Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

It is actually pretty mind-boggling. The event itself has been fab. As one of those monolingual American types, I’m learning a huge amount about what it takes to create open content in different languages. 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

AUGUST 7, 2007

NTEN is, to my mind, a critically important organization in the ecosystem that is the Nonprofit Technology field, as the convener of the gathering that anchors the community, as well as a unique and necessary multi-dimensional resource at the regional and national levels for all sorts of constituents in the nptech world.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

A theory of practice, in my mind, outlines the methods and ideals behind how I get work done with clients. My theory of practice is different than my consulting philosophy. They certainly are consistent with each other, but they are distinct. This theory includes the following elements that I think are key to my work: Listening.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

Most organizations incorporate messaging training as part of the new hire process and encourage employees to “represent” when they are out and about at professional networking events. If the administrative assistant live-tweeted inspiring takeaways from a training? This will require training and education. and on and on.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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. Also we offer free training of the tool and will work with you to make sure whatever you are trying to accomplish will be able to get done and look good.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2007

Xen comes to mind. I think we’re pretty close to the model of Intel or Red Hat’s contribution to the Linux kernel: Zmanda pays folks (like me!) to develop open source software. You could add a few more OSS apps to your list. Zend seems to have done a pretty good job maintaining PHP while also doing business.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 30, 2007

Before I took off, I wanted to mention a few things that have been on my mind (and on my plate.) That is actually one of the things I’m going to try and change – to set up to do a post every weekday. We’ll see how that goes. First, some of you might know that the new version of the NOSI primer has been in the works.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2007

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.) How could that be representative? NTEN did a great job of beginning to approach this topic, and it was great data.

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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

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

There are some really great men who hang out too, who don’t mind being around a bunch of geeky women. This community has been around for a while, and its full of women who know their way around a linux kernel (some of them even get paid to hack it,) and can answer just about any question on Apache mod_rewrite I can come up with.

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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! BTW, really enjoying your 100 foss posts… keep it up!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

These are the questions on my mind, and as I think more, and learn more, I’ll write more here. How do I talk about these issues in a way that people from all perspectives and traditions can appreciate, from completely athiestic, to deeply religious?

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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. The first book, called “ Made to Stick:Why Some Ideas Survive, and Others Die.&# It’s an interesting book, with a basic premise. My way is a simpler lifestyle.

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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. Examples of this include community organizers, teachers and training staff, program evaluators, and program managers.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

BITS encourages youth to "keep business in mind, community at heart." She grew up in Kazakhstan and moved to Canada in 2009 to attend George Brown College's advanced management program. " Keeping Business in Mind, Community at Heart. " From Peer Mentor to Program Manager.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

BITS encourages youth to "keep business in mind, community at heart." She grew up in Kazakhstan and moved to Canada in 2009 to attend George Brown College's advanced management program. " Keeping Business in Mind, Community at Heart. " From Peer Mentor to Program Manager.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

In 2009, my three words were: Streamline, Weave, and Einstein. networks, training and capacity building approaches, and culture change. The process is simple: Think of how you want to be successful in the coming year. Then, try to think in even broader terms. Extrapolate on the broader terms, and find one word to hang the idea on.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Launched in April 2009 in response to President Barack Obama’s national call for volunteerism, NYC Service is a division of the Office of the Mayor. These trainings equip organizations with the knowledge and best practices to make these initiatives work within their own operating environment – no matter their size.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

As you well know, one of the things that has been one of the most important to me is the availability of good software for nonprofits that’s built for them in mind. Katrin 3 Michelle Murrain 10.11.06 at 9:48 am Yes, this is all definitely worth a longer conversation. But my question is more than just exigency.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

It’s basically typing with the mind. It is a $180 device that measures your heart rate from your thumb or earlobe and sends it to a computer app with three interactive games to train you to reduce stress, manage your emotions, and develop inner balance. Please log in and perhaps using mind tools give us your thoughts.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

Elsewhere in the organization, our Training Manager, Jen Haut, tweets from @campwellstone as a way to interact with participants/alumni from our flagship training program. 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.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

at 3:02 am Have you tried StumbleUpon for ’stumbling’ upon websites that other like minded people have visited and liked. But in the meantime, social bookmarking tools are I think a useful part of Web 2.0. { 9 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Chris Willmott 09.25.06 Its great for lunch hours! 2 marnie webb 09.25.06

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Where Twestival Global focused all of its energy on one cause, on one day; Twestival Local, taking place the weekend of 10-13 September 2009, has the potential to impact hundreds of causes. I think too many times people are raising money without a specific objective in mind.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

One could argue that a board’s performance review of its executive director is an indication of organizational performance, but you don’t see that kind of internal data shared (I know that’s a legal issue, but it’s the same kind of data in my mind.) 5 Richard from GoStats 09.18.07

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Here’s a little background: Since 2009, Camber Collective— the result of Hope Consulting and SwitchPoint LLC’s merger—has led the Money for Good research series to seek “the voice of the donor” for charitable giving. With that in mind, I wholeheartedly agree with the report’s recommendation to “make giving dynamic, joyful and simple”.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

IOT Physical Simulators: The idea here is to build physical training devices that connect to online learning technology. There’s just a human tendency to get excited about a good idea and view it as the solution to all your problems: “if all you have (on the mind) is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” Slope of Enlightenment.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2009

The following is a talk I gave about ROI for Social Media at the 2009 Social Tech Training in Toronto, ON. There are a couple of things to keep in mind when it comes to dealing with your social capital. Find like-minded folk. Measure THIS! Social Media ROI View more presentations from Deanna Zandt. Authenticity.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

EPA has also apparently trained 60 people to be trainers in online collaboration. NIH does this to allow teens a way to get credible information from a trusted third party - and NIH gets some great intelligence about what is on the minds of teens (eg in 2009 twice as many marijuana questions as in 2008.). to agreements.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

On February 12, 2009, Twitter users will meet up in over 100 plus cities to socialize offline, meet other Twitter users, enjoy some fun, have a few drinks, and raise money for charity: water. Also bear in mind that charity:water had been aware of the event plans long before any formal announcements were made.

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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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NetWits

MAY 16, 2012

She has nearly 10 years of digital fundraising and marketing experience and launched one of the very first nonprofit iPhone apps, Tap-n-Give on iTunes in 2009. Mind you, these friends didn’t yet have a smartphone, how could they have known? Say Hi on Twitter @iheartcharity. In today’s Reality TV world - is this our new reality?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

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. When the analysis was done, I created a proposal with my recommendations, which was approved by October 2009. On December 30, 2009, our MS SBS server crashed under a massive virus attack.

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