Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Many nonprofits have Linux file servers in their back offices. So next year, I’ll be doing 100 posts on particular free and open source tools. 1 trackback } Free and open source tool #1: Thunderbird » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 01.03.08 This was to appease the European Commission.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

ReadyTalk is proprietary and not free (as in beer). WebHuddle is free, and open source. at 3:56 pm Great America Networks Conferencing has a WebConferencing tool called QuickVisuals that lets you share your desktop, PowerPoint, video files, webcam from a PC/Mac/Linux platform easily. 4 Anthony Russo 02.03.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

It’s stable, feature rich, uses open standards, reads and writes MS files, and, did I mention it’s free? Of course, like all open source software, it is “free as in kittens&# – but this particular kitten is pretty grown up, and already spayed and litter trained.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I’m realizing that all of the justifications for why I am so into open source and free software is right here in this book! He talks about three examples which have become classic – free/open source software, SETI@Home , and Wikipedia. So here’s the summary for Chapter 3. Thanks for the comments!

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Judi Sohn

JULY 23, 2010

After 5 days of waiting for the uploaded file to import, I gave up and imported the file to a WordPress.com site instead. In fact, I was running whatever was the previous version released in December 2009. Just didn't work. With nearly 2,000 posts and over 5,000 comments the standard importer would not have worked.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

It took me a couple of frustrating hours or so to configure samba (editing the samba.conf file and testing) so that I could share my home directory, with music and video, with my other computers, and share my printer. I am committed to the ethos of free software. Needless to say, I did absolutely nothing to get it to work.

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NTEN

APRIL 29, 2010

> Download the Full Report (It's Free!). Annual email file churn was just under 17%. between 2008 and 2009, and for half of the nonprofits in our study, online revenue either held steady with 2008 or declined. Here's a hit list of our high-level benchmarks from this year's study: Email fundraising response rates were.13%,

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

One that could include free webinars, as well as paid training. It is a free service right now, which is good, and the software behind it is open source, which is even better. They all are certainly interesting, and DimDim and Yugma are free. (I I thought it would be a good endeavor to start with.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

Submitted by Alan Levine, publisher of CogDogBlog Since it is already a week in the rear view mirror, this ought to be my last post about the 2009 NMC Summer Conference. Submitted by Alan Levine, publisher of CogDogBlog Since it is already a week in the rear view mirror, this ought to be my last post about the 2009 NMC Summer Conference.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Clay Shirky, the author of Here Comes Everyone , wrote in 2009 , “Digital tools don't get socially interesting until they get technologically boring.” Automating rote tasks has the potential to create more free time for staff. As a result, smart tech is becoming available and affordable to everyday people and organizations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Drupal security, and other CMS Report comments April 3, 2009 Now that the Idealware CMS report is out, I get to have my say about it. does not get you a free pass from criticism of your methodology.

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Blue Avocado

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Manage the Filings Keep a calendar of filing requirements and assign responsibility. File Form 990 : Except for churches and certain religious organizations, all nonprofits must file an IRS Form 990 annually. File Form 1099 : Obtain an IRS Form W-9 from those providing paid services who are not your employees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Note from Beth: Diana Scimone is a free agent fundraiser. I wrote about her project The Born2Fly Project to stop child trafficking in January, 2009 on National Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Awareness Day. We sent it to bloggers, media, and anyone who’d open the file. She is no stranger to building relationships.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

In 2009, for example, 2 trapped girls in Australia chose to post to facebook for help rather than dialing directly. A final example is that of sissing persons support: The Extraordinaries launched a mobile application that lets users take advantage of moments of free time to volunteer via their phone.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

You could be getting a reimbursement check every year for thousands of dollars if you file sales tax reports. in 2009 to equip organizations with the skills and tools needed to become successful and sustainable. Take advantage of tax breaks and stimulus programs- Did you know states will reimburse sales taxes on your purchases?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2012

The premium subscription allows you to download the same files the instructor uses in the videos to then practice your new skills on your own computers. You or your staff can view video tutorials from any web-connected computer and also from iPhones or iPads with the lynda.com app.

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 set aside $7.2 You have until Friday, June 8, to file comments online at the FCC website. I learned about the public comment period in an email from Free Press. Read the quick facts below, see Free Press for more info, and comment today ! billion for broadband stimulus.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

The BlueCross' original breach occurred in October 2009, but five months, $7 million and 110,000 work hours later, they are still dealing with the issue. The American Institute of CPAs provides some great FREE guidance on how to begin looking at this issue and a variety of resources in understanding privacy requirements at: [link].

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sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2024

MicroEdge was established back in 1985 and released their Grants Management Software “GIFTS Online” in 2009. Grantmakers were dealing with cluttered files full of documents that they had to constantly re-download to view or make changes to. Blackbaud acquired MicroEdge and inherited what we now know as Blackbaud Grantmaking in 2014.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 16, 2011

Employees at your organization are using IM, Skype, social networks, and collaborative file and note sharing tools to communicate and exchange information and do their jobs. The cool thing about Chatter is that it’s free and you don’t need to be a Salesforce user to take advantage of it for your organization.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Two tools include: Vertical Response : 10,000 emails per month free for 501c3s. Did you know you can embed an audio file in Google Earth?) Idealware.org has reviews of many of these tools as well. Email is a critical channel.

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NTEN

MARCH 25, 2013

[Editorial note: the following article first appeared in the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , a free quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders.] We learned that, collectively, we reach over a third of the 1 million nonprofit organizations filing 990s. When is a meal more than a meal? When it’s served in a soup kitchen.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2009

Main | Advocacy Online Unveils Social Networking Platform in Toronto » Thursday Jun 11 2009 Five Tips to Engaging New Online Activists Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 11:58AM | by Allyson Kapin Your nonprofit spends time and money growing your online list. June 11, 2009 | Tara Great list of tips! Although I would add one other.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

This theoretically frees up millions of offices from having their own local area networks with servers and IT staffs to run them. For file sharing we use Box.net. On October 24, 2009, 350.org They have no infrastructure beyond that, which is why cloud computing is regarded as green IT. org is already doing that.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

This theoretically frees up millions of offices from having their own local area networks with servers and IT staffs to run them. For file sharing we use Box.net. On October 24, 2009, 350.org They have no infrastructure beyond that, which is why cloud computing is regarded as green IT. org is already doing that.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Two tools include: Vertical Response : 10,000 emails per month free for 501c3s After 10,000 emails, prices are reasonable. Did you know you can embed an audio file in Google Earth?) May 15, 2009 | Anne Dougherty Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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