Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2010

Blog Traffic. Blogging was the missing piece in my social media strategy. If your nonprofit is already blogging, plot your stats. If not, here are 5 reasons why your nonprofit should blog. Online giving in 2008 was up 44% from 2007. . “ Hits &# are not the metric to monitor. I was a reluctant blogger.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

It looked quite like it might be a fun event to be at, but the hefty $3000 price tag for admission wasn’t something that I could possibly stomach, so I sat in front of my laptop, watching people describe new tools. at 10:36 pm I played with it here: [link] Seesmic is to youtube, as twitter is to blogging. Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

People who can touch API's out there have been fooling around with trying to extract data from the NpTech tag for analysis as well as think about ways that we can make the data that has been tagged more filtered via social search, collaborative filtering, and whatever else. Deborah Finn's thoughts on the NpTech Tag Mashup.

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AUGUST 14, 2008

1 trackback } Recent Links Tagged With "portability" - JabberTags 01.03.09 Like all social networks, they are only as usable as people in your social graph use it, and it’s pretty sparse for me right now. But hopefully that will change. { at 5:50 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 08.15.08 Be Helpful.

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JULY 29, 2009

NTEN's blog discusses the details of the break-in and lessons we should learn from it. A 2007 NTEN post provided suggestions and resources for creating strong passwords and establishing a password policy. Tags: TechSoup. The chief lesson: good passwords are key to good security. . Photo: Paul Linton.

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APRIL 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology NTC Links April 6, 2007 There has been a little bit of blogging and the like at NTC – although it was certainly hindered yesterday, when the internet was down for most of the day.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2007

The Nonprofit Software Development Summit Lots of notes and blog posts over at the 2007 Nonprofit Software Development Summit wiki to read. Here's a few sessions notes in the wiki: NpTech Tag , definition of Open API For-Profit/Nonprofit Software Collaborations and where are the biggest tool gaps ? nonprofit technology.

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

Since 2007 Facebook has found great success in serving ads to its users at what could be considered a shockingly specific level. This is the part of the blog where you start to wonder if working on this new tech is worth it or truly needed. A glimpse at a cookie free world . Privacy vs performance. Server-Side Future.

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JANUARY 1, 2007

To stop being a digital slob in terms of my hard drive, tagging habits, flickr photo annotation, blog posts, etc. To be more productive with the time I spend online and put some of the suggestions that Ed Hallowell in his book, Crazy Busy suggests about avoiding online time wasters. But maybe I can be fast and neater?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

See3 Blog writes about the advantages of the Convio Face App (integration with organization's Convio database) and the limitations (can only run one Facebook app at time). The Non-Profit Tech Blog drills down deeper on the limitations and suggests waiting before adopting. This week was Blog Action Day for the Environment.

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JANUARY 14, 2009

I have many years of blog content. It is hard for me to find posts because I have too many categories (over 200) and an idiosyncratic way of organizing them. No wonder I get emails and DM's from folks telling me they can't find a particular blog post. That's a river of blog resources, why add to it? Communication.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 30, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Mission Statement August 30, 2007 I have not at all been tempted by the 31 days to a better blog challenge. A few days ago, Michele posted her blog’s mission statement.

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APRIL 12, 2007

April 12, 2007 Beth Kanter, as always, has a great, informative summary of the Penguin Day activities last Saturday in DC. She’s got some great video blogging, including a short one on “ open source feminism.&# Let’s get together! at 2:50 pm Thanks for shout out. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

2 trackbacks } Nonprofit Communications » Blog Archive » Nonprofit Trends - What’s Hot & Not @ the Carnival 08.15.08 at 10:54 am Recent Links Tagged With "millenials" - JabberTags 12.04.08 however, as you all know so well, I’m a realist. { Be Helpful.

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MAY 1, 2007

May 1, 2007 Jon Stahl quotes a comment by Ethan Zuckerman about “shiny&# – the over attention to cool and groovy web 2.0 Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Too much “shiny&# ? functionality. Be Helpful.

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APRIL 23, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free as in “Free Kittens&# April 23, 2007 Deborah Finn pointed out this good post in a blog I have never read: ALA Tech Source. She’s ahead of me since she actually reads librarian blogs.

