Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Computerless February 20, 2007 My laptop is in the shop. It’s a lucky thing my partner has a laptop I can beg and borrow (stealing might cause issues.) I’ll spare you the details.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2015

The Benefits of Planning and Training. They also recommended finding a consultant or expert who can help with using the new programs. They also recommended finding a consultant or expert who can help with using the new programs. " If you have a plan in place before you begin, the migration will go much more smoothly.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 14, 2013

Today he runs his own consulting company, Adapt ∞ Impact , which serves the nonprofit community exclusively. Some organizations are based in workforce development, while others offer primarily training and education services. Basic training. Partners that provide additional training and support services. Foundation.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

By 2004 she had come back to her hometown of Baton Rouge and was working as a management consultant to a failing nonprofit. Actually the biggest need was for laptop bags to serve as suitcases for refugees. Nancy Jo says that CACRC’s next frontier is to get computers and training to seniors. What’s Next for Nancy Jo.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 12, 2012

This USB modem is handy for someone who often travels with their laptop, and needs broadband access as they go. And: Mobile Beacon will provide free consultation to help you determine the best devices for your needs. It must be purchased separately for $120 ($10 per month, paid annually in advance). CLEAR Stick Atlas.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

I’m on week 3 of my Ubuntu laptop migration – things are smoothing out – I’ve got audio working, I can listen to mp3 and audio streams. I still haven’t figured out how to get higher resolution on my laptop screen, but that’s mostly due to lack of time trying to get it to work.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 29, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Goodbye Microsoft… March 29, 2007 Just today, I received in the mail some Sony Vaio Picturebook laptops, courtesy of Gavin’s regular potlatch program. So now, I have two bricks.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

I have become a complete devotee of Dokuwiki , which I use locally on my laptop, for my to do lists, notes, etc. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Wiki Syntax madness November 26, 2007 As most people deeply imbedded in Web 2.0,

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

They include things like: Access/FileMaker databases on desktops or laptops. Sometimes the problem is training. People can fear or mistrust or envy someone walking around with a laptop or a PDA. The last of these principles is TRAINING. Peer training is the ideal method, since it engenders trust between equals.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

Catchafire : Time-sensitive requests for short-term projects in our active, virtual volunteer pool can assist with items such as email marke ting setup to spread awareness about health and safety, consultation on remote best practices, and much more.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

She is a consultant for Target Analytics at Blackbaud. Give them options to enter information into your prospect management system while on the road (such as a smart phone, tablet, or laptop), as this provides convenience and ensures that data is entered in a fresh and timely manner. This guest post was authored by Carol Belair.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

However, if you’re on a tight budget, we can provide the tools and training, but allow you and your staff to complete the website, making Twenti a cheap and flexible option. Consulting. Have a look at our client story from Shredski to see how this can be used to build a great online presence. 020 3998 3990 team@twenti.com.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

Training on a hoard of ICT topics is available on-line and in the classroom. Larger corporations have training departments and a multi-prong syllabus. 7) Partner with a corporation to get their laptops and other equipment coming off lease. Many corporations lease their PCs and laptops, often over two years with a $1 buy-out.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

More lately, I’ve been working to focusing my advising practice on helping people implement open source software (mostly server-side) in their organizations, providing advice and training. Week 1 I should have taken pictures – unboxing a new laptop is a lot of fun. My first step was to make sure the laptop booted.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Giving up, a little August 6, 2007 As you might know, I migrated from using a MacBook Pro laptop as my primary desktop, to eating my own dogfood, as it were, and using Ubuntu Linux as my primary desktop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

He welcomed me to the Bay Area and asked if I would be interested in doing some trainings for the local arts community. I think this style is a better match for social media as well as social media training. We arranged for wifi in the room and asked participants to bring their laptops). I said yes. Somethings to improve.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

It looked quite like it might be a fun event to be at, but the hefty $3000 price tag for admission wasn’t something that I could possibly stomach, so I sat in front of my laptop, watching people describe new tools. 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

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

have you thought about which laptop might be best to load Ubuntu up on? Welcome your new Penguin overlords ;-) 2 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07 at 7:57 pm You make some very good points and I think I will “go Ubuntu&# too. Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 28, 2005

I had her laptop open, and I saw a "Ford_F350" network come, and go. Anyway, as the bus rolls by, I see "PVTA_0333" come up on the MacStumbler, then leave! Yeah, really, really! It reminds me of the time a friend of mine and I were driving to Rhode Island on the highway. Maybe faster than we think. {

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

Last week I posted John Elbare’s advice for new nonprofit consultants. Although Karen’s advice was focused on technology consultants, the business management tips (#4) are pertinent for all independent consultants. .&# I also have a remote connection to my home (business) laptop available at all times.

