what to say.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy ''s upcoming webinar, Bringing Entrepreneurial Skills into Grantmaking Practices , will explore ways in which you can employ the skills and practices used by social entrepreneurs. nptech member news Member Round Up Web Sites' Register now! Download the report. Anything we missed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

I had mentioned the NpTech Tag Summary - and how practicing that every week makes you better at it. Is there a site where you can get vetted information about nonprofits you might be considering making a donation? I just discovered a new site called " Great Nonprofits " another participatory philanthropy site.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

But this fall, NTEN staff is traveling all over the country to various NPTech events. They'll cover everything social media, including writing to improve your site traffic, blogging, and the newest tools out there. It will also feature a keynote address from NTEN member Stacy Palmer , editor of The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

As always, there’s plenty more news like how Facebook’s news feed policy is not good news for charities, how smartphone kill switch legislation will affect your organization, how things like your own perspiration will run your phone someday and some more NPTech quick hits. Do you have some NPTech news you’d like to report?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2014

Some were there, including #nptech leaders like Beth Kanter and Lucy Bernholz, but aside from a small handful who’ve written on this topic in the past few months (see the Read More section below), there hasn’t been a very prominent nonprofit voice in the sharing economy, and that needs to change. My tweet was met with silence.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Chicago Philanthropy Examiner: Why social media works for nonprofits: "Thursday night, I, along with 100 plus people combined our virtual camaraderie to raise some real cash for charity. We attended Twestival, a fundraiser organized through the social networking site Twitter to benefit Charity: water. NPtech NPTwestival.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

It's a relationship driven by their experiences with their bank, their airline or travel site, and yes, Google, Apple, YouTube and eBay. . According to the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, the amount raised or pledged for Haitian relief efforts, including corporate donations during that period was $575.4

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

If you have a web site or blog, and want to start a similar campaign of your own, I'm sure she'd be happy to share tips and advice-- she's very nice (: sopharath net2 nptech philanthropy Beth has been keeping notes about what is working and what isn't on her blog.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

When there, volunteers set up a laptop that guests could use to make a donation via CC’s web site. On the web site, users enter their name and e-mail address, and that data is immediately written on a virtual care package of health-care supplies that will be sent to a needy community overseas. www.taprootfoundation.org. www.karma411.com.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2013

Katya Anderson points out that a mobile-friendly website is key to keeping mobile visitors to your site. She provides 8 Tips for a Mobile-Friendly Nonprofit Website for small changes you can make to optimize your site for the mobile web. Groupon Grassroots finds the same pioneering spirit in tech to be alive and well in philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. Maybe we need an NPtech History Archive ? the integrated philanthropy model in honor of National Corporate Philanthropy Day. Tactical Philanthropy weighs in on the debate. Hence, they're pretty lousy photos.

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NTEN

AUGUST 14, 2009

If you're a member or receive our monthly NTEN Connect newsletter , you've probably already heard about (and perhaps participated in) our site re-design. Tags: community buzz NPTech nptimes nten members twitter. If you've been looking for examples and tips on appropriate voice and strategy, this post is gold. & Catherine T.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2005

Me] Is the NetSquared site intended to support the April conference, or do you see it having a longer life? If I was your ideal site member, how would I use it? [Me] Me] So what is the best way to partcipate via the site? Mark] As we develop the site, we'll be trying to offer lots of options for participation.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

"Hackathon" was, in fact, one of Lucy Bernholz' top 10 philanthropy buzz words for 2012. " She maintains that we are only at the beginning of learning how to use data well for social purposes and philanthropy. Money raised on crowdfunding sites is estimated to be 91 percent higher than 2011.

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NTEN

JUNE 15, 2009

On the flip side, there are a lot of volunteer sites out there already. Maybe they aren't AS open as All for Good, but wouldn't working with the existing sites to make them more open have been more productive? . Tags: NPTech volunteer volunteermatch. I love that it's open source, open API, and all kinds of other open.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 13, 2007

For more information, go the Case Foundation's site. philanthropy nonprofit online giving Case Foundation Facebook nptech Every 24 hours, $1,000 will be given to the cause with the most unique donors. Pretty cool, huh?

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2009

Last week marked the launch of the newest resource site and treasure trove for the nonprofit community – Socialbrite.org. Lasica, creator of the site, at this year’s NTC and have been anxiously awaiting the launch since then. Contributors to the site (at this point at least) include: Beth Kanter of Beth's Blog.

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NTEN

APRIL 20, 2012

On April 24th at noon, The Chronicle of Philanthropy , Laura Quinn of Idealware , and NTEN ’s own, Annaliese Hoehling , will be chatting online about nonprofit content strategies. Their campaign uses the platform’s share-ability to create a global quilt made from individually-chosen patches that can be purchased and shared with others.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

There’s lots of intriguing green NPTech news this month. You can check any particular site with the Heartbleed test to see if they're vulnerable. Thankfully, the TechSoup site is unaffected. For climate change news, I like NASA’s Global Climate Change news site. Recycling. The Digital Inclusion Drone Wars.

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