Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

Photo from my flickr stream View the Tagging Screencast Presented by NTEN. I'm pleased to announce that my screencast about tagging has been released and showcased by NTEN ! s experience (good and bad) with social bookmarking, the NTEN Affinity Group , NpTagvocates, is a great place for discussion with your peers on these topics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Second, she goes into a lot of details on what she calls 'Informational Social Networks' like Wikipedia , Mahalo Answers , and Yahoo Answers which get a lot of traffic and can generate significant ongoing referrals. WiserEarth, for example, would fit into that category. Since its a wiki and frequently updated it won't be obsolete like a book!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

According to Wikipedia, content marketing is any marketing format that involves the creation and sharing of media and publishing content in order to acquire customers (or donors, volunteers, etc. blackbaud Community content marketing content marketing institute nptech nten reports Strategy Web Sites Communications Program'

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Wikipedia provides a good formal definition : “Web accessibility refers to the practice of making websites usable by people of all abilities and disabilities. Tags: Leadership Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites. Cindy Leonard, Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2008

Occasionally, the "Beth" entry for wikipedia comes first or Beth Israel Hospital. Today, Holly Ross at NTEN discovered the technical reason from this Wired Magazine illustration. I discovered that if you google the word "Beth" my blog comes up first in the search results - most of the time.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2012

You might recall a day earlier this year when you were greeted with an odd blackout message instead of the Wikipedia entry for poutine. Many became aware of the movement against the Stop Online Piracy Act after the January 18 service blackouts started by Wikipedia and Reddit (with support from Craigslist and Google ).

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Brett Meyer, NTEN. And who needs libraries when we have Wikipedia and Kindles? Tags: digital divide Newsletter NPTech NTEN. The digital divide doesn't exist. We can just bridge the gap, right? Cell phones and wireless technology mean rural areas don't need expensive landlines.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 22, 2007

link [via Holly Ross at NTEN]. Fixing Wikipedia Articles link [via Michael Gilbert's weekly Nonprofit Online News] More and more often we find that wikipedia is the first place we are pointed to when seeking information about a person or organization online. Grantmaking 2.0 What's the most effective way to correct the article?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

According to wikipedia , The earliest known occurrence of the word "widget" is in Beggar on Horseback (1924), a comedy play written by George S. Wikipedia's definition of widget also points to some popular, cultural, and technical, including: A comic book character and copyrighted image. Kaufman and Marc Connelly.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Every day, people ask, and get answers to, questions about best practices , professional development , just - in - time technical info , whimsical resources , legal issues , and many other questions related to librarianship. Some are huge. Some are successful, but messy. Now go forth and facilitate knowledge sharing! Further reading: http :// www.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

David zeroed in on two relevant data points to tell the story - the number of hours Americans spend watching TV in a year, and the total combined man hours needed to create all of wikipedia: 4. Provide Context Users need a grounding point to understand your data. They need something to put into a perspective that they relate to intuitively.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Time then to ping mainstream news sources, image search and his Wikipedia page to check for updates. Tags: Data marshall kirkpatrick Newsletter NPTech NTEN Social Media Communications. Patrick Swayze is being talked about a lot all the sudden on Twitter? Real-Time Publishing.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Wikipedia came up with a great idea , one we encourage you to steal. If you like your stories in bite-size, infinitely repeating packages, GIF.tv will keep you occupied for seconds at a time. Lots of seconds. It's like Halloween candy for your soul! At a loss for what to do with QR codes? Just watch out for hijackers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

GoogleEarth launches Nonprofit Outreach Program via the NTEN blog and NetSquared community blog. Robin Good has a nice roundup of affordable Web Conferencing Tools and a useful comparison chart in a google spreadsheet. Britt Bravo covers it here. Looking for a primer? Check this slideshow.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Wikipedia has a great entry on PostgreSQL, including some history). It is also possible to access MySQL databases via ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) or JDBC (Java DataBase Connectivity) PostgreSQL – PostgreSQL has always been my favorite. I’ve been using it since it was called Postgres95 – before version 6.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Wikipedia has a great entry on PostgreSQL, including some history). It is also possible to access MySQL databases via ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) or JDBC (Java DataBase Connectivity) PostgreSQL – PostgreSQL has always been my favorite. I’ve been using it since it was called Postgres95 – before version 6.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

The Wikipedia definition -[link] – suggests in fact that the opposite is true, “From the software vendor’s standpoint, SaaS has the attraction of providing stronger protection of its intellectual property and establishing an ongoing revenue stream&#.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

This resulted in us creating a “sneaker-net” approach to providing basic asynchronous ICT services to rural villages: a complete offline Wikipedia that fit on a CD-ROM, and severely restricted bandwidth throttling to allow community radios to access the Internet (via prepaid RBGAN) for $2-3 a day. .

