Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

So, if fair use adds more economic benefit than copyrights – what would open source do? Well, we have some data from Europe : FLOSS potentially saves industry over 36% in software R&D investment that can result in increased profits or be more usefully spent in further innovation. Be Helpful.

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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.) How do we know? How can we assure privacy? It is important to understand that Rapleaf is just gathering public information on people, based on their email addresses. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2007

I picked it up by happenstance, I think because I had NOSI on my mind, and I was thinking about how to talk to people about open source and nonprofits. He thinks that ultimately, all consulting relationships should boil down to the ultimate results for the client. It’s an interesting book, with a basic premise.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

MySpace, Facebook, and many other businesses have realized that they can give away the tools of production but maintain ownership over the resulting products. Nick Carr, one of my favorite smart dudes, calls it digital sharecropping : What’s being concentrated, in other words, is not content but the economic value of content.

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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.) at 3:50 pm CiviCRM and Drupal (& Joomla) 01.26.09 7 Jon Stahl 01.20.09

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

You might think that comparing four different open source packages that, in essence, do pretty the same thing (in a broad sense) would be a cakc walk. As a quick comparative look between a small number of open source systems, it’s hard to argue that it contributes no information. More on that in a bit.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

The time and effort it would take to maintain a blog isn’t going to result in any better accomplishment of mission. Unless the ED wants to provide some kind of leadership in the mental health or nonprofit space, this ED doesn’t need one, and neither does the organization. Actually, they don’t even have a website. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

The idea that web stats = some measure of nonprofit accountability is a result of a mindset that suggests that web presence should be the central part of a nonprofit’s communications strategy, and that raw numbers of visits has some relationship to how well a nonprofit works. That dog won’t hunt. 2 admin 09.18.07 Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 29, 2008

There is some great food for thought, although in some ways, the results aren’t so surprising. All of the free and open source options did quite well in terms of Quality, Usability, and Value. May 29, 2008 NTEN just released their CMS satisfaction survey. Most people (67%) want an easy to use interface.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

If nonprofits want to have a good fundraising platform that they can know won’t be bought and swallowed and changed so that they’ll have to shell out more, it’s time to invest money and effort in an open source platform. We have power and options in using open source solutions. We will fill the void.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006

But I think the jury is still out, at least from my perspective, on whether or not this sea change in communication has actually resulted in very much on-the-ground social change. is doing a great job at bringing people together in ways that are new for this newish media called the internet. Is the environment any cleaner? Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

They say: Published research results and ideas are the foundation for future progress in science and medicine. Open Access publishing therefore leads to wider dissemination of information and increased efficiency in science … Which is, actually, a very practical down to earth argument. That tradeoff really does exist.

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APRIL 26, 2021

Anything that might draw a crowd at an in-person event, like a professional speaker, live music, or a series of performances, would likely make great livestreaming content. The new venue is just the internet! Livestreaming is the transmission of live video to a virtual audience through an online platform.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Simply enter your nonprofit’s name and Addictomatic then creates a page of all your search results for easy future reference. Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web. Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

This tool allows nonprofits to easily create Web-based Internet “TV” stations. Definitely a trend to keep your eyes on as Internet TV begins to penetrate our living rooms in coming years. For example, here are the results for a search of the word “nonprofit.” Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/internetstats.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Simply enter your nonprofit’s name and Addictomatic then creates a page of all your search results for easy future reference. Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web. Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 26, 2009

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology CiviCRM and Drupal (& Joomla) January 26, 2009 CiviCRM was the first nonprofit-focused open source CRM (one of only two, at this moment.) Be Helpful.

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