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New tools

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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.) Corporations sponsor the widget, so there is a brand showing. Of course, there is a lot of buzz about Sprout.

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What is private? What is public?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Just send the company your e-mail list and tell it what social networking sites those on your list are using, their demographics, the numbers of friends they have, how many widgets they’re using, even their interests. Rapleaf digs into the usual social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.),

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10 Social Media Metrics for Nonprofit Organizations (and How To Track Them)

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Seventy-nine percent said they hadn’t found ways to do so.” – Chronicle of Philanthropy, November 12, 2009. Online giving in 2008 was up 44% from 2007. Early estimates for 2009 show an increase in online donations of 46% from 2008.

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Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

at 1:34 pm Michelle, Just curious what you thought/opinion is of widgets? at 1:35 pm And just noticed that you are using the “online status&# widget for typepad and would like to know what you think about that in terms of building community on a nonprofit blog? at 8:03 pm I like widgets, for the most part. 4 Beth 11.01.06

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Open source your Open Social Apps?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

November 21, 2007 Beth’s wonderful post about a decision tree for whether or not an organization should get into the social networking business had a link to a comment about OpenSocial. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Competing for nonprofit dollars

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SO much work on fundraising widgets, but so few vendors in the case management space and even fewer providing an open API. Technorati Tags: fundraising , nptech , web2.0 { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Allan Benamer 12.23.06 at 9:15 pm You’ve hit the nail on the head! I can’t agree with you more.

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Raise Money on Facebook: Four Strategies You Need to Know About

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As of September 2009, scores of Facebook applications have been developed to support the nonprofit sector in one way. Over $5 million has been raised in 2009 alone. Other notable fundraising applications include Firstgiving's Fundraising application, the Justgiving application, and the ChipIn fundraising widget. and Canada.