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Questions to Ask During the RFP Process

Whole Whale

Have they developed other sites for non-profit orgs? . Are they able to articulate back to you what you’re after? Technology. What technologies (platforms like WordPress or Drupal and development environments like Ruby or PHP) do they have experience with? Do they have expertise in a particular technology?

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Guest Post by Paul Lamb: The Religion & Technology Divide

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Submitted by Paul Lamb, Principal of Man On A Mission Consulting As an avid promoter of technology for social change, and as an active participant in a community of faith, I have often wondered why the two worlds remain so segregated? Fortunately there are some murmurings.

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So You Want to Be a Consultant? Part II

Robert Weiner

John Kenyon, John Kenyon Technology Consulting. ’ How do you fight burn-out as a technology consultant given the churn of new technology? Be able to articulate what you help orgs do and accomplish, not necessarily the technical products/skills? Presenters: Robert L. Michael Stein, Michael Stein, Inc.

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Win Approval for Your Next Tech Project: A Guide

The Modern Nonprofit

At the end of this guided exercise, you’ll be able to articulate investment impact statements like: BY INVESTING $9,845 IN NEW TECHNOLOGY, OUR ORG WILL SAVE $79,155 OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. BY INVESTING $9,845 IN NEW TECHNOLOGY, OUR ORG WILL SERVE $3,032,759 MORE CLIENTS OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. Increase in new donors.

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Web 2.0 Part Vb:APIs

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 Web 2.0 Out intent was to put the light squarely on them with smart and articulate voices from the nonprofit sector (Peter Campbell and Zack Rosen as well as Mark Bogliani) asking them questions.

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Thinking about Software Requirements

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

From this standpoint there is one actor - the org - with one set of needs. Wiegers identifies three distinct levels of requirements. Business Requirements lay out the needs from the standpoint of organizational problems and goals.

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NpTechTag Summary: Connected Conversations, Live Blogging, and Other Great Finds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo in flickr from Community Technology Foundation. Allan Benamer of the Nonprofit Technology Blog continues his coverage of the software vendors with a poll to debrief the Convio merger teleconference and a hug. After a brief hiatus from blogging, the studio 501c blog with some great advice for nonprofits on how to explore org.20

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