Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants November 19, 2007 Today, it’s my turn to host the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. I wholeheartedly agree. I’m a real fan of Craigslist.

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JUNE 7, 2009

I did a kind of radical experiment a couple of weeks ago: I de-friended almost all of my nptech and client Facebook friends (cutting my friend count by more than 60%). A while ago, I realized that I would keep hearing the same nonprofit technology related stuff, over and over again, and I realized I was contributing to that by using Ping.fm

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JUNE 7, 2009

I did a kind of radical experiment a couple of weeks ago: I de-friended almost all of my nptech and client Facebook friends (cutting my friend count by more than 60%). A while ago, I realized that I would keep hearing the same nonprofit technology related stuff, over and over again, and I realized I was contributing to that by using Ping.fm

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DECEMBER 7, 2008

Facebook Connect was announced a few days ago, and, of course, it’s the talk of the Web 2.0 Facebook connect, on the other hand is a proprietary process that competes with OpenID, and is only a two way communication between other sites and Facebook - it’s not at all open. What do these two toolsets mean?

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JULY 25, 2011

And I’ll be Google+ing (rather than Tweeting, which is mostly for my writing , or Facebooking, which is friends/family) interesting Tech and NPTech topics as they come along and are discussed. And when Google+ stops being relevant, I’ll find the next thing that comes along to share links and ideas and discuss.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2008

Getting involved in a social network, whether it be something like Facebook or Myspace, or a content-connected social network like flickr or delicious (I’m starting to get used to writing that without the dots,) is pretty easy. Also, unlike the others, there really isn’t a nonprofit technology presence (who has the time?)

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JANUARY 4, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology It’s my social graph, darn it! There has been quite the dustup, started by Facebook kicking Richard Scoble off, because he’d violated the Facebook terms of service. Be Helpful.

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JUNE 21, 2010

Installing Force for Facebook – developer.force.com. Tags: CRM Nonprofit Tech Web/Tech. Contesting the Death of Traditional CRM: Social CRM is a Process and not a Technology – worth a read. Small Business CRM | BatchBook. Force.com for Google App Engine. gokubi.com » Blog Archive » Visual Force Email Templates 2.

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DECEMBER 10, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology LinkedIn suits up December 10, 2007 LinkedIn, the serious MBA wielding brother to the Facebook fratboy and the MySpace rockergrrl, is really putting on the suit now. Be Helpful.

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DECEMBER 27, 2010

More recently, facebook and twitter were considered likely candidates for killing it off. Also, of course, lots of people are beginning to say – go where the people are, which is increasingly Facebook. 8) Diaspora: Diaspora is a Facebook alternative. First, spam was going to kill email.

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JULY 2, 2010

I’ve been working with nonprofit organizations on technology issues (strategy, implementation) for about 15 years now. I remember the heady days, when most nonprofits didn’t even have networks, and some of them still didn’t have internet access. I still think I’m doing good.

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping October 1, 2007 I was reading Deborah Finn’s curmugeonly post about Facebook. One of the fundamental economic characteristics of Web 2.0

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FEBRUARY 11, 2012

So, for Lent, from February 22, through April 8th, I won't be: Reading or posting on Facebook. And I'll still be cooking, so maybe, if you're in the Bay Area, instead of "liking" a Facebook post, you'll come by for soup. :-). Reading or posting on any other social network (Twitter, Google+, Diaspora, etc.). Blogging or reading Blogs.

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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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NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What OpenSocial Means November 1, 2007 The buzz of the blogosphere is the announcement of Google’s OpenSocial. What does this mean for the nonprofit sector? This breaks the whole thing open.

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APRIL 19, 2010

As you might know, almost a year ago, I made a big change in my use of social media – I segregated my social graph – work related stuff moved to LinkedIn and Twitter, and personal friends only on Facebook. Now, I have taken the next step, and made somewhat of a momentous decision.

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DECEMBER 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Why I’m twittering December 7, 2007 Yes, it’s hard to believe. in general, which includes Twitter, Facebook, and others – with the goal of crafting a strategy. I succumbed.

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APRIL 5, 2012

This image is making its way around facebook, and on first look, I can see why most people feel like it makes sense. But I have been doing a lot of personal work around fear lately, and I have a different perspective. I think that fear is a good thing.

