Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2007

at 12:19 am I’d be interested to see what you think of Zmanda’s approach — we have absolutely no intention of triggering a fork of Amanda, and do a pretty good job of supporting community users without badgering them to buy our enterprise version. Xen comes to mind. Mitchell 10.25.07 to develop open source software.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 1, 2012

Recently, I had the pleasure to host Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) for exactly such a meeting of minds with ten fellow social entrepreneurs. Harkin is also seeking collaborations with business and social enterprise leaders to ensure that federal policymaking is producing real results on the ground in the form of jobs for people with disabilities.

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2009

Judging by how many of you opened and read our February newsletter on IT staffing , all things related to jobs -- from hiring to seeking to firing -- are top of mind for you all right now.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

While this does the job for covering basic needs, read on for more if you’re looking for ultra-customized experiences such as a tailor-made thank-you message or bespoke branding. Founded: 2010 Designed with fundraising staff in mind, iDonate’s overall mission is to move overall giving from 2% of disposable income to 4% by 2025.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2007

NTEN did a great job of beginning to approach this topic, and it was great data. To my mind, it bodes well for the open source tools. It wasn’t scientific, and the sample was about.05% 05% of the nonprofits in the United States (the foundation center says that there are about 1.4 million of them.) That was my point. {

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

That’s what’s been on my mind lately. I have disruptive approaches to social innovation in mind, with an increasingly connected society where the cost of prototyping and deploying new products is extremely low, and where innovation is no longer the sole purview of well-funded for-profit corporations. 10X: ten times the impact.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Many volunteer managers cite recruitment as their greatest challenge; however, Brudney and Meijs (2009) contend that “the preoccupation with recruitment distracts attention and resources from the management and retention of volunteers” (p. We welcome your comments and feedback. Sources: Brudney, J. and Meijs, L. 38(4), 564-581.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 16, 2008

Because the comments, in my mind, were criticizing it for not covering something that was a different topic. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

So just to say really, that we should be mindful that as well as the biggies out there that we all know about, we should promote and participate in other great FOSS CMS that are futureproofed and adaptable for the nptech world too! I help them to work out first what they want and why, then help find the right tool to do the job.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

He inspired us, he inspired each one of his children, by his example, by the people and pursuits he loved, to keep our impact on other people in mind. After a couple of hours of working at it, the job was still not done. In less than ten minutes, the job was finished! Our Dad was always aware of his impact on others.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2017

Despite its recent emergence, it has gained rapid popularity, with an estimated $300 billion in impact investments in 2014, and an estimated $500 billion expected by 2019 (Sirull, 2015; Monitor Institute, 2009, p. She is currently applying for jobs that will put her in the position to make the world a better place. Sources: Ategeka, C.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2007

.&# I picked it up by happenstance, I think because I had NOSI on my mind, and I was thinking about how to talk to people about open source and nonprofits. They do a good job of using examples for each of these things (like why Southwest Airlines is so successful, and why the Kidney Heist urban legend sticks so well, among other stories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2010

His total for the day was 64 hot dogs. In 2009, he won again, beating his own record by consuming 68 hot dogs. Professional learning is and should be a part of staff’s job and honored by the culture. Tags: Listening Mindfulness Organizational Culture. No downright sick in the stomach. Three Tips for Getting Started.

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See3

OCTOBER 3, 2014

By keeping your audience and their search interests in mind when uploading your video, you can increase the chances people will find it and watch. Keep in mind that what people are searching isn’t always an accurate description of the video. Your video has to be seen! Write a good video description.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Live Earth is soliciting positive and supportive user generated content expressing appreciation and love for senators’ positions on the environment, green jobs, clean energy, and/or the Climate Bill. They are urging us to encourage and motivate them to support a greener future. Check out the announcement video here. Need some inspiration?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Even for NTEN, which is extremely web-heavy in its mission, raw visit numbers will mean nothing related to how well it is doing its job. It’s fairly easy to extrapolate that even with the poorest of clients, we’re seeing web adoption especially as traditional sources of information for job and apartment listings leave print media.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

In August of 2009, the following exchange occurred between an employee known only as "Lindsay" and her boss, "Brian": [Lindsay]. "OMG [oh my God] I HATE MY JOB!!" " [He continued with] " that s**t stuff' is called your 'job', you know, what I pay you to do. " "My boss is.

