Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How not to treat an open source user community October 4, 2007 I’ve been using activeCollab for a few months now. It’s designed as a basecamp clone. However, that won’t happen.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

October 15, 2007 If you are new to this site, you might want to read more , and subscribe to my feed. Their code on the server-based method examples only include PHP at this point (the client based method code examples are in the expected HTML and Javascript.) They work by REST via POST, or JSON.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

I know our YouTube channel started in 2007. Social networking sites and mobile are on the rise, but we can’t forget our traditional marketing methods bringing in the majority of the revenue. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

New set of research methods for this. Government funders have a congressional mandate for evaluation of anything that is funded and to use quantitative methods and research analysis. How do those learning environments impact institutions? What do libraries look like in the future? The power of games have caused to rethink many things.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

The 1 st tool was MySpace back in 2007. There are times I learn of new social media outlets, 3 rd party technologies or methods, and if I want to apply something new to the organization, I do my due-diligence and experiment with it, strategize how it can add value to the organization, and lastly I propose it to our executive team.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

It has moved from the fringes to become a common method”. As governments across the globe learn this authoritarian tactic from each other, it has moved from the fringes to become a common method many authorities use to stifle opposition, quash free speech and muzzle expression.”.

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NetWits

MAY 20, 2008

Online giving options are offered at various giving levels and methods for giving, all security-enhanced. Early Results: Ringing in the New Year, the site went live on the last days of 2007. The home page uses Flash® technology to display principles and meaningful images.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 4, 2009

We then handed out two sets of cards to each group: one about social technologies, the other about ways to engage individuals and groups online, face to face and through traditional leafleting and other methods. each card had a image, a brief description, and budget of one, two or three points.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

There are 5 elements key to an effective transfer or exchange of knowledge, the report suggests: Audience, Message, Method, Messenger, and Evaluation: Audience. The choice of method for transferring and exchanging knowledge will depend on the audience and the message [but] knowledge is most effectively exchanged when using multiple methodsâ?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

As it turns out, The Red Cross used but one of several common methods to generate revenue from mobile phone owners. These methods are: Text message donations Text to voice donations Text message warmers Mobile Web site donations App sales In-app sales Sponsored apps. Clearly, this example dates back a bit (2007). Charge $1.99

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. Mary Joyce used a remix of the Social Media Game that I created with David Wilcox back in 2007 and has subsequently been used by many other nonprofit technology trainers.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 3, 2025

The Authors : We launched the Kansas Leadership Center (KLC) in 2007 with funding from a foundation whose board members understood that the quality and quantity of leadership is key to the prosperity, health, and success of organizations, companies, and communities. Question : How has the Kansas Leadership Center influenced your book?

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

You must appeal to an audience that consists of young people who barely know how to address a letter, older people who are unfamiliar with WiFi and still clinging to their 2007 flip-phones and everyone in between. Let your methods help each other. The solution? Knowing how to balance new and traditional media.

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Kaggle Blog

APRIL 20, 2020

After the first 10 testing submissions, I realised that there was a concept drift happening between 2007 and 2008. The success rates decline gradually from 2007. To me, this probably means, the decision rules for grant applications were somehow changed during 2007 and 2008. In total 352 features.

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sgEngage

JUNE 2, 2011

We’re talking the big names at every social media conference, and they have very little new to say over the past few years (with the exception of my colleague Beth Kanter who is always exploring new methods and approaches). Creativity and innovation demands unique twists and turns and methods.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” Click to see larger version.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

It only took weeks after the initial iPhone jailbreak in 2007 for the release of a custom design app called Summerboard , which allowed users to customize icons, replace the home screen wallpaper (something that took Apple years to add in an official capacity), and use new fonts across the OS. in loves with this #ios14homescreen ????

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

One of iconic icebreakers that Gunner has used is the “ Human SpectraGram ” that I first observed Gunner do at 2007 Penguin Day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2010

This class answers the question "How to leverage the power of new social technology to effectively create real social good." The theoretical framework, " Dragonfly Effect: Mindset and Method " is geared towards helping students create a project with a clear single, focused goal to cultivate social good. Psychological underpinning: Fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

I answered yes to all, but more importantly I think these two methods helped me the most: Carve out time for reflection after each training and do an after-action review with yourself. I learned this technique from Alan Gunn from Aspiration over ten years ago at 2007 Penguin Day. Did you read books, take classes, or have a coach?

