Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Dataportability.org – the organization, has gotten a lot of press in the tech industry lately because some very big players recently joined. I figured, since I’ve been getting a bit involved in the community, I’d give a bit of a summary of what’s going on, and what will possibly come from this effort.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

If you read that link, which is basically a copy of a press release from Microsoft, you’d think they had it all sewn up. What this means is that MS will have to take all of the varied input from the ISO bodies, and go through a second vote early next year. Microsoft thinks that it will win approval , but that is far from clear. (If

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 21, 2007

1 trackback } Linux Journal Lost South Of Calais « The Wayward Word Press 10.09.07 1 trackback } Linux Journal Lost South Of Calais « The Wayward Word Press 10.09.07 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

APRIL 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Twitter and Nonprofits April 10, 2008 This actually was a post to the Progressive Exchange discussion list. I’d be really hard pressed to suggest that they spend much of their meager resources on that.

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NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2011

Jumo’s received a very warm welcome and a lot of press being that the founder Chris Hughes was also the co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential campaign. Jumo is another social media for social good platform that entered the mix in 2010.

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Judi Sohn

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

In 2008, I found Ravelry. Then Mathew signed a book deal with Interweave Press! I can stare a picture of beautiful yarn the way a foodie would study a picture in Gourmet Magazine. I know, it’s strange. Only my fellow fiberaholics can understand. I knit on and off through college and after I got married.

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Care2

MAY 16, 2007

Copyright © 2008, Care2.com 57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Our GreenTech Initiative has been very interested in understanding greenwashing since we started the program in 2008. There is good evidence that the report itself has become an example of conflict of interest and greenwashing, especially in its omission of the green IT brand, EPEAT.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

And the press scorned the fundraising effort. We see examples in the ongoing success of Kickstarter , in the record number of small donations President Barack Obama collected during his 2008 campaign and, humorously, in the manner Stephen Colbert has solicited funds for his satiric Super Pac. Except for Joseph Pulitzer.

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Qgiv

APRIL 7, 2021

Over the Edge has been partnering with nonprofits to host rappelling fundraisers since 2008. These events are designed to garner a lot of press and have been shown to attract new supporters to nonprofits. Not only that, but over the edge fundraisers are safe and accessible to most people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2008

Just saw a press release from Yahoo, Google, and MySpace about OpenSocial Foundation. For now, here's the basics culled from the press release, official blog posts, and blog commentary. Back in November when Open Social was announced, we had a round of discussions in the NpTech space that summarized on my blog.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 1, 2011

Anna has been forthright in the press about her enthusiasm for Google Art to open up museum and art experiences for a wide and diverse audience. Needless to say, I'm one of the people who believes the 2008 IMLS research that shows that online encounters with museums increase visitation.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

June 24, 2008 I’m doing a webinar on Linux Desktops next month, and it’s making me think a lot about my own experience using Linux on the desktop, and where I think things are going. Because what about our Peachtree accounting, our little Filemaker press clippings database, and oh yeah – totally wedded to Exchange/Outlook.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Simplicity played a big role in the success of the first TweetsGiving in 2008. We could have pressed on and strongly pressured past organizers to step up again in that way, or hunted for new event organizers, but instead Epic Change respected the feedback as an honest signal and pivoted in a different direction. Simplicity Rules.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 18, 2020

I’ve taken a good look at my portfolio over the last month to identify those donors who I can approach for a five-figure gift that may want to pivot and help with pressing needs due to COVID-19. Strategize with this economic downturn in mind, not the 2008 recession. Work with mid-level donors.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Do you have a pulse on what the most pressing local needs are at this moment? John Hancock was approached by the mayor of Boston in 2008 with a collaborative opportunity that falls in the latter category. Where does your organization sit in your community?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

You may remember " Children Need a Bailout " from 2009, or " Breathe In, Breathe Out ," from 2008. FAQs - Answers to all your most pressing contest questions. Flicker photo: mastermaq Every year at the NTC , we partner with See3 to bring you the DoGooder Nonprofit Video awards.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

She explained that the publishing industry changed drastically around 2008 during the economic recession. "There was a time when you could send a press release and expect a reporter to follow up with you to do a thoughtful story. " Surviving as a Nonprofit Press. Newspapers don't have the staff anymore.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

She explained that the publishing industry changed drastically around 2008 during the economic recession. "There was a time when you could send a press release and expect a reporter to follow up with you to do a thoughtful story. " Surviving as a Nonprofit Press. Newspapers don't have the staff anymore.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

I'm sitting in the press area at the Presidential Forum on Service at Columbia University in New York City. I also sat in on a press conference with Usher, the Summit's Youth Chair, and two participants from Usher's New Look youth program. He was kind enough to smile and say hello. Like that tomorrow Senators Edward M.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

That post was one of my top ten posts for 2008 ! So, why would someone send me a story pitch and press release and invite me to write about social network designed for women who are divorced? I can't tell you the many times I've been pitched with an attached press release without good pointers to online information.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Read the full press release here or download the Social Media data slides here.) Despite this, less than half (48%) of the 187 charities that were surveyed as part of nfpSynergy’s Virtual Promise (2008) report said that their organization used social networking websites. The Research. What It Means.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

12 organizations are in the running to win $100,000 to amplify their message during the 2008 election. I hope this contest gets a lot of press to re-establish the importance of human rights and peace for the next administration, and to shine a light on the important work these organizations are doing. Just to give you the idea.)"

