Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source. at 6:45 pm » SaaS vs. Open Source » Audio Books 10.07.08

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JULY 6, 2008

What’s kind of funny is that I was quoted on the press release , which was out 3 weeks ago or so, but it’s taken me this long to blog it. Bad Blogger! (I I think my clients thank me for being a bad blogger.) So what’s the news? MPower Open is now on Sourceforge , they released their product under the GPL v3.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Can we build a library of OpenSocial applications that have open source licenses? Data silos are bad, as mentioned in the quote on Beth’s blog. It seems to me that many organizations are going to have very similar needs in terms of kinds of applications. Anyone interested? 2 admin 11.22.07

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DECEMBER 12, 2007

The three others are Democracy in Action , which is a SaaS that is open source, CitySoft says it’s open source, but I don’t know whether it is through an OSI approved license (since they don’t say. 3 trackbacks } Product Blogs » Blog Archive » CiviCRM comes out on top in NTEN Survey 12.14.07

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MARCH 20, 2008

They also launched their blog. But I’m sure that their services pricing has been adjusted to account for loss of licensing revenue. at 5:38 pm I just found this very interesting blog entry about MPower , which I found via a comment on Alan Benamer’s blog. There will be penguins!! Which is fine.

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MARCH 14, 2012

Back in 2010, NPower Northwest' s Shawn Michael wrote a blog post outlining what you can use Microsoft Dynamics CRM for in a nonprofit (or library) environment. " This blog post was created in tandem with a webinar about Microsoft Dynamics CRM.

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OCTOBER 4, 2007

In fact, pretty much every open source project that has gone commercial, or had a change in license, caused a fork, pretty much killing the original (like Mambo, or XFree86.) They have had an active user community, many of which, I imagine, are going elsewhere.

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JULY 21, 2010

Our community of nonprofit and library professionals sure does want to know more about Office 2010! We've had overwhelming demand to attend the upcoming Office 2010 webinar we're co-producing with Microsoft next week. Unfortunately, it is filled to the brim but don't worry if you didn't get a spot!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

I stopped at the license agreement. I might regret hosing the recovery media w/o getting them on CD later, but I hope not – I was in a purist mood – I would have had to have agreed to the license agreement for Vista and activated the product in order to burn the media, and I wasn’t about to do that.) It booted fine.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 20, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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MARCH 17, 2010

The 2nd Annual International Fundraising eConference is coming up May 11-13, and simply because you're reading this blog, you qualify for 25% off. > Register for the 2010 IFC Online here. That's right: the registration fee is for a site license, so your entire staff can attend. "Why should I attend", you ask?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 18, 2005

There is a new, interesting project under Creative Commons license. It looks pretty amazing – and a great testament to what open source licensing can do for creative work. { It looks pretty amazing – and a great testament to what open source licensing can do for creative work. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 18, 2007

Just threatening to sue, threatening to get license fees (which, for some open source projects would be a major problem) is enough to make people doubt the future of open source. It’s “Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt&# all over again. Of course, the 800 pound gorilla doesn’t actually have to sue anyone.

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MAY 1, 2007

Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment Katrin Ahem, she will – if you do what ourmedia does and license Creative Commons 11 May 2007 Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits. Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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APRIL 2, 2013

The on-premises version of Lync requires server licensing for the back-end infrastructure, client licensing that goes on the individual PCs, and different types of CALs (client access licenses) depending on the number of functions the Lync 2013 architecture has. Lync Server fits on top of Windows Server environments.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Credit: Awesome artwork by Faith Goble used from Flickr on a Creative Commons license. The deadline is this Sunday February 28, 2010, 12 midnight PST. We will then ask for some contact info and for the URLs of all your current social media properties (Twitter, Facebok, Blogs, etc.). Less of an agency and more of a change agent.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Unlike the others, that are released under varied open source licenses, the code for SQLite is public domain. SQLite – a small footprint C library that implements an ACID compliant DB engine. It has a command-line tool, and it is possible to use C/C++ and Tcl for database access.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Unlike the others, that are released under varied open source licenses, the code for SQLite is public domain. SQLite – a small footprint C library that implements an ACID compliant DB engine. It has a command-line tool, and it is possible to use C/C++ and Tcl for database access.

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JUNE 24, 2008

If you’ve read this blog for a while, you’ve heard my various sagas around using Linux on the desktop. at 1:19 pm ToTehMoon Blog Part » OpenOffice.org Big Winner in SourceForge Contest 07.29.08 Although they weren’t doing it when I made the purchase, Dell is now including licensed DVD playback software.

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AUGUST 9, 2007

The Red Cross has made a move in recent years that threaten the business interests of Johnson & Johnson by licensing the symbol to companies that make consumer medical products. Their move into licensing reminds me of AARP, an organization with a massive for-profit subsidiary. I am not sure that’s the case here.

