Consultant, Director, License and Nonprofit

Finding the Best Consultant for Your Nonprofit: Taking a JEDI Approach

Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2021

This is the third article in a three-part series on finding the best consultant for your nonprofit. Every organization, no matter where they land in the nonprofit lifecycle, should take the time to make this assessment and place the findings or issue(s) under scrutiny with the hope of changing and moving forward.

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What Type of CRM Does My Organization Need? 4 Considerations

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 4, 2023

Ensuring your nonprofit’s technology is in working order should be one of the top items on your checklist. The software your nonprofit uses to complete everyday tasks determines how well your team can function, from performing tasks efficiently to avoiding wasting resources on unoptimized processes.

Organization

Organization Consultant Application Integration

Integrating WordPress with Salesforce

Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 17, 2021

Advice for nonprofits on going from web forms to results. Together they are a powerful set of tools for nonprofits, especially with integrations to automatically sync data between them. Pricing and level of effort: No licensing costs; included with Salesforce . Pricing and level of effort: No annual licensing costs.

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Webinars

How To Cultivate Community Affinity Throughout The Generosity Journey

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How to Write Job Descriptions for Your Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Writing job descriptions is essential to building your nonprofit’s organizational structure and ensuring that employees understand their responsibilities. Qualifications are areas someone might have been educated in, licenses awarded, or a broad set of experiences that would make them well versed or an expert in a particular subject.

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Job Roles Skills Nonprofit

Do You Need to Register to Fundraise Online? A Crash Course

Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Online fundraising allows your nonprofit to earn donations from a wide audience, growing your network and raising more for your cause. Today, most modern nonprofits engage in at least limited online fundraising to engage supporters even while following social distancing guidelines. Applying to Fundraise Online. Legal Requirements.

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Course Online Fundraising Law

Two Leaders Join Benetech’s Senior Team!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

I’m thrilled to announce that Benetech has filled two key positions: Nadine Apelian Dobbs as Communications Director and Elaine Wallace as General Counsel. She was the Assistant Director of Communications at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and then head of media for Foreign Affairs magazine in New York.

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Tribute to My Mentor

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 24, 2018

I needed help with business negotiations and software licensing and Gerry jumped in teaching me everything I know about doing business. I laughed, because at the time Calera was an accidentally nonprofit tech company: it was organized as a for-profit but was still losing (a lot of) money.

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Tech Impact Helps Nonprofits Open a Door to the Cloud

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Jason Samuels is the director of innovation and technology at the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) in Minneapolis. Samuels is what nonprofits often refer to as an "accidental techie." He further describes the Office 365 Nonprofit donation program as "a game changer which opens a door to the cloud.

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Tech Impact Sharepoint Open

Socialbrite: Social Tools for Social Change

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Nonprofit tech experts team up to help others master ‘social tools for social change’. Eight leading experts in social media and nonprofit technology have joined forces to create Socialbrite.org, a hub that showcases social tools for social change. Lasica , a consultant and author of four books about emerging technologies.

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Thinking About a New Donor Management System for Your Organization? Read This First.

NTEN

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

But don’t worry—we didn’t pivot away from our core mission of helping nonprofit organizations find technology that represents the best bang for their buck. One of the systems we’ve profiled in detail, Little Green Light, costs less than $500 per year for a very small nonprofit.

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System Management Donor Organization

Tech Impact Helps Nonprofits Open a Door to the Cloud

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Jason Samuels is the director of innovation and technology at the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) in Minneapolis. Samuels is what nonprofits often refer to as an "accidental techie." He further describes the Office 365 Nonprofit donation program as "a game changer which opens a door to the cloud.

Tech

Tech Impact Sharepoint Open

Speaking of open social networks …

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Speaking of open social networks … August 14, 2008 I just joined identi.ca. You can log in using OpenID. Be Helpful.

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Social Network Open Network Open Source

Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The world is better when nonprofits can better tell their story. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and other awesome organizations. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Facebook Advertising for Nonprofits. Columbus, Ohio: Nonprofit IT Forum.

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Free In-Person Events for Nonprofit Techies

Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2015

NetSquared gathers together nonprofits and activists, tech leaders and funders, and everyone who's interested in using technology for social change. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , HandsOn Tech , DataKind , and more. Upcoming Events.

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United Kingdom Cameroon San Francisco South America

How the National Council on Family Relations Used the Office 365 DIY Migration Workshop

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Jason Samuels is the director of innovation and technology at the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) in Minneapolis. NCFR is a nonprofit professional association for the multidisciplinary understanding of families. Samuels is what nonprofits often refer to as an "accidental techie." spanhidden.

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Free and open source tool #15: MPower Open CRM

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #15: MPower Open CRM April 14, 2008 I am so far behind, it’s not funny. I’ve got to catch up. All of that said, there are a few things I hope that they consider.

