Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Ideas for Change in America is a citizen-driven project that aims to identify and. Ben Rattray, Change.Org's founder, describes it as - "to create an open-sourced advocacy platform that identifies and then mobilizes resources around the best ideas for how to change the country." More details on the FAQ.

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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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

The other vendors either supply their paying customers with APIs, or, in the case of civicspace, the APIs are, well, free and open, like everything else about open source. From his perspective (and mine, too) one of the big issues (as he put it, the elephant in the room) is how open APIs impacts the business model of vendors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

Open Source Feminism - Click to Play. Penguin Day is a day-long workshop for nonprofit organizations to explore the range of issues and options inovlved in using Free and Open Source Software. A group dialogue followed allowing people to articulate why they felt one way or other. Penguin Days.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The “Open Source Software is Free&# myth July 14, 2008 I had a startling realization a few days ago. No one would think that anyone thought that implementing open source software was without cost.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 13, 2012

Our team articulately expressed direct, succinct truths that required no editing. This President’s Update isn’t about our latest news, not about our newest projects or accomplishments. We’re not about completing a process, studying a problem, or conducting a pilot project as an end point. They just worked!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Last week I summarized Allison Fine's articulate rant about the Gates Foundation. The " OpenItUp " blog shares a list of commonly used excuses for not using open source as heard during the recent LASA UK Circuit Rider Conference. Live Blogging Conferences. You can listen to a podcast of his remarks here.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Taking part in Giving Tuesday can mean many different things—from participating in an organized service project to donating to a nonprofit to smiling at a stranger. Additionally, it’s important to articulate your goal in your marketing plan so you can communicate your goal to your donors through social media posts and your donation page. (

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AUGUST 12, 2021

When it comes to authoring original eLearning courses for your association’s members, there are generally two paths forward: Purchase course authoring software and tackle the project internally. For more robust courses, it’s likely that the scale of the project outpaces the expertise of your team.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

So acknowledging that this was a big issue, Gemma Bulos , who is the woman who really led this project, identified the project and called upon the Global Network to help her find the right trainer to help her find the resources and set up the training in a way that would really be powerful. We know this.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

As I move out of doing implementation, and into more evaluation, planning and facilitation of technology change within organizations, I wanted to spend some time articulating what I have tried my best to practice when I’ve been in a place of providing technology support. All technology providers have to deal at some level with support.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

He lays out some interesting concepts, things I’d been aware of, but not really studied enough to articulate. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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