Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Back Channels, Workflow, Data, Twitter, and me March 13, 2007 I read Beth’s recent blog entry on Twitter , and of course, the neo-luddite in me said “waste of time!&# And then there is data.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network – "That's right, I said it. " Tags: roundup africa book bookmarks casestudies data development ebook economy free funding future innovation list microgiving music nonprofits nptech opensource orchestra postalicious report resources socialmedia strategy survey technology trends.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I volunteered to be the “expert&# in residence for the “Program&# track of Office Hours. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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APRIL 23, 2008

April 23, 2008 NTEN is doing some great work getting information about the use of different kinds of tools in the sector, and how people are using them. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Rate your CMS! and how they like them.

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

NTEN is trying to get a handle on all of this, and find out what people use, and how much they like what they use. I can’t wait to get my grubby little fingers on the data on CiviCRM and Salesforce. It’s such an interesting space, and there are some really intriguing things happening with software in that space.

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NPR is a well-established news organization; Pandora, on the other hand, is a community of music lovers that share their data to shape online “radio stations.”. During a recent presentation, NPR shared that their number one competitor was Pandora. Content is now multi-directional.

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APRIL 15, 2009

Flowing Data – OK, I’ll fess up, I’m a data geek. And I love data visualizations, and ways to make data easily accessible. Wireframes Magazine – I’ve been doing Information Architecture for a very long time, now, but it’s great to learn new tricks and tools.

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JANUARY 8, 2008

Thanks to twitter (hat tip to marshallk ), I learned about today’s big news: Google, Plaxo and Facebook joined the Data Portability working group. I think that people are getting wary of social networks where they have no control over their own data. But the real question is: will this actually result in data portability? {

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DECEMBER 12, 2007

December 12, 2007 I had a good look at NTEN’s CRM Satisfaction Survey (yippee for data!), 3 trackbacks } Product Blogs » Blog Archive » CiviCRM comes out on top in NTEN Survey 12.14.07 at 1:24 am What was it, the question mark? » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 12.14.07

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MARCH 24, 2008

I want to give huge props to Holly and all of the NTEN crew for putting on a fabulous conference. And, as a member of the NTEN board, I’m really proud of what’s been accomplished. It’s the NTEN community that provides all the magic at the conference. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Holly 03.24.08

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JANUARY 7, 2008

I think this is data we need to know, so that we can understand better what gaps are preset, and what we can do to fill those gaps. Please take it no matter what the level of use of open source software is in your organization – data on as wide a range of organizations will be helpful to us.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07 Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07 The only thing that will be left is games. Welcome your new Penguin overlords ;-) 2 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07 at 7:57 pm You make some very good points and I think I will “go Ubuntu&# too.

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

Effective data visualization is the future of nonprofit storytelling. Your organization is awash in data, but (while we hate to be the ones to break the news) nobody wants one more boring spreadsheet. Chris Milk combines data, music, and images to create a personalized experience for you as part of an interactive Arcade Fire video.

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MARCH 7, 2007

The topic is “Nonprofit Data Management: from slips of paper to CRM&# As you all know, I’ve been thinking about data management issues for years, and it would be great for people to share their ideas and knowledge. March 7, 2007 Next Monday, I’m hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants.

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MARCH 13, 2008

We will no longer accept systems that couple hardware, software and data.” Basically, it seems the motivation is that open systems allow them to upgrade their capabilities rapidly, and they need to be able to share data freely. “The days of proprietary technology must come to an end,” he said. “We This could be a watershed moment.

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MARCH 11, 2014

Every year I look forward to one very special conference - the NTC conference organized by the awesome NTEN team. Small Nonprofits, Big Data: Leveraging Data to Optimize Your Digital, Media and Communications Activities Thursday, March 14, 1:30PM. ‘Big data’ has become a catch phrase. million organizations.

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DECEMBER 14, 2007

Earlier this week, I wrote a post on about the NTEN CRM satisfaction survey. NTEN did a great job of beginning to approach this topic, and it was great data. And of course, my problem here is that my background is in science, not marketing – so I find it impossible to look at data and not see its weak points.

