Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

From their website: Some of the features that distinguish Hampshire from more traditional liberal arts colleges include student-designed academic concentrations; an active, collaborative, inquiry-based pedagogy; an interdisciplinary curriculum; and a narrative evaluation system. Sounds a lot like Edupunk, doesn’t it?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I’m reading this book at the same time as I’ve been working on the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. I’m realizing that all of the justifications for why I am so into open source and free software is right here in this book! So here’s the summary for Chapter 3. I found it through Beth’s Blog.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 17, 2008

ReviewBasics is a collaborative editing and reviewing tool. I don’t always have a lot of time to investigate them, or figure out if they are useful, but I do like to not completely ignore the ones that look interesting. I do hope folks will comment if they know something about these, or have an opinion. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

If ten similar nonprofit organizations came together to build a system that would work for them, they each would get 10 times the software that they could afford individually. But they are so busy living in that mentality of scarcity and competition, that they can’t do that kind of collaboration. So it doesn’t happen.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

It still requires the hardware and operating systems, and databases that more traditional applications that are inside your network require, but, generally, you hand off that responsibility to the folks that host your application, and access the application through the internet. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Each year, the Tides Foundation awards a $10,000 cash grant to an individual or group who has created an open-source software project that benefits nonprofits and movements of social change. The Pizzigati Prize is named for Antonio Pizzigati, an MIT graduate, early web author, and leading advocate for open-source computing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

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. The other arm is learning. I can’t do what I do without being a technology expert. at 6:06 am Michelle, I love this! Be Helpful.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I wrote a blog post called, Mashups, Open APIs, and the Future of Collaboration in the Nonprofit Tech Sector. The updates introduce Semantic Analysis and Natural Language Processing (NLP) capabilities to the Social Actions API and begin to connect Social Actions to the wider Linked Open Data community. Search for any phrase.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 18, 2005

It’s called Orion’s Arm , which is a huge collaborative science fiction world-building project. It looks pretty amazing – and a great testament to what open source licensing can do for creative work. { There is a new, interesting project under Creative Commons license. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

I did a lot of planning, evaluation and training in the beginning – some on my own, some with Summit Collaborative. it was what I enjoyed most, and it was what I thought I was best at. But, somewhere along the line, I started to do more and more implementation, because, honestly, that was what my clients needed most at the time.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

4) provide collaborative opportunities within, and between organizations? So, now the question – should a nonprofit organization have a blog? Should staff of a nonprofit blog? Would this help: 1) gain donors? 2) communicate the message? 3) keep stakeholders informed? 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth 09.28.06

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

They have an integrated, cloud-based IT system in which everyone has laptops and merely needs some way to get to the Internet to plug in to 350.org. We use nonprofit, open-source Drupal to manage our main website. We use Yammer for internal team communications and collaboration. What Can Be Done with a Cloud IT System?

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Recently, over 300 innovators and changemakers interested in the intersection of technology and social benefit work converged for a few days of idea-sharing, learning, and collaboration at NetSquared's annual conference. The 2009 N2Y4 Conference showcased the Featured Projects from NetSquared's Global Challenge focused on mobile technology.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

They have an integrated, cloud-based IT system in which everyone has laptops and merely needs some way to get to the Internet to plug in to 350.org. We use nonprofit, open-source Drupal to manage our main website. We use Yammer for internal team communications and collaboration. What Can Be Done with a Cloud IT System?

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. " The Ushahidi project was so helpful, it quickly evolved from a one-off web site to an open source "software platform" that any organization can download and customize for similar projects.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. " The Ushahidi project was so helpful, it quickly evolved from a one-off web site to an open source "software platform" that any organization can download and customize for similar projects.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

We provide a supportive network for the vibrant and thriving community of women in technology professions by giving women an open platform to share their talents, experiences, and insights. There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Email is a critical channel.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

Its also a good idea to use a content management system to manage your websites content and updates, like Wordpress , Joomla , and Squarespace. There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. May 15, 2009 | Anne Dougherty Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Email is a critical channel.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2007

How about some community-owned, community-driven free and open source options? All it takes is leadership, collaboration, and, most importantly, will. { at 7:09 am Why do we not see a collaborative effort to create community owned software? OK, so I’m going to sound like a broken record. But, hey, why not?

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

On January 21, 2009, the White House issued the Transparency and Open Government Memorandum. The memorandum instructed the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to provide guidance to executive departments and agencies on implementing open government. Make the Automated Export System (AES) Mobile Optimized.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Network Management Systems? at 10:31 am Art Social Networking - Network Management Systems Zen and the Art of | Artist Days 11.03.08 What do these tools allow you to do? 2 Cathy Garland 09.12.08

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