Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 9, 2007

I hate to be so blunt, but it is true, at least in comparison to the ones on the Mac. 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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

But their number pale in comparison to, say, the plethora of, say, network sniffing tools, for instance. This feels like a different part of the digital divide. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. But it needs addressing. { Right, right, right.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Yes, there are licensing fees, but they pale in comparison to what it would cost if we had to rely on an open source product and maintain it ourselves. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Other companies in the NP space are similar. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

The nonprofit technology news this month reports on the reinvention of the wheel in India and Africa, how nonprofits are leading the wearable computing field, the privacy threat you may not have heard about yet, and plenty more. There’s even some strange philanthropy news compliments of former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

The Kintera API looks, quite honestly, seriously wimpy in comparison to either Convio or Salesforce. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

Ma.gnolia is a new(ish) social bookmarking tool. There are some interesting comparison’s out there – see Notmyself, Phil Crissman , and Jeff Croft for a good review of Ma.gnolia’s open API. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

Here’s what I learned: Global Social Media and Mobile Usage Studies and Internet Penetration. Every time I have taught a social media and digital communications strategy over the past decade, I always include useful research studies about the who and how people are using these tools. 2013: A Year in Social Media.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

to care a whole lot about how many hits they got in comparison to similar (or different) organizations. You cannot use the digital divide as a fig leaf over open site statistics anymore. Certain organizations will, if they have not already, use the internet for this purpose. And, I actually hope that doesn’t change.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2010

The good news is that the final book really looks like a book. Here's the cost comparison for my book (388-page black and white trade paperback, $25 retail) on CreateSpace vs. Lulu: These numbers got even better when I purchased a "Pro Plan" from CreateSpace for $39 per year, which increased my cut of CreateSpace and Amazon sales to $14.50

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Connection Cafe

JULY 6, 2017

These organizations participate in a donorCentrics Internet Benchmarking Group. By comparison, only 29% of online only donors were 65 or older while 58% of offline only donors are represented in these age brackets. This tends to skew income comparisons with older donors across giving channels. million donors.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

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. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

Charlie brings up an interesting point – the number of customers that Blackbaud has pales in comparison to the leagues of nonprofits who use other solutions. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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