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Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2014

Browse our selection of refurbished laptops, desktops, and monitors. Teespring campaigns are free to anyone, but through TechSoup you can get help and consulting to design your campaigns as well as a discount on each shirt sold. If your organization’s hardware needs a lift to get you off of XP, TechSoup has you covered.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

But what I realized was that the whole WPA thing with my laptop added to the pile of “little problems I haven’t solved yet.&# I knew that I should do it at some point, but I hadn’t encountered a WPA network until last week, so I hadn’t bothered. Needless to say, I’m doing that right now.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 9, 2007

The only time I shut down this laptop is when I’m taking it somewhere, which is relatively rarely. I’m relatively happy, and, surprisingly enough, I don’t miss using the mac everyday. Here are the good things: Even macs get weird sometimes, especially if they’ve been on for a long time. I love apt-get/aptitude.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

At some point, when I’ve saved up enough pennies, I’m going to buy a Mac laptop again. I think it can also work for the folks who perhaps use laptops as their primary machines, and don’t do anything except email and web. And, guess what? I’m giving up. And, of course, always, for developers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

something like a consulting company or creative manager." Here's one of her training presentations. This post shows you how to jury rig a DIY periscope for your webcam if it is built into your laptop screen. This is useful if you want both broadcast AND use your laptop to take notes (or answer email). for NGOs there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

As someone who has been a trainer for all these years, one of the things we're trained to do is "read the room." You watch for body language to indicate the level of engagement and whether or not people agree or disagree and encourage them to participate. Olivia Mitchell 's guest post on Pistachio Consulting offers some good tips: 1.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2022

Aly’s expertise includes fundraising, strategic planning, search consultation and board leadership development for the well-positioned nonprofit. Consider bringing on a fundraising consultant. Offering a mobile donation platform so donors can give whenever the mood strikes without having to pull out their laptop or desktop to do so.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Your team, subject matter experts (SMEs), and eLearning consultants work together to author content for your courses. Essentially, these platforms are used by those with the need for and resources to invest in comprehensive training programs to train a large audience of learners. Should you invest in an authoring tool?

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

So, this particular organization came to us—as I said, their management team—and consulted with us. And this, I put more onus on leadership to put a lot of emphasis on standardization of their applications—and training. They had also never really tested out the capabilities of moving to a fully digital transformation state.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Inquiries for consulting. Helps me prepare for trainings/consulting Program Ideas. They wanted to implement a laptop program for the 40 attornies on staff - they knew it would be more efficient for those who working outside of the office. Tangible Benefits. Market Research. Mainstream media mentions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

He notes they were all taken with a Sony Picturebook mini-laptop with built-in camera. Online Organizing, Online Communities, and Social Networking New Organizing Institute conducted a jam-packed three-day training for nonprofits on online organizing and technology. Hence, they're pretty lousy photos.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 16, 2022

We’ll even let you in on the secret to planning a charity auction…don’t waste time transferring data, switching between platforms, or consulting various information sources! By planning ahead, you can spread your planning out over multiple months while still working on other plans and initiatives to power your mission. Clean up the venue.

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3rd Sector Labs

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Don’t let any high-priced consultant convince you otherwise. – nonprofit organizations struggle to find, train, and keep qualified technical resources. Any system sitting on a server – or data sitting on a laptop – in your office is exposed to the risk of physical theft. What are your technology risks?

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 16, 2022

We’ll even let you in on the secret to planning a charity auction…don’t waste time transferring data, switching between platforms, or consulting various information sources! By planning ahead, you can spread your planning out over multiple months while still working on other plans and initiatives to power your mission. Clean up the venue.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

And so I’ve been so grateful to be able to help thousands of folks through my classes, through my courses, through one-on-one work, through training, conferences. You get yourself some kind of together and you kind of meander and find your way to your laptop. And then laptop because, you know, work, right?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

I set up both on my laptop, and tried out some really simple app development. Symfony November 6, 2008 In my new explorations of PHP web application development, it seemed a good idea to get a look at both CakePHP and Symfony. Both of them seem to be PHP’s answer to Ruby on Rails. The approaches are similar and different to each other.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 30, 2022

Graphic designers are trained to tailor typography and branding styles to company themes, so be sure to discuss how to stylize your brand for your target audience. With the ongoing trend of adding stickers to water bottles and laptop cases, making branded stickers is sure to get interest from supporters! Need fashionable merchandise?

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