Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 3, 2007

Their real challenges, not the ones they talk about when they are selling their organization! Closing Plenary Speech by Larry Brilliant Larry Brilliant did a great job inspiring us with a speech I've never heard him give before, because I've only heard him speak post-Google about Google.org. The second was all about story-telling.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Read time: 8 minutes Just this month, Google and Yahoo coordinated announcements of new requirements for email senders. Google and Yahoo are the two biggest providers of free email inboxes in the US. Here’s the good news: your organization probably already meets most (or even all!) We’re going to tackle this together.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 30, 2011

Similar to Myspace and Facebook in 2007 and 2008, there’s seemingly a geographic difference between Foursquare and Gowalla users. Mobile Technology for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. Gowalla may not get the online buzz that Foursquare does, but where I live it’s more popular than Foursquare.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

So I’m going to try and lay out the details of what cloud computing is, and how it’s useful for nonprofit organizations. That includes applications from Google Documents, to Salesforce.com, to Gliffy.com , (the service I used to create that graphic.) at 5:17 am TechSoup Blog 09.16.09

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NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What OpenSocial Means November 1, 2007 The buzz of the blogosphere is the announcement of Google’s OpenSocial. OpenSocial is a set of APIs. It’s aimed primarily at developers.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 5, 2008

And, in a bigger picture way, how important do you think it is for people who work with nonprofit organizations on technology issues to keep up? RSS readers, google alerts and blogs are so key to my existence these days! For me/my organization, it’s not critical that anyone be way out on that bleeding edge.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Dataportability.org – the organization, has gotten a lot of press in the tech industry lately because some very big players recently joined. Dataportability.org – the organization, has gotten a lot of press in the tech industry lately because some very big players recently joined. So first, what is data portability?

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JUNE 19, 2008

But in the nonprofit realm, my perspective on helping nonprofit organizations with technology issues has a lot to do with client empowerment, learning based on what’s needed at the moment, and active collaboration. Sounds a lot like Edupunk, doesn’t it? I learned a lot.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Microsoft Fails to get ISO fast-track for OOXML September 7, 2007 For those of you that pay attention to open standards, this is old(ish) news. In fact, that is far from the case.) I’ll keep you posted. {

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NOVEMBER 8, 2007

But it’s only been in the last few years that mega storage, and mega processing power were available to organizations to power big web applications and the like. If a nonprofit organization has a server, it’s actually not so unlikely that it is running RHEL. They started out with their S3 – simple storage service.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Google it – you might find articles and reviews that might be helpful Try it out. Or you’re just curious about projects you’ve heard about. How do you go about finding out whether it’s the right software, and whether the project has a healthy community, since you don’t want to adopt a project that doesn’t?

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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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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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JANUARY 31, 2008

Right now, I’ve got AdBlock Plus, Greasemonkey (which is a scripting platform that allows for lots of other interesting addons,) Tor (allows for anonymous browsing,) a bunch of google toolbars, some great web developer tools, etc. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Shawn Towey 01.31.08

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

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

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JANUARY 24, 2008

But if your organization decides to blog, and you want to make it easy on yourself, install Wordpress on your hosting account, or go to WordPress.com and set up a free blog. at 9:24 am Hey, I found your blog while searching on Google your post looks very interesting for me. I doubt you’ll look back. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 3, 2008

I’m using one that allows me to see a calendar (I use it to view my google calendar) – it’s a good quick way within Thunderbird to see if I’m free on a certain day. Thunderbird is in the process of being spun out of the Mozilla Foundation into it’s own organization, dubbed “MailCo.&# Shame on me.)

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APRIL 18, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology This guy is right on April 18, 2007 A blog reader introduced me to a new blog by a guy named Phil Jones. And it’s amazing how much it can do, and how much an organization can do with it.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Facebook Ad Platform November 13, 2007 It always takes me a bit to digest new Web 2.0 A company (or organization, or individual) can set up a public page (so it does not require a Facebook account to see it).

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

The last time I was in Baltimore was in 2007, with Amnesty International at their regional conference, attending as a bright-eyed student organizer trying to learn how to more effectively spread the good word of social justice and human rights (the story of how I got involved in nonprofit marketing!).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

First off, a tip o’ the hat to NTEN for organizing this, the participants of the panel for an interesting conversation, and Mark Bolgiano from the Council on Foundations for awesome moderation. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0

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NOVEMBER 28, 2006

apps out there, and beginning to try and use them to create content and organize my life, I have come to the following conclusion: the apps are great, but integration still sucks. land are either using iCal, or integrating with Google Calendar (my present calendaring software). First, there’s the blogging issue.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Organization: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Organization Size: Medium. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The 1 st tool was MySpace back in 2007. Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs? gid=104492.

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AUGUST 21, 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) To create a new comment, use the form below.

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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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OCTOBER 18, 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)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

In June 2007, I presented my first social media training to a small group of nonprofits in Lowell, MA. It’s a fundamental shift in how our supporters communicate with each other and with us, and ultimately in how they donate and get involved with organizations. Social media is not a fad. Find your competitors the Web.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 24, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Vendorspeak August 24, 2007 One of the things I’ve noticed recently is that my blog is getting the attention of software vendors. I guess that’s a good thing. Maybe it means I have “arrived&#.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2013

When I read that Google was donating $600,000 to provide free Wi-Fi in San Francisco parks, my first thought was, "Wow, it's going to be hard to get a signal at Dolores Park on a sunny day." Since 2007, San Francisco has been striving toward becoming a digitally inclusive city. Powering Communities with Tech.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

October 15, 2007 If you are new to this site, you might want to read more , and subscribe to my feed. In any event, Kintera’s API goes a long way to help organizations be freed from yet another data silo, and they are free. gods: Flickr, RSS, Google, etc. Convio has, seemingly, gotten some serious Web 2.0 apps out there.

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AFP Blog

JUNE 26, 2007

Google Earth Outreach To Aid Nonprofits | WebProNews: "Google Earth Outreach To Aid NonprofitsMike Sachoff's pictureSubmitted by Mike Sachoff on Tue, 06/26/2007 - 10:59.Comment

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

One of iconic icebreakers that Gunner has used is the “ Human SpectraGram ” that I first observed Gunner do at 2007 Penguin Day. It is a technique that is used in Open Space design.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 27, 2013

Most donors believe that they are giving to worthwhile causes, but few conduct the necessary research to determine how effectively an organization uses donations to accomplish its mission. Remember that you can't always judge a big organization by its publicity, since that may just reflect a large advertising budget.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” Click to see larger version. Encourage brainstorming.

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Care2

JULY 13, 2012

If you’ve heard of only one nonprofit mobile app, it’s likely this one since it was one of the earliest mobile apps developed by a major nonprofit organization. The iPhone version, released in January 2009, built on an earlier mobile site targeted at feature phones that launched in 2007. Seafood Watch - Google Play.

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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. And the mission of the organization matters too.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

These days, most browsers have a nice bookmark bar – that really helps organize sites you visit regularly. You could google for them, but wouldn’t it be great to see other people’s links – things they found organically? It should be interesting to see how this plays out.

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