Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

On the other hand, perhaps it means that these new, larger entities can provide services and resources that the smaller ones could not. Consolidation among vendors means that some customers will be dealing with different (and larger, potentially less friendly) entities. It also means fewer options.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 22, 2006

I just finished reading Allen’s recent posts about the new wave of widgitized donation functionalities that some big (and not so big ) players in the nonprofit technology web services space are pushing out. Or one of the thirty-five other mission critical tasks that nonprofits need to do to make the world a better place?

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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. And, at the level of most nonprofits choosing software, this is, in fact, correct.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 17, 2006

Like the freedom that RSS gives to end users in terms of getting the data that you want in your hands, to read when and how you want it, APIs give programmers (and, at times, end users) the freedom to get data from Web 2.0 services, like del.icio.us, google, flickr, and many, many others, and use and manipulate this data to their own ends.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

There is, however, only one developer, and there hasn’t been a release in a while, so it’s unclear how long-term viable WebHuddle is. It can be found at [link] They’re an online video telecom service that’s can have up to six people talking at once. Well, it seems that it still is “coming soon.&#

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 21, 2006

Today I am posting the transcript from my interview with Brahm Ahmadi, the Executive Director of People's Grocery. You can hear the orginal podcast on Gcast , Odeo or iTunes. If you are inspired by the interview and live in the Bay Area, People's Grocery is launching its 2-acre farm in Sunol this weekend and they are looking for volunteers.

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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? It is an internal assessment tool which helps organizations figure out what parts of their online strategy are working, and what parts might need tweaking.

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MAY 16, 2018

Since 1949, May has been observed as Mental Health Awareness month to bring attention the ongoing need for proper support and health care services for those affected. Ocean Mental Health Services The. Ocean Mental Health Services website states, “Oftentimes when people think of health they consider only their physical needs.

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Tech Soup

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It’s pretty hard to make sense of what cloud services your charity or library actually need. Sam’s philosophy is that there shouldn’t be an expectation for busy nonprofit people to be experts in technology, but it is important that they be self-sufficient. Are you feeling the pressure to migrate your IT to the cloud?

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Multi-channel marketing is the practice of communicating and marketing across many channels. By leveraging multiple communication channels—email, mobile, direct mail, websites, social media, paid and earned media, SEO, and more, you expand your reach to engage new donors and supporters. Why is it important for nonprofits? There’s Power in Numbers.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

You are super busy for a couple of reasons why that I’m going to mention here in a second, but it’s awesome to have you back. We are here to talk about how to lead and manage in our new work reality. You want to get rid of all that burnout if we can. Thanks for being here. I’m Steven. And we love doing these webinars.

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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.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

It drives me simply nuts that every single time I call my satellite provider about a problem with the service, and I’m saying “I’m seeing 80% packet loss, and doing a traceroute suggests that it’s about 2 hops after your modem&# and they respond with “OK, first, we’re going to clear out your browser cache.

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If you are ready to ride an epic wave of generosity with an airtight end-of-year fundraising strategy join our special guest Rachel Muir. Full Transcript: Steven: All right. Rachel, I got two o’clock Eastern. Is it okay if I go ahead and get this party started? Rachel: Absolutely. . Steven: All right. Well, good afternoon, everyone.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 26, 2009

Jon Stahl, in his comments on my first post in this series said: “a PHP API accessible only to other PHP apps on the same machine is simply not sufficient integration in an age of web services, where people run different apps on different machines and use languages other than PHP for building web apps.&#

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