Community is Better than Cute Cats: Raising Money for your Unsexy, but Import...Susan Gordon
Susan Gordon, Causes Director of Nonprofit Services, explains how small and important nonprofits can use Causes to raise money using social media. The trick is not to think like a traditional media marketer but like a community organizer.
Building Participation through Social NetworkingNetwork for Good
Your intern won’t stop telling you that your organization needs to get online. “Make a MySpace page! Create a Flickr account!” Or maybe you have started social networking, but can’t help thinking “Why am I here? What do I do now? Is this helping my organization?” Welcome to the new communications landscape and the realities of building participation – from donors to clients to advocates – in the connected age. This session will explore social networking tools (including MySpace, Facebook, blogs and YouTube) that both enhance traditional forms of connection and information exchange, and create relationship-building opportunities that feel entirely new. Attendees can expect to leave this session armed with practical strategies and tactics about how to start using social networking tools to engage in a personal relationship with users by providing something of value.
Ghosts are scary; raising money online is notFirstGiving
Whether your offline fundraising events have been successful in the past or not, bringing them online can be a rather frightening prospect. If the thought of transitioning to an online fundraising system seems daunting, find out what should really scare you: missing out on what you could be reaping from raising money online.
Community is Better than Cute Cats: Raising Money for your Unsexy, but Import...Susan Gordon
Susan Gordon, Causes Director of Nonprofit Services, explains how small and important nonprofits can use Causes to raise money using social media. The trick is not to think like a traditional media marketer but like a community organizer.
Building Participation through Social NetworkingNetwork for Good
Your intern won’t stop telling you that your organization needs to get online. “Make a MySpace page! Create a Flickr account!” Or maybe you have started social networking, but can’t help thinking “Why am I here? What do I do now? Is this helping my organization?” Welcome to the new communications landscape and the realities of building participation – from donors to clients to advocates – in the connected age. This session will explore social networking tools (including MySpace, Facebook, blogs and YouTube) that both enhance traditional forms of connection and information exchange, and create relationship-building opportunities that feel entirely new. Attendees can expect to leave this session armed with practical strategies and tactics about how to start using social networking tools to engage in a personal relationship with users by providing something of value.
Ghosts are scary; raising money online is notFirstGiving
Whether your offline fundraising events have been successful in the past or not, bringing them online can be a rather frightening prospect. If the thought of transitioning to an online fundraising system seems daunting, find out what should really scare you: missing out on what you could be reaping from raising money online.
Disruptive technology that empowers communities by connecting ideas and resources. This presentation shares information about What Community Funded is and does for people that have ideas and want to make them reality.
Finding The Social In Fundraising: AFP Northern New England Keynote AddressDebra Askanase
Millennials are cultural and technological influencers, and their adoption of technology has fueled the social web, along with everything we do with it, including fundraising. In this keynote presentation, I look at what the development of tech platforms, coupled with the rise of social citizens, tells us about how donors, fundraisers and other stakeholders want to utilize social communication for fundraising. The presentation looks carefully at people, media, and expectations of nonprofit behavior, and how what we do today as nonprofits must be social. Lastly, I consider: what does an organization need to do now, to support social media fundraising as new communications media matures?
MyCharityConnects goes to British Columbia!
These are the slides from the engaging workshop on online fundraising fundamentals. What does it take to successfully fundraise and market your organization online? Why do you have to ‘let go’ of the brand, and how do you do that? How do you make your “Donate Now” button a real call to action? Learn how to use your existing powerful strategies in the online world and build a successful Web 2.0 campaign, enabling you to be a good fundraiser and an even better marketer.
Tech Savvy Fundraising in Cyber Space
Presented in Mombasa, Kenya during the Kenya Association of Fundraising Professionals' 19th Eastern Africa Resource Mobilization Workshop on December 5, 2012.
How to survive Social Media for Non-profitsJason Mogus
Contents of a 30 min presentation on how to thrive in this field over the long haul. Presented at the Social Media for Non-profits Vancouver conference, June 25, 2013.
Review along with this blog post to read the notes that go with the slides.
An overview presentation about using social media and social networking for social causes that I gave for the Dallas Social Venture Partners on Feb. 5, 2010.
This presentation will show you how to use your website, social media and inexpensive online marketing tools to increase awareness, expand your donor base and cultivate life‐long donor relationships through the creation of a brand community.
Be sure to check out the notes section for the bulk of the content and the accompanying video will be added soon.
donorbadge - powering fundraising across social networksOrbees Inc
donorbadge is an innovative fundraising application that allows you to benefit from the vast social networks of your donors, alumni, volunteers and other constituents.
