Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

James Young, on the Connection Cafe, suggests that we think about constituent empowerment when we think about organizational websites. The Hack Artist suggests that it’s important to marry direct mail efforts and a web presence. And, since I’m the host, I get to add a couple of bonus mistakes.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

But in the nonprofit realm, my perspective on helping nonprofit organizations with technology issues has a lot to do with client empowerment, learning based on what’s needed at the moment, and active collaboration. Sounds a lot like Edupunk, doesn’t it?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

HootSuite is a Web-based social media dashboard service that allows you to update and monitor Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, LinkedIn, and WordPress from one dashboard. The overall message should be one of empowerment, not control and restriction. Experiment with Social Media Dashboards. Keep it simple and on the short side.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Baltimore, Maryland: WordPress 101 and Tech Help Consultations. Mahikeng, South Africa: Rural Tech Empowerment. O'Fallon, Missouri: Learn How to Apply for a $10,000 per Month Google AdWords Grant. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Friday, October 6, 2017. Tuesday, October 10, 2017.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

Certainly, if you are a technology provider that values empowerment of your clients, this is probably a good model to consider. Empowerment – as you help them with a problem, teach them about the problem, and ways to troubleshoot (or possibly solve) the problem themselves in the future. Second, Empowerment.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 9, 2006

are about empowerment of individuals, and connecting people to each other by the content that they create, or are interested in. I think Web 2.0, like it’s version number suggests, is a much richer, more rewarding experience than Web 1.0 And, I think that there is a lot that the nptech field can get from using Web 2.0

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