Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

This is a time of accessible AI—anyone with an internet connection can use state-of-the-art tools to help with tasks like brainstorming ideas, generating art, and drafting documents. In many cases, the training data is curated from the internet, with all the prejudices and biases of the humans creating it.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Microsoft Fails to get ISO fast-track for OOXML September 7, 2007 For those of you that pay attention to open standards, this is old(ish) news. I’ll keep you posted. { I’ll keep you posted. {

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Bloomerang

APRIL 1, 2021

Now, however, in the age of the internet, we have new learning opportunities emerging everywhere we look! Instead of having to search for sparse sources of information, we’re now left with the opposite issue—sifting through ample resources to find the most trustworthy and impactful information. .

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

67% of nonprofits use a constituent relationship management system (CRM) to track donations and manage supporter communications. Now let’s look at Excel , which a lot of nonprofits initially use to track their data. Nonprofits can use this software to track fundraising campaign progress or assign roles within a larger project.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. This website tracks what sites are the most popular in the world today. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 26, 2008

They also span the range of proprietary, SaaS, and Open Source. Open Source Tools. Having been bogged down with my own open source CMS tool before 2005, then having taken a break from development, I missed out on the prime years of Drupal’s development. WordPress. I like it more and more. SaaS Tools.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I volunteered to be the “expert&# in residence for the “Program&# track of Office Hours. The description: “ Talk with Michelle about internal software systems – document and knowledge management, CRM, client management databases, intranets, etc.&# So, come join me. Be Helpful.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

where they showcase the status of each of their projects so that funders and supporters can watch as they track their progress toward “a world with clean drinking water for all children—and a museum telling of when it was not so.” Social media trailblazers open up. Building a movement through innovative open source tools.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

With the Salesforce.org Nonprofit Success Pack , they plan to track and manage relationships and interactions with constituents across all regions, allowing them to develop local leadership, build a diverse network of local groups that campaign with impact, and connect partners across the climate movement and social justice movement.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2022

This open-source, accessible solution enables workers and volunteers to collect data wherever they need to go. By using a mobile phone, they can collect data on the go and easily sync it to their Salesforce platform if they are in an area where the internet is unavailable. They needed a mobile app that worked offline.

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Care2

MAY 8, 2012

The virtual Women Who Tech Telesummit which happens via internet audio and the web provides some of the most web thought-provoking, inspiring, and skills building sessions for nonprofit campaigners and social change makers. Place: FHI360, Vista Room 1825 Connecticut Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20009. Register now!

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NTEN

AUGUST 26, 2010

We're always looking to balance sessions across tracks, open source v. All you need is an internet connection and a phone line. . > Women and Open Source and Identity. As you know, we're just about done collecting your great session ideas for the 11NTC right now (deadline: August 27). Female Ferocity.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 17, 2008

It may, depending on pricing, even give the open source CiviCRM a bit of competition. at 8:22 pm Writing a Donation tracking CRM on top of Salesforce? They are starting with a “charter&# program – a few nonprofit organizations, to iron out all of the varied issues, both technical and logistical, I imagine.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

At the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, manufacturers showed of everything from smartwatches to fitness trackers to headbands that track brainwaves! In open source news, ZTE announced two smartphones that run Firefox OS 1.3, the Open C and the Open II. More people with Internet access means more people on Facebook.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Michele Martin 07.11.08 at 6:06 am Michelle, I love this! 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

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

This is not only cool from the perspective of the integration of two great open source web apps, but it also is a very interesting business model. Matt Asay, blogger of all things in open source biz models, thinks Google Code may have overtaken Sourceforge. Setup of all three has a one time fee. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

There are a number of reasons for my deciding to slowly leave the Macintosh platform: I want to focus more energy and time on free and open source platforms – I might donate what I would have spent on Leopard to some deserving projects. Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07 Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Keep track of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, no matter which blog is hosting, by subscribing to the Carnival feed. { Marketing Deviant has an interesting post about having a color dress code for your business. Maybe it’s time for me to go out and find some blue and yellow clothes. at 10:04 pm Donor Power Blog 11.21.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Yes, it might be surprising, but I got a friendly email from fellow NTEN Board Member Steve McLaughlin, who also happens to be head of all things internet (more formally, Director, Internet Solutions) at Blackbaud. There were a lot of things you could do, including accept donations, track personal donation pages, and the like.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Kivi at Nonprofit Communications , talks about how to keep track of the kind of data that writers need to keep track of – editorial calendars. Keep track of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, no matter which blog is hosting, by subscribing to the Carnival feed. at 1:33 pm Katyas NonProfit Marketing Blog 03.16.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Kivi at Nonprofit Communications , talks about how to keep track of the kind of data that writers need to keep track of – editorial calendars. Keep track of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, no matter which blog is hosting, by subscribing to the Carnival feed. at 1:33 pm Katyas NonProfit Marketing Blog 03.16.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

