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An expert in her field, Lori has several decades of experience working with some of the largest commercial and nonprofits in the world, but prefers to use analytics for the greater good by helping social good organizations make a bigger impact in the work that they do. Charitable giving in a recession is no different. Follow the Leaders.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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. But then, I had something of an epiphany.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2007

at 2:27 pm I got the message :) But I also have some experience with marketing… and marketing is all about stating the positive without stating the negatives. To my mind, it bodes well for the open source tools. That was my point. { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 David Geilhufe 12.14.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 25, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What software freedom means to me June 25, 2008 I got some interesting comments on the last post about Linux desktops. I co-administered that box for a few years.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

August 7, 2007 I’ve been experimenting with the non-content centered social networking sites LinkedIn and Facebook for a while now. And I’ll also be experimenting with the XHTML Friends Network , which looks like an interesting start on an open way to connect people. { The content centered ones, like flickr, del.icio.us

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

I’ve had a fair bit of experience with Drupal – nosi.net is run on Drupal, and I’d done a Drupal install once, and helped with some now and again. I hadn’t had experience with either Plone or Joomla, but in talking to folks both at NTC and Penguin Day about Joomla, I got intrigued. 2 Suzi 04.17.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Experiments, snafus and stumbles » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 12.17.07 I imagine they won’t love the fact that I am this close to opting out of the whole social network experiment altogether until it’s truly open 3 claudia 10.04.07 When all of those happen, I’ll be the first to sign up. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

January 29, 2008 I don’t exactly know where the exclamation point came from, but if you want a scarily easy CMS to install, Joomla is a place to start. I’ll be migrating my main consulting site over to it quite soon. Like any powerful CMS, though, there is quite the learning curve in order to get a site up and running.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

June 24, 2008 I’m doing a webinar on Linux Desktops next month, and it’s making me think a lot about my own experience using Linux on the desktop, and where I think things are going. This experience has made me think a lot about where organizations should think about using Linux, and where they should steer clear.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 9, 2007

But the last time I tried Evolution, it was a horrible experience. More configuration, more options, but still not good. 3) Evolution. It would mean switching my email. It might be worth it. But, that was 4 years ago. Open source projects do get better. Actually there is a fourth option.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 9, 2007

But it appears, from my experience and others, that question actually has to be framed not as “Is Linux ready for the desktop?&# , but “Is Linux ready for your desktop?&# I’m looking forward to Gutsy Gibbon, Ubuntu 7.10 coming out in October. I’m sure I’ll be upgrading.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

My experience, and the experiences of many women who are involved in open source, make this clear. One person had brought up the idea of open source as a model for egalitarian participatory economics, and I made a brief comment that it wasn’t all that egalitarian, really.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 2, 2007

She uses her experiences to talk about technology issues. A note: Deborah is an old college friend of mine. What I like: I hear about a lot of new things from Deborah, and she explores a lot of new tools, and asks good questions. Her posts are thoughtful and accessible for non-techies. I like that she includes graphics in most of her posts.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

I imagine if I was wired, it would automagically work (that’s been my experience in the past.) Ubuntu doesn’t come default with an easy GUI way to connect to a wireless access point. I had to go command line in order to get online. So I had to dig out of my memory (and do some online looking) about iwconfig.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

at 1:27 am From my personal experience after using both: Sitemeter scripts are slow and increase your page load time, whereas the Google Analytics script is fast! I appreciate your patience as I know my ignorance was showing. There’s so much to learn about blogging, but I am improving but slowly, very slowly. 6 Debjit 01.01.10

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 9, 2009

Women Who Tech TeleSummit: April 2009. The second annual Women Who Tech TeleSummit (which will take place in April 2009) is looking for panel suggestions. Ada Lovelace Day: March 24, 2009. All you need to do is sign up to this pledge and then publish your blog post any time on Tuesday 24th March 2009.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Silicon Valley philanthropy is increasing: Individual giving rose 150 percent between 2008 and 2013, from $1.9 And, the amount that Silicon Valley companies has given away has more than doubled since 2009, from $56 million to nearly $117 million. billion to $4.8 But many local residents are struggling.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

A PostgreSQL database can, like MySQL, be accessed via APIs written for just about all programming languages, JDBC, and ODBC (which I have quite a bit of experience with.) PostgreSQL is also cross-platform, with binaries available for Linux and Win32 from Postgresql.org , and Mac OS via Darwin Ports. at 6:42 am Hi Michelle,?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

