Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

We discuss issues and trends in modern web technologies that help your organization achieve more with less. This blog is sponsored by Wild Apricot membership software : a set of tools for membership administration , event registration , website management , online fundraising - with friendly and knowledgeable tech support.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

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

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What do web stats mean, anyway? Allan’s argument is that because NTEN is in a leadership position in the field, it should lead in showing transparency by publishing its web stats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The topic was bullet journaling and the table host was nonprofit tech colleague Ma’ayan Alexander. It doesn’t fully replace digital tools for project management (especially when many people are involved or code is developed), or organizational knowledge management tools.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

Write and run web crawlers and scrapers for data collection. We use free and open source software whenever possible, but we're pragmatic and work with what our human rights monitoring and advocacy partners need, so our environment is a pretty eclectic mix. Data archeology: recover data from ancient files in odd formats.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

For one client, I am their technology go-to person, since they are really small, and have no tech staff. I answer all of their tech questions, and solve pretty much all of their tech problems (mostly by helping them figure out who they should call.) 1200/month for an old and therefore crappy custom CMS and not much support.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2008

For a while, I’ve been watching MPower Open , the (not so) newly open sourced (but Windows-based) fundraising package. In general, I’ve been impressed by its feature set, and that they made the choice to go open source. This is not the sign of a healthy open source community.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

The role I play most often currently is providing a clear and understandable avenue between the client and a technology vendor (such as web or database development shop). The client is quite knowledgeable about their organization, mission, and goals for a project, but often not knowledgeable about technology.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2010

Attend the Unconference: Netsquared Open Space (NOS): APIs and Open Data at the Nonprofit Technology Conference (# 10NTC ) to learn how. If you easily listed five ideas and are fired up to share your knowledge, demo your website, share your application, or get feedback, then bring your project and join the session!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

Quick definition Cloud computing is basically running applications on the web via “Software as a Service (SaaS)&#. Changes in the application happen without your knowledge or consent. Cloud for Good | Web-Based Computing Best Practices for Non-Profit Organizations 10.04.09 at 5:17 am TechSoup Blog 09.16.09

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 7, 2007

The topic is “Nonprofit Data Management: from slips of paper to CRM&# As you all know, I’ve been thinking about data management issues for years, and it would be great for people to share their ideas and knowledge. So, submit those posts by Sunday evening!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

I’m excited about this project – it’s gathering the knowledge and expertise of a great group of folks, and it will provide a free source of information and case studies so that nonprofits can best figure out how to step into the frothy waters of social networks.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I’m reading this book at the same time as I’ve been working on the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. I’m realizing that all of the justifications for why I am so into open source and free software is right here in this book! It gets chewy, for sure, but it feels like every chew is worth it.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2007

It’s that there is a lack of really good support – responsive, empowering, educational, integrative, and knowledgeable about, and invested in, the sector. " Its not that there is a lack of technology vendors and support. For those of us who’d like to see organizations get better support – how do we do that?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

In any event, I have a lot of other skills and knowledge besides databases and coding: skills and knowledge in teaching, in writing, in working with organizations, in facilitation, in religion and spiritual practices, and in working with people, that I want to use now. Perhaps I’m now more ready to wrestle those.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

On the Windows side the hardware manufacturers make proprietary drivers for Windows, and very few make drivers for Linux, or open source their drivers so that Linux developers can use them. And, of course, there are some other situations where Linux also shines: kiosks, internet cafes, computer labs and email/web workstations.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Boston, Massachusetts: Tech Networks of Boston Roundtable: Doing a Data Dive to Find Data About Children and Families. Jasper, Indiana: Web Pages and Hosting Options. Monday, May 1, 2017.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

Net Tuesday & 501 Tech Club Affinity Group Meeting. More knowledge, confidence and excitement about organizing in your city. The Rational Pursuit of Change: How the Web requires new tactics, not the evolution of current ones. Sessions and Events. Sunday, April 26. 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm. Clarity on the two monthly events.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2008

I do this based on my knowledge of the options out there, my own opinions about them, and, most importantly, the feature match. But in terms of long term sustainability, from my perspective, picking one of the well developed open source CMSs and running with it, can’t be beat. I mean, it doesn’t even have objects !

