Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

It is, in many ways, the kind of CRM/CMS integration that lots of organizations want and need. Organizations can get this package in three different ways: On premises - installed inside the firewall, hosted, or SaaS. More on those later.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 15, 2007

For instance, I’m reading the book, Made to Stick , and this week’s post by Jeff at Donor Power talks about taglines that organizations use – how they make internal sense, but don’t make sense to people outside. He provides exactly the kind of advice that will help organizations connect with their donors.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

If your organization’s mission will be greatly benefited by making connections with the twitter demographic then, yeah, twitter makes tons of sense. But should the organization as a whole put resources into a “twitter strategy&# ? at 12:14 am I’m curious about how organizations can use Twitter. Sure, why not.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 26, 2008

The lesson here, I think, is that CRM, even for large organizations, is changing rapidly, and the days are numbered where systems that are expensive, proprietary, and closed rule. And I think that nonprofits should make sure when they choose to look at the wide range of options, some of which are very cost-effective, and open.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

For organizations, web stats are useful indicators of how many people are being reached by their message, the geographical spread of the visitors and whether or not a specific campaign was successful in driving traffic or creating actions (like donations, or letters, etc.) And the mission of the organization matters too.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

The client is quite knowledgeable about their organization, mission, and goals for a project, but often not knowledgeable about technology. The role I play most often currently is providing a clear and understandable avenue between the client and a technology vendor (such as web or database development shop).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

This experience has made me think a lot about where organizations should think about using Linux, and where they should steer clear. Even though I love promoting open source software and Linux among my non-profit clients, we’re not at the point where I could recommend Linux desktops for organization staff. 2 ThomasT 06.24.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

And we all know how organizations end up reworking their procedures and way of doing things when a new large software implementation happens. " Software uses metaphors all the time as well. It’s inevitable. And precisely (!)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006

" There is no question that technology in general has created sea changes in the ways in which organizations get and use information, reach donors and constituents, create campaigns, etc. I agree, though, that the ability to use them effectively for impact is very difficult to measure. Yes, let’s talk about how Web 2.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

We’ve passed through Baltimore – which reminds me of a project I did once, way back when, to work with a group of mostly small and medium-sized organizations on technology planning. I spent 8 years implementing technology “solutions&# for nonprofit organizations. This was in the solidly web 1.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

What happened to our school system that an organization is formed to provide a place for thousands (yes, thousands ) of projects for school kids? One final note – we’re very interested in helping non-profits become more effective. Microscopes? So they can learn. But, anyway, if you want a good cause, this is one.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 26, 2009

It is a great tool for small to medium-sized organizations who are looking for a CRM to track members and donations, register people for events, and do mass mailings. It’s a really cost-effective way to get powerful features. CiviCRM acts in Drupal like a module, and in Joomla like a component.

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