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John Kenyon

Sebastopol, CA

Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

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The Arts and Mobile Marketing

I am honored to be featured in a new special report from Musical America Worldwide entittled "Mobile Marketing: The Arts In Motion". The report includes wonderfully helpful information for performing arts organizations about engaging audiences via mobile, mobile options, vendors... Continue reading

Posted May 30, 2013 at John Kenyon - Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

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Opinion: QR Codes and Foursquare Not Worth Nonprofits Time

I am seeing changes in the technology world that lead me to believe that QR codes and Fourquare are not useful tools for most nonprofits. I often include a section in my nonprofit technology trainings about "up and coming" technology... Continue reading

Posted May 28, 2013 at John Kenyon - Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

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Interactivity in Technology Training

Effective technology trainings need to be much more than listening to an expert speak, especially when the class runs for 6 hours. Continue reading

Posted May 22, 2013 at John Kenyon - Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

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Should Nonprofits Prioritize Mobile Over Their Website?

A recent report by the UN agency International Telecoms Union "ITU World in 2013" found that by the end of 2014 there will be more mobile subscriptions than people in the world (Read the BBC report or Download the pdf).... Continue reading

Posted May 13, 2013 at John Kenyon - Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

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Training with Beth Kanter: Time for Reflection

Next week Beth Kanter and I are teaching simultaneous master class sessions prior to the Connecting Up conference in Australia, hers on social media and mine on technology planning. I'm very excited that we worked together to find a way... Continue reading

Posted May 10, 2013 at John Kenyon - Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

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Nonprofits and the PICNIC error

PICNIC error - "Problem In Chair Not In Computer" is defined on Wikipedia as "slang in technical circles... that implies a lack of computer savvy on the part of a user". While critics of the term argue that the issue... Continue reading

Posted May 6, 2013 at John Kenyon - Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

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Online Data Privacy

Online data privacy is an issue for anyone who puts personal information online. This includes posts to Facebook, email, docs or anything stored in the cloud. Ever since I had the pleasure of doing a presentation about online engagement for... Continue reading

Posted May 1, 2013 at John Kenyon - Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

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Why your nonprofit needs to know about mobile

In May I'll be giving a keynote at Australia's nonprofit technology conference, Connecting Up 2013. In a recent blog post on the Connecting Up site, I share some examples and reasons nonprofits need to engage with mobile technology. http://www.connectingup.org/blog/why-your-not-profit-needs-know-about-mobile Continue reading

Posted Feb 19, 2013 at John Kenyon - Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

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Top Five Benefits of Having a Technology Plan

For over 20 years I’ve been helping nonprofits improve the ways they use technology. Whenever I began a new consulting project - be it for a communications plan, a website audit or coaching - one of the first questions I... Continue reading

Posted Feb 22, 2012 at John Kenyon - Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

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Thanks Becky!

Commented Nov 2, 2011 on Text and Mobile Basics for Nonprofits: Do's and Don'ts at John Kenyon - Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

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Text and Mobile Basics for Nonprofits: Do's and Don'ts

My colleague Sarah R Moore reminded our students at our recent session on Storytelling Through Social Media - "Remember when email grew to be essential and many nonprofits wished they had been collecting email addresses all along? This is the... Continue reading

Posted Sep 21, 2011 at John Kenyon - Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

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Improve Nonprofits’ Understanding of Google Tools - Share Your Story

You can help the community better understand how to use Google Apps, Google Analytics, Google Adwords/Grants, Google Checkout, Google Earth, Google Maps, and YouTube to advance their work by sharing your stories and experiences with these tools. Nonprofit users’ stories... Continue reading

Posted Jul 28, 2011 at John Kenyon - Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

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Ten Nonprofit Technology "Commandments"

This article was first written in 2003 for NTEN. It has had slight revisions to improve clarity, but even after all these years, in 2013 the ten ideas remain relevant. The choices you make about technology can make or break... Continue reading

Posted May 17, 2011 at John Kenyon - Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

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7 Social Media Resources & Tools for 2011

Here are seven tools that I think they are worth a look for nonprofits. These range from social media policy and advice to video distribution to managing your social media presence to charting your social graph. Social Media Policy Database... Continue reading

Posted Mar 23, 2011 at John Kenyon - Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

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Google For Nonprofits - New Single Application

I attended the Google for Nonprofits event in Washington DC on March 18th at the Google Offices. There were three nonprofits who talked about how they used Google tools and some announcements about current and forthcoming features of their tools.... Continue reading

Posted Mar 21, 2011 at John Kenyon - Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

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Causes Gift Cards

I have been to connected to Causes on Facebook for a long time, donating to friends causes and for the last two years doing Birthday Wishes through them. I've been a fan of gift cards for quite a while, I... Continue reading

Posted Jan 11, 2011 at John Kenyon - Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

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Thank you for your comment Michael. I agree with you and hope to get the np tech consultants to agree to these and hopefully adhere to them. Your points make sense for consulting firms or those with subcontractors. Most people I know try to stick to their principles, but in a tough economy you can't eat your principles :). I think transparency and consistency are definitely important. I hope you'll join the discussion at NTC in March! Best, John

Commented Jan 5, 2011 on Ten Principles for Nonprofit Technology Professionals at John Kenyon - Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

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Thank you Beth!!

Commented Jan 5, 2011 on The Networked Nonprofit Consultant at John Kenyon - Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

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The Networked Nonprofit Consultant

On January 12th I will be presenting on the topic "Social Media for Consultants" to the Nonprofit Consultants Network at the Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Management in San Rafael, CA (if you are a consultant to nonprofits in the... Continue reading

Posted Jan 4, 2011 at John Kenyon - Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

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Thank you for your comments Ivan! I will be creating a document that expands on these in detail and will add your thoughts. I think it is important to keep these top level items short and limit them to 10, but your point will be included in the details, as I think that applies to several of the main items. #1 is really a bit tongue in cheek, based on the Hippocratic oath doctors take (first do no harm) but I have seen inexperienced people unintentionally mess up hardware! Always good to start with the basics I think :).

Commented Dec 27, 2010 on Ten Principles for Nonprofit Technology Professionals at John Kenyon - Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

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Ten Principles for Nonprofit Technology Professionals

In 2011 I would like see the nonprofit technology community move toward speaking in some form of more unified voice. In 2008 I led a discussion through an NTEN Affinity Group to craft a code of conduct that nonprofit technology... Continue reading

Posted Dec 21, 2010 at John Kenyon - Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

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Sorry Phillip I am not familiar enough with typewith.me to answer your question. A Google search for "typewith.me private" brought up several results, including using an alternate tool like Gobby, but there may be other solutions.

Commented Nov 6, 2010 on Online Collaboration Tools Worth a Look for Nonprofits: Etherpad, Yammer, Present.ly and more at John Kenyon - Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

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NPD10 Live Blog: Next Generation Organizations

(Audio recording available after 8/31) Panel with Marla Cornelius, Compasspoint; Julie Davidson-Gomez, Exhale; James Lin, Glide Foundation; Olivia Araiza, Justice Matters; Miho Kim, Data Center. Compasspoint did a report on next generation orgs: Next Generation Organizations by Marla Cornelius and... Continue reading

Posted Aug 31, 2010 at John Kenyon - Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

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