Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

The other arm is learning. And I can’t stay a technology expert without continually learning. Reading, research, collaborating with others, getting my hands dirty with servers and code, playing with new applications and new APIs – all of those things keep my technology expertise fresh. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Developers who code solutions that integrate with Kintera using their open API platform, Connect , can win $15,000 or $5,000 (not the $25 K their big logo seems to suggest – that’s just the total they will award.) When will people learn that to be open, you need to really be open ? Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 30, 2007

The primer, which will show up in just electronic form, also has a very cool implementation of a great open API that we’ll be crowing about soon (my lips are sealed right now.) Elgg is a very cool community-building and e-learning tool – it’s got the social networking combined with features like forums, etc.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

What have I learned in all of this? What else have I learned? The tools are getting better and better, and one of the hallmarks of Web 2.0 – the APIs, make it all the more simple to aggregate all of someone’s online content. I hope this will help in understanding how it works. Privacy matters. 4 Ade 12.18.07

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2010

.  As Shelley says, " as people explore our area, the Brooklyn Museum staff help them along in their journey pointing out the joys of pancakes at Tom’s Restaurant or the killer wine selection at Abigail’s."      In addition, the Museum has taken those tips and created a mashup with the YELP api.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

. :-) I first started doing technology consulting for nonprofit organizations in 1996, with a project for a local public television station ( WGBY in Springfield, MA ), to design a technology center for teachers to learn about technology and the internet, so they could apply that in their classrooms. Want help figuring it out for yourself?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals about or by folks who work with nonprofits and voting. In addition, there's be lots of learning shared freely. It was organized by Ed Schipul.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals. In addition, there's be lots of learning shared freely. Learn from innovators how to leverage the web for good! It was organized by Ed Schipul.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 19, 2009

March 28, 2009, 8:30 pm local time. The more I learn about twitter, both from my colleague James Young's posts and from using it myself, the more potential I see for twitter to be a useful tool for organizations. note - for more information about Convio APIs, visit the Convio Open site. Take action.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals. In addition, there's be lots of learning shared freely. Learn from innovators how to leverage the web for good! It was organized by Ed Schipul.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

With email newsletters and emails as part of your campaigns you can move your supporters up the ladder of engagement to take more actions and help you more and more. Helpful resources on Twitter: Pew Internet report. Google Earth API (plugin). Google Maps API. The details of your emails are critical. Google Sketchup.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2010

My first event was a century bike ride in Lake Tahoe in 2009 and I’m now training for a triathlon. Emma’s lessons learned got me thinking: What are some simple online tools that organizations can provide to really help with that “heavy lifting” and make it fun for participants to fundraise?

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

With email newsletters and emails as part of your campaigns you can move your supporters up the ladder of engagement to take more actions and help you more and more. You can embed Google Earth into your website to present information to your community that really helps tell the story of your work and your issue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

Submitted by Alan Levine, publisher of CogDogBlog Since it is already a week in the rear view mirror, this ought to be my last post about the 2009 NMC Summer Conference. Actually, the twitter API only returns the last 1500 (I scrolled back as far as I could from the search tool). Heck, i t’s time to start thinking about 2010.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

This year it’s taking place in Atlanta, GA and I’ve got such a long list of people to meet, talk to, and learn from. This year’s event will have me quite busy so I’m hoping that by putting out some of my plans, we can find time to connect so I can learn more about your work! Thursday, April 8, 2010.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

I’ve emerged from this week’s frenzy of buzzwords like “blogging,&# “open API,&# “e-advocacy,&# “municipal wireless&# and “social networking&# not surprised at how much things have changed, really, but how much they have stayed exactly the same. .&# This was in the solidly web 1.0

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