Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What I’m learning November 30, 2007 It’s been mostly fun so far at the Open Translation event here in Zagreb. What are the tools like? How do we replace proprietary tools? Be Helpful.

Bhutan 100

Bhutan Learning Open Source Open 100

Candid

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In our new book, The Smart Nonprofit , we use the umbrella term “smart tech” to refer to technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its subsets and cousins, such as machine learning, and natural language processes. Turning over this much decision-making power to tech tools has never happened before. .

Tech 124

Tech Work Nonprofit Minnesota 124

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 5, 2009

Join us for Net Tuesday London, this month: Resolutions for Learning! January’s event will ask questions like: How do you manage your learning? Where do you go to connect with other online who are learning about or interested in the same things you are? 6:15-7:00 - Learning discussion groups & idea sharing.

Learning 100

Learning Collaboration Collaborative Learning Model 100

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2009

After someone donates, signs up or completes any other action for your organization is prime time for providing relevant follow-up options to get more involved, learn more, or support your organization/campaign in other ways. It doesn’t help your cause to have people in your database that aren’t really there.

Review 120

Review Benchmark Advocacy Database 120

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #6: Joomla! Like any powerful CMS, though, there is quite the learning curve in order to get a site up and running. 3 Laura Whitehead 02.05.08 4 admin 02.05.08

Open Source 100

Open Source Open Tools Free 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 26, 2008

These span the range from tools I use every day or every week, to tools use more occasionally, but depend on. Open Source Tools. I use WP pretty much everyday, between my own blogs, and helping clients maintain theirs. I’m betting that in 2009, many folks will move from shared hosting to VPS servers.

Tools 100

Tools Open Source Drupal Adobe 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2011

Note from Beth: I was thrilled that Paul Connolly agreed to write a guest post sharing some of the public learning taking place through the OE Goldmine Project on the Packard Foundation OE Wiki. How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish? Flickr Photo by Minarae. What you think? Guest post by Paul Connolly.

Teach 108

Teach Help Los Angeles Wiki 108

Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2012

With these donated training courses, novice Adobe users can get the basics they need to help your organization, while more experienced users can learn to design stronger newsletters, websites, and pamphlets. Learn how to more efficiently create, maintain, and improve the quality of websites. Online Training for Dreamweaver.

Adobe 65

Adobe Software Learning Training 65

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

DECEMBER 27, 2011

When I had surgery in 2009, I used eHop e as an online tool to help me stay in touch with my community and ask for help. It was an awe-inspiring experience ,* although eHope was probably a much more powerful tool than I needed. Use of this online tool is free, and the host organization is a nonprofit.

Tools 65

Tools Test Community Online 65

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

I wrote about her project The Born2Fly Project to stop child trafficking in January, 2009 on National Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Awareness Day. Lessons Learned From A Twitterthon by Diana Scimone. 9. Get professional help when you need it. 6. People love information. In your opinion, what worked? What didn’t?

Lesson 97

Lesson Learning Dominican Republic Widget 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I've had a post in draft for a couple of weeks now about some personal/professional goals or my New Year's resolutions for 2009. I read Chris Brogan's " Your 3 Goals for 2009 " and I loved his process. Think of how you want to be successful in 2009. I hope to learn the art of sentence combining. I have a confession.

Goal 50

Goal ROI Wiki Metrics 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2009

2009 - Connected Action - Marc Smith - Social Media Network Analysis View more presentations from Marc Smith. In our book, The Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine, we provide an overview of mapping your social network in Twitter and other sites using some of the social network analysis tools available. .

Analysis 96

Analysis Social Network Social Media Network 96

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2009

Wireframes Magazine – I’ve been doing Information Architecture for a very long time, now, but it’s great to learn new tricks and tools. Wireframes Magazine – I’ve been doing Information Architecture for a very long time, now, but it’s great to learn new tricks and tools. Be Helpful.

Open Source 100

Open Source RSS Tech Comment 100

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 24, 2009

Social Media: What I Learned This Year | Millennial Marketing – Carol Phillips has a great post recapping what she learned about social media in 2009, including: "Effective use of Social Media requires enthusiasm and diligence." Download the December 2009 version of this list here. NonProfit 2.0

Wikispaces 111

Wikispaces Wiki Web Unconference 111

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. Here’s a run through of the Tools Galore session.

Tools 100

Tools Tech Map Case Study 100

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2010

Now, participants have access to the tools they need to raise money online. But in reality, having the tools is only half the battle for many individuals. From these, I pulled together this set of lessons learned. Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2009: Participant Fundraising. What worked for your organization in 2009?

Lesson 33

Lesson Learning Fundraising Convio 33

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Change the Web Challenge is about building innovative tools to help people find and share opportunities to take action on the Web sites, blogs, and social networks that we all visit every day. “We want you to dream up a new tool to help people find and share actions. Learn more about the Challenge & participate!

Action 100

Action Challenge Web Change 100

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Once you have a good understanding of your expenses, consider the following 8 ways cutting costs could help: 1. in 2009 to equip organizations with the skills and tools needed to become successful and sustainable. Learn more, visit [link]. Need more help with your budget? Funding For Good, Inc.

Money 98

Money Nonprofit United States Fund 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The 1 st tool was MySpace back in 2007. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs? gid=104492.

Cancer 220

Cancer Los Angeles Social Media Action 220

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Google Chrome September 4, 2008 The hiatus is over with a short entry about Google Chrome , the new browser from Google that I learned about on the twitterverse while I was stopped at one rest stop or another.

