Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Nonprofit Data Management March 12, 2007 As you know, nonprofit data management has been a really important issue for me for a long time. I wish all nonprofits understood this!

Consultant 100

Consultant Data Management Open Source 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Nonprofit Data Management March 12, 2007 As you know, nonprofit data management has been a really important issue for me for a long time. I wish all nonprofits understood this!

Consultant 100

Consultant Data Management Open Source 100

Qgiv

JULY 14, 2021

Mary Sumners, Vice President of Annual Giving, Kennari Consulting – Mary’s areas of expertise include annual giving strategies, capital campaign management, and board and volunteer committee support. She is also BoardSource certified, which has given her greater insight into how nonprofit boards can best support their organizations.

Fundraising 98

Fundraising Nonprofit Campaign Consultant 98

Tech Soup

MARCH 18, 2013

In a panel hosted by TechSoup, representatives from four arts organizations discussed how they are using social media in new and innovative ways to market the arts. Maura Lafferty, an independent communications consultant working with classical musicians and performing arts organizations in San Francisco, CA. Ryan Biega is a.

Arts 57

Arts San Francisco Community San Jose 57

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 15, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Better Late than Never May 15, 2007 This carnival is a day late, unfortunately. He provides exactly the kind of advice that will help organizations connect with their donors.

Consultant 100

Consultant Open Source Technorati Nonprofit 100

Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2013

This month's Big Vision Podcast guest is Lisa Truong, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Help a Mother Out. Help a Mother Out is a grassroots organization that raises diapers and awareness, and advocates for long term change in the social safety net. Music: "Mango Delight," by Kenya Masala.

San Jose 63

San Jose San Francisco Kenya Raise 63

Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

Now that TechSoup’s Local Impact Map has officially launched , let's discover one of great new organizations featured there. The organization uses TechSoup Microsoft and Symantec donations to outfit their labs through TechSoup Brasil. Like so many people here at TechSoup, she has broad experience.

Brazil 36

Brazil Map Local San Francisco 36

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

By Sean Kosofsky , is the Nonprofit Fixer and founder of Mind the Gap Consulting. He offers courses, consulting, and coaching to transform your organization and your leadership. Nonprofit organizations have a lot of challenges relating to fundraising. Some organizations use donor perks or benefits to do this.

Donor 337

Donor Sponsor Accessibility Music 337

Connection Cafe

APRIL 23, 2014

By Scott Gilman : Louisville Cardinals, horse racing, nonprofits, music, movies, various rants. By Nancy Palo : A fundraising strategy consultant who is passionate about helping non-profits raise money to further their missions and make the world a better place. online organizer at @westendstrategy. Interactive Consultant.

Ideas 55

Ideas Share Donor Louisville 55

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

The site, which serves as a learning and sharing center for nonprofits and social change organizations, debuted today at [link]. The Socialbrite team is made up of strategists with deep experience in offering social media consulting services, training workshops, conversational marketing, fundraising and outreach campaigns.

Tools 100

Tools Change Los Angeles Social 100

Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

If you haven't heard, during the month of April TechSoup is hosting our 4 th annual Digital Storytelling Challenge designed to inspire, educate, and empower nonprofits, libraries and social good organizations to tell their story through video and photos. Co-Founder & Executive Director. Michael Hoffman.

Storytelling 56

Storytelling Digital Challenge San Francisco 56

Care2

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

How to build your organization's capacity to be networked one small step at a time. A little more about the Webinar: Is your organization producing reliable, measurable data that supports your social media practice? Ashley Boyd -- Campaign Director, MomsRising Ashley joined MomsRising soon after it was established in 2006.

Measure 65

Measure Network Empowerment United States 65

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of co-facilitating a half-day “Digital Strategies&# seminar with Vince Ford, Director of Digital Media from the New York Philharmonic and leading a peer session for major orchestra marketing staff and youth orchestra executive directors with Makala Johnson who does Social Media for the Mayo Clinic.

Social Media 116

Social Media Experiment Media Social 116

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Now that TechSoup’s Local Impact Map has officially launched , let's discover one of great new organizations featured there. The organization uses TechSoup Microsoft and Symantec donations to outfit their labs through TechSoup Brasil. Education Is a Major Nonprofit Activity. All that and she’s also a gifted writer.

Brazil 60

Brazil Map Local San Francisco 60

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

My theory of practice is different than my consulting philosophy. The client is quite knowledgeable about their organization, mission, and goals for a project, but often not knowledgeable about technology. I think, actually, all technology consultants, whether they do what I do, or hack code, should do this exercise.

Practice 100

Practice Open Source Consultant Articulate 100

Care2

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

How to use language to represent your organization’s style and mission. Her passions include organic farming and gardening, urban chickens, her kitties, self-publishing, printmaking, bookbinding, playing music and hiking. Dane Grams - Director of Nonprofit Services, Care2. Which images will make the biggest impact.

Work 56

Work Americorp Portland Director 56

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 7, 2008

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.

Survey 100

Survey Open Source RSS Open 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Joining the NTEN Board August 7, 2007 Katrin, the Executive Director of NTEN, announced today that I’m joining the Board. (So So now’s my chance to blog about it!)

