Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2007

" That blog entry came about because she and I had a long conversation about what kinds of skills nonprofit technology providers needed, and what we felt was missing. I realize that we’ve been having this conversation ever since NTC used to be called the "Circuit Rider Roundup." Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In this edition of nonprofit tech news, TechSoup shows new ways your nonprofit could harness mobile and killer apps in 2016! This has been a steady upward trend since 2008. These are toys like Mattel's Internet-connected Hello Barbie that can have a truly interactive conversation with a child. This past year, U.S.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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 started a little Twitter conversation about it, and people seemed intrigued. Be Helpful.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Women Who Tech brings together talented and renowned women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change. But, if you have a good percentage of your constinuents who are early adopters and tech savvy, it’s a great place to be.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #8:XChat February 5, 2008 This is, really a post both about a tool ( XChat ) and about IRC (Internet Relay Chat.) XChat is one of quite a few IRC clients. Be Helpful.

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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. Of course, one can’t base anything on two forum comments, but I wonder if we haven’t turned a corner in the conversation.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 7, 2007

There are substantive conversations that happen, and real information gets shared. There seemed (to me) to finally enough interesting people and things to follow on twitter – it began to seem like microblogging was more that just about what kind of tuna sandwich someone was eating (although it sometimes still is that.) Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

June 10, 2008 Today, someone on the progressive exchange list asked about a tool called Rapleaf. An interesting conversation ensued on the list – with some arguing that this was a problematic thing. What is public? Rapleaf digs into the usual social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.), Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 23, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free as in “Free Kittens&# April 23, 2007 Deborah Finn pointed out this good post in a blog I have never read: ALA Tech Source. She’s ahead of me since she actually reads librarian blogs. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 20, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology News from NTC ‘08 March 20, 2008 I’ve been having a great time here at NTC – running into lots of folks I’m happy to see again, and meet, learning about new things, being involved.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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. I think like a lot of Web 2.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

First off, a tip o’ the hat to NTEN for organizing this, the participants of the panel for an interesting conversation, and Mark Bolgiano from the Council on Foundations for awesome moderation. This conversation would not have happened a couple of years ago, and that it is happening now is great (late, but great.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

I had a brief conversation by email with Cory Doctorow , a science fiction author who is also a copyleft activist, who releases everything he writes with a CC license. I finally finished the first edited version of the scifi novel I wrote last summer. That feels good. Next steps are get some feedback, and move forward with it, somehow.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2007

In a conversation with a colleague over some wonderful Asian fusion lunch, we both agreed that in fact, the problem that nonprofits faced in the 90s, lack of good information, was, in a broad sense, mostly solved (there are, for sure, areas where there are gaps, but overall, the coverage is quite good.) Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

There was an interesting mini-conversation, which, in retrospect, I really wish I’d had a chance to explore more, about the supposed "egalitarian" nature of free and open source software development. This was the most diverse crowd I’ve ever talked with or been in for an open source conversation. Be Helpful.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 5, 2022

We did a survey of hundreds of professionals during the 2008 and 2009 downturn, and found that often wasn’t the case. How do you do that in an all-virtual world? Well, pro bono consulting can happen entirely on digital platforms. In a way, logistics helped people realize they could volunteer their skills.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 13, 2007

So a conversation is happening, in a session, or in a plenary, and people are talking about that on another channel. Why aren’t I Twittering away , like so many of my nptech colleagues? One of the potential uses of Twitter is as a “back channel&# for events and the like. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

When it comes to conversations about things like the innards of APIs (REST or SOAP?), But then, there is the little secret (well, it’s not so secret). When you look at systems administrators, or coders, or net-heads … the women kinda vanish. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2007

Definitely an interesting conversation to have. I could see being paid some base for doing the work and then a bonus or something on top of that for achieving specific outcomes. I actually have a book around here somewhere that describes how to negotiate this kind of process. I’ll have to look for it. 2 Alan Weiss 10.23.07 Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

I think this may be a false dichotomy and one worth having a longer conversation about. at 9:48 am Yes, this is all definitely worth a longer conversation. at 7:31 am Michelle — this will be a fun conversation!! (Is, I don’t know how many people have raised this issue, but I think it’s one worth raising. {

