Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants July 27, 2008 This week, it is my pleasure to host the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. at 11:37 am Biggest nonprofit website mistakes « Do Good Well 07.28.08

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MARCH 8, 2022

Sandra: One of the things I’m most proud of is helping develop Qgiv’s original peer-to-peer fundraising system. When I came on board, our peer-to-peer system didn’t exist. I was the sole designer for many of the websites I worked on with the marketing agency and so I felt this ownership over the projects. Conclusion.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

If you’re getting people to your website, how are you getting them to make you a donation you can’t refuse? Plus, if you’re looking for a peer-to-peer option, they have Fundly Pro — and if you need a more robust donor management system, they have Fundly CRM. We’re asked this question a lot at Whole Whale. Platform Fee: 4.9% Enroll Now.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

September 22, 2008 I changed my Word Press theme, mostly because I was getting a bit tired of the old one, and wanted something really simple. Also, it coincides with a new installation of Drupal for my consulting website , using the same basic template (called “ Blueprint “).

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 19, 2019

Its popularity increased as younger generations, who grew up through the 2008 financial crisis, recognized that our financial system needed big changes. . At its core, it’s a financial system where mathematics replace human emotions and errors. . What is Bitcoin? which means no inflation.

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MARCH 27, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Michelle, the consultant March 27, 2008 Someone mentioned to me that from what I write on my blog, she wouldn’t know what it is that I actually do in my consulting work.

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AUGUST 11, 2008

August 11, 2008 You’ve likely heard a lot about “ cloud computing “ And what’s true is that the sales-talk about computing in the cloud certainly makes the conceptual issues behind it, honestly, well, cloudy. It also includes applications that you might develop (or have developed) that are hosted outside your network.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Check out the website. Or you’re just curious about projects you’ve heard about. How do you go about finding out whether it’s the right software, and whether the project has a healthy community, since you don’t want to adopt a project that doesn’t? See if they have good documentation. How busy is it?

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JANUARY 6, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Another good reason for nonprofits to use FOSS January 6, 2008 This is an amazing example of the kinds of flexibility that is difficult or impossible to get with proprietary software.

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See3

JANUARY 14, 2008

I was recently contacted by yet another Michael Hoffman who asked me to link to his website. 23 Jan 2008 Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits. You might be surprised at who else comes up. Here it is.

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APRIL 17, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits April 17, 2008 I guess because I’m a blogger, I get these interesting tidbits in my mailbox. I wonder how many foundations will go for it, though. It looks very promising.

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JUNE 19, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology NPTECH Punk June 19, 2008 Beth, of course, suggested this , and I’m jumping on her bandwagon. I realized, in being introduced to Edupunk , that I have been doing it for, oh, almost 20 years now.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 29, 2012

Folks from every aspect of our society, and every profession are involved in the food system. He is now the CEO of Growing Power , an organization that develops community food systems. In 2008, Will was named a John D. There's lots of excitement, but now we have to prove that this works. and Katherine T.

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JUNE 11, 2009

While an estimated $307 billion dollars was given to charitable causes in 2008; total fundraising declined an inflation adjusted of 5.7% With an estimated two-thirds of charities experiencing a decrease in 2008 overall giving, I decided to take a look at how things are shaping up so far in 2009. from 2007 levels. In fact, our Go!

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JANUARY 29, 2008

January 29, 2008 I don’t exactly know where the exclamation point came from, but if you want a scarily easy CMS to install, Joomla is a place to start. I’ll mention the other FOSS CMS systems in other posts. If you want to try and get a small website going for your organization – Joomla is a good place to start.

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JANUARY 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #5: WordPress January 24, 2008 It seems like a good day to talk about WordPress. Because WordPress is so easy to use, people have twisted and turned it to make regular websites.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Grantmakers of all sizes should check out Idealware's recently updated Consumer’s Guide to Grants Management Systems. Available from Idealware's website as a free download, the updated guide compares 20 grants management systems, including popular offerings from Bromelkamp and MicroEdge.

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MARCH 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Reflection and Evaluation March 10, 2008 Michele Martin, one of my fave bloggers, has a great post today on Reflective Practice.

