Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

I’m excited about this project – it’s gathering the knowledge and expertise of a great group of folks, and it will provide a free source of information and case studies so that nonprofits can best figure out how to step into the frothy waters of social networks. What has happened is basically a sea change in the landscape.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 25, 2008

In many ways for me, the most important aspect of free and open source software is that it does just that – it levels the playing field so that people and organizations with few resources can have access to quality tools to do what it is they need and want to do in this software-driven world.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

Nor will you get to see the cool articles on alternate reality gaming, crowd-sourcing, convergent mobile media, and video game modding that are also in this issue. She is also realistic – she describes in detail in the post what people can do, whether they are tenured or not. That’s super depressing. Be Helpful.

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MARCH 2, 2011

Peter Campbell, IT Director, Earthjustice As an IT Director, co-workers, peers, and consultants frequently ask me, "Do you use Microsoft Project ?" The people who run the organization need to support it and the people the project is being planned for need to be expecting and anticipating the end result. Socialcast (or Yammer ).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

On the Windows side the hardware manufacturers make proprietary drivers for Windows, and very few make drivers for Linux, or open source their drivers so that Linux developers can use them. And, of course, designers need software that just don’t have high enough quality open source alternatives yet.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

You might think that comparing four different open source packages that, in essence, do pretty the same thing (in a broad sense) would be a cakc walk. As a quick comparative look between a small number of open source systems, it’s hard to argue that it contributes no information. More on that in a bit.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

A new social networking site, called “Quetchup&# spammed (without permission) the contacts of people who signed up for the site. That’s because a lot of the social networking sites allow you to find other people on their site by giving them your gmail username and password, or your email contact list. goodiness. Be Helpful.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 24, 2009

Engage people who are closest to the problem. Give voice to new and alternative actors. Using open source innovation platforms (she mentioned something about Kellogg, that I didn't quite catch--maybe the Kellogg Innovation Network ?). Create a competitive marketplace that showcases a variety of ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

something like a consulting company or creative manager." Twitter's CEO has learned that short is sweet, flexibility is essential, and applications shoudl work so that people don't have to be at their computer all day long. re working with???something The Chronicle sets up a twitter account to broadcast links to blog posts.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology NTC Summary, and Nonprofit Technology Consulting 2.0 And it’s making me think a lot about what I’m going to start calling “Nonprofit Technology Consulting 2.0″

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 29, 2008

Most people (67%) want an easy to use interface. Most people (57%) also want ongoing support. All of the free and open source options did quite well in terms of Quality, Usability, and Value. May 29, 2008 NTEN just released their CMS satisfaction survey. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Ro 05.30.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

If nonprofits want to have a good fundraising platform that they can know won’t be bought and swallowed and changed so that they’ll have to shell out more, it’s time to invest money and effort in an open source platform. We have power and options in using open source solutions. We will fill the void.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Also ran in to some issues with the convention/humanization of variable names (ie Person/people table). The alternative would be to use 1.1 That’s unfortunate. 6 Ariel Arjona 11.20.08 at 7:11 pm Yeah, to have to redefine relationships on the fly to trick the framework into doing the right thing was a major downer for me.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 16, 2007

We opened up Citizen Space in San Francisco in November of last year, of 2006. I guess I got involved in coworking originally because I was working out of cafes and wanted a more collaborative, productive environment to go to and work around other people in. I think that is a big realization that you get from freelancing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Many people regularly post on Substack. Alternatives to Substack: Substack may not suit everyone and before you add a platform consider these alternatives: Website Content: Focus on growing and building your organization’s website for SEO and engagement first. What is Substack? in Epidemiology and Biostatistics.

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