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Learning Analytics: Big Data Applied to Training, Teaching, and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That sounds like the title of a report that NTEN might produce that surveys the technology landscape and nonprofit usage and provides an overview of what technologies nonprofits should be looking at in the next 1-5 years. Learning Analytics comes from a report about the impact of emerging technologies for practitioners in a field.

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Circuit Rider School

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

There are many challenges – how do you teach self-reflection and self-evaluation? How do you teach the ins and outs of the nonprofit sector? How do you get providers to invest time and energy in what is really a marginally profitable business?

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My life as an (almost) ex-Technology Consultant

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

In any event, I have a lot of other skills and knowledge besides databases and coding: skills and knowledge in teaching, in writing, in working with organizations, in facilitation, in religion and spiritual practices, and in working with people, that I want to use now. Perhaps I’m now more ready to wrestle those.

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What do web stats mean, anyway?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

September 17, 2007 There is an interesting discussion happening between Holly Ross, soon to be ED of NTEN, and Allan Benamer , about web statistics, and whether or not nonprofits should be “transparent&# and publish their web statistics. And, he thinks that NTEN should be responsive to him, as a member, in asking to publish web stats.

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How To: Put Technology to Use (November 2008)

NTEN

While you should be wary of anybody promising to teach you how to make people laugh, some of the advice itself can be pretty funny. You might also consider taking some advice from a 67-year-old blogger. Then, if you haven't already, jump on the Cluetrain : be open, honest, and direct. Humor helps, too.

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Jay Dedman Will Teach A Video Blogging Workshop in New Orleans and My Old Video Camera Will Find A New Home!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Disclosure: This is a paid gig I do to coordinate the event and have done for the past 7 years).

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Gender, Race and Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

As for the gentleman teaching music and media: The day that I can recommend GIMP and Audacity over Photoshop and Garageband will be a wonderful day indeed. This require human centered-software and human-centered communities.