Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Minor releases are, for example, when a project goes from 2.2.3 0 release – for example from 2.x Luckily, most web project have online demos, which will give you a feeling for the software without having to spend too much time configuring a server or webhost to use the software. When was the last release? Going to a x.0

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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. But the real story is much more complicated. 3 Jon Biedermann 09.25.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 17, 2006

Like the freedom that RSS gives to end users in terms of getting the data that you want in your hands, to read when and how you want it, APIs give programmers (and, at times, end users) the freedom to get data from Web 2.0 One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups.

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Care2

OCTOBER 7, 2008

From the article : "For example, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency) partnered with Care2 ,an activist social network of over 8 million Americans, to promoteawareness of the deterioration of coral reefs. The idea was that thefederal agency would work with Care2 to build support for the International Year of the Reef 2008.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 2, 2011

The report was based on 2008 tax data for both institutions and individuals. While the markets have rebounded somewhat since 2008 and thus individual and foundation assets have grown, it's unlikely that Arizona's relative position compared with other states has changed. If they had increased their contributions to the U.S.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing, take 2 January 31, 2008 Back in August, I did a review of web conferencing tools, with a decidedly unusual slant – as a presenter, I had to be able to share my Linux desktop.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

But first, a great example of Web 1.0 It gives you all of the necessary stats: page hits, visits, referrers, some nice geographical info, etc. 7 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Dru 08.05.09 vs Web 2.0 – I wanted to talk about Google Analytics. I found this by way of one of my favorite new blogs, Lifehacker.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Beth's Birthday Cause I was listening to a story on Marketplace on NPR this afternoon with Tess Vigeland and Chris Farrell who reviewed their 2008 financial goals and graded themselves on their accomplishments. Chris Farrell set a 2008 goal to make his charitable giving a monthly activity, not a mad rush in December.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Twitter and Nonprofits April 10, 2008 This actually was a post to the Progressive Exchange discussion list. There is no question that you will get out of twitter what you give. 3 Seth Schneider 04.15.08

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

I haven’t been this hooked on a new social networking site since I first got on Twitter in June 2008, and based on recent data released by comScore and Hitwise, Pinterest traffic is soaring. Finally, make note that people can “Like/Repin or Comment” on your Pins. Repin your first Pin. Go mobile with Pinterest.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

In some comments in a post of mine about Facebook, someone mentioned the article “ Facebook is the new AOL &# and I also mentioned an article I’d read asking how open is Facebook , really? I’ve always been an advocate of open data and open standards, and Facebook is a great example of a one-way street.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

I use a variety of tools for this analysis, including Google Analytics, Feedburner subscriber counts, and manually tracking comment to post ratios (typepad doesn't have a nifty plugin like wordpress to automate that grunge work) A tool that use to evlauate my content is PostRank. Giving Good Poke. Twitter Demographics.

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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. 5 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Leo Germani 01.30.08 I’ll have to give it a whirl. at 7:34 pm Hi there, nice blog. 4 admin 02.05.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 18, 2007

Technorati Tags: microsoft , web2.0 { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Scott Wells 04.18.07 Can you tell us some examples of how Excel is superior or more supple than Calc? at 6:14 am Thanks for the comment. at 7:28 pm I’m a rather modest user of Excel or OpenOffice.org’s Calc. 2 phil jones 04.19.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

I’ll have follow up posts on specific examples of this integration using open source tools (on one end or the other, or both.) at 4:38 pm { 14 comments… read them below or add one } 1 mathew 01.15.09 at 4:38 pm { 14 comments… read them below or add one } 1 mathew 01.15.09 at 8:53 pm Loraine Lawson 02.16.09

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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. I’m giving up. The eePC is a great example, as are cell phones, media players, etc. And, guess what? 6 Stuart Ward 06.25.08

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Despite this, less than half (48%) of the 187 charities that were surveyed as part of nfpSynergy’s Virtual Promise (2008) report said that their organization used social networking websites. does it give your contact information outside of the social network (website, email, blog, or address)? What It Means. No running in the halls!

