Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

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. Be Helpful. Sounds a lot like Edupunk, doesn’t it?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

The interesting thing, too, is that their model is that they take a percentage of what you raise (5%.) That’s an interesting model, and, if the software is decent, sounds like it could be a good option for some organizations. Be Helpful. No setup fees or anything else. open source, etc. open source, etc.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

percent in 2009. percent from 2007 to 2008, and by nearly 32 percent from 2008 to 2009. Second, model out and scenario plan for revenue declines of 5, 10 and 15 percent. To help facilitate this discussion, have your CFO run budgets from 2006-2012 and see how your revenue fluctuated.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2012

I’ve been co-moderator of the group since 2009. I sent out pleas for help on Twitter and Google+. But if my blog vanished tomorrow I know I could get help directly from Automattic. Free/Freemium is a business model. Not a model I trust very much these days. User, administrator, vendor, consultant.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 17, 2012

My MacBook battery now gets about 90 minutes at best on a full charge and I didn’t want to buy a new battery if I could help it. Kid #1 got her 1st generation iPad in 2009 (still going strong). Kid #2 got her 2nd generation model last year. I’ve written before how helpful I think it’s been for them.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Afterall, nonprofit is your tax status, it shouldn’t be your business model. Once you have a good understanding of your expenses, consider the following 8 ways cutting costs could help: 1. in 2009 to equip organizations with the skills and tools needed to become successful and sustainable. Need more help with your budget?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2007

It seems to me that they could learn from the other successful projects out there – the really successful projects are supported by a wide variety of methods, whether it be a support model, a nonprofit foundation model, a hosted model, and others. Be Helpful. Mitchell 10.25.07 to develop open source software.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 30, 2012

CASE launched the ESI Award in 2009, and Benetech is proud to join the company of past award recipients. To us this entrepreneurship-infused leadership position means that we must keep our commitment to help build the field of social entrepreneurship and support the movement that is generating hundreds of technology social enterprises.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 8, 2020

In the past, members of the analytics consulting team at Blackbaud have written on this subject matter in the 2009 publication Building Fundraising Momentum in a Recession and the 2011 article Raising Money During Challenging Times. On the flip side, models also indicate those likely to be unresponsive. It will go a long way.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

TechCrunch suggests the issue is in the business model: Unfortunately, the business models have not been worked out yet to accommodate such mixing of data. Be Helpful. We don’t want to have the same application on multiple social networks. We want applications that can use data from multiple social networks.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 19, 2007

Providers seem to be surviving (or thriving) with this model, free and open source software projects are getting the support they need, and clients are getting the software solutions they need. This is a model that is impossible with proprietary software. It’s a model I hope spreads beyond the CMS space, into other areas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

And how might we help bring these two groups together to create healthier nonprofits, healthier networks, and ultimately, healthier communities? And, the amount that Silicon Valley companies has given away has more than doubled since 2009, from $56 million to nearly $117 million. But many local residents are struggling.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Can we help stimulate the creation of far more technology-for-good ventures? We want to help lead the charge into a future where the advantages of digital information touch the lives of all people, not just of the richest and most able five percent of humanity. How can our existing successful programs reach ten times more people?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

This is not only cool from the perspective of the integration of two great open source web apps, but it also is a very interesting business model. Matt Asay, blogger of all things in open source biz models, thinks Google Code may have overtaken Sourceforge. Be Helpful. Setup of all three has a one time fee.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 8, 2012

Models of Collaboration , by professor Mark Hager and Tyler Curry, identifies and describes types of nonprofit collaborations from an analysis of the 177 nominations submitted in 2009 for the prestigious Collaboration Prize. We noticed that a great deal did not fit neatly into any one model outlined in Models of Collaboration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

The campaign was modeled after the grand daddy of match days that happens throughout the entire state of Minnesota. Launched in 2009, the third match day will happen on Wednesday, November 16th. It’s the ability to initiate and nurture these relationships that has helped us succeed. Is there an area you need help?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

I even remember writing a grant to some federal agency that probably no longer exists to help create a local infrastructure to get nonprofits online. Be Helpful. It was, at the time, the only affordable way to do it – there was no broadband, and a T1 was far outside of the realm of affordability for nonprofits. When was that?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

The 13 winners were selected from 60 finalists drawn from 1,702 nonprofit taglines submitted to the 2009 Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards competition. A great tagline can help people find you, too! 2009 TAGLINE AWARD WINNERS. 2009 TAGLINE AWARD WINNERS. A model for any organization promoting philanthropy.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 5, 2009

