Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

I’ve been hearing good things about SugarCRM from organizations that use it. Anyway, SugarCRM is basically “enterprise class&# CRM, and is worth a look. { They also have a newer on-demand version (that is, software as a service, like salesforce.) 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Thomas 04.20.08

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

Childreach International serves a large network of international partners in work that involves a great deal of organization and coordination. The organization’s IT is based on Microsoft Windows, Exchange Server , and Office Professional Plus. The organization has nine full-time staff. I especially like Outlook 2007.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2014

What does learning the new mean for organizations? She also talked about a new role called “Social Learning Practitioner,” someone who encourages and enables and supports knowledge sharing and learning across the organization. Organization. Teaching the new is not structured because it is social learning.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2007

At least in Massachusetts, the majority of nonprofits work with network support people who don’t focus totally on nonprofit organizations (there are some wonderful exceptions, however, of companies that focus on the sector.) But there still isn’t a lot out there. But I think more is needed.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

It is an enterprise-class client/server CRM, and has the kind of features you see in such packages as Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge. They expect to make up the difference in revenue that they got from licenses from services sold to a greater number of organizations that would not have been customers otherwise. How cool is that?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

And for that, I will be eternally grateful to MySpace and the “Nonprofit Organizations&# MySpace community. It’s hard to explain to those who don’t use MySpace, but the “Nonprofit Organizations&# brand would not be what it is today had I attempted to start it on Facebook, Twitter or YouTube.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Part of delivering instruction is being a good facilitation of people’s learning and there is no better way to learn how to improve your own technique than watching world class facilitators in action. I always learn something from his participatory style, humor, and techniques. Here’s a few things I learned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Listening Listening is knowing what is being said online about your organization and your field. It becomes part of your organization's culture. It can be hard to retool an organization's culture to do listening as a daily part of the work flow, particularly if it isn't valued or there are concerns about negatives.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Nonprofit organizations are vital to the nation’s economic well-being and have nearly doubled in the last 30 years (National Center for Charitable Statistics, 2015). It may be time to rethink how these important social organizations are funded. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 30, 2017

A lack of leadership and staff diversity poses problems - particularly for human service organizations - because it affects their ability to fulfill their mission. However, these same nonprofits rarely have leadership and workforces reflective of their mission and the communities the organizations serve.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 18, 2012

Plus, our refurbished computers now come with Microsoft Office 2007 Basic (RCI computers previously featured Office 2003). Note that PowerPoint is not included as part of the Office 2007 Basic package, but is available as a separate donation through our Microsoft Software Donation Program. A New Way to Browse. Mid Tier (3.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2011

Recently, I bumped into Patricia Martin who just completed a fascinating report on Millennials online engagement with arts organizations and we had a conversation about this topic and the findings from her report. Scaling Social Change Through Social Media by Guest Post Patricia Martin.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Here, I will walk you through the basics of setting up a landing page for your organization, and share some things that I learned while setting up ours. Assuming that you have a website for your organization, it will well to host the pictures there. You may also want to visit some of our upcoming classes to learn more.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

This is the second blog in my series on configuring Intuit's QuickBooks for use in a nonprofit organization. Funding sources (who funds your organization and what are their reporting requirements?). Programs (What service or product does your organization provide or produce ' what does it do ?). Fundraising.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

We discuss issues and trends in modern web technologies that help your organization achieve more with less. is vital to any nonprofit organization. an open class discussion, or a traditional front-of-room lecture from your teacher? The messenger is the person, group, or organization that delivers the information to the audience.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 5, 2018

posted by Seth Cothrun Class 9, American Express Leadership Academy at the ASU Lodestar Center. I have transitioned markets, from the top of the runaway bull market in 2007 to the bubble-bursting plunge to the bottom in 2009. The theme of the summit was Leadership in Times of Transition. Take, for example, morale.

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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. Wish I were!

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2013

Since 2007, San Francisco has been striving toward becoming a digitally inclusive city. For example, summer camps or after-school programs located in these parks can take advantage of the free Wi-Fi to teach computer classes or stream educational movies.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, April 15, 2011 Research Friday: What It Takes to Lead and Manage a Nonprofit Organization posted by Laura L. In addition, they are interested in learning about foundation grant making, marketing and social media, building collaboration, and managing faith-based organizations. Bush, Ph.D. Pollak, T. Washington, D.

