Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Reflection and Evaluation March 10, 2008 Michele Martin, one of my fave bloggers, has a great post today on Reflective Practice. 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Michele Martin 03.10.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 30, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Nonprofit Technology Link Love July 30, 2008 Here are posts from a small sampling of bloggers I regularly read: Holly Ross shows her geek cred in a great post about DNS. Be Helpful.

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JULY 6, 2008

What’s kind of funny is that I was quoted on the press release , which was out 3 weeks ago or so, but it’s taken me this long to blog it. Bad Blogger! (I I think my clients thank me for being a bad blogger.) at 3:45 am { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 David Geilhufe 07.07.08 Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

Mostly, because I get to read blogs by people that aren’t on my list of feeds I read regularly. And I get to highlight the work of some of my favorite bloggers, too. SOX First, which is a new blog to me, and focuses on Sarbanes-Oxely compliance, asks whether nonprofits hold the ethical high ground. Read the blog entry.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 17, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits April 17, 2008 I guess because I’m a blogger, I get these interesting tidbits in my mailbox. I do hope folks will comment if they know something about these, or have an opinion. Be Helpful.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! We welcome your comments and feedback. Whither the turn?" asks Child.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

I know this sounds like extra work, but keeping a journal can help you remember exactly what worked really well or what you’d like to tweak or improve the next round. I was chatting with Dana Nelson from GiveMN , one of the longest running giving days who tell me she and her team are always “writing it down as they go.”

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 25, 2008

There are some other interesting moves outlined in that great post by Marshall Kirpatrick, my currently favorite ReadWriteWeb blogger Android for the masses, iPhone for the rich? Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Myspace is going with OpenID !

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

I'm giving a talk about blogging at the meeting of the Marin Branch of the California Writers Club tomorrow at the Book Passage in Corte Madera. Forgive me if you've seen a lot of these links before, and please feel free to add more examples of blogs about writing, or by writers who publish in print, as well as online, in the comments.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology NTC Links April 6, 2007 There has been a little bit of blogging and the like at NTC – although it was certainly hindered yesterday, when the internet was down for most of the day. Be Helpful.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Next week I'll be teaching a session about blogging during a nonprofit social media webinar, We Are Media, presented by NTEN. As part of my preparation, it seems like a good time to update my 2006 post, 10 Ways Nonprofits Can Us Blogs , and my 2007 post, 10 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

I am here in Romania for a conference hosted by the Soros Foundation as part of their pilot advocacy through blogging program. I'm live blogging the conference sessions which are being conducted in Romanian. So all the disclaimers of live blogging apply and particularly here - with translations, jet lag, etc. Niche content.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 24, 2008

Anyway, WordPress is a blogging tool (in fact, the one that runs this blog.) It is a great blogging tool. It basically eliminates comment spam, which, as you probably know, is the bane of bloggers everywhere. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 DennisVega 09.30.09 Keep up the good work!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2013

The comments in the thread were terrific and generated a blog post: [link]. Additionally, they start initial brainstorms and start generating idea – should it be a promotion, just a blog post, an email, etc. The meeting runs over upcoming: events, seasonal tie-ins, program launches or milestones, etc.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2007

I’ve been a bad blogger over the past couple of months, I know. I don’t know what the next couple of months will bring, but I’ll try to generate some pithy blog posts for y’all. This will be my last tech blog entry until at least August 6th. I’m taking time off to work on science fiction writing! {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Matt Asay, blogger of all things in open source biz models, thinks Google Code may have overtaken Sourceforge. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Dustin J Mitchell 02.14.08 Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Help bring back Ranger Rick's profile Email: appeals-comment@facebook.com and ask them to let Ranger Rick exist on Facebook! Read more about it from Green Miles blog and a summary of reactions from other nonprofits here. The AFP blog points to a press release from Firstgiving about the launch of a social networking site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2009

The Tech Hermit blogger, Mike Ames, was so irked by the inaccuracies and negative tone of the article, that he emailed the authors. He also pointed out that the article was "old news" and questioned why they were not participating in the conversation in the comments. Its a slow process, but progress is definitely being made.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

There are some great posts for today: First, Katya’s Nonprofit Marketing Blog has a great post with an article from Cheryl Gibson about implementing a CRM system in a nonprofit. Michelle Martin , over at The Bamboo Project Blog, talks about two cool web 2.0 at 1:33 pm Katyas NonProfit Marketing Blog 03.16.07 Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

There are some great posts for today: First, Katya’s Nonprofit Marketing Blog has a great post with an article from Cheryl Gibson about implementing a CRM system in a nonprofit. Michelle Martin , over at The Bamboo Project Blog, talks about two cool web 2.0 at 1:33 pm Katyas NonProfit Marketing Blog 03.16.07 Be Helpful.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 17, 2005

