Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Look at ohloh.net – they have great info on most projects – how many developers, lines of code, how active development activity is. Rule of thumb: projects that haven’t had minor releases in a year or more are definitely in danger of becoming projects that are no longer under development.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 17, 2008

If you want good info, there is a great book by a fellow Linuxchix , called “ Beginning GIMP &# by Akkana Peck. GIMP is a very full-featured image manipulation program. Just about all of what Photoshop does, it does. I’m not a designer or photographic expert, but it’s a pretty amazing program.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2021

After that, similar events called Brand Camp were held on and off annually through 2009. Check out Clover’s website for more info. Featuring Lincoln AMA members as speakers, the seminar focused on topics such as Marketing Planning, Understanding Your Target Market, and Branding on a Budget.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Come say hi if you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, or pass the info on to friends who do! Tuesday, February 17, 2009 10:00-1:15 PM Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites Oakland Airport 77 Hegenberger Rd. I've got a full speaking calendar in the middle of the month.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Check out some of the info and screenshots I shared last week on the Blackbaud webinar Year-End Fundraising Campaigns that Rock with Frank Barry from Blackbaud and Kai MacMahon from Autism Speaks. from 2009 when giving was $280.3 Looking for some good data and examples for your fundraising team? Fundraising Facts.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

I don’t necessarily think Twitter will abuse the info, but you never know what’s happening behind the scenes. BTW, I’m paranoid enough that I wrote a tool for easily finding people on Twitter that doesn’t require you to give up your Gmail account. 5 Jay 12.18.07 I hope this will help in understanding how it works.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

It gives you all of the necessary stats: page hits, visits, referrers, some nice geographical info, etc. Anyway, being a poor student, and having a few extremely low-traffic sites, I figured I’d stick with Site Meter , which seems to be the best of the free site analysis tools. Google Analytics is also free.

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Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2009

Please feel free to share this info with your networks, local community centers, or health care facilities. As of January 2009, American Network has "been approved by the Federal Communications Commission to provide IP Relay, Video Relay Services (VRS) and Internet Protocol Caption Telephone Service (IPCTS)."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2011

Note from Beth: Last Spring, Allison Fine and I did an evaluation report for the Case Foundation on the America’s Giving Challenge 2009. Recently, I began experimenting with pushing the kind of info usually relegated to final reports out across multiple platforms. But what about using it to make social change more scalable?

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 set aside $7.2 Read the quick facts below, see Free Press for more info, and comment today ! (If You can check out the live blog notes and Sheldon's list of resources for more info. billion for broadband stimulus. Competition and Choice.

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Care2

JUNE 17, 2010

Interestingly, despite all the protests against Facebook’s privacy policy she also said that people entrust their personal info with social networks. In fact, between 2000 and 2009, email in the US alone grew 138% according to the World Internet User Statistics. Furthermore, in August 2009, 276.9 In India it grew by 1250%.

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NTEN

MAY 18, 2009

M+R Strategic Services released the 2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study ( with NTEN ) last week, and Allyson Kapin wrote up some top take-aways. Looks like Peter Campbell , via his TechCafeteria project, has set up a handy nptech feed aggregator to pull in nonprofit technology info from the web into one spot. Thanks, Peter!

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NTEN

MAY 8, 2009

With an account, if somebody searches for info on, say, "polar bears" -- we're told polar bears are ratings gold -- and your organization is trying to ensure there's an ice cap left for them to do polar bear-y things on, you can try to try to steer them to your web site. Learning How to Use Your Google Grant (5/21/2009).

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2021

After that, similar events called Brand Camp were held on and off annually through 2009. Check out Clover’s website for more info. Featuring Lincoln AMA members as speakers, the seminar focused on topics such as Marketing Planning, Understanding Your Target Market, and Branding on a Budget.

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Care2

JULY 13, 2012

The iPhone version, released in January 2009, built on an earlier mobile site targeted at feature phones that launched in 2007. Each guide maps, up to date weather info, park secrets, photos and recommendations from other visitors, and tips for where to find the best photo ops, trails, picnic spots, and other attractions during your visit.

