Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Nonprofit Data Management March 12, 2007 As you know, nonprofit data management has been a really important issue for me for a long time. at 10:14 pm Good carnival!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Nonprofit Data Management March 12, 2007 As you know, nonprofit data management has been a really important issue for me for a long time. at 10:14 pm Good carnival!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2012

These reports are, however, some of the most valuable in terms of insight, useful and practical data, and how-to advice. If you would like to suggest a report be added to the list, please post the name and the link to the report in a comment below. 7) Giving USA 2011: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2010 :: Download.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Back Channels, Workflow, Data, Twitter, and me March 13, 2007 I read Beth’s recent blog entry on Twitter , and of course, the neo-luddite in me said “waste of time!&# And then there is data.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2010

We're excited to be partnering with GreatNonprofits and Guidestar on their 2010 GreatNonprofits Science & Technology Campaign -- and not just so we can pick up a few reviews for NTEN. But then, you ARE doing good work, so the occasional, inevitable comment troll will be drowned out by all the folks who know you best.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Read the post below or visit SSIR to read and comment with that community. The data says we should move on. Two recent reports share data about the actual role celebrity connection plays in nonprofit fundraising and both say the same thing: forget celebrities. Online fundraising revenue grew overall by 14% between 2009 and 2010.

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MAY 6, 2021

Such was the sentiment in 2010 of tech CEOs such as Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Eric Schmidt, and Sun Microsystem’s Scott McNealy. As a fundraiser, I understand all of these matters impact nonprofits, and the trend is leaning—hard—toward privacy and donor data protection. . 21 st Century Data Breaches.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Now, I don't want to offend you, but I've seen how you treat your data. Your data deserves better. And good data management can help us solve those problems more effectively by allowing us to make better business decisions, collaborate more effectively, and engage the public and our clients in solving the problem, too.

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APRIL 12, 2011

Includes data from Blackbaud , American Red Cross , MobileMarketer.com , and the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Based on 2006 data, the chart features the 10 major sources of revenue for U.S. Based on 2006 data, the chart features the 10 major sources of revenue for U.S.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2009

Flowing Data – OK, I’ll fess up, I’m a data geek. And I love data visualizations, and ways to make data easily accessible. Wireframes Magazine – I’ve been doing Information Architecture for a very long time, now, but it’s great to learn new tricks and tools. 2 homefreeorg 05.01.09

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. And, if you submitted a nonprofit panel - and I managed to miss it while scanning 2200 in ten minutes - please add the link and description in a comment. Please try to vote for as many nonprofit panels as possible.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Over the past 10 years, the mashup of the web and our personally identifiable data (PID) has grown up. Data silos also create problems. Whether it’s data or dances, silos keep people separated at the party. An organization that owns its data and manages it correctly owns its distribution channels. During his 4.5

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Women Give 2010 is the first report to compare philanthropic giving between men and women across all income levels based on a nationally representative sample.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 8, 2008

Thanks to twitter (hat tip to marshallk ), I learned about today’s big news: Google, Plaxo and Facebook joined the Data Portability working group. I think that people are getting wary of social networks where they have no control over their own data. But the real question is: will this actually result in data portability? {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

The description: “ Talk with Michelle about internal software systems – document and knowledge management, CRM, client management databases, intranets, etc.&# So, come join me. 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

MARCH 17, 2008

I’m looking forward to it. I’m on the Evaluating Open Source panel, with Laura Quinn and Catherine Lane, which should be great. I’m also holding the consultant spot on the panel “ Changing your CEO from barrier to partner &# with Marnie Webb, David Geilhufe, and Steve Heye. (And And I hope to bring home a penguin!)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

Disadvantages to cloud computing Depending on the vendor and the application, you are dependent on them to keep the application up and your data intact. Your data is not directly in your hands, but in the hands of a third party. If the provider goes belly up with your data, you’re toast. Make sure access is secure.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

November 21, 2007 Beth’s wonderful post about a decision tree for whether or not an organization should get into the social networking business had a link to a comment about OpenSocial. Maybe this is the use for opensocialorg.org! :-) { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Devdas Bhagat 11.22.07 Anyone interested?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 7, 2008

