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JULY 12, 2022

Pardot was founded in 2007, and it’s a recognizable product name—I will miss smiling when I hear a new client pronounce it “Par-dough” instead of “Par-dot.” . This is a tougher question to answer. . Pardot’s name has been changed to Marketing Cloud Account Engagement. But why “Account Engagement”?

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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.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2011

Back in 2007 TreeHugger did a piece entitled Plethora of Options for Green Web Hosting. Websites like Hosting Review , and others offer listings of the top green web hosts. Places like ThinkHost , GreenGeeks , Sustainable Websites , and Green Web Host all claim to be number one green hosts.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

This week, I asked the question: What is the biggest mistake a nonprofit can make with their website. I got some interesting answers: Ken, at the Nonprofit Consulting Blog, talks about transparency , and how it’s a big mistake not to be transparent.

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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. at 7:16 am The question of how bleeding edge we need to be intrigues me. at 9:36 pm Great question. How bleeding edge do we need to be? {

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2018

No longer small, with a budget over $5 million, the organization began work to become a high-performing nonprofit in 2007. As our small nonprofit working group thought about how to make the PI feasible for small nonprofits, we wrestled with several hard questions. This is a critical question for small nonprofits with limited resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

Some questions: What have you seen in terms of partnerships for people seeking funds for games? This is a time pressure question! What are the metrics? What is the meaning making? Translate what gamers do into the language of "normal traditional education" and out of school time learning? There is more open dialog.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 10, 2008

One question I asked all of them was about whether they had a process of reflection and evaluation of their work, as it was going on, and when the project was coming to a close. Unfortunately, none of them had an answer to that question. at 2:30 pm What great questions to ask, Michelle!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

So the model that I am coming up with is a combination of that model, and what I would call an “inquiry based&# model – helping people in a more structured way come up with specific questions and problems before the event, and then use the event to collaboratively answer those questions, and solve those problems.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

This post shares some of the most interesting questions I''ve heard throughout these experiences. Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments! BROAD QUESTIONS ABOUT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1. QUESTIONS ABOUT RESISTANCE TO CHANGE 5. The Museum 2.0 The Museum 2.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Linux Desktop Migration November 16, 2007 Linux has proven itself as a server platform – no one really questions it. A large chunk (the majority?)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 25, 2008

It’s an interesting question, what Android might (or might not) turn out to be. There are some other interesting moves outlined in that great post by Marshall Kirpatrick, my currently favorite ReadWriteWeb blogger Android for the masses, iPhone for the rich? Read an interview of an Android developer. So far, it’s simply vaporware.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 4, 2023

Julia Fabris McBride and Ed O'Malley Today, the authors share these insights with us: Question : Why did you decide to write the book? Question : Tell us more about your reader-engaging approach in book presentation -- combination of Q&As, letters, illustrations, conversational style. That’s why we wrote this book.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tagging Discussion January 6, 2007 Beth started a cross-blog discussion about tagging and folksonomies, and I thought I’d weigh in.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

This post shares some of the most interesting questions I've heard throughout these experiences. Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments! BROAD QUESTIONS ABOUT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1. QUESTIONS ABOUT RESISTANCE TO CHANGE 5. The Museum 2.0 The Museum 2.0

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Since 2007 Facebook has found great success in serving ads to its users at what could be considered a shockingly specific level. This is a tough question, from what we can tell there are benefits from a tracking side and a cookieless tracking alternative. . A glimpse at a cookie free world . Privacy vs performance.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

Joanne Fritz asks the question that is probably on the minds of lots of folks in the nonprofit sector: what are we going to do in facing the current problematic economic climate? Mostly, because I get to read blogs by people that aren’t on my list of feeds I read regularly.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 8, 2008

But the real question is: will this actually result in data portability? { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

