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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Hiatus August 26, 2008 As many of you know, I’m about to make a big move: to the left coast, to the big city of Oakland (or thereabouts). This is a good move for me, in many ways. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

open source, etc. Vote for them , especially the one I’m helping out with (David Geilhufe is the spearhead) on open source CRM. I’m really psyched about the Nonprofit Development Summit , happening here, in my (current) fair city, Oakland (I love it that I don’t have to travel so much anymore.)

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TechSoup Global at National Day of Civic Hacking

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Open source champion Brian Behlendorf spoke at the event, encouraging the hackers to focus on finding an interesting problem to solve rather than worrying about building a sustainable model. ReWrite Oakland. Share your experiences with us in the comments! Image 3: ReWrite Oakland, Caravan Studios.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And, if you submitted a nonprofit panel - and I managed to miss it while scanning 1200 in ten minutes - please add the link and description in a comment. Open Source Disability Gadgets: DIY for PWD submitted by Liz Henry, Blogher. Probably missed it from scanning the 1200 panel names and titles - so add it in a comment.

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7 LGBT Tech Projects You Need to Know

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Formed in response to the growing employment and economic barriers that plague the transgender (sometimes called "trans") community, Trans*H4ck is a series of hackathons that bring visibility to trans entrepreneurs and innovators while developing new and useful open-source tech products that benefit the trans community.

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Tell Your Community's Story with NetSquared

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Check each month that there are events in each region, and comment out the un-necessary regions. Oakland, California: Office 365 for Nonprofits — Bay Area! Portland, Oregon: Secret Knowledge of Open Source. NOTE: this is using multi-markdown, which BBedit.app doesn''t recognize, but Marked.app does.

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350.org Is Greening the Planet with Lean, Green IT

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The organization has a staff of 40 across three offices (Washington DC, New York City, and Oakland, California). We use nonprofit, open-source Drupal to manage our main website. I’d love to hear your comments below on what you’re able to do with your cloud-based tools and other green technologies.

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