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Open Source Open Tools Free

OpenOffice.org to get a boost

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology OpenOffice.org to get a boost September 13, 2007 I’ve been spending a lot of time with OpenOffice.org lately. Be Helpful.

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Open Source License Adopt Database

What Gets Measured Gets Better

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Note from Beth: As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m running several peer learning groups based on the ideas in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly Maturity of Practice model. The CWRF model has been adopted by nonprofits.

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Measure Track Model Seattle

Varied and sundry

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Varied and sundry June 1, 2007 It’s been a week of mostly not work, which is a nice rest. He suggested, basically, find the publisher first, then talk about the license second. Be Helpful.

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What to Expect from Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud and How to Start Using it Right Out of the Box

fusionSpan

MAY 10, 2024

In today’s digital age, nonprofits and associations are continually seeking ways to streamline operations, amplify their impact, and better connect with members, donors, and beneficiaries. Webinar Replay What is Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud?

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License Model Grant Integration

SaaS vs. Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source. But the real story is much more complicated.

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Open Source Open API Software

MPower Open keeps moving forward

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology MPower Open keeps moving forward July 6, 2008 This is old news, but I’ve been busy. So my hope is that they really begin to use the platform. 1 trackback } Bookmarks about News 11.09.08

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Open Source CRMs – people like them?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source CRMs – people like them? But it’s a very good sign that people seem satisfied with the open source tools available for one of the core functions of nonprofit organizations. {

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Open Source Open People Survey

Open source your Open Social Apps?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open source your Open Social Apps? Can we build a library of OpenSocial applications that have open source licenses? Anyone interested? 2 admin 11.22.07 That was all. Be Helpful.

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Open Source Open Social Social Network

How not to treat an open source user community

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How not to treat an open source user community October 4, 2007 I’ve been using activeCollab for a few months now. It’s designed as a basecamp clone. Be Helpful.

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Open Source Open Community Model

IP Tidbits

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 18, 2005

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology IP Tidbits August 18, 2005 Here are a few tidbits I’ve come across in the Intellectual Property arena in the past few days. There is a new, interesting project under Creative Commons license.

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Open Source Vlog License PowerPoint

Linux, Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, and Me

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

And, in some ways, NOSI has changed – we’re thinking more and more about talking about Linux on the desktop, which we thought was not ready for nonprofit primetime for a long time. I stopped at the license agreement. But, Linux has changed, and I have changed. I think it’s ready now. I certainly will see.

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News from NTC ‘08

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 20, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology News from NTC ‘08 March 20, 2008 I’ve been having a great time here at NTC – running into lots of folks I’m happy to see again, and meet, learning about new things, being involved.

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NetSquared Goes to 15NTC. And Your Hometown Too

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

That's why we're thrilled that NetSquared is joining TechSoup in having a strong presence at this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference in Austin, Texas. Don't worry, there are NetSquared groups in 50 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. Newest Groups.

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More FUD from Redmond

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 18, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology More FUD from Redmond May 18, 2007 I hear, in my head, the famed quote from Rodney King: “why can’t we all just get along?&# It’s “Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt&# all over again.

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Open Source Open Software RSS

Open Source Database solutions part I

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. Unlike the others, that are released under varied open source licenses, the code for SQLite is public domain.

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Open Source Database solutions part I

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. Unlike the others, that are released under varied open source licenses, the code for SQLite is public domain.

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Open Source Database Open Language

Guest Post by Kira Marchenese: What Happened When We Introduced 350 Staff to Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

Note From Beth: Since 2007, I've been using, adapting, and remixing the Social Media Game social media workshops for nonprofits. Also, the game is licensed under creative commons - which means folks are welcomed to use as long as share and share like (with attribution). In fact, just last month, I took it to India.

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Integration of CRM and CMS

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Most often nonprofits want to capture information from web users. In addition, sometimes nonprofits want to expose data from the CRM to the CMS. Even if they do, it takes developer time to write the code to do the integration, and that may be resources that a nonprofit doesn’t have. What’s involved in this?

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Integration API Drupal Open Source

Penguin Day Reflections: OS as FairTrade, OS Feminism, and OS - the Next Generation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

Penguin Day is a day-long workshop for nonprofit organizations to explore the range of issues and options inovlved in using Free and Open Source Software. happen in different locations several times a year and for the past three years, these meetings have taken place after the annual NTC: Nonprofit Technology Conference. Penguin Days.

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Generation Open Source Reflection Facilitation

Linux desktops?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Linux desktops? 2 trackbacks } What software freedom means to me » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 06.25.08 at 3:28 am Linux is a Godsend for my nonprofit. 10 Isaac 11.20.08

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Technology providers and Linux

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2007

At least in Massachusetts, the majority of nonprofits work with network support people who don’t focus totally on nonprofit organizations (there are some wonderful exceptions, however, of companies that focus on the sector.) Canonical has a lot of connections in the nonprofit sector. But I think more is needed.