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 12, 2008

--Beth Kanter Although I've known Beth Kanter for a long time, and we write for BlogHer and NetSquared together, I've never heard her present until today when she gave the keynote at the 2008 Making Media Connections Conference.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

at 8:21 am What a great conversation; fun to have but for the fact that it misses the point. They start conversations you can’t stop, just like this one. No one in this conversation has their head in the Web 2.0 6 Katrin 09.19.07 I don’t pick fights, either). So, what does that mean? 8 Allan Benamer 09.21.07

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

For instance, 2006 saw a surge in corporate giving , while the recession year of 2008 had a gloomy giving outlook. Since 2008 corporate philanthropy has either been flat with no increase in giving or modestly increased, almost exactly corresponding to the growth patterns of the U.S. Use services like Charity Navigator and Guidestar.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Can we please have a conversation? I understand from your post that one the issues you faced while using Dimdim was the inability to show Linux desktops. I would love to talk with you and get your feedback and thoughts on Dimdim. This will help us make Dimdim better. my email is sundar(@)dimdim.com Regards, ~sundar 10 Shawn Murry 08.24.07

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

For instance, 2006 saw a surge in corporate giving , while the recession year of 2008 had a gloomy giving outlook. Since 2008 corporate philanthropy has either been flat with no increase in giving or modestly increased, almost exactly corresponding to the growth patterns of the U.S. Use services like Charity Navigator and Guidestar.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

For example, we’re actively pursuing outreach opportunities and connections with the community, the local tech industry, universities. There’s a local tech community that has made itself known in Columbus over the last few months. There’s a local tech community that has made itself known in Columbus over the last few months.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2009

I attended a session on Future Tech with Peter Deitz , David Greenberg , Ramya Raghavan , and Marnie Webb. At the ending "All Star" panel, there was a moderated conversation with 7 luminaries, including Ami Dar and Steve Wright. The experiment called the Giving Challenge was: A 50 day event from December 2007 through January 2008.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2009

On Monday, I gave the keynote at the Museums in Conversation conference in Tarrytown, NY. There was a study published earlier this month by Neilson Research about the astronomical growth of social networks from Dec 2007 to Dec 2008. So I want to share the thoughts that I offered to that intrepid early crew on Monday.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

" Given the natural affinity between the principals of open source development -- peer production, collaboration, transparency -- and the goals and culture of many civic sector organizations, it makes sense for decision makers and tech staff to at least keep up to date on developments in the open source world. Getting Prepared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2008

I put together a wiki for this presentation which includes a set of conversations questions. These are conversations that you want to have behind the firewall. What the heck is the Cute Dog Theory? of Wired Blog).

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 18, 2008

This week marks one month of live activity for the Tech Virtual Museum Workshop , a collaborative, online platform for exhibit development. I've been working for The Tech on this project since November of 2007, and it has been an intense and exciting three months. Tags: virtual worlds design Tech Virtual. It's playful.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2012

Microsoft Lync is one of the least understood Microsoft product donations in the TechSoup catalog; however if yours is a larger organization that already runs on Windows Server 2008, uses Office Professional Plus 2010 , and has multiple offices or lots of work out in the field, it's definitely worth looking at.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

For those of us who have been attending blogging and tech conferences, the backchannel is not new. In 2005, at the Les Blogs conference in Paris, there was a flap about the backchannel because the conversation crossed a line. . What's different is that the backchannel is being used in non-technology conferences. One of the reflections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

I've gathered up some of best of the best folks in the nonprofit tech field to share their stories, metrics, and lessons learned - this will be informative AND entertaining. Lessons in Local Tech: Sustainable Food 2.0 Ever wonder if there's a higher good you could be serving with your tech skills? Are you eating well?

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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%. Dave Steadman Hamilton College March 26, 2009 | Dave Steadman Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Given the slow down, nonprofits should continue to track their own quarterly results and plan accordingly.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2011

iCivics grew out of the OurCourts project, which began in 2008, inspired by the desire of Justice Sandra Day O'Conner for young people to understand the judicial system better. The leads of several ground-breaking serious games projects presented their work. iCivics: Learning How the Government Works.

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Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2016

" So wrote Cynthia Gibson, then of the Carnegie Corporation , and Nonprofit Quarterly Editor-in-Chief Ruth McCambridge in a 2008 special issue of that magazine dedicated to infrastructure. The power imbalance between foundations and nonprofits dampens the honest conversations that are so critical to any partnership.

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