Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology NPTECH Punk June 19, 2008 Beth, of course, suggested this , and I’m jumping on her bandwagon. I realized, in being introduced to Edupunk , that I have been doing it for, oh, almost 20 years now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

A social graph if the NpTech tag based on a google search NpTech Conversations Gavin's digital diner has written an article about the options that technology gives us for opting out of face-to-face gatherings. OpenSource and Software Communities Jon Stahl has a thoughtful essay on Nonprofits, Open Source and Leadership.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2005

I came across this one for Khmer Open Source Project. Here's the link to the draft of the master plan for implementing open source in Cambodia. I also emailed Dirk Slater to find out what he knew about this project: Its really interesting how Open Source is taking off because of localization issues.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

He doesn’t run an organization; He's the digital media manager at Pathways to Education in Toronto. Of course he does great work leading the organization's national digital strategy, and they have plenty of work to do. He is an instructor in digital media marketing at George Brown College in Toronto.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Net2 Houston, August Photo by Eschipul Nonprofits in Second Life Gala Opening Photo by RubyJi By looking at the photos tagged with NpTech, nonprofit techies were either on vacation or attending events. It went right into the SlideShare NpTech Group ! The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

NpTech Conversations. For more NpTech Talk, see this roundup over at the NTEN blog. NpTech Slide Decks SlideShare is like YouTube for powerpoint presentations. There's even an NpTech group that has to date 115 slideshows and 31 members. Social Metrics: The Search for ROI in Social Media by Steve Latham of Spur Digital.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

NpTech Conversations Convio Opens Up API Jason at DIA summarizes the posts and the bigs news in the nptech field this last week - Convio Releases An Open API. It's created a line of hardware (ultra low-power computers) and open source software turnkey solutions and installation and support services.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 30, 2008

Amy is a great source for nptech tips of all types. and social network guru for the nptech community. David is always a great source for thoughtful insights about open source. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

He doesn’t run an organization; He's the digital media manager at Pathways to Education in Toronto. Of course he does great work leading the organization's national digital strategy, and they have plenty of work to do. He is an instructor in digital media marketing at George Brown College in Toronto.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Conversation Tracking in the NpTech Space There quite a blog buzz about the need for a Netsquared European Remix going on. Inspired by the NTEN blog post about whether online engagement leads to more money, Gavin's Digital Dinner gives a brilliant counter point essay on the topic filled with facts and nice pie charts. Any suggestions?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2009

ONE/Blog – ONE/Northwest never ceases to amaze me The Open Road – Matt Asay has some interesting insights from the Open Source biz world Tagged as: nptech { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Jon Stahl 04.17.09 RoughType by Nicholas Carr – really smart dude, really interesting stuff.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 18, 2007

June 18, 2007 OK, so I finally drank the Facebook coolaid – and although it took me a long time to get around to, I have now realized how many people in the nptech field have already been on facebook for a while. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2016

If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group. Kitchener, Ontario: Promoting Open Source. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Friday, October 14, 2016.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

ErikaBJune shines a spotlight on virtual world and digital games for change projects. The NTEN's NTC and NPTech Pipe. I'm probably the only insane person who is using all these plus others sources. Just A Few Good Resources Plucked from the NpTech Tag Stream and Kikino. Open Source Software is Fair Trade !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. How will these trends impact nptech? Found via this post tagged nptech by Meghan. Global NpTech. Marnie Webb also points to this post. What's Hiafux ?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

NTEN is, to my mind, a critically important organization in the ecosystem that is the Nonprofit Technology field, as the convener of the gathering that anchors the community, as well as a unique and necessary multi-dimensional resource at the regional and national levels for all sorts of constituents in the nptech world. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

I’ll be watching the Open Handset Alliance, and wondering when I can replace my Blackberry with an open phone. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. This is big. Be Helpful.

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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. 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

MAY 1, 2007

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. Not always, but often.) Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Besides being a launch pad for shiny new gadgets, MWC has also been a forum for green technology news, digital inclusion efforts, low-cost smartphones, and other mobile for good innovations. As my colleague Jim Lynch noted in his January NPTech News column, wearable technology is hot this year. the Open C and the Open II.

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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.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 6, 2007

I think that it is certainly possible to disseminate some guidelines (that some people will pay attention to) for the use of the nptech tag that could increase the signal/noise ratio. Technorati Tags: nptech , tagging , folksonomies { 1 trackback } Beths Blog 01.08.07 What do those guidelines look like? Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

NpTech Community. Open Content for Nonprofits Open Content discussion continues with some comments from Michael Stein (east coast) about Laura Quinn's post last friday. "Laura is not creating media, as the Social Source blog suggests one ought, to lure you into her site. " Findhabeas. Freecharity.org.uk

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Socialbrite.org is built in WordPress, the popular open source blogging platform. Services include conducting in-depth workshops, working with senior staff to develop a social media strategy, and crafting campaigns to reach contributors and supporters through Twitter, Facebook and digital storytelling, among other modern approaches.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 30, 2007

It’s new and updated for the realities of the nonprofit technology and free and open source worlds of 2007. The primer, which will show up in just electronic form, also has a very cool implementation of a great open API that we’ll be crowing about soon (my lips are sealed right now.) One of which is called Elgg.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Submit your digital video, five photographs, or a super-short story now, because we have $13,000 in prizes available! Or if face-to-face is more your style, join your local NetSquared group — NetSquared groups are holding digital storytelling events all month. London, United Kingdom: Digital Storytelling. September 23.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2006

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. Using Red Hat, as I often do sometimes, feels like doing battle in comparison. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 6, 2007

Technorati Tags: 07NTC , nptech { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 John Frost 04.06.07 Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Technorati Tags: 07NTC , nptech { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 John Frost 04.06.07

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JULY 11, 2013

While I have close to two decades of experience in the nonprofit field and love to share my experiences and data, I’m lucky to be surrounded by such smart nptech folks who share their knowledge with me. Check out some of my favorite resources in the nonprofit space.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 23, 2007

Open source software, like kittens, take care and management. Technorati Tags: nptech , opensource { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 04.24.07 Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. at 10:00 am Free. brilliant.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

So maybe, we can get some Linuxchix to get involved in the nptech community, and we can get some nptech women who might be a little shy getting their toes wet with technology installing linux and writing code, with Linuxchix support, and have some nice synergy. at 2:04 pm I’ll second Tory’s thanks. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 15, 2007

Technorati Tags: npcarnival , nptech { 1 trackback } Donor Power Blog 05.15.07 Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Technorati Tags: npcarnival , nptech { 1 trackback } Donor Power Blog 05.15.07 Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

Unfortunately, the nptech world hasn’t yet caught on to the “Planet&# phenomenon of the open source world (see Planet Ubuntu Women.) These are sites that are simply aggregators of the blogs of those involved in a particular open source project (like, in this case, women involved in Ubuntu ). Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2006

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

MARCH 13, 2007

Why aren’t I Twittering away , like so many of my nptech colleagues? Those windows are already open, and I use them everyday. Technorati Tags: nptech , ntc2007 , twitter { 1 trackback } Beths Blog 03.13.07 Technorati Tags: nptech , ntc2007 , twitter { 1 trackback } Beths Blog 03.13.07 Check my Skype status.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Carnet Williams, of nptech fame, did a demo of Sprout at Demo. 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

JANUARY 29, 2008

I appreciate shops that I know are giving back to the community, and that are known quantities in the nptech realm. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. I’m turned off instantly by sales-speak. I hate to be pushed. Be Helpful.

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