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8 Apps That May (Actually) Change San Francisco

Tech Soup

In San Francisco, sometimes one can feel a bit cynical about the influx of frivolous technology with billion dollar valuations. They designed an open-source mobile browser-based app that allows the user to quickly collect and map data while on the ground. No Place Like Home. The project was created by the St.

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2009 NTC Preview: Laura Quinn on Open Source Content Management

NTEN

Thank goodness we have Laura Quinn, Executive Director at Idealware. I spoke with her about her session at the 2009 NTC , " Comparing Open Source CMSs: Joomla, Drupal, and Plone ", and why CMS seems to be the area where open source has really taken off in the sector: .

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Find an Awesome Nonprofit Tech Training Near You

Tech Soup

San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Seattle, Washington: King County Executive Director Forum. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Kitchener, Ontario: Promoting Open Source. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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Open Data and Civic Hacking

Tech Soup

Here on the TechSoup blog you have heard from an accidental hacker at a hackathon , our Senior Director of Global Data Services formerly from the Ford Foundation , and also our data digests from our colleague at GuideStar International on the power of data. Open Source data NetSquared TechSoup Event apps'

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Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Executive Director, Trellis for Tomorrow. in Environmental Management with a concentration in Water Management, both from the University of San Francisco.

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Highlights from the Salesforce.org Nonprofit Summit

Saleforce Nonprofit

Founder and CEO Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, and director of communications Kirsten Morrison talked about how the organization is using technology to scale their goals, their programs, and their impact. . Marie lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and enjoys hiking and traveling with her husband and two teenagers.

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7 LGBT Tech Projects You Need to Know

Tech Soup

Formed in response to the growing employment and economic barriers that plague the transgender (sometimes called "trans") community, Trans*H4ck is a series of hackathons that bring visibility to trans entrepreneurs and innovators while developing new and useful open-source tech products that benefit the trans community.