Leaders at companies, global brands, nonprofits, and everyone in between are asking that important question: what is a purpose-driven company? The company still sells products with potentially questionable chemicals, sugary foods, and alcohol. The first question we ask is: what do our customers want?” Yet, purpose is a journey.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Facebook Ad Platform November 13, 2007 It always takes me a bit to digest new Web 2.0 news, so I’m just now blogging about last week’s news that Facebook launched a new ad platform.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

To their credit Convio asks this question on their blog : “Should organizations like Convio, and Giving USA continue to offer these sorts of insights to the nonprofit community, or is this simply self-serving marketing fluff? It’s titled “ Benchmarking With a Warped Stick.&# Time will tell. { Time will tell. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 17, 2008

Have an active user and developer community I know I can get my questions answered from the community are good enough so that you can get real work done using the tool (in fact, under most circumstances, you could do mission-critical work with it, if your mission called for it.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 30, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Mission Statement August 30, 2007 I have not at all been tempted by the 31 days to a better blog challenge. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Michele Martin 08.30.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 9, 2007

August 9, 2007 It’s been 7 weeks of using Ubuntu 7.04 (better known as Feisty Fawn) as my primary desktop. And, to answer the question posed above, the answer is, for me, obviously, a definite yes. I figured it was time to give my final assessment. I’m sure I’ll be upgrading.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

Julia Fabris McBride and Ed O'Malley Today, the authors share these insights with us: Question : Why did you decide to write the book? Question : Tell us more about your reader-engaging approach in book presentation -- combination of Q&As, letters, illustrations, conversational style. That’s why we wrote this book.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

I decided several weeks ago, for a variety of reasons, to retire my independent consultant hat. 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

OCTOBER 24, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Making a better, more findable blog October 24, 2007 I’ve gotten some nice kudos for my blog in the past few days, and it feels nice to know that people read the blog, and get something out of it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2007

Gavin raises some good questions: What the hell is the "NPTech" tag and how would one use it anyway? Gavin's Digital Diner gave us a thoughtful post about the pros/cons of taxonomy versus folksonomy, and the quality (or lack of) in user-generated content. What purpose do folksonomies serve? How are they different from taxonomies?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

Earlier this week, an announcement on the Causes Application blog broke the news that over $20 Million has been donated since May 2007 via donors using the social networking application. You can read more about the MySpace/Facebook move here , here , and here.). 25 median donation amount. 35,000 causes have received at least one donation.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

I’d love your thoughts on this – particularly looking at the questions that folks suggested [link] 2 admin 08.14.08 The first module is a “don’t drink the koolaid&# module – another words – how to identify when social media isn’t right for your organization.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

I answer all of their tech questions, and solve pretty much all of their tech problems (mostly by helping them figure out who they should call.) But I help them plan their technology initiatives (a new database, a new website, etc.,) help them find the vendors that will do the work by helping them craft good RFPs.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 15, 2007

There is no question in my mind that free software has won the CMS/Blogging race, hands down. { There is no question in my mind that free software has won the CMS/Blogging race, hands down. { There is no question in my mind that free software has won the CMS/Blogging race, hands down. { Now, there is.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2007

December 12, 2007 I had a good look at NTEN’s CRM Satisfaction Survey (yippee for data!), at 1:24 am What was it, the question mark? Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source CRMs – people like them?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

How easily or quickly does it seem that questions get answered? Make sure that the features that it outlines there match your requirements. See if they have good documentation. Check out the forums of email list archives of that project. How busy is it? Look at the “download&# page (or “releases&# ). When was the last release?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

One of iconic icebreakers that Gunner has used is the “ Human SpectraGram ” that I first observed Gunner do at 2007 Penguin Day. Here’s a few things I learned.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

I didn’t ask this question too often (it would just depress me.) But as I re-enter this field I love, I can’t help but think about this question again. As someone who was a real rarity in my early years (how many African American women neuroscientists have you heard of?)

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Here we’ll summarize those questions and answers. In June 2007, Apple launched the iPhone, and in subsequent years we saw the rise of apps as a competing method to websites for how people interact with organizations. Focus on the questions you want to answer, and then determine how GA4 can help answer them.

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