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09.27.07Google Checkout free for nonprofitsNTEN scooped us all with the news that nonprofits are now eligible to use Google Checkout for free (no gateway, processing or monthly fees) until the end of this year2008. And for the low, low rate of 2% and $0.20 per transaction after that! But wait, there's more. The annoying problem with Google Checkout for nonprofit usage was that it forced donors to go through a shipping screen. They've fixed that problem. If you're a developer and you're looking for the API, click here. It's yet another huge development in the nonprofit space. Kudos again to NTEN for doing it ...
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09.17.07NTEN has to live up to its own valuesThis is in reply to Holly Ross' recent NTEN blog posting which itself was a response to my original posting about the Top 25 Nonprofit and Philanthropy Web site list. Let it be said that Holly and I always chat all the time on Skype and we're good chat buddies in general. There's no "bad blood" between the two of us and we generally get along. Besides, I apparently owe her a martini the next time I see her. Anyway, I think she's wrong on this one and part of the problem is that NTEN has a leadership position that it ...
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08.30.07Change-up at NTENBreaking news: Katrin Verclas is moving to NTEN's Board of Directors and leaving her current position as Executive Director. Holly Ross will be the new Executive Director on November 1st! I've already told Holly I'm preparing to curtsy to her when I next see her. E-mails have been sent out to NTEN members so if you are one, you should have it in your inbox shortly.
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07.14.07Little Dishes 2Those of you who live in Brooklyn should really try out that restaurant above. It's a real treat and in the summer you can eat outside in the garden behind the restaurant. It used to be called Little Dishes until some restaurant in Manhattan enforced it's trademark (grrr! hiss! boo!). I've done it before, and I'm doing it again, and I'm naming this post in Little D's honor. A few little dishes for the weekend: As of yesterday, Google is offering nonprofits Google Apps Education Edition for free. This turns the world upside down for nonprofit system administrators. I've changed the Leaderboard ...
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03.01.07Blackbaud merry-go-round and the cost of closed systemsSo I'm looking at Blackbaud's 2/28 EDGAR filing... That's what I do when I'm up due to jetlag. Did you know that Blackbaud's services revenue as a percentage of Blackbaud's total revenue has stayed pretty much the same over the last three years? Yet, consulting services now represent 60% of that revenue line item? Here's what consulting services are: "Consulting, installation and implementation services involve converting data from a customer's existing system, assistance in file set up and system configuration, and/or process re-engineering." Continue Reading...
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01.22.07NTEN NTC Dissected by Where Most NeededCheck it out! A blog critical of old-school fundraising sets its sights on N-NTEN NTC. I like this quote: And the paradox here is that the NTEN fans are big advocates of web based technologies. Now that the era of low-cost broadband communication has arrived, the notion of having a few hundred people get on planes and stay in a hotel for three or four days to hear about the latest technology seems hopelessly retro (not to mention wasteful—and elitist). Continue Reading...
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11.01.06New NTEN Affinity Group: nptechhelpSo the other day I post an e-mail to the 501tech-ny list that I belong to: Hi everyone, Is anyone interested in creating a closed forum for frank discussion of vendors? I'd like to keep it only for nonprofit tech workers only (verified by e-mail originating from a domain run by a 501c3). I have a ton of RFPs coming out and I want to know about other nonprofits' experiences with their IT vendors as well as other things besides... It seemed innocuous enough or so I thought (naively). Well I started a fairly controversial (at least to most vendors and ...
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10.17.06Pre-Open API Debate Warmup Show!This is the pre-debate warmup show for N-TEN's "Great Open API Debate" at http://nten.typepad.com/newsletter/2006/10/the_great_open_.html. Looking at the roster, I can see at least one speaker, Peter Campbell from Goodwill Industries, who has clearly understood the value of an open API. Check out http://nten.typepad.com/newsletter/2006/07/seven_questions.html for his take on open APIs. I'm really hoping that Peter will swing the bat well for our sector. Peter, my hopes rest with you. Continue Reading...
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