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. A creative fundraiser can make any of these items sound attractive to the donor. Get creative.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

It took me a couple of frustrating hours or so to configure samba (editing the samba.conf file and testing) so that I could share my home directory, with music and video, with my other computers, and share my printer. Plugged it in, and it just worked. Of course with my mac, I opened up the system preferences, checked a button, and, voila!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

That sounded like good advice, since it might take me quite a while to get to step 1. (If, I had a brief conversation by email with Cory Doctorow , a science fiction author who is also a copyleft activist, who releases everything he writes with a CC license. If, perchance, you might want to read it, drop me an email.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 23, 2007

But what they gained, and it sounds like he’s not willing to give it up – is flexibility. They saved some in cost from a proprietary PBX system – but then they had to spend more on support and the like – it was a wash cost wise. It takes more, because you own your own system.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 20, 2008

Not among Techsoup’s Business Objects offerings, and $15k without discounts – there may be some available. Sounds like MPower plans to get a lot more open as time goes on. Their web site makes no mention of what server technology is used/required for MPower. Oh, and Crystal Reports Application Server. 6 admin 03.24.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 29, 2007

That’s easier than it sounds. So I switched to the very standard ethernet PC cards that Gavin so thoughtfully included, and bingo – everything works. My next step, after installing the basic Debian system, is to switch the install to Ubuntu. Changing one file (/etc/apt/sources.list) and running a few commands, should do the trick.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 13, 2007

Sounds like a reasonable idea. IRC has always seemed to me to be one of the best ways to do that, but IRC is, well, passé these days, it seems. But why not add another channel to the back channel happenings, for instance, at NTC ? But why don’t I sign up for a Twitter account, and, well, Twitter?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

bbcon 2019 last month in Music City was the biggest and best one yet, breaking the record with over 3,000 attendees from close to 1,700 unique organizations. Continued to consult with the #GivingTuesday.org staff. I’m guessing this type of scenario sounds familiar to many of you reading this. l everage the results.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

When I came back, I was surprised to see how many consultants and technology providers have jumped on the Salesforce bandwagon. Of course, the use of business metaphors, language and procedures in the nonprofit sector in general is far from new, and it’s been a trend I’ve not liked much. Is, as it were.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

2 trackbacks } Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 04.14.08 For the longest time I shunned Twitter without ever really giving it a chance, as it sounded dumb just by definition. at 10:40 am Twitter and Non-Profits-Are Baby Boomers Involved?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2009

The article ends with this unfortunate quote from marketing consultant Roger Sametz: "It's all about making personal, meaningful connections with a community, now." There were thousands of people in the park for plays, free music, and beautiful scenery. And none of the museums in the park was open.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 21, 2006

It's a youth entrepreneurship and agriculture training for young people, trying to build their capacity as leaders in the community, with a specific focus on being entrepreneurs, using business as a solution both to their economic need, locally, but for their social needs as well. We're finding success. But we wanted to do it.

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Everyaction

MAY 16, 2018

For instance, their Beacon of Light program allows participating businesses and schools to sell paper lighthouses for donations of $1, $5, or more, and hang the sold lighthouses to create a visual display of the money they have raised. To fund their innovative treatment programs, their website features several creative fundraising campaigns.

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JULY 21, 2022

Patton, Senior Consultant at Donorly. For example, you might describe the sights and sounds of your arts organization’s recent performance, or the smells and tastes at your nonprofit’s latest bake sale. Patton – Senior Consultant , Donorly. Next up is Scott G. Incorporate evocative details. Typography. Messaging and voice.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

When I was working as a design consultant and he as an artist, we'd often note the fundamental differences in our approaches via this issue. Is it appropriate to ask artists to be problem solvers in the same role as designers or consultants? That's not always true when you work with artists (or consultants).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2007

OK, so I’m going to sound like a broken record. Thus, every single penny of their income comes from donations that nonprofit organizations raise to, theoretically, fund the missions of their work. But, hey, why not? How about some community-owned, community-driven free and open source options?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 19, 2006

This sounds quite different than the activation issue. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

So I own a company called the Development Consulting Solutions. And then you may have something like scholarship funds, or the music fund, or something like that. That sounds bloody awful, doesn’t it? Schools and businesses should be written out in full, MSU versus Montclair or Montclair State University.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

He’s probably too busy doing end-of-year stuff. Julie Edwards Consulting. My kids go to an arts high school, and they were promoting a SpongeBob SquarePants musical. You know, it sounds like Terry is new. I don’t know. I haven’t looked at it in a while. Oh, it’s paused right now.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2006

I know that sounds kind of cheesy but it's true. If you like the music, it is from Kenya Masala's "Mango Delight". You can learn more about Kenya's work and his music by going to sourceconsultinggroup.com. Britt Bravo: If someone wanted to give up their corporate job and do the kind of work that you do, what should they do?

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