Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

From 10-paragraph editorials to 2-paragraph commentaries on breaking news, when you use the ideas given here, you should have no problem publishing the required minimum of one blog post per week (less than that and your blog starts to look abandoned). Share and Comment on Breaking News. Interview Experts.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

For your nonprofit, this means the holiday season opens the door to opportunities for fundraising success— and there’s no better way to kick off this successful year-end fundraising push than to participate in Giving Tuesday ! See how Qgiv can help you bring your Giving Tuesday campaign ideas to life! Let’s get started!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

If your nonprofit has yet to start a blog or already blogs but struggles with ideas for fresh content, then hopefully the 11 blog content ideas listed below will help. Share and Comment on Breaking News. Another idea is to have staff members send in reports from important conferences, meetings, or protests.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 8, 2024

Edward Thorndike’s theories on social intelligence in the 1920s and Abraham Maslow’s idea of the hierarchy of needs in the 1950s are early precursors. If you are uncertain whether you are up to the task, these are signs that your skills could use improvement: People frequently respond negatively to a comment you thought was harmless.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Open Windows In July 2020,orgSource surveyed approximately 300 association executives. Forty percent did not see any long-term revisions to their product portfolio, and almost 60% believed membership patterns would revert to their pre-pandemic status, with many leaders commenting that their mission, vision, and values would not change.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 24, 2023

When my business partner Kevin Ordonez and I launched.orgCommunity one of our goals was to connect our colleagues with people and ideas who could expand their horizons and help them grow. Instead of focusing on your ideas, pay attention to others. Silence that inner commentator whose chatter is louder than any voice in the room.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 13, 2023

To ensure that your GivingTuesday subject lines get your emails opened, these eight criteria will win the day. Here’s what one expert fundraiser declares: “ If your fundraising emails didn’t get opened there’s one big thing you can do to fix that: change your subject line. .” Follow them closely. How important?

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The MatrixFiles

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Here’s the trick: each week, we pick a fundamental and every meeting opens with a discussion about that fundamental. During staff meetings, I take the fundamental and ask if someone would like to comment on it. The idea is to provide guidance on how to live and interpret the fundamentals so they’re not just empty slogans.

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Achieve

MAY 3, 2024

Here are some metrics to watch for that can be tracked through most professional email delivery services: Open Rate The open rate is the percentage of emails opened out of the total number of emails sent. The average nonprofit email open rate is around 25%.

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Ask probing questions, consider a variety of opinions, including ideas that may be unpopular, and insist on objective analysis. Giving every employee, no matter how junior, the opportunity to share ideas and the agency to manage their work creates an expectation for thought leadership across the organization.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2008

Venture capitalists are liking open source more and more. More $ toward open source is a tide that lifts all boats. Interestingly enough, lots of developing world countries voted against it. Interestingly enough, lots of developing world countries voted against it. There’s lots of great details on Groklaw. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open source your Open Social Apps? Which lead me to think about the idea of open sourcing OpenSocial apps. Can we build a library of OpenSocial applications that have open source licenses?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 13, 2019

I mean it had its doors open. Walking in, I couldn’t help but ask the staff member about the doors being open. She said well, we wanted to show we’re open and our installations don’t have temperature control issues. We went in to find well-written labels, solid engagement strategies, and a kind, open staff member.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Plain Language Movement started in the 1970s based on the idea to make it easier for the public to read, understand, and use government communications. to your unengaged subscribers: Added before 60 days + Have not opened any of your last 20 email campaigns. Follow, Like, Comment and Study Nonprofits on TikTok.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 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 #15: MPower Open CRM April 14, 2008 I am so far behind, it’s not funny. What’s new about MPower is that it has very recently been released as open source.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

And now they are up to something again: MMT is looking for a million dollar idea to support! The foundation will collect the ideas from Oregonians on a forum on the web at ideas4oregon.org to commemorate MMT reaching $500 million in money distributed to tax exempt organizations, primarily in Oregon.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2014

