Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Michelle, the consultant March 27, 2008 Someone mentioned to me that from what I write on my blog, she wouldn’t know what it is that I actually do in my consulting work. I kinda thought that was surprising, but in thinking about what I write, I realize that people could get the wrong idea (or, more accurately, fail to get the right idea.

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MARCH 3, 2008

Donna's friend Kathy Mori was able to arrange a boat trip on short notice to Eot, which is an island on the other side of the lagoon in a group of islands called the Faichuks. It was a 45 minute ride in an open motor boat that held about seven of us. We walked around the island along a path that ran near the water. Donna explained to me to watch Kathy and take my lead from her, since we were able to visit here based on her connections and reputation with the community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2008

On March 8th, I asked how the world's youngest billionaire (Facebook Zuckerberg) will use his wealth for good ? The folks over at the Global Giving Blog offered 450 answers. Meanwhile, there he was finally asked this question by a journalist. ( Hat tip Rachel !) Valley Wag " Zuck: Superpoking Platform Makes the World A Better Place." The answer: Not yet, Zuck said.

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MARCH 28, 2008

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week. I wish I was able to attend, but am glad that many of my clients have the opportunity to go.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MARCH 20, 2008

How can you make sure you meet your promised deadlines when implementing software projects at your organization? And without late night pizza-driven coding sessions? One approach is Timeboxing. Timeboxing, quite simply, is an approach to IT implementation planning where the one thing that you do not allow to shift around on you are delivery dates. Everything else may seem totally out of your control.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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. In the process of going deep into those CRMs, I’ve been thinking about how nonprofits might choose CRMs to begin with.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 24, 2008

In April I'll be heading for Chennai , the capital of Tamil Nadu state in India. The main reason is to attend the National Seminar on Print Access for All, being held at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. Madras is the old name of Chennai. The seminar has been organized by a steering committee led by N. Krishnaswamy, the Chairman of Vidya Vrikshah.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2008

Yesterday, Marnie Webb asked an interesting question about choice of tools - specifically the choice the question of "Twitter or Blog?" Great question. It was too hard to answer in 140 characters in any depth or without it being misunderstood. It would be hard to answer this as a comment of a blog post too or if someone was doing a quick poll.

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MARCH 26, 2008

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week. I wish I was able to attend, but am glad that many of my clients have the opportunity to go.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 26, 2008

"[Y]ou don't necessarily have to solve a problem. You just have to take the steps that are available to you. I focus on the fact that I don't have to solve it. I just have to do what I can. " -- Jerry Fowler, Executive Director of the Save Darfur Coalition , during an interview on the Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast. I don't have to solve the problem.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MARCH 27, 2008

Before I got delayed we were talking about delivering software projects on time. Using the Timeboxing approach, the delivery schedule is the one absolute in the implementation plan. What features will be included in the delivery can slip, but never the date. New requests from the user are added to the queue, but the date is not modified to accomodate them.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 20, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology News from NTC ‘08 March 20, 2008 I’ve been having a great time here at NTC – running into lots of folks I’m happy to see again, and meet, learning about new things, being involved. I don’t have lots of leisure to go into detail about what’s happening here, but I thought I’d highlight a few things, and then when I get back

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 23, 2008

I wanted to put in a plug for the Tech Museum Awards. We've been a Laureate twice (for Bookshare.org and Martus) in the past, and it's a great honor and a great event. If you know someone whose work embodies technology serving humanity, nominate them by tomorrow! [And, no, we're not looking for people to nominate a Benetech project this year: spread the wealth].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2008

Finally back from New Orleans and the NTC and Penguin Day. This was my 8th NTC and I had a fantastic time and learned a lot! I will be posting all my write ups, photos, videos, utterz, and reflections over the next week. So, stay tuned.

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MARCH 24, 2008

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week. I wish I was able to attend, but am glad that many of my clients have the opportunity to go.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 14, 2008

Bill Somerville makes the search for innovative funding opportunities sound like an Indiana Jones adventure. Although his book, Grassroots Philanthropy: Field Notes of a Maverick Grantmaker (which he wrote with Fred Setterberg), was written for foundations and other grantmaking institutions, I found it personally inspiring. Between the book, and Oprah's Big Give , I am ready to go on a philanthropic adventure!

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MARCH 21, 2008

But before we get back to delivering IT projects on time, let's look at some funny pictures. Certainly none of us have been spared the LOLcats phenomenon - where folks photograph cats and give them funny captions. Here's one my god-daughter Leah posted on Facebook, for example: Taking off on the popularity of this craze, my friend Carie Lewis, the dynamic internet marketing manager for the Humane Society of the US - one of the most savvy non-profits around when it comes to interactive and social

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 17, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology On my way to NTC March 17, 2008 Tomorrow, I step off the plane in New Orleans, to go to the Nonprofit Technology Conference , and see folks I only get to see once a year, meet new people, chat and hang out with people I’ve been emailing/blog commenting/twittering, etc.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 8, 2008

Micronesia left quite an impression on me. It's great to go to completely different places, spending time learning about history, politics, issues and culture from new perspectives. I think it's one of the great perks of my job, working in the nonprofit sector. Plus, the people I visit give me the benefit of the doubt that I'm not an ugly American. I try hard to return the favor by being respectful: it's not hard given my high degree of interest and curiosity, and the dedication of the people I

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2008

Digital Natives Panel. Elana Wolowitz, Communications Director/Senior Trainer, Wellstone Action gave me a brief interview. I had the honor of delivering the keynote this morning at the Message + Medium + Mission Conference in Minnesota. I talked about the Cute Dog Theory of Social Media Adoption, A Few Tools, and A Story about social media and fundraising.

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MARCH 19, 2008

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week. I wish I was able to attend, but am glad that many of my clients have the opportunity to go.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 21, 2008

Think about the last time you did something for a cause. Maybe you gave them money. Maybe you did a walk. Maybe you signed a petition. Why did you do it? That's the question the Nonprofit Technology Conference session, "The Seven Things Everyone Wants: What Freud and Buddha Understood (and We're Forgetting) about Online Outreach," tried to answer. I thought I'd share some of my notes with you from the session.

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MARCH 19, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman MAR 19, 2008 Just Arrived in New Orleans I just arrived at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in New Orleans.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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. “The days of proprietary technology must come to an end,” he said.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 5, 2008

The final stop for my Micronesia trip was Guam, a U.S. territory. Arriving on Guam felt like coming back to the United States, although it's more like Hawaii than the mainland! Guam has a huge American military presence: the armed forces control about a third of the island. The presence is growing: the U.S. is relocating our units from Okinawa to Guam and this could grow the island's population anywhere from 20% to 40%.

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