Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I volunteered to be the “expert&# in residence for the “Program&# track of Office Hours. The description: “ Talk with Michelle about internal software systems – document and knowledge management, CRM, client management databases, intranets, etc.&# So, come join me.

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MARCH 5, 2013

NTEN has retained Heller Search Associates to recruit our next CEO. As you know, NTEN's objective is to help nonprofits maximize the use of technology to fulfill their missions. Provide energetic leadership and strategic direction to NTEN staff and consultants to develop and deliver ambitious and high-impact programs.

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APRIL 27, 2009

From the forthcoming NTEN book: Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission. Sound advice on how to evaluate which tech projects need to be done the exact same way that a for-profit would and which ones can be done creatively, with a deep dive into what “creatively” means. Takeaways: 1. SWOT = Strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats.

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MARCH 27, 2008

The first one is one that I’ve been using recently for my consulting business – SugarCRM. Unlike CiviCRM, which is targeted to nonprofits, SugarCRM is a system targeted toward sales in for-profit companies. It also gets kudos from NTEN’s satisfaction survey (it came in third, after CiviCRM and Salesforce.)

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APRIL 23, 2008

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. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Rate your CMS! and how they like them.

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MARCH 16, 2011

Two of them (Convio and Blackbaud) are even publicly traded companies, which says a lot about the profit potential of this vertical. Both NTEN and Idealware are the best sources for information about the range of options for this toolset – that’s out of scope for this post.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

NTEN is trying to get a handle on all of this, and find out what people use, and how much they like what they use. It’s such an interesting space, and there are some really intriguing things happening with software in that space. I can’t wait to get my grubby little fingers on the data on CiviCRM and Salesforce.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2010

Our party goal: Make The Networked Nonprofit a top ten bestseller in Amazon.com’s business book section before the book is issued (Official release date: July 6). Together as a group we can make The Networked Nonprofit a business bestseller! More Incentives!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 16, 2007

Although he writes about the technology field as a whole, and seems very tapped into the for-profit world, he has lots of words of wisdom I think we can learn from. We all don’t need to be on the bleeding edge to get stuff done. {

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MARCH 24, 2008

I want to give huge props to Holly and all of the NTEN crew for putting on a fabulous conference. And, as a member of the NTEN board, I’m really proud of what’s been accomplished. { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Holly 03.24.08 It’s the NTEN community that provides all the magic at the 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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 15, 2015

Published by NTEN. Published by M+R and NTEN. 2014 State of the Not-for-Profit Industry Report :: Download. Published by Visceral Business. 2011 Nonprofit e-Business in Australia Report :: Download. For Nonprofits in the United States: 1. 2015 Diversity in Giving Report :: Download. Published by Blackbaud.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Yesterday, KD Paine and I delivered an NTEN Webinar on measurement based on the ideas in our new book ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World.” Or maybe you have a board member who works in the business world and is or has connections to people who work in finance, market research, or analytics.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 12, 2008

I’ve been pretty busy with a variety of projects. I’ll be on hiatus for about another week, and will have some long awaited new FOSS tools, as well as other posts that have been brewing for a while. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 26, 2008

After the webinar, I’ll be putting the slides up in varied places, and NTEN will have a recording of the webinar. { And you don’t need to feel overwhelmed by vendor sales-talk – it’s possible to get things translated to language you understand.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2007

December 12, 2007 I had a good look at NTEN’s CRM Satisfaction Survey (yippee for data!), 3 trackbacks } Product Blogs » Blog Archive » CiviCRM comes out on top in NTEN Survey 12.14.07 at 1:24 am What was it, the question mark? » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 12.14.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2008

NTEN keeps surprising me with cool stuff for nonprofit tech peeps. The application deadline for this year’s prize: September 1, 2008. Last year’s winner was Barry Warsaw, lead developer of the awesome Mailman mailing list manager. Ruby Sinreich is a new phenomenon ! You go girl! And I’m on the board!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Circuit Rider School June 11, 2007 Way back when (last month – I’ve been busy) Deborah Finn blogged about the "New England School for Circuit Riders."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 3, 2015

Published by M+R and NTEN. Published by NTEN. 2014 State of the Not-for-Profit Industry Report :: Download. Published by Visceral Business. For Nonprofits in the United States: 1. 2015 Nonprofit Benchmarks Study :: Download. 2015 Donor Engagement Study :: Download. Published by Abila. Giving USA 2015 :: Download.