I think this is data we need to know, so that we can understand better what gaps are preset, and what we can do to fill those gaps. Please take it no matter what the level of use of open source software is in your organization – data on as wide a range of organizations will be helpful to us.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 13, 2008

We will no longer accept systems that couple hardware, software and data.” Basically, it seems the motivation is that open systems allow them to upgrade their capabilities rapidly, and they need to be able to share data freely. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 adam nicholson 03.13.08 It could happen here. {

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2013

As most of you probably know, LinkedIn—the networking site for professionals—expanded its scope to include company pages back in 2010. Here are the big improvements: Comment Feature : If you are listed as an administrator for your company’s page, you will automatically be able to post updates under your company page’s Home tab.

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NTEN

MARCH 31, 2010

Data is becoming an art form , but who does your information belong to? Post the things that inspire you in comments, below, for a special section next month. Lucy Bernholz's " Open Philanthropy: A Modest Manifesto " is awesome. You need to read it -- after you read her article in this newsletter. It's right up there.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 11, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology I’m hosting the carnival next week April 11, 2008 (Photo by frankienose ) I’m hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants here, next week. So send in your best of the week! {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 20, 2008

I’m just not so sure how far I should trust Google with my health care data. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 amanda 05.22.08 I missed that this whole “Google Health API&# was about storing your health data at Google. It gives me enough pause to trust them with my email. { at 12:10 pm Woah.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 7, 2007

The topic is “Nonprofit Data Management: from slips of paper to CRM&# As you all know, I’ve been thinking about data management issues for years, and it would be great for people to share their ideas and knowledge. So, submit those posts by Sunday evening!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 14, 2008

I imagine, too, because it’s based on an open source platform, developers will begin to code in data portability (or have they already?) at 5:50 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 08.15.08 at 5:50 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 08.15.08 All really great stuff.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. craigconnects – "I took a look at a few articles and studies, and according to ComScore's 2010 Digital Year in Review, email use dropped 59% among Internet users ages 12 to 17 in 2010.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 4, 2008

I think people are finally realizing that the current state of affairs – where we can pump data into Facebook and other social networks, but not get data out of them, is untenable. at 2:16 pm { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Eugene Chan 01.04.08 2 admin 01.04.08 at 8:10 pm Agreed, totally!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 18, 2007

I have a few comments. Open it up, let anyone bang on test data to try things out, and you never know what might happen. I looked over Allan Benamer’s post on the Convio and Kintera initiatives, I looked harder at the Convio Open and Kintera Connect docs, and I also had a chat with some Kintera folk. He’s right.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I’m still watching the fallout on this one. It’s going to be interesting. Under my hat is a blog post about open source and SaaS. It might be interesting. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. It might be interesting. { It might be interesting. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

This is what I think: Convio should partner with neutral players to underwrite benchmarking studies that get data from a much wider sample of organizations than just their clients. Everyone (including them) gets better data. Commenters on Allan’s post wonder about the fate of Convio’s IPO. &# What do you think?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 1, 2007

May 1, 2007 Jon Stahl quotes a comment by Ethan Zuckerman about “shiny&# – the over attention to cool and groovy web 2.0 Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Too much “shiny&# ? functionality. Not always, but often.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2008

It’s still mighty small (still around 2%), but Linux Desktop market share grew from 40-60% (depending on who you ask) from last year. Adobe (yeah, Adobe ) joined the Linux Foundation , and released a Linux alpha of Air , their new application platform. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 12, 2008

I’ll be on hiatus for about another week, and will have some long awaited new FOSS tools, as well as other posts that have been brewing for a while. { 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

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

The last time I coded in a CMS was when I was working on the (now dead) perl CMS I wrote many moons ago. So I’m polishing off my PHP skills, and we’ll see where that leads. { 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

APRIL 23, 2008

April 23, 2008 NTEN is doing some great work getting information about the use of different kinds of tools in the sector, and how people are using them. and how they like them. They are doing a CMS satisfaction survey, and the more info that they get, the better. So go rate your CMS ! {

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " Tags: roundup bookmarks community data engagement facebook future geosocial internet list location nonprofit onlinecommunity postalicious report resources socialmedia uk.

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