Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Metaphors October 10, 2006 I’m a fan of metaphors. But my question is more than just exigency. Human beings use metaphors all the time to understand the world, and to frame it.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2010

When it comes to user participation in cultural institutions and the arts, it's popular to launch projects that pit visitors against experts. at the Brooklyn Museum, where you could track how people of various levels of art expertise rated crowd-contributed photographs. There was Click! What tools do we use?

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 2, 2013

This past July, artist Guillermo Gómez proposed to restore a piece of art. Both objects and art-objects would be part of this continuing transformation and evolution. The artwork to be restored is a piece called the Glass Forest , (2009) created by Agustina Woodgate, composed of glass and brass cabinets and mirror-etched bark patterns.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

In this unique, online, interactive (free) event - first in a monthly series - you get to see, hear, and ask questions directly to our panel of experts. The wide variety of choices and tools to integrate make this field exciting and challenging terrain for nonprofit leaders; we will take your questions in this one hour live interactive event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

When policymakers are not paying attention, Human Rights Watch shines a light on the situation through the media, both mainstream and social channels. In 2009, they embraced Twitter because journalists were active on Twitter and it was an efficient way to reach them. Over time, using Twitter has become more an organizational cultural norm.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2011

Packard recently surveyed 274 of these grantees from 2007-2009 (grant amounts ranged between $7,000 and $160,000) and analyzed the responses from 169 (a 62% response rate) to ascertain the outcomes. ( The best work is embraced by a reflective board and staff leaders alike, and is embedded in the organization’s culture and business model.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Note from Beth: Last month I had the pleasure of presenting on a panel at Association of California Orchestras with Marc van Bree , an arts and social media blogger I met in 2007. In addition, seeing that donations came from different countries, there were questions surrounding paying with credit cards and with foreign currency.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2013

In 2009, after we hosted the Creativity and Collaboration retreat, I wrote a post about ditching "conferences" for "camp" experiences. I was surprised by the extent to which reality TV culture imprinted on the experience. If we were to do this again, I would ask one additional question of applicants: age.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

That's the question that Kari Dunn Saratovsky asks in a post over at the Case Foundation blog , one of many blog posts and tweets about the controversy surrounding how the Chase Bank handled its online contest. 2009 The Year of Perpetual Online Contests : Case Foundation Blog. Should online contests be redesigned or just go away?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 27, 2011

As I led a workshop at the national convention of the Alliance for Children and Families that focused on these trends, the significant challenge was for each organization to become "futurists," studying the trends for a year at their board meetings in hopes of understanding how they can be embraced as a part of the organizations cultures.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2013

I tweeted and Facebooked a request for friends to suggest things I could resolve to do over the course of 2009. We recruited folks and designed software that texted them five times a day for thirty days, asking one question, "Rate your mood 1 (low) to 10 (high)." Beck will be checking in to respond to your comments and questions here.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2015

He was promoted to Director of Sales in 2009 and took over as President in 2011. Rick received a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science from Duke University. Today, he kindly answered questions about leadership, mentors, his book, and Millennials in the workplace.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

This summer, we opened two exhibitions at my museum that are highly relevant to local culture. Both of these exhibitions are relevant to the cultural identity of Santa Cruz. These boards connect modern-day surfers to something greater than themselves: across oceans, across cultures, across time. The rechewed meat of culture.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2017

The impact of the Great Recession of 2007–2009 on the ever-expanding nonprofit sector still challenges recovery of giving to pre-recession levels. or almost 5 times the rate at which individual giving increased. However, for many years, the nonprofit sector in the United States has been focused on what can be done to expand giving.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

60) Search « 5 Quick Steps to Better SEO | Main | Tech & Style Tips for Conducting Blog Interviews » Tuesday Mar 10 2009 Top 10 SXSW Interactive Panels Your Nonprofit Should Attend Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 05:27PM | by Allyson Kapin Are you planning to check out SXSW Interactive this year? Whitehouse.gov 2.0:

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

60) Search « Twestival: To Meet, Tweet And Raise $500K For Charity | Main | The Joys of Google Grants, Part 2 » Wednesday Feb 04 2009 Why Every Nonprofit Should Embrace the Web 2.0 Do you have questions about why your organization should be using Web 2.0 February 6, 2009 | Ryan Lewis I think were entering not just Web 2.0,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 13-17, 2009 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. The audience will have ample opportunity to ask questions and respond. With a culture of open source designs, Instructables, wikis, and blogs, we can start an international movement.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 22, 2009

This proposition begs two big questions: what new things might museums try, and how can they afford the risk, even those requiring relatively small investments? I am trying to engineer CFM to help provide solutions to those questions—to be a kind of “skunk works” for the whole museum field.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

1stfans is a new kind of membership launched on January 3, 2009 that combines in-person meetups, private groups on Facebook and Flickr, and a private Twitter feed featuring work by original artists (for more background, check out Will and Shelley's blog posts and videos ). Want to know how the Brooklyn Museum is answering this question?

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sgEngage

MAY 18, 2011

The Index is based on actual revenue statistics from nonprofit organizations of all sizes representing arts, culture, and humanities; education; environment and animals; healthcare; human services; international affairs; public and society benefit; and religion sectors.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending September 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. for the 3 months ending September 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. for the 3 months ending September 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. Read more about the methodology. Read more about the methodology.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending November 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. for the 3 months ending November 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. for the 3 months ending November 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2011

The Index is based on actual revenue statistics from nonprofit organizations of all sizes representing arts, culture, and humanities; education; environment and animals; healthcare; human services; international affairs; public and society benefit; and religion sectors. million in yearly revenue on a monthly basis.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 15, 2010

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending October 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. for the 3 months ending October 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. for the 3 months ending October 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2011

The Index is based on actual revenue statistics from nonprofit organizations of all sizes representing arts, culture, and humanities; education; environment and animals; healthcare; human services; international affairs; public and society benefit; and religion sectors. million in yearly revenue on a monthly basis.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 29, 2010

Some people call this a "hello" culture. Its a culture that helps to quickly develop relationships. And, its a culture that ensures your new hires feel welcome during their critical onboarding time period. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. Don't Praise. Make conversation with your team.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2010

The values clearly set the companys culture. ► November (10) Read "The Seven Arts Of Change" 4 Quick Tips For How To Lead More Effectively 5 Reasons To Do An Employee Survey Give Positive Feedback. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around. Don't Praise.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

On March 5, 2009 I interviewed yoga teacher and co-Founder of Off the Mat, Into the World, Seane Corn , for the Big Vision Podcast shortly after she returned from a trip to Cambodia with participants from Off the Mat, Into the World's Seva Challenge. As a result, you have a culture of post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

Traditional Thinking : All aspects of company culture contribute equally to retention. ► November (10) Read "The Seven Arts Of Change" 4 Quick Tips For How To Lead More Effectively 5 Reasons To Do An Employee Survey Give Positive Feedback. Source: Entrepreneur, March 2009 Be A Visible Leader Walk around.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 13, 2011

The report was completed and published in November of 2009, and you can click here to download a copy. To answer this question, we need a meaningful understanding of what trends are going to have the most impact and reach. For years, we have tried to teach others about "cultural competency" through workshops.

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