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DECEMBER 22, 2009

social media, finance, licensing) Based on your input, we're thinking about holding an in-person retreat and an online event in Fall 2010. Genevieve, who won a half hour of blog coaching with Britt. We'll keep you posted as things evolve. Jan, who won a copy of the Right Brain Business Plan e-Book by Jennifer.

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MARCH 27, 2012

We just launched a new and more interactive News and Insights feature on our website, which is a blog-style news hub with content from Irvine staff that spotlights their work, the work of our grantees, and other interesting trends in California and the broader philanthropic community. driven grants management.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2007

It is a rock-solid distribution with what is arguably the best package management system. Ubuntu is based on Debian). It has a vibrant user community. Debian is the favorite of most serious Linux geeks. And, luckily, once you’ve learned some Linux, supporting other distributions isn’t such a big deal. {

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2013

While working at this nonprofit, I learned about Salesforce Foundation and their philanthropic model that allowed us to receive 10 free licenses, the ball started rolling. There awer too many systems. It doid not support their mission. We migrated from Excel to Salesforce and doubled our income from donations within 12 months.

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JUNE 5, 2010

I'm much rather post something in a blog than go through a formal sending of a snail mail letter! The FCC just did a series of four blog posts asking for feedback on their new accessibility plans. Comments on the FCC's Accessibility Plans (June 2010) My main recommendation to the FCC is to be more ambitious about accessibility.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Depending on the CRM, some require additional license fees for forms or APIs. at 10:17 pm Hi all, We’ve developed XLsuite which combines CRM with CMS and includes things like blogs and forums. Some take internal staff resources (especially the Manual strategy.) Others take developer resources (especially the Integration strategy.)

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

In 2010, TechSoup's GreenTech initiative held a travel reduction campaign that we called our TeleGreen Your Work. This updated blog post from the campaign explores some ways to increase online collaboration and also reduce travel and work efficiency. plus $2 per user license. The most famous wiki is of course Wikipedia.

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MARCH 10, 2010

Note: As we prepare for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. What's the most important trend in nonprofit technology for 2010? Where can people follow you online (twitter, blog, etc.)? Blog: [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Photo by Pratham Books: Snapshots from Bookaroo 2010 : Children's Literature Festival. Subsequently, I invited Gautam John who works with Pratham Books to write a guest post about their social publishing strategy where he briefly touched upon their use of Creative Commons licenses. Creative Commons to the rescue.

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AUGUST 23, 2011

Creative Commons Licensed Photo from Flickr by United Nations Photo. The Blue Key site was only launched in December 2010, and its social/digital aspects were relatively new, so there was not a lot of data to base KPIs on. Considered one of “25 women that rock social media,” she blogs at Waxing UnLyrical. Why important?

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DECEMBER 23, 2005

Maybe in 2010 well both switch! It was a little annoying to learn that 64-bit virus protection option from Norton was the corporate version with a minimum license purchase being a ten-pack at $50 per license. However, got a tip that they might approve a one-license purchase and to call about it (1-800-721-3934).

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MARCH 30, 2015

Both laptops come preloaded with Microsoft Office 2010, a Windows operating system, and Microsoft Security Essentials. All three winning stories will also be published on the TechSoup.org blog, and will be promoted in our By The Cup and New Product Alert newsletters, as well as our Twitter and Facebook channels. (c) iPad 2 from CDI.

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MARCH 30, 2015

Both laptops come preloaded with Microsoft Office 2010, a Windows operating system, and Microsoft Security Essentials. All three winning stories will also be published on the TechSoup.org blog, and will be promoted in our By The Cup and New Product Alert newsletters, as well as our Twitter and Facebook channels. (c) iPad 2 from CDI.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

It’s peer reviewed (good), but it’s got a rather restrictive license, and the content is not freely available. The licenses are as follows: Personal License: If you have purchased a copy/subscription to the Journal with a personal license, this means that it is for your personal use. Below is his response.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2012

In this blog post, I'll compare costs and energy usage for a WMS setup versus a conventional setup in which every user has a laptop or desktop computer. Long story short, though, WMS saves licensing costs because it doesn’t require putting Windows on each client station. Each station needs its own full license.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 23, 2010

Prior to his PhD, he worked as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in community health, adolescent residential treatment, and a faith-based organization. (I What’s ahead for you in 2010? As a ClientTrack team, we are looking forward to 2010 and the opportunities to again link arms with nonprofits everywhere to make a difference.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Also, for you Windows types, here is a plain english interpretation of the Windows Vista EULA (End User License Agreement.) How about this one: " You may not work around any technical limitations in the software." " What else is it that us geeks do? This sounds quite different than the activation issue.

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