Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Meta—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—has been under fire in the past few years over its lax policies on news content, data privacy, and misinformation. Some users are migrating to new platforms, like Post, or to decentralized, open-source services, like Mastodon. Center language justice in your content strategies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2020

It isn’t a new field—it has been around for decades—but recent increases in computing power combined with decreases in the cost of that power have created a new generation of AI-powered tools and applications that are available to everyday people and organizations. Using all of this data, Quilt.AI

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Qgiv

MARCH 27, 2023

The GPT of ChatGPT stands for generative pre-trained transformer, which is a group of language models trained to generate human-like text developed by OpenAI. And the good news is that ChatGPT can help! If applicable, ask ChatGPT to include information about a specific program the donor’s generosity has helped.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. more on Open Standards and Benkler (actually, Benkler is up next – I’ve got two chapters to review).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. more on Open Standards and Benkler (actually, Benkler is up next – I’ve got two chapters to review).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

What’s an example of a leadership moment in the news that a prominent leader stepped up to? Just a few weeks into the job, GM’s new CEO Mary Barra stepped up to the company’s recall crisis. She has been much more open, transparent, and accountable than auto company leaders have traditionally been about recalls.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 27, 2020

What’s an example of a leadership moment in the news that a prominent leader stepped up to? Just a few weeks into the job, GM’s new CEO Mary Barra stepped up to the company’s recall crisis. She has been much more open, transparent, and accountable than auto company leaders have traditionally been about recalls.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Knight Foundation has launched a particularly interesting Knight News Challenge this year. The foundation plans to fund 20 plus projects with new ideas on how to increase participation in U.S. And it's very easy to do an application. I attended a Knight News Challenge kickoff event in San Francisco recently.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Michele Martin points to a new feature in google news that can spark conversations. Michelle Murrain is curbing her time on "walled gardens " like LinkedIn and Facebook while pondering the question, " How Open Is Facebook, Really? What language is this? Why not take a few minutes to answer her survey.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 11, 2023

Objection 3: Misuse There is a risk that GPT models can be misused or abused for malicious purposes, such as generating fake news or impersonating individuals online. Additionally, there are ongoing efforts to develop more transparent and interpretable AI models, including GPT models.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

On the morning of July 7th, a page was created for the events taking place in central London and as both television news and personal witnesses revealed more information the page content grew – by the minute. Those not in Haiti can also use the application as it aggregates news and actions to take. Examples from Haiti.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2007

1) Google: Back last month, TechCrunch reported that google was getting ready for an announcement about an open developer's API that would compete with the attention that the Facebook Platform is getting from developers. Newsvine is not as well none as social news innovator Digg, where users rank stories and push them to the "front page".

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

What’s an example of a leadership moment in the news that a prominent leader stepped up to? Just a few weeks into the job, GM’s new CEO Mary Barra stepped up to the company’s recall crisis. She has been much more open, transparent, and accountable than auto company leaders have traditionally been about recalls.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

What’s an example of a leadership moment in the news that a prominent leader stepped up to? Just a few weeks into the job, GM’s new CEO Mary Barra stepped up to the company’s recall crisis. She has been much more open, transparent, and accountable than auto company leaders have traditionally been about recalls.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 30, 2017

What’s an example of a leadership moment in the news that a prominent leader stepped up to? Just a few weeks into the job, GM’s new CEO Mary Barra stepped up to the company’s recall crisis. She has been much more open, transparent, and accountable than auto company leaders have traditionally been about recalls.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 20, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Google Health launches … and it’s not HIPAA compliant May 20, 2008 Yesterday, the big news is that Google Health launched. And note: this application is not HIPAA compliant. Here’s why.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

What’s an example of a leadership moment in the news that a prominent leader stepped up to? Just a few weeks into the job, GM’s new CEO Mary Barra stepped up to the company’s recall crisis. She has been much more open, transparent, and accountable than auto company leaders have traditionally been about recalls.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2018

What’s an example of a leadership moment in the news that a prominent leader stepped up to? Just a few weeks into the job, GM’s new CEO Mary Barra stepped up to the company’s recall crisis. She has been much more open, transparent, and accountable than auto company leaders have traditionally been about recalls.

