Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 23, 2010

As most of you know, I’m a very long time veteran of web application building. I’ve been involved in web application development basically since they started – when, when a cgi-bin folder with some perl scripts to process simple forms was the norm. The developers? Was it the client?

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Blue Fox

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Don’t feel overwhelmed.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

It may be hard to believe but there is a near future when your organization will likely be hiring a AI Prompt Architect to build custom applications for your staff and stakeholders. This is where we think the magic really is in developing models that able to reliably creating unique first draft content.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2013

Creating the World’s Largest Collection of Accessible Arabic eBooks Access to knowledge is the critical first step on the path to economic, educational, and social development. I would like to especially thank Noa Ronkin, Kristina Pappas and Robin Seaman for their extensive work in developing this three-part blog series.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

What we do: Benetech's Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) develops database software, data collection strategies, and statistical techniques to measure human rights atrocities. Maintain and develop our data deduplication (entity resolution) framework written in python and Java. Run data standardization and de-duplication.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2009

Here's the official low-down: Get up to speed on dozens of free and open-source projects driving innovation in cloud computing, Web application development, social and collaborative technologies, and more. Choose from 70+ expert led talks on: Cloud Platforms - Development and deployment in the cloud.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 30, 2009

Fluid is an application you can use to create Site Specific Browsers (SSBs) on the Mac based on the Safari rendering engine (WebKit). When you launch the application you just tell it which page should now be treated as a stand-alone application. There’s a Javascript API for developers to add this functionality.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The Drupal upgrade process used to involve: Using a migration module or have a developer write migration scripts to move your data from your old Drupal site into a new one. Drupal 8 was a ground-up rewrite “start over” of the entire core application. Headed towards a Drupal migration? First Name. Email Address. Organization.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The Drupal upgrade process used to involve: Using a migration module or have a developer write migration scripts to move your data from your old Drupal site into a new one. Drupal 8 was a ground-up rewrite “start over” of the entire core application. Headed towards a Drupal migration? First Name. Email Address.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 20, 2019

Identify your goals to develop the best strategies. Develop a mutually beneficial relationship. Where applicable, you can help your macro- and micro-influencers by scripting their comments or sharing talking points with them. Discover your current influencers and then work to build their trust and loyalty.

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Forum One

JULY 20, 2021

The Drupal upgrade process used to involve: Using a migration module or have a developer write migration scripts to move your data from your old Drupal site into a new one. Drupal 8 was a ground-up rewrite “start over” of the entire core application.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

We are here to talk about the board’s role in fundraising and resource development, one of my favorite topics, and we got one of my favorite people also here to talk about it. So, again, it’s board roles and fundraising and resource development. This is not a trick at all and you all are really in for a treat.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

By developing a smart Google Grants management strategy, you can reach new heights with your digital marketing. By partnering with Getting Attention, you’ll tap into these core services : Eligibility check and applications. Ad copy development. For one, digital giving is on the rise. Reporting and analytics.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 22, 2012

We will also turn our attention to several data visualization tools developed by the Foundation Center and other organizations that showcase how the philanthropic community has responded to a variety of issues. Who Are the Presenters? George Ford has been with the Foundation Center since March 2004.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

The good news is, there is a widely-available technology available to help bridge the gaps: the Application Programming Interface, or API. Many companies like Twilio and Tropo offer APIs to integrate phone call and text message features into your web applications. Using APIs for Political Advocacy.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 8, 2016

Developing a set of project descriptions to guide your funding research can help with this process. As a first time applicant, should you ask for a less amount than average? Create a Script. As you develop the script, make sure you: Do introduce yourself, your role, and one or two sentences about your organization.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

Firefox, is, of course, the FOSS application that is on more desktops than all the others, combined. Right now, I’ve got AdBlock Plus, Greasemonkey (which is a scripting platform that allows for lots of other interesting addons,) Tor (allows for anonymous browsing,) a bunch of google toolbars, some great web developer tools, etc.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 10, 2013

The Elements products also include a common Organizer that allows you to easily tag and find photos (similar in function to the Bridge application used in the Creative Suite programs). Support for automating Photoshop tasks through scripts written by developers. Adobe Photoshop Elements Organizer.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 11, 2013

The Elements products also include a common Organizer that allows you to easily tag and find photos (similar in function to the Bridge application used in the Creative Suite programs). Support for automating Photoshop tasks through scripts written by developers. CMYK coloring for preparing images for professional printing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