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JUNE 18, 2007

June 18, 2007 OK, so I finally drank the Facebook coolaid – and although it took me a long time to get around to, I have now realized how many people in the nptech field have already been on facebook for a while. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2007

project 2007 Survey , Via Stephen Downes comes a pointer to a David White's JISC funded ???SPIRE??? project 2007 Survey , a British-based, of 1400 respondents, on the use of Web 2.0 online communities, like tagging communities, digg communities, and others. Chart from David White, JISC funded ???SPIRE??? technologies.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 7, 2007

March 7, 2007 Next Monday, I’m hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival Hosting Again! So, submit those posts by Sunday evening! Be Helpful.

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AUGUST 19, 2007

August 31, 2007 is the third annual Blog Day. On that day, you write a post recommending 5 blogs to read. You are suppose to notify the bloggers, write a brief description of their blogs, and tag your post with BlogDay2007. Nonprofits can help make the web ??? just a little better than it was before ???

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Google Analytics vs Site Meter September 18, 2006 Yes, I promise, the post on tagging and folksonomies is coming. I found this by way of one of my favorite new blogs, Lifehacker. 4 admin 08.05.09

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 15, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Better Late than Never May 15, 2007 This carnival is a day late, unfortunately. Technorati Tags: npcarnival , nptech { 1 trackback } Donor Power Blog 05.15.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

Part IIa: Social Bookmarking September 24, 2006 After writing my post on tagging , I got sidetracked by Marnie Webb’s mention of ma.gnolia , and then went off to investigate, then decided to write about social bookmarking tools. I do wish they had a tag cloud add on for blogs, too. to Ma.gnolia. Ma.gnolia seems better.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2006

Seth Gottlieb (a fellow Western Mass person) has a great post on his blog about how to go about looking at the communities around open source projects. It’s definitely worth a read. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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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!&# Be Helpful.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2006

Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 2, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology March Blogtipping March 2, 2007 I’m folllowing Kivi on the NPBlogtipping bandwagon. I have one note: I feel a little strange giving tips – a lot of the blogs I really like are way better than mine.

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JANUARY 29, 2010

Earlier this week, an announcement on the Causes Application blog broke the news that over $20 Million has been donated since May 2007 via donors using the social networking application. Tags: fundraising issues causes data facebook myspace. You can read more about the MySpace/Facebook move here , here , and here.).

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APRIL 12, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Good Nonprofit Infographics Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on April 12th, 2011 Who doesn’t love a good infographic? Tags: Fundraising , Nonprofit Trends , nptech , Online Giving , Social Media , Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Allen Benamer of the Nonprofit Tech Blog says " Support Idealware !" There is certainly no shortage of buckets where nonprofit technology tagged resources are being aggregated. Here's a few blog posts about the NTC experience: Marnie Webb says Web2.0 NTC 2007 Pipe. Google Blog Search.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 9, 2006

It’s funny, I write a lot here on my blog, and I forget how much I enjoy technical writing (or semi-technical, in this case.) I’ve been learning about some interesting examples of the use of APIs in nonprofit organizations, as well as learning what vendors (both proprietary and open source) are thinking about the issue.

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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. at 10:14 pm Good carnival! Be Helpful.

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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. at 10:14 pm Good carnival! Be Helpful.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Actually uploading photos to Flickr doesn’t require much time, but shooting digital photos, editing them, and then properly adding them to Flickr sets and collections with tags and titles can become time-consuming. Blogging: 10 Hours Weekly. To blog effectively, a nonprofit must allocate a minimum of 10 hours per week to blogging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

I first started reading “Cog Dog Blog&# by Alan Levine since his first post in 2003, &# I Blog Therefore I Am.&# Although he was blogging about how to integrate social media into education and the classroom, his ideas have always been transferable to nonprofits. Alyce you will be missed!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 29, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Goodbye Microsoft… March 29, 2007 Just today, I received in the mail some Sony Vaio Picturebook laptops, courtesy of Gavin’s regular potlatch program. The geekout will be on Thursday at 3:30.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 5, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Satellite Broadband, Day 1 March 5, 2007 Dial up just wasn’t going to cut it. At least I’ll be able to upload this blog entry. About 5:00, the bandwidth hit the floor. More on this saga soon.

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