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 Good move on NTEN’s part! Be Helpful.

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MARCH 30, 2012

" Care2 Impact Prize | NTEN – A group of inspiring, talented people! Please help us select a winner for the Care2 Impact Prize! "We Any member of the NTEN community is welcome to vote, but only one vote per person, per IP address will be counted."

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

In Issue 7 of NTEN:Change, A Quarterly Journal for Nonprofit Leaders , we approach the challenges and opportunities of data for nonprofit organizational leaders. NTEN's publication, designed especially for busy nonprofit executive directors, departmental directors, boards, and other leadership staff, is free and hot off the press.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Thanks to everyone who joined this quarter''s NTEN Town Hall! I''m so excited to have these regular opportunities to report out from NTEN, share udpates about our work, and hear directly from all of you. NTEN Update NTEN staff met in Portland for our winter staff meetings earlier in January. We call it the "rain drops".)

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APRIL 2, 2012

NTEN members are even using The Hunger Games buzz to educate about real world food and water issues. Using GIS data has helped the YMCA of Metro Chicago better match local areas of need with their programs and services. Speaking of NTEN member discounts, you can also register for Interop Las Vegas at a special NTEN price!

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

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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. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful. and how they like them.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2008

A couple of days ago, she made a call on her blog for academics to stop publishing articles in closed journals. I am boycotting locked-down journals and I’d like to ask other academics to do the same. I agree with her that open journals are the future. Be Helpful. know danah boyd. It’s really worth a read.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2008

I get Democracy Now, ABC politics, the Webb Alert (a daily geek news headlines show,) Bill Moyers Journal, and lots of others. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful. There are channels for everything.

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AUGUST 21, 2007

Linux Journal ran the following advertisement by a company called “QSOL&# : And, it got 2100+ diggs , with the title “Best. In addition, Linux Journal has a column, called “ Tech Tips from Gnull and Voyd &# with quotes like: Howdy. Anyway, if you read Linux Journal, please tell them how you feel. Be Helpful.

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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. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful. Fill out the survey. { Fill out the survey. {

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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. Be Helpful.

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MARCH 10, 2008

In the last few months, I was involved in helping three organizations choose vendors for varied technology projects, and in the course of that time, I talked with almost a dozen technology vendors of one type or another. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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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. The 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge is underway! Aaron Bramley Lights.

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JUNE 11, 2008

NTEN keeps surprising me with cool stuff for nonprofit tech peeps. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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APRIL 11, 2008

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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. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful. at 7:33 pm Michelle – thanks so much.

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MAY 12, 2008

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MARCH 26, 2008

I also wrote a software choice worksheet , that can help with the process of looking at a wide variety of tools. After the webinar, I’ll be putting the slides up in varied places, and NTEN will have a recording of the webinar. { Be Helpful. One of the fascinating things to me is how quickly the CRM space is evolving.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

Recently, I had a conversation with Annaliese of NTEN , and a couple of Community TechKnowledge (CTK) staff members. We were talking about the “askDeborah” podcast , which is now a feature in the NTEN:Change quarterly journal. However, most stories need help in the form of careful editing and strong production values.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

and article about content curation in NTEN Change Journal. And finally, a cautionary note from Debra Askanase on tools for content curation: “It’s impossible to know the bestest, greatest, most usefullest tool to help you with content curation. Jonathon Colman’s “Epic List of Content Strategy Resources”. Housekeeping'

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JANUARY 15, 2008

I also use it installed on my home desktop, for notes, journaling and the like. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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. Be Helpful. 2 admin 04.20.08

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AUGUST 5, 2008

I’ve been helping a client hire a temporary project manager, and so in the interview process one of the questions I ask is how people keep up with change in the field. I’m also trying to actually read each issue of my Linux Journal and (the somewhat less relevant though still useful) Wired subscriptions I’ve got.

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APRIL 21, 2008

CiviCRM ranked #1 in satisfaction in the recent NTEN CRM satisfaction survey. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. CiviCRM ranked #1 in satisfaction in the recent NTEN CRM satisfaction survey. { Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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. Be Helpful. That’s a good thing.

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APRIL 3, 2008

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2011

They hired me and it turned into a decade of learning and teaching others (artists, arts organizations, and arts educators) how to integrate this technology into their work and organizations. I had a chance to collaborate with every type of art form, arts management programs, arts education, and individual artists.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Vote for them , especially the one I’m helping out with (David Geilhufe is the spearhead) on open source CRM. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful. open source, etc. It might be interesting. { It might be interesting. {

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

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APRIL 15, 2009

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JANUARY 7, 2008

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

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

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

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MARCH 13, 2008

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JANUARY 6, 2008

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MARCH 3, 2008

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