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New tools

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 New tools February 5, 2008 Last week, I spent too much time watching demos from DEMO , which is this twice yearly event that showcases the most bleeding edge internet technology. Watch the demo.

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What is private? What is public?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

June 10, 2008 Today, someone on the progressive exchange list asked about a tool called Rapleaf. It is an inevitable result of our desire for social networks, as well as our desire for information to be portable (like in RSS feeds.) I don’t know whether to be sad or proud that RapLeaf finds only my Facebook profile and no demos.

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Tidbits

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

ReviewBasics is a collaborative editing and reviewing tool. I’ve perused the demos, and it does look like it would be useful for reviews of things like specs, wireframes, etc. I do hope folks will comment if they know something about these, or have an opinion.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Fear not, nonprofit professionals!

ASU Lodestar Center

Second, use tools and practices. The cards focus on strengths-based reflections and are an easy tool to get meetings started on a positive note, even if you are discussing challenging issues. Remember, you are not alone and there are resources, tools and practices that you can access to help in your good work.

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How to find out about free and open source software

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Luckily, most web project have online demos, which will give you a feeling for the software without having to spend too much time configuring a server or webhost to use the software. Google it – you might find articles and reviews that might be helpful Try it out.

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Eating my own dogfood. It sometimes tastes yucky.

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

There is, luckily, a handy-dandy tool that will do it for you. The demo is at [link] I think it’s not too shabby for an open source product. But, there is more… In order to use one of these address book options, I have to get my data out of Apple’s addressbook. Turns out, there’s no "export" menu item.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Twitter Dashboards and the Dark Side of.

ASU Lodestar Center

With the explosion of micro-blogging, the nonprofit world has a fantastic new tool to connect with the public in exciting and creative ways. It is hard to create an organizational presence/persona with some of these tools, which are so inherently personal. But what happens when bad tweets happen to good nonprofits?

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