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.orgSource

JULY 17, 2023

ChatGPT is a large language model within the family of generative AI systems. ChatGPT , from OpenAI, is a large language model within the family of generative AI systems. You are already experiencing AI’s magic in many applications. AI has the potential to take marketing in new directions. “As

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Encourage visitors to follow your organization on social media for news, events, and volunteer opportunities. Make them stand out on the page and use language that inspires action, such as “Give Today” or “Support Our Mission.” Make it clear to visitors what your organization does and the impact it creates.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

I get to use my expertise in web application development, but not have to do any web application development (which feels to me a lot like having my cake and eating it too.) I’m made comfortable by folks who speak what I think of as a good mix of development-speak and normal language. I hate to be pushed.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 25, 2015

What’s an example of a leadership moment in the news that a prominent leader stepped up to? Just a few weeks into the job, GM’s new CEO Mary Barra stepped up to the company’s recall crisis. She has been much more open, transparent, and accountable than auto company leaders have traditionally been about recalls.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

OpenSocial is a set of APIs that handle three different kinds of user data: profiles, social graph (who your friends are) and activities (the stuff of the Facebook news feeds.) And the language of these APIs are standard HTML and Javascript. This breaks the whole thing open. at 1:15 pm Open Social !=

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 22, 2015

What’s an example of a leadership moment in the news that a prominent leader stepped up to? Just a few weeks into the job, GM’s new CEO Mary Barra stepped up to the company’s recall crisis. She has been much more open, transparent, and accountable than auto company leaders have traditionally been about recalls.

Leadership 40

Leadership Demonstration Language Problem 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 14, 2014

What’s an example of a leadership moment in the news that a prominent leader stepped up to? Just a few weeks into the job, GM’s new CEO Mary Barra stepped up to the company’s recall crisis. She has been much more open, transparent, and accountable than auto company leaders have traditionally been about recalls.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

I know when a vendor knows their technology, and when they are blowing sales language at me, and might not be up to the technical task. I’d also love to consult with for-profit vendors who are thinking about dipping their toes into offering support for open source projects, or open sourcing their software.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 30, 2015

What’s an example of a leadership moment in the news that a prominent leader stepped up to? Just a few weeks into the job, GM’s new CEO Mary Barra stepped up to the company’s recall crisis. She has been much more open, transparent, and accountable than auto company leaders have traditionally been about recalls.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The 2021 Open Data Project [ español , français ] seeks to gain a better understanding of how nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide use technology for digital marketing and fundraising. To access the complete data, please take the 2021 Global NGO Technology Survey and then visit the Open Data Project Hub. Upgrade as you grow.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

I know that’s one more thing in a long list of considerations (and it’s generally more important to think about for the CRM – the CMS, if it is modern, and especially if it is open source, will provide few barriers to integration.) To some extent it also depends on how open the CMS is with regard to extensibility.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

Thousands of people - with the aid of their computers, mobile phones, and online applications - were able to do important work to save lives and bring resources where they were badly needed, without needing to travel. A great example of crowdsourcing is Voluntweeters.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Nonprofit staff training has evolved to meet the new challenges your team is facing. If you’ve caught the news at any point in the last year, you know that the trending topics are different than anything we’ve encountered before. Use language and conversations that are reflective of what learners will encounter.

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sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2024

Blackbaud SKY is an integrated open cloud platform uniquely built for the social impact community that many other innovative Blackbaud solutions run on, including Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT and Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT. In 2020 Blackbaud Grantmaking made the full transition to Blackbaud SKY. It’s a win win!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Pepsi will invite "applicants" to submit big ideas to change the world and then ask a crowd of Pepsi Fans to vote on them. contest on Facebook is one of the biggest online contests before Pespi announced their contest, open to more than 500,000 charities. Pepsi will have contests every month for 10 months beginning Jan.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

Weave in stories that are connected to the podcast and I’m going to share some model language for you. . So I can see your point and are you open to hearing my perspective? So she talks a lot about how you can actually use better texting language to create a sense of community and an offering of listening.

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Forum One

JANUARY 22, 2010

Crisis Camp DC participants work hard to develop applications and tools for relief workers in Haiti. Earlier this week, I introduced a series of blog posts discussing the Good News Story in Haiti. Open source maps to help aid workers navigate damaged areas and coordinate their efforts.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

Windows Azure is an open and flexible cloud platform that enables you to quickly build, deploy and manage applications across a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters. You can build applications using any language, tool or framework. Windows Azure – Unlimited Possibilities… For Nonprofits Too!

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

By Jeff Stanger, Director, Center for Digital Information We are obsessed with data — big data, open data, linked data, personal data, government data, visualized data. But what if I tell her in a language she doesn't understand? And rightly so. Data carry enormous potential. But that's all they are — potential.

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