Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

I got a chance to test this out in a more orchestrated way (as opposed to the usual consultant/client interactions) when I facilitated/taught an OpenOffice.org “untraining&# earlier this month at Google HQ in NYC (some more details are on the Google Blog.) 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 06.20.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

We hope that this will spur development for more social applications and mashups as well as better distribution of these applications worldwide. I’ll be watching the Open Handset Alliance, and wondering when I can replace my Blackberry with an open phone. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

Perhaps if DimDim were also to release a version that integrated with Skype … I can’t figure out from looking around their site whether it is cross-platform enough to share desktops, but I signed up for the beta, so I guess I’ll test it out. I’m hoping to test it out soon, as well. That would be the holy grail.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

It took me a couple of frustrating hours or so to configure samba (editing the samba.conf file and testing) so that I could share my home directory, with music and video, with my other computers, and share my printer. Needless to say, I did absolutely nothing to get it to work. Plugged it in, and it just worked.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 30, 2007

I wish I had an excuse to install and test it – but it really requires a purpose for bringing community together. Elgg is a very cool community-building and e-learning tool – it’s got the social networking combined with features like forums, etc. And further, there is an amazing integration of Elgg with Mediawiki.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. "Global Entrepreneurship Week takes place from 16 – 22 November 2009. I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources across the web ever day. " Download the report! . "The

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 13-17, 2009 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. And, if you submitted a nonprofit panel - and I managed to miss it while scanning 1200 in ten minutes - please add the link and description in a comment. Please try to vote for as many nonprofit panels. To vote: 1.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 2, 2007

My tip: Allow non-registered users to comment – I imagine you’d get more comments that way. at 4:44 am { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Deborah Elizabeth Finn 03.03.07 Acting on your suggestion, I’ve changed my settings so that readers can post comments without registering.

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

Segment, test and repeat. Receive monthly updates 2 Comments | by Share Article in Case Studies , Marketing Research , Nonprofit Benchmark Studies , Online Advocacy , Online Fundraising Reader Comments (2) Great point about hooking and engaging. May 14, 2009 | Eric Copyright © 2008, Care2.com com , Inc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

If you know of campaigns and lessons learned that haven't been included, please leave a comment: August 2007 I launched a campaign to raise money and get t-shirts donated for the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. The experiment was to test Twitter's speed. They got enough comments in two hours to fill a truck.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

She and I have have linked to each other’s blog posts and commented on each others posts over the past three years. I wrote about her project The Born2Fly Project to stop child trafficking in January, 2009 on National Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Awareness Day. She is no stranger to building relationships.

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2011

TechSoup's NetSquared Initiative partnered with the HRC in the first conference The Soul of the New Machine in 2009 to help select a winner in their Mobile Challenge. Using an event such as the 2008 financial crisis as a backdrop, he hopes to be able to back-test his hypothesis against the volumes of data generated around the same time.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

60) Search « Converting New Activists into Donors | Main | Five Tips to Engaging New Online Activists » Thursday Jun 11 2009 How Sticky is Facebook? Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 01:28PM | by Allyson Kapin Facebook is the 5th most trafficked site in the United States. Reader Comments (7) Excellent stats Allyson.

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NTEN

JUNE 30, 2010

At the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we gave our session evaluation system a major tech overhaul by highlighting a mobile text messaging option in addition to our normal paper evaluations -- as well as an online option that was added at the last minute.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

Main | Care2 Adds Two Experts to Nonprofit Services Team » Wednesday Jan 14 2009 10 Fast Tips to Boost E-newsletter Performance Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 10:40AM | by Allyson Kapin Let’s face it: People have a love hate relationship with their email. January 15, 2009 | Samer Excellent suggestions!

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See3

MARCH 17, 2008

Not illicit, hacky apps like people have been writing so far, but authorized, tested, legitimate software, much of it free, that can tap into all the features of the iPhone. Share and Enjoy: 5 Comments comment jackie Does this mean office iPhones will be required in the next year?? There’s a video of Steve Jobs’s announcement.