There are tons of other add-ons for all of the Mozilla Suite applications. I use several Greasemonkey scripts for Flickr: AllSizes+, How Interesting?, I’m trying out some new themes soon. { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 M. at 8:50 am Thanks for the tip about AdBlock Plus.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Ro)bots (or spiders) are scripts or applications that search out information on the web. Software as a Service (SaaS) are online applications that frequently live on cloud servers; think of your webmail account. Many web-based applications and SaaS products are beginning to adopt [link] standards. " 'Nuff said.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Anyone who has ever written an AJAX application will likely agree that while it makes sense from a security perspective, the "same origin policy" is the root of all evil. If you want to learn more about CORS and Access-Control-Allow-Origin, the Mozilla Developer Network has an article with lots of useful information. Oh, memories.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MAY 30, 2006

Those of you who follow the current explosion of new web applications are probably well aware of Emily Chang's eHub site, which profiles new applications as she becomes aware of them. She also features interviews with the developers of projects that catch her interest. In other words, its a candy store for programmers.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

I’ve been using databases since I was a grad student in the 80s, and I’ve been designing and developing database-driven applications for the web since 1995. It comes with a scripting language and interpreter, called ‘ij’ which is how you can interact with Derby on the command line.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

I’ve been using databases since I was a grad student in the 80s, and I’ve been designing and developing database-driven applications for the web since 1995. It comes with a scripting language and interpreter, called ‘ij’ which is how you can interact with Derby on the command line.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2008

A Ning site was developed in order to answer this specific need. Ning's development application is very intuitive and easy. Developers who are more experienced can create customized scripts and widgets on their site to accommodate the needs of their users. Why did you select ning? Ning is also very flexible.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2005

refers to several new approaches to web application development that use tools your browser has been supporting all along, but use them in new ways. One key development - to me perhaps the most exciting - is an approach to web development called AJAX. Up until now, web applications have required you to take turns.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

This year's Nonprofit Technology Conference offered a good chance to discuss one the most important -- but geeky -- developments in the world of computers and networks: server virtualization. End users are shielded from major disruptions and IT staff are not required to make any changes to scripts or touch workstations.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2007

We develop application software for non-profit clients. For example, we have a rule that two people must approve any estimate for software development. Or that before your run a script to do some manipulation to a client's production database, you need to try it on the TEST installation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

Here was have the professional development or career blog like Museum2.0 , and Im in Ur Museum Blogz that is written by an individual, not as part of the organization. online exhibit developed by the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico and Ideum. Individual profiles, groups, fan pages and applications.

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Care2

JANUARY 23, 2009

Click2Call, a new online tool that the folks at web development firm Advomatic have built on Drupal’s open-source software platform, is the latest indication that patch-through call campaigns may finally be ready for prime time. Plus it’s difficult to measure results, because there aren’t many good reporting tools.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Most grant writers just start with long responses to grant applications, instead of first setting up their own plan. While this would be a great article to submit to a newspaper, script for a video at a fundraiser, etc., Now that you have a Timeline Work Plan developed, you need to ensure you have a budget to complete these tasks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

non-IT professionals understand web applications for collaboration. The best question to come through the "Ask Your Friends" application on Facebook thjs week is "Have you used Mechanical Turk?" It's for both developers and marketers. Edge4Dev blog aims to help. without becoming slaves to technology.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 3, 2006

Microformats were originally developed as a way to make web pages that would be easily scraped by other applications, but turning the technique into a data transfer mechanism seems sensible in some cases.The Rico effects library uses this as one of its standard approaches to Ajax data exchange. Still seems pretty complicated?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2007

online exhibit developed by the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico and Ideum. In designing and developing The American Image: The Photographs of John Collier Jr. The Shooting Script Colonizing Social Spaces , looked more broadly at the benefits and drawbacks of museums utilzing social networking sites.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

You want your ambassadors to be themselves, not a scripted version that resembles themselves and strips away the authenticity that made their relationship as an ambassador so powerful, to begin with. Keep an eye on your team’s posts and be ready to like, comment or share when applicable. This is not the time for brand policing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

In the sense that there isn’t a way to, for instance, add the same bookmark to several social bookmarking sites at once (there is, however, a cool greasemonkey script that allows you to copy del.icio.us and other of it’s acquisitions – adding another good reason to switch away from del.icio.us.) bookmarks to ma.gnolia.)

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