Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

It is open source, after all. Yes, it is open source, and I applaud Google for releasing open source software. I won’t be downloading it, or trying it, even when they release Mac or Linux versions. Why so curmudgeonly you ask? And it has some cool features. I am going to have to stop using Chrome.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits February 14, 2008 These are tidbits of things I’ve gotten recently from vendors, or gotten via feeds or twitter. Kintera opens a Developers Challenge.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

Mostly, because I get to read blogs by people that aren’t on my list of feeds I read regularly. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants April 14, 2008 I like hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2011

Treesaver is a new open source web platform for publishing that uses the new HTML5 standard to create narrative experiences—with text, pictures and video. Treesaver is significant for nonprofits because it combines important trends – open source software, web standards and mobile applications. Don’t Build That App.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

It was an open call, so there are a wide variety of posts to talk about. Keep track of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, no matter which blog is hosting, by subscribing to the Carnival feed. { On the theme of this week in the US – Thanksgiving day, Elisa, of Nonprofit Congress, is thankful for her work.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 15, 2007

The feed should stay the same. If, for some reason, yours stops working, try this feed. { If, for some reason, yours stops working, try this feed. { If, for some reason, yours stops working, try this feed. { Getting the varied blogrolls and badges, etc. copied over.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

That shows up in user’s news feeds, and in their profile. Also, if a friend agrees, their activities around a particular product (like, say, a movie rental) will show up on their news feeds. A company (or organization, or individual) can set up a public page (so it does not require a Facebook account to see it).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 23, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free as in “Free Kittens&# April 23, 2007 Deborah Finn pointed out this good post in a blog I have never read: ALA Tech Source. Open source software, like kittens, take care and management.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

It is an inevitable result of our desire for social networks, as well as our desire for information to be portable (like in RSS feeds.) It is important to understand that Rapleaf is just gathering public information on people, based on their email addresses. 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 ThomasT 06.11.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

There’s been some interesting activity in the realm of women in open source. I’ll keep you posted on URLs and feeds. { I’ll keep you posted on URLs and feeds. { I’ll keep you posted on URLs and feeds. { I need to figure out a good network configuration. It’s definitely worth a listen.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 5, 2008

Like Holly wrote, blogs and RSS readers (I use Google Reader) are immensely helpful, and I’m trying to get into the habit of going through all of my tech blog feeds on a daily basis. I’m starting to make a concerted effort to keep up, though.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Shareable: The Open Source Guitar – So many good pieces to think on from this post (thanks for sharing it with me, Billy!) And it's fun!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 9, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Getting Naked: Being human and transparent October 9, 2007 If you are new to this site, you might want to read more , and subscribe to my feed. Sorry it’s a day late.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

OpenSocial is a set of APIs that handle three different kinds of user data: profiles, social graph (who your friends are) and activities (the stuff of the Facebook news feeds.) Basically, if the more social network sites that adopt OpenSocial, the more open the whole thing gets. This breaks the whole thing open.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2006

Sure, I’d love to see more nonprofits move from sending their newsletters out by email, to getting them into an RSS feed, which I can choose to look at, or not. Some of Web 2.0, though is more hype than useful. How many nonprofits really need to have a blog? Anyway, I’ll have more to say about Web 2.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 2, 2007

Also, a minor technological thing – the RSS feed is a bit wonky sometimes (strange formatting, and it’s not always clear when there are new items.) Sorry about the wonky RSS feed; I haven’t figured out how to fix it yet. She has a fabulous, and up to date blogroll/link list.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

Keep track of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, no matter which blog is hosting, by subscribing to the Carnival feed. Finally, if data management stresses you out, here are some tips ! Technorati Tags: carnival , data management , nptech { 2 trackbacks } The Bamboo Project Blog 03.13.07 at 10:14 pm Good carnival!

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MARCH 12, 2007

Keep track of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, no matter which blog is hosting, by subscribing to the Carnival feed. Finally, if data management stresses you out, here are some tips ! Technorati Tags: carnival , data management , nptech { 2 trackbacks } The Bamboo Project Blog 03.13.07 at 10:14 pm Good carnival!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

You’ll be great with this and it sounds like it will feed your soul in some new and better ways. I want to smell the sweat of working for change in our society, from the inside out. { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Michele 03.19.07 at 5:25 pm Good luck, Michelle. 2 Michelle Murrain 03.19.07 at 5:45 pm Thanks, Michele.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

I know that’s one more thing in a long list of considerations (and it’s generally more important to think about for the CRM – the CMS, if it is modern, and especially if it is open source, will provide few barriers to integration.) To some extent it also depends on how open the CMS is with regard to extensibility.

