sgEngage
MAY 25, 2023
In a sector that is so risk-averse—afraid of change, reluctant to explore new ideas, and adopt new practices—why do we rely on super risky problem-solving skills? If the majority of funders adopt this approach, it is no surprise that large, established organizations that replicate the status quo receive the lion’s share of financial support.
Amy Sample Ward
SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
In the innovation marketplace, adoption is the only currency that matters. Ultimately, it’s the adoption by the community that matters in the long-run, and now can be proven even in the short-term. Lessons and Opportunities for Supporting Technology Innovation. Focus on why, not if, something works.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 10, 2011
Since its adoption at the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, the Declaration has become a universal standard for the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide. Our support of groups advancing LGBTI rights is opening up new opportunities for helping many more such groups around the world.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
OCTOBER 10, 2006
If we adopt, in whole, or in part, the metaphors of the corporate world, whose basic fundamental goal is making a profit, and use it in the nonprofit sector, whose basic fundamental goal is making people’s lives better, does that create a problem or conflict? And precisely (!) Be Helpful.
NTEN
JANUARY 22, 2009
These uncertainties may be why many nonprofits still hesitate to adopt podcasting as a part of their new media strategy. This method is great for its ease of use and immediacy but will not allow you to add any sound effects, music, or cut in other voices and input. For sound effects, check out the Freesound Project.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
APRIL 10, 2008
We are still in innovator phase here, not even early adopters have signed on. For the longest time I shunned Twitter without ever really giving it a chance, as it sounded dumb just by definition. There is no question that you will get out of twitter what you give. And, wow, yeah, you can be highly successful in twitter. Be Helpful.
NTEN
MAY 28, 2009
Open Source is Dead. What I mean is that open source, as we knew it, is dead. For the last decade, what we've been talking about when we say "open source" is "open code" -- a set of zeroes and ones that we can configure to our heart's desire. Long Live Open Source.
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