Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 19, 2007

Second is that Linux servers seem to have made very serious inroads into nonprofit organizations, such that they are becoming almost commonplace. Providers seem to be surviving (or thriving) with this model, free and open source software projects are getting the support they need, and clients are getting the software solutions they need.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 14, 2011

With support from the Blue Shield of California Foundation , NFF recently released Navigating a New Course , a report on the challenges these organizations are facing. So, for reasons that are driven by their mission and their funders, the “shelter-based” business model has come to dominate this sector.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Consumers/donors have expectations of an online relationship with their charities of choice that is different than what was expected just 24 months ago. It's a relationship driven by their experiences with their bank, their airline or travel site, and yes, Google, Apple, YouTube and eBay. . To get your invitation visit [link].).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

This software includes assessment tools for evaluating students’ ability to problem solve, explain the relationships in complex systems, and comprehend informational texts and diagrams. Since 2009, Zynga.org has enabled millions of players to contribute nearly $20 million to more than 30 nonprofit organizations globally.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Research is limited, due to the differences between data sets, the variety of Asian American ethnic groups, and the lack of adequate conceptual models to examine ethnic sub-groups (Sundeen, Garcia, & Raskoff, 2009). [1] Comparison of models of acculturation: The case of Korean Americans. Like this article? Get another!

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Our Leadership Council incorporates a diverse array of expertise and cause affiliations with representation from nonprofit organizations, corporations, foundations, academic institutions, and many more. His work examines the challenges of performance measurement, accountability, and governance facing organizations with a social purpose .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

Understanding and mapping your network is one of the indicators in my “Crawl Walk Run Fly” maturity of practice model and looks something like this: Click to see larger image. Also to show the relationships to different clusters (related people or organizations) and nodes (a person or organization).

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Likewise, youth undoubtedly have a role in the fulfillment of the mission of any organization. So, they made a point of teaching me about history from an indigenous perspective, surrounding me with role models that reflected my cultural values and immersing me in traditional spiritual practices from the time I was born.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

ZeroDivideâ„¢ Board of Directors Position Description ZeroDivide is seeking candidates for its Board of Directors to serve for a three-year term commencing on February 1, 2009. We're collaborative, bringing a valuable vantage point that stems from having worked with hundreds of community-based organizations.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

In our first post – “ The Knitting Factor: Making Skills-Based Volunteering Work for Your Organization ” – we introduced the concept of The Knitting Factor and highlighted three key conditions that make skilled volunteer engagements successful for corporate volunteers, nonprofit partners, and the communities they serve. Skills for Cities.

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Forum One

JANUARY 22, 2009

OECD suggests that innovation has changed from a linear model to a non linear and more complex relationship-based model. It takes a lot of planning and follow-through to change an organization's way of doing business. The group is now hosting a call for papers --due April 30, 2009.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

She grew up in Kazakhstan and moved to Canada in 2009 to attend George Brown College's advanced management program. She enjoyed passing on her business knowledge, acting as a role model, and building professional relationships along the way. "It's extremely important for us to stay financially organized.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

She grew up in Kazakhstan and moved to Canada in 2009 to attend George Brown College's advanced management program. She enjoyed passing on her business knowledge, acting as a role model, and building professional relationships along the way. "It's extremely important for us to stay financially organized.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

I started to do databases for organizations, and then, in 1999, I flew headlong into web application development, which became my specialty and mainstay until I took a break to go to seminary in 2005. And as time wore on, I lost touch with people and organizations. And I also struggled with the consulting business model.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

There are no better champions for your organization’s communication’s strategy than your staff. ” Leadership modeling is important. When they launched their staff as champion strategy, they had to make the case that it was worth the investment of their time. The organizational strategy is to impact policy change.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Laura’s experience working at and serving on the board of multiple arts organizations around the country shape her insights into the nonprofit community. In 2009, Tropicana OJ decided they needed a cooler, trendier juice carton. Members, like loyal OJ shoppers, bring reliable, consistent revenue into your organization.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Many organizations are enjoying lower overhead, higher productivity, and happier employees by providing the option to work from home (WFH). A growing trend among organizations is to get out of the business of owning servers entirely. All functional and productive organizations share certain characteristics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

It was organized by Ed Schipul. At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009, there were more nonprofit focused panels and happily the trend continued at SXSW 2010. Our session will explore how and why this needs to change. Trust me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Some tips to build capacity and benefiting from a fundraising contest: Get organized both online and offline. Some wisdom from DC Nonprofits: JoesMovement : Joe’s Movement Emporium is the community performing arts center of World Arts Focus, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that was launched in 1992. Designate a cheer leader.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