More and more organizations are embracing the idea that collecting and measuring data and acting on what they learn from it can improve their work and better their services. But surprisingly few nonprofits are talking about open data. According to the Open Data Institute, open data saved Canada $3.2 Here in the U.S.,

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Drupal security, and other CMS Report comments April 3, 2009 Now that the Idealware CMS report is out, I get to have my say about it. Here’s the first post, there might be more to come. 7 admin 04.07.09

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open content business models December 1, 2007 I’m at the Open Translation event, and we’ve just had a great session on open content business models.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Social != Open Data November 8, 2007 As the hype (which, I agree I have contributed to ) around OpenSocial dies down, the reality behind OpenSocial becomes clear. Be Helpful.

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 25, 2021

While there’s no magic formula, here are some ideas that have worked well recently: Jeopardy! The attendees loved it and many of them played along by posting answers in the comments. Teri Carden of 100 Reviews loves Jackbox, and Matrix Group opened a recent webinar early with some Jackbox. Photo roll. Jackbox is fun and cheap.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

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. SaaS is not, by definition either proprietary or open source.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

I linked to a great thought piece a while back on opening up the social graph (that is, your network of friends.) I linked to a great thought piece a while back on opening up the social graph (that is, your network of friends.) Jon Stahl pointed me to a great article , also about opening up the social graph. 2 admin 11.10.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Platforms break open, part II October 18, 2007 The dust is settling. I have a few comments. Methinks vendors in this space still just don’t grok, really, what “open&# means. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Speaking of open social networks … August 14, 2008 I just joined identi.ca. at 5:50 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 08.15.08 You can log in using OpenID. Be Helpful.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

If your nonprofit has yet to start a blog or already blogs but struggles with ideas for fresh content, then hopefully the 11 blog content ideas listed below will help. Share and Comment on Breaking News. Another idea is to have staff members send in reports from important conferences, meetings, or protests.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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. Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2023

Beth : I love that idea. By fostering an environment of trust and open communication, nonprofits can better understand the needs of their employees and make adjustments accordingly. We’d love to hear your thoughts on this topic, so please join the discussion in the comments below. Leave your comments!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Note from Beth: I’m taking part in the virtual book tour Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer are doing to explore concepts from Open Community: a little book of big ideas for associations navigating the social web. I read an early draft of the book and think it is a very important idea for those of us in the nonprofit community embrace.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 24, 2022

Try out some new ideas. Open conversations with donors. Open up a dialogue with your supporters about their needs and interests before the next giving season begins, then use it to shape your future messaging. Does your organization have a unique idea for a summer fundraising event? Please let us know in the comments!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2019

By improving the visibility of your posts you are able to involve more people and thus, you’ll also have more creative ideas. 2) Get inspired by new ideas. You can also use Lightful’s Inspiration feature to discover new accounts to follow for more creative ideas. Creative ideas don’t need a big budget to be engaging.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Feminism? She’s got some great video blogging, including a short one on “ open source feminism.&# Let’s get together! at 2:50 pm Thanks for shout out. of women in FLOSS?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Movable Type goes Open Source December 13, 2007 This is old news, sort of. They are really putting their money where their mouth is, in terms of working toward more openness. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Platforms break open! Open has 3 components, APIs, Database Connectors, and Extensions. Bottom line: Kintera takes some important steps to open up their application. You make your own conclusions.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 18, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The power of open source VOIP December 18, 2007 Today seems to be Asterisk day. Asterisk is the open source PBX application that works by using VOIP. What is Asterisk, you ask? Be Helpful.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Free Days and/or Late Nights: Austin’s Blanton Museum of Art always offers free admission on Thursdays, and it’s open late one Thursday a month. Now that my student days are behind me, I realize just how essential it is to have museums open after working hours so I can actually go to the museum during the week.

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