Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology WeAreMedia Project August 13, 2008 Yet another great NTEN project is happening, spearheaded by Beth Kanter, to develop a Social Media toolkit for Nonprofits. Be Helpful.

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JUNE 29, 2009

Eight leading experts in social media and nonprofit technology have joined forces to create Socialbrite.org, a hub that showcases social tools for social change. A Social Media Glossary that offers a deep, friendly introduction to dozens of social media terms in plain English.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Basically, it means that the data that you put into social networking sites, like profiles, social graph (those who you are connected to,) media, etc. tools, they need to understand the implications of what they do, and demand that the tools use open standards. { So first, what is data portability? Be Helpful.

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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. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

With all of the amazing examples of really great free and open source software, here is an example of one that just isn’t what it should be. { We are trying to eat our own dog food re: transparency and openness in social media. Switching to the open-source driver ‘nv’ immediately solved the problem!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Basically, they partner with localized web media outlets, and provide widgets that contain information about local nonprofits that are connected to content. There are a lot of features that are unfinished, but what’s done is polished, and pretty smooth. You can share these Blists. So this is definitely a tool to watch. Watch the demo.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

2 trackbacks } Web 2.0 - Social Media - Internet News - Blogging » Facebook Ad Platform 11.13.07 And, more importantly, will nonprofit messages get lost in the stream of news feed posts about Joe being a fan of Apple, and Jane renting a four star movie from Blockbuster? { at 10:46 am Michelle, Thanks for this roundup! Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

Nor will you get to see the cool articles on alternate reality gaming, crowd-sourcing, convergent mobile media, and video game modding that are also in this issue. Even if you read an early draft of my article in essay form , you’ll probably never get to read the cleaned up version. That’s super depressing. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

Her perspective is that the scarcity mentality of nonprofits (the idea that there is only one pie, and we only get our small slice) helps keep nonprofits from taking full advantage of social media (i.e. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 24, 2007

Probably it just means that when the “Social Media Director&# or the “Goddess of Communication&# arrived in their office in the morning, they ran their standard set of google blog and technorati searches, and voila, there I was. I guess that’s a good thing. Maybe it means I have “arrived&#. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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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. The eePC is a great example, as are cell phones, media players, etc. These things are far from the fault of Linux.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

And the major engine that makes these three types of ephemeral media really work, is RSS, which is the subject of the next post. It could be argued that iTunes made podcasting mainstream. But without a doubt, YouTube made vlogging, and mass video creation mainstream. So, now the question – should a nonprofit organization have a blog?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

Open Source Feminism - Click to Play. Penguin Day is a day-long workshop for nonprofit organizations to explore the range of issues and options inovlved in using Free and Open Source Software. What are the tactics for supporting online open source communities? What is the gensis of an open source community?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

That's because Michelle was in the Science Building on one end of campus, while I in the Music Building way on the other side. She is also the coordinator for NOSI - Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. It's been an issue for years and years, and is why Linuxchix (a community dedicated to women in open source) exists.

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OCTOBER 5, 2006

Silona is organizing a Code-A-Thon that will lock up 100 programmers for 48 hours to see what kind of open source software can be written for non-profits. I've also worked in the gaming industry and done a fair amount of technical training on large e-commerce and content management systems. to October 15th at 6:00 p.m.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

It’s fairly easy to extrapolate that even with the poorest of clients, we’re seeing web adoption especially as traditional sources of information for job and apartment listings leave print media. You cannot use the digital divide as a fig leaf over open site statistics anymore. That dog won’t hunt. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006

is doing a great job at bringing people together in ways that are new for this newish media called the internet. I do think the jury is still out, and I think that using language which raises expectations about any one single new technology (like Web 2.0) is not a good idea. Yes, let’s talk about how Web 2.0 Be Helpful.

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APRIL 26, 2021

Anything that might draw a crowd at an in-person event, like a professional speaker, live music, or a series of performances, would likely make great livestreaming content. Here are the popular tools you might look into: OBS is a free and open-source software that can be used for video recording and livestreaming.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as mobile media continues to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options that will be available to your nonprofit in coming years. Ideal for mobile social media managers, VoiceTexter is an iPhone app that instantly transcribes your voice messages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. Animoto :: animoto.com. Dipity :: dipity.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web. Each radio program/live call allows 5,000 listeners and topics range from social media to philanthropy. A collection of economic and media trends and stats. Animoto :: animoto.com.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

depends largely on two things: open standards, and open source software. which is as technically transparent and open as it hopefully will be in actuality. Open Source software and open standards are the foundations of Web 2.0. It allowed people to get involved and helped motivate. Well, Web 2.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

It makes nonmarket strategies – from individual hobbyists to formal, well-funded nonprofits – vastly more effective than they could be in the mass-media environment." Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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