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Care2

JANUARY 6, 2009

60) Search « Care2 Adds Two Experts to Nonprofit Services Team | Main | Year-End Fundraising » Tuesday Jan 06 2009 Defining a Nonprofit Websites Google Analytics KPIs (Part 2) Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 12:43PM | by James OMalley In part 1 of this series, we discussed how to correctly install your Google Analytics.

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NTEN

JUNE 9, 2011

John has commented on your Wall." Ask them to comment on a recent conversation (list links to a few recent ones). Send these via some sort of email newsletter software such as MailChimp, VerticalResponse, or Constant Contact so that you can monitor each message's click-through performance and make improvements based on message testing.

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Care2

JUNE 16, 2009

» Monday Jun 15 2009 Converting New Activists into Donors Monday, June 15, 2009 at 05:05PM | by Allyson Kapin Last week Frogloop talked with Madeline Stanionis and Jenn Smith of Watershed about their top 5 tips for engaging new activists who recently signed up for a nonprofit’s email list. All rights reserved.

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Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

60) Search « SXSW Panels Offer Key Advice to Nonprofits | Main | GuideStar Study Says Nonprofits Need to be Transparent » Wednesday Mar 25 2009 Convio Releases Nonprofit Online Marketing Benchmarks Study Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 10:02PM | by Allyson Kapin Allyson Kapin, Editor-In-Chief ‘Tis the season for benchmark studies.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

April 27 , 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 1. April 27 , 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 3. April 27 , 2009 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 5. April 28 , 2009 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM 10. With so many great panels to choose from it was a challenge to come up with my top 10 panels to check out. Without further ado here are my favorites.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2013

I tweeted and Facebooked a request for friends to suggest things I could resolve to do over the course of 2009. A critical part of the scientific method is the development of a hypothesis, which can then be tested with well controlled research. Beck will be checking in to respond to your comments and questions here.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

60) Search « Friday Webinar: Best Practices for Email List-growth and Fundraising | Main | 10 Fast Tips to Boost E-newsletter Performance » Thursday Jan 15 2009 What Makes A Campaign Go Viral? ” Post your comments! Reader Comments (2) Viral = anything that spreads from person to person. Just my two cents.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

Compare that to Q2 2009, when just 16% of consumers had a smartphone. But don't let that be a deterrent - rather, think of it as a challenge and an opportunity to test what works best. Share the answers to these questions - and the URL for your mobile site - in the comments. This is a trend that's only going to grow.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

at 11:56 pm { 8 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Joe 11.06.08 I went through a similar exercise in January ( [link] ) and noticed a few major benefits of symfony over cake: - the database integration is a huge timesaver - symfony makes it easy to write tests for your app 2 Scott T.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The median online gift above $1,000 was $3,500 in 2009. Always use multiple donation forms for targeting, testing, and expanding giving options. This also means there is the ability to do A/B testing, multivariate testing, and a variety of targeting options. blog comments powered by Disqus Previous: What is Jumo?

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Most fraud starts with $1 gifts so that the criminals can test the numbers. There is some research on the subject, but it is always a good idea to test and optimize. The only best practice is to test. I recommend testing this before applying it across the board. Here are steps organizations can take: 1.

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sgEngage

JUNE 2, 2011

In a nutshell, creating a social media strategy that can stand the test of time. Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader. What is your new book all about?

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NTEN

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. Post your commenting policy on your Fan Page's info tab. Retweet followers, answer questions, and comment back. Be transparent.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

60) Search « Nonprofit Resolutions That Will Make A Difference in 2009 | Main | On Frogloops Radar » Wednesday Jan 28 2009 The Joys of Google Grants, Part 1 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at 10:51AM | by Robin Reed When the National Women’s Law Center first applied for a Google Grant ?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 2, 2010

When you read the book, allow for plenty of time to devote to the self-assessment tests and for making good use of Lis recommended worksheets. The test and discussion regarding authenticity and transparency are particularly important. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around.

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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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