I’ve been playing with the conversational panel or conversational keynote models for short sessions (60, 75 or 90 minutes.) I started experimenting with these concepts back in 2008 at SXSW session on Nonprofit ROI and SXSW Session on Nonprofit Crowdsourcin g as well as at the NTC in 2009 on a session mapping metrics to strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

It was organized by Ed Schipul. At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals. Where does it surpass the traditional advertising model? Submitted by Michael Silberman. What is it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

The 2009 NMC Symposium for the Future , the fourteenth in the NMC’s Series of Virtual Symposia (October 27-29th), will explore actual and potential applications of technology that could impact issues of global importance over the next five years and beyond. Transparency has its benefits, but so does privacy. Wait a minute!

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Word on the street is that acquiring new donors and then retaining them is getting more and more difficult and more and more expensive for nonprofit organizations. I signed up as a sustaining donor to an organization just a month before my card was due to expire. That happened sometime in 2008 or 2009. Author: Michelle Shefter.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

It was organized by Ed Schipul. At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals. You've heard the buzz around how nonprofit organizations and corporations are using social media for social good.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 25, 2011

Respondents came from large organizations and small, and from all sub-sectors, and include a small sample from Arizona. Since we started this undertaking in 2009, weve heard each year that demand is on the rise, and that remains the expectation for 2011. How to Start a Nonprofit Organization: Questions t.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 24, 2009

To learn more about the Fund, I attended a panel called Social Innovation: Harnessing What Works to Address Critical National Challenges at the 2009 National Conference on Volunteering and Service. She emphasized that when great programs are housed in bad organizations they die.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

User generated content, and the hope of monetizing it through advertising, is at the core of the business model of almost all social media platforms. Collective action can take the form of signing online petitions, fundraising, tele-calling, or organizing an offline protest or event.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

Whether you are new to grants, and re-evaluating how your organization seeks out grant funding, Rachel Werner will go through what you need to know to become more grant ready. And then in terms of organizations themselves, there’s been a lot of changes in the priority setting and also just the programming that’s being provided.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

The data were collected in the summer of 2009 by asking people to reflect on their volunteering during all of 2008. The first question in the September volunteer supplement asks “Since September 1st of last year, have you done any volunteer activity through or for an organization?&# We welcome your comments and feedback.

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NTEN

MARCH 25, 2013

That’s the complicated part of social change - complicated problems call for complicated solutions, even when our business models force us to focus on one simple arena. Collectively, these organizations begin to address the complex issue of hunger. Fortunately, soup kitchens don’t work alone in addressing hunger. Did we succeed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2009

My thinking: Social media conversations and online campaigns create whole new models for bringing together & powering the progressive movement. Although at core: People coming together in the real-world are key to fueling how we organize for change. We need real world events to be a central part of our online organizing.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 31, 2017

Nonprofit organizations are among the strongest bridges that connect global problems with solutions. The world needs effective organizations to carry out programs that are beneficial to society. While devotion to a cause will lift the wings of a solution, an organization must guide and oversee its growth if it is to ever take flight.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

A lot of it has been because I have lately been exposed to situations where I have felt organizations haven’t gotten the support they need, which, in our world, I think is all too common. Certainly, if you are a technology provider that values empowerment of your clients, this is probably a good model to consider.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Their clients include companies like Blue Bottle Coffee , Numi Organic Tea , Premier Organics , and Revolution Foods. He was recently named 2009 Young Professional of the Year by the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. To start, Jose talked about what Inner City Advisors is, and what makes them special.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

If you have purchased a copy/subscription to the Journal with a corporate license, this means that it is for use by people within your organization. You may post it to your intranet, so long as access to that intranet is restricted to those who work for your organization [emphasis mine]. I’m in an absurd position, personally.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

But I spend most of my time as a trainer and a strategist as a coach and I help organizations and the people that lead them, just like you, grow your skills, your teams, and your results. Oh, no business increased, coaching increased, the amount of change management exercises I had to take organizations through increased.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

of nonprofit organizations whose website is stuck behind a custom CMS – one that was written by some web development shop or another, and migration off of that custom CMS is going to be a nightmare. Should we be able to achieve a migration to drupal or one of the other open-source models? February 18, 2008 This is a rant.

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