Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Back Channels, Workflow, Data, Twitter, and me March 13, 2007 I read Beth’s recent blog entry on Twitter , and of course, the neo-luddite in me said “waste of time!&# And then there is data.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Nonprofit Data Management March 12, 2007 As you know, nonprofit data management has been a really important issue for me for a long time. I wish all nonprofits understood this!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Nonprofit Data Management March 12, 2007 As you know, nonprofit data management has been a really important issue for me for a long time. I wish all nonprofits understood this!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

But should the organization as a whole put resources into a “twitter strategy&# ? I’d be really hard pressed to suggest that they spend much of their meager resources on that. Should they spend a bit of time tying their RSS feed (if they have one) to a twitter account? Sure, why not. Or even a social network strategy?

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Tech Soup

MAY 8, 2012

One of the things we'll be covering is the SmartArt feature , which Microsoft introduced with Office 2007 and improved in Office 2010. In the meantime, here are some worthwhile resources on PowerPoint and SmartArt. PowerPoint 2010: Choosing SmartArt Graphics : Easy video introduction to SmartArt.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Most often nonprofits want to capture information from web users. That sort of information could be a newsletter sign up, a contact form that should be responded to, an online donation or an event registration. One purpose is to allow users to modify their own information (if the site allows logins.) All-in-one.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 11, 2012

During this webinar, TechSoup’s Elliot Harmon and Microsoft’s Doug Thomas provided us with a multitude of advice and resources. I wanted to take a moment to provide you with some of these resources. TechSoup Resources. Microsoft Resources. A full training course on using photos in PowerPoint 2010 Course.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Recent research findings by Christopher Einolf and Susan Chambre (2011) provided empirical evidence of the strong influence of both formal and informal social networks on volunteering. Are Arizona seniors influenced by both formal and informal social networks to volunteer?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

September 17, 2007 There is an interesting discussion happening between Holly Ross, soon to be ED of NTEN, and Allan Benamer , about web statistics, and whether or not nonprofits should be “transparent&# and publish their web statistics. It’s been there since 9/7/2007, two days after my call for getting people on Quantcast.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing. One last thing.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2011

Expect an hour rich with resources, ideas, secrets from the experts, and links to great technology tools offering everything you need to give a great presentation. Nat Robinson, vice president of SlideRocket , who provides insight into cloud collaboration for virtual teams sharing their work online. Productions.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

"Data Theft Creates Notification Nightmare for BlueCross" (March 1, 2010, CIO.com). Would they still be willing to provide their credit card or personal information to you? Would they still be willing to provide their credit card or personal information to you? Have you taken the steps necessary to protect your organization?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2014

for more information. This equipment is Core 2 Duo or above and comes with Windows 7 and Office 2007 or 2010. It features lots of resources that can be found on Microsoft's Windows XP End of Support web site. Here are some resources to help you learn more about newer Windows: Should You Upgrade to Windows 8?

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See3

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Where and how should we focus our energies to get the most ROI from our video production resources? And bravo to the UN Foundation and orgs like it who create terrific pieces that keep web site users engaged and inform supporters of your activities. More: [link] 21 Dec 2007 Andrew Cohen Hear hear1 Video is indeed not a strategy.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2011

Expect an hour rich with resources, ideas, secrets from the experts, and links to great technology tools offering everything you need to give a great presentation. Nat Robinson, vice president of SlideRocket , who provides insight into cloud collaboration for virtual teams sharing their work online. Productions.

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See3

OCTOBER 25, 2007

Share and Enjoy: 5 Comments comment Marc Sirkin Posted a bit about this here:[link] and here: [link] 25 Oct 2007 Holly Michael – I shared this post with some of my Google colleagues. 26 Oct 2007 youtube » YouTube for Nonprofits – Donations are Nice, but What About List … [.] What do you think Holly?

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See3

OCTOBER 25, 2007

Share and Enjoy: 5 Comments comment Marc Sirkin Posted a bit about this here:[link] and here: [link] 25 Oct 2007 Holly Michael – I shared this post with some of my Google colleagues. 26 Oct 2007 youtube » YouTube for Nonprofits – Donations are Nice, but What About List … [.] What do you think Holly?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

In my recent chapter “Managing Fundraising and Building Communities Online” in the book Internet Management for Nonprofits (Wiley, April 2010), I write in depth about one method to tackle the subject – what are organizations across the country doing? The interest card was a second way for CC to collect information about party guests.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

Associate Professor, ASU School of Community Resources & Development Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice.