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2013

We’re so proud and excited that Amy Sample Ward , former NetSquared manager and TechSoup staffer has just been promoted to the role of NTEN’S CEO. Baltimore, MD: June Tech & Social Change Baltimore Meetup: Wikipedia. Coolest Thing of the Week. Wednesday, June 5. Thursday, June 6. Friday, June 7.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

It's also interesting to note that, according to Wikipedia, Hawaii, New Mexico, California and Texas are already majority-minority states. Today in the United States, 25 percent of children under age 5 are Hispanic; by 2050, that percentage will be almost 40 percent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia. Laura Quinn in her introductory post on the Open Content for Nonprofits NTEN Affinity group points to an article. The site was developed by Democracy in Action. You've got to love their logo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Here's a nice collection of links from the NTEN blog with good footnotes that includes a pointer to the ChicagoTechnology Cooperative , a group comprised of consultants, technicians, developers, and designers, with extensive experience serving the unique needs of nonprofit and community-based organizations.

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2011

Wikipedia has a great primer on cognitive bias for amateur organizational psychologists. As you read it, perhaps you'll begin to spot the biases your team might suffer from. In the case of VolunteerMatch, we're not immune by a long shot.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

According to Wikipedia, clickjacking is " a malicious technique of tricking Web users into revealing confidential information or taking control of their computer while clicking on seemingly innocuous Web pages. Tags: Infrastructure Newsletter NPTech NTEN Planning IT Staff. Should I click that "OK" button?

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2015

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , HandsOn Tech , DataKind , and more. Boston, Massachusetts: What Nonprofits Can (and Cannot) Learn from Wikipedia. Austin, Texas: Google Digital Inclusion Fellowship — NTEN, Skillpoint, and Austin Free-Net.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2015

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN’s Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Beyrouth, Lebanon: SkillPill: Creating Wikipedia Articles. If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Check this out - NTEN's Wikipedia entry ! Susie's Blog, winning hearts and minds over to FOSS, points to an interesting article about how to convince management to approve free software. The Nonprofit CMS blog shares some agruments against Open Source. Perfect Password generator. The 5 Site Guide Web 2.0

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Forum One

AUGUST 13, 2006

Read More » More Nonprofit Benchmarks Kyle Keller in Influence 4 May 2010 A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on how organizations can use Convio’s Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study to determine how well they are doing online compared to others.

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Forum One

AUGUST 13, 2006

Read More » More Nonprofit Benchmarks Kyle Keller in Influence 4 May 2010 A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on how organizations can use Convio’s Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study to determine how well they are doing online compared to others.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 28, 2005

Read More » More Nonprofit Benchmarks Kyle Keller in Influence 4 May 2010 A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on how organizations can use Convio’s Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study to determine how well they are doing online compared to others.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 8, 2005

Read More » More Nonprofit Benchmarks Kyle Keller in Influence 4 May 2010 A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on how organizations can use Convio’s Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study to determine how well they are doing online compared to others.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 23, 2005

Read More » More Nonprofit Benchmarks Kyle Keller in Influence 4 May 2010 A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on how organizations can use Convio’s Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study to determine how well they are doing online compared to others.

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Forum One

APRIL 1, 2006

Read More » More Nonprofit Benchmarks Kyle Keller in Influence 4 May 2010 A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on how organizations can use Convio’s Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study to determine how well they are doing online compared to others.

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Forum One

APRIL 1, 2006

Read More » More Nonprofit Benchmarks Kyle Keller in Influence 4 May 2010 A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on how organizations can use Convio’s Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study to determine how well they are doing online compared to others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

I have been knee deep researching and thinking about Web Analytics in general and Google Analytics in particular for a third screencast in a series I'm doing for NTEN. If you're curious about Occam's Razor, here's a more detailed description or see the simplicity page in wikipedia. Young Einstein.

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Care2

JULY 10, 2008

Also, NTEN recently published a report on the results of a survey covering CRM satisfaction. Ask about security: are they PCI Compliant (you can look this up on Wikipedia), and if so what level? Philip also describes how Artez differentiates itself and talks about what nonprofits should look for when shopping for a CRM solution.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 9, 2006

The Wikipedia entry on Web 2.0 What I’ll do in these posts is first explain a bit about one particular aspect of Web 2.0, and then talk a little bit about it’s implications in the nptech field, and then my own view of it from the neo-luddite perspective. Before I plunge in to talk about the individual parts of Web 2.0

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