Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

odt, rich text, pdf) Allows any vendor of books (like Lulu, for instance) or any independent author to provide books for the device. I want something like a Kindle that: Has wifi (EVDO would be a nice addition, but some of us live in areas where the EVDO network does not go) Allows me to share books with people. Sorry, Amazon.

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JUNE 14, 2013

In 2008, SDFF received a grant from the California Emerging Technology Fund, which enabled SDFF to fully develop their digital divide program and expand the number of families they could reach. NTIA Toolkit (PDF). IMLS Getting Started Guide (PDF). Additional Resources.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

For a full list of updates, see the datasheet (PDF) and the list of new features on TechNet. TechSoup no longer offers Windows Server 2003 and 2008, but current CALs requested from TechSoup are backwards-compatible with these versions. Two Editions Available. The two primary editions in the 2012 version are Standard and Datacenter.

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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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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 27, 2009

After I published my list of Favorite Do-Good Books of 2008 with links to my lists for 2007 , 2006 and 2005 , a reader suggested that I create a PDF of all of the lists for folks to download, and take to the bookstore. Now, you can easily (I hope) download and share the Have Fun * Do Good Book List (2005-2008) for free.

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Forum One

MARCH 15, 2010

Last week the White House issued a new memorandum titled " Guidance on the Use of Challenges and Prizes to Promote Open Government " (PDF) — a further step towards citizen engagement. Capturing the Promise of Philanthropic Prizes " (PDF). State Department. State Department.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

This report is not just your father’s PDF file! Learning analytics is not brand new and first identified in the education area in about 2008 according to this excellent primer on Learning Analytics that found by searching the Project Navigator on the topic.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

Many privacy experts argue that the recent decline in reported data breaches ( 498 in 2009 versus 657 in 2008 (PDF)) is not due to an improvement in data security practices, but rather that fewer organizations are publicly reporting such breaches. Paper breaches constituted 26% of all data breaches in 2009 (PDF).

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

Download a copy of the full report as a PDF file from Imagine Canadas online reference library: Effective knowledge transfer & exchange for nonprofit organizations : a framework (PDF) Fataneh Zarinpoush, Shirley Von Sychowski, Julie Sperling. Published Friday, June 06, 2008 8:13 PM by Rebecca. June 6, 2008 10:41 PM.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 18, 2005

There is a very interesting PDF floating about with a powerpoint presentation by the CEO of the RIAA about the copyright/filesharing, etc. It might indeed make vlogging a lot easier as well. I’m looking forward to the Crooks and Liars channel! I’m going to watch this pretty carefully. issue as they see it.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

For a full list of updates, see the datasheet (PDF) and the list of new features on TechNet. TechSoup no longer offers Windows Server 2003 and 2008, but current CALs requested from TechSoup are backwards-compatible with these versions. Two Editions Available. The two primary editions in the 2012 version are Standard and Datacenter.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

While monthly giving increased at a much lower rate from 2009 to 2010, take a look at the change in one-time and monthly giving from 2008 to 2009: though one-time giving sharply decreased in accordance with the tough economic times, monthly giving continued to grow! Download the PDF. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2009

According to the annual GivingUSA Foundation statistics (PDF) charitable giving in the U.S. topped $307 billion in 2008. Major gifts come from three primary sources: (1) Corporations (2) Foundations (3) Individuals. Here is where the money came from: Corporations: $14.5 billion (5%). Foundations: $41.2 billion (13%). Individuals: $251.9

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 21, 2008

Earlier this week I (Michaela Hackner) was in Austin, TX attending the Convio 2008 Summit , a national conference focused on the use of the Convio's constituent relations management tool. To learn more about Tony Elischer and his thoughts on fundraising and the recession, visit his organization's web site or read his thought piece (PDF).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

The first SoCap conference in 2008 coincided with the launch of this paper, Investing for Social & Environmental Impact: A Design for Catalyzing an Emerging Industry A Monitor Institute Report [link] EnvImpact_ExecSum_000.pdf Some are calling it impact investing.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

NIH does this to allow teens a way to get credible information from a trusted third party - and NIH gets some great intelligence about what is on the minds of teens (eg in 2009 twice as many marijuana questions as in 2008.). Drinking from the Firehose? The DipNotes blog is also a good and early example of government blogging. Threats Evolve.

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Care2

MAY 2, 2007

You can check out the rest of the survey results here (pdf). Copyright © 2008, Care2.com The survey supported the concern that nonprofits fail to maximize their marketing potential. Thanks Nancy! Post a Comment | by Share Article in Marketing Research Reader Comments There are no comments for this journal entry.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

View the pdf invite here! Copyright © 2008, Care2.com WUFPAC is nonpartisan and could use your support at their fall event. Were also planning a guest blog by Jessica Grounds , Senior Strategist for Stones Phones and President of the WUFPAC Board of Directors. To create a new comment, use the form below. com , Inc.

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Care2

AUGUST 14, 2007

Here are the quick tips from the report, but make sure to check out the full PDF article to look at all the data behind it. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com " No matter how much killer content you have, if people arent looking at, its doing you no good. Its worth it! To create a new comment, use the form below.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Both versions of Acrobat are able to view, create, manage, modify, and print PDF files. So you can export to PDF directly from within Word, and you can collect and track e-signatures from other Acrobat users. Creating PDFs. Editing PDFs. and PDF/UA. Common Features. Browse Adobe products. Signature Collection.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Operationally, C3 has standardized around Salesforce's Force.com which we started using in 2006, and Google Apps which we started using in early 2008. When we first rolled out Google Apps in early 2008 I had visions of a Microsoft Word burning party as everyone embraced Google Docs. And kind of fun as only a techie will appreciate.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Operationally, C3 has standardized around Salesforce's Force.com which we started using in 2006, and Google Apps which we started using in early 2008. When we first rolled out Google Apps in early 2008 I had visions of a Microsoft Word burning party as everyone embraced Google Docs. And kind of fun as only a techie will appreciate.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

For background, in the 3 previous NMC conferences I have been involved with since starting my job there in 2006- we’ve done mainly a “tag this conference” approach where we ask people to tag photos, web sites, blog posts e.g. 2006 , 2007 , 2008 where I cobbled together some summary pages using mainly my own Feed2JS code. Conference Facility.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2008

The “Ghosts of a Chance” alternate reality game (ARG) ran from July 18 until October 25, 2008 and was a collaboration between the Smithsonian American Art Museum and CityMystery. For a complete report on this project, please download this PDF. I found her thoughts (and the exhaustive PDF report on the project) quite useful.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

And, back to the real world: M+R has a good case study on fundraising in a depressed economy (PDF). Did your organization make a video in 2008? To prove nonprofit newsletters are worthwhile, here's your monthly dose of cute: kittens riding a Roomba ! Feel your stress melt away. You're welcome. Rebranding. MPower is now Orange Leap.

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