Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

In 2007, I realized that a much more effective way to aggregate interesting actions would be to subscribe to RSS feeds from trusted sources. I wrote about the potential for aggregating RSS feeds of giving opportunities in a blog post called, Why We Need Group Fundraising RSS Feeds. Originally, adding actions manually.

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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.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 12, 2011

I’ll do another few posts for other areas, like development, system maintenance, personal web presence, and writing. (If I use Google Reader for RSS feeds, and TweetDeck , or, more recently, HootSuite for Twitter (I really like the tabbed interface of HootSuite. It makes looking at the variety of lists I have a lot easier.).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 26, 2008

Of course, all nonprofits already have a CRM (even if it is a spreadsheet) – the issue is, generally, migration to a new system, or integration with what they already have to add new features. In the process of going deep into those CRMs, I’ve been thinking about how nonprofits might choose CRMs to begin with.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

You can use RSS to subscribe to searches on Twitter even without an account, set up Google Alerts to receive notifications via RSS or email when your station, reporters, segments or programs are mentioned online, and track the blogosphere for people talking about your content. List of Social Media Management Systems.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 5, 2008

On the one hand, it’s important to kep looking ahead to know what’s coming, and build systems and processes for our nonprofits that will still be relevant next year. RSS readers, google alerts and blogs are so key to my existence these days! { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Holly 08.07.08 2 Jack 08.07.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 15, 2008

Dokuwiki is different in a number of ways, most primarily in that it is one of the wiki systems that stores things in files, not databases. I’ve always liked wikis, and I have used MediaWiki a lot in the past, and I do like it. This means that it is easier to back up and migrate, but doesn’t scale well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

" I have heard of interesting examples using mobile phones getting RSS feeds from blogs. 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 to places without high speed Internet access like Cambodia ?"

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Tech Soup

JULY 12, 2013

7131 Series wireless access point is for use in the Brocade Wireless Controller System. Other interesting features are the self-healing mesh network which ensures continuity of service in case of failure in wired or wireless network and Remote Site Survivability (RSS) which ensures continuous wireless service at remote locations.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

It means different things to different people, but the most literal meaning is probably this: real-time systems push information from a publisher to a subscriber (be they a human reader or a machine consuming information) as soon as it’s available, without the subscriber having to ask if there’s anything new.

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John Kenyon

MAY 1, 2019

Amazon S3 (Simple Storage System) is a great option – it’s very inexpensive (you will spend less than $3/month hosting a small site with 10,000 visits/month,) and many static site generators have built-in integrations with it. Static Site CMS Static site content management systems are web or desktop interfaces that create static sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

.&# I’ve been giving some mindful attention to my system for professional learning online, using social media – and blog reading habits are definitely a part of that system. What is your system for professional learning? I identify the key SME experts and immerse myself in their thinking.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2008

As a 10,000 footer, NTEN’s new Donor Management System Survey is of keen interest. There is, of necessity, a lot of overlap betwen CRM systems and Donor Management Systems. And I know there are plenty of folks out there who know the field really well at 50 ft, and can step in with the best advice.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 26, 2009

You can choose between 4-8 buttons that can be easily edited and utilized through a Web-based Sweb App Management System. Each button is then edited individually by adding either a link, a RSS Feed, or by checking a box indicating you will add further information later in the Sweb App Management System.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 18, 2007

I wrote a case study about it in the NOSI primer – it can allow for really great flexibility in building phone systems. Asterisk is the open source PBX application that works by using VOIP. And today, I learned about two online tools written with Asterisk, which would have been impossible a few years ago.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Or you’re just curious about projects you’ve heard about. How do you go about finding out whether it’s the right software, and whether the project has a healthy community, since you don’t want to adopt a project that doesn’t?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

That was one of the big reasons I had been looking for good web conferencing a while back (I’m still looking…) I’m starting my foray into this territory by giving a free course in the database management system, PostgreSQL. The course is a 12 week course, starting on November 19th (with time off for the holidaze.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 12, 2008

I’ll be on hiatus for about another week, and will have some long awaited new FOSS tools, as well as other posts that have been brewing for a while. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 9, 2018

You can also access your newsfeeds and establish RSS feeds for keywords. Sprout Social’s smart system offers marketing analytics for you to see the best times for your nonprofit’s social media interactions. Its easy-to-use system allows for everyone in your organization to be in contact with each other to get stuff done.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2008

Adobe (yeah, Adobe ) joined the Linux Foundation , and released a Linux alpha of Air , their new application platform. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

You create lists and plans and milestones and systems to track how you''re spending your time and money. If you would like to receive my posts via email or RSS, the prompts to subscribe are at the bottom of brittbravo.com.' Maybe you''re naturally a more structured person. All photos by me. *

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

Unlike CiviCRM, which is targeted to nonprofits, SugarCRM is a system targeted toward sales in for-profit companies. So for the next few tools, I’ll be describing CRMs (Constituent/Contact/Community/Customer Relationship Management). The first one is one that I’ve been using recently for my consulting business – SugarCRM.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

So I’m polishing off my PHP skills, and we’ll see where that leads. { 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 11, 2008

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

OCTOBER 17, 2006

Like the freedom that RSS gives to end users in terms of getting the data that you want in your hands, to read when and how you want it, APIs give programmers (and, at times, end users) the freedom to get data from Web 2.0 Part Va:APIs October 17, 2006 One of the best parts of Web 2.0 for geeks is APIs.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 3, 2008

I’m looking forward to talking about free and open source software to this audience. { 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

JANUARY 31, 2008

But I have to say, I still prefer the way Safari handles RSS. Because the Firefox artwork is proprietary (and therefore a violation of Debian’s free software guidelines, the browser was rebranded. { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Shawn Towey 01.31.08 I’ll be using it long after I graduate.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

A while ago, when I was still developing web applications, I wrote a wiki plug-in for this behemothic open source CMS/Web database system that I wrote, and has (mercifully) died a slow death (there are still a few installations of it in use, hopefully soon to be retired.) Different enough to drive me crazy.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Trio is an integration of SugarCRM, Joomla, and a credit card payment system. Then, all monthly hosting fees are waved if more than a certain amount of money is transacted using the payment system. Setup of all three has a one time fee. The hosting costs, if you don’t qualify for free hosting, are pretty reasonable.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

This is big. This means that anyone can hack their phones – and a raft of developers can create really interesting kinds of software for phones. I’ll be watching the Open Handset Alliance, and wondering when I can replace my Blackberry with an open phone. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

I am going to have to stop using Chrome. 2 film fan 09.16.08 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

JANUARY 6, 2008

Hat tip to Jon Stahl for the heads up. { 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 19, 2007

Beth Kanter digs deep to try and figure out how to pull RSS content into Facebook I review Facebook’s new ad platform. The Donor Power Blog shows that to give, is to receive. I’m a real fan of Craigslist. Katya gives us a “Craigslist&# of social marketing principals. Good stuff! for writing one-page fact sheets.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 25, 2008

More on that in a later post. { 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

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.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 31, 2007

I have to admit to being a very happy camper. { 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

MARCH 17, 2008

So, if you want to catch up with me, email, and I’ll send you my phone # so you can call or text me, or twitter me. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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