Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

There’s been some interesting activity in the realm of women in open source. It’s definitely worth a listen. I also have a document nightmare – I have documents on the desktop, documents on my laptop, documents on external hard drives, aiii. I need to figure out a good network configuration.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

There are more than 65 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices and that number grows daily. In 2008, over two trillion text messages were sent worldwide. In 2008, over two trillion text messages were sent worldwide. The Web and how people use it is transforming quickly.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 9, 2007

Evolution, apparently, is not under active development because Novell is focusing on Groupwise. And, to answer the question posed above, the answer is, for me, obviously, a definite yes. 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

JANUARY 14, 2009

I know a lot of the free site tools, wikis like wetpaint.com, keep trying to move to become more social, and let the audience/membership interact more – that is definitely related. It’s definitely been a lot of work for both the developers and us as a client, but we’re pretty happy with the result so far.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The concept of distributed ledgers has usefulness outside of its thriving use in financial transactions and currency speculation, and it is actively triggering innovation in healthcare IT. We manage continuing education (CE) credit transactions: a learner completes a CE activity and receives CE credit, or “credit hours,” in return.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2007

Considering that nonprofits are increasingly being held responsible for outcomes, not just activities, it makes sense that their consultants would move in this direction, too. Definitely an interesting conversation to have. I also think that when you bill based on time, you get away from the “results&# piece of it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

The second reason is a clear definition of what social media is, even within the social media community. However, very few people use these terms precisely and almost nobody agrees on the exact definition of these terms. The notion of a community is really tricky because every web page is a latent community, waiting to be activated.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 31, 2009

Based on the code, some experts think that starting on April 1, infected computers can be activated to receive instructions as a massive botnet.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2007

This community is one of Ubuntu’s great strengths, in terms of the ability to find helpful and sometimes instant support (via an incredibly active set of IRC channels.) They have mentorship programs, they are building regional networks, they have almost unparalleled bulletin board, email and IRC community support.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

The data were collected in the summer of 2009 by asking people to reflect on their volunteering during all of 2008. On one of the pages, amid all the charts on who volunteers and what they do, is a big banner depicting the following result: "33 percent of Arizona adults volunteered in 2008." One in three. But is it right? One in four.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2008

Last February, Mobile Active reported on the Sunday???s " In a May 2008 post in Read/Write Web about Text to Give Campaigns : Mobile Giving is certainly a growing trend meant to capitalize on the ubiquity of cell phones and their heavy use by members of the younger generation. The campaign was also noted.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Our campaign managers in the field have been experimenting with using SMS to reach target audiences to spread news and information, campaign messages, and news about campaign activities. What I’ve been most impressed with is Bogii’s strategy to connect all her mass media and community outreach activities to one another.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Allan is convinced, rightly or wrongly that an organization’s web site will become the hub of their activity; that their mission will be focused through the web site and that all their constituents will make use of the web site as a vehicle for interacting with the organization. 3 David Zeidman 09.18.07 Allan assumes two points here.

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BoardAssist

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

But there are definitely places where I could do better. Prior to joining BoardSource’s leadership team in December 2008, she served as the vice president of development at the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund and Leadership Institute. For the most part, I do relatively well with all of this maintenance.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 17, 2013

Since I no longer own a set of encyclopedias, I decided to check out Wikipedia’s definition for the Age of Enlightenment: it was a cultural movement of intellectuals in the 17th and 18th centuries. I’m only focusing on online data as it’s the most accurate view of fundraising activity. Do you see what I see?

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman JAN 30, 2008 Identity 2.0

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See3

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

People wouldn’t write the checks or fill out the forms, but they can click and give, just like they click to buy a book or a Pez dispenser or, in 2008, pay their parking tickets. Obama’s inspiration activated people and the internet made it possible to turn that excitement into dollars. 350,000 donors!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2008

It is a remix of the " Cute Cat Theory of Digital Activism " which was the title of a talk given by Ethan Zuckerman at O'Reilly's E-Tech Conference in March, 2008 (notes from Ryan Singel. However, based on observing nonprofits that have been effective - there are definitely some patterns of success for social media adoption.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

60) Search « Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmarks Released | Main | LOLseals: Flickr API Contest Gets HSUS Over 3,000 Entries » Tuesday Mar 25 2008 Whats an Email Address Worth? Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 12:36PM | by Eric Rardin How to Measure the Value of an Online Supporter Over here at Care2 we get this question a lot.

