Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 17, 2008

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits August 13, 2008 I love these tidbits blog posts. Some really interesting things are brewing with CiviCRM. I’m excited to see what community-driven development can do! It looks interesting.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Did you know that mobile web use increased by 230% between 2008 and 2009? [1] 1] And not just that, according to Gartner Research, by 2013 mobile phones will take over PC’s as the most common web access device. [2] People will interact with these devices, like mobile and smart phones, in new and enriching ways. Get Engaged!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2006

Which, on one hand, seems like a lot, but it’s not, when every cell phone, PC, router, cable set top box and toaster has one. IPv4 , the last version, was thought up in the world that existed when PCs didn’t exist, really, and no one could even imagine that, well, you’d want to give your refrigerator an IP address.

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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

JULY 9, 2007

I used to have this great system where I used the Mac Addressbook, which would nicely sync with my cell phone. There are still some, shall we say, hanging chads. One big one was my address book. It also integrated well with Mail.app and iChat. It was great. First problem: Linux address books … suck.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2010

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. Steve MacLaughlin is Blackbaud’s director of Internet solutions and an NTEN board member. Think it can't happen? It already has. .

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Data – We collect only data that is on the public web like all other search engines and never display personally identifiable information (phone, email, address). I take feedback from users very seriously 2. As a search engine, users never have to sign-up to get value from Spock.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Holly Ross, NTEN. [Ed. I recently learned that online fundraising made up only about 5% of total annual giving in 2008. If your clients can access the Internet on a phone, or at home, you can reach and support them in brand new ways. Tags: digital divide Newsletter NPTech NTEN. I was floored.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Whether we look at mapping tools, fundraising, or missing person systems, the social media response to the January earthquakes in Haiti all leverage the powerful technology we can hold in our hands: our mobile phones. The disaster in Haiti is a perfect example of these changes: the impact of the Real-Time Web and the power of our phones.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

The technology scene today is distinguished by the growing connectivity among devices, mobile phones, the PC, and the browser, which enable people and organizations to access information, communicate, and collaborate in more powerful ways. Jane Meseck, Microsoft Corporation. This new paradigm offers great potential to improve how we all work.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

The technology scene today is distinguished by the growing connectivity among devices, mobile phones, the PC, and the browser, which enable people and organizations to access information, communicate, and collaborate in more powerful ways. Jane Meseck, Microsoft Corporation. This new paradigm offers great potential to improve how we all work.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. Since not all of the team works out of the Center, the phone calls are also an extremely important tool for keeping the team intact. By Debra Askanase, Community Organzier 2.0

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Many of these organizations continue to see 2X to 3X the daily traffic of average days in 2008. (A A webinar on lessons learned will be held in Q2 to share some of the key findings with NTEN members. Tags: Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Social Media Web Sites Fundraising. To get your invitation visit [link].).

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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. The eePC is a great example, as are cell phones, media players, etc. This is where Linux will shine. 3 Seth Schneider 06.24.08

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

She also has the ability to send individual messages through the site to less than 50 individual phone numbers if she wants to respond to the replies received. Lack of access to numbers receiving the messages, which means Bogii is not creating a long-term database of phone numbers to use beyond the Mobicom partnership. What worked.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Now, it is looking like the emerging killer apps may be messaging apps that text directly to stakeholders' mobile phones. This has been a steady upward trend since 2008. Here are a few new things we could be doing with our phones and tablets in 2016. a-month phone service or home broadband — their choice.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

It’s quite interesting, and it deals with the audio over phone issue (which is a major snag) by dispensing with two-way audio entirely, and just using one-way audio. We offer special NTEN rates for any memebers out there. I also looked at a system that The Gilbert Center has been using.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2008

Jay Dedman is going to lead a video blogging workshop in New Orleans as part of the line up for the NTEN's NTC Day of Service 2008. s name, phone number and nonprofit organization affiliation. Disclosure: This is a paid gig I do to coordinate the event and have done for the past 7 years).

