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NPTECH Punk

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

But in the nonprofit realm, my perspective on helping nonprofit organizations with technology issues has a lot to do with client empowerment, learning based on what’s needed at the moment, and active collaboration. Sounds a lot like Edupunk, doesn’t it? I learned a lot.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 13-17, 2009 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process with staff and advisory board feedback. Open Source Disability Gadgets: DIY for PWD submitted by Liz Henry, Blogher.

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Technology Support as Teaching

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I realized, in thinking about all of this, that the model of technology support that makes the most sense to me is to think of it similarly as a teacher-student relationship. Certainly, if you are a technology provider that values empowerment of your clients, this is probably a good model to consider. Second, Empowerment.

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