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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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DECEMBER 20, 2007

First, links for the day: High Tech Trash – it’s an in depth photo essay and interactive feature on the National Geographic website. I wish all a holiday season full of fun, quality time with family (chosen or otherwise), and joy. {

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JUNE 25, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What software freedom means to me June 25, 2008 I got some interesting comments on the last post about Linux desktops. The old site is still up on the Wayback Machine. I co-administered that box for a few years.

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MARCH 20, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology News from NTC ‘08 March 20, 2008 I’ve been having a great time here at NTC – running into lots of folks I’m happy to see again, and meet, learning about new things, being involved.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

From a developers prospective, Vista is much better than OS 10 – Microsoft even gives away basic development tools like asp.net and visual studio on their website. What Apple did do correctly is allow users to submit their own podcast and homemade music on the itunes website. The iPod is a rip off.

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DECEMBER 14, 2006

at 12:10 pm It doesn’t freak you out that: * Chase’s website runs on IIS? Even the big guys, with big budgets, mess up sometimes… It also means at least these guys are running windows. { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Dustin J. Mitchell 12.16.06 Chase’s QA/QC can miss something like this?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. Now for indirect content or Mash-ups.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Are there any tools that you know of that combine CMS and CRM (rather than pasting a web form html snippet on to another website)? The CRM is Salesforce, the CMS and Web Publish System is Drupal and then we have to determine the Donation Managment System (Convio, Blacbkaud) or do we create custom donation forms and use a 3rd party?

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NOVEMBER 9, 2006

In the process of reinvigorating the NOSI ( Nonprofit Open Source Initiative ) website, I took a look at the Primer on open source software I wrote eons ago in Web time. It’s funny, I write a lot here on my blog, and I forget how much I enjoy technical writing (or semi-technical, in this case.) That’s a good thing.

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APRIL 15, 2007

I have a new endeavor (see the last post ) that needs a new website, and I figured, why not? I hear that all of the “ cool chix &# use Drupal, though (Linuxchix is about to launch it’s new Drupal-based website.) I hear Joomla is dead easy to install, and I need dead easy right now, so let’s try it. Well, guess what?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 1, 2014

The organization has just two IT people to keep its systems running. The guy who built and runs this FileMaker database system is Tom Cattell, vice president of information systems ?at Want to learn more about what kind of database system makes sense for your nonprofit or charity? Tom Cattell, the Man Behind the Curtain.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

I have pretty much always understood the difference between blogs and websites – but I recently got a better feeling as I was redoing my own website. Websites shouldn’t. Actually, they don’t even have a website. It’s not so much about depth and breadth, although that certainly can be a part of it.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

But unlike an office building, websites and online communities are living entities that require frequent iterations. Tech officers can use this to inform decisions about systems toward long-term impact. It's easy to get trapped into boxes when dealing with the same systems, companies, and rules every day. What Does the Data Say?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

While system data and trends show online giving is growing, consumer research reinforces the need for nonprofits to focus on how they integrate online and other technology into their marketing and development programs – not just for today, but for the future. . Alan Cooke, Convio. To get your invitation visit [link].).

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APRIL 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Twitter and Nonprofits April 10, 2008 This actually was a post to the Progressive Exchange discussion list. I love twitter, which in some ways surprises me, and in some ways doesn’t.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 8, 2011

If you're interested in learning more, this topic will be explored in more depth in the upcoming Daring to Lead 2011 brief: Inside the Executive Director Job , which you can find on the Daring to Lead website next month. Next Generation Leaders Speak Out (2008) and Daring to Lead 2011: A National Study of Nonprofit Executive Leadership.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The following servers and licenses are in the Windows Small Business Server 2011 family. read more.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

It means different things to different people, but the most literal meaning is probably this: real-time systems push information from a publisher to a subscriber (be they a human reader or a machine consuming information) as soon as it’s available, without the subscriber having to ask if there’s anything new.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

We then did check-ins on how the MultiPoint Server system held up under use. Joy was previously the librarian in a large, five-county district library system and when she took the La Conner position, she found that she had no IT support on site and a limited budget. Rebooting the system did not work.

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