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?&# Mitchell 06.03.07 2 Michelle Murrain 06.03.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 9, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Eating my own dogfood. I hate to be so blunt, but it is true, at least in comparison to the ones on the Mac. 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Kevin Mark 07.09.07 It was great.

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JUNE 14, 2011

Consider this simple comparison of potential reach for campaigns run by two very different nonprofits: Large Nonprofit Using Direct Mail. Some community members comment on your posts, re-post your messages, ask their friends to take action, etc. 100,000 people. Direct Marketing Reach. 100,000 people. They are not all created equal.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Gender, Race and Open Source June 29, 2007 My session on Free and Open Source software and the US Social Forum went great yesterday. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 06.29.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source. at 6:45 pm » SaaS vs. Open Source » Audio Books 10.07.08

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2014

Dubal has been studying the impact of the casual labor force of ride-sharing companies in comparison to the mostly unionized, professional labor force in the cab industry. Sign in to share your thoughts in the comments below. Here's just one of her illustrations of Dubal presenting her research. Images: Twitter pics, me.

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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! The Kintera API looks, quite honestly, seriously wimpy in comparison to either Convio or Salesforce. at 8:50 pm { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Katrin 10.15.07

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

How do you write a question for a comment board that will generate authentic, on-topic, diverse, interesting visitor comments? You can make direct comparisons in real-time, and the speed of the exercise means no one gets too precious about their own question being "best." It's a form of public-private brainstorming.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

We welcome your comments and feedback. The main point of comparison is information on volunteering from the Current Population Survey (CPS), conducted by the U.S. A couple months ago, the ASU Lodestar Center released its 2010 report on Arizona Giving & Volunteering. One in three. But is it right?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

There are many other readers - here's a comparison of features from Wikipedia. The Art of Responding Engagement happens eventually. Once you have a policy around who will respond, you will get down to commenting and engaging in conversation. How to Comment like a Queen by Vicky Davis The Art of Responding by Beth Kanter 6.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 But some comments on the whole phenomenon.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

In the spirit of a popular post written earlier this year , I want to share the behind the scenes on our current almost-museumwide exhibition at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz Collects. As always, I welcome your questions and comments. Digital Collections comment wall. Memory Jars installation.

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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? to care a whole lot about how many hits they got in comparison to similar (or different) organizations. And, I actually hope that doesn’t change. 2 admin 09.18.07

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2007

Ten Video Sharing Services Compared According to Google , this is the Webs premier article on "video sharing sites comparison." Not only that, but heres also some help with how your nonprofit can use these great video hosting sites. Heres a heck of an example of the type of video nonprofits can use to promote their cause.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

Paul Orselli made a thoughtful and challenging comment, saying: many data visualization art pieces, albeit elegant, seem to be inherently "push" technologies. Bottom line, this comparison has made me realize that the thing that excites me about data visualizations is this empowerment.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

In systems where expert users have significant knowledge or control in comparison to newcomers, I guess it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise that these amateur experts might want to get some money out of it by becoming consultants. 60) Search « Would you like a share of $5 million? Contact him at mhowes@mediamatters.org.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2006

In systems where expert users have significant knowledge or control in comparison to newcomers, I guess it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise that these amateur experts might want to get some money out of it by becoming consultants. 60) Search « Would you like a share of $5 million? Contact him at mhowes@mediamatters.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Being an effective social media manager is both an art and a skill. Effective social media managers enjoy engaging with and responding to comments on social media sites. Despite all the buzz about social media, the reality is that your social media campaigns are only as good as the human being(s) behind them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2011

Tell me about your dashboard in the comments – and if you’re willing to take a screen capture or two, your organization’s dashboard could be featured on this blog! The Indianapolis Museum of Art’s dashboard is an oft-cited example. 5) Scenario Comparison Dashboards. 2) Status Dashboards. 4) Tracking Dashboards.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology No more custom CMS! Most custom CMS that I’ve seen lately are sorely lacking in features and/or usability, in comparison to what’s out there, and available. February 18, 2008 This is a rant.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Time to find a fundraising solution that can’t be bought August 6, 2007 Blackbaud , which is one of the big gorillas in the CRM/Fundraising space bought a littler guy, eTapestry. We will fill the void.

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Tech Soup

MAY 17, 2011

Gateway to the Arts: A Web Design Story Learn how one Pittsburgh-based nonprofit built a new website around the needs of its audience. Come back each week until the end of May for more ideas and resources, and share your own in the comments! Week 4: Content Management Systems. Photo: Joe Athialy , CC license.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

Alternatively, you can run two different email campaigns and compare their performance, then use that comparison to inform future campaigns. Create an SEO Content Strategy Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the art (and science) of making your website more visible in search engine results.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Arts, Education, Environment/Animals, Human Services, and International sub-sectors organizations reported about an equal percentage of increase in contributions as reported a decrease. Survey participants will form a panel over time, allowing for trend comparisons among the same organizations. sectional studies.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2011

Gateway to the Arts: A Web Design Story Learn how one Pittsburgh-based nonprofit built a new website around the needs of its audience. Come back each week until the end of May for more ideas and resources, and share your own in the comments! Week 4: Content Management Systems. Photo: Joe Athialy , CC license.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

A year ago, he said that measuring outcomes for social media is, "an evolving art (not quite a science yet) and you have to be up to the challenge of both thinking a bit differently and be ok with leveraging several different tools." Conversation habits in the comments in the blogs - it's what makes them a social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

calling me a pro -- but honestly in comparison to Vicky's work, I feel like more a Sunday afternoon painter.). for a technology planning curriculum for arts organizations for NYFA back in 2000. My reader has lots of blogs feeds, comment feeds, tag feeds, search feeds, and more. Flickr photo from AussieGal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

What is really interesting to me is that the photo - which I composed and uploaded into flickr is my most commented, favorited, and viewed photo ! (It If you want a detailed comparison of these and other social bookmarking services, you can read one at Consultant Commons. Tagging in Art Museums. Tagging Nonprofit Missions.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

But most importantly, we love for these sessions to be interactive, so feel free to chat in your questions and comments along the way. Was there anything helpful about that comparison between service engagement and impact? You should have it by dinner time, that’s my promise to you. Does that make sense? Ask “So what?”

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