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. If pretty much all I did was documents, email and the web, like many people, I wouldn’t be having these issues.

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Open Source Ubuntu Music Course 111

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Most of us now host all of our applications and our data and our email systems documents/spreadsheets, etc. The basic protocols and roles of successful camps were documented in real time and shared in the cloud. Cloud computing offers us all the same freedom for our information infrastructure. on our own servers or desktops.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Most of us now host all of our applications and our data and our email systems documents/spreadsheets, etc. The basic protocols and roles of successful camps were documented in real time and shared in the cloud. Cloud computing offers us all the same freedom for our information infrastructure. on our own servers or desktops.

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Social South America Disaster Mobile 61

sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2024

MicroEdge was established back in 1985 and released their Grants Management Software “GIFTS Online” in 2009. Some of the latest updates we are excited about include new document management capabilities, new ways to delete data in bulk, a completely reimagined applicant-centric portal, and the introduction of SKY API®.

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Blackbaud API Application Grant 77

NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

We connect with members using e-mail and social networking, carry out research on search engines and Web sites, and use online services to purchase supplies and produce and store documents. Google just released data that it received over 3,500 demands from law enforcement involving criminal investigations in the last six months of 2009.

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Law Time California Government 55

Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

For file sharing we use Box.net. On October 24, 2009, 350.org On October 24, 2009, 350.org These documented 5,245 actions taking place in 181 countries. For office productivity we use Google Apps. We use Yammer for internal team communications and collaboration. We also use Twitter for social media.

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Green Org Skype New York City 54

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

The first social enterprise model was documented there in 1990 (Defourny, Hulgård, & Pestoff, 2014). The traditional method of receiving tax-deductible donations is to file for 501(c) status with the Internal Revenue Service, an application for 501(c)(3) status designed for a religious, charitable, or educational purpose.

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Model Fund Social United States 53

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

in fact, cutting and pasting from their website they offer: * Two-way audio * Interactive whiteboard * Direct messaging * Application sharing * File transfer * Synchronized web tour * Live webcam * Breakout rooms The only problem I encountered is that video transmission is only supported for Windows and Mac – not Linux/Unix.

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Search Web Open Source Audio 100

Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

For file sharing we use Box.net. On October 24, 2009, 350.org On October 24, 2009, 350.org These documented 5,245 actions taking place in 181 countries. For office productivity we use Google Apps. We use Yammer for internal team communications and collaboration. We also use Twitter for social media.

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Green Org Skype New York City 36

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. 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.

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Social Media Media Social Flickr 81

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

In Cake, the database build is separate from the application building (you do it yourself), whereas in Symfony, you use Symfony to build the database with schema files written in YAML. They both have good documentation and active communities. I set up both on my laptop, and tried out some really simple app development.

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Open Source Database Model AJAX 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

A Guest Beneblog by Anita Gohdes, Jeff Klingner, Megan Price and Patrick Ball The recent release of almost 400,000 secret US military files on the war in Iraq through Wikileaks has attracted wide media coverage. They have estimated that the SIGACTS describes 15,000 civilian deaths previously undocumented by IBC (BBC’s report is here ).

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

There are plenty of well documented and researched usability issues with nonprofit donations forms that can be improved to get better results right now. What about nonprofits that don’t file an IRS Form 990 ? Getting Mobile Donations Right Is building an iPhone app the best use of a nonprofit’s resources? Probably not.

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Trend Nonprofit Blackbaud Aggregator 75

Connection Cafe

MAY 16, 2011

Increasingly communication is moving beyond corporate email, in-office meetings, and official documentation. Employees at your organization are using IM, Skype, social networks, and collaborative file and note sharing tools to communicate and exchange information and do their jobs. Comments, files, and links can be shared.

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