Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

And, it’s still clear that CRM/Fundraising software is where the money and resources are going in nonprofit software development. But a few more people will have a lot more money in their bank accounts. Technorati Tags: crm , fundraising { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 01.20.07 Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

And, it’s still clear that CRM/Fundraising software is where the money and resources are going in nonprofit software development. But a few more people will have a lot more money in their bank accounts. Technorati Tags: crm , fundraising { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 01.20.07 Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 27, 2006

Amy Kinkaid, of Fundraising Breakthroughs , has some great advice about asking for money without shame. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. All of these articles were interesting and thoughtful. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

The way The Fog will work, as Christopher Mims describes it in the Wall Street Journal , is that our smart devices will send software updates to one another, rather than routing them through the cloud, a bit like how peer-to-peer music and movie sharing is done via services like Bittorrent. Find out more on this new service here.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2017

MUSIC: Sleepy Eyed Thoughts by Bernardus. So for the common nonprofit, they’re going to generate buzz around key moments which is like the release of a report, a vote, a time-sensitive fundraiser or petition and other events that are share-worthy. The analogy is everyone has money. So let’s jump right in.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 9, 2005

How much money? We need to create a honeybee economy that makes honey (money) by helping the flower, not hurting it. Which is more appealing to tell people that they are on the Titanic and it is sinking, or to sail by in a boat that is green, with great food and fun music and ask them to come on board. Who does the staff know?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

April 7, 2007 I had heard about this new journal a while ago, and it was sitting in some small corner of my brain, waiting for me to pay attention. I ran into an old colleague at NTC , and it came up, because he had been thinking of contributing to the journal, but decided that he probably won’t, for reasons I will talk about.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Time to find a fundraising solution that can’t be bought August 6, 2007 Blackbaud , which is one of the big gorillas in the CRM/Fundraising space bought a littler guy, eTapestry.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Marketing images in pop culture—like TV shows, movies, music groups, clothing, and even cartoons—tend to include primarily white people as the focus. NativeAgency.org – “Native wants to change visual journalism to be representative of diverse talent from across the globe.” Adopt an inclusive mindset.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2007

This means that the “big three&# nonprofit CRM/Fundraising/Advocacy vendors will all be publicly traded companies, and thus completely beholden to their shareholders to maximize profit. In order to get the best people you need a lot of money. You need to have shareholders who invest that money. Look at it the other way.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 1, 2014

This lines up with the time frame when the most money was raised during December. I refer to it as the Kickstartification of fundraising where nonprofits use time-boxed fundraising goals to drive giving campaigns. I continue to have concerns about over-saturation during end of year fundraising and the trap that it creates.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

So I was a journalism major in college. I loved all things journalism, magazine, newspaper. Now, the 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report found that 25% of donors said that social media is a communication tool that inspires them to give and that 32% of them donated through Facebook fundraising tools. Live stream fundraising.

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