A PostgreSQL database can, like MySQL, be accessed via APIs written for just about all programming languages, JDBC, and ODBC (which I have quite a bit of experience with.) PostgreSQL is also cross-platform, with binaries available for Linux and Win32 from Postgresql.org , and Mac OS via Darwin Ports. at 6:42 am Hi Michelle,?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2007

This is because all providers start out with some personal experiences or biases, and most are too busy taking care of clients to spend lots and lots of time gaining new expertise in a broad range of topics – they need to focus. No technology vendor, even the largest ones, can support everything.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Well, pro bono consulting can happen entirely on digital platforms. We did a survey of hundreds of professionals during the 2008 and 2009 downturn, and found that often wasn’t the case. LG: There was a time during the pandemic when hands-on volunteer opportunities all but disappeared. How do you do that in an all-virtual world?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

I’m not in the mood to experiment with YASB – Yet another social bookmarking tool … but soon I will. It’s the best way for us to know how well we’re doing on delivering a good experience to you. Hmmmm… 6 Beth 09.28.06 7 Todd Sieling 09.28.06 Thanks for giving us a look, and again for the comments.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

60) Search « 5 Quick Steps to Better SEO | Main | Tech & Style Tips for Conducting Blog Interviews » Tuesday Mar 10 2009 Top 10 SXSW Interactive Panels Your Nonprofit Should Attend Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 05:27PM | by Allyson Kapin Are you planning to check out SXSW Interactive this year? Whitehouse.gov 2.0: Great post.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Deanna Zandt , Media Technologist, Consultant, and Author of the forthcoming book: Share This! Andrew spoke about the huge access the Internet offers — citing stats from how the presidential candidates used social media in the 2008 election. If you are not sure if social media is for you, start small and experiment.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

Elana Wolowitz (EW): Im pretty sure we started in May or June of 2008. But mostly I just wanted to try something new and experiment -- throw something at the wall to see if it stuck. This article was written by Deanna Zandt , a media technologist and consultant to key progressive media organizations. What inspired you to join?

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

April 27 , 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 1. April 27 , 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 3. April 27 , 2009 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 5. With so many great panels to choose from it was a challenge to come up with my top 10 panels to check out. Without further ado here are my favorites. Better Online Storytelling Designed by Roger O.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

I've been experimenting with online fundraising in an age of social media since 2006. On February 12, 2009, Twitter users will meet up in over 100 plus cities to socialize offline, meet other Twitter users, enjoy some fun, have a few drinks, and raise money for charity: water. How did the relationship originate?

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Museum 2.0

MAY 22, 2012

In 2008, when this group was assembled, they had political backing, financial support, and an energetic approach to their work. National Vending Machine - a travelling vending machine that invites people to connect with everyday objects that represent various aspects of the Dutch experience and history.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Originally posted in April of 2011, just before I hung up my consulting hat for my current job at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. This post shares some of the most interesting questions I''ve heard throughout these experiences. In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2007

There was almost universal frustration voiced about using outside technology consultants. and feel comfortable, you need to experience it. 2008: How do I do it right? 2009: How do I integrate across the Enterprise. t know who can translate these things for our needs.??? maintaining systems or tools for which they didn???t

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 23, 2007

can transform the teaching and learning experience. So, even if you have a Linux workstation, you get the same superior user experience every time. Elluminate is a leading provider of live Web conferencing and eLearning solutions for the real-time organization. Elluminate Live! In other words, Elluminate Live!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

Instead, they will have to rely on consultants, or unfortunately volunteers. Perhaps one day we’ll get there, but in my 15+ year experience, the level of tech resources in non-profits have stayed the same, and I don’t think it’s likely to change.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

Part of it is being prompted by my own technology support experiences with my satellite “broadband&# provider (which have been largely frustrating). Really a lot. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

We experimented with it briefly two years ago when we first decided to publish a journal, but we couldn’t make it happen. So I have a bit of experience in both business and with intellectual property, all of which brings me to this question: Do NPO people value what they get for free? Others aren’t at all.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Nonprofit organizations would get far better results from improving their own online giving experience. The Right Giving Experience Yes, I would love to see how Jonathan Ive and his Apple design team would re-create the online giving experience in an app. Probably not. Who plays the traffic cop? All Rights Reserved

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

But it’s also the latest online creation of Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. She brings experience from working in and around the nonprofit sector. By November 2010, Jumo noted in a New York Times article that they’ve raised $3.5 All Rights Reserved

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