Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 24, 2007

It was, a while ago, part of my job to build technology solutions for people. It was also part of my job to give advice where it was appropriate, but I have come to realize, in my current position of being apart from building things, that I had a bit of myopia, as all builders and vendors do. That makes me happy.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

I helped them vet CMS vendors, make sure the CMS that was chosen could do the complex job they were asking it to do (some were not up to the task) and am the intermediary between the current web vendor and the client, lending my expertise as needed, and helping to move the project forward. OK, enough of that.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2008

at 3:45 am { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 David Geilhufe 07.07.08 The customer only hits a down side if Mpower does a poor job as a vendor and there is no alternative vendor to switch too since the ecology is small. “If we build it they will come&# only works in the movies. { 2 admin 07.07.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2007

NTEN did a great job of beginning to approach this topic, and it was great data. 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 David Geilhufe 12.14.07 It wasn’t scientific, and the sample was about.05% 05% of the nonprofits in the United States (the foundation center says that there are about 1.4 million of them.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 16, 2008

I got some interesting comments (especially the one that said “the author doesn’t really seem to understand the distinction between free, open source, and proprietary software&# , which I thought was a hoot.) Comments? { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Holly 01.17.08 4 Laura Quinn 01.21.08

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APRIL 28, 2010

In August of 2009, the following exchange occurred between an employee known only as "Lindsay" and her boss, "Brian": [Lindsay]. "OMG [oh my God] I HATE MY JOB!!" " [He continued with] " that s**t stuff' is called your 'job', you know, what I pay you to do. Twitter and WordPress Feeds.

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JULY 17, 2008

So far people have contributed everything from a Firefox extension that recommends social actions as you browse the web, to a Wordpress module that recommends social actions based on the content of a post, to a service that makes it super easy for companies to find, sponsor, and showcase charitable actions from various platforms at once.

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JULY 16, 2008

So far people have contributed everything from a Firefox extension that recommends social actions as you browse the web, to a Wordpress module that recommends social actions based on the content of a post, to a service that makes it super easy for companies to find, sponsor, and showcase charitable actions from various platforms at once.

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MAY 27, 2010

The Strategy by David Neff of Ridgewood: Ingenious Communication Strategies If 2009 was the year everyone and their mom jumped into the social media pool, then 2010 is the year of strategy. Planned attacks usually occur after business hours, so monitoring is not a 9-5 job. Post your commenting policy on your Fan Page's info tab.

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OCTOBER 22, 2008

You can view more detailed instructions for installing Google Analytics on Drupal , Joomla , Typepad , Wordpress , and even MySpace (yes it works!). Receive monthly updates 2 Comments | by Share Article in Lead Generation , Online Fundraising , Online Marketing , Technology Reader Comments (2) We use Google Analytics for our non-profits blog.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Going out on a limb November 6, 2008 I’m going to go out on a really thin limb here, and feel free to saw it off in the comments. :-) If you haven’t been to change.gov yet, you need to go.

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MAY 4, 2009

Respond to their comments so they know someone is reading their posts. Comment below! Receive monthly updates 12 Comments | by Share Article in Nonprofit Benchmark Studies , Online Marketing , Social Networking , Trends , Web 2.0 Reader Comments (12) great tips! April 28, 2009 | Joanna M.

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