Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

I linked to a great thought piece a while back on opening up the social graph (that is, your network of friends.) Jon Stahl pointed me to a great article , also about opening up the social graph. There is a Google group (called Social Network Portability), that you should definitely join if you are at all interested in these issues.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2007

I picked it up by happenstance, I think because I had NOSI on my mind, and I was thinking about how to talk to people about open source and nonprofits. One of which is something I would love to talk with other consultants (and clients, too) about. It’s an interesting book, with a basic premise. His reasons are interesting.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

So this is definitely a tool to watch. It’s still in “private&# beta (ask for an invite, you’ll probably get one – I did.) There are a lot of features that are unfinished, but what’s done is polished, and pretty smooth. You can share these Blists. good2gether is an interesting concept. Watch the demo. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

Quick definition Cloud computing is basically running applications on the web via “Software as a Service (SaaS)&#. So I’m going to try and lay out the details of what cloud computing is, and how it’s useful for nonprofit organizations. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

There are a number of reasons for my deciding to slowly leave the Macintosh platform: I want to focus more energy and time on free and open source platforms – I might donate what I would have spent on Leopard to some deserving projects. Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07 Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 5, 2007

Shell sessions are basically not doable, unless I am amazingly patient – the 4 second latency is definitely a problem in that case. YouTube ain’t bad. It even snowed a bit – and everything seems fine. But it didn’t stay good. About 5:00, the bandwidth hit the floor. It bounced back up a couple of times. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

April 15, 2007 At NTC , there was a lot of talk about the “big three&# open source CMS packages that most people these days in our sector are using: Drupal , Plone , and Joomla. It definitely focuses a lot on the eye candy, which is nice, actually – I like that the admin interface is pretty. So I like Joomla.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

I know that’s one more thing in a long list of considerations (and it’s generally more important to think about for the CRM – the CMS, if it is modern, and especially if it is open source, will provide few barriers to integration.) at 3:50 pm CiviCRM and Drupal (& Joomla) 01.26.09 mathew [link] 2 admin 01.15.09

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 18, 2005

It’s definitely a thing to watch. It looks pretty amazing – and a great testament to what open source licensing can do for creative work. { It looks pretty amazing – and a great testament to what open source licensing can do for creative work. { This is very cool. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 9, 2007

And, to answer the question posed above, the answer is, for me, obviously, a definite yes. I’m looking forward to Gutsy Gibbon, Ubuntu 7.10 coming out in October. I’m sure I’ll be upgrading. » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 06.24.08 » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 06.24.08 Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

at 8:47 am Hi, I floated over from NTEN. at 10:00 am It seems to me that open social networking protocols are definitely the way forward. Truth be told, there is nothing on my LinkedIn or Facebook profiles that isn’t public knowledge, except who my contacts are. But I imagine that’s not necessarily true of everyone.

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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? Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

September 17, 2007 There is an interesting discussion happening between Holly Ross, soon to be ED of NTEN, and Allan Benamer , about web statistics, and whether or not nonprofits should be “transparent&# and publish their web statistics. And, he thinks that NTEN should be responsive to him, as a member, in asking to publish web stats.

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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. at 9:48 am Yes, this is all definitely worth a longer conversation. One of the big changes that has happened in the nptech space, besides the ways in which Web 2.0 Katrin 3 Michelle Murrain 10.11.06

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

Instead, I dip into the NpTech Tag Stream and notice this post from NTEN about a new book about nonprofits and technology. IT Adoption among Nonprofits" by Paul-Brian McInerney (who is an editor for the forthcoming NTEN and Gilbert Center "Journal for ICT in Social Change Organizations).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2007

I’m really interested in helping technology providers get up to speed, so that the amount of support available for nonprofits using Linux (and open source in general) increases. If you are a provider, please feel free to email me if you want more info or help and support in moving forward. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The “Open Source Software is Free&# myth July 14, 2008 I had a startling realization a few days ago. No one would think that anyone thought that implementing open source software was without cost.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

If there are specific pages that give you trouble, or if you still find the overall site too slow, definitely let us know and we’ll get on that. Michelle, we hear you on the concerns about speed, and we’ve made some strides in that respect after a rather clunky period of server failure and finding out where the choke points are.

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MARCH 19, 2015

Each year, NTEN recognizes some of its brightest members who have offered their time, talents, and wisdom to generally "amp up the awesome" of the nonprofit technology sector. Just before NTC each year, NTEN staff and board members make a final decision on the award winners. Images 2, 3, and 4: courtesy of NTEN.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

If nonprofits want to have a good fundraising platform that they can know won’t be bought and swallowed and changed so that they’ll have to shell out more, it’s time to invest money and effort in an open source platform. We have power and options in using open source solutions.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

As the author of a custom CMS (it did have the advantage that it was released as open source, but it never caught on, so it still counts as custom) I know what it is like to put my heart and soul (and time) into a CMS, and want my clients to get what they want. Definitely agree on all fronts. But, that was then, and this is now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

Photo from my flickr stream View the Tagging Screencast Presented by NTEN. I'm pleased to announce that my screencast about tagging has been released and showcased by NTEN ! I created it for the screencast to illustrate the definition of tagging. Again, shows me the power of open content and open source thinking.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

In other words, don’t make a copies for a workshop, or for a colleague who isn’t inside your organization, and definitely don’t make a copy for your mother to read. Although the Journal was prepared in partnership with NTEN, I take full and personal responsibility for the decision to use a closed license.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

It’s definitely a new project, and a very new community (with some huge warts) but it is promising for organizations that want to create private (or public, perhaps) social networks that include groups, discussions, document sharing, bookmarking, blogs and other things. What do these tools allow you to do? Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 9, 2006

that I will highlight, I’ll give you a short definition of what Web 2.0 But I’ll give you my quick definition: Web 2.0 But I’ll give you my quick definition: Web 2.0 After that, I’ll go under the hood, and talk about things like open APIs and AJAX. { The Wikipedia entry on Web 2.0 Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: The most recent is a roundup of posts addressing the question of how nonprofit communicators can cut through the clutter to engage overloaded audiences. Definitely a must-read, particularly the post by Steve Bridger on the power of storytelling.

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