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Open Source for Nonprofits: Programs to Try (Part 2)

Tech Soup

One of the best ways to gauge whether open source would work for your organization is to look at some actual examples. To read about how open-source software might benefit your nonprofit or public library, check out part one of this series. Making the Right Decision About Open-Source Software. spanhidden.

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I Need a Good Lawyer

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re deep believers in the benefits of openness, which means we publish open source software and create open content under Creative Commons licenses. We rely on free licenses to proprietary content and software, and typically get a “Yes!” We serve human rights activists in more than 100 countries.

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8 Great Tools for Private Social Networks and Online Communities: The 2011 Edition

Forum One

Drupal Commons (an open-source variant of Drupal from our friends at Acquia ) is a versatile and complete full-service community platform. It offers a very nice blend of social networking and web content management functionality, and is very customizable. Drupal Commons. It is reliable, scalable, and relatively configurable.

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Eight Great Tools for Private Social Networks and Online Communities - 2011 Edition

Forum One

Drupal Commons (an open-source variant of Drupal from our friends at Acquia ) is a versatile and complete full-service community platform. It offers a very nice blend of social networking and web content management functionality, and is very customizable. Drupal Commons. It is reliable, scalable, and relatively configurable.

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What I Learned About Crime by Mapping It with Tableau

Tech Soup

San Francisco, like many cities embracing the open data movement, has a dedicated data site with all sorts of data available for free for anyone to download and use. However, to view the above information with transit stop data, I needed to blend or overlay additional data. Gathering the Data. Crunching the Numbers.

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Building and Supporting Your Drupal Website: In-House, Outsourced, or Both?

NTEN

Having internal staff who can make some changes quickly certainly comes in handy when unexpected needs pop up - one argument for having a blended model. If you don’t need to guarantee 100% uptime and don’t anticipate high traffic, there are free hosting options such as DreamHost. Ask around and get lots of references! Technophobes?

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PopTech Fellows Program: Reflections

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

PopTech is an amazing blend of people, ideas, and projects. She is a lawyer, activist and blogger , and the co-founder and executive director of Ushahidi, a free, open source, Web mobile-based platform capable of crowd-sourcing, sharing and mapping information in near real time. .

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