The first set of modules, on the “Strategic Track&# are already done. Of course, I’ve been a wiki fan since the very beginning, and I haven’t lost the desire for true data portability , and open source alternatives to the current social networks. however, as you all know so well, I’m a realist. {

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Tech Soup

MAY 22, 2009

Wikipedia is an open-source knowledge repository, which is fine, but one issue with open-source technologies continues to be quality control. If I were a teacher, I would be skeptical of any information sourced from there. Tags: E-Learning E-Learning Reference Software Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 20, 2008

MPower Open , an enterprise CRM, is both open source, and has great open APIs. Convio keeps drinking the “open&# coolaid (although they have a ways to go.) But suffice it to say that they convinced *me* that they are on the right track. There will be way more on this in later posts. 6 admin 03.24.08

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Care2

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Cross browser compatible tested – Make sure that your site loads well in all major web browsers including Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, and yes, Internet Explorer. Most open-source CMSs have tools or plugins for setting up daily backups. If your site is on WordPress you might consider using the WP-Touch plugin.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis and push for policies that will put the world on track to reduce our planetary CO2 to safe levels - 350 parts per million. They have an integrated, cloud-based IT system in which everyone has laptops and merely needs some way to get to the Internet to plug in to 350.org.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

The organization wants to capture the demographic details, as well as make sure that data is synchronized with the data they might already have on that web user, so they can track their constituents over time. Another purpose is for membership lists, or group lists, or perhaps live tracking of donations from a specific campaign.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

Yeah, it’s fun that there is a great mix of people that I can keep track of (and they can keep track of me) – that’s the part of the equation that’s hard to find elsewhere. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

Ushahidi has been developing open-source crisis mapping software for over eight years now. Since then, it has since logged, mapped, and tracked more than 14,000 reports of petrochemical pollution. BRCK deals with the problem of frequent Internet and electricity outages in much of the developing world.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis and push for policies that will put the world on track to reduce our planetary CO2 to safe levels - 350 parts per million. They have an integrated, cloud-based IT system in which everyone has laptops and merely needs some way to get to the Internet to plug in to 350.org.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The “Open Source Software is Free&# myth July 14, 2008 I had a startling realization a few days ago. No one would think that anyone thought that implementing open source software was without cost.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

communities, from LinkedIn to Flickr to … Amazon.com, keeps track of your contacts content. I joined Spokeo. Spokeo takes your gmail, aol, or yahoo address book and, looking at a wide variety of web 2.0 So when someone in your addressbook posts a new photo to Picasa, or tweets, you’ll know about it. Be Helpful.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

Open Source is Dead. What I mean is that open source, as we knew it, is dead. For the last decade, what we've been talking about when we say "open source" is "open code" -- a set of zeroes and ones that we can configure to our heart's desire. Long Live Open Source.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

I would love to see more dialog that helps us understand how to make the bridge and to track the evolution of the less-techy population so we can push the envelope a bit but not too much. 5 Erin 04.30.08 at 10:59 pm this is such great advice. I’ve just discovered your blog tonight and it is exactly what I’ve been looking for.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

There are big problems with tracking and verifying a learners’ CE balance. Just as importantly, ledgers transparently track the movement of credits from party to party – in our case, from CE provider to certificant to certifying board. This profile will promote standardization in how simulators report over the Internet to databases.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

• Tracking technology (like GPS) • Translation tools. Mozilla’s Firefox , the nonprofit driven free and open source web browser; Creative Commons , the project set up to provide a straightforward licensing framework for online creators. billiion of us use the Internet nowadays.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

Our mighty army of volunteers hosted over 500 free nonprofit technology trainings last year, and we're on track to reach even more organizers this year. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels & Bytes "Open-Source Summer Fiesta" San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. You like numbers?

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