Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology WeAreMedia Project August 13, 2008 Yet another great NTEN project is happening, spearheaded by Beth Kanter, to develop a Social Media toolkit for Nonprofits.

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AUGUST 6, 2007

» Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 08.09.07 Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 08.09.07 » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 08.09.07 » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 08.09.07

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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. And, if you submitted a nonprofit panel - and I managed to miss it while scanning 2200 in ten minutes - please add the link and description in a comment. While they're scrambling to figure out "new media" alternate entities spring up around them that exist only online.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source. at 6:45 pm » SaaS vs. Open Source » Audio Books 10.07.08

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

2 trackbacks } claudiapena.com » Blog Archive » I’ve Got Beef (theorectically)… 10.04.07 at 10:26 pm { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Allan Benamer 10.02.07 People have left social networks before and they will do so again if there is an alternative that suits them better.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2006

why Ruby on Rails rocks (or doesn’t), what’s a good alternative port to run SSH, when we’re going to implement IPv6 or … there’s a whole lot of testosterone, and not a lot of estrogen hanging about. Technorati Tags: linux , linuxchix , nptech { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Tory 11.19.06

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

Toward the end, a young man, who worked with urban kids of color on media and music, commented that he didn’t really know how to get access to the kinds of things available, and he noticed how few people of color were in the room. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 06.29.07 But it needs addressing. {

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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. If you’ve read this blog for a while, you’ve heard my various sagas around using Linux on the desktop. 10 Isaac 11.20.08

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. 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).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

For blogging, you have to use a couple of different tools to get the different metrics you need. On a listserv the other day, Laura Quinn at Idealware asked if "Visit" or "Click" data on Feedburner were useful metrics to track to assess reader interest in your blog content. Visitors are people who visit your blog.

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See3

MARCH 12, 2008

What this means is that you can do more embedding YouTube into your site, allowing people to upload video to your YouTube channel from your site and having people leave comments on your site that will end up in your YouTube comments. We do offer a hosting service, but it is not a direct alternative to the companies that you mention.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Full disclosure: Care2 operates the Frogloop blog, and hired me to be its editor. Another 2008 market research study conducted by NPD Group showed that 61 percent of Boomer Internet users had visited sites that offer streaming or downloadable video (e.g., If so, please post a comment and tell us how you did it!

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Full disclosure: Care2 operates the Frogloop blog, and hired me to be its editor. Another 2008 market research study conducted by NPD Group showed that 61 percent of Boomer Internet users had visited sites that offer streaming or downloadable video (e.g., If so, please post a comment and tell us how you did it!

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2007

CHEJ also hoped to boost public awareness about safer alternatives to PVC, which it calls a “poison plastic.” ” --Mike Schade, PVC Campaign Coordinator, CHEJ Post a Comment | by Share Article in Care2 Case Studies , Direct Marketing , Email Marketing Reader Comments There are no comments for this journal entry.

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Care2

DECEMBER 4, 2007

The rest is history, but in the next few weeks, the story was in several local newspapers and blogs. The SRWA is just getting started, but soon enough it will be providing grassroots greening and alternate transportation programs for residents and children in Bay Ridge, Sunset Park, and Brooklyn Waterfront communities.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2007

If your sites emphasis is grabbing names, use alternating shades of color and prominent placement on your homepage to make sure visitors can see it and will want to give you their name. Our good friend Alan Rosenblatt suggested having members, or donors, do a video blog of why they feel your nonprofit is important. All rights reserved.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Please share your own experiences with alternative strategic planning processes in the comments! The minutes of meetings held in 2006, 2007, and early 2008 reflect a hurried and rather superficial process. In this situation I was hired during the last quarter of 2008 to get the process moving. Following the Museum 2.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Cake vs. Symfony November 6, 2008 In my new explorations of PHP web application development, it seemed a good idea to get a look at both CakePHP and Symfony. The alternative would be to use 1.1

