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Satellite Internet gets the boot

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 Satellite Internet gets the boot October 31, 2007 Finally, I have real broadband. We moved last weekend to a town that has actual real cable high speed internet. Be Helpful.

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The search for good web conferencing, take 2

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

WebHuddle is free, and open source. But interestingly, Yugma is now integrated with Skype, which totally changes the whole audio on a separate channel issue. It does mean that everyone who is involved in a webinar needs to install Skype – but that seems to be a minor issue, to my mind. That would be the holy grail.

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350.org Is Greening the Planet with Lean, Green IT

Tech Soup

They have an integrated, cloud-based IT system in which everyone has laptops and merely needs some way to get to the Internet to plug in to 350.org. We use nonprofit, open-source Drupal to manage our main website. With a distributed global staff, we depend on things like Skype video chat to reduce travel.

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Back Channels, Workflow, Data, Twitter, and me

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Check my Skype status. Those windows are already open, and I use them everyday. All this so a bunch of people can tell each other what they are doing. And, I’m sorry, but “ Insert_web.20_new_thing 20_new_thing to change the world!&# just doesn’t cut it for me. Wanna know what I’m doing? Be Helpful.

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350.org Is Greening the Planet with Lean, Green IT

Tech Soup

They have an integrated, cloud-based IT system in which everyone has laptops and merely needs some way to get to the Internet to plug in to 350.org. We use nonprofit, open-source Drupal to manage our main website. With a distributed global staff, we depend on things like Skype video chat to reduce travel.

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BlogHers, Gender Blogging, and Linux Chix in Cambodia!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

and Skype and everyone was impressed to see the possibilities of connecting with someone they knew from Cambodia who was in the US. It is difficult for some women to write blogs because it requires going into an Internet cafe and women do not always feel welcome. Viirak had set up the live connection using Ustream.TV

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NpTech Tag Summary: Party Metaphors, Conversations, and A Few Good Links

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The BuzzMonitor is an open source application that "listens" to what people are saying about the World Bank across blogs and other sites in order to help the organization understand and engage in social media. Looking for an easy way to record Skype calls, Evoca just released a new feature that does just that.

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