Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2009

Rather than list off the top things you can do to raise money and spread your money right now, we decided to instead put our money where our mouth is - quite literally - and make a concerted effort to help the entire nptech community by raising money online for scholarships to none other than the 2009 NTC Conference in San Francisco.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

I am working on a screencast about nonprofit blogs and widgets. If you don't know what a widget is, here's an overview. I experimented with two widgets, linking them to content and conversation. Using widgets is not yet a common practice on nonprofit blogs. Maybe it will become clearer with more fundraising widgets.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Just click on the "Fund a Scholarship" button in the widget above, or go to [link]. See the nifty little widget at the top of this post? Just click the "Share" button to add it to your site, blog, Facebook or Twitter feed (among other sharing options). . Spread the Word. We're at 5% of our goal already!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

The site, which serves as a learning and sharing center for nonprofits and social change organizations, debuted today at [link]. A first-of-its-kind Twitter widget that tracks tweets about nonprofits or social causes in real time. Lasica, a social media pioneer who co-founded Ourmedia.org, the first video hosting and sharing site.

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 16, 2010

Now imagine one custom site that lets you monitor all that data at a glance – a dashboard that's updated in real time.( Widgets Social networking websites RSS search social media productivity. Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Web 2.0 read more ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

NpTech Tag Skypecast Anyone? Marnie Webb puts out a call for a call next wed, thurs, or friday to discuss in real time the issues that have surfaced around the NpTech Tag. Comment, Blog it, tag it NpTech, and/or start a blog over at the Netsquared site. tools in their web sites. Five Hot Conversations.

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JANUARY 9, 2009

I love widgets. The idea of having portable, dynamic, and (often) free web content simultaneously on your own site and on your friends' and supporters' sites and blogs excites me. Well, we just heard about another great free widget that you and your organization might want to share with your community.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 9, 2010

Diverse Content : Most people noted that they come to the site for case studies and presentations as well as more opinion-style pieces. Where’s the Action : There’s lots of opportunity to improve the real-time-ness of the site. Look for that! I’m excited to try some of these options out!

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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. Happy Birthday to drupal

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 24, 2009

Will Kill MyBlogLog Next Month – "Five years to the month after it was founded, cross-blog social networking widget MyBlogLog will be closed down by Yahoo! MyBlogLog is a service that shows blog writers and readers the faces and profile information of other MyBlogLog users that visit their sites."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

" She points to an interesting web widget from SunLight Labs which adds mini-profiles with links to Member of Congress to your blog or web page when you mouseover the link. Photo from Politalk_Tim Flickr Stream via the Voter s project Cross-posted at Netsquared Election Day, Organizing, Campaigns, Nonprofits and Web 2.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Sproutbuilder is this amazing drag-and-drop widget maker you’ve just gotta try ( invite here – just start, and it will prompt you to create an account when you want to save your sprout.) Carnet Williams, of nptech fame, did a demo of Sprout at Demo. Corporations sponsor the widget, so there is a brand showing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

A Few NpTech Conversations. Also found in the NpTech tag stream and a good backdrop to this conversation is " When the best tool for the job. What does web site stickiness mean in the context of Web2.0? Seb Chan, of the Fresh + New Blog, raises an interesting question about web site stickness in a web2.0

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Just click on the "Fund a Scholarship" button in the widget above, or go to [link]. See the nifty little widget at the top of this post? Just click the "Share" button to add it to your site, blog, Facebook or Twitter feed (among other sharing options). Spread the Word. We're at 5% of our goal already!

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JANUARY 13, 2009

See the nifty little widget at the top of this post? Just click the "Share" button to add it to your site, blog, Facebook or MySpace profile (among other sharing options). . Big props, of course, to Convio for making this possible, and to Sprout for giving our account a nice upgrade so our widget would look better! .

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MAY 5, 2011

By Katya Andresen, COO, Network for Good When we think about giving online, we tend to focus on the latest new bell, whistle or widget for fundraising. But … Nonprofits should not conclude that giving portals and social networking charity sites are a bad thing. Declutter your site.

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JUNE 10, 2011

Marnie Webb introduced the nptech tag to help aggregate nonprofit technology content. Nptech resources can be found on delicious , flickr , slideshare , and Twitter. Peter Campbell leveraged RSS to pull the tagged items into nptech. A Drupal or Wordpress site could include these features by adding modules/plug-ins/widgets.

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JULY 28, 2010

What three questions are strangers who land on your site most likely to have? Devote space on your home page and/or within your navigation to answering the three big questions most likely to bring strangers to your site. Tags: kivi leroux miller Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Communications.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

We do this with CRMs, web sites, and all sorts of geeky goodness, but, as with most things, cats make a better example.). By including tracking codes in the links you send out, you build a bridge between the data in your email platform and your web site analytics. Click-through by Open. Here's how to do it. And you really should.

