Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

The client is quite knowledgeable about their organization, mission, and goals for a project, but often not knowledgeable about technology. The role I play most often currently is providing a clear and understandable avenue between the client and a technology vendor (such as web or database development shop). at 6:06 am Michelle, I love this!

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JULY 25, 2008

Read an interview of an Android developer. There are some other interesting moves outlined in that great post by Marshall Kirpatrick, my currently favorite ReadWriteWeb blogger Android for the masses, iPhone for the rich? It’s an interesting question, what Android might (or might not) turn out to be. So far, it’s simply vaporware.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

We not only kept that promise, but our family went on to support various projects in Cambodia through the Sharing Foundation and through the connections I made through my first blog, Cambodia4kids. My last visit to Cambodia was in 2007 and I remember how frustratingly slow the wifi felt compared to high speed access I enjoyed in the US.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

My in-box was so full of have fun, do good books, films, events and classes to share with you I decided to gather them all into one post. Grandmother Power Photo journalist Paola Gianturco (who I interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast in 2007 ) has a new book out, Grandmother Power: A Global Phenomenon.

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MARCH 20, 2007

Last month I posted an e-interview with Caitlin Cohen, the US coordinator and co-founder of the Sigida Keneyali Project , a community-run clinic in Sikoro for 28,000 people. It is a project of the start-up NGO, Mali Health Organizing Project. There are 13 amazing competitors that you can view here. Mali health NGO

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 27, 2006

A Girl’s Guide to Managing Projects has a nice post about what Project Managers do all day, anyway. I was also wondering if I could do a quick audio interview with you on this topic. And sure, I’ll be glad to be interviewed. David Maister asks " What do consultants know? 4 Beth 11.01.06

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

I decided several weeks ago, for a variety of reasons, to retire my independent consultant hat. 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.

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APRIL 14, 2008

Here’s some other coverage: Podcast from the Nonprofit Tech Blog Post from Josiah Richie Video Interview of Randy McCabe { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Matthew Edmondson 04.15.08 I have high hopes for it. And Blackbaud may well be shaking in their boots. at 1:00 pm This is indeed excellent news.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 14, 2006

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. Toni Morrison Here's my list of Favorite Books of 2006, in the order I read them. Both books are crazily well-written. You can learn more about Jeffrey Sachs' work with the UN Millenium Project here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

We started our communities in 2007, more than a year before we started the nonprofit. Since we started as a nonprofit, lots of groups (some nonprofit, some for profit) have approached us with ideas, projects, etc. Tags: Books. I wasn't familiar with the concept of a fiscal sponsor at that point (Heck! to partner around.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 9, 2007

I told the conference co-founders, a husband and wife literary agent team, Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen , that I'd help to spread the word about the conference so I interviewed Elizabeth for the Big Vision Podcast. In 1977 he wrote an editorial for the Sunday paper, and at that time he said, "I believe that books can change the world."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2007

It's a project of a nonprofit organization called mySociety , based in the UK. I got involved with PledgeBank in April 2007, after a chance meeting with Tom Steinberg, mySociety's founder/director, at a conference on e-campaigning in Oxford, England during the winter of 2006. those might be. There are loads of uses for the site ???

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Activist, journalist, and singer, Marisa Handler , chronicles her activist journey, and the role spirituality played in it, in her 2007 memoir, Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist. Loyal to the Sky received a Nautilus Book Award for world changing books. We're also going to be true to what the world wants of us.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 12, 2006

Ingrid Severson is the lead project organizer of the Rooftop Resources project, a project of the Oakland non-profit Bay Localize. You can listen to my interview with Ingrid on the Big Vision Podcast , or read a transcript here. Ingrid: Bay Localize is a non-profit project that started back in December of 2005.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

At the big one, I worked on a small project with teens to design science exhibits for community centers in their own neighborhoods. For the second interview, I even built a little lie detector and brought it in. I tried to master the administrative work as quickly as possible so I could keep volunteering for other creative projects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

