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Our DEMO Presentation

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

We presented at DEMOfall 08 this morning.  It's been a wonderful couple of days, meeting so many interesting people.  We're looking forward to the coming months, which we hope will bring you even more ways to share your social impact.

Zazengo Live at DEMOfall 08 Conference

Monday, September 8th, 2008

We are thrilled to announce that we are presenting at DEMOfall 08 in San Diego! If you are a DEMO attendee, be sure to stop by our booth and say hello. We are located at Station #4, right next to the entrance. Our Demo presentation will be Tuesday at 10:30 am PST. We will add ...

Exciting News: Zazengo 2.0 Launched!

Monday, August 18th, 2008

I'm proud to say that we have released Zazengo 2.0. It was a huge endeavor. We've been working around the clock to make this happen, but we are more than excited with the results. We have given the site a complete new redesign, coupled with improved functionality. What can I show you? ...

Release: Create, Edit and Delete Impact, Improved Events and More

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Wow...time sure flies when you're having fun, and in our case, working hard too! Over the weekend we released a few changes, which we're excited to announce. First off, creating impact is core to what we do here on Zazengo. Now, it's easier than ever to enter an impact. We've added ...

My First Experience - Using Reusable Bags

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

I did it. I made the big change. Instead of using brown paper bags and especially those flimsy, clog the ocean, plastic bags - I'm now using reusable bags. While in Atlanta at the 2008 National Conference on Volunteering and Service I picked up a four "Brown bag it" bags from ...

National Conference on Service and Volunteering

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

We've got a booth set up in the exhibit area at the conference. Come by and see us if you are participating at the conference. Today Points of Light Institute and Hands On Network new branding was launched at the kickoff. I've been involved with Hands On over the past couple ...

Improved Zazengo Navigation

Monday, May 19th, 2008

I'm happy to announce that we went live with a new site release last night. The biggest new feature is much simpler navigation. For a while, we've known our navigation has needed some work, and we've put our heads together to improve things. The headline? Our top level navigation has changed -- ...

Release: Impact Entry, Help and Other Updates

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Hello Zazengoers! Wanted to quickly introduce myself - I'm Cameron Booth, the Development Lead for Zazengo, managing our small band of merry Ruby on Rails programmers as we build out the Zazengo site. Today I'm happy to give you some insight the new features we released recently. It's exciting to see our ...

Zazengo Features

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Version 1.0 of Zazengo focuses on tools for self-organizing and basic impact tracking. When you create a project you have at your fingertips, events, discussions, action items, stories, teammates and an invite and messaging system. You can create events and invite people to attend and see who’s confirmed. With the action items feature ...

Zazengo: The Quickest Path to Action

Monday, April 28th, 2008

The idea for this platform has been brewing for a few years and finally, market timing helped it get pushed into action. The three main reasons for building Zazengo stem from my learning about engagement strategies, the need for a common platform for the social sector and thirdly, the creation a ...