NetWits

APRIL 22, 2009

Back in 2007, you might have heard the cry (I sure did!) from many nonprofit tech folks about the “ integration proclamation ” asking vendors to “open up” their systems to allow for free exchange of data stored in the system. In 2007 we answered the call and added the Connect API to the Sphere platform.

API 100

API Platform System Integration 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 26, 2008

Of course, all nonprofits already have a CRM (even if it is a spreadsheet) – the issue is, generally, migration to a new system, or integration with what they already have to add new features. In the process of going deep into those CRMs, I’ve been thinking about how nonprofits might choose CRMs to begin with.

Open Source 111

Open Source Mashup Open RSS 111

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2008

As a 10,000 footer, NTEN’s new Donor Management System Survey is of keen interest. There is, of necessity, a lot of overlap betwen CRM systems and Donor Management Systems. And I know there are plenty of folks out there who know the field really well at 50 ft, and can step in with the best advice.

Database 113

Database Donor Open Source Kintera 113

Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Fundraisers think of this as individuals gaming the system. It’s also important to note that the average annual payout ratio for DAFs has been over 20% each year since it started being tracked in 2007. But Stein cautions that people can also misuse other types of donations to nonprofit organizations.

Fund 52

Fund Challenge Donor Ratio 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2007

To back up my operating system and programs as well as data. It probably means to slow down and not try to do so much at such a frenetic pace. But maybe I can be fast and neater? My horrible computer crash has inspired several resolutions about crash proofing my pc. And for data, to use online back up as much as possible as a second back up.

Technology 50

Technology Screencast Ratio Photography 50

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 15, 2008

Dokuwiki is different in a number of ways, most primarily in that it is one of the wiki systems that stores things in files, not databases. I’ve always liked wikis, and I have used MediaWiki a lot in the past, and I do like it. This means that it is easier to back up and migrate, but doesn’t scale well.

Open Source 100

Open Source Mediawiki Open Tools 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

It still requires the hardware and operating systems, and databases that more traditional applications that are inside your network require, but, generally, you hand off that responsibility to the folks that host your application, and access the application through the internet.

AJAX 134

AJAX Application Open Source Plugin 134

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Or you’re just curious about projects you’ve heard about. Many standard virtual hosts have “one click install&# or “fantastico&# – which makes it easy to try out some kinds of web applications. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

Open Source 100

Open Source Software Open Free 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 18, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The power of open source VOIP December 18, 2007 Today seems to be Asterisk day. I wrote a case study about it in the NOSI primer – it can allow for really great flexibility in building phone systems.

Open Source 100

Open Source Open Case Study RSS 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

The thing that is prompting this post is the little storm about the security metric that we used to try and get a handle on the security of the 4 different systems we reviewed. The report isn’t about security, it’s a very, very broad comparison of the systems, with security as a very small component. More on that in a bit.

Drupal 100

Drupal Comment Report Metrics 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2009

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.

Open Source 100

Open Source RSS Tech Comment 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

It might be interesting. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. It might be interesting. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

Open Source 120

Open Source Convio Oakland Blackbaud 120

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 15, 2012

These are the best numbers we’ve seen since the beginning of the Great Recession in late December 2007. Public Broadcasting System (PBS) Online Shop. The National Retail Federation predicts that holiday sales this year will increase 4.1 percent to $586.1 Sea Shepherd Online Store.

Gift 275

Gift Benefit Online Conservancy 275

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Last minute tidbits December 20, 2007 This will be my last post of 2007 – I’m taking some days off from work and blogging, and won’t return until the beginning of the year.

Open Source 100

Open Source Ubuntu Tech RSS 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

Unlike CiviCRM, which is targeted to nonprofits, SugarCRM is a system targeted toward sales in for-profit companies. So for the next few tools, I’ll be describing CRMs (Constituent/Contact/Community/Customer Relationship Management). The first one is one that I’ve been using recently for my consulting business – SugarCRM.

Open Source 100

Open Source Open Tools Free 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Online Courses November 6, 2007 I’ve been thinking a lot about giving online courses in the use of open source software.

Course 100

Course Online Open Source RSS 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 5, 2008

On the one hand, it’s important to kep looking ahead to know what’s coming, and build systems and processes for our nonprofits that will still be relevant next year. { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Holly 08.07.08 at 7:16 am The question of how bleeding edge we need to be intrigues me.