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

We spent a lot of time at the end of 2008 working with one of our clients, the Humane Society of the United States, and our friends at the Watershed Company to come up with a nice mobile test for end of year fundraising. HSUS had already built a mobile subscriber list of about 12,000 activists through Mobile Commons by December of 2008.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

Published Friday, June 06, 2008 8:13 PM by Rebecca. June 6, 2008 10:41 PM. June 8, 2008 11:03 AM. Wild Apricot Updates - June 2008. June 2008 (9). May 2008 (9). April 2008 (14). March 2008 (15). February 2008 (15). January 2008 (17). Copyright © 2008. Have Fun â?¢

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

In 2008, post-election violence erupted in Kenya. "Citizen journalists" throughout the country collaborated to collect information about this violence; they received incident reports from thousands of citizens via web and mobile phone, collated the data, and displayed it on a Google Maps mashup.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

In 2008, post-election violence erupted in Kenya. "Citizen journalists" throughout the country collaborated to collect information about this violence; they received incident reports from thousands of citizens via web and mobile phone, collated the data, and displayed it on a Google Maps mashup.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Fundraising Professional of the Year - Based on a specific fundraising achievement in 2008. Please include your name, as well as the nominee's name, title, agency or organization, phone number, and e-mail address; reason for the nomination; and, if possible, a digital headshot of the nominee. Send nominations to mbattistelli@napco.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

But, maybe you've done some of that thinking and implemented a few focused social media experiments in 2008 and have gleaned some insights. Stop twittering from your cell phone in the bathroom and use that time to think about how you could be more efficient using a particular social media tool. Good for you! Great work.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Very cool project from 2008: Twitter Vote Report. Tools are just tactics, just like phone-banking or canvassing. We provide a supportive network for the vibrant and thriving community of women in technology professions by giving women an open platform to share their talents, experiences, and insights.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. The nonprofit presence at SXSW has been growing steadily over the past couple of years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. The nonprofit presence at SXSW has been growing steadily over the past couple of years.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. The nonprofit presence at SXSW has been growing steadily over the past couple of years.

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Care2

JULY 10, 2008

Also, NTEN recently published a report on the results of a survey covering CRM satisfaction. Take the time to have your ED or CEO pick up the phone and give them an unexpected call to thank them for being such a fantastic online fundraiser. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Its available for download here. Hatef editor, frogloop.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Election 2008 is remarkable for so many reasons. As agents of social change, there is a great deal the nonprofit sector can learn from Election 2008. Go Mobile: Mobile applications have surged in this 2008 and some predict it will make the difference in the election's outcome. For the first time in U.S. Tools you can Use.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2010

I could point to the Haiti disaster as the tipping point in cell phones -- for the increased engagement with donors, and more importantly, for the contributions of information from survivors. While I was on sabbatical at Tuck/Dartmouth in the spring of 2008, I wrote about the things I learned from students and colleagues.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Karl Hedstrom , NTEN. Every year at NTEN's annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), one of our major goals is to collect enough feedback from you, the attendees, to make our future conferences even better. Historically, we've accomplished this through the tried and true method of paper evaluations.

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NTEN

JULY 30, 2009

As Holly said , smart phone usage grew 80% between June 2007 and June 2008. We're still nine months away, but not a day goes by that somebody at NTEN HQ doesn't mention the 10NTC. Tags: 10NTC how to NPTech NTEN. Your guide to the resources that will help you put technology to work for your cause. Market to Mobiles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2010

It happened in April at our NTEN/NTC session on the Networked Nonprofit right before our eyes in a room filled with people from nonprofits and Shawn , a passionate free agent fundraiser and video blogger. (You might know Shawn from his “ Uncultured &# project – I first encountered him in 2008 through Blog Action Day.).

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

That means that people give billions upon billions of dollars a year over the phone, in the mail, or by other means. In January 2008, the Barack Obama campaign raised $28 million online-88 percent of the total funds raised. Americans gave an estimated $300 billion in individual gifts to nonprofit organizations last year.

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

nonprofits in 2008. 16 Comments | by Share Article in Direct Mail , Online Fundraising Reader Comments (16) Mal - First, really enjoyed your "ask the expert" conference call with NTEN a few weeks ago. April 28, 2010 | Shane Andrews Copyright © 2008, Care2.com That’s $7 billion out of $306 billion.

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