Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly RFPs

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

A mistake I see very often in RFPs is an imbalance in what is articulated in the RFP, and the kind of work that is required to pull off what’s needed. Here is, in my estimation, the good, bad, and ugly in the realm of RFPs. I’ll start with the bad. Even an hour or two of their time will save you money and headaches.

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Social CRM, part 1

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’m hoping that someone (hint, hint) will write the blog post or report taking off on this work, and articulate the major nonprofit use cases for Social CRM. This is a bit high level for me – my job in life is generally to make use cases real using technology.

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My Theory of Practice

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 My Theory of Practice July 10, 2008 I finally had the reason to begin to more completely articulate my theory of practice. My theory of practice is different than my consulting philosophy.

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Technology and the Environment

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

. &# It’s written by someone who is working at living a simple life, and finds the same kind of conflicts in this that I do: As the world rushes toward an overcrowded but new and improved grave full of “articulated task lamps” with “industrial style charm,” wines with “velvety” appeal, and cordless window shades that are “safe® for children and (..)

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What I’ll be writing about (and not writing about)

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I realized, in getting this stuff, and trying to figure out what to do with it, that I needed to be better at understanding myself what I was doing, and articulating that clearly. Once I get this blog post done, I can clean out that “To Blog&# inbox.

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What software freedom means to me

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I realize that I haven’t talked about this in a while, and I’m not sure I’ve actually ever articulated this completely on this blog. So here goes. I got involved in Linux a long time ago.

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Mission Statement

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I figured it was a good time to think about and articulate mine. There are a few pieces to that challenge I might take up, on occasion. One of them, I’ll do now. A few days ago, Michele posted her blog’s mission statement.