Google 113

Google Open Source Virtual RSS 113

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

But in the nonprofit realm, my perspective on helping nonprofit organizations with technology issues has a lot to do with client empowerment, learning based on what’s needed at the moment, and active collaboration. I learned a lot. Thanks for your inspirational commitment to learning of all types.

Nptech 100

Nptech Unconference Open Source Model 100

Care2

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Our discussion on November 18, 2009 offered ideas to help participants craft a strategy to raise money and engage donors through integrated campaigns, understand how to use all the different channels and tools out there (including social media, email, websites, mobile, mail, etc.),

Channel 52

Channel Integration New York City Campaign 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

We’ll share some of these case studies below, but for more, check out these projects and learn more about the people behind them at the Games for Change Festival ( [link] ), NYC’s largest gaming event that convenes the social change community and game makers, next month (April 22-24 & 26). In Philanthropy.

Difference 110

Difference Game New York City San Francisco 110

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

I’m quite excited about really getting my hands dirty working on some plug ins, or some such, really learning the ins and outs of Drupal. It will be interesting to learn the innards of a CMS. Be Helpful. So far, it’s been largely painless.

Drupal 100

Drupal Open Source RSS Press 100

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2017

Defining and measuring social impacts, determining whether the intervention is effective and why, and being able to prove efficacy with solid evidence are important prerequisites to a decision to scale (Harris, 2010; Riddell & Moore, 2015; Roob & Bradach, 2009; Stone Foundation, 2009). Stone Foundation (2009).

Program 64

Program Impact New York Model 64

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Kathy Reich, Director of Organizational Effectiveness Grantmaking at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, write up this summary of the session. I am looking forward to the next chapter of work which will continue to focus on networks, but how they can be used by nonprofit for learning that leads to greater impact. Stay tuned.

Celebrate 116

Celebrate Foundation Chapter Social Media 116

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 8, 2008

Thanks to twitter (hat tip to marshallk ), I learned about today’s big news: Google, Plaxo and Facebook joined the Data Portability working group. Be Helpful. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

Social Network 100

Social Network Network Social Open Source 100

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2009

All 10 finalists will be invited to present their ideas at an international conference, “The Soul of the New Machine: Human Rights, Technology, and New Media,” at UC Berkeley, May 4 and 5, 2009. Learn more. Learn more. We want you to dream up a new tool to help people find and share actions. Learn more.

Netsquared 100

Netsquared Challenge Interview Sponsor 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 10, 2010

Learn basic HTML. I launched this blog in September 2009. Help your donors understand how Web 2.0 fundraising tools work. work and that donating on through these tools is safe and endorsed by your organization. For the last 4.5 My Top Five are below: 1. Launch a blog. I was a reluctant blogger. I was wrong.

ROI 220

ROI Social Media Myspace Media 220

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

But I help them plan their technology initiatives (a new database, a new website, etc.,) help them find the vendors that will do the work by helping them craft good RFPs. I answer all of their tech questions, and solve pretty much all of their tech problems (mostly by helping them figure out who they should call.)

Consultant 111

Consultant Open Source Database Tech 111

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

The other arm is learning. And I can’t stay a technology expert without continually learning. Be Helpful. The vendor is expert at what they do, but cannot always provide a channel of communication that the client can really work with. I provide that clear channel, so both sides benefit. at 6:06 am Michelle, I love this!

Practice 100

Practice Open Source Consultant Articulate 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 16, 2007

Although he writes about the technology field as a whole, and seems very tapped into the for-profit world, he has lots of words of wisdom I think we can learn from. Be Helpful. We all don’t need to be on the bleeding edge to get stuff done. { We all don’t need to be on the bleeding edge to get stuff done. {

Tips 100

Tips Open Source RSS Tech 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 10, 2008

We might be able to build the most wizz-bang amazing website ever (in a technological sense) but if we haven’t really thought about how we moved through the project, never evaluated how the project really went, and didn’t learn from the process, in the end, the project wasn’t the success it seemed to be. Be Helpful.

Evaluation 111

Evaluation Reflection Open Source Journal 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

BusinessWeek innovation blog reached out to its readers on Facebook, Twitter, and its blog asking for suggestions for social media innovators for 2009. 2) Eyes to the World: People innovating with social media to help others. And she shares what she learns with nonprofits everywhere. Beth Kanter is our pick.

Social Media 50

Social Media Media Boston Social 50

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 30, 2008

Michele Martin talks about developing a personal learning plan. Be Helpful. David Geilhufe ponders how technology solutions split communities, and issues of a lack of strategic vision. It’s a great, thoughtful post. David is always a great source for thoughtful insights about open source.

Technology 100

Technology Open Source Sample Nonprofit 100

NTEN

APRIL 9, 2009

Flickr Photo by Green Moon Penguin Day is coming to San Francisco on Saturday, April 25, 2009, right before the NTC. Free And Open Source Online Advocacy: Tools And Best Practices. Online Fundraising With All Free and Open Tools. Learnings from Google Summers of Code. The latest agenda can be found here.

Open Source 36

Open Source NTC San Francisco Open 36

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 18, 2007

And today, I learned about two online tools written with Asterisk, which would have been impossible a few years ago. Committee Caller seems like an amazing tool. I look forward to seeing more of what kinds of new and interesting tools can be powered by Asterisk under the hood. Be Helpful. And it’s free, too.

Open Source 100

Open Source Open Case Study RSS 100