Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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Open Source vs. Proprietary: Web Server Software

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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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Platforms break open!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Convio’s APIs and Extensions are free, but the Database connectors have consulting costs associated with them, and that makes sense to me. Deliver, don’t just hype - of course, marketing is important, but when the rubber really has to meet the road, be there with more than vaporware. gods: Flickr, RSS, Google, etc.

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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. I generally see consulting firms serving the top couple percent of the market using APIs to do interesting edge cases.

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The search for good web conferencing

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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. Karel Lukas [link] 4 Nancy King-VP Marketing 08.17.07

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