Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 26, 2008

Songbird is a brillant idea: build a music player using the Mozilla framework. Elgg is the open source social network management system. I love discovering new music, seeing what people I know are listening to, and learning more about what I listen to over time. Tags: tools opensource Open Source Software nptech.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 1, 2007

The punch line: … there’s a good chance that underneath the shiny is something that isn’t very interesting. Not always, but often.) And that some of what’s deeply, truly, long-term transformative isn’t shiny at all. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 14, 2008

1 trackback } Recent Links Tagged With "portability" - JabberTags 01.03.09 Like all social networks, they are only as usable as people in your social graph use it, and it’s pretty sparse for me right now. But hopefully that will change. { at 5:50 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 08.15.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 7, 2007

The topic is “Nonprofit Data Management: from slips of paper to CRM&# As you all know, I’ve been thinking about data management issues for years, and it would be great for people to share their ideas and knowledge. So, submit those posts by Sunday evening!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 6, 2007

But there are a few tidbits that I’ve enjoyed: There is a great Flickr stream building up of photos tagged with “07NTC &# including one of me. Technorati Tags: 07NTC , nptech { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 John Frost 04.06.07 I’m sorry I missed that session! But the next step is Penguin Day !

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JANUARY 22, 2009

This method is great for its ease of use and immediacy but will not allow you to add any sound effects, music, or cut in other voices and input. As you get comfortable editing content and producing the audio files, you can embellish the podcast with sound effects, music, and additional guests.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 23, 2007

They saved some in cost from a proprietary PBX system – but then they had to spend more on support and the like – it was a wash cost wise. It takes more, because you own your own system. Technorati Tags: nptech , opensource { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 04.24.07 at 10:00 am Free.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 29, 2007

It works pretty well (at this moment, I’m now downloading and installing the base system.) The one snag I hit (not unusual) is that originally, I was using the wireless cards for networking, but the basic Debian system didn’t recognize them. That’s easier than it sounds. The geekout will be on Thursday at 3:30.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 18, 2007

And, it is beginning to appear that facebook will integrate better with my workflow than LinkedIn, because of facebook applications. So we’ll see how it works. I’ll keep you posted. And, if you’re already on facebook, add me as a friend.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2006

Seth Gottlieb (a fellow Western Mass person) has a great post on his blog about how to go about looking at the communities around open source projects. It’s definitely worth a read. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 12, 2007

Technorati Tags: nptech , opensource , penguindayDC , women , feminism { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 04.12.07 Let’s get together! at 2:50 pm Thanks for shout out. Do you think the numbers in Angela’s presentation for FLOSS in general are on target?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2006

Using Red Hat, as I often do sometimes, feels like doing battle in comparison. Ubuntu took the best that Debian had to offer, and left the weaknesses behind, I think. Anyway, I think it’s worth checking out. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 9, 2006

I think it needs some updating, but it’s actually still pretty relevant. That’s a good thing. If you have any API wisdom, examples, strategies, what have you, that you’d like me to hear about, please drop me a line.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

There are some great posts for today: First, Katya’s Nonprofit Marketing Blog has a great post with an article from Cheryl Gibson about implementing a CRM system in a nonprofit. Technorati Tags: carnival , data management , nptech { 2 trackbacks } The Bamboo Project Blog 03.13.07 at 10:14 pm Good carnival!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

There are some great posts for today: First, Katya’s Nonprofit Marketing Blog has a great post with an article from Cheryl Gibson about implementing a CRM system in a nonprofit. Technorati Tags: carnival , data management , nptech { 2 trackbacks } The Bamboo Project Blog 03.13.07 at 10:14 pm Good carnival!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 15, 2007

Technorati Tags: npcarnival , nptech { 1 trackback } Donor Power Blog 05.15.07 Technorati Tags: npcarnival , nptech { 1 trackback } Donor Power Blog 05.15.07 It makes sense that can make a difference in how people respond to appeals. Nancy Schwartz, of Getting Attention tells us how best to get people to fill out surveys.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

If ten similar nonprofit organizations came together to build a system that would work for them, they each would get 10 times the software that they could afford individually. Technorati Tags: nptech , opensource , web2.0 { 1 trackback } The Bamboo Project Blog 03.19.07 It’s very widespread.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

The thing that is prompting this post is the little storm about the security metric that we used to try and get a handle on the security of the 4 different systems we reviewed. The report isn’t about security, it’s a very, very broad comparison of the systems, with security as a very small component. More on that in a bit.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 30, 2007

