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. I think I can write something up.

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AUGUST 6, 2007

As I might have mentioned, it was this very thing that stopped me last time (although, admittedly, it was much worse last time – I had to recompile my kernel to get my palm to sync, and I drew the line at that.) » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 08.09.07 » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 08.09.07

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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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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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

at 10:26 pm { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Allan Benamer 10.02.07 at 12:33 pm I think digital sharecropping works better as an analogy than as an actual analytical insight. People have left social networks before and they will do so again if there is an alternative that suits them better. at 9:46 am Web 2.0

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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. And, of course, there are plenty of peripherals that don’t work with Macs.) It should be easy to plug in a new monitor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

Understand how the model works , but don't get distracted. What is the quality of the conversation in the comments? Conversation Rate : This is the commenting and conversation that is happening on your blog. Hard Data Points: You can get the most commented posts from PostRank. Are the comments positive or negative? .

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

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! Is Direct Mail still working effectively for your organization? LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace).

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

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! Is Direct Mail still working effectively for your organization? LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace).

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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. What are these new competitions about—are they working? How does it work? While they're scrambling to figure out "new media" alternate entities spring up around them that exist only online. It was organized by Ed Schipul. Let's discuss: join us!

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Care2

DECEMBER 4, 2007

I was busy starting my green communications consulting company, Aequus Green Communications , and working with clients to pay the bills and increase the portfolio. Six months later, and despite being delayed again by work, a new template for GBK, and eventually several additional green sites, is almost done. 60) Search « Care2.com

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

note: I was getting around to writing up my own notes about SXSW, when I realized Beth had done all the work for me, as usual! In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. about or by folks who work with nonprofits and voting. What are these new competitions about—are they working? How does it work?

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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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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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APRIL 8, 2007

We’ve passed through Baltimore – which reminds me of a project I did once, way back when, to work with a group of mostly small and medium-sized organizations on technology planning. How does increasing use of networking technology, on-line presence, and internet communications facilitate or hinder work that is done face to face?

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JANUARY 18, 2008

I've been working for The Tech on this project since November of 2007, and it has been an intense and exciting three months. 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). What's it like to work in a virtual exhibit workshop?

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NTEN

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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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

You're testing different social media tactics and learning what works. And while surveys, focus groups and other services can give you an analysis of what your current audience is doing online, direct observation is works best. Josh Bernhoff, Social Technographics 2008 3. Dealing with negative comments.

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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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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. among many other publications.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 10, 2009

I've spent the last two weeks working on the third chapter of my book about network effects of social participation. 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."

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

Send in your questions and comments. They do a lot of really good work for their clients. Looks like it’s working. We’re finding that a lot of these younger major gift donors already are working with some trusted financial advisors or maybe even wealth managers. We’ve only worked. Check them out.

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

nonprofits in 2008. Will it someday play a useful role in engaging nonprofit members or donors in the work of the causes they support? 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.

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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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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

Send in your questions and comments. They do a lot of really good work for their clients. Looks like it’s working. We’re finding that a lot of these younger major gift donors already are working with some trusted financial advisors or maybe even wealth managers. We’ve only worked. So don’t be shy. Check them out.

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