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APRIL 29, 2021

Author of Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World , which received The Alliance for Nonprofit Management’s Best Book Award for 2020. Her career has been dedicated to connecting people and places through performing arts . Kimberly Mitchell. National University. San Francisco Ballet. City of Hope.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology My Theory of Practice July 10, 2008 I finally had the reason to begin to more completely articulate my theory of practice. My theory of practice is different than my consulting philosophy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

I've been involved with teaching and learning technology for nonprofits since 1993 when I worked for the New York Foundation for the Arts' online network for artists, Arts Wire. If this isn't enough, she'll be giving away three free copies of Cliff Atkinson's new book, The Back Channel, required reading for trainers.

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DECEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open content business models December 1, 2007 I’m at the Open Translation event, and we’ve just had a great session on open content business models.

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AUGUST 10, 2005

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology More patent office silliness August 10, 2005 OK, this is great. I think what I might be waiting for is for the whole system to fall in on itself. {

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BoardAssist

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Close the books and issue financial reports each month. But your entity’s financial situation can change quickly, so you should close the books and then issue the report no later than four weeks after the end of the month. Here are seven tips for making your financial reports more engaging.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

By Sean Kosofsky , is the Nonprofit Fixer and founder of Mind the Gap Consulting. He offers courses, consulting, and coaching to transform your organization and your leadership. Consult with an attorney if you plan to do this. Same for any grants, regrants, mini-grants, or loans you offer. Get creative.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Whether it be live and in-person at Nebraska Innovation Campus in Lincoln, NE or via our state-of-the-art, live online stream, reserve your spot today and get ready to make major change. He has 500 professional how-to and reference books in his office. AhernComm.com. He aims to have an “opinion-free” practice. Dan Pallotta.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The Wealth of Networks, Chapter 3 November 16, 2006 I bet you thought I’d stopped reading? I’m reading this book at the same time as I’ve been working on the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology OpenOffice.org to get a boost September 13, 2007 I’ve been spending a lot of time with OpenOffice.org lately. More adoption means more developers involved, more users helping, more resources available.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 28, 2022

Step 1: Consult past performance. This is where fundraising becomes more art than science because now we’re talking about what your donors will respond to and you won’t find the answer in a book. Consult your fundraising plan. Grants are competitive. The best way to predict the future is to look at the past.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

I even remember writing a grant to some federal agency that probably no longer exists to help create a local infrastructure to get nonprofits online. It was, at the time, the only affordable way to do it – there was no broadband, and a T1 was far outside of the realm of affordability for nonprofits. When was that?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

is senior consultant for Common Knowledge and covers the sustainable food community. Allison Fine , author of the book Momentum, writes about social activism in the nonprofit sector and the implications on the ground and at the big picture level. Rebecca Krause Hardie overs the arts sector and use of social media. Maddie Grant.

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MARCH 19, 2010

The program book has gone to print, the Miss Piggy costume has arrived, and the registration numbers keep rising. and a gaggle of books by nptech superstars. Event 360 helps nonprofits use the art and science of event fundraising to build and deliver powerful experiences that drive giving, loyalty and awareness. Lots of prizes.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 18, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology More FUD from Redmond May 18, 2007 I hear, in my head, the famed quote from Rodney King: “why can’t we all just get along?&# It’s “Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt&# all over again.

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MARCH 19, 2010

The program book has gone to print, the Miss Piggy costume has arrived, and the registration numbers keep rising. and a gaggle of books by nptech superstars. Event 360 helps nonprofits use the art and science of event fundraising to build and deliver powerful experiences that drive giving, loyalty and awareness. Lots of prizes.

