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5 Good Nonprofit Infographics

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2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study A visual version of the 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study by M+R Strategic Services and NTEN. Based on 2006 data, the chart features the 10 major sources of revenue for U.S. Get the latest data on email open rates, social media usage, email churn, and more. All Rights Reserved

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Economically, open looks better than closed

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Here’s a tidbit of a Infoworld report about the study: By one measure — “value added,&# which the report defines as “an industry’s gross output minus its purchased intermediate inputs&# — the fair use economy is greater than the copyright economy. economy by copyright industries amounts to $1.3

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Data Portability update

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Dataportability.org – the organization, has gotten a lot of press in the tech industry lately because some very big players recently joined. I figured, since I’ve been getting a bit involved in the community, I’d give a bit of a summary of what’s going on, and what will possibly come from this effort.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

2008 SXSW Panel: Pimp Your Nonprofit Cause photo by Ed Schipul. The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March, 2012 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. In 2008, we wore funny hats to go with the theme of our panel. Amy Sample Ward, NTEN. Hope you’ll consider a vote for our session.

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Get the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmark Study (It's Free! Also, Important)

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The new 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from NTEN and M+R was just released today! The new report might look slim and slick, but this scrappy guide is thick with valuable insights and key industry benchmarks for online messaging, fundraising and advocacy, based on a full year's worth of results from 31 of your nonprofit peers.

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Platforms break open, part II

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Those shine as industry-standard examples of how open API s need to be distributed. From both a business point of view and from the point of view of how our sector should work to heighten transparency in society at large, there’s no reason to limit the ability of coders to learn about and discuss the API at hand. He’s right.

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The Future (and a Little History) of Network Neutrality

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It all started in 2008, when Comcast deliberately slowed Internet traffic for BitTorrent, a file-sharing site, and the Federal Communications Commission told the ISP it can't do that. Most industry observers expect a long and protracted legal battle ahead. Right now they can legally restrict or slow your Internet connection.

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