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Especially when they help reveal a lot of information in a visual format. A lot of good information about how donors research their giving to nonprofits. Let’s help share information about what’s happening across the nonprofit sector. Here are five good nonprofit infographics worth looking at. All Rights Reserved

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MAY 20, 2008

Google says: “Google Health aims to solve an urgent need that dovetails with our overall mission of organizing patient information and making it accessible and useful. Through our health offering, our users will be empowered to collect, store, and manage their own medical records online.&#

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JUNE 10, 2008

It is important to understand that Rapleaf is just gathering public information on people, based on their email addresses. It is an inevitable result of our desire for social networks, as well as our desire for information to be portable (like in RSS feeds.) How can we assure privacy?

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NOVEMBER 5, 2007

We hope that this will spur development for more social applications and mashups as well as better distribution of these applications worldwide. I’ll be watching the Open Handset Alliance, and wondering when I can replace my Blackberry with an open phone. {

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NOVEMBER 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Online Courses November 6, 2007 I’ve been thinking a lot about giving online courses in the use of open source software.

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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. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Feminism?

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MAY 29, 2008

Update: Allan Benamer has some more information that’s worth reading. { Update: Allan Benamer has some more information that’s worth reading. { Update: Allan Benamer has some more information that’s worth reading. { It’s going to get interesting, for sure. 2 Anonymous 06.13.08 2 Anonymous 06.13.08

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DECEMBER 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Why I’m twittering December 7, 2007 Yes, it’s hard to believe. There are substantive conversations that happen, and real information gets shared. I succumbed. So what’s the story?

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OCTOBER 17, 2006

Like the freedom that RSS gives to end users in terms of getting the data that you want in your hands, to read when and how you want it, APIs give programmers (and, at times, end users) the freedom to get data from Web 2.0 The free sharing of information in ways that allow for new innovation. for geeks is APIs.

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JULY 6, 2007

July 6, 2007 Deborah, is, as per usual, diplomatic in her discussion of the site " Sustainable Nonprofit ", which is a new(?) The site is beautifully designed, and engaging, with some good information and tools, as well. In fact, we agreed we are getting toward overload – too much information in too many places.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Basically, they partner with localized web media outlets, and provide widgets that contain information about local nonprofits that are connected to content. So if the article is about a fire, you might see on the widget information about the American Red Cross, or other local nonprofits that address the needs of victims of fire.

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APRIL 15, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Speaking too soon April 15, 2007 I’ve been doing a lot of thinking since I wrote my post, a few weeks ago , saying I was done with technology consulting. It just wasn’t happening very well.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Send queries to nonprofit tech lists for experiences and information, like nosi-discussion , nten-discuss , riders-tech , and others. Look at ohloh.net – they have great info on most projects – how many developers, lines of code, how active development activity is.

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AUGUST 13, 2008

I’m excited about this project – it’s gathering the knowledge and expertise of a great group of folks, and it will provide a free source of information and case studies so that nonprofits can best figure out how to step into the frothy waters of social networks.

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DECEMBER 17, 2007

Experiments, snafus and stumbles December 17, 2007 I seem to have lost my head. But for a long while, it took a lot to gather all of that information. at 12:39 am Spokeo connects people from different networks together, just like how RSS readers connect disjoint blogs into one united Blogosphere. 5 Jay 12.18.07

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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!&# And then there is data.

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APRIL 10, 2008

Should they spend a bit of time tying their RSS feed (if they have one) to a twitter account? 2 trackbacks } Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 04.14.08 Should the communications person use twitter to connect with other nonprofit communications professionals? Sure, why not.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

I had originally planned to talk about RSS/XML after tagging, but I decided instead to hold off on that as a start on the posts about the inner guts of Web 2.0. And the major engine that makes these three types of ephemeral media really work, is RSS, which is the subject of the next post. 3) keep stakeholders informed?

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JUNE 27, 2008

Whether the movement of information is one-way (knowledge transfer) or a two-way flow (knowledge exchange), an organizations ability to pursue its core mission can depend in large part on effective communication. and give them the information that is most useful to them, then follow up to ensure that your message wont be forgotten.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations.

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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. I'd guess the only place that'd have the information necessary to make a stab at it would the IRS.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2006

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations.

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MARCH 26, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Kelly O’Neal, online marketing consultant, provides the following recommendations to nonprofits.

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MAY 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" May 29, 2007 | Yvonne Copyright © 2008, Care2.com What is citizen journalism?

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MAY 29, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" May 29, 2007 | Yvonne Copyright © 2008, Care2.com What is citizen journalism?

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AUGUST 23, 2007

There will be some much more detailed information that will help make it easier to figure out if it is right for you. { Sometime in September, NOSI will be releasing the new version of the primer on open source software for nonprofits. I’ll be announcing it, for sure.

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MAY 10, 2011

Blackbaud and the Run Walk Ride Fundraising Council have been working together to publish trends and best practice information in this area. Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. All Rights Reserved

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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%. consulted accountants, 40.8% consulted attorneys and 38.8% This is a 34.9%

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

What you do with the information makes all the difference. If you’re just looking at the list, then the value of the information is relatively low. Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader.

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tasty nuggets October 1, 2007 A few things have come across my desk while I was on vacation, so I thought I’d collect them here: Of course, there are new Web 2.0 tools that come out every single day.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

The 34 page report contains a lot of information across a broad range of questions. Each of these entities has, at a minimum, a decade of direct experience collecting information from nonprofits concerning charitable receipts, fundraising practices, and/or grantmaking activities. sectional studies. All Rights Reserved

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

What you do with the information makes all the difference. Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. Sometimes that leads to very valuable insights into what’s happening. All Rights Reserved

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MAY 18, 2011

Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. Blackbaud updates these indices each month and they are based on a three-month moving average of year- over-year percent changes in revenue. All Rights Reserved

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

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. It’s unclear what was done with the information captured and that area of the website has been inaccessible for some time now.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. Blackbaud updates these indices on the 15th of each month and they are based on a three-month moving average of year- over-year percent changes in revenue. All Rights Reserved

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JANUARY 12, 2011

How will you gather information about the results of your efforts? Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. Process Does your organization have an emergency rapid response plan? All Rights Reserved

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Human-based social engineering is just what it sounds like – people at a computer entering stolen credit card information to process a transaction. Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader.

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