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 18, 2017

In their 2007 Action Guide, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) writes, “Inadequate infrastructure leads to inadequate organizational performance. Four methods to address the challenges of slim administrative budgets are: 1. Grant Makers for Effective Organizations (2007). As Sharon King, president of the F.B.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Note from Beth: Last month I had the pleasure of presenting on a panel at Association of California Orchestras with Marc van Bree , an arts and social media blogger I met in 2007. I did not use any of these methods. In light of that, I personally met only 4 of the 12 donors (excluding myself).

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sgEngage

JANUARY 20, 2011

If you want to know what’s on the horizon for increased security methods, then look to Europe. The CSC is pretty standard these days, but I’m amazed to sometimes seeing it not used. Look for 3-D Secure and newer security measures to become more widely used. Enable Address Verification System (AVS) on the card processing.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The recipients can choose to receive the payments in a variety of methods – either to their digital wallets, through prepaid cards or in their bank account. . FIS bought eFunds in 2007 for about $1.8 Palmer knows a thing or two about payments. billion.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

Today I’m posting Karen Nyhus ‘ advice, originally posted on NTEN’s nptechconsult forum (for members only) in response to a request for “resources and tips for our nonprofit technology community to help them start things off right in 2007.&# Reposted with Karen’s permission.). 2) Get a wiki. learn how to say no.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

I got a chance to meet her face-to-face for the first time at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in 2007. When participants collected data, they learned a great deal about data collection processes but not so much about the overall scientific method.

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Tech Soup

JULY 12, 2011

All of the methods listed use the web or some form of computer technology in order to avoid the hassle of going to off-site training seminars or conferences. Each method has its own set of advantages when it comes to educating your staff. Intro to Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007. Getting to know Online Conferencing Tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

The session kicked off with a Spectragram exercise involving the full group. I learned this technique from Allen Gunn from Aspiration over ten years ago at 2007 Penguin Day. You also need a method to get people’s attention – ringing chimes, clapping, or talking loudly. Opening Exercise. Full Group Discussion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2009

on Facebook, Network for Good, Global Giving and Parade Magazine in 2007. Razzo by the way has been early pioneer in the online contest, having launched an early contest on Facebook shortly after it opened up to those older than colleges and again in October, 2007. This contest was based on the total amount raised.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

I've facilitated many versions of the social media strategy game that I first co-taught with David Wilcox in the UK in January, 2007 and decided to create a new version for this group to get specific feedback on how to align the social strategy thinking process with the communications thinking process. .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Department of Education gave us a major award on September 28, 2007. We've been developing Miradi for three years together with the Conservation Measures Partnership (which includes groups like The Nature Conservancy and the World Wildlife Fund), and began beta testing the software in 2007. The feedback has been amazing.

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The AI Alignment Forum

MARCH 19, 2025

We dont think the results in this post show that SHIFT is a bad method, but rather that the Bias in Bios dataset (or any other simple dataset) is not a good test bed to judge SHIFT or other similar methods. Follow-ups of SHIFT-like methods (e.g., Karvonen et al. 2025) , Casademunt et al.

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See3

AUGUST 23, 2007

MTM SPECIFICALLY ALLOWED UNDER SMCRA MTM is a mining method that the United States government is largely responsible for creating. of Appalachia has or even can be mined by MTM methods, so I hardly think Appalachia is being “decapitated&# as many editorialists claim. I feel that “MOUNTAINTOP MINING IS A VALUE ADDED PROCESS”.

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Care2

JULY 19, 2010

There was a demonstrated shift in the adoption of social media by nonprofit organizations themselves: in the 2007-2008 Giving Challenge, a significant number of cause champions were volunteers; and in the 2009 Challenge, 40% of champions were staff of the competing nonprofit (only 25% identified as volunteers).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The Authors : We launched the Kansas Leadership Center (KLC) in 2007 with funding from a foundation whose board members understood that the quality and quantity of leadership is key to the prosperity, health, and success of organizations, companies, and communities. Question : How has the Kansas Leadership Center influenced your book?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2007

Facebook: 2007 "We own the social graph, you bring the objects." Will google set it free in 2007 ? The ability to watch someone's tag stream and re-tag for personal meaning. A community tag stream. Viral sharing. " The objects, the graph, the place Can the social graph be independent of the objects and the place?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Researchers have often referred to social enterprise structures as the “fourth sector” (after private, public, and nonprofit) because they combine charitable missions, corporate methods, and diverse social and environmental philosophies in ways that surpass the traditional business and philanthropy models (Billitteri, 2007).

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