My friend Abby, the Executive Director of the school gardening nonprofit, Urban Sprouts , has taken the plunge and started an Urban Sprouts blog. If there are any readers out there who want to start a blog for themselves, here are my basic, "accidental techie" guidelines. The best blogs are ones with a particular focus.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2006

Jon Stahl points us to a piece in the Seattle Times on the emerging local citizen journalism movement in Seattle. Notes a journalism educator in the article, "We're in a time when activist citizens and sometimes even the general public have an opportunity to be involved and create meaningful and easy-to-share journalism."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2007

In the presentation for this session, Doug Haslam used a screencapture of this blog post as an example of how a pr person can leave a comment to pitch a story on their client's behalf. (He He also mentioned that I had not blogged it.) He said "We just let our employees blog."

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 7, 2008

If you have a favorite blog (or podcast or vlog) that uses its platform to raise awareness, build community and/or facilitate readers/listeners/viewers' taking action to make the world a better place, will you post the blogs/podcasts/vlogs' name and URL in the comments? Do you know of one? Would you like attend one? Lemme know.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

I found this by way of one of my favorite new blogs, Lifehacker. They had a link today to a great page: how to dissuade yourself from becoming a blogger. 7 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Dru 08.05.09 There’s so much to learn about blogging, but I am improving but slowly, very slowly. Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2011

What struck me were the points that they shared from NGOs in their country and later reported on their blog with contextual links: That, since these companies determine in many ways how we use the Web, they should play an active role in demanding and defending freedom of expression for all. Not to ghettoize the Arab world.

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Care2

DECEMBER 4, 2007

It will be a powerful grassroots greening machine; with bloggers, writers, and volunteers all contributing to local greening efforts; and held together by the added sticky-ness of good dynamic content, great search engine optimization, and of course that Web 2.0 To create a new comment, use the form below. 60) Search « Care2.com

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NOVEMBER 13, 2006

Consultants and Vendors | Main | Featured Article from Care2 News Network (our own little digg) » Monday Nov 13 2006 Lean, Mean Blogging Machines Monday, November 13, 2006 at 10:00AM | by Jordan Wait If you think your blogging gut is getting a little flabby, today is the day to whip it into shape. Know why you are blogging.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

I won’t talk much about it in this blog again, but I thought it might be something people would want to hear about. Technorati Tags: consulting , nptech { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 John Powers 04.17.07 at 8:11 pm I guess bloggers don’t really get to choose their readers. Thanks for blogging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

What reading level is your blog? Most NpTech blogs are high school level. As FrogLoop blog concludes in its recent analysis of MySpace, "Social networking sites are essentially a microcosm of the internet, and hosting a profile on either is akin to managing a website. This is a must-read.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2008

" and goes on to describe those all too familiar uninspired periods you face as a blogger. It took me a while to get back to blogging, but I came across some resources about fearless change. One of the best nuggets of advice that I got was this blog post about being productive. Flickr photo by Lostajv. This is huge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Presentation Slides on flickr Blog post here. Phillip Smith has a thoughtful post called " Social tech meets the Social Innovation Generation " The Nonprofit Eye blog writes about leadership challenges in the nonprofit sector. Heather at Aspiration is doing some research on blogging and professional development.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 7, 2012

Long-form journalism is finding new legs through social recommendation (#longform, #longreads) and time-shifting apps. Compilations of blog articles on a particular topic, such as work in a particular country or region, or stories related to a particular event. Please let us know in the comments. Author: Seth Merritt.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2005

For this week's bloggerview, we caught up with Michael Gilbert, who writes the Nonprofit Online News, which is not only the oldest nonprofit-oriented blog, but one of the oldest blogs altogether. Nonprofit Online News is tied with Scripting News (Dave Winer's blog) as the oldest weblog still being published, period.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Charities outside the US can set up a profile. To generate a robust profile, your organization should be able to plug in existing social media presences (Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, Blog RSS Feed, Etc) so it seems to favor organizations that have already established a social media content strategy. What is Jumo? by Steve MacLaughlin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Allen Benamer of the Nonprofit Tech Blog says " Support Idealware !" Everyone is invited to make any last minute plugs in the comments or trackbacks! Here's a few blog posts about the NTC experience: Marnie Webb says Web2.0 Google Blog Search. Water Words That Work - an excellent nonprofit video blogger.

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DECEMBER 6, 2007

60) Search « So Easy, a Chicken Could Do It: frogloop 2008 Reader Survey | Main | Blogger Uses Petition Site to Create Better Transportation for NY » Thursday Dec 06 2007 Care2.com Post a Comment | by Share Article in Care2 News , Misc. Reader Comments There are no comments for this journal entry.

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