Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology My Theory of Practice July 10, 2008 I finally had the reason to begin to more completely articulate my theory of practice. My theory of practice is different than my consulting philosophy.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2007

My point here was completely pragmatic – if nonprofits have decided to take the OpenSocial plunge, why not share what they’ve done, and collaborate so that many more can benefit. That was all. Ultimately, OpenSocial doesn’t do what I’d like it to do.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Chapter 3 is a discussion on Peer production – it talks about how it is that people have come together to collaboratively create software and content – basically, knowledge production. Watching the collaboration of people across time zones developing these proposals has really been inspiring to me. Thanks for the comments!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

In 2008, I was honored to be on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. Free agents use social-media channels like Facebook and Twitter and can create social movements in the palms of their hands. The nonprofit presence at SXSW has been growing steadily over the past couple of years. It was organized by Ed Schipul.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2012

” This was one of the reasons why I wanted to write the book, “ The Networked Nonprofit ,” with co-author Alison Fine back in 2008-09. I noticed a big change in 2010, the year the book was published. There were slightly less crossed-legs and arms and more curiosity and questions like, “What are the best practices?

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Steve Bridger

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Redesigning Charity for the Digital Age Skip to content Home More about Steve Bridger UK Charities Twitter 100 Colalife: make it real This neat little video is part of Colalife’s submission to Google’s Project 10 to the 100th - a call for ideas to change the world. Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at 11:05 am.

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 9, 2008

Redesigning Charity for the Digital Age Skip to content Home More about Steve Bridger UK Charities Twitter 100 Woodland walk Took the family on a magical walk yesterday afternoon in Clevedon Court Woods. Posted on Monday, June 9, 2008, at 10:31 am. There’s nothing that compares to the majesty of trees. Tagged photos , walk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

In 2008, I had my first opportunity to speak on a panel at SXSW called " Pimp My Nonprofit " with Ed Schipul as the moderator. We heard a lot about the use of crowdsourcing, the latest Twitter apps, and why content strategy is so important. We will use technology to stay in touch and collaborate on ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Instead of getting distracted by the tools and the terminologies, I focus on the four underlying themes in social media, the 4Cs of social media: Content, Collaboration, Community and Collective Intelligence. The Second C: Collaboration. Collaboration can happen at three levels: conversation, co-creation and collective action.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Probably middle of 2008. Like people generally do, we thought about the impact that Twitter and Facebook were making on the web. Be that pushing real-time updates out to their websites and supporters, consuming updates on breaking news in their sector in real time, or collaborating remotely in real time.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

January 29, 2008 I don’t exactly know where the exclamation point came from, but if you want a scarily easy CMS to install, Joomla is a place to start. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #6: Joomla!

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 24, 2008

Redesigning Charity for the Digital Age Skip to content Home More about Steve Bridger UK Charities Twitter 100 Flickr for Good I led a Flickr for Good workshop in London on Friday. Posted on Tuesday, June 24, 2008, at 1:16 pm. The feedback was great. This was written by Steve Bridger. Filed under flickr. Bookmark the permalink.

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 24, 2008

Redesigning Charity for the Digital Age Skip to content Home More about Steve Bridger UK Charities Twitter 100 Flickr for Good I led a Flickr for Good workshop in London on Friday. Posted on Tuesday, June 24, 2008, at 1:16 pm. The feedback was great. This was written by Steve Bridger. Filed under flickr. Bookmark the permalink.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

A 2008 study shows that the nonprofit sector employs approximately 13 million people in the United States. [1] In addition, they are interested in learning about foundation grant making, marketing and social media, building collaboration, and managing faith-based organizations. Better Together: Collaboration and Nonprofit Netwo.

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Forum One

JANUARY 27, 2009

Set up a Twitter ' Tweme ' feed so that you can consolidate all of the Tweets of participants at the event. See a recent tweme from our Marketing & Online Community conference 2008. And then Tweet about your blog posts on Twitter. Tags: Collaboration. Blog about the event before, during, and after.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 18, 2005

It’s called Orion’s Arm , which is a huge collaborative science fiction world-building project. It looks pretty amazing – and a great testament to what open source licensing can do for creative work. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

I did a lot of planning, evaluation and training in the beginning – some on my own, some with Summit Collaborative. it was what I enjoyed most, and it was what I thought I was best at. But, somewhere along the line, I started to do more and more implementation, because, honestly, that was what my clients needed most at the time.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

4) provide collaborative opportunities within, and between organizations? So, now the question – should a nonprofit organization have a blog? Should staff of a nonprofit blog? Would this help: 1) gain donors? 2) communicate the message? 3) keep stakeholders informed? 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth 09.28.06

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Last week, I wrote about Twestival , the most recent example of fundraising on Twitter and a networked fundraiser of a scale we haven't seen before. I titled the post " Look Out Here Comes Everybody To Raise Money for charity:water on Twitter " with a wink to Clay Shirky's work. Says Ben, "We knew each other on Twitter."

