Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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Please take the NOSI survey

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Please take the NOSI survey January 7, 2008 In my work with NOSI (the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative,) I’ve become really interested in how FOSS is used in nonprofit organizations.

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Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

He has some good ideas and suggestions about how to be transparent as an organization through the website. I do think the biggest mistake an organization can make in the re/creation of its website is to go with the vendor with the lowest bid. Check This List 07.28.08 Check This List 07.28.08

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Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

And I get to highlight the work of some of my favorite bloggers, too. at 4:17 pm We are finding that to stand out there has to be something that provides and opportunity for the organization to be remembered. Recently, in working with a number of our domestic violence organizations we came up with a logo for the message.

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Data Portability update

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Dataportability.org – the organization, has gotten a lot of press in the tech industry lately because some very big players recently joined. I think as nonprofit organizations begin to work more and more using Web 2.0 I think as nonprofit organizations begin to work more and more using Web 2.0

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What is cloud computing?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

So I’m going to try and lay out the details of what cloud computing is, and how it’s useful for nonprofit organizations. Cloud computing just doesn’t make any sense, or work in any reasonable way without it (have you ever tried to use Gmail on dial up?) at 2:23 pm Hi, thanks for the mention of Gliffy in your writeup.

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My life as an (almost) ex-Technology Consultant

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’ve been doing this work for more than 10 years now, full time for about seven of those years. I got to be a geek, and feel like I was really making a difference in the workings of organizations, and, hopefully, in people’s lives. It’s been an important part of my life for all of this time.

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Frackin’ Brilliant

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Leverage the power of the open platform of Salesforce.com, and do the work that nonprofits (and consultants) have been having to do to bang Salesforce.com into shape as a donor database. Of course, the proof will be in the pudding – we’ll find out over time how this app works, and whether organizations like it.