Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 29, 2009

If used correctly, #hashtags can be very useful to nonprofits on Twitter. The problem is that there so many hashtags floating around on Twitter, that’s it tough to keep track of which hashtags work best and reach the most individuals. CharityTuesday : This hashtag is very popular on Twitter, but people use it in different ways.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

2d Code is a must read for the early adopters. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Twitter Mosaic :: sxoop.com/twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2009

"OpenMRS® is a community-developed, open-source, enterprise electronic medical record system framework. " OpenMRS - OpenMRS - Such a great group doing great work. Check them out if you are interested in new technologies breaking down walls in the world of health. "OpenMRS®

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 5, 2009

In the realm of things in my life that this blog is meant to cover, I have two passions: data, and moving data around, and open source software. I’ll always be talking about open source software, particularly as it relates to web applications, but more generally as well.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

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). – "Despite the enormous popularity of peer-to-peer social networking, the adoption cycle for branded online communities has been relatively slow.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

In talking with organizations that are using it – adoption issues for staff seem to be fairly minimal (my partner, a non-techie writer, uses it everyday, with no complaints.) IBM’s reputation is bound to help increase adoption of OpenOffice.org. Outside of the US, OpenOffice.org adoption is growing fast. Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Twitter and Facebook, but with Skype Out, Email Rules A few nptech bloggers are experimenting with Twitter and seeing some of the benefits. Holly Ross, after her 21-day experiment, now says she's an addict and others are trying to like twitter. All part of the Twitter cycle of adoption ! million users.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

Tendenci Released as Open Source by Schipul. Schipul, a web marketing agency based in Houston, Texas, announced yesterday during the 2012 South by Southwest Interactive festival that Tendenci, a content management system (CMS) will be released as an open source solution. This topic was especially relevant…. I've been….

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2007

I’ve now seen two posts (one from David Gielhufe , and one from Lobo of CiviCRM ) suggesting that I dismissed the extremely positive results for the open source CRM tools (particularly CiviCRM) because the sample wasn’t large, or representative of the sector. To my mind, it bodes well for the open source tools.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 15, 2007

One of the biggest issues for nonprofits in terms of adoption of Linux has been the lack of availability of ready-for-primetime applications like accounting. at 7:28 am There is now an open source competitor to Quickbooks. Well, OK, they aren’t really jumping, but putting their toe in the water in the Linux server realm.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2008

I look forward to the growth of this community, and the ongoing development of the MPower solution as an open source alternative CRM for nonprofit organizations. “I I look forward to the growth of this community, and the ongoing development of the MPower solution as an open source alternative CRM for nonprofit organizations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 5, 2008

I’m a fantastic book learner, which means I’m a great blog/twitter learner, too. On the other hand, the day to day reality of nonprofits is that they AREN’T generally ready to adopt more cutting edge technologies. In some ways, I have been blessed with the gift of osmosis. 3 Erin McMahon 08.08.08 Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Office Open XML is Microsoft’s XML-based file format which is now native in Office 2007. Instead of adopting the already ISO approved Open Document format, it attempted to get through ISO a standard that, among other things, depends too much on non-standard, non-publicly available legacy file formats. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

Open source champion Brian Behlendorf spoke at the event, encouraging the hackers to focus on finding an interesting problem to solve rather than worrying about building a sustainable model. The concept is that people can tweet the @bicyclerack Twitter account.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Basically, if the more social network sites that adopt OpenSocial, the more open the whole thing gets. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. = Open Data » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 11.08.07 Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 18, 2007

What I’d really like to see though is a true, enthusiastic Open Source community get behind a “better&# spreadsheet for its own sake, not for the sake of copying Office. Phil: I agree – with time and effort, OO or any open source spreadsheet could out Excel Excel. Maybe WikiCalc is the way to go.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

While young people and early adopters increasingly turn to the social Web not only to socialize but to communicate, explore new ideas and share new experiences, nonprofits and social change organizations are still generally stuck in the top-down, one-way world of Web 1.0. Hope you'll pay us a visit and follow us on Twitter !