NTEN 100

NTEN Open Source RSS Director 100

Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Toan Lam is a multimedia consultant, university professor, thought leader, and former TV reporter and host who is on the forefront of the changing landscape of multimedia. And presenting the Lytro Camera for best photo entry is Lisa Rose, executive director at PhotoPhilanthropy. Dress snazzy if you like, to be red-carpet ready.

Storytelling 66

Storytelling Celebrate Czech Republic San Francisco 66

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

If your organization falls in this range, you may be interested in free, discounted, or affordable software solutions to help carry out your strategies while staying within budget. Often, they had to pay a consultant to help them set up their database and teach them how to use it. However, many nonprofits operate with tight budgets.

Software 87

Software Free Tools Adobe 87

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

What can an organization use a LMS for? Well, that depends of course, on the organization. Many organizations provide trainings, courses, and varied sorts of learning activities to their constituents. It is very easy to install, and there are an increasing number of consultants and companies offering support for Moodle.

Platform 100

Platform Blackboard Learning Open Source 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 16, 2007

He has a recent article in “ Director Magazine &# which is a UK-based business magazine (no, I don’t read it, I just got the link from his blog,) entitled 10 tips for reducing burgeoning IT costs. Most of the 10 are applicable to nonprofit organizations (I’d skip the “Offshore work&# tip.)

Tips 100

Tips Open Source RSS Profit 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

The first one is one that I’ve been using recently for my consulting business – SugarCRM. I’ve been hearing good things about SugarCRM from organizations that use it. So for the next few tools, I’ll be describing CRMs (Constituent/Contact/Community/Customer Relationship Management).

Open Source 100

Open Source Open Tools Free 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2009

at 4:21 pm We would love it if you’d add us (Home Free Organization) to your blogroll…we will do the same…thanks! at 4:28 pm Awww, shucks. :-) Let the love flow bidirectionally! 2 homefreeorg 05.01.09 3 homefreeorg 11.06.09

Open Source 100

Open Source RSS Tech Comment 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 20, 2008

Google says: “Google Health aims to solve an urgent need that dovetails with our overall mission of organizing patient information and making it accessible and useful. Through our health offering, our users will be empowered to collect, store, and manage their own medical records online.&#

Google 100

Google Open Source RSS API 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 17, 2008

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.

Open Source 100

Open Source Convio Database Headline 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 1, 2007

There was one interesting model was asking for pledges, and if the pledges got up to a certain amount, the content would be produced. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

Model 100

Model Content Open Business 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

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 So, I’m evangelizing.

Data 100

Data Open Source Industry RSS 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

That’s an interesting model, and, if the software is decent, sounds like it could be a good option for some organizations. The interesting thing, too, is that their model is that they take a percentage of what you raise (5%.) No setup fees or anything else. But, of course, as with anything, look (a lot) before you leap.

Open Source 120

Open Source Convio Oakland Blackbaud 120

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2007

For those of us who’d like to see organizations get better support – how do we do that? I don’t have too many answers today, but living inside the questions for a while is always a good start. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

Open Source 100

Open Source Conversation RSS Teach 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 21, 2008

which can be useful for organizations that need that functionality. CiviCRM is a great CRM for small-to-medium sized organizations that need CRM functionality. There is even a new case management feature in 2.0, CiviCRM ranked #1 in satisfaction in the recent NTEN CRM satisfaction survey. {

Open Source 100

Open Source Open Tools Free 100

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Share the gift of TechSoup by telling your favorite organization about our free membership. Office 365 for IT Staff and Consultants Tuesday, March 3, 10:00 a.m. IT staff and consultants will have the opportunity to learn tips and tricks about implementing Office 365 at nonprofit organizations. – 4:00 p.m.

Conference 36

Conference NTC Technology Netsquared 36

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 17, 2008

So what does this mean for you, o struggling nonprofit organization? OpenAds , an open source ad server (very cool) just got tons of $ in financing. A company that provides services for Ruby on Rails got a bunch of funding. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

Open Source 100

Open Source Drupal RSS Picture 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 4, 2008

Worth a look if your organization does surveys. { Worth a look if your organization does surveys. { The admin interface is nice looking, and fairly intuitive. The surveys could stand some graphic design help, but you can design templates for it. It’s a LAMP stack application.

Open Source 100

Open Source Open Tools Free 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

Soon, we’ll be updating the primer , releasing a report on our survey, starting a training and consulting program, doing a webinar series … phew! Lots happening! And, I’m learning a lot about what it’s like to be a leader of a small, struggling nonprofit with big ideas.

Open Source 100

Open Source RSS Education Consultant 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2007

It’s not just consulting work, but other varied happenings in my life as well. I’ve been re-reading a book that I read early in the decision-making process about becoming a consultant way back in 1996. It’s called The Consultant’s Calling , and it’s really a book about consulting as a calling, a vocation.

Open Source 100

Open Source Massachusetts Consultant Tech 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Earlier this week, ISO, the International Organization for Standardization, rejected Microsoft’s bid to fast-track OOXML ( Office Open XML ) to standard status. What this means is that MS will have to take all of the varied input from the ISO bodies, and go through a second vote early next year. I’ll keep you posted. {

Track 100

Track Open Source Open RSS 100