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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? All rights reserved.

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Achieve

AUGUST 3, 2011

So far the site has only raised just over $13,000 since 2009. But the LoveDrop team does such an excellent job utilizing social media to keep followers updated on the progress, engaged in the families, and excited to see the outcome of their donation each month, that donors don’t seem to mind paying to help operating costs.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

In my role as Communications Director, it is in my job description to promote our work and grow our network while building our brand, so I didnt ask permission to start tweeting and I didnt have to prove to my ED or Board the value in terms of results or ROI. www.MHPonline.org April 22, 2009 | Rick Bernardo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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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. Aim for somewhere between “gutter” and “Are you out of your mind?” After all, I’m trying to work myself out of a job. 2. Think big, but don’t set your goal in concrete.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

Using social media as part of getting your job done is easier to imagine and put into practice if you're in the communications, marketing, outreach, or fundraising departments. Before this can happen, there are a couple of culture shifts: Professional learning is and should be a part of your job and honored by the culture.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 3, 2016

Throughout the process of building a diverse board, which will have the inevitable ups and downs of any new initiative, there are two words to keep in mind and stay on track. There might even be a multiplier effect, with enlightened members in turn leading diversity efforts on their other boards. The two key words are “meaningful impact.”

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

in 2009 reminds me of Web 1.0 If you do a good job, then the fundraising will follow. And it is the lingua franca for dealing with Generation Y and younger-minded supporters. Before starting to create a strategy it makes sense to set a baseline. Where are we today? What's going on? Haven't we seen this before? This is Part 0.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2012

Every nonprofit sector has seen double-digit online fundraising growth since 2009. Search engine optimization, paid search through Google Adwords, content marketing , social media engagement, and display advertising all come to mind as very successful ways to drive traffic to your website on an ongoing basis. The basics are in place.

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Care2

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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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. Who are they as a person?

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 17, 2011

The word nonprofit is in the Lodestar Center's full name, it's in my job title, and it's in the name of my professional association. Third sector calls to mind third world or third place. In 2009, U.S. Clearly, to me anyway, the frontrunner is "nonprofit organizations" operating in a "nonprofit sector." Bronze medal.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

So I can tell y’all that stuff, y’all, but I’ll tell you my most important job and how I really, really learned to hone my leadership skills was as solo mama to this teen who, my friends, she has the mack daddy of all summer jobs. What is the mack daddy of summer jobs for young people? In the house. Absolutely.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 17, 2015

I was thrilled to attend the Peer to Peer Professional Forum to swap stories and strategies with some of the finest minds in fundraising and P2P. Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s Cycle for Survival and St Jude’s Give Thanks Walk both started modestly in 2009, but are now raising millions of dollars. We’re also focusing on the wrong things.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 14, 2009

Jim Fruchterman Chairman’s Address to the Social Enterprise Alliance 2009 Annual Summit The world’s a mess. I come out of the business sector and I admire what business can do in terms of creating jobs and new technology and new ways for people to communicate. I thought that would be news to you. We’ve got a lot of problems.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

Submitted by Alan Levine, publisher of CogDogBlog Since it is already a week in the rear view mirror, this ought to be my last post about the 2009 NMC Summer Conference. However I wanted to record, primarily for my own sake, while fresh in my mind a recap of the social media tools we used (and other related factors) for our conference.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 7, 2012

In 2009, I graduated from ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication with a bachelor's degree in journalism, public relations emphasis, and took an internship in Australia. After a short period of time, that public relations internship turned into a full-time job. Not the best idea I've ever had.).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

I am the one who, with the interests of the sustainability of my own small organization in mind, refused. Some, that have a home in the extra time that some academics can spend on such things in their jobs, are almost sustainable. I’m in an absurd position, personally. Others aren’t at all. 4 Sonia Lyris 04.09.07

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Care2

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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NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

My job was to keep everything up and running: the network, file servers, computers, printers, email systems, etc. Remember, this was in 2006 and cloud computing was not on everyone's mind as it is today.) In 2009, we finalized a technology plan. On December 30, 2009, our MS SBS server crashed under a massive virus attack.

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