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Care2

MARCH 25, 2008

60) Search « Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmarks Released | Main | LOLseals: Flickr API Contest Gets HSUS Over 3,000 Entries » Tuesday Mar 25 2008 Whats an Email Address Worth? Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 12:36PM | by Eric Rardin How to Measure the Value of an Online Supporter Over here at Care2 we get this question a lot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

In the spirit of demystification here is a definition and a couple of resources about the social capital market. The first SoCap conference in 2008 coincided with the launch of this paper, Investing for Social & Environmental Impact: A Design for Catalyzing an Emerging Industry A Monitor Institute Report [link] EnvImpact_ExecSum_000.pdf

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

Yesterday, they published the list of organizations that have lost their exemption from paying income tax due to failure to file required reports in 2007, 2008, and 2009. The "Fall Festival" advertised on their homepage is for 2008, and the "events" link opens up to a May 2009 calendar. Long overdue, the IRS finally pulled the trigger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. There's quite a buzz right now about whether or not " Slacktivism " doing activism online, all the time - can effect change. A panel of experts will debate the pros & cons of couch potato activism. Definitely. It was organized by Ed Schipul.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

It was definitely a full time job during the last 2 weeks of the contest. We were able to be interviewed by the New York Times about the contest , which was a definite plus. The frantic pace of the contest was a real driver for the donations, but definitely that pace is probably unsustainable for on-going donation activity.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

ROI (Return on Investment) in its simplest form has has a very specific mathematical definition. I agree with Beth that a dollar value alone cant determine whether using online social networking is a worthwhile activity, which is why Ive also included time and geek knowledge in my formula. December 11, 2007 | çad?r

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

It was definitely a full time job during the last 2 weeks of the contest. We were able to be interviewed by the New York Times about the contest , which was a definite plus. The frantic pace of the contest was a real driver for the donations, but definitely that pace is probably unsustainable for on-going donation activity.

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

ROI (Return on Investment) in its simplest form has has a very specific mathematical definition. I agree with Beth that a dollar value alone cant determine whether using online social networking is a worthwhile activity, which is why Ive also included time and geek knowledge in my formula. December 11, 2007 | çad?r

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sgEngage

AUGUST 15, 2023

The more data that your organization preserves about applicants and grantees, the more your GMS can simultaneously function as a CRM that can actively build reports, generate direct communications with grantees, and export buckets of data. Need a list of scholarship recipients who graduated from Harvard between 2008 and 2018?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. A panel of experts will debate the pros & cons of couch potato activism. Definitely. How do you use the latest technologies to build active networks and roadmaps for action? It was organized by Ed Schipul. Submitted by Jacob Colker.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

“Facebook users with 500 friends actively follow the news on only 40 of them, communicate with 20, and keep in close touch with about 10. According to Facebook’s own data, the 55-to-65-year-old age groups activity has declined over the past couple months, some 651,080 of those users have quit Facebook. Thanks for sharing.

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Care2

MAY 8, 2009

So unless your nonprofit has a large and active online community with full time staff to manage it, building in-house social networks is not going to be a good ROI. Reader Comments (3) I definitely agree. May 11, 2009 | Caitlin Jennings Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All rights reserved.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

ROI (Return on Investment) in its simplest form has has a very specific mathematical definition. I agree with Beth that a dollar value alone cant determine whether using online social networking is a worthwhile activity, which is why Ive also included time and geek knowledge in my formula. December 11, 2007 | çad?r

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. There's quite a buzz right now about whether or not " Slacktivism " doing activism online, all the time - can effect change. A panel of experts will debate the pros & cons of couch potato activism. Definitely. It was organized by Ed Schipul.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 25, 2008

Earlier in the month I taught a Nonprofit Blogging 101 workshop at the 2008 Making Media Connections Conference. You will definitely get more commenters if they don't have to create a login and password on your site to participate, at least in the beginning. I originally wrote this post for the NetSquared Blog. Make it easy to comment.

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

Flaws in the Causes Application It’s ahead of its time Regardless of the fact that Facebook is now open to everyone, the majority of active users are still under the age of 24. This promotes the charity itself and ensures that all search activity will benefit the charity directly. Is it the most active causes?

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

In keeping with our coverage of video for nonprofits, we spoke with Ramya Raghavan, Nonprofits and Activism Specialist at YouTube. Ramya Raghavan: I would definitely encourage any 501c3 U.S.-based July 31, 2008 | Jordan Viator Hatef, Your article is very informative, especially for new social media users like my self.

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

In keeping with our coverage of video for nonprofits, we spoke with Ramya Raghavan, Nonprofits and Activism Specialist at YouTube. Ramya Raghavan: I would definitely encourage any 501c3 U.S.-based July 31, 2008 | Jordan Viator Hatef, Your article is very informative, especially for new social media users like my self.

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