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

The more curmudgeonly social networking users get, the less likely they are to adopt new social networks. I imagine they won’t love the fact that I am this close to opting out of the whole social network experiment altogether until it’s truly open 3 claudia 10.04.07 It means lock-in that they don’t have to build.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Forum One created all of the site's branding elements, developed the site's information architecture, designed its visual look, and built the site using Drupal, a leading open-source content management system. The data and content were provided by policy staff at the University of Wisconsin with support from Burness Communications.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

If we adopt, in whole, or in part, the metaphors of the corporate world, whose basic fundamental goal is making a profit, and use it in the nonprofit sector, whose basic fundamental goal is making people’s lives better, does that create a problem or conflict? Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2007

I came upon these three for different reasons, and although I’m not interested in adopting their primary points of view, there were tidbits that were worth the read (or a skim, in one case) in the end. The first book, called “ Made to Stick:Why Some Ideas Survive, and Others Die.&# My way is a simpler lifestyle. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2007

The good thing is that since the business world seems to be moving ahead much more quickly on Linux and FOSS adoption, companies that work in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors are gaining Linux expertise – expertise that nonprofit organizations can benefit from. But I think more is needed. Be Helpful.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

Last March I met Joe Solomon and the Social Actions team through twitter. ″, that focuses on open standards and linking data. Many of us are aware of open source software and open architecture, but open philanthropy doesn’t exist yet. Where did the idea for OpenAction begin?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

It is my not so humble opinion that, like many technologies, simply the presence of them provides pressure for some to adopt them. I’m an early adopter, I know – it’s easy to feel like everyone’s doing it, and maybe I should look into it. Or whatever. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth 09.28.06

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

There are lots of Facebook applications that let you share data with other services--for example, you can link your Twitter account to your Facebook account and update your Facebook status every time you tweet. Much of this could be done on a shoestring, compared to large IT initiatives. Demonstration Projects.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

It’s fairly easy to extrapolate that even with the poorest of clients, we’re seeing web adoption especially as traditional sources of information for job and apartment listings leave print media. You cannot use the digital divide as a fig leaf over open site statistics anymore. That dog won’t hunt.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

It is based on some open source code called Pligg that creates a "digg" like interface. The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. A quick review of the results of Isovera Survey of Open Source Content Management Satisfaction in Nonprofit Organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

So, do check out the Audio/Video Edition of the NGO-in-a-Box which includes a collection of Free and Open Source Software tools. Alexandra Samuel has a great idea for using twitter - provide updates on how you've changed the world! Use the track trends option and set to track "Nptech" for nptech related twitters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

He mentioned that I would be talking about Twitter and quipped."If "If you see me twittering, take me to the back and shoot me." " I did manage to get Internet access on my nokia N95 and couldn't resist Twittering his quip. The corporate sector have adopted it. Mike Seyfang responded.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

2d Code is a must read for the early adopters. A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A must-download for nonprofit Twitterers! This iPhone/iPad app that allows you to easily flip through your favorite news sources and magazines. Based in the U.K.,

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not.

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" The sea-change in nonprofit adoption of APIs has yet to occur. But widgets are just the beginning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

The NOSI Choosing and Using Free and Open Source primer is on the ICT Hub Knowledgebase! Micro Media: Strategy, Tools, and Techniques A few months ago, Jeremiah Owyang coined a term " MicroMedia ," which is the next evolution of micro blogging (think Twitter).

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 11, 2011

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). Are they adopting new methods fast enough to respond to their constituents in the digital age? Can Members of Congress Keep Up with the Digital World?

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Judi Sohn

MAY 29, 2009

Kind of like if Ning , Google Talk , Gmail , Twitter and Facebook got smooshed together into a single open source environment. Early-adopter-types (you know who you are) will talk about it nonstop for a while, and then forget about it until it actually launches. But the reality as I see it?

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