Wild Apricot

MAY 27, 2009

About Wild Apricot Software Wild Apricot is all-in-one web software for associations and non-profits. It helps you with the 'boring stuff' such as managing contact records, membership renewals, payments, website updates, event registrations, mass emails and other communications.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2009

About Wild Apricot Software The Wild Apricot blog provides technology advice for small non-profits. Many blog subscribers are also Wild Apricot software clients — so we publish monthly updates about our software.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 25, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What software freedom means to me June 25, 2008 I got some interesting comments on the last post about Linux desktops. The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs (freedom 1).

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Wild Apricot software news for February 2010 The first half of January was slow as most of our developers were taking some well-earned time off. (We We did have to deal with a small bump — a number of clients experienced problems with the link tracking function, so we were hunting down the cause.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

From our colleagues at the United Way of America, an update on 2009 Call Volume: 2-1-1 call centers across the country have completed their annual survey of call traffic. In 2009, these calls totaled more than 16 million calls across America. This is an increase of 13% in call volume over 2008.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

From the Foundation Center’s RFP bulletin: The Tides Foundation Invites Nominations for Award Honoring Open Source Software Developers Who Add Value to Nonprofit Sector. Deadline: March 2, 2009. The Tides Foundation is accepting nominations for the $10,000 Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest.

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Wild Apricot

JANUARY 27, 2009

About Wild Apricot Software The Wild Apricot blog provides technology advice for small non-profits. Many blog subscribers are also Wild Apricot software clients — so we publish monthly updates about our software.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 29, 2009

released on December 14th Version 3.3 was successfully published on December 14th — see release history page for detailed information [link] This version included many new features, including a substantial revision of the member directory.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

How do you go about finding out whether it’s the right software, and whether the project has a healthy community, since you don’t want to adopt a project that doesn’t? Or you’re just curious about projects you’ve heard about. Check out the website. Be Helpful.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Wild Apricot version 3.2 was released on October 1st, as planned. We have since patched a couple of minor problems, but all in all it has been the smoothest version release at least in the last 12 months. My personal thanks to our developers and testers!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2012

Donations from this program allow one user to access Adobe software training videos on lynda.com for three months. New to TechSoup — the Adobe Foundation's Nonprofit Training Program provides a series of donated online training courses for Dreamweaver, InDesign, or Photoshop to nonprofit staff. Online Training Products.

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JANUARY 14, 2009

Gather with folks and spend an exciting day peer-sharing about free and open source software in nonprofit organizations. So, a few things to say about what I’m looking forward to from April 25th to April 30th: April 25: Penguin Day SF ! It’s happening the day before NTC this year, not the day after. April 26-28: NTC.

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MARCH 2, 2009

Well, time to get out your most awesomely-designed (yes, I did type MOST awesomely-designed) campaign materials and enter the 2009 Adobe Show Your Impact Nonprofit Design Contest ! Contest Timeline: Submit your entries between April 1 and April 15, 2009 (submissions must be in by midnight Pacific on the 15).

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

From the Foundation Center's RFP bulletin: The Tides Foundation Invites Nominations for Award Honoring Open Source Software Developers Who Add Value to Nonprofit Sector. Deadline: March 2, 2009. The Tides Foundation is accepting nominations for the $10,000 Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 26, 2022

In fact, the first spell checker software was created in 1971 at MIT by Ralph Gorin ( Ralph Gorin, talk, gold medal for spell checker – The History of Artificial Intelligence – Spotlight at Stanford ), but they were only available to people who had access to expensive mainframe computers. Quick History of Spell Checks.

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MAY 4, 2009

In the case of Daniel Ben-Horin, the 2009 recipient and co-CEO of Techsoup Global , it's both. Everyone who works in our field owes him a debt of gratitude for revolutionizing how we get and share software and information. The 2009 award was presented to the American Red Cross. Four great videos came out on top.

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JANUARY 29, 2009

Idealware's timely article, " Selecting Software on a Shoestring ". And our new Sprout-built fundraising widget could help as many as 57 people attend the 2009 NTC. The SpamTrap , "an interactive installation piece that prints, shreds and blacklists spam email". That's gotta feel good.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Here are 19 free online training opportunities of interest to associations, charities, and other not-for-profit organizations -- on topics from software and social media, to management, fundraising, and more.( Last month's list of free webinars for nonprofits was so well received, we're doing it again! read more ).

