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NTEN’s Ultimate Champion: #NTENThanks David Krumlauf

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flickr: askdebra Chances are, if you've attended an NTC since 2008, you've met David Krumlauf. Since the NTEN staff has already sent him every piece of NTEN gear ever made and awarded him the NTEN award at the 2010 NTC, we wanted to do something special this time around.

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The Zen of Nonprofit CRM

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

In the final analysis, in the days, weeks, months and years following these, and other mergers, no fewer people will be homeless, no fewer women will be battered, no fewer children will be hungry, no less environmental damage will be done, no more people who need it will get mental health services.

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The Zen of Nonprofit CRM

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

In the final analysis, in the days, weeks, months and years following these, and other mergers, no fewer people will be homeless, no fewer women will be battered, no fewer children will be hungry, no less environmental damage will be done, no more people who need it will get mental health services.

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What do web stats mean, anyway?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I don’t think we want homeless shelters, food pantries, mental health organizations, etc., Secondly, I certainly saw that over the five years I was the IT Director at the Coalition for the Homeless that our clients were increasingly interested in initiating and maintaining electronic communications with our case workers.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

In 2008, Vermont became the first state to permit the creation of the L3C (Powell, Jackson-Zapata, & Kammerling, 2014), an entity that allows companies to achieve modest profits while operating under a business model that emphasizes impact over profits. Banks were not lending.

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The language we use

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Are there actually really any fewer homeless people? But I think the jury is still out, at least from my perspective, on whether or not this sea change in communication has actually resulted in very much on-the-ground social change. Did MoveOn actually manage to help elect someone more progressive? Is the environment any cleaner?

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What is Lethal Generosity?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Shel tells the story of the holiday season 2008, when the city of Toronto Transit Authority canceled its New Year's eve free-ride transportation due to budget pressures. In December, Pepsi launched a bold experiment in the form of a contest that will give away over $20 million in monthly challenges over 2010.

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