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

In 2008 the IRS instituted the 990-N that requires those with $25,000 or less income to annually file; this is a postcard form. Better Together: Collaboration and Nonprofit Netwo. What Next — Charles Best is "Character Approved" Twitter Updates Powered by Blogger. All You Need is Love. and a Whole Lot of Communi.

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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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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

from pitching your cause to donors and funding agencies, to delivering services to members and clients; and from seeking public support and the ear of decision-makers, to collaborating with other organizations in projects of common interest. Published Friday, June 06, 2008 8:13 PM by Rebecca. June 6, 2008 10:41 PM. May 2008 (9).

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

The technology scene today is distinguished by the growing connectivity among devices, mobile phones, the PC, and the browser, which enable people and organizations to access information, communicate, and collaborate in more powerful ways. This portal was also launched at the onset of the Haiti earthquake and utilized by relief organizations.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

The technology scene today is distinguished by the growing connectivity among devices, mobile phones, the PC, and the browser, which enable people and organizations to access information, communicate, and collaborate in more powerful ways. This portal was also launched at the onset of the Haiti earthquake and utilized by relief organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

There were a number of questions related to tools and tactics that I couldn't answer off the top of my head - so I decided to crowdsource them on Twitter asking for answers in the comments. How often should an organization post to Twitter or send out updates on Facebook? Also everyone says that Twitter wont' raise any money.

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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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Forum One

JUNE 18, 2008

Read More » Collaboration for Funders: Understanding the Challenges Joe Anderson in Influence 1 Jul 2010 This is part two of a series on online collaboration for grantmakers. In part one, we looked at determing the value of creating a collaboration community.If

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. Social Networks & Twitter from Natalie Foster: Two Principles: 1.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Case in point: Obama for America, the 2008 Obama election campaign effort. With social media sites like Twitter and Facebook and initiatives like NetSquared, it's easier than ever to gain supporters and get people collaborating around movements. The difficult part is keeping it going. The moment of opportunity had passed.

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2011

Using an event such as the 2008 financial crisis as a backdrop, he hopes to be able to back-test his hypothesis against the volumes of data generated around the same time.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" March 4, 2008 | Carie This girl is on the ball! Great campaigning! All rights reserved.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

to developing recommendations collaboratively. EPA has also apparently trained 60 people to be trainers in online collaboration. State has established what seem to be some reasonable, limited, rules on online collaboration: "5 FAM 777 ONLINE COLLABORATION" ( download as PDF.). See Twitter on #opengovpb. Impressive.

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Forum One

AUGUST 4, 2008

Read More » Collaboration for Funders: Understanding the Challenges Joe Anderson in Influence 1 Jul 2010 This is part two of a series on online collaboration for grantmakers. In part one, we looked at determing the value of creating a collaboration community.If

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Ushahidi was originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. We interact with our friends and colleagues in real time on and offline -- either in the office or out at coffee, on Twitter or social networks. More and more, now we can.

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Forum One

MARCH 26, 2008

Read More » Collaboration for Funders: Understanding the Challenges Joe Anderson in Influence 1 Jul 2010 This is part two of a series on online collaboration for grantmakers. In part one, we looked at determing the value of creating a collaboration community.If

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NTEN

OCTOBER 11, 2010

These physical or conceptual silos hurt collaboration and create redundancies. . The tech to connect Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, cell, email, addresses and other PID is here -- and it improves by the day. Officially, a silo is a large cylinder designed to insulate its contents. Data silos also create problems. During his 4.5

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Forum One

JANUARY 9, 2008

Read More » Collaboration for Funders: Understanding the Challenges Joe Anderson in Influence 1 Jul 2010 This is part two of a series on online collaboration for grantmakers. In part one, we looked at determing the value of creating a collaboration community.If

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