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APRIL 23, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Rate your CMS! April 23, 2008 NTEN is doing some great work getting information about the use of different kinds of tools in the sector, and how people are using them. and how they like them.

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Let your voice be heard October 1, 2007 I’ve been writing a surprising amount about nonprofit CRM tools lately. I can’t wait to get my grubby little fingers on the data on CiviCRM and Salesforce.

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DECEMBER 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source CRMs – people like them? December 12, 2007 I had a good look at NTEN’s CRM Satisfaction Survey (yippee for data!), » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 12.14.07

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MARCH 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Post-NTC Ramblings March 24, 2008 It was a great week. I want to give huge props to Holly and all of the NTEN crew for putting on a fabulous conference.

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APRIL 11, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology I’m hosting the carnival next week April 11, 2008 (Photo by frankienose ) I’m hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants here, next week. So send in your best of the week! {

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MARCH 17, 2008

I’m looking forward to it. I’m on the Evaluating Open Source panel, with Laura Quinn and Catherine Lane, which should be great. I’m also holding the consultant spot on the panel “ Changing your CEO from barrier to partner &# with Marnie Webb, David Geilhufe, and Steve Heye. (And And I hope to bring home a penguin!)

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MAY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Too much “shiny&# ? May 1, 2007 Jon Stahl quotes a comment by Ethan Zuckerman about “shiny&# – the over attention to cool and groovy web 2.0 functionality. Not always, but often.)

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Being an effective social media manager is both an art and a skill. Effective social media managers enjoy engaging with and responding to comments on social media sites. Despite all the buzz about social media, the reality is that your social media campaigns are only as good as the human being(s) behind them.

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MAY 2, 2011

Arts and Social Media. Take for example, the NTEN Social Network 2011 Benchmarking Study or the Digital IQ Study of Government Sites. Devon’s benchmarking study collected social media data from a survey of 2o7 arts organizations , referred by participants in Track 2. View more presentations from Devon Smith.

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MARCH 26, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How to choose a CRM March 26, 2008 I’ll be doing a webinar on open source CRMs tomorrow.

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JULY 27, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants July 27, 2008 This week, it is my pleasure to host the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. at 11:56 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Michael 07.31.08

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JUNE 11, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits June 11, 2008 The Tides Foundation is accepting applications for the 2008 Antonio Pizzigati prize , a $10,000 annual award for outstanding contributions to software in the public interest. You go girl!

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APRIL 3, 2008

It’s still mighty small (still around 2%), but Linux Desktop market share grew from 40-60% (depending on who you ask) from last year. Adobe (yeah, Adobe ) joined the Linux Foundation , and released a Linux alpha of Air , their new application platform. {

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MARCH 27, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and Open Source tool #14: SugarCRM March 27, 2008 Since I’ve been covering CRMs for the webinar today, I figured I’d switch categories on my free and open source software list.

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JULY 30, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Nonprofit Technology Link Love July 30, 2008 Here are posts from a small sampling of bloggers I regularly read: Holly Ross shows her geek cred in a great post about DNS.

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JUNE 1, 2011

At Zoetica , we’ve been working on a peer learning project with arts organizations called “ Leveraging Social Media &# based on the social media lab. Here’s a summary of 25 SMART social media objectives from Leveraging Social Media project with arts organizations.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #12: Miro February 26, 2008 Miro used to be called “Democracy Player&#. Miro is basically a video player, which can recognize RSS feeds, and automatically download videos.

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MARCH 3, 2008

I’m giving a talk on the panel on Open Sourced Advocacy , where I’ll be speaking with my colleagues Ryan Ozimek (of PICnet ) and Jo Lee (of CitizenSpeak ), as well as Michael Haggerty, of Trellon , and Alan Rosenblatt , of the Center for American Progress.

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MARCH 13, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology If it’s good enough for the Navy … March 13, 2008 In a surprising move, the US Navy will stop buying proprietary hardware and software, and only buy open systems. It could happen here. {

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits September 19, 2008 Here are a few interesting tidbits that have come my way over the course of the last few days There is a new online fundraising platform, founded by an ex-Convio person.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Sue Bennett 09.11.07 He even asks “What would Jesus do? Also, they have a very interesting ROI calculator for social networks that is worth a look. { at 11:50 am Hi Michelle, We met a while back though I can’t remember where. I’d love to chat sometime.

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APRIL 21, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and Open Source Tool #16: CiviCRM April 21, 2008 In honor of the webinar that is happening in a couple of weeks, I figured I’d talk a bit about CiviCRM.

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MARCH 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival Hosting Again! March 7, 2007 Next Monday, I’m hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. So, submit those posts by Sunday evening!

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Forgot to say … September 25, 2007 I’m on vacation/fiction writing retreat this week. at 6:09 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Robin 09.25.07 at 1:17 pm Happy writing!

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MAY 12, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology It’s been a while… May 13, 2008 As you’ve probably noticed, I haven’t been blogging a whole lot lately. I’ve been pretty busy with a variety of projects.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Microsoft Fails to get ISO fast-track for OOXML September 7, 2007 For those of you that pay attention to open standards, this is old(ish) news. I’ll keep you posted. {

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DECEMBER 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Why I’m twittering December 7, 2007 Yes, it’s hard to believe. Experiments, snafus and stumbles » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 12.17.07 I succumbed. 1 trackback } Web 2.0

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JANUARY 4, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology It’s my social graph, darn it! 1 trackback } Update on social network portability » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 01.08.08 2 admin 01.04.08 at 8:10 pm Agreed, totally!

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FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and Open Source Tool #11: Azureus February 15, 2008 Azureus (now called Azureus Vuze) is the best bittorrent client I have ever used. It’s quite amazing. It’s got a lot under the hood.

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OCTOBER 20, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 Part Vb:APIs October 20, 2006 This morning, I sat in on the " Great Open API Debate " hosted by NTEN. I hope NTEN can post the transcript.) at 7:56 am Michelle- Great summary.

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MARCH 9, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and Open Source Tool #13: Flock March 9, 2008 I’m running behind, so I need to catch up in the next week or so. at 9:01 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Robin 03.16.08

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OCTOBER 17, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 Folks at NTEN have been thinking about APIs , and will host a discussion about them on Friday. Part Va:APIs October 17, 2006 One of the best parts of Web 2.0 for geeks is APIs.

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DECEMBER 12, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology OSS User communities December 12, 2006 One of the things that can make (or break) an open source tool is the community around it. It’s definitely worth a read.

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OCTOBER 9, 2007

1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 10.12.07 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 10.12.07 at 11:01 am Congratulations! at 11:01 am Congratulations! You deserve to be proud of this work! Excellent resource.

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OCTOBER 31, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Satellite Internet gets the boot October 31, 2007 Finally, I have real broadband. We moved last weekend to a town that has actual real cable high speed internet. I have to admit to being a very happy camper. {

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NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology On my way to Zagreb! November 26, 2007 I’m going to Zagreb, Croatia to be at Aspiration’s Open Translation event. I’m really looking forward to it.

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JANUARY 6, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Another good reason for nonprofits to use FOSS January 6, 2008 This is an amazing example of the kinds of flexibility that is difficult or impossible to get with proprietary software.

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