Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Dynamics CRM is customer relationship management (CRM) server software that offers tools for storing and analyzing customer records. No additional licenses are needed for these apps. Consultant Recommended. More information on how to pick a consultant can be found on TechSoup's Choosing the Right Consultant page.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

I said in that post: At one level, whether or not the software underneath the SaaS is open source is not relevant. You are not obtaining the software, and whether or not you can see the code, or modify it, is really not the key issue here. And, at the level of most nonprofits choosing software, this is, in fact, correct.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Based on my informal assessment of attitudes and interest in the NTEN community about open source software, I think there's a significant and growing number of folks and organizations who are either interested in, already using, or even evangelizing open source solutions. By Dave Greenberg, CiviCRM Team.

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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, Of course, like all open source software, it is “free as in kittens&# – but this particular kitten is pretty grown up, and already spayed and litter trained.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

They expect to make up the difference in revenue that they got from licenses from services sold to a greater number of organizations that would not have been customers otherwise. I hope that they decide to go with an OSI approved license (they are currently using their own, which is a modification of the Apache license.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 14, 2008

is a microblogging service based on an open source project, Laconica , and all of the updates are copyrighted by a Creative Commons (Attribution) license. You can log in using OpenID. All really great stuff. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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Judi Sohn

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

We’ve been using Salesforce as our primary everything database since mid 2006. Our database is set up based on the old nonprofit best practice of putting individual constituents/donors in a bucket “Individual&# account. Once upgraded, all existing licenses can use the new features. Bugs will be fixed.

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Convio License Contact Model 100

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

This is where fundraising software comes in. Fundraising software is any solution that helps your nonprofit raise funds, build relationships with supporters, and otherwise enhance your donation strategy. We’ll cover these software categories: Donor Management. Best Fundraising Software for Donor Management. Online Giving.

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Software Fundraising Nonprofit Platform 79

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

He manages the organization's website, databases, desktop support, social media, webinars, newsletter, IT network, training, and new program development, including integrating new information technology tools. Samuels describes his work as "developing tools at the intersection of programs and IT.

Tech 68

Tech Impact Sharepoint Open 68

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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. Finally, Organizer’s Database is open source, but written on top of a proprietary platform (Microsoft Access).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2008

2) The customers, as a general rule, check to the open source or open API box on their RFP and then hire the vendor to do the implementation… they just don’t have the technical chops to really dive deep into the software. at 3:59 pm Yeah, I certainly worry about that dynamic with company-led open source software.

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Open Open Source Blogger Press 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

I had a brief conversation by email with Cory Doctorow , a science fiction author who is also a copyleft activist, who releases everything he writes with a CC license. He suggested, basically, find the publisher first, then talk about the license second. If, perchance, you might want to read it, drop me an email.) Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

He manages the organization's website, databases, desktop support, social media, webinars, newsletter, IT network, training, and new program development, including integrating new information technology tools. Samuels describes his work as "developing tools at the intersection of programs and IT.

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Sharepoint National Tech Minneapolis 44

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

More lately, I’ve been working to focusing my advising practice on helping people implement open source software (mostly server-side) in their organizations, providing advice and training. In the beginning, it was lack of software (I first tried this back in 1999), or printer drivers. I stopped at the license agreement.

Ubuntu 100

Ubuntu Open Source Laptop Open 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Can we build a library of OpenSocial applications that have open source licenses? It seems to me that many organizations are going to have very similar needs in terms of kinds of applications. Anyone interested? Maybe this is the use for opensocialorg.org! :-) { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Devdas Bhagat 11.22.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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.) to develop open source software. They have had an active user community, many of which, I imagine, are going elsewhere. Xen comes to mind. Be Helpful.

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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. Why can’t they just focus on making good software? The software will speak for itself (or it won’t.) make functional software).

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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. { Be Helpful.

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Open Source Vlog License PowerPoint 100

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

He manages the organization's website, databases, desktop support, social media, webinars, newsletter, IT network, training, and new program development, including integrating new information technology tools. Samuels describes his work as "developing tools at the intersection of programs and IT.

Tech 36

Tech Impact Sharepoint Open 36

Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

IT consultant Bryan Beaty volunteers at a small nonprofit. Can You Live Without Installed Software? For years, many nonprofits have preferred web-based CRM databases to managing their own CRMs in-house. Photo: slgckgc , CC license They will be able to focus entirely on their mission and essentially ignore technology.

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Web Doc Offline Laptop 64

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 20, 2008

But I’m sure that their services pricing has been adjusted to account for loss of licensing revenue. Without the s/w to install it (and strongly suspecting that doing so just to “check it out&# is a waste of time), I have to believe that their goal here is to get clients to buy services. Which is fine. 2 Tompkins Spann 03.21.08

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NTC News Open Source Convio 111

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

I have had varied problems , from issues of software integration, video problems, wireless issues … The list is getting very long. And, of course, designers need software that just don’t have high enough quality open source alternatives yet. I migrated to making it my primary desktop about a year ago. And, guess what?

Ubuntu 100

Ubuntu Open Source Software Laptop 100

Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

Thieves stole personal data from Equifax, including birthdates, addresses, drivers’ license numbers, and Social Security numbers from 143 million people. At this point, I think it’s important to remind you that you may have in your database the information of people who live in Europe, and you might not even realize it.

Donor 138

Donor Law Data New York 138

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Forms sent go to email, or a separate database, and someone manually enters that data into the CRM. Depending on the CRM, some require additional license fees for forms or APIs. I generally see consulting firms serving the top couple percent of the market using APIs to do interesting edge cases. 12 David Geilhufe 01.27.09

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Integration API Drupal Open Source 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2007

(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. { 1 trackback } Linux Desktop Migration » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 11.16.07 Be Helpful.

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3rd Sector Labs

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Have you recently read an article or attended a webinar where you were told that your data or software had to be in “the cloud”? There’s a reason why a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere came to be used to describe a particular state of data and software. Make sense?

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Organization Software Data Local 130

Forj

MARCH 12, 2021

In the old days of software selection, the biggest decision was often whether companise were going to buy a packaged solution to deploy or build the application by hiring code talent. Now that most software is delivered as a service and interoperability abounds, there are two primary options. Those days are gone now.

Associations 36

Associations Management Application License 36

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.

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Journal Change License Model 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2007

photo by flickr user michale , licensed with CC " BY " I arrived back from the UK only to jump into a car and drive out to Western, MA for a meeting to present an evaluation report I've been working on a for a client. This will make building things out of software legos possible. big three??? More about this later.).

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Convio Software Listserv Model 50

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." And, you can run any windows software you want on it, at either native speed, or a bit slower in emulation.

Technology 100

Technology Ubuntu Open Source License 100

Pamela Grow

JANUARY 14, 2021

Far too many of them will view this as a license to abandon direct mail. Don’t expect to bring in a consultant for a 1-hour training and slack off the rest of the year. Clay Buck notes that a database audit takes a deep dive into all the data in your database and looks at it objectively. The research is clear.

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Culture Nonprofit Gift Donor 82