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NTEN

APRIL 10, 2009

Deborah Elizabeth Finn kicked off another lively discussion by asking other nptechies how they factor their organization's Twitter " follow cost " into their Twitter communications strategy. I'll introduce each member of this year's class of NTENnies in these weekly member round-ups.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2007

February 1, 2007 Washington DC Members Only Software, Inc is pleased to announce that we have entered into a strategic alliance with Orchid Suites Inc., This alliance enhances Orchid's ability to deliver best-in-class integrated online management tools for communications." Here's the announcement copied from the Members Only website.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 15, 2007

Working with the Lift Above Poverty Organization in Nigeria, Beatrices requested a loan of $400 for her business though Kiva.org, which she will pay back monthly over an 8-month period. When I checked this morning, 7 more people had contributed to her loan request ( Rick , Matthew , the 2007 Pryor Class , Anish , Mark and Emily ).

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

I've included part of the nominees' profiles below, as they are written up on the site, but added links to their organizations and projects where I could find them. Since May 2007, he and his crew have aided thousands of victims at 15 sites across the United States -- free of charge." Maria Da Silva "Has lost 14 family members to AIDS.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

How do you determine which technology, or set of technologies, will be best suited to your organization? Here are just two examples from organizations that I found to be most successful and effective. It also posted a host kit online that gave party volunteers the tools they needed to organize a party. Fundraising Events.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

You have to take action either by taking a class, doing an informational interview, volunteering, interning, going to an event, or taking a job in the field that interests you. For example, at one point, I thought I wanted to be a massage therapist, but then I took a massage class, and realized I had to massage naked people I didn't know.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) How about Digg ?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) How about Digg ?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

blog has been going for almost five years now, and I''ve seen people''s concerns and questions evolve over that time in the following way: For the first couple of years--2006-2007--most of the questions were about the "why" of participation. The Museum 2.0 Why should institutions engage with people in this way?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

blog has been going for almost five years now, and I've seen people's concerns and questions evolve over that time in the following way: For the first couple of years--2006-2007--most of the questions were about the "why" of participation. The Museum 2.0 Why should institutions engage with people in this way?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 1, 2011

It really reflects what we're trying to do here to transform our institution into as relevant, dynamic, and successful an organization as possible. Ideas include combining Santa Cruz's famous love of yoga with life-drawing classes, having models incorporate yoga poses for the sake of the would-be artists.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

New questions are raised as classes can rapidly access information relevant to lessons, and students no longer look to the teacher to have every answer. It is a place that reflects and grows with a society increasingly organized around digital tools. and New Models for Engagement," In Hand to Hand, Winter 2007, Volume 21, Number 4.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

It felt to me like coming out of the closet when I began talking about spiritual practice with my activist friends"--Marisa Handler The more I write about organizations and individuals who are creating social change, the more I realize that to create true change, we need to change our inner world and our outer world.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Technology Support as Teaching April 24, 2007 I’ve been thinking a lot about technology support lately. Also, you remember how much work you got done when a substitute teacher came to class?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 11, 2009

"I think, in the organizing, and in the activism what gets lost so often is what we're working for. 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. Organic food is so expensive, I don't think it's accessible for me, or for most people.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 9, 2007

And Phil Zimbardo is going to speak about his book, The Lucifer Effect , which showed how he had an experiment where he put a few students of his from Stanford in prison and a few people, in the same class, in as prison guards, and then it showed how immediately they turned bad because of how power can corrupt people.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Department of Education gave us a major award on September 28, 2007. The Corte Madera School now uses Bookshare.org books in a range of classes for disabled students. As part of the assessment, we researched the challenges faced by organizations working on the ground in Darfur and how different groups operate in the face of the risks.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

Today I’m posting Karen Nyhus ‘ advice, originally posted on NTEN’s nptechconsult forum (for members only) in response to a request for “resources and tips for our nonprofit technology community to help them start things off right in 2007.&# get your files organized: both electronically and paper. use Turbo Tax.

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