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. does not get you a free pass from criticism of your methodology.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 11, 2010

opening the room at the right time, filtering questions, and managing the recording so we have a file we can post afterwards. I record the webinar from my VMWare Fusion Windows 7 virtual machine, upload the file to our Vimeo Plus account , embed back on our website. I got the file the next day and I couldn't do a thing with it.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #6: Joomla! Like any powerful CMS, though, there is quite the learning curve in order to get a site up and running. Joomla is growing fast. They just released version 1.5,

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Judi Sohn

JULY 23, 2010

With nearly 2,000 posts and over 5,000 comments the standard importer would not have worked. After 5 days of waiting for the uploaded file to import, I gave up and imported the file to a WordPress.com site instead. All the posts and comments are there. Leave a comment » Just didn't work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We have 325 social media sites that we post to regularly, but in addition to all of the ones that everyone knows about, two of the most effective are Posterous and TrafficGeyser because we can post once to these accounts and they syndicate out to hundreds of article, podcast, blog, video and photo sites at once. Anything else?

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 7, 2013

And use anti-malware tools that will warn you about suspicious web sites. Internet Explorer file). Comment: approved, A++. Text: Dear Member of our site. Subject: You have been sent a file (Filename: Robert-1421215.pdf). Text: Sendspace File Delivery Notification: You've got a file called Robert-14281.pdf,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

Data archeology: recover data from ancient files in odd formats. We use free and open source software whenever possible, but we're pragmatic and work with what our human rights monitoring and advocacy partners need, so our environment is a pretty eclectic mix. Please use open file formats (PDF is fine).

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

The ideas and issues do focus, though, on the emphasis that nonprofits and individual supporting causes, campaigns and specific groups online have put on free, social media, 3rd party tools. Due to the recent chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of our parent corporation, Advanta, we are unfortunately no longer continuing ideablob and bloblive.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

The ideas and issues do focus, though, on the emphasis that nonprofits and individual supporting causes, campaigns and specific groups online have put on free, social media, 3rd party tools. Due to the recent chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of our parent corporation, Advanta, we are unfortunately no longer continuing ideablob and bloblive.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

Sites like GuideStar and GreatNonprofits make it easy for people that are interested in learning about your organization’s data and history to find it. It can take many shapes: monthly community calls, regular open house events, staff interviews and blog posts (be sure you allow for comments!), Share your data.

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Candid

JUNE 2, 2021

based donor-advised funds and more than 200 charitable sites, including AmazonSmile and Facebook. See our blog post on the IRS 990-filing backlog ). Reach out to us or comment here if there’s something you want us to consider. . Through Candid’s data partner networks, GuideStar profile information is shared with all major U.S.-based

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

Then click the “Create Audience” drop-down and select “Customer File.” CSV file or MailChimp list to import. 522 clicks to my site at a cost of $0.29 Even better, setting up a remarketing campaign on Facebook is extremely simple: First, you’ll need to set up a tracking code on your site.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2012

Office Mobile includes: Mobile versions of Word , Excel , and PowerPoint , allowing you to view and edit Microsoft Office files using your Windows phone. Access to SkyDrive , Microsoft's cloud-based file storage and sharing solution. The free version allows you to create and edit up to 500 notes. Not using a Windows phone?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

File sharing (upload and share a variety of files with team members and others). Integrate File Sharing with Team Communication. Almost any file type — Word documents, PDFs, images, and even video — can be uploaded to Huddle’s virtual whiteboard. Each account includes 10 GB of file storage space.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

It’s important that you understand that if anyone donates to your nonprofit on any of these sites, the funds are mailed to the contact information your nonprofit has in GuideStar. If your address, nonprofit name, or mission is incorrect, then it’s also incorrect on Network for Good and JustGive.org’s giving portals and their partner sites.

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Judi Sohn

AUGUST 1, 2011

Many free choices. If that’s not enough, I can also shop the Amazon app store since my phone is supported and grab their daily free app. I’m getting re-used to the concept of a file browser on a phone again. So many sites either assume you’ve already rooted the phone or tell you to come back when you have.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

to share files, and sundry web applications for online communications. is a solid blog site by Lauren Hunter that covers an array of faith-based technology topics including social media, online giving, improving church websites, church AV , and mobile technology (including automated SMS messaging). ChurchTechToday. Image: Aftab.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 15, 2014

Most nonprofit organizations can get free access to hosted email (Exchange), files (SharePoint & OneDrive), and instant messaging (Lync) in the cloud from Microsoft. These are the same tools that many nonprofit organizations have been using for years, but are now hosted for free in the cloud.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

Too bad it’s so hard to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files on them – or is it? All of them view office documents including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files on various types of smartphones, but to varying degrees of effectiveness. You can view and edit Word and Excel files but just view PowerPoint files.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The action called Battle for the Net was intended to stimulate more comments to the FCC before the September 15 comment deadline. The Battle for the Net site lists some powerful stats like: Over 40,000 sites participated. 777,000 new comments were filed with the FCC. How did it work? Pretty darn well.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

A free, open source software application that allows users anywhere in the world to securely gather and organize information about human rights violations, Martus enables human rights defenders on the front lines of fighting abuse to stay safe and protects the identities of those who would face violence and repression for telling their stories.