Open Source 124

Open Source RSS Journal Tech 124

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

I am going to have to stop using Chrome. 2 film fan 09.16.08 Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. I am going to have to stop using Chrome. 2 film fan 09.16.08

Google 113

Google Open Source Virtual RSS 113

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2008

Adobe (yeah, Adobe ) joined the Linux Foundation , and released a Linux alpha of Air , their new application platform. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

Open Source 111

Open Source Open News Adobe 111

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Trio is an integration of SugarCRM, Joomla, and a credit card payment system. Then, all monthly hosting fees are waved if more than a certain amount of money is transacted using the payment system. Setup of all three has a one time fee. The hosting costs, if you don’t qualify for free hosting, are pretty reasonable.

Kintera 100

Kintera Open Source Wiki Open 100

Robert Weiner

JANUARY 22, 2010

Efficiency. Efficiency seems simple enough: if you don't have the right resources (people, tools, training, procedures) you will waste time and money. It will take you too long to do everything, you'll be too rushed to do the job right the first time, and you'll spend a lot of time fixing mistakes.

Service 183

Service Retention Evaluation System 183

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

So I’m polishing off my PHP skills, and we’ll see where that leads. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. So I’m polishing off my PHP skills, and we’ll see where that leads. {

Drupal 100

Drupal Open Source Press RSS 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 12, 2008

I’ll be on hiatus for about another week, and will have some long awaited new FOSS tools, as well as other posts that have been brewing for a while. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

Open Source 100

Open Source RSS Journal Tech 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2006

The Alliance Library System and the Second Life Library/Info Island collaborative group of librarians are pleased to announce the grand opening and a host of activities planned for Second Life residents scheduled October 12-14, 2007. Just got word from Lori Bell about the grand opening for Information Island.

Second Life 50

Second Life Info Library Life 50

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

She says, at the end of her long entry: Making systemic change like this is hard and it will require every invested party to stand up for what they know is right and chip away at the old system. She is also realistic – she describes in detail in the post what people can do, whether they are tenured or not.

Journal 100

Journal Open Source RSS Tech 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

There won't be one system of assessment - and there different types of dispositions. "Drill and Skill" We're interested in assessing learning attitudes from games - How do you approach problem solving, feedback, and how does learner's attitude change? How do you measure the change?

Game 50

Game Change Metrics Learning Environment 50

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 3, 2008

I’m looking forward to talking about free and open source software to this audience. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. I’m looking forward to talking about free and open source software to this audience. {

Conference 111

Conference Online Open Source DC 111

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 25, 2008

More on that in a later post. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. More on that in a later post. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

Open Source 100

Open Source Convio Database Myspace 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

From their website: Some of the features that distinguish Hampshire from more traditional liberal arts colleges include student-designed academic concentrations; an active, collaborative, inquiry-based pedagogy; an interdisciplinary curriculum; and a narrative evaluation system. Sounds a lot like Edupunk, doesn’t it?

Nptech 100

Nptech Unconference Open Source Model 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

It is, I imagine, what the future of television will be. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. It is, I imagine, what the future of television will be. {

Open Source 111

Open Source Open Tools Free 111

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2008

I know some folks are holding out for an Android phone, which, from what I can tell, are going to be pretty similar. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

Blackberry 113

Blackberry Open Source Ipod Phone 113

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

Of course with my mac, I opened up the system preferences, checked a button, and, voila! I do demand a lot of my system. Directories were shared. The WPA fiasco a few days ago fell exactly at the moment when some really important work needed to get done for a client – so it sometimes hampers my ability to get things done.

Open Source 111

Open Source Ubuntu Music Course 111

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Wiki Syntax madness November 26, 2007 As most people deeply imbedded in Web 2.0, I am an avid Wiki user. And none of these have the same syntax – they are similar, but slightly different.

Wiki 100

Wiki Mediawiki Open Source Laptop 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

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.

Consultant 124

Consultant Open Source Nonprofit Websites 124

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

I’ll be watching the Open Handset Alliance, and wondering when I can replace my Blackberry with an open phone. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

News 100

News Open Google Open Source 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2008

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.

Open Source 100

Open Source Application RSS Tech 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 14, 2008

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.

Social Network 100

Social Network Open Network Open Source 100