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NTEN

APRIL 17, 2009

There's a lot of good info there on nonprofit technology topics, so even if you're not from the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area, you might want to take a gander at the notes ! 2009 NTENny Spotlight: David Krumlauf. Flickr: cogdogblog Judy Hallman always rocks the power of wikis for knowledge aggregation and collaboration.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

at 9:58 am Thanks, much, for that info, Mike. I’ve found Ingres to be the kind of database that “just works&# on Linux and Windows (as well as lots of non-nonprofit platforms like HP-UX and AIX)… not just for developers, but for companies that are left holding the bag long after they’re gone.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

at 9:58 am Thanks, much, for that info, Mike. I’ve found Ingres to be the kind of database that “just works&# on Linux and Windows (as well as lots of non-nonprofit platforms like HP-UX and AIX)… not just for developers, but for companies that are left holding the bag long after they’re gone.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2007

If you are a provider, please feel free to email me if you want more info or help and support in moving forward. 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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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

You may remember " Children Need a Bailout " from 2009, or " Breathe In, Breathe Out ," from 2008. These links will give you all the info you need to know how to participate: Contest Homepage - Watch our contest video and submit your entry by March 19. FAQs - Answers to all your most pressing contest questions.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

If you're registered for the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference , congratulations on being one of over 1000 amazing people coming together for 3 days of awesomeness, April 26-28. (If Go to 'NTC 2009 Sessions' in the upper right and scan the sessions, and don't forget to RSVP by clicking on the button in the session description.

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NTEN

MAY 6, 2009

When : May 12, 2009. I'll send you RSVP info for the after parties, as well. Charelene Li, co-author of Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. Shireen Mitchell of Digital Sistas. Deanna Zandt. Holly Ross of NTEN. Rebecca Moore of Google Earth Outreach. and so much more. Panels run from 11AM EDT to 6PM EDT.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Pan shared some great info about declining newspaper circulation. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, in 2010 average weekday sales were down by almost 9 percent from 2009. Here’s why. Newspapers are dying. People curate their own news today. For example, in 1995 the New York Times had over 1.1

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Feel free to drop us a line at info [at] yugma [dot] com. Drop by [link] for more info. If any of your readers are interested to learn more, or to sign up to the program (competely free of charge!), they can read about it at [link]. If you hav any questions or suggestions, we’ld love to hear from you!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 27, 2009

The 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) has begun. Some sessions are being broadcast live or presented via webinar through NTEN's site so even if you're not able to attend in person, you can still garner some useful info. The time has come. Sessions have started this morning.

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Care2

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? Contact them for more info.

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2015

It was launched in 2009, and as of May 2015, it contains 83,000+ recordings. Want more info about finding music and creating videos? Radio has always offered the public free access to new music. The Free Music Archive is a continuation of that endeavor, designed for the age of the Internet. How to Find the Best Music for Your Project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

I wrote about her project The Born2Fly Project to stop child trafficking in January, 2009 on National Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Awareness Day. I knew people needed information about what child trafficking is, so last year I put together an info sheet. 6. People love information.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 22, 2010

Good examples of SMART goals: Increase our donor base by 10% by June 1, 2009. Create a timeline for reaching your goals. If you plan to double your donor base, by when will you do it? . Recruit 2 new sponsors for our Spring Golf Tournament by March 1. Find 6 volunteers to help sort donations at the thrift store on Mondays. See you there!

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

She grew up in Kazakhstan and moved to Canada in 2009 to attend George Brown College's advanced management program. Veronika recalls that on one of her first days with BITS, Executive Director Mark Simpson gave her the organization's TechSoup account login info and said, "Whatever you need, go knock yourself out."

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

She grew up in Kazakhstan and moved to Canada in 2009 to attend George Brown College's advanced management program. Veronika recalls that on one of her first days with BITS, Executive Director Mark Simpson gave her the organization's TechSoup account login info and said, "Whatever you need, go knock yourself out."

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

A key with an n with 232 digits (768 bits) was factored in 2009 using many years of computing time and dozens of computers spread around the world. They didn't wait to collect enough churning info to seed their PRNG. Calculating p and q from n is called factoring n , and it is very difficult. and Heninger et al.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

We combined that research with insights gained from more than 300 industry leaders that participated in our Real-Time Web Summit in October 2009. . “For the following report, we interviewed 50 companies, developers and executives building or leveraging real-time Web technology.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

And I’m not suggesting that it’s necessarily possible, especially as site stats become more public info, that organizations can, or should control stats. I’m not suggesting that nonprofits should *ignore* site statistics. 3 David Zeidman 09.18.07

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2011

million gifts 1.879 million unique donors 66,470 different nonprofits Seven-year time span (2003-2009) Donations from a wide range of nonprofit sizes and types About the Study The purpose of this data mining wasn’t to create another study about the rapid growth of online giving (though it is skyrocketing). We looked at: 3.6

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NTEN

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Fortune 500 companies and political campaigns spend gazillions on capturing and syncing your info -- because it leads to more profit or a win at the ballot box. Nonprofits must raise the importance and priority of collecting and syncing their honestly acquired PID. During his 4.5

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

Main | Care2 Adds Two Experts to Nonprofit Services Team » Wednesday Jan 14 2009 10 Fast Tips to Boost E-newsletter Performance Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 10:40AM | by Allyson Kapin Let’s face it: People have a love hate relationship with their email. Gather demographic info if you don’t already have it.

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