Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2015

The groups had become a burden to manage and now with only one group remaining, I can commit myself to being a better group manager ( translation: deleting spam and spammers faster). I will use it as content discovery tool (primarily infographics), but not as a marketing tool. Tumblr also did not make the cut.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 15, 2011

Like ‘how many times can I invite my Facebook friends to a fundraising event before it’s considered spam?’ And it doesn't have to cost a ton: this video is made with basic tools that are free to use. ’ Well, now’s your chance! Have you made a video like this?

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Google AdWords has a great free tool for assessing the search frequency of your keywords. Check out tools like Google Spreadsheets (which can generate a form) if you don't have anything available today for data collection. Tools like ping.fm Use a tool like Hootsuite to schedule your tweets. Clarify your key messages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2005

He was pleased again to hear about the nptech, too. and yet as you say the tool is also for an individual to help remember where something is, as a business going forward how will you balance the individual versus the social/group? His definition of tag spam: A bookmark with 1,000 different tags. There 2-3 spam incidents a week.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 7, 2013

The main push back was that including symbols like stars or hearts in the subject line increases the likelihood that a message would land in the recipient’s spam folder and goes against “best practices.”. Tools like Email on Acid (which is already built into Luminate Online ) can make this sort of testing much faster and much easier!

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Google AdWords has a great free tool for assessing the search frequency of your keywords. Check out tools like Google Spreadsheets (which can generate a form) if you don't have anything available today for data collection. Tools like ping.fm Use a tool like Hootsuite to schedule your tweets. Clarify your key messages.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 30, 2006

Because the original internet protocols did not provide for a number of basic capabilities that are added-on as a patchwork of tools, utilities, and applications. Simply put, the Internet has no inherent security architecture -- nothing to stop viruses or spam or anything else. Tags: nptech , security , identity

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

I spend a lot of time listening on the social web using a radar that I've put together with a combination of free tools and the Stradivarius Violin of listening tools, Radian 6. His main point is that Twitter is not an advertising tool or spam tool. Here's a neat tool to help you design your profile.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

These services, by-the-way, are different from spam filtering services like Postini , GFI.com, or Spamcop. One of the places I look first for NPTech news is the Nonprofit Tech For Good website. She just published the amazing 111 Low-Cost or Free Online Tools for Nonprofits. Sanebox starts at $2 per month per user.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

And, despite the constant focus on social media, research shows time and time again that email remains a potent communications tool for those audiences who use it (e.g. Despite the fact that we had invested a lot of time and sweat in learning the tool and making it work for us, we felt that we couldn’t rely on it. With your list size?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Facebook doesn't automatically spam your email contacts. People are talking about you and your industry so much that you need a more robust tool for making sense of it all. Find a bibliography including links to all of the tools mentioned here at [link]. Sign up for Facebook and search for your organization's name there, too.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

What if they become viral or even SPAM? . With the right tools (a well developed and implemented CMS) and a content editor, you now have the capability and the responsibility to develop integrated, exciting, and focused marketing campaigns that will create a dialogue between you and your constituents. What if they're offensive?

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 25, 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!" What does this mean for you? To create a new comment, use the form below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2005

So I developed some information consumption tools and habits that would scale well with the rapidly increasing volume of new material coming my way everyday. Most importantly, it remains a tool for staying informed and for reflection. I think perhaps the Social Ecology experience has made me cautious about tool promotion.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 26, 2006

I try to use the email system as a tool to enhance my ability to keep my work organized, rather than as an input that makes things more chaotic. I delete anything I am not going to read even if I do not want to flag it as spam - newsletters I sometimes read, for example, but am not going to have time for this week. Minimize disruption.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Social Media tools during your time with The Nature Conservancy. I'm going reel off the names of some tools that I've observed you using and would love your best piece of advice or tell me a story about how you've used it in your org. This helps us be good community members and avoid issues of spamming. What were the concerns?

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Care2

AUGUST 14, 2007

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Connection Cafe

JULY 27, 2009

domain that was part of a spam cloud that was hitting Twitter at the time. Networked communication is a valuable tool, but don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Hash tags waste valuable characters and linked urls are now often suspected of spam or worm attacks. Share via multiple channels and technologies. is a must read.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

For many of these issues, good spam/virus filtering is essential. But you can take precautions: educate yourself and use the powerful tools developed by other trustworthy people that have direct meaning and service to your needs. Tags: Infrastructure Newsletter NPTech NTEN Planning IT Staff. Live long and prosper.

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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!" and social networking experts emerge and offer their services as these new tools gain prominence.

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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!" and social networking experts emerge and offer their services as these new tools gain prominence.

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

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!" However, as online programs have matured, the decline in the performance of email has slowed.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 4, 2017

Powerful new tools and technology are making email fundraising even more effective. Brenna Holmes of Chapman, Cubine, and Hussey and Emily Stevenson from the Environmental Defense Fund helped nonprofit marketing professionals make the most out of these new tools. They offered practical tips on how get the best return on investment.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Here are some highlights from this month's particularly tool-loaded Communications RoundTable with Chad Norman of Blackbaud. This tag seemed to be the most popular, but also brought up the least amount of spam as tweets.) Tags: Chad Norman facebook NPTech NTEN roundtable Social Media tools twitter Communications.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

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!" WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore View more presentations from Amy Sample ward.

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Care2

OCTOBER 3, 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!" » Tuesday Aug 08 2006 Spam Filters Arent Blocking my Emails, Are They?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

They are like broad, topical, personalized blogsearch with good spam control. The web as synced-up, low-latency, highly efficient, presence-aware discovery, sharing and communication tool? Tags: Data marshall kirkpatrick Newsletter NPTech NTEN Social Media Communications. These services are fun and useful.

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Care2

APRIL 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!" And what are the major changes you have witnessed in those years?

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Care2

MARCH 4, 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!" And what are the major changes you have witnessed in those years?

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

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!" But as a fundraising tool that will replace direct mail? Will social networking evolve?

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