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NPTECH Punk

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 NPTECH Punk June 19, 2008 Beth, of course, suggested this , and I’m jumping on her bandwagon. I realized, in being introduced to Edupunk , that I have been doing it for, oh, almost 20 years now.

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Social Media ennui

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’m tired of reading and hearing about about social media and nonprofits, and I’m annoyed that social media is taking up so much of the air space in the #nptech world. In other words, I don’t avoid social media, I use it a lot, and I actively facilitate my clients use of social media integration with their web presence. (

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Open Mobile Camp report

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I was so interested, I facilitated a session.) One thing that would facilitate this would be a more robust API system in CiviCRM – access to the data via REST or JSON, which would allow CiviCRM to talk with some of the tools out there like Mesh4X. Thanks to MobileActive.org and the Open Mobile Consortium for a fabulous event.

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Newly discovered project management tool: Redmine

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

As a shop that practices Agile development (we use an adaptation of scrum methodology that seems to work for a shop that does multiple projects with small teams,) finding a good tool that facilitates instead of hobbles Agile was critical for us. And it’s great that it’s free and open source.

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Newly discovered project management tool: Redmine

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

As a shop that practices Agile development (we use an adaptation of scrum methodology that seems to work for a shop that does multiple projects with small teams,) finding a good tool that facilitates instead of hobbles Agile was critical for us. And it’s great that it’s free and open source.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Voting Deadline at Netsquared Extended, NTC Pipe, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" Rolf Kleef has looked over the list to identify " facilitator projects " that give people the tools to improve their own situation in their own way. The NTEN's NTC and NPTech Pipe. I'm probably the only insane person who is using all these plus others sources. Open Source Software is Fair Trade !

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Bleary Eyed and geared up

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Sessions I went to included: Open Source Ecosystems. What is Ethical Consulting (not so surprising, I facilitated that one.). Designers & Developers and Empowering Clients (combined session, I co-facilitated). I got to learn a ton, and contribute a bit. Customizing and Extending CiviCRM. Designing RESTful APIs.

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