I remember blogging about it when I first noticed it in November, 2007. Jim Spadaccini from Ideum Blog noted that dashboards are not new, in fact, there's a book about Dashboard Design. I caught up with for a quick email interview: Has your organization always been an "open" institution?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. An extension is actually good thing, gives us more time to look at all those projects! CompuMentor's founder shares his top ten projects.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2007

This year, they named me the 2007 Best Podcaster:Blogger Most Dedicated to Social Change. I asked four other women, who I interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast, to be on the panel: Alli Chagi-Starr of Art in Action, Ilyse Hogue of MoveOn.org, Melinda Kramer of Women's Earth Alliance and Reem Rahim of Numi Tea. in the area.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Listening is the first step, but you do it before, during, and after the project. But now, the process of listening has changed concerns into strong interest about what people have to say." The first project was to listen to what was being said on blogs about the Red Cross. In other words, you never take your listening ears off.

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MARCH 11, 2009

He is currently a Fellow in the Food and Society Policy Fellows Program, which is a national project of the W.K. His first book, Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen , which he co-authored with Anna Lappe , won a 2007 Nautilus Award for Social Change. You have a new book coming out, Vegan Soul Kitchen. Grub Project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Yesterday, I had an opportunity to be interviewed as part of a series of online interviews with nonprofit social media gurus about how to use social media. Kari came to my house a half hour before the interview went live. Ustream also has a feature that lets you put a marker in the video and tweet that section of the interview.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2009

According to Tara Hunt , author of a fabulous social media marketing book called The Whuffie Factor , there are a few things that comprise your, or your organization's, social capital: Connections: Who do you know? Access to resources: You may not be able to fund a particular project, but do you know people who can? What about Twitter?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

What if we were to audio and video record interviews with politicians and put them on the web? b) marketing piece is not rocket science - get Katya's book. What if we demanded that a basic low cost connection and computer and training were available to every Aussie who wanted it like the telephone? Two basic skill sets: a.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2012

We not only kept that promise, but our family went on to support various projects in Cambodia through my board membership on the Sharing Foundation and through the connections I made through my first blog, Cambodia4kids. I met Leng in 2007 and recorded this interview. I will share a report about the projects in Cambodia.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

We are poised to grow not only Bookshare.org, but all of our projects. Department of Education gave us a major award on September 28, 2007. In essence, we're being paid to deliver – free – accessible books to all students with print disabilities in the United States for the next five years.

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JUNE 2, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Questions for Geoff Livingston Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on June 2nd, 2011 I’m starting a new series of short interviews with people who are really changing what’s happening in the nonprofit sector.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

On Friday, I leave for Beirut for co-lead a series of Train the Trainers workshops as part of the E-Mediat Project , a capacity building project for NGOs to learn social media skills. The Story of Electronics is part of a series of short films created and released by the Story of Stuff project since 2007.

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking What Facebook Knows Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 7th, 2010 Think about all the things people post on Facebook or any other social networking website. That can be a good thing and sometimes that can be a bad thing.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Last month I posted about one of my favorite books this year, Women Who Light the Dark, by photojournalist, Paola Gianturco. I had an opportunity to interview Paola for the Big Vision Podcast, and wanted to share the transcript with you. She is donating 100 percent of the royalties from the book to the Global Fund for Women.

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AUGUST 6, 2019

Woman reading a book on a beached rowboat, 1925. A way for me to call up a hero and ask, "can I interview you?" I spent 2007-2011 traveling the world, doing participatory projects and consulting gigs, and writing my first book. You gave me confidence, guidance, and stories for my books.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 23, 2006

After reading the interview, Heddy has asked that I modify some of her answers. The next big project on the horizon is working on AIUSA’s next strategic plan. This project will tackle big questions such as: What are the most pressing human rights problems in our world? Below is the modified version as of May 24, 2006.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2008

MN150 is a newish permanent exhibition (opened in Oct 2007) at the Minnesota History Center that marks the sesquicentennial of Minnesota with 150 of “the most influential forces in the state’s history.” How did this project get started? When they walked in, we gave them each a book of the exhibition and we all signed it.

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