Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

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. When all of those happen, I’ll be the first to sign up. { at 9:46 am Web 2.0

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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.

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Tech Soup

MAY 17, 2011

In 2008, Gateway to the Arts was in need of a major overhaul. ” Gateway brought in a consultant for a branding project. The consultant worked with numerous stakeholders at Gateway, interviewing staff and volunteers as well as educators and other contacts in the community. We had a non-logo. We have to have color!”

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

If it had been, we would have done a lot more work on how to measure security. You also ignore my argument about the 2008 security audits of Drupal that resulted in numerous vulnerability reports, but more on that later. This wasn’t designed to be an in-dept, complex analysis of security.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

By using tools that are owned by everyone, you know you aren't building your work in a way that depends on or benefits any one corporation or institution, but building your work in a way that benefits everyone. . Talk to folks using it, to consultants and to developers. Connect, listen, learn, and participate.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology NTC Summary, and Nonprofit Technology Consulting 2.0 And it’s making me think a lot about what I’m going to start calling “Nonprofit Technology Consulting 2.0″

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Museum 2.0

MAY 22, 2012

In 2008, when this group was assembled, they had political backing, financial support, and an energetic approach to their work. Blueprint is a maddening sketch of the museum that might have been, one that alternates between shaky and bold strokes. How would you navigate the political minefields of such an endeavor?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

In addition, I have used Care2 several times as an effective source for recruiting new email supporters for clients of my consulting firm, Rad Campaign.] 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.,

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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. All rights reserved.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

In addition, I have used Care2 several times as an effective source for recruiting new email supporters for clients of my consulting firm, Rad Campaign.] 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.,

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

If nonprofits want to be able to implement CRM/Fundraising solutions (or any software solutions, for that matter) that cannot be taken away from them, or have the terms under which they use them change without their control or consent, there have to be open source alternatives.

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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

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. Paull Young did something similar, donated to ALS and to charity:water and used the opportunity to talk about their clean water work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

There are lots of alternative gift giving opportunities too, take for example Save the Children gift catalog that lets you and your children explore a map of the world and imagine how simple gifts make a difference. According to Read/Write Web , FaberNovel Consulting has released a new research paper on social networks.

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