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Exercise Your Awesome at the NTC Member Lounge

Tech Soup

Tags: Digital Divide Open Source Services Software Using the Web and Internet.

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My Theory of Practice

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I think, actually, all technology consultants, whether they do what I do, or hack code, should do this exercise. 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Michele Martin 07.11.08 at 6:06 am Michelle, I love this! I’d had bits and pieces of this in varied places, and in my head, but it was a good time to get it all down.

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My wish for Web 2.5

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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 ). 3 Beth 12.01.06

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Research Friday: Volunteering and Financial Statements - What’s Missing?

ASU Lodestar Center

Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Independent Sector were the sources for determining the average rate and the fringe benefit calculation. These data sources are updated regularly and are easily accessed on the Internet.

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BlogHers, Gender Blogging, and Linux Chix in Cambodia!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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 day before the conference, I spent some time at the Open Institute , the NGO that hosts the KhmerOS (Open Source Software) project.

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What do web stats mean, anyway?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

They can be used for a nonprofit’s mission and that is why nonprofits should exercise transparency on web site analytics. 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. 2 admin 09.18.07

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NpTech Tag Summary: Scarcity Thinking, Social Network Fragmentation?, and Engagement Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

tools] - it was a very interesting exercise, because it revealed the different ways of thinking about technology that we had. ActiveCollab an open source project management tool. The Nonprofit CMS blog shares some agruments against Open Source. internetarizans tracks the Internet, Human Rights and Social Change.