Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 7, 2007

March 7, 2007 Next Monday, I’m hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. The topic is “Nonprofit Data Management: from slips of paper to CRM&# As you all know, I’ve been thinking about data management issues for years, and it would be great for people to share their ideas and knowledge.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

The 2009 Global Fundraising Confidence Survey, carried out by training and consultancy firm the Management Centre, is based on the views of 126 fundraising directors and sector experts around the world." Where we are, how we got here, and where we are going. " Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2007

It’s that there is a lack of really good support – responsive, empowering, educational, integrative, and knowledgeable about, and invested in, the sector. " Its not that there is a lack of technology vendors and support. For those of us who’d like to see organizations get better support – how do we do that?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

Changes in the application happen without your knowledge or consent. Disadvantages to cloud computing Depending on the vendor and the application, you are dependent on them to keep the application up and your data intact. Your data is not directly in your hands, but in the hands of a third party.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

I’m excited about this project – it’s gathering the knowledge and expertise of a great group of folks, and it will provide a free source of information and case studies so that nonprofits can best figure out how to step into the frothy waters of social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

And, then it is an ongoing activity of f eeding and tuning your network as Howard Rheingold says it in this still very relevant article about building your professional network on Twitter back in 2009. Coach, consultant, and writer Kivi Leroux Miller. The other day I witnessed the result of feeding and tuning a network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2011

As a technology trainer, capacity builder, and consultant working with nonprofits, I always ask the fishing question, especially since I work in the area of emerging technologies that often falls prey to Shiny Object Syndrome — ( Google + anyone? Fundraising advisors encourage this support too. Paul Connolly.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Chapter 3 is a discussion on Peer production – it talks about how it is that people have come together to collaboratively create software and content – basically, knowledge production. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

Truth be told, there is nothing on my LinkedIn or Facebook profiles that isn’t public knowledge, except who my contacts are. But once you put that data out there, and you have contacts who can see it, you’ve lost control of that data – any of your contacts could make that data about you public. 3 KJ 08.09.07

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Moderated by NTEN membership director, former NetSquared organizer, and friend of TechSoup Amy Sample Ward , "Rethinking Movement Buildling" brought together three luminaries from organizations whose stock-in-trade are movements to promote social change. The Role of Organizations in Movement Building.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

Most creatives and knowledge workers who are not developers. If you are a ‘Circuit Rider’ then re-applying this knowledge makes administrating easier and thus cost effective for 3rd sector organisations. Where is Linux not a good idea? I am sorry that you didn’t find your GNU/Linux experience to your satisfaction.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Secondly, I certainly saw that over the five years I was the IT Director at the Coalition for the Homeless that our clients were increasingly interested in initiating and maintaining electronic communications with our case workers. For one thing, feeding people is not what NTEN does. to help us be a sustainable and healthy organization.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

at 12:32 pm Hi Michelle, Our Social Media Director came across your blog this morning, and passed the link along to me. I think instructor’s video with whiteboard format is a good format for knowledge sharing. I’m stepping back and thinking a bit more about this. { 6 trackbacks } The Webinar Blog 08.23.07

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

conference in January 2009, in which he talked about how Flickr is a great tool to facilitate communities. Debra Askanase is a former community organizer and executive director, and the founder and lead consultant at Community Organizer 2.0, at the Smithsonian 2.0 This post was originally published on Community Organizer 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

In a deliberate, organic, and aggressively inclusive manner, advised Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, and consultant Eugene Eric Kim, at Grantmakers for Effective Organizations’ “Growing Social Impact in a Networked World” conference yesterday. ” Paul Connolly.

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2011

On a first-come-first-serve basis, attendees may sign up for a personal review and ten-minute brainstorm about their organizations’ sites, conducted by Raheel Gauba, Blackbaud’s director of creative services. To have your site be one of the five reviewed during the session, register by emailing raheel.gauba@blackbaud.com.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Finding someone knowledgable about different CMS options is a good idea as well. To make it easiest, you’ll need the help of the current CMS vendor. Doing research on different CMS projects might help you figure out what one might work for you. 3 Javier Barreira 02.21.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

How can we talk about technology in social change, while, at the same time, publishing in a format that limits the availability of this knowledge to people privileged enough to pay for it? This goes back to my constant refrain – the means are the ends. These resources and tools thus improve equality of opportunity.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2011

On a first-come-first-serve basis, attendees may sign up for a personal review and ten-minute brainstorm about their organizations’ sites, conducted by Raheel Gauba, Blackbaud’s director of creative services. To have your site be one of the five reviewed during the session, register by emailing raheel.gauba@blackbaud.com.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

From my perspective, there are four elements to a technology support process with this as a model: Assessment – where is the client – both in terms of technology knowledge, as well as in terms of what they need at the moment?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 22, 2010

Saturday, May 22, 2010 Use This eBook To Improve Your Communication The former director of communications for McDonalds, David Grossman, now a leading consultant, speaker and author has released a free eBook about how to communicate effectively. GEN X Employees -- Like having their professionalism and growing knowledge valued.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And I operate a grants and fundraising consulting business, and we support nonprofits all over the country, started off primarily with those in the DMV area but it’s expanded since then. And I think another important component is knowledge. Rachel: I was working in management consulting during the ARRA funding of 2009.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 22, 2021

She’s over Grants4Good, been doing this a long time, and is just really, really knowledgeable. As Steve said, my name is Margit Brazda Poirier, and I’m owner and founder of Grants4Good, a grant consulting company that I started in 2009. And again, Grants4Good, I started it back in 2009, so that’s been 12 years.

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 25, 2008

As far as ‘buzz director’ goes… I do need to unpick what I mean a little more (a *lot* more). One thing that helps people rise out of poverty is a reliable way of storing and exchanging the value built up through effort and knowledge. You’ll recall this interview , and this post , and this one. Lucky chap.

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