Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2007

I have to admit I’m a sucker for cute pictures of kittens. But I have to admit the bastardized language thing (“hai, I iz doin stuf&# ) just isn’t funny to me. I’m convinced that I have a sense of humor. Really, I am. Except, well, I just don’t get this LOL* pheonomena.

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NTEN

JANUARY 5, 2012

Pictures of grown-ups don’t prompt the same effect. Crowdrise , the social fundraising platform, specializes in this approach with wacky language and unexpected virtual events. Baby, Baby, Baby : No, not Justin Bieber – real babies. An experiment in Scotland showed babies also make people more altruistic. They’re memorable as a result.

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

By Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director, NTEN. Supporters simply connected their Twitter profile with Twibbon on the TMWL Twibbon page, and the tool updated the Twitter profile picture of the user with an overlay that included the campaign logo and hashtag. Epic Change is no different. That directed the build.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

I also contributed a chapter on the topic to NTEN's Managing Your Technology To Meet Your Mission due out by Wiley I covered the building blocks of a classic ROI process, but translated to a nonprofit context. This value has to be articulated, at least in part, in the cultural language of your organization.

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NTEN

MARCH 15, 2011

People love pictures and videos, and they can be easier to create and control than blogs. HootSuite even automatically translates your posts to French or other languages for visitors coming from other countries. Diversify Your Content. Once you've got fresh content, spice it up with a photo or video.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

They sometimes deal with vendors and developers that don’t really understand their mission, don’t speak their language, and don’t tell them the truth (whether intentionally, or by a lack of self-examination.) I very much look forward to your re-emergence from the IT wilderness! 3 Catherine Carey 04.10.07

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2015

Personally, I have been futzing around with learning R (a statistical/data manipulation language) and have passing knowledge of a lot of the concepts that these fellows addressed—machine learning, natural language processing, etc. The number is used diagnostically, as an important part of the big picture.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Ask yourself: Do you understand the big picture of the issue that's being addressed? Show functional business orientation and communication skills Show colleagues that you can think like they do. Leadership needs to know that you understand their vision, goals, dreams, hopes, fears, etc. Know your users. Communicate clearly.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Draw a picture of your ideal users: where they live, what they do, how old they are, what language they speak, what kind of house they live in, what is their work, gender, orientation? There are many great sources on this topic -- many of whom present with and blog for NTEN and TechSoup. It's all about the people.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Yes, NTEN Connect readers do like cat videos! well, you get the picture: tactics are fine, but they need to tie into strategy. We hear you, and NTEN will support that work in new ways in 2012. The most read items from "Things We Like" in 2011. If there was one theme to rule them all in 2011, it was. storytelling.

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