It effectively utilizes social networking platforms such as Facebook and Twitter to promote and enable peer giving among your constituents.
Disruptive technology that empowers communities by connecting ideas and resources. This presentation shares information about What Community Funded is and does for people that have ideas and want to make them reality.
Finding The Social In Fundraising: AFP Northern New England Keynote AddressDebra Askanase
Millennials are cultural and technological influencers, and their adoption of technology has fueled the social web, along with everything we do with it, including fundraising. In this keynote presentation, I look at what the development of tech platforms, coupled with the rise of social citizens, tells us about how donors, fundraisers and other stakeholders want to utilize social communication for fundraising. The presentation looks carefully at people, media, and expectations of nonprofit behavior, and how what we do today as nonprofits must be social. Lastly, I consider: what does an organization need to do now, to support social media fundraising as new communications media matures?
MyCharityConnects goes to British Columbia!
These are the slides from the engaging workshop on online fundraising fundamentals. What does it take to successfully fundraise and market your organization online? Why do you have to ‘let go’ of the brand, and how do you do that? How do you make your “Donate Now” button a real call to action? Learn how to use your existing powerful strategies in the online world and build a successful Web 2.0 campaign, enabling you to be a good fundraiser and an even better marketer.
Tech Savvy Fundraising in Cyber Space
Presented in Mombasa, Kenya during the Kenya Association of Fundraising Professionals' 19th Eastern Africa Resource Mobilization Workshop on December 5, 2012.
How to survive Social Media for Non-profitsJason Mogus
Contents of a 30 min presentation on how to thrive in this field over the long haul. Presented at the Social Media for Non-profits Vancouver conference, June 25, 2013.
Review along with this blog post to read the notes that go with the slides.
An overview presentation about using social media and social networking for social causes that I gave for the Dallas Social Venture Partners on Feb. 5, 2010.
This presentation will show you how to use your website, social media and inexpensive online marketing tools to increase awareness, expand your donor base and cultivate life‐long donor relationships through the creation of a brand community.
Be sure to check out the notes section for the bulk of the content and the accompanying video will be added soon.
donorbadge - powering fundraising across social networksOrbees Inc
donorbadge is an innovative fundraising application that allows you to benefit from the vast social networks of your donors, alumni, volunteers and other constituents.
It effectively utilizes social networking platforms such as Facebook and Twitter to promote and enable peer giving among your constituents.
An overview of IT challenges and how Perficient China uses agile frameworks, methodologies, and practices to address these challenges and consistently deliver valued results to our clients.
How to Build Relationship and Achieve Fundraising Success in a Web 2.0 WorldCAMT
Establishing your organization’s brand and presence on the Web, with opportunities for potential donors to learn, blog, question and connect, leads to community-building and, ultimately, long-term giving. Join Jono Smith, director of marketing at Network for Good, to learn how to build affinity for your organization and use your Web presence to turn Web visitors into Web donors.
You've used Facebook. You've heard of Twitter. Now it's time to learn how to create a fine-tuned social media strategy, so you can use Web 2.0 tools to connect with those who matter.
This presentation was given at the WEDU Be More Workshop to inspire non-profit organizations to harness the power of social media to build relationships, develop community advocates and drive revenues.
I presented this on Sept 17, 2008 at WEDU's Be More Effective Workshop to over 200 non-profit leaders in Tampa Bay.
From the Vocus monthly webinar series: "Analyzing the Impact of Social Media:
From Twitter to Facebook".
Today, the barriers to communication are breaking down. Social media has removed the filters between your company and the public. As a public relations professional, you have to be prepared to control your message and your brand.
While the public relations landscape seems to change at rapid speed, there are certain things that never change. With the exploding growth of social media, the need for strategic thinking has never been more important. Join the discussion and find out how to manage a social media campaign. Learn how your insight and deep understanding of strategy, paired with the skills and enthusiasm of technically savvy junior pros, can result in social media success.
Internet Strategic Communications - Presentation for AACN by Chris Wolz, Foru...Forum One
Presentation by Forum One Communications, Chris Wolz, to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.
The presentation covers online strategic communications best practices for audience-centric strategy and targeting. The presentation also includes examples of "web2.0" services.
Contact: Chris Wolz / cwolz@ForumOne.com / http://www.ForumOne.com .
You’ve dipped your toes into social media: you’ve got a Facebook page, Twitter feed, YouTube channel, and CEO blog set up.
But now what?
Back up.
Social media is about free and open conversations online but your organization still needs to have a plan of action. Take a hold of your communications plan and start afresh.
