Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 1, 2007

I’ve been interested in issues of how we sustain open content for a long while. 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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OCTOBER 9, 2007

(Photo by rob_pym ) I’m hosting this week’s Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants ! There weren’t many takers on this one, but there are some real troopers out there in the nonprofit consultant blogosphere, so there’s some great stuff to talk about. Sorry it’s a day late. Be Helpful.

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JULY 30, 2008

David Geilhufe ponders how technology solutions split communities, and issues of a lack of strategic vision. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. I trust Allan’s gut instincts about CRM technology. It’s a great, thoughtful post. Be Helpful.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2007

There are issues that relate to encoding, fonts, and character sets, machine translation, interfaces to facilitate human translation, issues of workflow, volunteer and project management, and a whole host of other issues. It is actually pretty mind-boggling. Be Helpful.

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JANUARY 29, 2008

Soon, we’ll be updating the primer , releasing a report on our survey, starting a training and consulting program, doing a webinar series … phew! Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Lots happening! Be Helpful.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2007

One of the big beginning issues was that if a fan page was public, and it can have URLs, then that must be great for SEO , right? Of course, there are huge privacy issues, here, and one law professor thinks the ads are illegal. at 2:39 pm Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 11.19.07

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JUNE 17, 2008

Leverage the power of the open platform of Salesforce.com, and do the work that nonprofits (and consultants) have been having to do to bang Salesforce.com into shape as a donor database. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Things “just work&# (for the most part – apparently Leopard has been having issues.) Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07 Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. The only thing that will be left is games.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

But in the nonprofit realm, my perspective on helping nonprofit organizations with technology issues has a lot to do with client empowerment, learning based on what’s needed at the moment, and active collaboration. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2007

There is a Google group (called Social Network Portability), that you should definitely join if you are at all interested in these issues. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2008

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. I think as nonprofit organizations begin to work more and more using Web 2.0 Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 26, 2008

Of course, all nonprofits already have a CRM (even if it is a spreadsheet) – the issue is, generally, migration to a new system, or integration with what they already have to add new features. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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AUGUST 13, 2008

And why is this in “social issues&# and not “technology&# ? 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. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 5, 2008

And, in a bigger picture way, how important do you think it is for people who work with nonprofit organizations on technology issues to keep up? I’m also trying to actually read each issue of my Linux Journal and (the somewhat less relevant though still useful) Wired subscriptions I’ve got. How do you keep up?

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JUNE 15, 2007

One of the biggest issues for nonprofits in terms of adoption of Linux has been the lack of availability of ready-for-primetime applications like accounting. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

Jobs understands that DRM doesn’t work, and doesn’t help sell music. If Apple were subjected to the ruling the Europeans just issued Microsoft, they would be hurting. There are better sites for music and there are adequate players for 1/5th the price. He should understand that the same thing is true for iPhones.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

It took me a couple of frustrating hours or so to configure samba (editing the samba.conf file and testing) so that I could share my home directory, with music and video, with my other computers, and share my printer. There are several issues here, of course. Directories were shared. But I’m not there yet. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Speaking too soon April 15, 2007 I’ve been doing a lot of thinking since I wrote my post, a few weeks ago , saying I was done with technology consulting. But then, I had something of an epiphany.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

It’s a lucky thing my partner has a laptop I can beg and borrow (stealing might cause issues.) Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Work doesn’t get done. Blog entries don’t get written. Emails don’t get returned. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

Although I’m sure that we differ in our perspectives on some issues, I very much look forward to working with the rest of the board to keep NTEN the vibrant organization that it has developed into, and to continue to speak to, listen to, and provide for its constituencies. { at 3:50 pm That seem like a great match. Be Helpful.

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AUGUST 11, 2008

August 11, 2008 You’ve likely heard a lot about “ cloud computing “ And what’s true is that the sales-talk about computing in the cloud certainly makes the conceptual issues behind it, honestly, well, cloudy. We’re really behind the concepts of cloud computing and Web 2.0. Be Helpful.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2007

TechCrunch suggests the issue is in the business model: Unfortunately, the business models have not been worked out yet to accommodate such mixing of data. 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

NOVEMBER 9, 2006

I’ve been learning about some interesting examples of the use of APIs in nonprofit organizations, as well as learning what vendors (both proprietary and open source) are thinking about the issue. 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 30, 2007

I’ve been doing a lot of technical writing – I just put the finishing touches on my third of three articles for LASA’s ICT Hub Knowledgebase , I’m writing an article on Open Office Base for the next issue of Linux Identity Magazine , and, of course, I’ve been busy writing the NOSI primer. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

Toward the end, a young man, who worked with urban kids of color on media and music, commented that he didn’t really know how to get access to the kinds of things available, and he noticed how few people of color were in the room. And aren’t those different that the issues other groups of people face? Right, right, right.

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MARCH 19, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The scarcity mentality March 19, 2007 Kudos to Michele Martin who brings up a sticky issue: the scarcity mentality. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 22, 2006

This simply comes from my years of working with nonprofits who are struggling with their data issues, and need good solutions to them. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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JUNE 10, 2008

I realized that one of the most important things that we can do is educate the organizations we work with (as well as individuals) about privacy issues and data. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. But that’s not the point of this post.

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AUGUST 18, 2005

Downhill Battle , which is an organization people interested in the whole "copyfight" issue should know about, has a new project, called Participatory Culture. issue as they see it. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

In talking with organizations that are using it – adoption issues for staff seem to be fairly minimal (my partner, a non-techie writer, uses it everyday, with no complaints.) Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. (In Be Helpful.

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JANUARY 31, 2008

.&# But interestingly, Yugma is now integrated with Skype, which totally changes the whole audio on a separate channel issue. It does mean that everyone who is involved in a webinar needs to install Skype – but that seems to be a minor issue, to my mind. But, you can’t use the Skype edition on Linux yet, either. Be Helpful.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2007

One of the big issues about social network platforms was that once Facebook made its platform available, and MySpace and LinkedIn followed, it looked like developers would have to port their apps to each social network. { 3 trackbacks } Open Web APIs, Google’s Open Social and you « The Whole Enchilada 11.01.07 Be Helpful.

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AUGUST 10, 2005

LawGeek has a nice little rant on the issue – much more in depth than I could provide. 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

JANUARY 19, 2007

But I do want to spend more time thinking about this issue. One of the things that I have tried to do with this blog, and will continue to, is to get underneath the surface issues. Like getting underneath the surface issues of the recent CRM vendor mergers, or getting underneath issues relating to open source software.

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MAY 18, 2007

at 7:14 pm Wow, Dustin, you have been reading the economist. :-) That’s an interesting perspective on the issue – and it makes a lot of sense. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. 2 Michelle Murrain 06.03.07 Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

You are not obtaining the software, and whether or not you can see the code, or modify it, is really not the key issue here. For open source, that translates into 10-15 hours of a consultant’s time- less than 2 days- where a vendor can provide unlimited support for an entire year. But the real story is much more complicated.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 2, 2007

I like JP’s take on the development side of nonprofit issues. She uses her experiences to talk about technology issues. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. My tip: JP, write more ! A note: Deborah is an old college friend of mine.

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