NTEN

JULY 30, 2010

Join fellow NTEN members Jon Stahl and Chris Tuttle in the comment discussion! s 2010 Top Small Workplaces. Difference award for Hosting with a Heart, and snagging a sector that. Leave a link in the comments here, or add on the community calendar here:[link]. Azavea was named a finalist in the Winning Workplaces and Inc.'s

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2010

In 2008, many of the friends of the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace migrated over to Facebook, then in 2009 and 2010 a good number of the new fans came from @NonprofitOrgs on Twitter. Number of Comments and Likes per Impression. Comments + Likes)/Impressions. and in the News Feed of your Fans.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Comments and Likes on Facebook and LinkedIn postings, retweets and replies on Twitter, and comments on YouTube videos), (3) increase in fan base on the social networking outlets. Averaging 200 interactions per post on Facebook (this includes comments, likes and wall posts). I track the ROI a few ways. (1) Summary of ROI.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 17, 2008

I’m in a little bit different of a place this year, than last. I’m looking forward to it. I’m on the Evaluating Open Source panel, with Laura Quinn and Catherine Lane, which should be great. Lots of wonderful folks, should be great panels. And I hope to bring home a penguin!)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 15, 2008

Dokuwiki is different in a number of ways, most primarily in that it is one of the wiki systems that stores things in files, not databases. One drawback is that the syntax of Dokuwiki is different than MediaWiki, and so the more I use it, the more I forget when I use MediaWiki. The one feature that makes my day: draft autosave!

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

World Giving Index Charities Aid Foundation looked at three different types of charitable behavior – giving money, giving time and helping a stranger and used the results to produce the “World Giving Index.&# If you’ve seen some other good nonprofit infographics, then leave a comment. All Rights Reserved

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 4, 2010

I can’t wait for your feedback, comments, recommendations for further improvements, and general reaction; but first, I need to share some thank yous and some background for all those who have followed this process. NOTE: I’ve only been able to archive 2010 and 20009 so far, but all presentations will be in this format very soon.

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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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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2010

I’m getting my bags packed to fly to Atlanta for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference and discovered that I have 4 copies of Social by Social left – and I’m going to give them away! My favorite part of the NTC is getting to sit down, in person, with so many different people and learn about their work. How to Win.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

My theory of practice is different than my consulting philosophy. 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Michele Martin 07.11.08 They certainly are consistent with each other, but they are distinct. A theory of practice, in my mind, outlines the methods and ideals behind how I get work done with clients. 2 admin 07.11.08

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Nonprofits that have been using Facebook for a year or more consistently comment “OK… Facebook is great, but how can we take our Facebook Page strategy to the next level?&# My guess is that this strong first impression is making a significant difference in building their fan base.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 26, 2008

Idealware has a great article on CRMs, and how they are different, and how you can begin to figure out what might work best. Of course, all nonprofits already have a CRM (even if it is a spreadsheet) – the issue is, generally, migration to a new system, or integration with what they already have to add new features.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

And none of these have the same syntax – they are similar, but slightly different. Different enough to drive me crazy. 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Andreas Gohr 11.26.07 I have two other wikis ( a public and private wiki) that are in Mediawiki, on my web host. I doubt it, but it would be nice. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 16, 2008

I got some interesting comments (especially the one that said “the author doesn’t really seem to understand the distinction between free, open source, and proprietary software&# , which I thought was a hoot.) Comments? { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Holly 01.17.08 3 Beth Kanter 01.20.08

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

But what I found was that the books for getting started in making a difference with your writing were just DULL. In 2010 I completed my book, the book that I wish I had had when i first started. Simply leave a comment here sharing your biggest hurdle or burning question. Why do these fundraising books have to be so BORING?”

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

For another client, I helped them vet vendors for their new website, taught them the difference between Joomla, Drupal and Plone, and I helped free them from a vendor who was particularly egregious in their hosting charges, among other things. I have other kinds of projects as well – those that use my talents somewhat differently.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2008

In some ways, it is astonishing how many different donor management packages there are. There is, of necessity, a lot of overlap betwen CRM systems and Donor Management Systems. Many of the CRMs also show up here, although there are quite a number of packages that did not show up in the earlier survey.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 3, 2010

Campaigning can mean many different things and we want to keep the definition of the topic fairly open for this chat, in order to keep insights, resources and conversation in the Q/A format as open to valuable input as possible. change campaigns vs political campaigns (similarities vs differences). Date : January, 14th 2010.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 15, 2007

