Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 9, 2007

July 9, 2007 So I talk a lot about both open source software, and the preciousness of one’s own data. I tout the benefits of open source software. So, here is a real life example of someone with a measly 195 records in her contacts database. Open source projects do get better. 3) Evolution.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

It’s also really interesting to see how free and open source fits into all of this. You may want to contact Christian Perrier as He’s Debian’s head translation guy and someone who was involved in the Bhutan effort. What are the tools like? How do we replace proprietary tools? How does this all get paid for?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

’&# She gives some great suggestions and examples Joanne Fritz talks about three big mistakes – outdated information, insufficient contact information, and outdated design. She makes some great points, and gives good tips to make changes. Be Helpful.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

The strategists – located in New York, San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles and London – are: Beth Kanter, a longtime trainer and advisor to the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) and other organizations. Katrin Verclas, co-founder and editor of MobileActive.org and past executive director of NTEN. Follow us on Twitter: @socialbrite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

It allows you to access 16 entities within the Kintera application, including lots of data about contacts, plus data about appointments and tasks. emphasis mine) &# ooooooh… During the NTEN call on Connect, they had mentioned that they were only going to publish sample code in C# and Java. The API is SOAP. Appreciating you!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

But once you put that data out there, and you have contacts who can see it, you’ve lost control of that data – any of your contacts could make that data about you public. Truth be told, there is nothing on my LinkedIn or Facebook profiles that isn’t public knowledge, except who my contacts are. 3 KJ 08.09.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

And, I think I also get to educate the varied vendors and developers I’ve been in contact with. I get to use my expertise in web application development, but not have to do any web application development (which feels to me a lot like having my cake and eating it too.) And, I get to be agnostic. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 15, 2007

They also are opening a new data center, as well as bringing Akamai technology into the mix. The Connect platform is a set of APIs, starting with the contact and payment sets of entities, that will allow access (via SOAP 1.1) They will also be doing some serious UI overhauls, and upgrading their CMS. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

WebHuddle is free, and open source. This is what I want: The community edition of DimDim that integrates with an open source VOIP system and Moodle. Earlier, I’d found that the only tools that would work with presenters using Linux were ReadyTalk and WebHuddle. ReadyTalk is proprietary and not free (as in beer).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

A new social networking site, called “Quetchup&# spammed (without permission) the contacts of people who signed up for the site. That’s because a lot of the social networking sites allow you to find other people on their site by giving them your gmail username and password, or your email contact list. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 9, 2007

The Mozilla Foundation supposedly has been working on an integrated email/calendar/contacts system, but they are spinning off Thunderbird , and Sunbird (the calendaring app) is coming along slowly. Evolution, apparently, is not under active development because Novell is focusing on Groupwise. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

I sat for hours (or days) at a time in front of my screen without contact with the folks I was doing the work for. And, if there was contact, it was most often on the level of “can you fix this?&# “can you add this feature?&# But that was a pale shadow of the kind of work and contact I wanted with my clients.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

That sort of information could be a newsletter sign up, a contact form that should be responded to, an online donation or an event registration. I’ll have follow up posts on specific examples of this integration using open source tools (on one end or the other, or both.) What’s involved in this? 7 Jon Stahl 01.20.09

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

communities, from LinkedIn to Flickr to … Amazon.com, keeps track of your contacts content. Spokeo takes your gmail, aol, or yahoo address book and, looking at a wide variety of web 2.0 So when someone in your addressbook posts a new photo to Picasa, or tweets, you’ll know about it. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

It is made up of people who are techically-oriented, largely affluent, and largely spend inordinate amounts of time in contact with electronic devices. But right now, at this moment, twitter’s demographic is both tiny and highly nonrepresentative of the population of the world. And, wow, yeah, you can be highly successful in twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

and the Dot Organize 'Organizer's Toolcrib' , the idea being to find out just how easy or hard it would be to apply online tools to my everyday tasks - email, calendar, contacts, word processing, spreadsheets - that many other people in the non-profit sector also use to carry out everyday business tasks. You can read about the 'web office 2.0'

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. Tags: Collaboration Community Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Social Media Communications.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

I like the interface better, and the social part of the bookmarking is actually a lot better done (they have groups, as well as contacts.) Which, in the end, is why I’m choosing to switch from del.icio.us to Ma.gnolia. But some comments on the whole phenomenon. Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

What is Openness? While some headlines might proclaim that Open Source is meaningless in the nonprofit sector, the issues as Holly Ross of NTEN says, "The question isn't really about open source, but about openness." " So, how do you explain Open Social to your executive director?

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Audacity (open source software for Windows, Linux, or Mac) and Garage Band (Mac only) are two of the most common tools podcasters use. Always include contact information and some "station identification", but don't delay getting to the compelling content. Keep the content fresh, but the format consistent.

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Forum One

APRIL 29, 2008

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

" The article refers to the Dunbar number - 150 - the ceiling on the number of personal contacts a human has the capacity to maintain. Oh, I so want a NTEN baseball cap !) The NOSI Choosing and Using Free and Open Source primer is on the ICT Hub Knowledgebase! Last word from Prof.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

open source. Contact us: 144 Front Street West, Suite 725, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2L7, Toll-free phone: 1-877-270-4268, support@wildapricot.com. -->. Dear Association Leader. Debora Elizabeth Finn. Have Fun â?¢ High Context. Michael Steins NON-PROFIT TECHNOLOGY BLOG. Mission-Based Management. Net Squared from Techsoup. net2mashup.

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Forum One

MARCH 18, 2006

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

Upgrading to Open Source Government When: Monday, March 16th from 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm: Room Hilton D Description: The 2004 and 2008 campaigns use of collaborative tools, blogs and social networking have shown citizen activism and online communities can wield powerful influence. Panelist: Tara Hunt, Intuit 7. Whitehouse.gov 2.0:

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

Thanks to the Internet, open data efforts, and open source software projects, a variety of free and low-cost tools are now available that allow NPO/community group staff to dive into mapping. Until recently, these tools were too complicated and expensive for most nonprofit staff to use.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Founded in 2001, we focus on serving the nonprofit sector and provide technology consulting, strategic assessments, print and web design services and open-source CMS implementation. A long-time supporter and member of NTEN, we are proud to be exhibiting and speaking at the 14NTC in Washington DC. How and Why We-Care is Green.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Content management systems (CMS) have transformed standard expectations -- about posting news and updates without web design skills, managing donors and other constituents, opening up sections of your site to your community, tracking results, and more. Tags: CMS Leadership Newsletter NPTech NTEN Planning steve backman Web Sites.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Two I’d recommend first are Beth Kanter’s Blog and NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward's personal blog. My web developer colleague and enthusiastic blogger, Bob McDiarmid , told me that a majority of the charity nonprofit websites that he has seen are on either the Drupal or WordPress nonprofit open source platforms.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

They struggle mightily with software, no matter whether it’s free/open source or proprietary, shrink-wrapped or custom-built, on their desktops or web-hosted, which they generally spend extraordinary amounts of time and/or money on. Be Helpful.

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