This workshop is for organizations that dipped (or maybe dove headfirst) into social media, but are now wondering what the next steps are and how they can make their social media investment more focused and worthwhile.
Attendees Will Walk Away With:
- Knowledge of how social media is changing the way nonprofits operate and what it means to be a networked nonprofit
- Tips on how to determine which social networks your organization’s key audiences are using and how to create a social media strategy
- Information on receiving buy-in from staff, management, and boards
With all the new technology, organizations have more ways then ever to communicate and reach donors online. This presentation will help participants sort through the different channels, share examples from leading nonprofits, and assist participants in determining which ways will be most effective for them — depending on their existing online communications, staff capacity, time, and budgets. The most popular social media tools will be highlighted and some of the latest statistics and demographics on social media use will be presented.
(Video follows slides!) My Ignite NYC talk, part of Global Ignite Week. From the event description: "Sure, you can market your product, or you can raise money for your cause, all with the magic of social networks. But did you know that living the Muppet ethos -- *and* posting what you had for breakfast, even! -- can change the world? Deanna Zandt will cut through the hype and show you why *you* matter most in the wild west frontier of online social networking."
Women & the Dynamics of Digital Social CapitalDeanna Zandt
Created by Susan Mernit and Deanna Zandt for the Women Action & The Media 2009 Conference Pre-Intensive Workshop.
http://www.centerfornewwords.org/wam/dsc.php
Part 1
What is social capital? Just like regular capital, it’s a commodity that’s traded daily, and it has a direct effect on your career and goals. With today’s tech tools turning everything on its head, women have more of an opportunity than ever to ramp up their influence; this section will discuss the ways men and women build and use social capital differently, and begin to explore technology’s role.
Part 2
Putting theory into practice: in this section, we’ll explore some of the common tools in play for working with your digital social capital: Facebook, Twitter, FriendFeed, LinkedIn, and more! This will be for beginners and advanced folk alike; more skilled attendees will be asked to share their experiences, while beginners will be taught how to get started.
[See: http://www.deannazandt.com/disaster-relief-2/ ] A short presentation on the social web tools used for the hurricane season in 2008. Given at The Change You Want To See, Dec 17, 2008
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
6. Why did this change?
• Original intention of the
web: Read/write web
• Expectations of users
have shifted
– Grazers of information
– Creators/collaborators of
content
7. What does this mean for my org?
• Consistent with our
values of empowerment,
community
– open, participatory,
democratic, and
accountable
• Create loyalty and
community by connecting
• True value: 2% of 10,000
on a list versus 200
dedicated
followers/friends
8. Social capital
access to ideas
connections and talent
the saved up
reputation access to
resources
influence
accomplishments
“potential” access
to further resources
Credit: Tara Hunt, author of The Whuffie Factor, http://www.horsepigcow.com/
9. Authenticity is key
• Your org has a unique
voice and presence; be
yourself
• Tremendous value is
placed on the “gift
economy;” one-way
streets go nowhere
11. Facebook
• What’s everyone else up to on Facebook?
• According to Non Profit Social Network
Survey, 80% of respondents have a staff
person dedicating 25% of their time to
social media
• 40% have raised money, BUT: a good chunk
have raised less than $500 in last year
• It's still all about building relationships,
telling your story, and taking potential
donors through the process of cultivation,
stewardship and solicitation
(Betsy Harman, http://is.gd/Odkj)
12. Facebook
• Groups versus Pages
– Groups are good for
personal
communications, or
smaller issue/action
needs
– Pages are good for larger
organizations, brand
identities
13. Facebook
• Causes!
– Help spread the word
– Measure success
through awareness,
not dollars
– Majority of Facebookers
are younger still
– Build an identity
Credit: Beth Kanter and Allison Fine
http://is.gd/Odkj
14. Twitter
• Get the word out, sure,
BUT…
• Get buy-in or advice on
new projects
• Share others’ info
relevant to your work
• Find like-minded folk
• Connect with media
15. Blogging
• What's the purpose of your
organization's blog?
• And your organizational
web site isn't enough
because ...?
• Who will write for the blog?
• What is the voice?
• How often will you post?
• What happens if something
controversial comes up,
how does your blog react?
Credit: Beth Kanter . http://is.gd/OeIY
16. To sum up
• Don’t reinvent the wheel
• Focus on organization’s goals, not tech
• Be open to collaborating with your users, but
you don’t have to sacrifice your overall
editorial control or voice
• Experiment with your users, have fun
17. the end!
Deanna Zandt, http://deannazandt.com/about
Further reading:
http://www.deannazandt.com/presentations/nssr