Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

at 3:56 pm Great America Networks Conferencing has a WebConferencing tool called QuickVisuals that lets you share your desktop, PowerPoint, video files, webcam from a PC/Mac/Linux platform easily. Other thing is that I noticed that they seemed to recently get certified by Skype… for both their PC and Mac versions.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Advances in mobile technology are significantly changing how we live and work. Emerging tablet computing devices, such as the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy, promise the benefit of mobile access with a larger form factor than a phone screen, making it much easier to do work in the field. Look what I can do with my phone!

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Imagine mobilizing your constituents for an important public meeting with only a day's notice. If you live in a small town or in rural America, your choices are probably limited to slow and expensive satellite Internet service or even slower dial-up service. Imagine allowing your employees to work from anyplace -- not just the office.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Current best practices will serve nonprofits just fine in 2009. For organizations that stick to a more traditional managerial and communications structure between now and then, however, raising money is going to be tougher in 2012 than in the darkest days of 2009. So how should your organization prepare for the changes that are afoot?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2009

If you haven’t already heard, 2009 is the year for nonprofits at South By Southwest Interactive ! Nonprofit poetry slam Room 18BCD Saturday, March 14th 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Featuring @kanter from Beth's Blog , @ntenhross from NTEN , @ starfocus from the NFW , @wharman from the Red Cross and @daviam from the ACS.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Although nonprofits in the United States have been slower to embrace mobile phones for health purposes than the rest of the world, mobiles are catching on as a way to reach diverse populations across the U.S. Mobile Monitoring. Corinne Ramey, MobileActive.org. " High Pollution Texting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

ServiceNation , a national campaign to increase service opportunities and elevate the importance of service in America, has received a $500,000 grant from Facebook as part of its expanded partnership. I've been doing this for ten years as part of the annual NTEN Day of Service for the NTC. NTEN has two fantastic events this month!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 14, 2008

This is also a strategy of America’s favorite past-time–denying class consciousness, avoiding awarenss of class stratification, living a head-down passive-aggressive consumer’s existence that sublimates resentment and confusion into blogging, even thinking that this will somehow change the world.

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