Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Under the theme “Achieving Our Vision through Empowerment and Partnerships,” this was the first-ever combined General Assembly of both WBU and the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment ( ICEVI ), another world-class organization in the field.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Recent reports have alluded to class and race divisions between MySpace and Facebook users. In fact, I think MySpace is probably the best online representative of our society in terms of race and class that exists on the Web today, but it is incorrect to assume that MySpace is only a community of poor people. Follow us on Twitter!&#

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

Anyway, SugarCRM is basically “enterprise class&# CRM, and is worth a look. { I’ve been hearing good things about SugarCRM from organizations that use it. It also gets kudos from NTEN’s satisfaction survey (it came in third, after CiviCRM and Salesforce.) 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Thomas 04.20.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

I’m developing a class about WEB 2.0 Also, they have a very interesting ROI calculator for social networks that is worth a look. { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Sue Bennett 09.11.07 at 11:50 am Hi Michelle, We met a while back though I can’t remember where. I’d love to chat sometime. Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

ANN CURRY | Today Show News Anchor | @AnnCurry. The quotes below are taken from a New York Observer story about an incredibly interesting panel that included Ann Curry, Robert Scoble, and other journalists from CNN, FOX and NBC in a discussion about the evolution of journalism in the context of Twitter and social media. CHRISTOPHER R.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2008

DonorPro and NEON CRM are at the top of the class, and will, I’m sure, get into Harvard Med. But its safe to say that these are good contenders, and did well. Last but not least, the grading. Who’s going to get into med school? Donor Perfect, CiviCRM and Antharia’s On Deposit have solid A’s, and will for sure get in.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Creative stuff: Things unique to your organization including the ability to create art, music, poetry, dance, etc. Do you have the news clippings of major events in your files? News release mentioning the benefactors. Throw in beer and pizza and music and it can be fun. Mention the donor on the event web page.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2016

Apply world-class management to traditionally "soft" societal topics. Question: What’s an example or two of a company in the news today that could have benefited from a CONNECT approach? Their shares fell 30% when the news broke. Another example is the music streaming service Spotify.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

MPower is not a new product. It is an enterprise-class client/server CRM, and has the kind of features you see in such packages as Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge. What’s new about MPower is that it has very recently been released as open source. at 1:00 pm This is indeed excellent news. Be Helpful.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 25, 2021

Cultural production, that is, music, art, media, anything created by people that people are into is at its best when people can accept that they love that thing so much, that it means so much to them that they are willing to pick it apart, that they are willing to hold two (or more) thoughts at once. Our victory is our work.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

This can include FaceTiming community members, hosting virtual concerts, or leading additional virtual classes/activities. This year they even partnered with news stations to really get the word out about their mission. Community classes. Online webinars and classes have skyrocketed in popularity in the past year.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Concert Bring together local music lovers for an unforgettable evening that highlights your nonprofit’s mission. And you don’t need famous musical groups either: Local acts with local fan bases are a great way to attract audiences and put on a great show. You can learn more by signing up for a 30-minute, no-pressure group demo below.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2007

In their words: “CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor. Debian or Ubuntu are just as “Enterprise-class&# as RHEL without Red Hat behind it. I had not heard of it until then. CentOS is a bit of an odd beast.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Nonprofit Learning Lab / Newport News, VA / $85. The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences + Festivals offer the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies. The Conference itself includes philanthropy classes ranging from individual donors, planned giving, and marketing/social media subjects.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Nonprofit Learning Lab / Newport News, VA / $85. The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences + Festivals offer the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies. The Conference itself includes philanthropy classes ranging from individual donors, planned giving, and marketing/social media subjects.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

However, I came across [link] recently via a regular technology email news letter to which I subscribe It seems a nice offering. at 4:25 pm @ Nancy, Wow, I’m really concerned with your news. This year’s best of class award went to VIA3 from [link] , followed by GoToMeeting and WebEx. 5 Wayne 08.19.07 Be Helpful.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2007

Absolutely; many of the largest museums combine local community programming with world-class collections with narrative galleries with hands-on centers. I was literally flabbergasted to learn that there was an "education department"--a whole class of individuals I never knew existed as a visitor! The growth of the Web and Web 2.0

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 13, 2007

They took regular classes, museum-specific classes, and had internship-style museum jobs. We tried on clothes, listened to new music, and threw pennies in the fountain. The good news is that none of these things that make malls user-centered are particularly complicated to enact or achieve. But I grew up in L.A.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 6, 2021

The good news is, nonprofit leaders don’t have to settle for waste in their organizations. But the reverse is good news for nonprofit leaders. Or an afterschool care center for kids holds a musical performance once a month, but parents secretly wonder if their ears can handle it. How to eliminate waiting?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 11, 2009

I'm going to be contributing to two blogs Civil Eats , and The Root , a new website that The Washington Post created, that is specifically geared towards African-American news and views. In Grub , you paired music with recipes and meals. I'm contributing two posts per month that speak to the issues I just described.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

We also have some good news for you. A website that is dated and contains old news and blog posts signals to supporters that your organization doesn’t have the time to keep up with your supporters online— or even worse, that your nonprofit is no longer running. Users create and share short videos overlaid with music and audio.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 9, 2005

Identify your news and opportunities. Which is more appealing to tell people that they are on the Titanic and it is sinking, or to sail by in a boat that is green, with great food and fun music and ask them to come on board. The majority of donations are from working class, middle class and poor people).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 14, 2008

This is also a strategy of America’s favorite past-time–denying class consciousness, avoiding awarenss of class stratification, living a head-down passive-aggressive consumer’s existence that sublimates resentment and confusion into blogging, even thinking that this will somehow change the world. 5 Ron 08.11.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

Also, you remember how much work you got done when a substitute teacher came to class? As mentioned above, if you’ve worked consistently with a client, you know what their level of expertise is – this makes assessment easier. Not a lot of learning, but certainly a lot of spitballs. Be Helpful.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 27, 2005

You can download it straight from the iTunes Music Store, listen to it on his site or subscribe through his site and listen to it though a podcasting application (iTunes, Odeo, iPodder, iPodderX, Doppler, NetNewsWire). I found another cool podcast today--by Barack Obama !

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

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

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

What I’m Reading by Phil Lewis – Phil is a reporter based in Detroit whose Substack newsletter shares engaging and informative news stories about the Black experience in America. They do frequent deep dive into messaging that’s in the news – worth a read. It is a very robust roundup of primary races around the country.

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