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NPTECH Punk

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The unconference/camp model of learning about technology issues is really great, but falls a little short when dealing with a specific tool, and an audience that is mostly unfamiliar with it. The questions and problems are generated exactly from the needs of the participants – what do they need to do? I learned a lot.

Nptech 100
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For my mom on Ada Lovelace Day

Amy Sample Ward

For as long as I can remember, my mom was the one to step up first to any technology problem or opportunity in our house growing up. In school, and still to this day, when I think I’ve been stumped by the very tool I’m using I think of her, and think that she wouldn’t accept losing like that!

Oregon 111
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The Social Web is Not Flat

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In less than 24 hours, I will be boarding a plane bound for Mumbai to present at the NASSCOM conference called NASSCOM India Leadership where I'll be on a panel on NGO and Social Media as well as lead a discussion at an unconference on whether CEO/Executive Director's should use social media.

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Basic Facilitation Techniques for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are also nonprofit specific facilitation tool kits like this one for international development projects. I like to avoid being stuck in the same techniques and am always interested in expanding my toolkit. Open Space and Unconference Facilitation. That’s why I love looking and testing different methods. Any many more.

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Your Local Tech4Good Club Is Ready to Help

Tech Soup

Office 365 — how nonprofits can take leverage Microsoft's donated suite of tools to modernize their organizations and embrace the cloud. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Digital Dumpster Fire: Tips to Handle Social and Online PR Problems ( Communications Networking Lunch). San Francisco, California: Evening Sustainability Unconference.

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

youre a funder in the philanthropic sector, and youve concluded that online collaboration is a great tool for solving issues like. In part one, we looked at determing the value of creating a collaboration community.If

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

youre a funder in the philanthropic sector, and youve concluded that online collaboration is a great tool for solving issues like. In part one, we looked at determing the value of creating a collaboration community.If