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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
SEPTEMBER 12, 2009
In this article, Gale points to an interesting shift within her organization (the Packard Foundation): “Over the past four years we have been shifting from evaluation for proof or accountability (“Did the program work?”) to evaluation for program improvement (“What did we learn that can help us make the program better?”).
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
SEPTEMBER 12, 2009
In this article, Gale points to an interesting shift within her organization (the Packard Foundation): “Over the past four years we have been shifting from evaluation for proof or accountability (“Did the program work?”) to evaluation for program improvement (“What did we learn that can help us make the program better?”).
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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
NOVEMBER 15, 2008
I was perusing the program for a local “green&# event, when I noticed a full page advertisement for Firefox, saying that it’s software was “ 100% organic.&# Too bad the metaphor doesn’t go both ways, because then organic and fair trade food would be free, too. I kind of chuckled.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
DECEMBER 19, 2008
Next year, given what is likely to be a grim funding year, nonprofit organizations are going to be hunting for ways to save money on technology. There are, of course, arguments that IT budgets should be, at least, level funded during slim times, but the reality is that organizations are going to reduce budgets across the board.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
MAY 17, 2011
I certainly have followed and friended lots of organizations on these networks (particularly on Twitter, but also some more personally relevant to me on Facebook.) It doesn’t help organizations bridge the huge data and workflow gap present between their traditional CRM/Donation management systems and their social media interactions.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
MARCH 16, 2011
Organizations use this tool to track donors, send out newsletters, track the success of campaigns, track who is engaged with the organization in what ways, etc. It’s been around for a while now, and is used by many organizations, some quite large (like the Wikimedia Foundation.) Net/MS SQL Server.)
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
DECEMBER 27, 2010
I was having lunch with a friend this week, who runs a small advocacy organization in Canada, that relies heavily on the use of email lists. I think that’s a big question – it matters a lot what the demographics of the organization are, what the goals of the email lists are, and the direction things are going.
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