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APRIL 30, 2021

Capabilities that were not provided by their previous volunteer management software. SAMU started out as an organization providing support to Grant MacEwan College, which in 2009, due to tremendous growth, became MacEwan University. Prior to investing in VolunteerHub, SAMU used another software solution for managing volunteers.

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

By combining industry best practices such as peer-to-peer fundraising with innovative technologies like Venmo and text-to-donate, Givebutter has become the world’s #1 rated online fundraising platform, according to Capterra, GetApp, G2, and Software Advice FrontRunners. Platform Fee : Free Transaction Fee : 2.9% + $.30 Platform Fee: 2.5%

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2009

3 homefreeorg 11.06.09 at 1:09 pm Thanks so much for the shout out…take a look at the latest article [link] Thanks so much for the support! Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 13, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology If it’s good enough for the Navy … March 13, 2008 In a surprising move, the US Navy will stop buying proprietary hardware and software, and only buy open systems. This could be a watershed moment.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

If you're in the Bay Area November 18-20, come check out Aspiration's 2009 Nonprofit Software Development Summit in Oakland. This is the third time Aspiration has hosted this event, and by the look of the session list , there will be no shortage of great discussions. The conference isn't only for programmers. read more.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

The description: “ Talk with Michelle about internal software systems – document and knowledge management, CRM, client management databases, intranets, etc.&# I volunteered to be the “expert&# in residence for the “Program&# track of Office Hours. So, come join me. Be Helpful.

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JANUARY 29, 2009

If you know someone who’s been toiling in the open source vineyards, developing software that’s helping nonprofits succeed, check out the Tides Foundation Pizzigati Prize , a $10,000 annual award for outstanding contributions to software in the public interest. The application deadline for this year’s prize: March 2nd, 2009.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

That’s an interesting model, and, if the software is decent, sounds like it could be a good option for some organizations. There are some fabulous sessions proposed for the 2009 NTC , running the whole gamut of nonprofit technology, from planning to Web 2.0, No setup fees or anything else. open source, etc. Be Helpful.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Clay Shirky, the author of Here Comes Everyone , wrote in 2009 , “Digital tools don't get socially interesting until they get technologically boring.” Smart tech is about to become boring. . Smart tech is currently best at doing rote tasks.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

I said in that post: At one level, whether or not the software underneath the SaaS is open source is not relevant. You are not obtaining the software, and whether or not you can see the code, or modify it, is really not the key issue here. And, at the level of most nonprofits choosing software, this is, in fact, correct.

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JUNE 11, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits June 11, 2008 The Tides Foundation is accepting applications for the 2008 Antonio Pizzigati prize , a $10,000 annual award for outstanding contributions to software in the public interest. Be Helpful.

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DECEMBER 13, 2007

A ways back, Six Apart promised that it would open source MovableType , their flagship software product, and the software that underlies their TypePad service. So here’s another good option for organizations that want powerful blogging software to use on a generic (read: cheap) hosting environment. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2008

There are multiple threads on multiple sites about problems with the iPhone 3G – clearly, some software fixes need to happen, and the faster they happen, the happier I’ll be. Syncing is way slower than on a regular iPod, and backups can take 1/2 hour, which is absurd. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and Open Source tool #14: SugarCRM March 27, 2008 Since I’ve been covering CRMs for the webinar today, I figured I’d switch categories on my free and open source software list. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Yes, it is open source, and I applaud Google for releasing open source software. I won’t be downloading it, or trying it, even when they release Mac or Linux versions. Why so curmudgeonly you ask? It is open source, after all. And it has some cool features. I am going to have to stop using Chrome. 2 film fan 09.16.08 Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 6, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Another good reason for nonprofits to use FOSS January 6, 2008 This is an amazing example of the kinds of flexibility that is difficult or impossible to get with proprietary software. Be Helpful.

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JUNE 11, 2010

Online Giving Up 14% in 2009, Fund-Raising-Software Firm Finds - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Online Giving Up 14% in 2009, Fund-Raising-Software Firm FindsOnline giving increased 14 percent in 2009, according to the latest index on Web-based fund raising by the software (..)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 3, 2008

I’m looking forward to talking about free and open source software to this audience. { I’m looking forward to talking about free and open source software to this audience. { I’m looking forward to talking about free and open source software to this audience. { Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 9, 2007

1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 10.12.07 at 11:01 am Congratulations! Excellent resource. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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