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The Wealth of Networks, Chapter 3

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The Wealth of Networks, Chapter 3 November 16, 2006 I bet you thought I’d stopped reading? So here’s the summary for Chapter 3. Or given up? It’s really worth a read.

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Book Reviews

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

This was the book I skimmed, because, honestly, I was bored after the first chapter. To explain a bit – he does big money consulting with huge Fortune 500 companies, and does projects for hundreds of thousands of dollars that result in the companies saving, or making, millions. I mean, the cover has all these dollar bills on it!

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The scarcity mentality

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

A long time ago (in web years) I was working with a certain CEO of a certain chapter of a certain very-big-nonprofit (whose role in life is to fund other nonprofits – this kinda gives it away, but it’s necessary for the story.) This reminds me of a true story. Be Helpful.

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Open Source Database solutions part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

more on Open Standards and Benkler (actually, Benkler is up next – I’ve got two chapters to review). It has a command-line tool, and it is possible to use C/C++ and Tcl for database access. Y’all will just have to live with overlapping series. I have too many ideas be sequential. I promise (!)

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Open Source Database solutions part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

more on Open Standards and Benkler (actually, Benkler is up next – I’ve got two chapters to review). It has a command-line tool, and it is possible to use C/C++ and Tcl for database access. Y’all will just have to live with overlapping series. I have too many ideas be sequential. I promise (!)

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How Nonprofits can Use Analytics with Advocacy

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In this blog post, I want to discuss two big themes from chapter 1 of the book. Digital listening just gives you a new set of tools and processes to help confront hard strategic questions. pages 5-11 of chapter 1). pages 13-18 of chapter 1). I call it the “Media Theory of Movement Power.” The Myth of the Data Wizards.

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Web 2.0 Part Vb:APIs

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It would have been nice to have heard from a circuit-rider or "for-little-profit" integrator/consultant type person, and maybe another nonprofit type (a moderately tech savvy ED?) Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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