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Economically, open looks better than closed

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Here’s a tidbit of a Infoworld report about the study: By one measure — “value added,&# which the report defines as “an industry’s gross output minus its purchased intermediate inputs&# — the fair use economy is greater than the copyright economy. economy by copyright industries amounts to $1.3

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Some Thinking Outloud About Open Content for Nonprofits and Penguin Day Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This year, I'm staying in on for Penguin Day and am facilitating sesion on Open Content and Nonprofits. While there is much discussion about the promise of "Open Source" software, there is arguably more promise and potential in creation and utilization of "Open Content" for nonprofit needs.

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

There are 5 elements key to an effective transfer or exchange of knowledge, the report suggests: Audience, Message, Method, Messenger, and Evaluation: Audience. in combination with the other delivery methods tailored to your particular audience and message, such as reports, newsletters, fact sheets, etc., both electronic and print.

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Tools Galore in Online Communications - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. May 15, 2009 | Anne Dougherty Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Its also a good idea to use a content management system to manage your websites content and updates, like Wordpress , Joomla , and Squarespace. Email is a critical channel.

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What Nonprofit Digital Marketers Need To Watch in 2024

Whole Whale

Reports from Edelman Trust Survey showing alarming trend for nonprofits. – Whole Whale Regulations may come for AI and change how these tools evolve but won’t put the genie back in the bottle thanks to open source models. Recent NY Times copyright lawsuit will be watched closely.

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111 Low-Cost or Free OnlineTools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Live-streaming is ideal for reporting live from conferences, fundraisers, and protests. Ideal for publishing interactive digital flyers, brochures or annual reports, Simplebooklet is hosted in the cloud thus any edits are automatically changed everywhere your booklet has been published. report back from Wimbledon. Present.me.

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100 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Cinchcast is ideal for nonprofits that are advancing their communications into real-time reporting while on location from fundraisers, conferences, protests, etc. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. report back from Wimbledon. Present.me.

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