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JANUARY 8, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Update on social network portability January 8, 2008 Last week, I covered the Richard Scoble dust-up. And, of course, nonprofits should be especially keen on being able to keep control of their data.

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APRIL 21, 2012

If you are a facebook friend, follow me on twitter , or friend me on instagram, you'll get to see photos and hear about where I've been and where I'm going. I'll be mostly camping, with my new cool tent , and staying with friends and family. I'll also probably do a fair bit of blogging as well.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2012

So, for Lent, from February 22, through April 8th, I won't be: Reading or posting on Facebook. And I'll still be cooking, so maybe, if you're in the Bay Area, instead of "liking" a Facebook post, you'll come by for soup. :-). Reading or posting on any other social network (Twitter, Google+, Diaspora, etc.). Blogging or reading Blogs.

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JULY 19, 2010

Opportunities for collaboration : it does seem like a lot of that happens now on Twitter and Facebook (which for me is a friends/family only zone) so I’m probably missing out on some of that. Banter : Twitter is way better for banter than any other medium besides being in person.

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JUNE 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What is private? Rapleaf digs into the usual social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.), What is public? 2 admin 06.11.08 Be Helpful.

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APRIL 3, 2012

I was a bit surprised by how much I missed hearing about people's lives on Facebook, but I was also surprised by how much it had become simply habit and entertainment. I learned a ton during this time, and I think much of it will take time to filter through me. I was unsurprised by some things, and surprised by others.

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MARCH 5, 2009

Of course, I talk about both of these things in the context both of nonprofit technology and the sector in general, as well as in my role in the sector as a provider of ways and strategies to use the latter to handle the former. Tags: Nonprofit Tech nptech. It really is these things I want to focus most on.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

We are creating whole new infrastructures that didn’t exist before (think Facebook, Google, etc.) I remember, back in the heady days of the early Circuit Rider movement, when one of the big issues was that nonprofits had old, outdated equipment, and they never budgeted for its timely replacement. So this is where it gets ugly.

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MARCH 23, 2010

Tags: Consulting Database technology Development Nonprofit Tech Technology Zen opensource user experience.

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APRIL 5, 2012

This image is making its way around facebook, and on first look, I can see why most people feel like it makes sense. But I have been doing a lot of personal work around fear lately, and I have a different perspective. I think that fear is a good thing.

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APRIL 21, 2012

If you are a facebook friend, follow me on twitter , or friend me on instagram, you'll get to see photos and hear about where I've been and where I'm going. I'll be mostly camping, with my new cool tent , and staying with friends and family. I'll also probably do a fair bit of blogging as well.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2007

And just like OpenSocial was a great answer to Facebook, this is a great answer to the iPhone. Why is this good news for nonprofits? But they seem to realize that the key to their success is being open, and they are doing their best to move that into as many places as possible. Be Helpful.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Not only do you not have access to the code running something like, say, Salesforce.com, but in some cases (such as the case of Facebook) the cloud service providers own your data, too! But what’s also true is that “the cloud&# is, at its core, supremely proprietary.

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AUGUST 12, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology My iPhone 3G August 12, 2008 I once joined the “iPhone non-buyers&# group on Facebook. I swore up and down I wouldn’t get one. Be Helpful.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2008

These include Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and many others. 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 I think as nonprofit organizations begin to work more and more using Web 2.0 So, I’m evangelizing.

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APRIL 3, 2012

I was a bit surprised by how much I missed hearing about people's lives on Facebook, but I was also surprised by how much it had become simply habit and entertainment. I learned a ton during this time, and I think much of it will take time to filter through me. I was unsurprised by some things, and surprised by others.

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OCTOBER 8, 2008

And, since it has OpenID (which seems to have bugs, though), OpenDD , and OpenSocial, it’s not such a bad idea for public sites either (although I’d still not suggest that nonprofits spend the time to do this.) Maybe someone will use it to create the Facebook killer (I kind of doubt it, but I can hope, can’t I?).

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AUGUST 5, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How do you keep up? And, in a bigger picture way, how important do you think it is for people who work with nonprofit organizations on technology issues to keep up? How do you keep up?

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Reaping the Benefit of Open Platforms September 6, 2007 One of the cool things about free and open source software is that often (not always, but often) they provide an open platform for add-ons.

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