Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

The description: “ Talk with Michelle about internal software systems – document and knowledge management, CRM, client management databases, intranets, etc.&# I volunteered to be the “expert&# in residence for the “Program&# track of Office Hours. So, come join me. Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2014

He then pulled the data into an open source network analysis software called Gephi which produced a network map that he reviewed to help guide engagement and source discovery. Some questions to ask: What patterns do you see? He started with a simple tool call Netviz that analyzed how his friends were connect.

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Forum One

MAY 18, 2021

An effective omnichannel strategy relies heavily on an intimate knowledge of your audiences and their interests and needs. Here are a few questions you can ask yourself to make sure your content is effective in your omnichannel strategy: What kind of content are your users already consuming?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

I answer all of their tech questions, and solve pretty much all of their tech problems (mostly by helping them figure out who they should call.) I’d also love to consult with for-profit vendors who are thinking about dipping their toes into offering support for open source projects, or open sourcing their software.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2021

The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance guide to nonprofit courses provides guidance for choosing courses that are best suited for nonprofit staff learning, including open source vs. paid learning opportunities, subject matter analysis, and some example courses. Additional Opportunities Created for Staff. Self-paced learning.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

In any event, I have a lot of other skills and knowledge besides databases and coding: skills and knowledge in teaching, in writing, in working with organizations, in facilitation, in religion and spiritual practices, and in working with people, that I want to use now. Perhaps I’m now more ready to wrestle those. Be Helpful.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Support: There’s no one readily available to help answer your questions or fix something if you have an issue with the program. One of those organizations is the German American Heritage Center (GAHC), a nonprofit dedicated to preserving German heritage and sharing knowledge about the German immigrant experience.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

I’m excited about this project – it’s gathering the knowledge and expertise of a great group of folks, and it will provide a free source of information and case studies so that nonprofits can best figure out how to step into the frothy waters of social networks. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

Restless Knowledge Sharing. One thing I’ve noticed about the NTEN award winners is their restless knowledge sharing in an array of subjects all over the place – not just in their own organizations. He is the founder of Txtocracy.com , an open-source project that aims to increase voter turnout via text messages.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2007

It’s that there is a lack of really good support – responsive, empowering, educational, integrative, and knowledgeable about, and invested in, the sector. I don’t have too many answers today, but living inside the questions for a while is always a good start. { Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2008

I do this based on my knowledge of the options out there, my own opinions about them, and, most importantly, the feature match. For some projects, there is no question that one tool may be better than another. In this role, it has been my task to provide advice for organizations around technology choice and vendor selection.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

A chance for local organizers to come together, network, ask questions, etc. More knowledge, confidence and excitement about organizing in your city. Have questions about NetSquared, Net Tuesdays or innovation Challenges? Have questions about general nonprofit technology “stuff?&# 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm.

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 8, 2023

We often get asked this question: What is the best content management system (CMS) for association websites? Some CMS systems have friendlier drag and drop authoring systems, while others require a bit or a lot of knowledge of CSS (cascading style sheets). Often, one focus of the RFP is the technology that will power the new website.

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 8, 2023

We often get asked this question: What is the best content management system (CMS) for association websites? Some CMS systems have friendlier drag and drop authoring systems, while others require a bit or a lot of knowledge of CSS (cascading style sheets). Often, one focus of the RFP is the technology that will power the new website.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

Restless Knowledge Sharing. One thing I’ve noticed about the NTEN award winners is their restless knowledge sharing in an array of subjects all over the place – not just in their own organizations. He is the founder of Txtocracy.com , an open-source project that aims to increase voter turnout via text messages.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

The Drupal CoP is a group for those who want to talk about the joys and heartaches of developing, building, and/or maintaining websites in the open-source CMS, Drupal. The more folks we have sharing their experiences and knowledge, the more we can move our organizations forward. You can find out more and register here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

Crowdsourcing is the technique of allowing many people to provide feedback, advice, knowledge, expertise or ideas for a project or create collective intelligence for an issue. Jeff Howe, author of Crowdsourcing , defines it as: The application of Open Source principles to fields outside of software.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

He is also interested in approaches network learning and highlights knowledge management for development. (He Christian also sent me some links that answer an earlier question I've had, " How Can We Use Cell Phones to Bring Web 2.0 tools in different cultures around the world. He did some terrific reporting from the Web2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

After lunch, conference participants got to to choose two presenters to spend an hour with in a small group to ask questions and deepened the learning. Paul Connolly, who has been a guest blogger on this blog before , covered the session on Open Source Strategic Planning.

