Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 27, 2006

Getting Attention talks about boosting blog coverage – it can have good offline benefits for your organization. at 6:19 pm I think I made it easy to add your voice. A Girl’s Guide to Managing Projects has a nice post about what Project Managers do all day, anyway. David Maister asks " What do consultants know?

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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. This system allows families to search through images taken post-earthquake in Haiti, and specify certain characteristics.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Whether we look at mapping tools, fundraising, or missing person systems, the social media response to the January earthquakes in Haiti all leverage the powerful technology we can hold in our hands: our mobile phones. When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. How can we do that?

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

VozMob: Mobile Voices/Voces Moviles. Mobile Voices offers an open-source multi-media platform optimized for low-cost mobile phones that lets users create, share, and reflect on stories about their lives and communities. There were 14 great teams pitching their Projects at the Conference, but only 3 voted as prize winners.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

It’s also a good idea to use a content management system to manage your website’s content and updates, like Wordpress , Joomla , and Squarespace. There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Your website should tell people who you and what you do. Email is a critical channel.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

Its also a good idea to use a content management system to manage your websites content and updates, like Wordpress , Joomla , and Squarespace. There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Your website should tell people who you and what you do. Email is a critical channel.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Ideal for activist organizations, CrowdVoice allows organizers to create “Voices” of protest where users can monitor and contribute links, photos, and videos of protests worldwide. CrowdVoice :: crowdvoice.org.

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