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 18, 2009

When most people hear the word Mozilla, they think of the popular open source browser, Firefox and the plug-ins that help many of us to do our daily work on the web. The Mozilla community includes a diverse international crowd of developers and supporters working to make the web better. Need some help thinking of ideas?

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

Tech nonprofit” is an emerging term that refers to a tech startup that is building software or web applications using a nonprofit model for social impact. Fast Forward, a tech nonprofit accelerator, highlighted a few such organizations during their Demo Day 2022 event. Using Tech to Reduce Barriers to Education.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

Your pictures, videos and everything else is stranded in a walled garden, cut off from the rest of the web. Truth be told, there is nothing on my LinkedIn or Facebook profiles that isn’t public knowledge, except who my contacts are. Want to show somebody a video or a picture you posted to your profile? 3 KJ 08.09.07

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Tech Soup

MAY 22, 2009

Wikipedia is an open-source knowledge repository, which is fine, but one issue with open-source technologies continues to be quality control. If I were a teacher, I would be skeptical of any information sourced from there. To hear that Wikipedia has taken over the market is a little scary to me.

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 8, 2023

Some CMS systems have friendlier drag and drop authoring systems, while others require a bit or a lot of knowledge of CSS (cascading style sheets). Does your IT department require a specific tech stack? We’ve run into IT departments that prefer a Microsoft tech stack, while others prefer open source.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 28, 2011

As community member and Executive Director of Knowbility Sharron Rush points out , a culture of accessibility requires "open hearts and minds, the ability to listen and look in new ways, the willingness to lay aside basic assumptions, and a true commitment." A Place to Start — and What Lies Ahead.

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 8, 2023

Some CMS systems have friendlier drag and drop authoring systems, while others require a bit or a lot of knowledge of CSS (cascading style sheets). Does your IT department require a specific tech stack? We’ve run into IT departments that prefer a Microsoft tech stack, while others prefer open source.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

I've gathered up some of best of the best folks in the nonprofit tech field to share their stories, metrics, and lessons learned - this will be informative AND entertaining. Lessons in Local Tech: Sustainable Food 2.0 submitted by Rachel Weidinger, Common Knowledge. I will do an overview connecting the idea of metrics to poetry.

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Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

At Web Courseworks , we help professional, healthcare, and trade associations grow their learning businesses with effective learning management systems. This results in content recommendations that target gaps in your members’ knowledge. Seeking an open-sourced platform and the ability to adjust to changing learning needs quickly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

In December, Fast Company published an article called " The Most Influential Women in Web 2.0 " featuring about a dozen amazing women who work in the Web 2.0 is the executive director of NTEN and expert in everything nonprofit tech. is senior consultant for Common Knowledge and covers the sustainable food community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Currently, he's blogging about his Web Office experiment which is well worth following. The two week long ' Great Web Office ' experiment was inspired by IT Redux's Office 2.0 The question are web 2.0 You can read about the 'web office 2.0' You can read about the 'web office 2.0' So, tell me about your Office 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Michelle most recently published a white paper in collaboration with NTEN called " Let's Talk: How Open APIs Can Change How Nonprofits Manage Data " It is a topic of critical importance in the nonprofit tech space. She is also the coordinator for NOSI - Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. The paper is a must read.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

The MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning Competition includes a "Knowledge-networking" category designed to take good ideas and circulates them widely, taking full advantage of the Web's potential for collaborative thinking. I know there is a similar cooperative in the Bay Area called Tech Underground.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

of nonprofit organizations whose website is stuck behind a custom CMS – one that was written by some web development shop or another, and migration off of that custom CMS is going to be a nightmare. I wrote that CMS back before there were any really good open source ones, like most of the custom CMS out there.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Your overall learning business strategy and tech tools such as your learning management system (LMS) and eCommerce tools work together to deliver content to your learners. At Web Courseworks, we provide eLearning solutions for associations, including an LMS with built-in course authoring functionality.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

How can we talk about technology in social change, while, at the same time, publishing in a format that limits the availability of this knowledge to people privileged enough to pay for it? I count among my careers software engineer, business entrepreneur, tech writer and fiction author. 4 Sonia Lyris 04.09.07

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

that is experimenting with high tech balloons to supply Internet in remote places. The World Wide Web Turns 25. anniversary celebrates British physicist Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s proposal for creating the World Wide Web in 1989. All the news stories I saw on this urged us to not confuse the web with the Internet.

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