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

Just got a press release this morning announcing the launch of the YouTube Nonprofit Program ! YouTube’s 2007/2008 Clinton Global Initiative commitment enables nonprofit organizations (in the U.S. In the coming months, nonprofit channels will have a centralized area on YouTube, making them and their videos more easily discoverable.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Well, I just got my first one out in 2008! Benetech Update: Summer 2008 I'm thrilled to be writing you this update, because this year is unusually exciting even by Benetech standards. You can imagine the impact of Bookshare.org going from a $1 million per year enterprise in 2006 to over $7 million in 2008.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 12, 2023

Those under 45 have faced the changing global dynamics of 9/11, the financial crisis of 2008, and the COVID-19 pandemic–the results of these major events have been felt extremely acutely as these younger Americans entered the workforce, built families, and attempted to build wealth against these headwinds. It’s that easy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 19, 2017

It is a fact that nonprofits that spend too little on infrastructure have more limited effectiveness than those that spend a reasonable amount on it (Pallotta, 2008). Tufts University Press. Gregory, A. The way we think about charity is dead wrong [Video file]. Retrieved from [link]. Pallotta, D. Medford (Mass.): Harold, J., &

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NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2010

When pressed for details, though, many in the nonprofit community can't offer much of a definition. It all started in 2008, when Comcast deliberately slowed Internet traffic for BitTorrent, a file-sharing site, and the Federal Communications Commission told the ISP it can't do that. You should. Think it can't happen? It already has. .

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Probably middle of 2008. So the idea was, this person could then watch the NYT feed automatically, get an SMS or IM alert whenever a relevant story was published and then she could call up her local newspaper or other press. When did RWW start focusing on the real-time Web? That journalist will love you for it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

It was an echo campaign to complement a radio roadblock on Friday, September 19, 2008 when the NAB encouraged all radio stations to run a Red Cross PSA at 1 pm EDT. I asked my current volunteer (who happens to be a social media genius and a member of ARC's National Youth Council) to draft a "press release" announcing it.

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Care2

DECEMBER 6, 2007

60) Search « So Easy, a Chicken Could Do It: frogloop 2008 Reader Survey | Main | Blogger Uses Petition Site to Create Better Transportation for NY » Thursday Dec 06 2007 Care2.com You can read all about the strides weve made since 7 million here on our official press release. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 18, 2009

I was excited to see that Cristi Hegranes of the Press Institute for Women in the Developing World , who I interviewed in early 2008 , was included in the Political Activism chapter. The Youth and Education chapter was my personal favorite.

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AFP Blog

JUNE 3, 2008

PRESS RELEASEVolunteermatch Debuts Fresh Look And New Features To Make It Easier To Volunteer: "Volunteermatch Debuts Fresh Look And New Features To Make It Easier To VolunteerChanges mean faster, smarter searches and new social networking tools(CSRwire) ATLANTA, GA, - June 1, 2008 - Today, at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service, VolunteerMatch (..)

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

Author, Full Moon Feast: Food and Hunger for Connection listen read Temra Costa, Author, Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat listen read Marsha Wallace, Founder, Dining for Women listen read Jensine Larsen, Founder, World Pulse listen read Laura Miller, Founder, Secret Agent L Project listen read 2009 Jennifer Lee, Owner, Artizen Coaching Listen (..)

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AFP Blog

MAY 30, 2008

PRESS RELEASEPress Releases: "Blackbaud, Inc. May 29, 2008 – Blackbaud, Inc. Announces Acquisition of KinteraCharleston, S.C. – NASDAQ: BLKB), the leading provider of software and related services designed specifically for nonprofit organizations, announced today that it is acquiring Kintera, Inc.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

Here are the details: Where: National Press Club (Holeman Lounge) When: Thursday, Feb. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com 60) Search « Worldwide Protest Organized on Facebook | Main | Who Will Be the Next $100,000 Purpose Prize Winner? No need to RSVP, just come as you are. 28 from 6-9 p.m. All rights reserved.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 22, 2009

It was pretty darn exciting to be a member of the press for the opening plenary of the 2009 National Conference on Volunteering and Service where First Lady Michelle Obama gave the keynote address today. Nine months later, the Edward M.

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