Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Inspiring stories from institutions like USC Annenberg and the Queensland University of Technology regaled how Salesforce has helped transform operations. Believe the hype, people, Salesforce Genie is a massive game-changer for institutions throughout the broader ecosystem.

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Qgiv

MARCH 27, 2023

So what’s all the hype about? If applicable, ask ChatGPT to include information about a specific program the donor’s generosity has helped. AI is just another way technology can increase your fundraising potential. In fact, the AI gained over one million users in just five days after it launched!

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

The cloud refers to a number of different technical components -- from applications to databases to server virtualization to web services. Visit the Google Apps marketplace for a good view of hundreds of applications doing a myriad of things from email to accounting to project management. Reliance on third party(ies).

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

The cloud refers to a number of different technical components -- from applications to databases to server virtualization to web services. Visit the Google Apps marketplace for a good view of hundreds of applications doing a myriad of things from email to accounting to project management. Reliance on third party(ies).

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2011

For several years, NTEN has led the field in calling for nonprofits to minimize time sent on mundane tasks like server maintenance, instead focusing resources on technology that will actually serve their missions. The Cloud Summit will: Teach you how to distinguish hype vs. reality. Where : San Francisco, CA (Venue TBD). Cost : Free.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Social != Open Data November 8, 2007 As the hype (which, I agree I have contributed to ) around OpenSocial dies down, the reality behind OpenSocial becomes clear.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond," I wanted point to a new (to me) UK nonprofit technology blog discovered via a comment to my post about technology stewards and also weave in some more notes on UK examples. tools and business applications for it. and volcom sector adoption. apps risk free?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 17, 2011

We have a great line-up of presenters, including cloud experts – and NTEN Members – Ami Dar (ED at Idealist.org), Matthew Eshleman (Director of Professional Network Services atCommunity IT Innovators), and Donny Shimamoto (Founder of IntrapriseTechKnowlogies). If you can't make the live event, we'll also be offering it as a livestream.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits August 13, 2008 I love these tidbits blog posts. And why is this in “social issues&# and not “technology&# ? These look like pretty interesting, and useful applications.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Regardless of whether it’s new technology, a new staffing model, or even a small adjustment to a process, adoption and success can hinge on keeping a focus on the human element of the change. Change management is always an important topic at bbcon as we strive to help our customers implement successful solutions on their campus.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

Per NTEN, the Cloud Summit will: Teach you how to distinguish hype vs. reality. Walk you through specific Cloud solutions for everyday applications, like email and office productivity. And take a look at the human side of the Cloud - staff training and technology adoption. The best part? There will be two tracks.

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.orgSource

JULY 17, 2023

Should we believe the hype? But technology moves fast. You are already experiencing AI’s magic in many applications. At this time, out-of-the-box AI applications can’t be trusted to deliver accurate information without human oversight. The people who are closest to this technology have already sounded an alarm,” Amy said.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Platforms break open! It allows you to access 16 entities within the Kintera application, including lots of data about contacts, plus data about appointments and tasks. The API is SOAP.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2007

Stewarding Technologies for Collaboration, Community Building & Knowledge Sharing in Development??? technologies for knowledge sharing??? " technologies, these tools allow people to collaborate over time and distance in both new ways and in new networked forms. It is easy to focus on the technologies. This issue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

An article in the Washington Post notes that "fewer than 1% of those who have joined a cause have actually donated money through [the Facebook Causes] application." Later in this series I'll go into some reasons why the thinking and practice around these kinds of applications are flawed. Focus on friendraising first.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 25, 2019

Is the hype surrounding remote work warranted? And you’d think with all of the technological advancements in communication, there wouldn’t be an issue when it comes to communicating with others. You’ll learn how your nonprofit can secure its important documentation. How Your Nonprofit Can Benefit from Remote Work. The short answer—yes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Let's looke at the general observations about change and adoption of new technologies: What I said was that corporations have a tendency to distrust new communication technologies when they appear. Corporate types resist the adoption of these technologies, and then, subsequently embrace them. tool after Web 2.0

