Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

What we do: Benetech's Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) develops database software, data collection strategies, and statistical techniques to measure human rights atrocities. Data archeology: recover data from ancient files in odd formats. Please use open file formats (PDF is fine).

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NTEN

JANUARY 8, 2013

Read the complete issue on "Collaboration" when you subscribe to the journal for free! There are many sites that allow you to upload data, as well as download other data, for free. Please let us know in the comments below. GuideStar: GuideStar gathers and publicizes information about nonprofit organizations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 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 #6: Joomla! 5 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Leo Germani 01.30.08 It will take some time and effort to get a site up, but that’s standard for any website.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Common tasks that phonathon software handles include: Managing and updating your donor database. For matching-gift-related segmentation, you’ll be enacting a three-point process: First, pre-screen your file for matching gift eligibility. Second, append relevant information to your file. 145+ Amazing and Free Fundraising Ideas.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

There are any number of ways that nonprofits keep track of projects: manilla folders, email, databases, and, if you’re like me, often notebooks and sticky notes. File sharing (upload and share a variety of files with team members and others). Integrate File Sharing with Team Communication.

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Judi Sohn

OCTOBER 29, 2010

They understand what nonprofits of all shapes and sizes need and want in a database, and I think they're making really intelligent decisions about how to implement it in the Salesforce ecosystem. Please feel free to add your own tips in the comments. You get an email once a week with a link to download a.zip file.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Many nonprofits have Linux file servers in their back offices. So next year, I’ll be doing 100 posts on particular free and open source tools. 1 trackback } Free and open source tool #1: Thunderbird » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 01.03.08 This was to appease the European Commission.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

I wrote an article on OpenOffice.org for LASA’s knowledgebase, and I wrote another one on Base specifically (Base is the database component to OOo, new in 2.0, I happen to think that unless an organization has deeply invested in developing custom Access databases, there aren’t too many reasons left not to switch to OpenOffice.org.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Several museums around the world have worked hard to make their data accessible by providing free access to datasets, applying Creative Commons licenses to digital content, or creating APIs (application programming interfaces) that allow programmers to build their own software on the museum''s data. What can you do with these.JSON files?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 18, 2007

Technorati Tags: microsoft , web2.0 { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Scott Wells 04.18.07 at 6:14 am Thanks for the comment. Opening whatever you throw at it: say “open&# , find a file, and Excel will at least try to open it. OOo Calc will open your txt files in OOo Writer no matter what they contain.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

GuideStar.org is an online database of verified legal nonprofits that helps empower online fundraising campaigns for more than a million IRS-recognized nonprofits. If your nonprofit is a legal 501(c)(3), then it has a profile in the GuideStar database, and consequently on Network for Good, JustGive.org, Facebook Causes, and Crowdrise as well.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

ReadyTalk is proprietary and not free (as in beer). WebHuddle is free, and open source. 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Jonathan Trenn 01.31.08 Also we offer free training of the tool and will work with you to make sure whatever you are trying to accomplish will be able to get done and look good.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

They work by matching your database with Facebook, creating a custom audience. Then click the “Create Audience” drop-down and select “Customer File.” CSV file or MailChimp list to import. Let us know which strategy you plan on using by leaving a comment down below! Related Post.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2013

You'll find a catalog of both free and paid apps that work with one or multiple programs in the core Office suite. This app uses the cloud to constantly refresh its database of words so you have the latest definitions and spellings available. Share your favorite apps in the comments below. Apps for Office.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

This theoretically frees up millions of offices from having their own local area networks with servers and IT staffs to run them. We use ActionKit mainly for online advocacy and fundraising but we also use it to manage our supporter database, email blasts, and donations. For file sharing we use Box.net.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

Follow a simple risk assessment methodology to deal with this issue: Inventory places in your organization with PII (Personally Identifying Information); check both electronic files/database and physical files as most regulations require compliance for both forms of information.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 16, 2024

