Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Joining the NTEN Board August 7, 2007 Katrin, the Executive Director of NTEN, announced today that I’m joining the Board. (So So now’s my chance to blog about it!) Good move on NTEN’s part!

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JULY 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology My Theory of Practice July 10, 2008 I finally had the reason to begin to more completely articulate my theory of practice. My theory of practice is different than my consulting philosophy.

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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. { Actually, there are several.

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OCTOBER 4, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How not to treat an open source user community October 4, 2007 I’ve been using activeCollab for a few months now. Xen comes to mind. It’s designed as a basecamp clone. “bad&# companies.

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AUGUST 30, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Varied and sundry before a brief break August 30, 2007 I’m taking a brief 4 day weekend – not that it would be that noticeable on this blog, since I don’t always post consistently.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2007

at 11:17 pm Keep in mind that your EC2 nodes don’t have a static IP address or persistent storage. In my country, there still are no good hosting companies, though our internet speed and ping inside the whole country, is better than the most of europe, that’s why I use e-insites. 2 Brian 11.23.07

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DECEMBER 14, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What was it, the question mark? To my mind, it bodes well for the open source tools. December 14, 2007 I feel misunderstood. Earlier this week, I wrote a post on about the NTEN CRM satisfaction survey.

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JANUARY 31, 2008

It does mean that everyone who is involved in a webinar needs to install Skype – but that seems to be a minor issue, to my mind. But interestingly, Yugma is now integrated with Skype, which totally changes the whole audio on a separate channel issue. But, you can’t use the Skype edition on Linux yet, either.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Women and Technology November 15, 2006 One of the things I really like about the nonprofit technology community is that there are so many women involved.

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JANUARY 16, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology So where is open source in the nptech ecosystem? Because the comments, in my mind, were criticizing it for not covering something that was a different topic.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 10, 2010

She was in the Bay Area to promote her newest book, Tranquilista: Mastering the Art of Enlightened and Mindful Play , which I enjoyed very much. You can learn more about Kimberly's work by reading my November 2009 interview with her on Have Fun Do Good , or listening to it on the Big Vision Podcast.

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JANUARY 29, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #6: Joomla! January 29, 2008 I don’t exactly know where the exclamation point came from, but if you want a scarily easy CMS to install, Joomla is a place to start.

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JANUARY 19, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Spirituality and Technology January 19, 2007 A number of people have written me, and said that they appreciate that there is a blog with a spiritual take on technology.

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OCTOBER 21, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Book Reviews October 21, 2007 I read three books recently that I thought would be worth reviewing here. They fall into that category of “business&# books that I basically never read.

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APRIL 5, 2013

Building community takes many forms and is done for many different reasons: to raise money, pass legislation, connect with like-minded people, have fun, learn new things. In 2009 Lori founded the Ignited Online Fundraising Community to provide donor-centered fundraising professionals with training and coaching support. and on and on.

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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. Human beings use metaphors all the time to understand the world, and to frame it. Metaphors are powerful in terms of the way we think about things.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 15, 2017

Scaling a social service is a complex, non-linear process, and thus a SIB needs to be designed with that in mind (Gustaffson-Wright et al, 2016). Program Management in this context refers to the risk a nonprofit is willing to take to scale a program within the bounds of a pay for success contract. and Phoenix, Arizona.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 at 3:02 am Have you tried StumbleUpon for ’stumbling’ upon websites that other like minded people have visited and liked. Its great for lunch hours! 2 marnie webb 09.25.06

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JUNE 26, 2009

60) Search « Strategies For Optimizing Your Nonprofits Website | Main | YouTube Launches Video Volunteers » Wednesday Jun 24 2009 How Unused Gift Cards Can Support Nonprofits Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 12:14AM | by Allyson Kapin Do you have a pile of gift cards stuffed in an old draw? All rights reserved.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What do web stats mean, anyway? at 5:48 am Sure, I put Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology on Quantcast – I was curious to see what would happen. 2 admin 09.18.07