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NTEN

MARCH 2, 2011

The answer to that question is a resounding denial. GanttProject is an open source, cross-platform project management tool. Peter has been managing technology for non-profits and law firms for over 20 years, and has a broad knowledge of systems, email and the web. Think of it as MS Project lite.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. Knowledge will continue to be an issue as well, whether it is knowledge of the issue or location or knowledge of what is really needed.

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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. Aye, what a question. The paper is a must read. Here's my interview: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

The question are web 2.0 Do you think Open Source is like fair trade coffee ? I'm now a trustee for a volunteer centre in East London and I think the short answer to this question is in Kevin Spacey's 'Pay it Forward' movie from 2000: #1. tools suitable for business tasks like email, calendar, documents and spreadsheets?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

The team also hopes to incentivize organizations to share knowledge and give beneficiaries a direct voice. I spent the first few months asking questions and listening to what NGOs had to say about how they did their job and what could make it easier. ″, that focuses on open standards and linking data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

Some questions I don't know the answers to: What are the best examples of nonprofits using social media to crowdsource advice, program evaluation, ideas, or other uses? She kindly answered all of the questions below: Q. What are the best practices or techniques for crowdsourcing?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 28, 2011

Entitled The First Seven Steps to Accessible Websites , the book answers the question: Where do I start? Another recent free tool that Peter brings to our attention is the new release candidate version of the Open Source Microsoft Windows Screen Reader from the Non Visual Desktop Access (NVDA) project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

The audience will have ample opportunity to ask questions and respond. submitted by Rachel Weidinger, Common Knowledge. Open Source Disability Gadgets: DIY for PWD submitted by Liz Henry, Blogher. With a culture of open source designs, Instructables, wikis, and blogs, we can start an international movement.

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Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

In this guide, we’ll answer all of your learning experience platform questions and more, including: What is an LXP? This results in content recommendations that target gaps in your members’ knowledge. Seeking an open-sourced platform and the ability to adjust to changing learning needs quickly. Let’s dive in.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

I observed her sharing her knowledge with other women at the conference. There were some questions about whether at some point gender relationships in Cambodia (which can be difficult) will translate to the online experience. I got to spend some time with incredible women who run technology related programs at Open Institute.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

The question I want to ask is, what do web stats really mean, anyway? And in your case, as the head of a nonprofit open source organization, I think you’re going to find that not publishing site statistics will cause you more grief than you think. The question is – what example are you setting?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The advent of open source technology and years of use by corporations have both made these technologies inexpensive and proven they are more agile and reliable than the complex systems most vendors currently offer the nonprofit market.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

We use our knowledge of practical use cases to put the media and marketing hype in perspective. One case study a week paired with a multiple-choice question makes a ton of sense, perhaps even as a replacement for high stakes certification. You’ll notice that right away below the fold. Innovation Trigger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Many useful observations and questions raised about how to analyze the tagging data we've collected and how to move from a folksonomy to a taxonomy. we should add some questions to our NpTech Tag research about how people are aggregating and republishing content tagged with the NpTech Tag. or more like web 1.0?)

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Two years ago, Bev Clark, the co-founder of Kubatana.net , was awarded a large grant in the Knight News Challenge for Freedom Fone, an open-source software platform for distributing news and information through interactive voice response (IVR) technology. . Melissa Ulbricht, MobileActive.org. It’s very basic. You can nest menus.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2006

This conference is designed to fill in some of those knowledge gaps. I am tremendously excited by the possibilities afforded by the growing number of commercial and open source content management systems out there, as well as the fact that the prices keep coming down and will soon be within range of any arts organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

Doug concluded his welcoming remarks with posing some important questions for the future for participants to reflect over the next few days: How do we keep a balance between the emerging and traditional technology so we keep in touch with digital natives and those who have limited connectivity? Mike Seyfang responded. Good or bad thing?

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