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

and give them the information that is most useful to them, then follow up to ensure that your message wont be forgotten. Published Friday, June 06, 2008 8:13 PM by Rebecca. Comment Notification. Subscribe to this posts comments using RSS. But youve really hit the nail on the head here with the real-world examples.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

How does giving resources to nonprofits to help them understand how to use web stats to do internal assessment of web strategy inconsistent with choosing not to publish raw web stats? 10 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Allan Benamer 09.18.07 It’s called leading by example, try it, you might like it.

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MARCH 12, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman MAR 12, 2008 Why do people give charity?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 2, 2012

We welcome your comments and feedback. For example, I gave $20.08 For example, I gave $20.08 Yet I plan to give again in 2012 to the Christian humanitarian organization and not to my alma mater, a decision which seems to run counter to commonly held assumptions about donor stewardship.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

You have to give as good as you get. More precisely, you have to give 5 times more good than bad. We're tracking open rates, web site hits, blog comments, people served, high-dollar donations, staff productivity, and thousands of other things across our organizations. Is it difficult to get your first time donors to give again?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

I have always believed that if “outsiders” could learn of our charity, they would want to help, as we give such great reporting and photographs of the kids helped, and because our overhead is so low. What advice would you give to other nonprofits interested in using Facebook or other social networks for donations?

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

An example of our early "brand" circa 2005 Like everything else that has gone well in my career, it started with a NTC (Nonprofit Technology Conference). At the 2008 conference, I attended a session presented by Farra Trompeter of Big Duck Consulting. Leave a comment » Tip #4: Make lists and practice in advance.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

I have always believed that if “outsiders” could learn of our charity, they would want to help, as we give such great reporting and photographs of the kids helped, and because our overhead is so low. What advice would you give to other nonprofits interested in using Facebook or other social networks for donations?

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2011

Robert Kirkpatrick of the UN Global Pulse project spoke of the pervasiveness of mobile technology in the developing world, and how together with mobile carriers they form a sort of sensor networks that give " digital smoke signals." Lyman gives the example of the user interface of a website, which we often.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

Regardless of whether you believe direct mail is on its way out -- and many smart people seem to disagree with each other on this point – nearly everyone agrees that the role of online giving is only becoming more important over time. The total amount of money raised online increased by 26 percent from 2007 to 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Mastering each tool individually seems like a lot of work and a lot of people give up even before they begin. User generated content is also at the core of citizen journalism, the notion that amateur users can perform journalist-like functions (accidentally or otherwise) by reporting and commenting on news.

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MARCH 27, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Daniel Hartman MAR 27, 2008 NTEN Does Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

Gave an example of Feet First: Bought a chicken suit and you had to help the chicken cross the road. Six Degrees of Separatio: Cult of celebrity, user-generated content, online giving, and social networking. News coverage is a major driver of giving. Impulse giving, slightly higher giving amounts.

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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. In the comments , there was quite a lively discussion from nonprofit professionals raising some cautions and concerns. styles using orchestra conductors as the example.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

That will give you a percentage that you can compare against other potential investments. Reader Comments (24) Hey, Justin, dig the slick interface. :-) From talking about this last week, the biggest question this has stuck with me is how relevant ROI is for judging the value of a tactic that might serve goals other than fundraising.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 25, 2008

Earlier in the month I taught a Nonprofit Blogging 101 workshop at the 2008 Making Media Connections Conference. How much time, staff and money do you have to put into setting up your blog, writing your blog, answering comments, reading other blogs, and leaving comments on other blogs? How do you encourage comments?

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

That will give you a percentage that you can compare against other potential investments. Reader Comments (24) Hey, Justin, dig the slick interface. :-) From talking about this last week, the biggest question this has stuck with me is how relevant ROI is for judging the value of a tactic that might serve goals other than fundraising.

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman JAN 30, 2008 Identity 2.0

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Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

For example, between 2006 and 2007, online donations grew by 26% but between 2007 and 2008 online donations only grew by 14%. “People are still giving. “On the other hand, Ive been seeing that many donors are giving larger gifts but to fewer causes. Charities shouldnt be afraid to keep asking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

It is still clearly in beta, with the usual tech glitches and 500 errors , which will smooth out as more people play with it and give them feedback. If you have had a change to play with Jumo and have some insights, please share in the comments. What is Jumo? by Steve MacLaughlin. So What and Who Cares.

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