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APRIL 22, 2009

It allows us to find interesting content by following like-minded organizations and partners, and pass that on, sometimes writing blog posts about things we find. Twitter is a component of our overall communications strategy, but not because we have specific metrics and goals in mind. I think the medium is just too fluid for that.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2015

With crowdfunding sites taking the business, art, and nonprofit world by storm with exponential growth since 2009, it's easy to overlook peer-to-peer fundraising. Or how about asking your family to purchase gift wrap as a way to raise funds around the holidays? Introduce your protagonist early on and what he or she wants.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

Yesterday, they published the list of organizations that have lost their exemption from paying income tax due to failure to file required reports in 2007, 2008, and 2009. The "Fall Festival" advertised on their homepage is for 2008, and the "events" link opens up to a May 2009 calendar. Long overdue, the IRS finally pulled the trigger.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

Main | The ROI of Social Media » Friday May 29 2009 Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit? Friday, May 29, 2009 at 09:41AM | by Allyson Kapin In the next five years, money spent annually on direct mail will decline by as much as 40%, from $49.7 May 29, 2009 | Robert W. 60) Search « Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead?

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MARCH 15, 2009

Receive monthly updates 2 Comments | by Share Article in SEO Reader Comments (2) One helpful tip I keep in mind for SEO purposes is that search engines index from the top down. March 13, 2009 | Anne Dougherty Excellent tips! March 15, 2009 | Copywriter Steff Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All rights reserved.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

It was June of 2009. Who in their right minds would show up at 8am on a Sunday for a history event? If you focus on a discipline or art form or niche, be relevant to that. Here's my question for today: Have you seen an object or work of art become relevant and powerful for a short time or in a particular context?

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NOVEMBER 30, 2009

What happens when you combine reality TV tactics with a traditional art collection? This guest post, written by Philippa Tinsley, Collections Manager for the Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum (UK), describes the innovative Top 40 exhibition they mounted in the summer of 2009.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Remember that average banner click-through is just 0.1% [ DoubleClick 2009 Year-in-Review Benchmarks ]. Media planning is as much an art as it a science. Keep in mind that these tools are the basics for learning how to leverage advertising as a storytelling medium. What do creatives need to consider?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 30, 2009

They are receptive to how their vision is going to manifest." --Jennifer Lee, Artizen Coaching Many of you have big visions for a better world and want to make a difference in 2009. Below is the edited transcript from my Big Vision Podcast interview with Jennifer Lee from January 22, 2009. Sometimes there is more than one gremlin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

His tweets reveal him as a renaissance thinker, not just a narrow-minded tech geek. . Use the Rule of Thirds : (1/3 Web + 1/3 One Way + 1/3 Social) = Online Marketing Budget The rule of thirds is not an Einstein theory, it is actually comes to us from the art world.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How do we do make change if we keep doing things the same way? I am the one who, with the interests of the sustainability of my own small organization in mind, refused. 4 Sonia Lyris 04.09.07

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JULY 2, 2009

60) Search « The Web’s Influence on Affluence | Main | Fundraising Dips In First Quarter Of 2009 » Monday Jun 29 2009 Top 8 Social Media Tracking Tools Monday, June 29, 2009 at 10:07PM | by Allyson Kapin Social media! I seriously think it’s "the" buzz word of 2009. August 3, 2009 | yovkov Hi!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2011

• Filling your environment with reminders and triggers that will keep your unconscious mind working toward your goal, even when your conscious mind is distracted by other things. • Keep in mind that people are motivated to achieve a goal only when they feel it has value and when the value is clear. Don't Praise.

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JULY 31, 2021

But there are still opportunities, and there is some changes that funders have made to be mindful of those things during COVID. So definitely, that’s been top of mind and something that I’ve seen quite frequently. . So before I go into ARPA, are there any questions, Steven, that I should be mindful of?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

► 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. The Five Points Of Professionalism How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employe.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

► 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. The Five Points Of Professionalism How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employe.

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DECEMBER 27, 2011

This was an increase of over 34% from 2009. Keep in mind that 92% of giving still comes from offline channels and that 32% of online donors switch to give through offline channels. Nonprofits in the education, hospital, and the arts sector raise smaller amounts of money online compared to other organizations.

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