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JUNE 11, 2008

NTEN keeps surprising me with cool stuff for nonprofit tech peeps. The application deadline for this year’s prize: September 1, 2008. Last year’s winner was Barry Warsaw, lead developer of the awesome Mailman mailing list manager. Ruby Sinreich is a new phenomenon ! You go girl! And I’m on the board!

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FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Big Data and Open Data Reuse by Nonprofits for the Creation of Sustainable Social Services — Wednesday, March 4, 10:30 a.m. While open datasets and Big Data are being used commercially to reap tremendous profits, the data is increasingly being used for social benefit too. NTC logo: NTEN. NTC NTEN NTC 2015'

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JULY 30, 2008

BTW, I thought of you today after reading Nancy’s comments about the online community module for NTEN We Are Media. I read her blog for great tips on professional development and technology. { 1 trackback } links for 2008-07-30 - Kevin Bondelli’s Youth Vote Blog 07.30.08 at 7:33 pm Michelle – thanks so much.

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MARCH 27, 2008

It also gets kudos from NTEN’s satisfaction survey (it came in third, after CiviCRM and Salesforce.) But, I’d send the query to both the nptech-related groups (like nten-discuss and nosi-discussion) as well as the Sugar folks – you might get some answers. 2 admin 04.20.08

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NOVEMBER 9, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology APIs – what, how, whither, and writing November 9, 2006 I’ve been asked by NTEN to write a whitepaper on APIs, following their Open API debate. That’s a good thing.

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MAY 12, 2008

I’ll be on hiatus for about another week, and will have some long awaited new FOSS tools, as well as other posts that have been brewing for a while. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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APRIL 21, 2008

CiviCRM ranked #1 in satisfaction in the recent NTEN CRM satisfaction survey. { CiviCRM ranked #1 in satisfaction in the recent NTEN CRM satisfaction survey. { It can integrate with both Drupal or Joomla, and there is a new stand-alone version as well.

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MAY 20, 2008

I’m just not so sure how far I should trust Google with my health care data. I missed that this whole “Google Health API&# was about storing your health data at Google. It gives me enough pause to trust them with my email. { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 amanda 05.22.08 at 12:10 pm Woah. No freaking way.

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OCTOBER 17, 2006

Like the freedom that RSS gives to end users in terms of getting the data that you want in your hands, to read when and how you want it, APIs give programmers (and, at times, end users) the freedom to get data from Web 2.0 Folks at NTEN have been thinking about APIs , and will host a discussion about them on Friday.

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JANUARY 4, 2008

I think people are finally realizing that the current state of affairs – where we can pump data into Facebook and other social networks, but not get data out of them, is untenable. There’s a poll on mashable.com , where the sentiment is most certainly heavily in favor of Facebook opening up the social graph.

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MARCH 26, 2008

After the webinar, I’ll be putting the slides up in varied places, and NTEN will have a recording of the webinar. { After the webinar, I’ll be putting the slides up in varied places, and NTEN will have a recording of the webinar. {

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APRIL 11, 2008

Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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AUGUST 14, 2008

I imagine, too, because it’s based on an open source platform, developers will begin to code in data portability (or have they already?) is a microblogging service based on an open source project, Laconica , and all of the updates are copyrighted by a Creative Commons (Attribution) license. You can log in using OpenID.

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APRIL 3, 2008

Adobe (yeah, Adobe ) joined the Linux Foundation , and released a Linux alpha of Air , their new application platform. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

So I’m polishing off my PHP skills, and we’ll see where that leads. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology WeAreMedia Project August 13, 2008 Yet another great NTEN project is happening, spearheaded by Beth Kanter, to develop a Social Media toolkit for Nonprofits.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2008

It is, I imagine, what the future of television will be. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

Jobs understands that DRM doesn’t work, and doesn’t help sell music. There are better sites for music and there are adequate players for 1/5th the price. What Apple did do correctly is allow users to submit their own podcast and homemade music on the itunes website. The iPod is a rip off.

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MARCH 3, 2008

I’m looking forward to talking about free and open source software to this audience. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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AUGUST 11, 2008

Disadvantages to cloud computing Depending on the vendor and the application, you are dependent on them to keep the application up and your data intact. Your data is not directly in your hands, but in the hands of a third party. If the provider goes belly up with your data, you’re toast. Make sure access is secure.

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