Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

An older woman of color noted that a lot of the problems that open source developers were solving weren’t problems that communities faced. Which, of course, has been an issue for me for a long time – lack of open source alternatives in the "vertical" application spaces – case management, etc.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 24, 2007

It’s the standard “if I have a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.&# I wanted to figure out how to make my product solve every problem that my clients had – or, if I couldn’t, I wanted to figure out how to build/install/integrate something that could. . But, I was myopic anyway. you the picture.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits February 14, 2008 These are tidbits of things I’ve gotten recently from vendors, or gotten via feeds or twitter. But first, of course, you must be “verified&# as a Kintera Connect partner.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 9, 2007

First problem: Linux address books … suck. It’s not as bad as Thunderbird, except, of course, it doesn’t integrate with Thunderbird. But the last time I tried Evolution, it was a horrible experience. at 5:36 am I was reading though this post thinking about Evolution until, of course, you mentioned it.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

You also ignore my argument about the 2008 security audits of Drupal that resulted in numerous vulnerability reports, but more on that later. Of course, I totally agree with you that more eyeballs on code leads to more vulnerabilities shown. at 8:54 pm Most of the programming problems are misuse of the well documented abstract layers.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2007

And of course, my problem here is that my background is in science, not marketing – so I find it impossible to look at data and not see its weak points. Here’s hoping that the next time around we get even more response! 3 Christopher Scott 12.17.07

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DECEMBER 29, 2017

In eLearning, we are at the very start of the hype curve with distributed ledgers: we can imagine the technology solving one of our recurring problems. When a learner accumulates a sufficient balance of CE credits over a certain span of time, she achieves maintenance of certification.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

Human beings use metaphors all the time to understand the world, and to frame it. " Software uses metaphors all the time as well. Of course, the use of business metaphors, language and procedures in the nonprofit sector in general is far from new, and it’s been a trend I’ve not liked much. 4 Katrin 10.13.06

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Quite the contrary: it was very well made, with important, disturbing, and timely information. The 3rd Annual DoGooderTV Nonprofit Video Awards , which we're co-sponsoring with See3 Communications and the Nonprofit Times , are now open. If you made a video in 2008, we want to see it!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

I don’t get paid to blog, so I don’t really want to spend my time doing that. They each have their good points and bad, strengths and reasons I use them (I use furl, for instance, to save pages I think might go away, or become paid content after a short time being free.) It’s just so … painful. That is so cool.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

First, the major problem is that there are, at this point, so many of them, and although many (most?) You basically have to either decide which site has your loyalty, and then stay with that one (or spend a lot of time importing and exporting and double/treble/quadruple bookmarking. Bookmarking saves me time, for sure.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. Another problem in theory is fraud, and another problem is that many sites only included last and first names which in a mass of several hundred thousand displaced persons obviously included many duplicates.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 12, 2023

Those under 45 have faced the changing global dynamics of 9/11, the financial crisis of 2008, and the COVID-19 pandemic–the results of these major events have been felt extremely acutely as these younger Americans entered the workforce, built families, and attempted to build wealth against these headwinds. more on average.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

I recently learned that online fundraising made up only about 5% of total annual giving in 2008. The problem is, not everyone is in here with us, and many of those people are our clients. Of course, digital divide issues are not new: We've been talking about them for over a decade now. I was floored. It's a fine place to be.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Web Huddle – The only other one I can find that at this time offers the possibility of sharing a Linux desktop. at 12:31 pm Online Courses » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 11.06.07 Problem is, I’m not a nonprofit organization. Nonprofits are charged much lower rates (see comment below.) Wish I were!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Of course, you can't know - nobody knows but Google. Last week I started looking into alternatives to Feedburner to track RSS subscribers because Chris Baskind's post, " Is It Time To Let Feedburner Burn? He summarizes the Google acquisition in February, 2007 and how the service has evolved slowly since that time.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MARCH 21, 2009

It's not a problem that suddenly snuck up on us. The problem of course is the collapse of the traditional business model of the newspaper. the core problem publishing solves — the incredible difficulty, complexity, and expense of making something available to the public — has stopped being a problem."

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Shrinking government budgets and greater competition for ever-fewer dollars are reducing the scale and effectiveness of nonprofits in meeting the nation’s growing challenges and intractable problems.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

60) Search « Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmarks Released | Main | LOLseals: Flickr API Contest Gets HSUS Over 3,000 Entries » Tuesday Mar 25 2008 Whats an Email Address Worth? Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 12:36PM | by Eric Rardin How to Measure the Value of an Online Supporter Over here at Care2 we get this question a lot.