The list is far from exhaustive – please comment to add your own! Setup basic or advanced membership types, create a membership database, send targeted member emails and surveys, sync email lists, and more. Either way, organizational turnover is no longer going to pose an issue for upkeep on your website.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

This theoretically frees up millions of offices from having their own local area networks with servers and IT staffs to run them. We use ActionKit mainly for online advocacy and fundraising but we also use it to manage our supporter database, email blasts, and donations. For file sharing we use Box.net.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

Nell will be responding to comments on this blog and can also be reached here. We’re building new cataloging software that we eventually hope to provide free of charge to jumpstart other collections. Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2021

There are both free and paid accounts, and it’s a good idea to require everyone at your organization to use one. Especially with email, financial accounts, document management and database applications, and linked accounts, such as Facebook. It’s common for hackers to spoof fake public free wifi.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 23, 2007

So I’ve been thinking a lot about the role of free and open source software in environmentally sustainable computing. And older computers running Linux make very handy single (or even multiple) purpose servers – file servers, backup servers, dhcp servers, routers and firewalls, print servers, etc. Just visit [link].

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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. I’ve been caught using the “free as in kittens&# metaphor many more times than once.

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John Kenyon

JUNE 25, 2019

The code above results in what you see below: Facts 18,000 extensions and over 14,000 free design templates. The code above results in what you see below: Facts 18,000 extensions and over 14,000 free design templates. That said, the barrier to entry for some dynamic functions (such as database lookups, logins, dashboards, etc.)

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2014

He also maintains Tech Impact’s internal database. I’d like to see email, file sharing, accounting, and other standard collaboration tools in the cloud and well supported. These organizations will have legacy systems that do not have a good cloud-based alternative – typically a mission critical database.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

But most importantly, we love these sessions to be interactive, so please do chat in your questions and comments. You can even do grant tracking in the database, which is germane to this presentation. ” Maybe you have a completely different question about grants, which you can feel free to throw in the chat at any point.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

The number of low-cost or free online resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, to be alerted of new low-cost or free resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech for Good 2.0 e-Newsletter [see right column]. e-Newsletter [see right column]. Zeen :: zeen.com.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2011

She asked me to comment on a bunch of issues around Bookshare, and we prepared the comments below. If the specific textbook is in the NIMAC, but not yet in the Bookshare library, an authorized user of the NIMAC must request for that textbook be assigned to Bookshare to be converted into a student-ready file.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 16, 2011

Employees at your organization are using IM, Skype, social networks, and collaborative file and note sharing tools to communicate and exchange information and do their jobs. The cool thing about Chatter is that it’s free and you don’t need to be a Salesforce user to take advantage of it for your organization.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Most importantly, I know a lot of you have already done this, but please feel free to chat in your questions and comments. They do really, really good work for their clients, and they’ve also got a ton of free resources. So if you only do NCOA on your file one time a year, you could be missing nine months of moves.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Quality matters, of course, but the shear quantity and frequency of communications that most organizations seek to produce has increased dramatically -- whether its blogs, tweets, commenting, web site updates, collaborations, cross posting, press releases, or good old print brochures. Have a centralized file system to store media.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Quality matters, of course, but the shear quantity and frequency of communications that most organizations seek to produce has increased dramatically -- whether its blogs, tweets, commenting, web site updates, collaborations, cross posting, press releases, or good old print brochures. Have a centralized file system to store media.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 6, 2017

One of the main reasons you should get serious about influencer marketing is because you have supporters in your database who could be extending the reach of your campaign to hundreds or thousands of new supporters. FREE REPORT: Find Your Top Influencers. Media (blogger) Influencer. Top Influencers Resources.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

Most products have had barcodes on them for years that feed information in to inventory databases and also collect data on consumer buying habits. There are now free web tools out there, like visua.ly , info.gram , and Pearltrees. An example of this is the superb open-source freeware database developed by Benetech.

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