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Thoughts on the Future of Open Source and Nonprofits

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Based on my informal assessment of attitudes and interest in the NTEN community about open source software, I think there's a significant and growing number of folks and organizations who are either interested in, already using, or even evangelizing open source solutions. Current Trends.

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The search for good web conferencing, take 2

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing, take 2 January 31, 2008 Back in August, I did a review of web conferencing tools, with a decidedly unusual slant – as a presenter, I had to be able to share my Linux desktop.

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The search for good web conferencing

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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How To: Put Technology to Use (November 2008)

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Your guide to the resources that will help you put technology to work for your cause. You've also got your step-by-step guides, from buttons to headers to sites templates. Of course, to follow all this advice, you need to know your way around PhotoShop (or its open source equivalent, the GIMP). Write for the Web.

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Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

A Girl’s Guide to Managing Projects has a nice post about what Project Managers do all day, anyway. Amy Kinkaid, of Fundraising Breakthroughs , has some great advice about asking for money without shame. Generative Transformation talks about what leadership is , and means – particularly that it means self-awareness. Be Helpful.

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Christian Kreutz, Web 2.0 for Development Blogger, is in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam Now. Cambodian Education System Changes To OpenSource Software!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There was also a more technical guide but I cannot find it right now. The new textbook teaches the use of Khmer language Free and Open Source applications, such as OpenOffice, Mekhala (Firefox) and Moyura (Thunderbird), which have been fully translated to Khmer language (Cambodian).

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NpTech Tag Summary: Penguin Day in New Orleans, Fondling the Tools, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008. Michelle Murrain is doing a post about 100 free and open source software tools. There's also the DiSo Project , an umbrella for a group of open source implementations of distributed social networking concepts. Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge !

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