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Tech Soup

JULY 28, 2014

With the GPIO, programmers have made it possible to do everything from automate your home to feed your dog. Raspberry Pi Beginners takes you from opening the box it comes in to configuring it to starting basic projects. Power source. hardware open source' Power ratings. 300 mA (1.5 700 mA (3.5 600 mA (3.0

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

They originally wanted to organize a conference to convene social innovators and social entrepreneurs on the nonprofit tech cutting edge to see what everyone was doing. To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. What Is Web 2.0? Citizen journalism. Google Maps. Podcasting. Text messaging.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

Should they spend a bit of time tying their RSS feed (if they have one) to a twitter account? Should the communications person use twitter to connect with other nonprofit communications professionals? Heck, yeah, I could easily argue it will help them in their work. Sure, why not. Or even a social network strategy?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The “Open Source Software is Free&# myth July 14, 2008 I had a startling realization a few days ago. No one would think that anyone thought that implementing open source software was without cost.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

My Twitter feed will have quotes, notes and links. Net Tuesday & 501 Tech Club Affinity Group Meeting. This session will revisit the challenges of collective action in an era of “open source activism,” and highlight how the Web can help overcome those hurdles. Find more ways to follow virtually from NTC-Live.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

I don’t want to start a race to the top of the Nonprofit 25 – where organizations start spending more time worrying about their position on that list, and less time feeding people. Allan says: Granted, web site stats will not tell me anything about how many hungry people a nonprofit feeds. That dog won’t hunt.

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Open source. Open Source – API. On the other end of the spectrum, there are uses of technology to create unique "co-create" opportunities, if not open opportunities, where content can be made available through APIs and syndication for others to use. Authenticate. Authenticate – FB Login, Twitter OAuth.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

And it only makes sense if the connections that can be made, the communication channels opened, the voice heard is worth that investment. Look at what kinds of things you can do to your website, for instance, to create RSS feeds for new content, instead of thinking of starting a blog. As for podcasting and vlogging.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

There are some interesting comparison’s out there – see Notmyself, Phil Crissman , and Jeff Croft for a good review of Ma.gnolia’s open API. And I prefer the popup to delicious opening in the same window and messing up my page navigation stream. Ma.gnolia is a new(ish) social bookmarking tool. 3 Beth 09.27.06

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. CheckFacebook :: checkfacebook.com. Cinchcast :: cinchcast.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Michelle most recently published a white paper in collaboration with NTEN called " Let's Talk: How Open APIs Can Change How Nonprofits Manage Data " It is a topic of critical importance in the nonprofit tech space. She is also the coordinator for NOSI - Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. The paper is a must read.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Released in 2003, WordPress is open-source software and free to use and fully-customizable using WordPress themes and plug-ins. Feeding America is an excellent example of a website with well-structured and simple navigation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Allen Benamer of the Nonprofit Tech Blog says " Support Idealware !" Creative Commons points out the projects that support free culture and open content on their site and on. Ten Tech Proposals Empowering Human Rights, Local Leadership, and Community Education is. Open Source Software is Fair Trade !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

"nptech" = "nonprofit tech")and potentially aggregate them into buckets or paths that make them more browsable. Do you subscribe to the feed to find resources? And, certainly, it's help me as a news feed to keep abreast of the flow. How are you using the NpTech Tag? Do you read the summaries? Leave a comment.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2017

You don’t have to be a tech guru to effectively use their services because they’re that easy to use! You can share both your Facebook and Twitter feeds on your site while giving your donors the opportunities to share their donations and involvement. Even their QuickPay email buttons are just a two-click process! Why We Love It.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2006

Silona is organizing a Code-A-Thon that will lock up 100 programmers for 48 hours to see what kind of open source software can be written for non-profits. The legislators are not particularly tech saavy and there really wasn't a nonpartisan group of techies for them to talk too. It's taking place on October 13th at 6:00 p.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

Peter Dietz has an article explaining why we need group fundraising RSS feeds. Reports, Conferences, and Webinars The Pew Internet and America Life Project recently released report on the "Typology of Information and Communication Technology Users" has created a buzz in the nonprofit tech spaces. is still relevant.

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