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How’s that donor database of yours?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

In that trio was Organizer’s Database, the desktop open source DMS. What’s interesting is that they did a size of org and recommendation analysis - to break down recommendations by size of organization. What can we say about the open source packages? 4th (since there was a 3 way tie) was CiviCRM.

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How’s that donor database of yours?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

In that trio was Organizer’s Database, the desktop open source DMS. What’s interesting is that they did a size of org and recommendation analysis – to break down recommendations by size of organization. What can we say about the open source packages? The reverse was true of Salesforce.

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Unlocking Data for Philanthropy: Notes from Global Philanthropy Forum Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

3) Social Network Analysis of the #GPF13 tag during the discussion created by Marc Smith. ” He talked about how the private sector is using this sophisticated analysis in real-time, but his organization is using data to answer the question: How can we measure human well-being with this real-time data? Notes from Session.

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The search for good web conferencing

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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What do web stats mean, anyway?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

And in your case, as the head of a nonprofit open source organization, I think you’re going to find that not publishing site statistics will cause you more grief than you think. at 11:31 am Web stats are intended to be an internal control and analysis tool. That dog won’t hunt. 2 admin 09.18.07 Be Helpful.

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What Does Big Data Have to Do With Me and My Organization?

Tech Soup

Facebook Insights is an analysis tool that lets you see how your Facebook activities are working. Leverage Data for Mission-Driven Orgs (Webinar). Big Data Right Now: 5 Trendy Open Source Technologies (TechCrunch). Social Media Examiner has a good clear how-to piece on how to use it. Technology for Good. (In Image: IBM.

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