Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

I “live the open source lifestyle.&# So the reality is still pretty far behind the hype. This news is so old it’s embarrassing – NPR opened up their content API. I was profiled on Linux.com. That’s kinda fun! That must have been before the iPhone. This blog is rated 8.2 Way to go, NPR! Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

at 1:02 pm thanks for deflating a bit of the industry hype and prattle with this provocative and essential idea. And, it’s still clear that CRM/Fundraising software is where the money and resources are going in nonprofit software development. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

at 1:02 pm thanks for deflating a bit of the industry hype and prattle with this provocative and essential idea. And, it’s still clear that CRM/Fundraising software is where the money and resources are going in nonprofit software development. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

He says that “seeing like a state” is more similar to “seeing like a citizen”, and that citizens are more likely to ask for information like comparative school performance, for instance, since it is of direct importance to them, on open data platforms. Open Source philanthropy data big data'

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2006

though is more hype than useful. I think that a lot of Web 2.0, particularly RSS and folksonomies, are aspects of Web 2.0 that are incredibly helpful, and provide things that really do connect people, and help people decide in a much more granular way what they want to read, and have access to. Some of Web 2.0, Be Helpful.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Sometimes the engineer and the user/manager are the same person -- if a small organization is using some open source tool by themselves to build a website, for example. Being a good engineer Engineers should focus on creating flexible, expandable systems that use open standards and file formats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

NpTech Conversations Convio Opens Up API Jason at DIA summarizes the posts and the bigs news in the nptech field this last week - Convio Releases An Open API. It's created a line of hardware (ultra low-power computers) and open source software turnkey solutions and installation and support services. Convio or Causes?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Her blog is filled with insightful pieces that cut through the hype of new technologies and often ask the hard probing questions that haven't been asked. She is also the coordinator for NOSI - Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. Do you think Open Source is like fair trade coffee ? The paper is a must read.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

For your nonprofit, this means the holiday season opens the door to opportunities for fundraising success— and there’s no better way to kick off this successful year-end fundraising push than to participate in Giving Tuesday !

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

Upgrading to Open Source Government When: Monday, March 16th from 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm: Room Hilton D Description: The 2004 and 2008 campaigns use of collaborative tools, blogs and social networking have shown citizen activism and online communities can wield powerful influence. The Mobile Web for Good: Hype or Reality?

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Judi Sohn

MAY 29, 2009

Kind of like if Ning , Google Talk , Gmail , Twitter and Facebook got smooshed together into a single open source environment. On the surface, it appears to be a platform that allows for real-time rich media collaboration with a Google spin. Other times, I only want to see status updates or comments around a particular subject.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 9, 2006

But there is a lot of hype regarding Web 2.0, and I want to talk about that hype, and talk about the possible pitfalls of jumping on the Web 2.0 I’ll then talk about blogging, podcasting and vlogging, which I think are probably the most hyped, and potentially least useful for nonprofits to jump into without a lot of thought.

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