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Free and open source tool #8:XChat

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #8:XChat February 5, 2008 This is, really a post both about a tool ( XChat ) and about IRC (Internet Relay Chat.) It is basically group synchronous chat.

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3 Reasons to Invest in Nonprofit Fundraising Tech Integration – Even During a Recession

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Matthew Dubins, founder of Donor Science Consulting, performed an exhaustive study of the impact of the Great Recession of 2008 on Canadian nonprofits and came to the following conclusion: “…during a recession, it is? That instinct, while logical on the surface – may also be a grave mistake for most fundraisers. Research backs that up.

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Integration of CRM and CMS

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The organization wants to capture the demographic details, as well as make sure that data is synchronized with the data they might already have on that web user, so they can track their constituents over time. In addition, sometimes nonprofits want to expose data from the CRM to the CMS. <a

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Twestival: Are Fundraising Groundswells A Massive Opportunity or Distraction for Nonprofit Organizations?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And the critical thing that a conductor does is synchronize the orchestra because the complexity of self-synchronization is hard at that scale. I interviewed Ben Matthews who was part of the organizational group that dreamed up the Twestival concept in London in September 2008. styles using orchestra conductors as the example.

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The Future of Supporter Data (Or, Is Your Data at a Middle School Dance?)

NTEN

If funding doesn’t help incentivize this change, our sector will remain in a slow dance toward synchronization. . years at DoSomething.org, he oversaw the complete overhaul of the site (cms, architecture, skin, etc) in 2008, landing a People’s Choice Webby Award in the Youth in 2009 and nomination in 2010. During his 4.5

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The search for good web conferencing

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

in fact, cutting and pasting from their website they offer: * Two-way audio * Interactive whiteboard * Direct messaging * Application sharing * File transfer * Synchronized web tour * Live webcam * Breakout rooms The only problem I encountered is that video transmission is only supported for Windows and Mac – not Linux/Unix.

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Building a Successful Internet Presence - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Topics covered: Leveraging demographics Retaining donors Harnessing email Synchronizing media Acquiring new donors Here are some highlights to tempt you into reading further. September 4, 2007 | Margaux OMalley Copyright © 2008, Care2.com 45 percent of the U.S. A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability" by Steve Krug.