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NTEN

JANUARY 24, 2011

The links connect to a malware site that installs a drive-by Trojan. Perhaps that innocuous "Share this Page" widget on your web site — through no fault of your own — has been turned to the dark side. On the other hand, it is the one used by everything on your web site, including your extranet. What happened?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2007

It is a little widget that allows live chat on any web site. I was reflecting about snippets of conversation that happen around tagged items in the NpTech tagging community -- although not all have been deeply reflective conversations. The metaphor is a web walkie talkie. The videobloggers were using it on their wiki.

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MAY 12, 2011

You can make a big impression of site visitors just by presenting them clearly, and in context with your web content. Reveal Change Many of the stories we'd like our site visitors to understand are centered on revealing the truth behind a situation. Speak With Numbers Sometimes, it's best to just let the numbers speak for themselves.

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AFP Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2007

Charity uses widgets to provide accountability to donors: "October 11, 2007 (Computerworld) -- A children's charity is using widget technology -- traditionally used with a single purpose application like updating weather or news on a Web site -- to help it show donors how their money is being used.

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AFP Blog

JUNE 13, 2007

Beth Kanter writes about widgets in the NPT TechnoBuzzNPT TechnoBuzz: "Widgets: The New Black -- More Useful Than EverBy Beth KanterThe Web is increasingly turning into a sort of online mall with its boutiques filled with thousands of useful, off-the-rack accessories of every description and utility. Tags: NPtech NPWidgets.

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MARCH 19, 2010

This opening reception provides an opportunity to network with nptech professionals while checking out the over 100 exhibitors showing off their latest and greatest offerings to the nonprofit sector. and a gaggle of books by nptech superstars. Call2Action's Spark™ combines video with action tools in one shareable widget.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2007

In thinking about the evolution of social networks and having been deeply steeped in Object-Based Social Networks like those on flickr and, of course, the NpTech Tag, I am wondering about methods for aggregating resources discovered via Facebook from friends. NetVibes lets users pepper a personal dashboard with widgets.

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2011

Any giving that took place on sites that do not use the Network for Good platform or that were made offline are not included. When we talk tech, we tend to focus on the latest new bell, whistle, or widget for fundraising. Nonprofits should not conclude that giving portals and social networking charity sites are a bad thing.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

This opening reception provides an opportunity to network with nptech professionals while checking out the over 100 exhibitors showing off their latest and greatest offerings to the nonprofit sector. and a gaggle of books by nptech superstars. Call2Action's Spark™ combines video with action tools in one shareable widget.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MAY 30, 2006

Those of you who follow the current explosion of new web applications are probably well aware of Emily Chang's eHub site, which profiles new applications as she becomes aware of them. But while I've known about eHub for a long time, somehow I was oblivious to Max Kiesler's mHub site. Tags: nptech , web2.0 , programming

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

In other See3 Communications news, their project, Daily DoGooder , which curates and shares an exceptional nonprofit or cause video each day, has now created a widget so you can get their fresh material directly to your site (see the Daily DoGooder widget in action below). Anything we missed?

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MARCH 18, 2010

Thomas Edison and a few other entrepreneurs put an end to this by building an electrical grid - so factory owners could focus on making shirts or chairs or widgets and not on running their own electrical plant. Tags: cloud computing Collaboration Infrastructure lucy bernholz Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Program.

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MARCH 18, 2010

Thomas Edison and a few other entrepreneurs put an end to this by building an electrical grid - so factory owners could focus on making shirts or chairs or widgets and not on running their own electrical plant. Tags: cloud computing Collaboration Infrastructure lucy bernholz Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Program.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

My question to Beth was, “That’s great – but are they just as accommodating to their full-time staff, or is flexibility reserved for visiting nptech dignitaries?” They seek out the new things and ask, how can this tool, this web site, this online community serve our sector’s goals to ease suffering and promote justice?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 1, 2007

LOLnptech: Comic Relief for the Nonprofit Technology Community said I could pick my favorite one of their posts for the Carnival so I picked the image above from They Want Me to Build Them a Facebook Widget. nonprofit carnival consultant fun nptech So, what are you waiting for?" What mistakes have you learned the most from?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Different tools have different ways to measure their impact from site and page views, to subscribers, to "friends," to links back to you, to donations, to anecdotal evidence. We have to spend time on the (blog, podcast, Facebook page, Twitter, wiki, fundraising widget etc.). net2 nptech Web 2.0 What a pain!"

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Use free flash players like XSPF or Podcast Pickle's branded widget player to embed your latest or favorite episodes on your website. Many of the sites mentioned above have forums and communities that are packed with people who would love to help other podcasters. Don't neglect to market your podcast through existing channels.

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