To recap, I took the following steps: Set up my blog on a different domain (in this case, it was zenofnptech.com.) Choosing a theme Migrate the posts and comments (exporting it from typepad, importing into wordpress – all web gui based, very easy. I’d recommend it to anyone. Modifying a few things (see this link.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

As one of those monolingual American types, I’m learning a huge amount about what it takes to create open content in different languages. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Kevin Mark 11.30.07 I’ll leave the complaining about Croatian food and other things to my personal blog, when I get the time.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 15, 2007

I’ve been thinking a lot about different kinds of electronic communications, and what their advantages and disadvantages are. It makes sense that can make a difference in how people respond to appeals. He provides exactly the kind of advice that will help organizations connect with their donors.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 9, 2007

Michael Stein talks about three different kinds of mistakes that one can make in technology consulting, including some errors of process, and the “Hot Dog&# syndrome. A great read for anyone who does development for clients. at 3:04 pm Last minute tidbits » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 12.20.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2007

I came upon these three for different reasons, and although I’m not interested in adopting their primary points of view, there were tidbits that were worth the read (or a skim, in one case) in the end. The third book is in a bit of a different category – not about landing more business, per se, but making more money.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Ten for Ten: Philanthropy from 2010-2020 (December 20, 2010) | Opinion Blog | Stanford Social Innovation Review – "Earlier this year, I took a look back at my decade of predictions, 1999-2009.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

Although I’m sure that we differ in our perspectives on some issues, I very much look forward to working with the rest of the board to keep NTEN the vibrant organization that it has developed into, and to continue to speak to, listen to, and provide for its constituencies. { at 3:50 pm That seem like a great match. at 10:25 am Congrats!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2007

I think the time has come to think differently. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Maribeth 07.19.07 No matter the seeming outcome, know that you have made a difference in the life of at least one person. at 11:51 am Sadly, you’re right. My theory – do what you can for others.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

They expect to make up the difference in revenue that they got from licenses from services sold to a greater number of organizations that would not have been customers otherwise. They made the change after my blog comments and I assume some others commented also. And Blackbaud may well be shaking in their boots.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 17, 2008

And if you’ve been used to the Photoshop workflow, it will take a lot to get used to the very different GIMP workflow. 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Dustin J Mitchell 01.17.08 But if you’re not a geek, GIMPs UI is a major hurdle. Oh, and one more thing. The name has to go. { 2 sandrar 09.10.09

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

OpenSocial is a set of APIs that handle three different kinds of user data: profiles, social graph (who your friends are) and activities (the stuff of the Facebook news feeds.) Friendster, Orkut, Hi5 and LinkedIn have very different demographic and geographic reaches. And the language of these APIs are standard HTML and Javascript.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2007

3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Allan Benamer 10.04.07 I use Wrike; it’s built differently and seems to work better for me. They have had an active user community, many of which, I imagine, are going elsewhere. Luckily, there is ProjectPier , which is a fork of activeCollab, and will remain open source.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 8, 2009

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. The research was carried out for donation website See the Difference, which will be launched next year. The paper will be open to comment til the end of January 2010.&#.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2008

at 3:45 am { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 David Geilhufe 07.07.08 At the same time, it really doesn’t make a lot of difference to the customer that was going to hire Mpower anyway. “If we build it they will come&# only works in the movies. { 1 trackback } Bookmarks about News 11.09.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

and our own Social Source Commons , are a different animal.) In some comments in a post of mine about Facebook, someone mentioned the article “ Facebook is the new AOL &# and I also mentioned an article I’d read asking how open is Facebook , really? at 2:47 am { 6 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Mike T.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

I got to be a geek, and feel like I was really making a difference in the workings of organizations, and, hopefully, in people’s lives. Although it certainly could be argued that would have just involved different demons. 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Michele 03.19.07 And, I think I did that.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 23, 2007

Technorati Tags: nptech , opensource { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 04.24.07 at 2:26 am Wow – Finally something I can use to illustrate the difference! Other projects take more care and feeding, and you might have to take it to the vet. at 10:00 am Free. brilliant. 2 Clint Young 05.11.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

Toward the end, a young man, who worked with urban kids of color on media and music, commented that he didn’t really know how to get access to the kinds of things available, and he noticed how few people of color were in the room. And aren’t those different that the issues other groups of people face? Right, right, right.

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