Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Reflection and Evaluation March 10, 2008 Michele Martin, one of my fave bloggers, has a great post today on Reflective Practice. 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Michele Martin 03.10.08

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APRIL 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants April 14, 2008 I like hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. And I get to highlight the work of some of my favorite bloggers, too.

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DECEMBER 29, 2007

Chronicle of Philanthropy has a roundup of predictions for 2008 from. " Lucy Bernholz points to an NY Times editorial on embedded giving with a prediction about what will continue to work best with giving to charity. And finally, Chris Brogan focused on needs for 2008. What are the nptech social media needs for 2008?

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JUNE 25, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What software freedom means to me June 25, 2008 I got some interesting comments on the last post about Linux desktops. The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs (freedom 1).

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APRIL 17, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits April 17, 2008 I guess because I’m a blogger, I get these interesting tidbits in my mailbox. I do hope folks will comment if they know something about these, or have an opinion.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 18, 2007

I have a few comments. Of course, the API was only one part of Convio’s initiative, so I do still think they come out ahead, a bit. And the big guys have already done this work, check out the way Google and Amazon distribute their API s. Those shine as industry-standard examples of how open API s need to be distributed.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 17, 2008

Leverage the power of the open platform of Salesforce.com, and do the work that nonprofits (and consultants) have been having to do to bang Salesforce.com into shape as a donor database. Of course, the proof will be in the pudding – we’ll find out over time how this app works, and whether organizations like it.

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AUGUST 12, 2007

At least in Massachusetts, the majority of nonprofits work with network support people who don’t focus totally on nonprofit organizations (there are some wonderful exceptions, however, of companies that focus on the sector.) But since most Linux distributions are free (as in beer), that’s not really quite the way to look at it.

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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. This theory includes the following elements that I think are key to my work: Listening.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology New tools February 5, 2008 Last week, I spent too much time watching demos from DEMO , which is this twice yearly event that showcases the most bleeding edge internet technology. Have a look at the demo.

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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

JANUARY 16, 2008

January 16, 2008 I’ve had a few interesting things happen lately which is making me wonder about what’s happening with open source, and the perceptions of open source in the nonprofit sector. In a sense, we are, of course quite biased. Comments? { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Holly 01.17.08

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JULY 9, 2007

It’s not as bad as Thunderbird, except, of course, it doesn’t integrate with Thunderbird. So my next task is to really try out evolution, and see how it works for me. 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Kevin Mark 07.09.07 Its the client I use at work, but I have even fewer contacts than you do.

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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 24, 2007

Like many who work in this sector, I cared more about the missions of my clients than I did about my own income, although I also needed to put food on the table. and “We’ve designed Yugma to work seamlessly between Mac, Windows and Linux.&# 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Karel Lukas 08.24.07 you the picture.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 30, 2007

First, some of you might know that the new version of the NOSI primer has been in the works. Laura Quinn has a great blog entry about software “satisficing&# – that is that sometimes we want to maximize the features that a particular software package has, instead of finding the one that works for us.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Of course, like all open source software, it is “free as in kittens&# – but this particular kitten is pretty grown up, and already spayed and litter trained. programmers work on OOo. So, here’s the great news: Hot on the heels of Microsoft missing the ISO boat , IBM is lending their weight to the OpenOffice.org suite.

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AUGUST 6, 2007

So there was the saga of migrating my data from Apple’s proprietary address book to Evolution (and of course, dealing with the beast that Evolution is.) And, to top it off, I had to make things more complicated last week, because I decided to get a Palm PDA again. found a great, really cheap E2 on Ebay.)

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NOVEMBER 1, 2007

I have owned about a dozen Macintosh computers (or clones) over the course of 20 years. Things “just work&# (for the most part – apparently Leopard has been having issues.) 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Kevin Mark 11.01.07 I have been an Apple user since 1980, and a Macintosh owner since 1987.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

If ten similar nonprofit organizations came together to build a system that would work for them, they each would get 10 times the software that they could afford individually. at 7:35 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Michele 03.19.07 This reminds me of a true story. So, guess what? No web development help.

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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.) And, of course, always, for developers.

