Greater Giving

MARCH 12, 2021

Set up a chatroom on your website or through a “messenger” feature on your most active social networks for your community to be able to connect with each other. People have been getting on board the virtual challenge craze ever since the ALS.org Ice Bucket Challenge swept the internet. Speed networking for fun and donations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

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.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

It holds everything from our recently visited spots in our maps to all of our photos and movies, favorite apps, passwords, music – you name it, and the cloud is probably helping you out with it. Accessibility Accessible from anywhere with an internet connection. SaaS LMS hosting is called an “on-demand” service.

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MARCH 19, 2024

It holds everything from our recently visited spots in our maps to all of our photos and movies, favorite apps, passwords, music – you name it, and the cloud is probably helping you out with it. Accessibility Accessible from anywhere with an internet connection. SaaS LMS hosting is called an “on-demand” service.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

I first came across their thinking and work on building social networks for social change via the resources section on the Barr Foundation web site back in 2006. Peter Plastrik and Madeleine Taylor co-wrote " Net Gains ," one of the first practical handbooks on building and working in networks for social change.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

The truth is I think it has only just begun and that we’re on the cusp of a radical transformation in how we use the Internet in our personal and work lives as well as how we use it to foster social good. Now I primarily only watch the PBS News Hour and listen to NPR and the BBC on the Internet more often, but not all day.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 2, 2010

I remember the heady days, when most nonprofits didn’t even have networks, and some of them still didn’t have internet access. Conservative causes of all sorts have discovered the power of the kinds of technologies I’ve been helping nonprofits with, and are au courant. I still think I’m doing good.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 6, 2011

Social Networking Sites Move Into Charity World – NYTimes.com – "Crowdrise, Jumo, Causecast, Causes on Facebook and others try to use social networking and crowdsourcing to build interest in charities and causes, and to help them attract donations. " Free music. Free videos. Free blogs.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Perhaps you’re a small nonprofit, and you’re imagining your GivingTuesday experience will be like an unknown music artist trying to sing on stage at the same time as Taylor Swift. But GivingTuesday is an opportunity to reach out to your supporters and their network, too. Let’s address those concerns! Won’t Our Message Get Crowded Out?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The Wealth of Networks, Chapter 3 November 16, 2006 I bet you thought I’d stopped reading? He then spends some time making clear how the new networked environment makes peer distribution possible.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

If social justice is important to you, consider how bringing in more marginalized sectors of the community will help you support solutions, programs, or policies that work for all. Share requirements and expectations for participation, time, and any technical skills needed, including internet access, device, and language requirements.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

I’m still on internet clients, believe it or not, and still have some to go. 1 trackback } Boy in the Bands » Blog Archive » Because the power of the Internet increases as people get connected. These posts on open source applications are so helpful. Be Helpful. Today, I’m talking about Flock.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

These reports will add up all of a person’s related actions on Causes into a larger story of how they are helping your organization. The first is “self-expression,” which means your friends will know a lot more about what you read, what music you listen to, and even what you cook. Think twice about adding apps.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Be Helpful. 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.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

I even remember writing a grant to some federal agency that probably no longer exists to help create a local infrastructure to get nonprofits online. In my country, there still are no good hosting companies, though our internet speed and ping inside the whole country, is better than the most of europe, that’s why I use e-insites.

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NTEN

APRIL 26, 2012

As a small nonprofit we have struggled to fully engage with technology to help us fulfill our mission. We saw the power of stick figures on napkins and how visuals can help us make a stronger case for our nonprofit’s work. We had 1750 unique devices on the network at times and peaked at 78MB at one point on Wednesday.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2011

Videos should be clear to understand if employing dialogue or music. Music is great for enhancing the mood of a video and nonprofits and libraries interested in low-cost music licensing can check out Magnatune 's music library or Frog Music Licensing. Applications such as Ustream , Qik.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2006

Sometimes, I’ll talk about technologies I think are just cool, and useful, and, well geeky, ’cause I can’t help being a geek. IPv6 is the next generation Internet Protocol. That is, basically, the addressing system computers and routers and such use to direct traffic around a local network, and the internet.

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MARCH 3, 2008

It’s a conference that is an event of the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet. Be Helpful. I’ve never been – online politics has never really been my focus. But I’m quite looking forward to it. I’m looking forward to talking about free and open source software to this audience. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

November 21, 2007 Beth’s wonderful post about a decision tree for whether or not an organization should get into the social networking business had a link to a comment about OpenSocial. What really matters is an open social network, built using open protocols and documented, published standards. Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2012

Three new actions were announced at the time, including: Read, Watch, Listen to help people better understand what their friends are doing online. Facebook called it the “ Open Graph ” and the pr people called “A revolution to the whole meaning of listening to music together or family T.V.”

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 7, 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 #10: Filezilla February 7, 2008 I decided that most of the tools I’ve been talking about so far (except WordPress and Joomla) are internet clients for one type of protocol or another.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 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 #8:XChat February 5, 2008 This is, really a post both about a tool ( XChat ) and about IRC (Internet Relay Chat.) Be Helpful. XChat is one of quite a few IRC clients.

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APRIL 11, 2008

Be Helpful. 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

MAY 12, 2008

Be Helpful. 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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AUGUST 11, 2008

It also includes applications that you might develop (or have developed) that are hosted outside your network. You are dependent on your internet connection – which could be a problem for mission-critical applications. Be Helpful. That’s really all it is – there isn’t anything fancy about it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2011

At SXSW and facilitating a panel called A Global Discussion About Networked Nonprofits and Free Agents , I introduced myself with this photo of me and Lena, the master trainer from Yemen for the E-Mediat Project. Flickr Photo by SMEXbeirut. The photo shows us modeling “shoulder to shoulder&# learning.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2008

Be Helpful. 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

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Vote for them , especially the one I’m helping out with (David Geilhufe is the spearhead) on open source CRM. Be Helpful. There are some fabulous sessions proposed for the 2009 NTC , running the whole gamut of nonprofit technology, from planning to Web 2.0, open source, etc. It might be interesting. { It might be interesting. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2009

Be Helpful. 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.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Be Helpful. So I’m polishing off my PHP skills, and we’ll see where that leads. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. So I’m polishing off my PHP skills, and we’ll see where that leads. {

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NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07 Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07 Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07 Be Helpful. The only thing that will be left is games.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

Jobs understands that DRM doesn’t work, and doesn’t help sell music. There are better sites for music and there are adequate players for 1/5th the price. What Apple did do correctly is allow users to submit their own podcast and homemade music on the itunes website. Be Helpful. The iPod is a rip off.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 7, 2008

Please take it no matter what the level of use of open source software is in your organization – data on as wide a range of organizations will be helpful to us. Be Helpful. It will take about 5-10 minutes to fill out. Please encourage your colleagues and clients to take this survey as well.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 13, 2008

Be Helpful. 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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

One of the benefits of internet events is that you may distribute immediate access to digital goodies like downloads, special offers, or links to webinars. It’s possible to add live entertainment to your fundraising events, and it doesn’t have to be just music. 8) Digital download donation rewards. 10) Hybrid concerts.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 25, 2008

Be Helpful. More on that in a later post. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. More on that in a later post. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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