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Care2

MARCH 25, 2008

60) Search « Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmarks Released | Main | LOLseals: Flickr API Contest Gets HSUS Over 3,000 Entries » Tuesday Mar 25 2008 Whats an Email Address Worth? Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 12:36PM | by Eric Rardin How to Measure the Value of an Online Supporter Over here at Care2 we get this question a lot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

I track two hard data points: RSS subscriber growth over time as well as the feed delivery stats (email versus reader). Analyzing Your Blog Content With Metrics and Insight Of course, you need to set overall goals for your blog and understand your audience. You should be looking at monthly trends over time. If not, why?

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See3

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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Care2

DECEMBER 4, 2007

It will be a powerful grassroots greening machine; with bloggers, writers, and volunteers all contributing to local greening efforts; and held together by the added sticky-ness of good dynamic content, great search engine optimization, and of course that Web 2.0 Copyright © 2008, Care2.com 60) Search « Care2.com

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

I like to use half of any allotted time slot to talk and half for Q&A, so we usually have time to get into meaty discussions. Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." The Museum 2.0

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Care2

JULY 24, 2007

If youve missed the launch of Facebook Apps Platform almost two months ago, youre already way behind the times. A couple of Care2 staff favorites, of course, include the Care2 Stickies and Petitions. The technology "enables anyone to build any application that.Facebook could build." Crowd-sourcing.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I like to use half of any allotted time slot to talk and half for Q&A, so we usually have time to get into meaty discussions. Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what." The Museum 2.0

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Care2

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

The ability of an organization to have a celebrity dedicate so much time and effort to a cause can be an effective means to influence other people of status, such as elected officials. The effectiveness of celebrities is of course dependent on a nonprofits communications and marketing strategy. Its also dependant on timing.

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

If youve missed the launch of Facebook Apps Platform almost two months ago, youre already way behind the times. A couple of Care2 staff favorites, of course, include the Care2 Stickies and Petitions. The technology "enables anyone to build any application that.Facebook could build." Crowd-sourcing.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

For the first time, I didn't feel like a crazy person for wanting to have an alternative vision for my career. In addition to inspiring profiles, the back of the book has a series of questions to help you create your big vision like: If your career (in its entirety--think long term) allowed you to tackle a few big problems in the world (e.g.,

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

As I move out of doing implementation, and into more evaluation, planning and facilitation of technology change within organizations, I wanted to spend some time articulating what I have tried my best to practice when I’ve been in a place of providing technology support. All technology providers have to deal at some level with support.

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Care2

JULY 10, 2007

At the same time, when I spoke with old friends I didn’t suddenly revert back to that basic information as if I had no memory of our relationship. And, of course, we must listen, listen, listen and adjust our communications appropriately as we receive answers. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Where do you work?

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

Some experts say that the reason for this decline is that these new users haven’t figured out how to use the real-time updates that were implemented in Facebook’s new redesign. The 18-to-25-year olds are spending more time on Facebook and nearly 2 million new members have signed up from that age group. Thanks for sharing.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

As Wikipedia becomes more mainstream as a reference source, there might be substantial benefits from helping ensure it frames the debate in a truly balanced manner (and presents your organization’s critical information, of course). I completely agree with Matt, its only a matter of time. How about Digg ? All rights reserved.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

As Wikipedia becomes more mainstream as a reference source, there might be substantial benefits from helping ensure it frames the debate in a truly balanced manner (and presents your organization’s critical information, of course). I completely agree with Matt, its only a matter of time. How about Digg ? All rights reserved.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The “Open Source Software is Free&# myth July 14, 2008 I had a startling realization a few days ago. I’ve been caught using the “free as in kittens&# metaphor many more times than once.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

"I think that people have long associated feminism with older white women and the idea of bringing that back to women of color, and bringing it back to young women of color and asking them what it means is an exciting time for me." In particular, it is important to think about what young women need to be thinking about in this moment of time.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 19, 2006

So if you are a hardware geek, expect to pay MS every other time you get a new motherboard. Apple’s OS is, of course proprietary, and Apple’s EULA is a little less evil. So you’d still have the same problem. And since they seem to upgrade their OS every 6 years or so … I have a suggestion.

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