We’ll have representatives from LASA’s Knowledgebank, KnowHow NonProfit, School of Everything, and more on hand to help you brainstorm and discover ways to connect online regardless of what your learning resolutions include for 2009 - from new media tools to new business models and everywhere in between.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

I think this model may become more prevalent, as organizations are not going to comfortable letting vendors store their data, but will want to take advantage of RIAs like Gliffy or Google Docs. Be Helpful. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 14, 2011

At Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), we use data to help us understand and communicate the financial reality facing nonprofit practitioners on the ground. In 2009, we conducted a broad financial overview of 70 domestic violence (DV) service providers, which was followed by a comparative financial analysis of 18 organizations in 2010.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

I’ve been reading Matt Asay’s blog on open source business models, and he has an interesting post which suggests that writing documentation is a good marketing strategy ! Be Helpful. AgencyByte has a great article on how to prevent scope creep. I’m developing a class about WEB 2.0

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NTEN

APRIL 30, 2009

Extra points generally go to sessions that get outside of the "three people on a dais" model. We're going to need lots of help! Where/when is the next NTC? Atlanta, April 8-10. Mark your calendars! We're headed down south, where we expect a warm, less windy event. Are you from Atlanta? Let us know.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Essentially, nonprofits have been advertising Facebook to untold millions for free helping it become the powerhouse that it is today – the largest, most active social networking website on the Web. They helped launch the company Causes. It was created in 2009 long before there were Community Pages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

My Three Words for 2011 inspired by Harold Jarche's Networked Learning Model. In 2009, my three words were: Streamline, Weave, and Einstein. His conceptual model include the three words: seek, sense, and share. Then, try to think in even broader terms. I’ve been doing this for two years now.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

is a nonprofit educational and vocational training organization that has been working with local at-risk populations since 2009. It later expanded its program to include all at-risk populations, including displaced adults, as a means to better help the community. One in five people there live at the poverty level. spanhidden.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

Our funds have helped make Oregonians healthier and better educated, provided greater access to social services and the arts and culture, strengthened the nonprofit sector and improved the environment for all who live and visit here.”. We’ve set a goal to make MMT a national model of a regional foundation,” Stamm said.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

A growth and innovation simulation model shows that increasing the FLOSS share of software investment from 20% to 40% would lead to a 0.1% Be Helpful. Open source isn’t biased in distributing its benefits. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

For example, the game NeuroRacer can help the elderly improve their multitasking skills, with improvements in everyday activities that last for at least six months, according to a study published by a research team led by Dr. Adam Gazzaley. Games can also empower players to help solve seemingly impossible scientific problems.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Someone in an IRC channel last night who was trying to help me as I tore my hair out said “why does xorg suck so bad?&# I’m also trying to eat my own dog food and model good behavior for my 2 yo all the time. Be Helpful. I really have come to think that xorg has it in for me. at 9:41 pm Linux desktops?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

In 2009, Clay Shirkey predicted , “For the next few decades, journalism will be made up of overlapping special cases.” There are ample opportunities for nonprofits to help inform, shape, and create stories for the media. million in 2009 to $687.6 Shirkey also said, “Now is the time for experiments, lots and lots of experiments.”

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

In addition to encouraging collaboration and shared purpose, nonprofit organizations should ultimately aim to achieve sustained engagement and a participatory culture (Atlee, 2009). Nonprofit organizations can benefit from this working model as it can be a useful tool in achieving a participatory culture. 2009, May 1).

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Research is limited, due to the differences between data sets, the variety of Asian American ethnic groups, and the lack of adequate conceptual models to examine ethnic sub-groups (Sundeen, Garcia, & Raskoff, 2009). [1] Comparison of models of acculturation: The case of Korean Americans. Like this article? Like this article?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2007

Sometimes it does matter, both to an organization that might use that vendor, and to the vendor themselves in terms of viability of their business model. I’m really interested in helping technology providers get up to speed, so that the amount of support available for nonprofits using Linux (and open source in general) increases.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Facebook has quite the motivation to keep people on Facebook, and keep the eyeballs there, because of their revenue model, which is ad-based. I’m not so clear about how this helps users. Be Helpful. Hopefully, eventually, they can write their apps just once. This breaks the whole thing open.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

These individuals were selected to apply their unique perspectives into the judging process and help determine this year’s Social Innovation Winners. Designs and launches new initiatives, drives organizational strategy, and helps chart the future of Feeding America. Helped co-found Oncology and Kids, Inc. Ami McReynolds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Here’s one story about how one free agent, a social media savvy volunteer for a local food bank, saw a problem, reached out to her network, and helped solved in collaboration with the local nonprofit. Sue Kerr has put her social media savvy to work to fight hunger in the Greater Pittsburgh area and save the environment.

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