NTEN

DECEMBER 21, 2011

In the four years that I’ve been responsible for planning and negotiating conference A/V and other technology expenses for NCFR, I’ve had my eye on mobile broadband as a potential lower-cost alternative for providing internet access. Our plan of attack going in was to bring nine mobile broadband devices. The approach.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Below you’re going to learn how you can launch an iPhone App for your nonprofit and have it added the App Store on iTunes and ready for download by the end of the year. As an iPhone user, I personally would love to download the Apps of my favorite nonprofits and have their avatars displayed on my iPhone. How about you?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Another part of my position is coaching the volunteers to embrace social media and use it to mobilize their volunteer base and communicate our message in their communities. When I started at organization in July 2009, the Facebook fan page had about 6,000 fans and now it has over 35,400 fans. We have over 70 affiliates in the U.S.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Miro is basically a video player, which can recognize RSS feeds, and automatically download videos. It can download videos via Bittorrent as well. There are channels for everything. PBS has quite a number, as do various and sundry video podcasters. It is, I imagine, what the future of television will be. {

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Robert Weiner

MAY 16, 2009

And it didn’t require an Internet connection to work — new info was downloaded whenever I sync’d my Palm. I’m still able to download info for new cities, and the sync with vindigo.com appears to be functioning. subscription was scheduled to renew on 4/11/2009 but you haven’t synced your device recently.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

Download the full white paper or share it using this link: [link] Below are notes from my remarks. In 2009, for example, two trapped girls in Australia chose to post to facebook for help rather than dialing emergency numbers directly. The internet is not new. Philanthropy has been able to move into the real time web, too.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Founded: 2014 Quiks works in both the nonprofit and corporate worlds as a mobile payment app that cuts the costs of processing ACH payments and donations. This means a bit of a lift for donors, who will need to download the app and sync it with their bank account. The fee structure for nonprofits, however, is competitive: $0.50

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

These are my links for January 16th through February 6th: How Twitter is Being Used By Companies | Mobile Technology in TAFE - Great post from Sue Waters about how different companies are using Twitter. Interesting to compare different styles and approaches. Here are some thoughts to help improve your back and forth."

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

I won’t be downloading it, or trying it, even when they release Mac or Linux versions. I can’t test it, because my Mac that has a Windows virtual machine is packed. But I will say this: that doesn’t matter. Why so curmudgeonly you ask? It is open source, after all. And it has some cool features. 2 film fan 09.16.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Look at the “download&# page (or “releases&# ). These are almost always free to download and try out – this is easier for some projects than others. See if they have good documentation. Check out the forums of email list archives of that project. How busy is it? When was the last release?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

" Download the 2009 Data Ecosystem Survey Report | NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network – NTEN just released a report on the data ecosystem in nonprofit organizations – it's free for members, but $50 for non-NTEN members. "The Here are five things non-profits should consider before pursuing texting."

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) com , Inc.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 20, 2008

at 6:12 pm Having spent a little bit of time to download MPower, I have to say I’m underwhelmed. I’m looking forward to having time to digest all that has happened here. { 7 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Thomas 03.20.08 Their web site makes no mention of what server technology is used/required for MPower.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

No administration fees, no license checking, no running out of licenses for larger organizations, nothin’ Download it and put it on every desktop and get rid of that license manager thingy. It’s stable, feature rich, uses open standards, reads and writes MS files, and, did I mention it’s free?

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Care2

JULY 13, 2012

Mobile apps are an interesting way for museums to advance their educational missions beyond people’s expectations. If you’ve heard of only one nonprofit mobile app, it’s likely this one since it was one of the earliest mobile apps developed by a major nonprofit organization. Frogloop has you covered.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

Maybe we’ll see a downloadable virtual machine with MPower installed running off a SQLite db. :-) I’m also hoping to see some modules for integration with Drupal put together. 3 Josiah Ritchie 04.16.08 at 7:48 pm Also, they will allow anyone to register for the community at this point.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

I downloaded the brand-spanking new nvidia drivers, so that I’d be ready to deal with such a high resolution. (X Windows and xorg – the current software implementation of X Windows – is the way that Linux displays the graphical user interface.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

I popped in my Fiesty Fawn (Kubuntu 7.04) CD that I’d burned from a downloaded ISO, and rebooted. We’ll see how that works once I am able to download some of the good wireless GUI tools out there (like NetworkManager, which I hear is good.) My first step was to make sure the laptop booted. It booted fine.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 29, 2007

It works pretty well (at this moment, I’m now downloading and installing the base system.) They have a site, with the URL: [link] which is a link to a windows.exe file, which is a simple, sweet Debian installer. 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

MARCH 5, 2007

As you can see, the download speed is fine, the upload speed is positively zippy compared to what they say it’s supposed to be. He connected the modem, which I happily connected to my Airport Extreme – and we’re off and running. It didn’t start out bad. The advertised speeds are 1.5 down, and 256K up.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Since 2005, nonprofits have downloaded it more than 13,000 times to send news, communicate information on critical issues, and serve as an emergency help line. Darius Jazayeri (2009), who created OpenMRS, an open source, free, and flexible medical records system that is easily customizable by health providers without the need for programmers.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Furthermore, all of the vendors should commit to a policy that if the front-end or API is unable to download or connect to their data- typically because of performance problems- then the vendor should provide the data or access for free. I absolutely agree with your call for more openness.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

I set up a mysql database in my standard generic virtual hosting setup, copied the downloaded and unzipped Joomla folder into my webspace by FTP, and fired up my browser. I hear Joomla is dead easy to install, and I need dead easy right now, so let’s try it. Well, guess what? Installing Joomla is dead easy. Um, sorta.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone. In 2009, for example, 2 trapped girls in Australia chose to post to facebook for help rather than dialing directly. It eventually garnered 45,000 users who took advantage of the easy-to-access tool to place reports.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Users can, for example, subscribe to feeds of crime incidents or view a Google Map of construction projects completed in 2009. Rhode Island's Open Data : Yet another site only a programmer could love, RI.gov's data library is as deep and wide as Newport Harbor, for which you can download tidal data. Tell us in the comments.

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Care2

JUNE 26, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) All rights reserved.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) June 11, 2009 | Tara Great list of tips!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Podcasts are simply audio blogs that were downloadable, and you could put on your favorite digital audio device (hence, "Pod"casting). Beth Kanter has been doing some great coverage of the emerging fields of blogging, podcasting and vlogging (she has a fabulous linkroll of blogging how-to’s on her blog.)

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) June 11, 2009 | Jeff Patrick Great article !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 10, 2010

When I bought my first iPhone in June 2009 I was absolutely blown away. I immediately downloaded the Apps for the social networking sites that I regularly use as well as the few Apps that were available from the nonprofit sector. I browse mobile websites. I personally don’t download Updates very often. There are 4.1

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Care2

MAY 8, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Thanks for this post.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Whitehouse.gov 2.0:

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Who wants to do fund rising programs.

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Care2

JUNE 4, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Thank you for beig so Generous.

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Care2

JANUARY 6, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) So is flexibility. Excellent post!

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