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6 Hashtag Mistakes Your Nonprofit Is Probably Making

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Image courtesy of Technorati. You’re posting based on a calculated system , when the social media network in question is most active. You’re posting based on a calculated system , when the social media network in question is most active. Social Media can be a fickle beast. So what gives? It’s not your content.

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Carnival Hosting Again!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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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Too much “shiny”?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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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Free as in “Free Kittens”

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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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Open Source Algorithm for Metric for understanding of blogs

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mary Hodder's post Link Love Lost or How Social Gestures within Topic Groups are More Interesting Than Link Counts comes directly out of the discussion at blogher at the Technorati 100. Currently, blogs are measured in systems like Technorati or ranked in PubSub by links or by number of subscribers to a feed in Feedster.

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Goodbye Microsoft…

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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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Facebook the last frontier?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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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