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Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2014

Teespring campaigns are free to anyone, but through TechSoup you can get help and consulting to design your campaigns as well as a discount on each shirt sold. A Shopify store is a great fundraising tool for nonprofits that sell branded merchandise, arts, or crafts; for libraries that run book sales; and much more.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 19, 2007

When asked why they would not pursue leadership jobs, they cited concerns about the pressure from board members, grant makers, and heavy work burdens that face executive directors. 'We We need to think about ways to make these positions sustainable,' said Mr. Solomon, who presented the results. Limit the obligations, and 3.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 31, 2009

In 2006, John Falk and Beverly Sheppard, seasoned museum researchers and practitioners, released a co-authored book entitled Thriving in the Knowledge Age: New Business Models for Museums and Other Cultural Institutions. This is a pretty powerful and provocative book—you talk about rethinking the whole business of museums.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

We also have a few major grants to continue working on this integration stuff, expanding it to include other complimentary services such as online advocacy and more. Jon Stahl – I never thought of applying for grants to get this project done. I’d love to see similar code released for Drupal. 10 Tompkins Spann 01.23.09

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

In my recent chapter “Managing Fundraising and Building Communities Online” in the book Internet Management for Nonprofits (Wiley, April 2010), I write in depth about one method to tackle the subject – what are organizations across the country doing? How do you appropriately implement them? And how do you check results?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

They do a lot of really great consulting and placement if that is something that is of a need from you. I’m with Bright Street Solutions, a full-service consulting and placement firm in Birmingham, Alabama. You think about the various models that are out there, the templates, the timelines, the job descriptions, the consultants.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Originally posted in April of 2011, just before I hung up my consulting hat for my current job at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Art museums are the least likely to empower their own staff to initiate participatory projects but the most likely to work with artists whose approach to participation might be quite extreme.

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Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

If they give all of their money to the arts and education and we’re in human services and we have no connection to them, even though they are a well-known name, we might know what they look like, we might’ve had a passing conversation with them at one point, they’re still a fundraising unicorn. ” Right?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Drupal security, and other CMS Report comments April 3, 2009 Now that the Idealware CMS report is out, I get to have my say about it. Here’s the first post, there might be more to come.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 2, 2015

I spent last week holed up in a cabin, working on my forthcoming book, The Art of Relevance. One of the most powerful books I read while doing research was We are Coming Home: Repatriation and the Restoration of Blackfoot Cultural Confidence ( read it free here , great appreciation to Bob Janes for sharing it with us).

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

In addition, I have used Care2 several times as an effective source for recruiting new email supporters for clients of my consulting firm, Rad Campaign.] Online "values" advocacy is an especially neglected area of opportunity, adds McPherson, who wrote the recently published book "Digital Giving: How Technology is Changing Charity."

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Linux desktops? 2 trackbacks } What software freedom means to me » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 06.25.08 at 7:18 pm { 10 comments… read them below or add one } 1 jack 06.24.08

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OCTOBER 20, 2007

Another popular implementation of APIs is the Plaxo address book synchronization service, which allows you to aggregate your various address books into one database, using Plaxos API. The only costs incurred will be from consultative services if the nonprofit doesnt have in-house developers.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

In addition, I have used Care2 several times as an effective source for recruiting new email supporters for clients of my consulting firm, Rad Campaign.] Online "values" advocacy is an especially neglected area of opportunity, adds McPherson, who wrote the recently published book "Digital Giving: How Technology is Changing Charity."

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

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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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 6, 2022

There are no hoops to jump through like with grants or corporate sponsors. Major donors are also more likely to provide unrestricted funding than grants or other sources of revenue. There is an old but wonderful and still-relevant book called, “The Millionaire Next Door,” which shows how wealthy people live. The Bottom Line.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Running MomsRising is as much a science as it is an art. Data analysis is also critical to their success: they constantly evaluate response rates (to campaigns/ emails, etc), to understand what is working, and make adjustments as they go – it’s a process of continual iteration. They are working to combine online and offline organizing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What do web stats mean, anyway? Allan says: Granted, web site stats will not tell me anything about how many hungry people a nonprofit feeds. 2 admin 09.18.07

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 11, 2011

This is the first in a series of posts about Paul Light's book Sustaining Innovation: Creating Nonprofit and Government Organizations that Innovate Naturally. This post is my review of the book. Sustaining Innovation is a thoughtful, comprehensive book that has helped me think more concretely about these questions and their answers.

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Bloomerang

MAY 21, 2021

Steven: You’re going to want to follow her on Twitter and also get involved with The Ross Collective because she’s got an awesome consulting firm, does all kinds of cool stuff. You’re teaching grant writing and doing board development and super involved in the nonprofit community there. Renee Rubin Ross.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? But for museum and art wonks, it could be. The book is fascinating on multiple levels. Is it appropriate to ask artists to be problem solvers in the same role as designers or consultants?

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