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APRIL 19, 2009

What happens when the most talented and innovative women in technology who work with non-profit organizations and political campaigns get together for the day to discuss the most relevant issues ranging from the Women in Open Source to Fighting Sexism in the Tech Sector? You get Women Who Tech.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2008

Adobe (yeah, Adobe ) joined the Linux Foundation , and released a Linux alpha of Air , their new application platform. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 21, 2008

CiviCRM ranked #1 in satisfaction in the recent NTEN CRM satisfaction survey. { Drupal integration is better, but there is a lot of active development going into improving the Joomla integration. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 30, 2008

BTW, I thought of you today after reading Nancy’s comments about the online community module for NTEN We Are Media. I read her blog for great tips on professional development and technology. { 1 trackback } links for 2008-07-30 - Kevin Bondelli’s Youth Vote Blog 07.30.08 at 7:33 pm Michelle – thanks so much.

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JULY 27, 2008

at 6:32 pm Mistakes non-profits make with Web sites « No newsprint here 08.04.08 at 6:32 pm Mistakes non-profits make with Web sites « No newsprint here 08.04.08 Check This List 07.28.08 at 11:37 am Biggest nonprofit website mistakes « Do Good Well 07.28.08 Check This List 07.28.08

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MAY 2, 2012

Curation at NTEN , Evonne Heyning. How Non-Profits Can Protect Digital Rights and Themselves in the Post-SOPA Era , Rob Cottingham. My Top Five Takeaways from NTEN's Drupal Day , Melissa Anderson. Non-profit Data Headaches , Captricity. NTEN 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , Michael DeLong. Session Blog Posts.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

It is, I imagine, what the future of television will be. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 3, 2008

I’m looking forward to talking about free and open source software to this audience. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 13, 2008

It could happen here. { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 adam nicholson 03.13.08 at 8:48 pm Wow…that’s amazing. What does this mean for us? How much trickle-down? Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2007

This means that the “big three&# nonprofit CRM/Fundraising/Advocacy vendors will all be publicly traded companies, and thus completely beholden to their shareholders to maximize profit. I don’t see it as for-profits milking non-profits. I see it as non-profits investing in their missions. No question.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 10, 2007

They’ve included some new features like a new personal homepage with things like “Company Updates&# – news about your company, and other business-friendly features. Also, they have a partnership with Business Week – so you can see how you are connected to companies and indivuals covered by clicking on links.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 7, 2007

Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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MAY 1, 2007

And that some of what’s deeply, truly, long-term transformative isn’t shiny at all. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

But I might write an entry or two on my personal blog , if you’re interested. { 1 trackback } Nonprofit Leadership, Innovation, and Change 09.29.07 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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

How busy is it? Send queries to nonprofit tech lists for experiences and information, like nosi-discussion , nten-discuss , riders-tech , and others. Make sure that the features that it outlines there match your requirements. See if they have good documentation. Check out the forums of email list archives of that project.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

Huge data centers are being thrown up everywhere, and more and more companies are getting into the business of providing hosting for SaaS developers. Cloud for Good | Web-Based Computing Best Practices for Non-Profit Organizations 10.04.09 at 5:17 am TechSoup Blog 09.16.09 at 9:04 am Why Should Nonprofits Care About Cloud Computing?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Under my hat is a blog post about open source and SaaS. It might be interesting. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2007

Earlier this week, I wrote a post on about the NTEN CRM satisfaction survey. NTEN did a great job of beginning to approach this topic, and it was great data. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What was it, the question mark?

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