Ubuntu

Ubuntu Technology Open Source Course

The Fantastic Five GIS Tools for Nonprofits

NTEN

MARCH 1, 2011

By Steve Spiker, Director of Research & Technology, Urban Strategies Council As more and more people are bombarded with maps from every media source, many nonprofits find themselves asking “How can we use maps in our work?” – followed by, “Just how hard can it be for us to make maps for our work?”

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Tools Map Photography PDF

How do we do make change if we keep doing things the same way?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How do we do make change if we keep doing things the same way? It’s peer reviewed (good), but it’s got a rather restrictive license, and the content is not freely available.

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Journal Change License Model

Abby Rosenheck, Urban Sprouts, Interview Transcript

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 20, 2006

Now, here's my interview with Abby Rosenheck, founder and Executive Director of Urban Sprouts. My name is Britt Bravo and in today's show I will be talking with Abby Rosenheck, the founder and Executive Director of Urban Sprouts. Britt Bravo: What has been the biggest challenge of starting your own nonprofit? Britt Bravo: Hi!

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Big Vision Podcast: Steve Williams from POWER

Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

I recently posted my interview with Steve Williams, the Executive Director and co-founder of POWER: People Organized to Win Employment Rights on the Big Vision Podcast. Finally, if you want more information about Big Vision Career and Project Consulting, you can check out my website at brittbravo.com. Thanks for listening.

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Podcast San Francisco South Africa Homeless

Tech Policies for Virtual Teams: A Leader’s Responsibility

Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

I’m with Nonprofit Quarterly , and I direct our Advancing Practice program. Francis Johnson is Managing Director of Technology Services at Tech Impact, and he oversees all the technology infrastructure projects and support services that they do. And Karen’s role is Director of Education and Outreach at Tech Impact.

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Policy Team Virtual Tech

Varied Technology Links (only a little zen)

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Varied Technology Links (only a little zen) October 19, 2006 For you Windows types, IE 7 is out , and they found a vulerability 24 hours after release. Anyone for "Nonprofit Reader"?

Technology

Technology Ubuntu Open Source License

This Month at TechSoup: Sharpen Your Website

Tech Soup

MAY 17, 2011

Over the next five weeks, we're going to be sharing a variety of resources on web design and development for nonprofits and public libraries. A Cooperative Approach to Web Design Building a website doesn’t have to be hard, but it does require some thinking about your nonprofit’s message, audience, and goals.

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Websites Open Source Library Drupal

Finding the Best Consultant for Your Nonprofit: Taking a JEDI Approach

What Type of CRM Does My Organization Need? 4 Considerations

Webinars

Trending Sources

Integrating WordPress with Salesforce

Webinars

How to Write Job Descriptions for Your Nonprofit

Do You Need to Register to Fundraise Online? A Crash Course

Two Leaders Join Benetech’s Senior Team!

Tribute to My Mentor

Tech Impact Helps Nonprofits Open a Door to the Cloud

Socialbrite: Social Tools for Social Change

Thinking About a New Donor Management System for Your Organization? Read This First.

Tech Impact Helps Nonprofits Open a Door to the Cloud

Speaking of open social networks …

Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

Free In-Person Events for Nonprofit Techies

How the National Council on Family Relations Used the Office 365 DIY Migration Workshop

Free and open source tool #15: MPower Open CRM

OpenOffice.org to get a boost

What Gets Measured Gets Better

Varied and sundry

What to Expect from Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud and How to Start Using it Right Out of the Box

SaaS vs. Open Source

MPower Open keeps moving forward

Open Source CRMs – people like them?

Open source your Open Social Apps?

How not to treat an open source user community

IP Tidbits

Linux, Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, and Me

News from NTC ‘08

NetSquared Goes to 15NTC. And Your Hometown Too

More FUD from Redmond

Open Source Database solutions part I

Open Source Database solutions part I

Guest Post by Kira Marchenese: What Happened When We Introduced 350 Staff to Social Media

Integration of CRM and CMS

Penguin Day Reflections: OS as FairTrade, OS Feminism, and OS - the Next Generation

Linux desktops?

Technology providers and Linux

The Fantastic Five GIS Tools for Nonprofits

How do we do make change if we keep doing things the same way?

Abby Rosenheck, Urban Sprouts, Interview Transcript

Big Vision Podcast: Steve Williams from POWER

Tech Policies for Virtual Teams: A Leader’s Responsibility

Varied Technology Links (only a little zen)

This Month at TechSoup: Sharpen Your Website

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