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Michelle, the consultant

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Michelle, the consultant March 27, 2008 Someone mentioned to me that from what I write on my blog, she wouldn’t know what it is that I actually do in my consulting work. Gotta work on that.

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Creating a Space for Nonprofits to Connect & Share Insights

Saleforce Nonprofit

Are there connections we can facilitate? How can we use data to fundraise smarter? In October, Kelley Stewart of nonprofit fundraising and marketing agency Pursuant showed CDOs how they can use data to improve and increase their fundraising. Sterrin does a great job organizing speakers and facilitating discussion.”

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My life as an (almost) ex-Technology Consultant

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I decided several weeks ago, for a variety of reasons, to retire my independent consultant hat. Being an independent consultant was, for me, a way to feel like I was using my skills for the greater good. I’ve been doing this work for more than 10 years now, full time for about seven of those years. And, I think I did that.

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Meet with your finance committee now: Lessons from the Great Recession’s impact on charitable giving amidst current market shocks

ASU Lodestar Center

Remember the global financial crisis (GFC), aka the Great Recession, of 2007-2010? And, despite slight upticks in 2010 and 2011 in giving, they were still well below pre-GFC levels. To help facilitate this discussion, have your CFO run budgets from 2006-2012 and see how your revenue fluctuated. We just saw this. percent in 2009.

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What are learning platforms?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

An LMS, or learning platform, is a system that is designed to facilitate some sort of learning process over the web. It is very easy to install, and there are an increasing number of consultants and companies offering support for Moodle. What they might not be so familiar with are Learning Management Systems (LMS).

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What is cloud computing?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Disadvantages to cloud computing Depending on the vendor and the application, you are dependent on them to keep the application up and your data intact. Your data is not directly in your hands, but in the hands of a third party. If the provider goes belly up with your data, you’re toast. Make sure access is secure.

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NPTECH Punk

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I got a chance to test this out in a more orchestrated way (as opposed to the usual consultant/client interactions) when I facilitated/taught an OpenOffice.org “untraining&# earlier this month at Google HQ in NYC (some more details are on the Google Blog.) I learned a lot.

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