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Mobile phone based applications and service . Mobile phones themselves are increasingly being used as a platform on top of which applications using SMS or EDGE/3G are being used to collect data and facilitate service delivery. Technology makes it increasingly easy to be removed from the field and practice “armchair development”.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Some over-hype it as "magical" and "transformative." There are now 140,000 applications available for the iPhone and most of them are expected to run on the iPad. 4) Training Tool: Educators and trainers are already incorporating new technology into the classroom. Personally, I'm bullish on the product.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2005

That estimate comes from Noy Shoung, deputy general of human capacity building at the government's National Information Communications Technology Development Authority ( NIDA ), the government agency that oversees the country's telecommunication policy. The content isn't just about the technology, but includes many other topics.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JANUARY 5, 2006

even as I evangelize among non-profits for the use of some of this newer technology. techniques like Ajax access data more dynamically, the real paradigm change in his book will be when browser "pull" is replaced by push technologies. Even though the [O'Reilly article] describes RSS as a push technology, I just don't see it that way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2008

We are in the very early stages of how nonprofits and social activists can leverage social networking applications for good causes and just learning what works and what doesn't. Not buying into social media/Facebook hype. I hope to go deeper on one theme rather than cover many resources superficially. As Geoff points out: What???s

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2005

Or is it something new, some brand spanking new technology being brought to your browser? Well, actually, no: -- it's not just hype, but it's equally true that there is really no earthshaking new technology involved. Up until now, web applications have required you to take turns. You read a page, then click next.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

The NTC is the nonprofit technology's field largest gathering. " suggests that the answer to fixing a broken email, the most widely used web application, is to add social networking features. To keep up with what the arts community is doing in technology and the social web, follow the blog. I wholeheartedly agree !

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2007

But this exhibition isn’t just a descent into sub-freezing temperatures; it’s also a tentative first step for SFMOMA using blog technology as part of the online accompaniment to the exhibition. So often, people struggle to shoehorn museum content into new technologies. The Eliasson blog doesn’t look like a blog. There are no posts.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2007

In January, I interviewed Sibley about the potential use of virtual worlds and Second Life by museums, but in the four months since then, the virtual world platform--and the hype around it--has exploded. But it represents technology that has the potential to be a bigger part of Museum 2.0 than anything – maybe even than reality itself.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 16, 2007

And many more mashups and applications available here. There's a more measured article about twitter from the MIT Technology Review that gets beyond the hype to talk about twitter's functionality. Which means: You don't need to have the same application open as someone else to communicate with them.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2017

AI is a broad set of disciplines and technologies that perform tasks and solve problems once only possible by humans. The ability for technology to learn without every single step of a process having to be programmed is a tremendous breakthrough. This is a different approach than a lot of the hype we hear about using big data and AI.

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2011

By Zeph Harben, Director of Application Architecture, VolunteerMatch Every day we encounter hundreds of decision points. As an application service provider with roots that stretch back to the early days of the Web, we've been through several phases of change and development. Should I wear jeans or khakis to work?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Rather than comparing Woolworth sit-ins to the much-hyped Twitter Revolution, finding the latter coming up wanting, and stopping there, Gladwell might have given some space in the New Yorker to dig a little deeper to find examples of folks using technology to organize in intriguing, successful ways. The examples are there, too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

Gartner's Technology Hype Cycles : I created that diagram based on the Gartner's theory and have seen it come into play over and over again. The complicated applications will only increase in intricacy as more users are added. When I read Jeremiah Owyang's post, two reflections came to mind: 1. Fatigue or Plateau?:

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 9, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 Writing a series I think gives me the space and time to think about particular technology issues in way more detail than I can in one post, and Web 2.0 applications every day.

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2010

Everybody interested in the actual "technology" part of nonprofit technology -- as differentiated from what technology can help your organization accomplish -- should probably give it a read (and not just because Tim O'Reilly compares Steve Jobs to either Gollum or Frodo; I can't tell which).

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