The tag line for this blog is “Conscious, mimalist, neo-luddite perspectives on nonprofit technology.&# There are a few pieces to that challenge I might take up, on occasion. One of them, I’ll do now. A few days ago, Michele posted her blog’s mission statement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Peter is a president and co-founder of nuPOLIS is the Internet presence of the Innovation Network for Communities (INC), a national non-profit helping to develop and spread scalable innovations that transform the performance of community systems such as education, energy, land use, transportation and workforce development.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

When you look at systems administrators, or coders, or net-heads … the women kinda vanish. Technorati Tags: linux , linuxchix , nptech { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Tory 11.19.06 But then, there is the little secret (well, it’s not so secret). at 2:04 pm I’ll second Tory’s thanks.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Google Analytics vs Site Meter September 18, 2006 Yes, I promise, the post on tagging and folksonomies is coming. But first, a great example of Web 1.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

Technorati Tags: crm , fundraising { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 01.20.07 And this, I think, is one really important thing to think hard about. Are the means that progressive organizations use to reach their ends truly in line with their mission?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

Technorati Tags: crm , fundraising { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 01.20.07 And this, I think, is one really important thing to think hard about. Are the means that progressive organizations use to reach their ends truly in line with their mission?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 22, 2006

Technorati Tags: fundraising , nptech , web2.0 { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Allan Benamer 12.23.06 went into other software and data needs of organizations, I daresay they might not be in as much of a pickle as they are in terms of making choices about vertical apps. at 9:15 pm You’ve hit the nail on the head!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

at 10:54 am Recent Links Tagged With "millenials" - JabberTags 12.04.08 however, as you all know so well, I’m a realist. { 2 trackbacks } Nonprofit Communications » Blog Archive » Nonprofit Trends - What’s Hot & Not @ the Carnival 08.15.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

Part IIa: Social Bookmarking September 24, 2006 After writing my post on tagging , I got sidetracked by Marnie Webb’s mention of ma.gnolia , and then went off to investigate, then decided to write about social bookmarking tools. I do wish they had a tag cloud add on for blogs, too. Ma.gnolia is a new(ish) social bookmarking tool.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 5, 2007

Technorati Tags: broadband , hughesnet , satellite { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Catherine Carey 03.06.07 About 5:00, the bandwidth hit the floor. It bounced back up a couple of times. Now, it’s at: That sucks. At least I’ll be able to upload this blog entry. More on this saga soon.

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MAY 23, 2008

"The old systems get broken long before new ones become stable." The record album business was broken by the cassette tape, which was then undone by the CD, then digital music files changed everything, and something else is sure to come along. Tags: Social Networking fundraising trends. One day at a time.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Technorati Tags: media , opensource , economics , peer2peer { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 John Powers 11.16.06 He then talks about something that I find really interesting, and hadn’t fully understood until I read it: why the radio spectrum was regulated in the first place, and why now, regulation is basically moot.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 2, 2007

And tag your posts so more people can find them – they are gold. Technorati Tags: npblogtipping , nptech , blogtipping { 1 trackback } The Bamboo Project Blog 03.03.07 He’s down to earth, ruthlessly honest, and gets right down to the heart of things. I like JP’s take on the development side of nonprofit issues.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 13, 2007

Technorati Tags: nptech , ntc2007 , twitter { 1 trackback } Beths Blog 03.13.07 Technorati Tags: nptech , ntc2007 , twitter { 1 trackback } Beths Blog 03.13.07 &# just doesn’t cut it for me. Wanna know what I’m doing? Check my Skype status. Those windows are already open, and I use them everyday.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 18, 2007

Technorati Tags: intellectualproperty , opensource { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Dustin J. It makes me think a lot about how much we are governed by fear – even in the realm of things that seem only technological. But, of course, underneath, and around all of those bits and bytes are just human beings, after all.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 27, 2006

And in realms more familiar: This week’s nptech tag roundup has some great stuff to read about { 1 trackback } Blog Carnival 10.31.06 David Maister asks " What do consultants know? " Reasoned Audacity has some good tips on how to prepare for a radio or TV appearance. I’ll be posting the Carnival on Monday afternoon. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Although I’ve been using databases for a while, I’ve decided that I’m going to focus specifically on open source databases for the next while, and, in particular, the different kinds of open source solutions that are possible for desktop database systems, or systems that might be server-based, but need a desktop front end.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Although I’ve been using databases for a while, I’ve decided that I’m going to focus specifically on open source databases for the next while, and, in particular, the different kinds of open source solutions that are possible for desktop database systems, or systems that might be server-based, but need a desktop front end.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Tagged as: CMS , CRM , nptech , opensource { 4 trackbacks } What we’re reading, week of 1/12 « i On Nonprofits 01.15.09 The CRM is Salesforce, the CMS and Web Publish System is Drupal and then we have to determine the Donation Managment System (Convio, Blacbkaud) or do we create custom donation forms and use a 3rd party?

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