Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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Open Source vs. Proprietary: Web Server Software

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Proprietary Unix, and Microsoft Windows, and associated Microsoft Software. The current version of MS Server in use is Server 2008. On top of proprietary UNIX, people will generally run associated open source server software for web, database and development frameworks. On the proprietary side, there are two options.

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Economically, open looks better than closed

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Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Platforms break open!

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Convio’s APIs and Extensions are free, but the Database connectors have consulting costs associated with them, and that makes sense to me. Extensions also include the pantheon of Web 2.0 gods: Flickr, RSS, Google, etc. Bottom line: Kintera takes some important steps to open up their application.

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Speaking too soon

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I had a hard time being a successful business owner with employees (I pretty much suck at it, so I hitched my wagon to Database Designs Associates from 2003 until this year.) I stumbled a fair bit along the way. And I struggled mightily with my own capacity to build really good applications mostly without other developers to help out.

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Integration of CRM and CMS

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We’re an association, so our membership list and directory, a resource directory of vendors and providers to our sector, and lots of member services and programs are all integrated into Drupal via the Salesforce API. <a Actually Drupal/CiviCRM was going to be my first follow up post! 6 Thomas Taylor 01.16.09

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The search for good web conferencing

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Through our Partnership with the National Council of Nonprofit Associations, many nonprofits have access to rates as low as $.06 Some organizations who were not already members of NCNA have even joined their State Associations in order to gain access to these rates. 06 per person per minute for audio conferencing and $.10

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Free software and sustainable computing

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at 9:27 pm I run Mozilla products because they are free, saving my association some cash they can then spend to send me to ASAE 2 Amber 08.24.07 There will be some much more detailed information that will help make it easier to figure out if it is right for you. { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Mark Bledsoe 08.23.07

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