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NOSI: Next Webinar, July 29: Linux and Open Source on Desktops

Has the time for Linux on the desktop to be mainstream has come? It is very easy to set up and use Linux for the organizational basics: email, web surfing, word processing, and spreadsheets. Even more complex tasks, such as desktop publishing, keeping track of finances, and others are possible and a lot easier than they used to be on Linux these days. Linux on the desktop is not just for geeks anymore. This webinar will show you how easy it is to use Linux on the desktop, what situations are best for Linux, and frank talk about when it might not work.

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Technorati NPTech Tagged: If Social Networking Isn’t Marketing, Why Bother?

Photo by kevindooley on Flickr The nonprofit blogerati have been weighing in lately about how nonprofits are bad, bad, bad for looking at social networking as a way to market their organizations. And “communications” seems to have become a dirty word too. Here are a few samples: Online Social Networks are Not Mailing Lists by Michael Gilbert of the Gilbert Center. “Once the idea of ‘online social networks’ starts tugging at their sleeve, these are the unfortunate kinds of questions th

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Technorati NPTech Tagged: Online Auctions Raise Big Bucks for Charity

Online Auctions Raise Big Bucks for Charity Online Auctions Raise Big Bucks for Charity: "The Web has wrought a sea change in the way nonprofits raise funds through auctions. Charities have long hawked donated items through live auctions, where bidders try to outbid each other publicly, often with the help of a fast-talking auctioneer, or through so-called silent auctions that let potential donors browse through items, then submit bids in writing." Posted by Reed

Technorati NPTech Tagged: The Summertime Blues

You'll love those lazy hazy crazy days of summer - those days of hot dogs and pretzels and beer... remember that old tune? I can remember listening to it on the radio as we drove to the Catskills in my Dad's old Dodge. But vacations are different now - everywhere I'm reading articles about how we Americans don't really get away from our work anymore when we go on holiday. We go loaded with smartphone and laptop and a plan to get six weeks of special projects done during six days on the beach. I

NPTech Meta Feed: Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits

good twitter overview for live blogging

NPTech Meta Feed: UNICEF Uses Web 2.0 to Double Video Views

highlights from case study -- reminder of importance of good use of titles and tags so people can find content and keeping myspace / facebook pages current

SimplyHired Nonprofits Jobs: Nonprofit Managment and Leadership Expertise at Portland State University (Wisconsin)

Cruiskeen Consulting Nonprofit News - July 22, 2008 - 7:29pm
Nonprofit Management and Leadership ? including nonprofit management, governance, leadership, nonprofit ... giving. ? International Nonprofit/NGO Studies ? including nonprofit management and leadership in a global...

NetSquared: BlogHer08: The Second Life Experience

Cruiskeen Consulting Nonprofit News - July 22, 2008 - 4:04pm

Britt Bravo is on a much-deserved vacation, so I'm stepping in for her to keep news and information about the social change web coming your way!

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SimplyHired Nonprofits Jobs: Occupational Therapist at Lakeview Medical Center (Rice Lake, WI)

Cruiskeen Consulting Nonprofit News - July 22, 2008 - 3:36pm
Lakeview Medical Center Lakeview Medical Center is a nonprofit, 75-bed community hospital that serves northwest Wisconsin. No other area hospital offers the number of full-time, resident doctors and specialists that Lakeview has on its...

NPTech Meta Feed: 7 Ways To Stay Informed And Up-To-Date Online (MakeUseOf.com)

Cruiskeen Consulting Nonprofit News - July 22, 2008 - 1:43pm
Think of this as a primer in creating a listening post.