Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Although I’ve been using databases for a while, I’ve decided that I’m going to focus specifically on open source databases for the next while, and, in particular, the different kinds of open source solutions that are possible for desktop database systems, or systems that might be server-based, but need a desktop front end.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Although I’ve been using databases for a while, I’ve decided that I’m going to focus specifically on open source databases for the next while, and, in particular, the different kinds of open source solutions that are possible for desktop database systems, or systems that might be server-based, but need a desktop front end.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

The winners get $65,000 in-kind contributions of consulting, hardware, and software. NpTech Tools Sounds like Gavin of Gavin's Digital Diner had a great time sipping Burgundy wines in France, but even better wrote a detailed description of his damn DAM system. Fundraising and Philanthropy 2.0.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia. as an excellent example of systems thinking that needed in the nonprofit techspace. The site was developed by Democracy in Action. Much commentary and critiques about the semi-public ballotting process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2005

I am 28 years old and am just beginning to work in consulting and training in the use of new web tools for research and communication. I show people how to use ancillary services, including an RSS feed reader and social bookmarking system to find and store content that may end up on their blog.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For the past five years he worked customizing and integrating a single set of software systems that Benetech could use globally. Ryan Fan Before Ryan Fan, a high school senior, came to Benetech for his school’s career day, he consulted Wikipedia to understand this concept called “social entrepreneurship.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

In many smaller organizations, where there are not enough resources for a high-end knowledge management system, people end up using their browser favorites or forward links to one another via email. For a more detailed definition of tags, see the Wikipedia entry here. Consultant Commons: Blogging and Tagging How-Tos. sharpie.???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2007

It made me think of how many times have I heard crusty old nonprofit technology consultants, "Social media, no body knows what that is?" Because these platforms are no longer under anyone's control for the very reason that the Web is a system without an owner, except all of us together. The recent Public Relations 2.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 9, 2006

The Wikipedia entry on Web 2.0 What I’ll do in these posts is first explain a bit about one particular aspect of Web 2.0, and then talk a little bit about it’s implications in the nptech field, and then my own view of it from the neo-luddite perspective. Before I plunge in to talk about the individual parts of Web 2.0

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