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OCTOBER 15, 2007

They work by REST via POST, or JSON. Deliver, don’t just hype - of course, marketing is important, but when the rubber really has to meet the road, be there with more than vaporware. at 8:50 pm { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Katrin 10.15.07 What’s to lose? at 7:33 am Idealware 03.16.10

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APRIL 15, 2011

We welcome your comments and feedback. A 2008 study shows that the nonprofit sector employs approximately 13 million people in the United States. [1] In fact, the study found that 75% of senior managers support taking NMI courses and 60% pay all or part of the tuition for their staff. Pollak, T. & Blackwood, A.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Part III: Blogs, Podcasting and Vlogs September 27, 2006 When I start out these series, I seem to have an idea in hand about how to organize them, which, invariably, gets rearranged in the course of writing. Which, of course, is why many people and many organizations don’t need blogs. Such is life. That’s part of the point.

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OCTOBER 21, 2007

A very different context than I, or most people reading this work in, for sure. He feels that there is an inherent conflict of interest in working for time – it is in the consultants interest to spend more time on the project, regardless of the outcome. 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Michele Martin 10.22.07

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NOVEMBER 29, 2011

All good stuff, and I'm not at all against any of this, of course, and I think as a short-term way out of the worst of our current problems, it makes a boat load of sense. He says: "Which brings us to the global crisis that began in 2007–2008. There are lots more - if you come across them, put them in comments. Current Affairs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

Photo Source: Yuba Colleage Public Space Back in September, 2008, after reading this post by Chris Brogan about taking your blog to the next level, I was inspired. My Zoetica colleague, Geoff Livingston , suggested that I don't go the DIY route and work with a professional web/blog designer! But I got stuck! So stay tuned!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

I am working on several projects, both collective and personal. And, of course, not everyone I work with is choosing the same to do list or project manager. Technorati Tags: linuxchix , nosi , nptech , nten , opensource , web2.0 { 5 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Beth 11.30.06 3 Beth 12.01.06

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

All good stuff, and I'm not at all against any of this, of course, and I think as a short-term way out of the worst of our current problems, it makes a boat load of sense. He says: "Which brings us to the global crisis that began in 2007–2008. There are lots more - if you come across them, put them in comments. Current Affairs.

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JANUARY 1, 2007

I’ll be working a lot with Open Office, and hope to design some screencasts using Open Office Base sometime in the next few months. Also, of course, you can use JDBC is a way to access Derby. Technorati Tags: databases , opensource { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Mike S. at 6:42 am Hi Michelle,?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

I’ll be working a lot with Open Office, and hope to design some screencasts using Open Office Base sometime in the next few months. Also, of course, you can use JDBC is a way to access Derby. Technorati Tags: databases , opensource { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Mike S. at 6:42 am Hi Michelle,?

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

But what about sites people who do the same kinds of work that you do, or like the same kinds of things that you do? But some comments on the whole phenomenon. 9 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Chris Willmott 09.25.06 Which, in the end, is why I’m choosing to switch from del.icio.us to Ma.gnolia.

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JULY 17, 2021

We are here to talk about how to lead and manage in our new work reality. Let’s see if we can get to work. Hopefully it’ll work. My first time in really understanding what that meant was in 2008. Well, good afternoon, everybody. You want to get rid of all that burnout if we can. Thanks for being here.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Nonprofits are charged much lower rates (see comment below.) In my tests it was buggy (some parts of it just didn’t work), and the interface was still a bit crude. at 12:31 pm Online Courses » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 11.06.07 We’ve worked hard to make Yugma really simple. Wish I were!

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MAY 7, 2007

» Monday May 07 2007 New M+R Study: Online Fundraising Tactics -- What Works? Monday, May 7, 2007 at 11:52AM | by Hatef Yamini Karen Matheson and Eve Fox of M+R Strategic Services recently reviewed over 180 fundraising appeals sent out over the course of 2006. To create a new comment, use the form below.

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APRIL 22, 2007

And of course, it's the people who make all of this possible. I think the programming worked well, meeting the needs of both experienced SEs and newbies. And of course, we were backed up by some great staff: Sarah Park, Lorraine Grogan and Jen Bavry. My final comments are on our two leaders. Who said buses are boring!

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The data is there, and the demand is there; it’s just a matter of doing the work. Separately, MedBiquitous’s Learning Experience Working Group has completed a draft of its first profile, Virtual Patients, and has started work on its second profile, titled Human Patient Simulators, Mannequins and Task Trainers.

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