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Tech Across Your Org: Program and Fundraising Innovation Sprung from an Internal Technology Project

NTEN

We knew we would ultimately be in 16 countries by the year 2020, which meant that tracking, monitoring, and evaluating projects would become more complicated by the day. In the early years, we were working in China, Nepal, Cambodia, and Ethiopia, where we now purify water for over 200,000 kids daily. It isn’t perfect.

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The search for good web conferencing

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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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Building and Supporting Your Drupal Website: In-House, Outsourced, or Both?

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If change is a constant at your org and you are considering an outsourced model, you’ll need to know how responsive your potential Drupal shop or consultant is. This is convenient and efficient for mid-size to large orgs – less vendor relationships to manage – and price breaks may be available. Ask around and get lots of references!

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What do web stats mean, anyway?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

And in your case, as the head of a nonprofit open source organization, I think you’re going to find that not publishing site statistics will cause you more grief than you think. Donors? (“Gee, I don’t think I’ll donate to that org unless they’ve got at least 5 million web hits a year.&# ) Never happen.

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Your 2024 Nonprofit Website Builder Shopping List + 10 Solutions

Neon CRM

Hidden Costs Evaluation: Carefully assess additional costs that might not be apparent initially, such as domain name fees, add-ons, or transaction fees for donations. Open-source: Free to use and modify, offering greater control over your website’s code and data.

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Report Back from the Do Good Data Conference 2015

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org , was such a great speaker that I forgot to take notes. org blog a lot. Each equation, and each program, is continually evaluated and improved. The organizational cost to understand and process that data can be large; cutting through the noise takes time and energy. Mullainathan described the evolution of machine learning.

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