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My Top 16 tools of 2008

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Wanna set up a easy development environment on your Macintosh without struggling with Fink or MacPorts? This was the year for twitter. This was the year that nonprofits discovered twitter, and the year I integrated twitter into my workflow. So what tools did you come to depend on in 2008? Stay tuned.

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How to Keep Donors Engaged Using Emerging Technologies

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Pencils of Promise (PoP) was founded in October 2008 to help build safe and healthy learning environments for young children worldwide. People naturally form connections through interactions on social media platforms like Twitter, Discord, Instagram, and Facebook. The answer, simply, is to give people what they want!

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Movable Type goes Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

But in any case, it should work on all generic hosting environments, and it looks easy to install. So here’s another good option for organizations that want powerful blogging software to use on a generic (read: cheap) hosting environment.

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Free and open source tool #8:XChat

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Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #8:XChat February 5, 2008 This is, really a post both about a tool ( XChat ) and about IRC (Internet Relay Chat.) XChat is one of quite a few IRC clients. It’s also scriptable.

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Last minute tidbits

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It’s sobering – as much as I love technology, it scares me how much damage it can do to both people and the environment, once we’re done with it, and ready to upgrade to something new. Many nonprofits have Linux file servers in their back offices.

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The Wealth of Networks, Chapter 3

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

He then spends some time making clear how the new networked environment makes peer distribution possible. Chapter 3 is a discussion on Peer production – it talks about how it is that people have come together to collaboratively create software and content – basically, knowledge production. Thanks for the comments!

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How Nonprofits can Use Analytics with Advocacy

Connection Cafe

The first theme focuses on the interaction between advocacy tactics and the broader media environment. A Twitter trending hashtag or viral video can put a topic on the media agenda, creating a spiral of attention that spreads your message far beyond its traditional audience. Today’s hybrid media environment is still in flux.