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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. She makes some great points, and gives good tips to make changes. Be Helpful.
Maggie Yuan, Design Team – Maggie attends Rice University majoring in English & Visual Arts. Nicolas Dotson, Client Services Team – Nick attends the University of Wisconsin, double majoring in Journalism – Strategic Communications and Political Science. About the Forum One internship experience.
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. It can bring in your photos (and the photos of your contacts) from flickr.
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. Be Helpful.
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Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What I’m learning November 30, 2007 It’s been mostly fun so far at the Open Translation event here in Zagreb. Lots of food for thought for NOSI and the future. { Be Helpful.
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping October 1, 2007 I was reading Deborah Finn’s curmugeonly post about Facebook. I have been having curmudgeonly thoughts about social networks in general.
Amy Gahran - a conversational media consultant, content strategist, and freelance writer/editor - showed us some really cool sites about the exciting, ever-developing world of citizen journalism that we wanted to share with you, our Frog Loop readers. What is citizen journalism?
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Eating my own dogfood. So, here is a real life example of someone with a measly 195 records in her contacts database. Its the client I use at work, but I have even fewer contacts than you do.
Amy Gahran - a conversational media consultant, content strategist, and freelance writer/editor - showed us some really cool sites about the exciting, ever-developing world of citizen journalism that we wanted to share with you, our Frog Loop readers. What is citizen journalism?
Back in the early 1990s, I was "hoisting" web pages onto the Internet with a colleague David Green who worked at the New York Foundation for the Arts on the Arts Wire project.
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Kintera Connect August 15, 2007 I listened in on the call with Kintera folks about their new platform, called Connect. I have become fascinated by the ways the CRM/Fundraising space is changing so rapidly.
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Linux ready for the desktop? » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 06.24.08 » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 06.24.08 I figured it was time to give my final assessment.
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Speaking too soon April 15, 2007 I’ve been doing a lot of thinking since I wrote my post, a few weeks ago , saying I was done with technology consulting. Be Helpful.
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What I’m up to these days January 29, 2008 As you might have noticed, my blogging has diminished a bit. And, I think I also get to educate the varied vendors and developers I’ve been in contact with.
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology A goodbye to Facebook and LinkedIn? Truth be told, there is nothing on my LinkedIn or Facebook profiles that isn’t public knowledge, except who my contacts are. 3 KJ 08.09.07 Be Helpful.
social media contacts ( Twitter , Facebook , LinkedIn ), and graphical elements such as a logo or a banner ad for a program, event, or campaign you're marketing. For questions, contact her directly at Nicole.Almond@asu.edu or 602.496.1085.
Nortz in an article from the Rochester Business Journal, some essential practices for authentic inclusion are pairing new hires with a manager as a mentor, more individual and group contact to foster relationships, social accountability and transparent hiring and compensation. According to J.
It was a great week for learning and connecting, with over 500 people attending the Phoenix Business Journals Fourth Annual Nonprofit Business Summit , which engaged nonprofit and business leaders in dialogue and educational sessions. We welcome your comments and feedback. Research Friday: "Really, How Many People Volunte.
As practitioners, we need to do a better job of demystifying the art and science of fundraising. . This demands learning new skill sets such as how to best establish eye contact and a human connection without being there in person. With one exception: asking for a gift for their favorite nonprofits. What caused this? Be a believer.
During my years as a local news anchor, I found it to be extremely helpful when a nonprofit has a page on their website dedicated to “press” or “media relations” that includes contact information for journalists. Identify a media relations contact Every nonprofit should have a go-to when it comes to media relations.
I didn’t get a chance to attend many sessions because I was in Atlanta a short-term, but I am grateful for the wiki journal report by Kathy Reich from the Packard Foundation her key takeaways. Interesting to discover a line from the book, “Social Media is a contact sport, not a spectator sport&# was a conversation driver.
Converting Subscribers to Donors | Main | Some Great Citizen Journalism Links » Thursday May 17 2007 Free Range: The Art of Story Telling Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 02:11PM | by James OMalley Thanks to everyone who attended the Internet Advocacy Roundtable on storytelling! 60) Search « Cultivate, Educate or Activate?
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing, take 2 January 31, 2008 Back in August, I did a review of web conferencing tools, with a decidedly unusual slant – as a presenter, I had to be able to share my Linux desktop.
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Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Twitter and Nonprofits April 10, 2008 This actually was a post to the Progressive Exchange discussion list. I love twitter, which in some ways surprises me, and in some ways doesn’t. Be Helpful.
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology NTC Summary, and Nonprofit Technology Consulting 2.0 When I re-started this blog 6 months ago, I named it Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology for a good reason. I want us to pay attention. Be Helpful.
ART X SMART by Kim Dong-kyu. The disorder was identified in this study, “ The Extended iSelf: The Impact of iPhone Separation on Cognition, Emotion, and Physiology ” published in Journal of Computer-Mediated Communications. ” It is a technology-free alternative to constant hand-to-phone contact.
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Platforms break open! It allows you to access 16 entities within the Kintera application, including lots of data about contacts, plus data about appointments and tasks. The API is SOAP. Be Helpful.
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Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source. Constant Contact (a SaaS provider of email delivery) uses IBM DB2.
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Enter Curtis Child, whose research on the topic was published last year in Social Forces , a reputable journal in the social sciences. Surely they must be right, and commerciality and marketization have been noticeably on the uptick over the last few decades? Whither the turn?" asks Child. He just doesnt see it.
Congress – and appreciate these groups’ efforts to inform and mobilize citizens to contact Congress via the Internet. Eighty-four percent of subjects who had contacted Congress, and 44% who had not, had been prompted to do so by a third party – with interest groups being the main source of these requests.
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing. Be Helpful.
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Now, we’re getting into the art of thanking donors. Someone once told me they were reluctant to contact monthly donors and remind them of their recurring gift. A carefully-chosen, branded promotional item such as a journal can make a nice holiday gift. Donors are different, as is the best way to thank each donor.
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