Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

One of the most important roles I play is educating clients about the technology that they will be engaging with, based upon what I’ve heard while I’ve listened. The role I play most often currently is providing a clear and understandable avenue between the client and a technology vendor (such as web or database development shop).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2008

I look forward to the growth of this community, and the ongoing development of the MPower solution as an open source alternative CRM for nonprofit organizations. . at 3:59 pm Yeah, I certainly worry about that dynamic with company-led open source software. 1 trackback } Bookmarks about News 11.09.08 2 admin 07.07.08

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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. My role has been to gather up the use cases (specific examples of translation processes). What are the tools like? How do we replace proprietary tools? How does this all get paid for? Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 30, 2007

But my role in that context is much more around helping to solve specific problems, or educate in specific ways about technology options. { My advising practice is much more about educating and helping people with concrete technology tools, and concrete projects. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Michele Martin 08.30.07

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Kelly Lao, Executive Director at the German American Heritage Center, said the Bloomerang system allowed the GAHC to turn more lapsed or new donors into sustained givers. Nonprofits can use this software to track fundraising campaign progress or assign roles within a larger project. Their team found its solution in Bloomerang.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 5, 2008

I feel that the question of how ‘up’ on technology we need to be depends on your role in nonprofit. There are times when I couldn’t tell you the last time I sent a tweet, and there are other days when I tweet quite actively. I’m in an active phase right now (hence, the comment)! We’re just not there yet.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

A long time ago (in web years) I was working with a certain CEO of a certain chapter of a certain very-big-nonprofit (whose role in life is to fund other nonprofits – this kinda gives it away, but it’s necessary for the story.) This reminds me of a true story. Be Helpful.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

They ask, “How can we present to our Board of Directors, our funders, and our volunteers how much value volunteering brings to our ability to carry out our mission?”. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Independent Sector were the sources for determining the average rate and the fringe benefit calculation.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

I’m not leaving nonprofit technology, though, just this particular role – I expect to stay involved, keep connected, keep prodding and poking, and keep learning. I had decided to leave it two years ago to go to seminary, then, when I left seminary, I picked it up again briefly. I have now realized I need to set it down for good.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

You might think that comparing four different open source packages that, in essence, do pretty the same thing (in a broad sense) would be a cakc walk. As a quick comparative look between a small number of open source systems, it’s hard to argue that it contributes no information. More on that in a bit.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

. :-) I first started doing technology consulting for nonprofit organizations in 1996, with a project for a local public television station ( WGBY in Springfield, MA ), to design a technology center for teachers to learn about technology and the internet, so they could apply that in their classrooms. Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

It is difficult for some women to write blogs because it requires going into an Internet cafe and women do not always feel welcome. These two young women were in the small group role play exercise. The woman wearing the green t-shirt played the role of my daughter. Photo by Thomas Wanhaff. She a lot of leadership potential.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

Take, for instance, Unlocked Labs , a nonprofit that employs a team of incarcerated software developers who are building nonprofit, open-source technology to make high-quality education more accessible to incarcerated individuals. Several recent studies have shown that technology can exacerbate bias and discrimination.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 29, 2008

All of the free and open source options did quite well in terms of Quality, Usability, and Value. Only two proprietary CMS systems, Antharia’s and Ektron, had scores as good as the open source CMS.The CMS options from the big three (er, now the big two) didn’t score as well. Next step — CRM.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

In those days, the buzzwords were “internet connectivity,&# “networks,&# “websites,&# and “email.&# world where many organizations still weren’t even networked, still used dial-up internet connections, and had websites written in the earliest version of Front Page, or were done by the CFO’s nephew.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 23, 2007

So I’ve been thinking a lot about the role of free and open source software in environmentally sustainable computing. Sometime in September, NOSI will be releasing the new version of the primer on open source software for nonprofits. I’ll be announcing it, for sure. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

Open Access publishing therefore leads to wider dissemination of information and increased efficiency in science … Which is, actually, a very practical down to earth argument. Katrin Verclas (the Executive Director of NTEN, for those who don’t know) was eager to know if there was any way to make it open and pushed hard for it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2008

By day, she's the director of strategy at Livingston Communications. Evangelism is a critical aspect of word of mouth and cause-related marketing, I am personally an evangelist for many causes, and we are all in the Church of the Internet. It's been set up as an "open source activism" movement - anything goes.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 26, 2009

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology CiviCRM and Drupal (& Joomla) January 26, 2009 CiviCRM was the first nonprofit-focused open source CRM (one of only two, at this moment.) Be Helpful.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

Back in 1995, in the early days of the internet, a San Francisco innovator named Craig Newmark started a small email distribution list for friends, highlighting local events across the Bay Area. Click here to download this article as it appears in the magazine, with accompanying artwork.

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