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See3

JANUARY 15, 2008

Nonprofit organizations and their constituents are invited to submit videos used in support of a 2007 campaign. For additional information about See3 Communications, visit www.see3.net NTEN facilitates the exchange of knowledge and information within the nonprofit community. This video has been viewed over 1.5 net www.dogooder.tv

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 22, 2012

inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Source: Adapted from Nezhina and Brudney, 2010. Reallocation of resources from program to administrative expenses (14.8%). But the authors share their concern about the unintended consequences of increased costs and decreased resources for programs. As part of a.

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See3

MAY 25, 2007

This is all public information, but the web is making it much easier to connect the dots. And I think that as more of this information becomes easy to track, more people are going to demand reform and explanations from their representatives. Pogue writes: Now, not all bills exhibit the same money-to-outcome relationships.

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See3

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Causes uses information created within their program and data from Guidestar. 18 Oct 2007 facebook » Convio Open – Why the Convio Facebook Application blows away Causes [.] 19 Oct 2007 Non-Profit Tech Blog » Convio Facebook App not recommended for use right now [.] 20 Oct 2007 sara Has Michael ever used Convio?

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See3

MAY 28, 2007

The line between “consumers of information&# and “publishers of information&# continue to blur. Instead, send me information on things I am interested in and allow my community to tell me about the products and causes they care about while I tell them about my own interests.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

60) Search « The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes | Main | Innovative Uses of SMS: SMS for Lunch Campaign » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 Is It Worth It? 60) Search « The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes | Main | Innovative Uses of SMS: SMS for Lunch Campaign » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 Is It Worth It?

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

60) Search « The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes | Main | Innovative Uses of SMS: SMS for Lunch Campaign » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 Is It Worth It? 60) Search « The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes | Main | Innovative Uses of SMS: SMS for Lunch Campaign » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 Is It Worth It?

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sgEngage

MAY 10, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 25 Largest Online Fundraising Nonprofits in 2010 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on May 10th, 2011 The Chronicle of Philanthropy is not only a great publication, but they also publish some excellent research about online fundraising trends.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

60) Search « The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes | Main | Innovative Uses of SMS: SMS for Lunch Campaign » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 Is It Worth It? 60) Search « The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes | Main | Innovative Uses of SMS: SMS for Lunch Campaign » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 Is It Worth It?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending September 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. for the 3 months ending September 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. for the 3 months ending September 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. Read more about the methodology. over last year.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending November 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. for the 3 months ending November 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. for the 3 months ending November 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 15, 2010

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending October 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. for the 3 months ending October 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. for the 3 months ending October 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 27, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Key Insights from the 2010 Global State of the Nonprofit Industry Survey Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on October 27th, 2010 Blackbaud has conducted its North American State of the Nonprofit Industry Survey annually for six of the past seven years.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

April 7, 2007 I had heard about this new journal a while ago, and it was sitting in some small corner of my brain, waiting for me to pay attention. The new journal, the Journal of Information Technology in Social Change , is, I think, a needed part of our landscape of resources for the sector.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Have the answers to these questions changed during recent years (2007, 2010, 2013)? And, they often have to decline to help because of limited staff resources. What “micro” factors raise the poverty risk for persons and households – age? family structure? employment attachment and educational level of adult household members?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 30th, 2010 Jumo means “together in concert” in Yoruba, a West African language. GuideStar does have Jumo International listed as a nonprofit organization but very little information is shown and likely won’t be until they file their first 990 with the IRS.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Nonprofit Research Collaborative Releases First Report Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 29th, 2010 The Nonprofit Research Collaborative released its first report today. renewed contracts.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

There are 75 pages of statistics and trend information in the report. decrease from 2007 ($83,034), after adjusting for inflation. Average total giving to religious causes dropped in 2009 to $9,985 from $17,635 in 2007, a decrease of 43.4%. This is a 34.9% High net worth households gave, on average, between 8% and 16.5%

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