Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #8:XChat February 5, 2008 This is, really a post both about a tool ( XChat ) and about IRC (Internet Relay Chat.) XChat is one of quite a few IRC clients. I use IRC every day.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

February 29, 2008 OK, so we all know that I have been eating my own dogfood (that is, using Linux on the desktop) for a while now. Someone in an IRC channel last night who was trying to help me as I tore my hair out said “why does xorg suck so bad?&# I even decided not to buy Leopard for my Mac Mini. at 9:41 pm Linux desktops?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

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, take 2 January 31, 2008 Back in August, I did a review of web conferencing tools, with a decidedly unusual slant – as a presenter, I had to be able to share my Linux desktop.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 18, 2005

It makes finding channels with interesting video easy, as well as making channels easy. I’m looking forward to the Crooks and Liars channel! They’ve just released a beta version (sorry, Mac only, for once) of a new platform for internet video, called DTV. This is very cool. It’s definitely a thing to watch.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 19, 2011

You can watch a video from the One Love Alliance's Free Hugs farmers' market event on Gabriela's YouTube Channel.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Before creating Crowdrise, they started and built Moosejaw, a multi-channel retailer that combined humor, crowdsourcing, social commerce and creative marketing. Robert co-founded Crowdrise with his brother, Jeffrey Wolfe. Crowdrise's two other co-founders are Shauna Robertson and Edward Norton.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2007

It was interesting not as much for its focus on the presence or absence of “channel programs&# but for the way it characterized the qualities of the different distributions in terms of the business model of reselling Linux. And, Canonical also provides professional support. Canonical has a lot of connections in the nonprofit sector.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Follow them on Twitter and retweet relevant posts. Learn why they are involved, what motivates them, and engage them through different channels. million in 2010. All of these incentives helped increase event revenue from $100,000 in 2008 to $180,000 in 2009. Meet for coffee occasionally. Send a birthday card.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

And it only makes sense if the connections that can be made, the communication channels opened, the voice heard is worth that investment. But there are many, many organizations in the middle of these extreme examples. Blogging takes time, focus, and energy from someone or someones. As for podcasting and vlogging. Good analysis.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 11-15, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. In 2008, I was honored to be on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. Free agents use social-media channels like Facebook and Twitter and can create social movements in the palms of their hands.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 11, 2010

An organization that owns its data and manages it correctly owns its distribution channels. The tech to connect Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, cell, email, addresses and other PID is here -- and it improves by the day. The organizations that prize PID and reduce the silos between tech and marketing stand to benefit the most.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 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!" The total amount of money raised online increased by 26 percent from 2007 to 2008.

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sgEngage

MAY 10, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 25 Largest Online Fundraising Nonprofits in 2010 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on May 10th, 2011 The Chronicle of Philanthropy is not only a great publication, but they also publish some excellent research about online fundraising trends.

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Care2

MARCH 23, 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!" May 19, 2010 | Brenda Johnson Copyright © 2008, Care2.com It will be a great aid!

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Care2

MAY 29, 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!" billion in 2008 to $29.8 billion in 2013. Thanks for listening. All rights reserved.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 16, 2009

an event management product that connects with Salesforce.com A PayPal integration product This is a pretty robust set of channels for data to move back and forth from Salesforce.com to Plone. Look for that shortly. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 30th, 2010 Jumo means “together in concert” in Yoruba, a West African language. 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. Sounds like it has great possibilities; time will tell.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Why Apple isn’t the Nonprofit App Grinch Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 10th, 2010 Nonprofit social media expert Beth Kanter isn’t happy with Apple at the moment. Mobile is going to be a huge channel.

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2011

Steve MacLaughlin , Blackbaud’s director of Internet solutions, will discuss key technology trends impacting nonprofits, the role of social media in online fundraising, the emerging channel of mobile giving, and the importance of building a multi-channel strategy. All Rights Reserved

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 1, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Myths about Online Giving Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 1st, 2010 There are so many myths about online giving. 33% of online donors will switch channels to become offline donors. Here are five that need to be busted.

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2011

This is the first time that the indices have included fundraising data related to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. for the 3 months ending January 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. for the 3 months ending January 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. million in yearly revenue on a monthly basis.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

You need to capture the consumer with your free content and then extract value through alternate channels… ads, products, services, memberships, etc.&# 5 Anonymous 04.14.07 at 2:24 pm Yup,I do agree with David, there, for the most part – I think it’s an important way to think about content right now.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 12, 2011

What has your nonprofit done since January 12, 2010? Do you have offline and well as online channels ready to go? Since that day many nonprofits have changed and improved how they respond to these kinds of disasters. Some still haven’t applied the lessons learned to their organizations. Do you have email templates ready to go?

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2011

Steve MacLaughlin , Blackbaud’s director of Internet solutions, will discuss key technology trends impacting nonprofits, the role of social media in online fundraising, the emerging channel of mobile giving, and the importance of building a multi-channel strategy. All Rights Reserved

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " A Roundup of Valuable Twitter Tools – Noupe – A great round up of Twitter tools – some great long-time favorites and some newer tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

I first came across @paullyoung in September, 2008 when he implemented a birthday campaign as part of charity:water’s September campaign. In 2008, even more people joined and raised over $1 million for clean water projects in Ethiopia. Is this a multi channel campaign? Tell me about this year’s campaign?

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Care2

JUNE 1, 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!" nonprofits in 2008. These channels will develop and co-exist.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

OpenSSL is nonprofit open source software that provides security on e-commerce and other websites by creating an encrypted channel between your device and the website. For the public, or anyone, his @ecoconsumer Twitter feed curates green articles and resources difficult to find all in one place anywhere else.

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2011

Key Findings: The majority of giving still comes from offline channels, but online continues to be a significant source of giving and new donors. This is in line with the 2010 Online Giving Report. The dominate giving channel for new donors 64 years old and younger is online — not offline.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Just When You Thought Direct Mail Was Dead Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 10th, 2010 It’s baaack! Actually, it’s single channel communication that’s dead. Donors flip channels. Is it easy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

So for this post, I'd like to share 5 fundraising trends that we saw emerging in 2009 related to fundraising and social media and that will most definitely continue to have impact in 2010. Last year, TweetsGiving , raised $11,000 to build a classroom in Tanzania using Twitter to spread messages of thanks and opportunities to donate.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

She is the 2010 NTEN Award Winner and was named to the NonProfit Times list of the 50 most influential people in the charitable sector in 2008. As Twitter and Google Plus still adopt their more business-focused strategies, nonprofits will benefit from the added functionality. Nonprofit fundraising in 2014 will be multi-channel.

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Care2

MAY 4, 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!" Twitter Twitter, oh such a trendsetter these days between Oprah, Ashton Kutcher and CNN.

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