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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. While they're scrambling to figure out "new media" alternate entities spring up around them that exist only online. Additional panels mentioned in the comments of the earlier roundup are here: Who are you? It was organized by Ed Schipul.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

at 7:05 pm { 6 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Charlie Crystle 08.07.07 at 11:36 am As to David’s comment – I think that we will know at some point in the future whether or not eTapestry continues to be an option, and what kind of option it is. eTapestry had only 7,000 customers, in a sector with over 1.5

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MAY 29, 2008

May 29, 2008 NTEN just released their CMS satisfaction survey. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Ro 05.30.08 I think here will come a day when 5-10 great open source CRM alternatives, each of which integrates nicely with your CMS of choice, will become a reality. Most people (67%) want an easy to use interface.

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APRIL 8, 2007

I’ve emerged from this week’s frenzy of buzzwords like “blogging,&# “open API,&# “e-advocacy,&# “municipal wireless&# and “social networking&# not surprised at how much things have changed, really, but how much they have stayed exactly the same. 1 trackback } The Bamboo Project Blog 04.09.07

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OCTOBER 28, 2008

Election 2008 is remarkable for so many reasons. As agents of social change, there is a great deal the nonprofit sector can learn from Election 2008. Go Mobile: Mobile applications have surged in this 2008 and some predict it will make the difference in the election's outcome. For the first time in U.S. Tools you can Use.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2008

First, if you don't know what the heck I'm talking about, please enjoy (and comment on, if you wish), this explanation (requires speakers). We're trying to conceive a viable alternative to Second Life for those who can't get in. As always, please share your questions, comments, and skeptical jeers. First, let's talk process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

For background, in the 3 previous NMC conferences I have been involved with since starting my job there in 2006- we’ve done mainly a “tag this conference” approach where we ask people to tag photos, web sites, blog posts e.g. 2006 , 2007 , 2008 where I cobbled together some summary pages using mainly my own Feed2JS code.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2014

In the early days of social fundraising in 2008, Erin Ennis who took a winter dip in Vermont’s Lake Champlain as part of a personal challenge to raise money for Special Olympics Vermont. ” People who donated enjoyed the opportunity for innuendo in the comments. Phase 1: Personal Challenges with Cold Water to Raise Money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Increased Relevant Visitor Traffic and Page Rankings: You're using social media tactics to drive traffic to your organization's web site or newsletter sign up or improving search engine results or using social media channels to spread your web site or blog content. Josh Bernhoff, Social Technographics 2008 3.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

CompuMentor in due course turned into TechSoup when it became a national nonprofit, and TechSoup Global in 2008 after it had become an international organization. From 1971 to 1974 he was the founding editor of the excellent New Times alternative newspaper in Phoenix, where I first found out about him. Interested in commenting?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 10, 2009

And it's brought me back to a blog post I wrote a year ago about the Science Museum of Minnesota's Race: Are We So Different? When I wrote about this in 2008, I focused on the question of how to design exhibits to be optimized for "pointiness." As Paul commented, "you don't point at things when you're alone." exhibition.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Georgina will be monitoring the comments to respond to your questions. The “Ghosts of a Chance” alternate reality game (ARG) ran from July 18 until October 25, 2008 and was a collaboration between the Smithsonian American Art Museum and CityMystery. For a complete report on this project, please download this PDF.

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

nonprofits in 2008. 16 Comments | by Share Article in Direct Mail , Online Fundraising Reader Comments (16) Mal - First, really enjoyed your "ask the expert" conference call with NTEN a few weeks ago. June 4, 2009 | Ted Grigg Mal - I generally agree with your comments. Think about it.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

Send in your questions and comments. Most people agree that Bitcoin was in some ways a reaction to the financial crash of 2008 and sort of this pervasive distrust of the banking system and global finance. She’s been blogging for us on this topic at Bloomerang and has really been gracious enough to share this knowledge.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

Send in your questions and comments. Most people agree that Bitcoin was in some ways a reaction to the financial crash of 2008 and sort of this pervasive distrust of the banking system and global finance. She’s been blogging for us on this topic at Bloomerang and has really been gracious enough to share this knowledge.

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