Remove Environment Remove Music Remove NTEN Remove Profit
article thumbnail

Movable Type goes Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

But in any case, it should work on all generic hosting environments, and it looks easy to install. So here’s another good option for organizations that want powerful blogging software to use on a generic (read: cheap) hosting environment.

article thumbnail

Free and open source tool #8:XChat

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I know that for people who work in real offices, with real other people, IRC is a difficult tool to use – because it takes you away from the environment you are in, and makes it hard to be a part of multiple conversations. It’s also scriptable. On the other hand, a lot of people are IMing, and tweeting, etc.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Last minute tidbits

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It’s sobering – as much as I love technology, it scares me how much damage it can do to both people and the environment, once we’re done with it, and ready to upgrade to something new. Many nonprofits have Linux file servers in their back offices.

article thumbnail

The Wealth of Networks, Chapter 3

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

He then spends some time making clear how the new networked environment makes peer distribution possible. Chapter 3 is a discussion on Peer production – it talks about how it is that people have come together to collaboratively create software and content – basically, knowledge production.

Chapter 100
article thumbnail

The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. The Corps Network National Conference is an annual gathering of national, state, and local leaders in the fields of youth development, community service, and the environment. NTEN / Washington, DC / $899.

article thumbnail

Marc van Bree, Guest Post: Social media, money and the mission statement

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Alan Jordan posted the following : A constituency session comment re-iterated a line shared with me a long time ago from a concert hall manager in Concord, NH who passed away from cancer a few years back: the official moniker for 501(c)3s is not “non-profit,” but “not for profit.” And that’s a goal or objective too.

article thumbnail

The language we use

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Is the environment any cleaner? But lets not fool ourselves into thinking, without proper evidence, that this is going to be any more effective than lots of old technologies non-profits have been using for years. { The thing that non-profits need to remember is that it is not the technology but the message that matters.

Language 100