Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 15, 2007

All importing requires now is just going to the Wordpress import tool and specifying the file. Letting people know Changing the DNS of the old site (and changing the site on wordpress.) That’s all. You don’t have to worry about using mod_rewrite at all. Getting the varied blogrolls and badges, etc. copied over.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 29, 2007

They have a site, with the URL: [link] which is a link to a windows.exe file, which is a simple, sweet Debian installer. Changing one file (/etc/apt/sources.list) and running a few commands, should do the trick. But, the computers are networked, so it would seem – there must be some easy way, right?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

GuideStar does have Jumo International listed as a nonprofit organization but very little information is shown and likely won’t be until they file their first 990 with the IRS. “The last thing I want to do is add yet another site to a nonprofit’s plate. The site then uses your location to show organizations in your area.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

I have had the honor of working with Stephanie since 2009 when I arrived at the foundation as Visiting Scholar. Today is her last official work day at the foundation and tomorrow is the first day of her retirement. This post is my personal tribute – and a request to send her some good wishes on the Stephanie McAuliffe Wiki.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

Perhaps if DimDim were also to release a version that integrated with Skype … I can’t figure out from looking around their site whether it is cross-platform enough to share desktops, but I signed up for the beta, so I guess I’ll test it out. And also an integration with SugarCRM. Now things are getting interesting.

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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. I have more details which I will put on my own site soon.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 14, 2008

If you want either of them to just serve up static files, they’re equally easy to use. IIS may come magically installed (and probably running) on your Windows Server, so you do have some smartness requirements to install Apache (not much, though). If you want them to do anything fancy, they’re both a pain in their own unique ways.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

Yesterday, they published the list of organizations that have lost their exemption from paying income tax due to failure to file required reports in 2007, 2008, and 2009. The National Center for Charitable Statistics notes that 90 percent of these organizations have never filed any kind of return. This is great news.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 19, 2009

Neff , Director of Web, Film and Interactive Strategy at the American Cancer Society High Plains Division, sat down with me for our Connection Newsletter this month and shared his top 5 recommendations for online tools for nonprofits in 2009. Amid his top picks, David harped on a few tools and sites in particular. File Sharing.

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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. If you can't make the time to comment on the FCC's site , comment on this post and we'll make sure it's included! billion for broadband stimulus.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

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. I wrote about her project The Born2Fly Project to stop child trafficking in January, 2009 [.].

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

What about nonprofits that don’t file an IRS Form 990 ? One of the biggest problems with all external giving sites is that lag time between the gift and the nonprofit being able to act on the information. Only 501(c)(3) organizations? What about the 27 other types of tax exempt organizations in the US? Who plays the traffic cop?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

In July of 2010, we added a new dimension to our rating system which considers the accountability and transparency of charities as reflected in certain information on their web site, as well as new information required in their annual IRS 990 filing.5 October 2009. [4] Philadelphia Social Innovation Journal. New York Post.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

On January 21, 2009, the White House issued the Transparency and Open Government Memorandum. On December 8, 2009, OMB released the Open Government Directive (OGD), which provided specific guidance on fulfilling the vision set forth in the January memorandum. DoD Web Site Directory. Vote for this Idea]. Department of Defense.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 11, 2010

We use CRMs, SQL databases, MS Access, Salesforce, File Maker, Outlook, Excel, paper, post-its, that server gathering dust in the corner. years at DoSomething.org, he oversaw the complete overhaul of the site (cms, architecture, skin, etc) in 2008, landing a People’s Choice Webby Award in the Youth in 2009 and nomination in 2010.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

We connect with members using e-mail and social networking, carry out research on search engines and Web sites, and use online services to purchase supplies and produce and store documents. Google just released data that it received over 3,500 demands from law enforcement involving criminal investigations in the last six months of 2009.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Her answer, “I don’t know, but I am upgrading my web site.” I also did a little, non-scientific analysis of some of the cities that had jumps of 20-30 places in their 2008 to 2009 ranking. The 2009 rankings are based on the more than $420 million processed in the first half of 2009.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

In selecting the number of addresses you can use a subset, such as all email gathered from a particular source or in a given year, or your entire file. The main sources of email list growth are site traffic, permission based list building (al la Care2), Google Adwords, direct mail list appends, and list rentals. All rights reserved.

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Care2

MARCH 25, 2008

In selecting the number of addresses you can use a subset, such as all email gathered from a particular source or in a given year, or your entire file. The main sources of email list growth are site traffic, permission based list building (al la Care2), Google Adwords, direct mail list appends, and list rentals. All rights reserved.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 9, 2013

Linton Weeks wrote an article on NPR back in 2009 on microvolunteering , and he said it right: we live in a micro world. Sparked is a project-based microvolunteering site, where nonprofit organizations “challenge” the Sparked community, and the volunteers then respond. posted by Colleen Dunbar , Project Specialist. ASU Lodestar Center.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Some of the benefits of cloud computing are obvious - many of the programs noted above are free (that's good), version upgrades are instantaneous and don't require you to contact an IT department and you can access your files from any computer. CrisisCamps is not a rogue example.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Some of the benefits of cloud computing are obvious - many of the programs noted above are free (that's good), version upgrades are instantaneous and don't require you to contact an IT department and you can access your files from any computer. CrisisCamps is not a rogue example.

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Double the Donation

APRIL 24, 2021

Provide your donors with access to our searchable and user-friendly database from anywhere on your site, including donation and acknowledgement pages. If your nonprofit isn’t verified on their site yet, you can get everything set up by signing up here. Lynton’s been a HubSpot partner since 2009 and developed the integration.

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