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

Flickr Photo by Chi King The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comment on how to draft America's national broadband plan. You have until Friday, June 8, to file comments online at the FCC website. I learned about the public comment period in an email from Free Press. Competition and Choice.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

ReadyTalk is proprietary and not free (as in beer). WebHuddle is free, and open source. 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Jonathan Trenn 01.31.08 Also we offer free training of the tool and will work with you to make sure whatever you are trying to accomplish will be able to get done and look good.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

This brave new world of touchscreens, aggregated data, and pastel AJAX-based social networking sites, is partly. if not free) technologies. of free information. what is marketing and what is actionable information, use all the free. using your favorite search engine or a community tagging site. Take advantage.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 12, 2011

But I want to be clear: Is this something you can do with free tools in your spare time? Next year, we're hoping to be able to do a complete revamp of the site architecture without throwing out the work we've done so far. I'm not even talking about referrers on other sites or how other organizations refer to you.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 28, 2016

We create the bulletin with the intent that each and every church member will hold on, write copious amounts of spiritually inspired notes from the sermon, and hang on to them indefinitely, cataloged in a special file folder at home (OK, I digress; that's probably just me). Back in April 2013, Thom S. Option 3: Utilize YouVersion Live.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Enhanced reporting helps you share quickly, add comments, and make better financial decisions. Select an address online and launch your site in minutes with prebuilt templates and a website builder. Easily create a site. Record training webinars and save them as video files. Check it out. Get connected.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Note from Beth: Diana Scimone is a free agent fundraiser. She and I have have linked to each other’s blog posts and commented on each others posts over the past three years. We sent it to bloggers, media, and anyone who’d open the file. Note from Beth: Diana Scimone is a free agent fundraiser. State Department.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

Here's a widget that allows you to send a message over the Web for free! This widget comes to you via Odeo , a service that lets you record and share audio files???and The file gets sent to your odeo account where you can hear it. If you are attracting new audience members to your site via browsers, than may be worth trying.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Some of those images were released on sites like Reddit, Imgur, and 4chan in an attempt to sell them for bitcoin , the virtual currency, and then shared far and wide. Microsoft has a mountain of great and easy-to-use resources available at their Safer Online site. Log in to share them in the comments. Learn More.

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John Kenyon

JUNE 25, 2019

A new type of website management tool known as Static Site Generators makes websites less vulnerable. The code above results in what you see below: Facts 18,000 extensions and over 14,000 free design templates. The code above results in what you see below: Facts 18,000 extensions and over 14,000 free design templates.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

those with 501c3 tax filing status) that register for the YouTube Nonprofit Program to receive a free nonprofit specific YouTube channel where they can upload footage of their work, public service announcements, calls to action and more. Just got a press release this morning announcing the launch of the YouTube Nonprofit Program !

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Tech Soup

MARCH 9, 2015

Productivity and file storage. On-site software can require a great deal of syncing, uploading, and backup in order to keep data consistent and up-to-date. Feel free to share in the comments below. Marketing automation. Point-of-sale. Project management. Accounting and payroll. Mobility and Collaboration.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

A food-related event usually entails a few individuals sitting around and eating a meal served on-site at the location. Consider things like ebooks, video or audio files, or even a private livestream session with a celebrity. You can provide everyone who completes the hunt with something as simple as a digital file.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2010

Few publishers was open to Creative Commons licensing and to giving away the content for free online. From the very beginning, I knew I wanted to license The Participatory Museum using Creative Commons and give away the content for free online. available for free at your library and on the web. And that shocked me.

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Forum One

APRIL 27, 2023

Organizations find they answer fewer questions by phone, email, or social media when their information architecture (IA) works, saving staff time and even reducing the need for some traditional “customer service” roles that can be accomplished on an efficient site. Explain the steps, for example, after a site visitor completes a form.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

Almost free. So, we utilized YouTube’s “video response” feature, which was great because not only was it free, but it gave all the videos more exposure. The HSUS winner (we picked) was featured on our website and social networking sites. The price of hosting the competition?

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