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Video Fridays – 2009 Arc Convention Edition

NCE Social Media

The 2009 Arc Convention is happening right now in Pittsburgh. If you’d like to see more of their videos, here is a link to their YouTube page and one for their videos and music files from their website. This is a great example of how a YouTube video can share one of your myriad programs.

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Using smart tech to reimagine nonprofit work

Candid

Clay Shirky, the author of Here Comes Everyone , wrote in 2009 , “Digital tools don't get socially interesting until they get technologically boring.” Intelligent virtual assistants " can schedule meetings without the back and forth that even a tool like Doodle involves by regularly cruising through files, correspondence, and calendars .

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Analyzing Budgets and Saving Money at a Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

You could be getting a reimbursement check every year for thousands of dollars if you file sales tax reports. Example: Energy/Utility. in 2009 to equip organizations with the skills and tools needed to become successful and sustainable. These funds are often depleted quickly, so act immediately when opportunities are announced.

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Marketing and Engagement: Making the most of your Emails

Amy Sample Ward

From 2009 to 2010, the open rate for organizations of all sizes and sectors declined by 12% on average. Meanwhile, unsubscribe rates held steady from 2009 to 2010. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Highlights. The fundraising response rate fell by 19%, while the advocacy response rate fell by 7%.

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This guy is right on

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Can you tell us some examples of how Excel is superior or more supple than Calc? Opening whatever you throw at it: say “open&# , find a file, and Excel will at least try to open it. OOo Calc will open your txt files in OOo Writer no matter what they contain. but it won’t talk to mailmerge files.

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Reply Comments on the Proposed Treaty for Access to Copyrighted Works

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We filed the following comments to the Copyright Office's request for comments on issues about access for people with print disabilities. Microsoft Press is a great example of this. The irony of this was clear when I saw Microsoft file comments advocating for voluntary solutions.

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Eating my own dogfood. It sometimes tastes yucky.

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

So, here is a real life example of someone with a measly 195 records in her contacts database. I could dump all my addresses into one big flat file, and use grep. July 9, 2007 So I talk a lot about both open source software, and the preciousness of one’s own data. I rail against vendors who promote lock-in.