Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 21, 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 #16: CiviCRM April 21, 2008 In honor of the webinar that is happening in a couple of weeks, I figured I’d talk a bit about CiviCRM. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 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 #8:XChat February 5, 2008 This is, really a post both about a tool ( XChat ) and about IRC (Internet Relay Chat.) XChat is one of quite a few IRC clients.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 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 #12: Miro February 26, 2008 Miro used to be called “Democracy Player&#. There are channels for everything. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 7, 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 #10: Filezilla February 7, 2008 I decided that most of the tools I’ve been talking about so far (except WordPress and Joomla) are internet clients for one type of protocol or another.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 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 #9 : Pidgin February 5, 2008 While I’m on the subject of chat, I figured I could talk about Pidgin. Pidgin is a multiprotocol IM (Instant Messenger) client.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 24, 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 #5: WordPress January 24, 2008 It seems like a good day to talk about WordPress. Here is yet another amazing free and open source tool getting a lot of good attention.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 4, 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 #2: Limesurvey January 4, 2008 I am in the process of writing a survey for NOSI, which you will hear all about next week. Limesurvey is actually quite powerful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 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 #7: Firefox January 31, 2008 This almost feels like cheating, talking about Firefox. And yes, it would be cheating to make that a separate blog entry!) Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 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 #11: Azureus February 15, 2008 Azureus (now called Azureus Vuze) is the best bittorrent client I have ever used. It’s quite amazing. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 15, 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 #3: Dokuwiki January 15, 2008 I have become a fan, nay, a devotee of DokuWiki. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Gender, Race and Open Source June 29, 2007 My session on Free and Open Source software and the US Social Forum went great yesterday. That speaks volumes to me.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 17, 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 #4: GIMP January 17, 2008 GIMP stands for Gnu Image Manipulation Program. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 17, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tools #1 – #100 January 17, 2008 I just though I’d take a brief pause to explain my criteria for these 100 tools that I’ll be covering this year. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 18, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The power of open source VOIP December 18, 2007 Today seems to be Asterisk day. Asterisk is the open source PBX application that works by using VOIP. And it’s free, too.

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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! For instance, the site you point to get themes is not free (nor as in free beer or speech) Leo,, 2 admin 01.30.08 Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Register now for TechSoup's "Story of an Open Source Library" webinar, this Thursday at 11 a.m. This webinar will cover specific open source tools (some of which you may not have heard of before!) They use thin clients for Internet access and Koha for the circulation and public catalogs. Pacific time.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 16, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology So where is open source in the nptech ecosystem? Another interesting thing was that I wrote an article for TechSoup, on “ The True Cost of Free and Low Cost software.&#

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

These are almost always free to download and try out – this is easier for some projects than others. Send queries to nonprofit tech lists for experiences and information, like nosi-discussion , nten-discuss , riders-tech , and others. Google it – you might find articles and reviews that might be helpful Try it out. Be Helpful.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

If your organization falls in this range, you may be interested in free, discounted, or affordable software solutions to help carry out your strategies while staying within budget. This guide highlights the top affordable and free nonprofit software solutions to turn to for support. These are all reasonable considerations.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 28, 2015

And in recent years, CMSs have been divided into two main categories—the “Open Source” and “Proprietary: systems—because, as is so true on the Internet of today, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. To begin, consider whether you’re prepared to accept a free CMS or one that requires a fee.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How not to treat an open source user community October 4, 2007 I’ve been using activeCollab for a few months now. They also have a free version, I started with this one, than upgraded.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 26, 2013

On August 1, 2013, I testified before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet on the subject “ Innovation in America: The Role of Technology.” We don’t create solutions from scratch: our innovation is adapting existing raw technology to meet the needs of the users in the social sector.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 10, 2007

They suspected they could significantly increase their visability by posting content for free on the internet - but this would destroy their sustainability. Independent Software Vendors (ISV's) have been wrestling with this for years, as the success of the Open Source movement places a downward pressure on the value of software.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

He's over in Thailand now, but was glad to see he had Internet access - looks like free wifi too. I found out that thanks to Adam Hyde of FlossManuals.net , he will be distributing free printed guides to open-source software and he will also be giving out digital cameras to up-and-coming Cambodian photobloggers.

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NTEN

MARCH 10, 2010

Session: Working with Open Source Software and Vendors. Free and Open Source Software. Whether it is on the desktop like Firefox and Open Office or the Ubuntu Linux operating system, or on servers (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) and running CMSs and CRMs (like Drupal and CiviCRM). Blog: [link].

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2009

Our pals over at Idealware have just released a pretty comprehensive report comparing some open source content managment giants — WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and Plone. The report is available once you register (for free) at Idealware's site. Tools Web 2.0 Tools Web Building Web Building.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2009

The co-located conferences CommunityOne West and JavaOne are shaping up to be a great opportunity for techies for good to get some information, inspiration, and maybe even some hands-on training at these FREE events in San Francisco next month. RIAs and Scripting - Rich Internet applications, scripting, and tools. Register today!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Reaping the Benefit of Open Platforms September 6, 2007 One of the cool things about free and open source software is that often (not always, but often) they provide an open platform for add-ons.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 30, 2014

of Martus —our free, open source, secure information collection and management software—which includes major updates and usability improvements. activists crypto digital security human rights Internet Freedom journalism Martus privacy' Last week, the Benetech Human Rights Program released version 4.5

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2010

Text-to-Give and custom smartphones App vendors are still relatively expensive, but there are many free or low-cost mobile website and group texting vendors out there today. billion text messages each day with an open-rate that currently hovers at about 90%. FrontlineSMS :: Free for Nonprofits, Software, No Ads, Intermational.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2006

Save the Internet | Rock the Vote. He created the above "open source documentary" on Net Neutrality called Humanity Lobotomy. Additional Resources: Save the Internet. Article in TechSoup by Henry Kumagai " What Will Tiered Internet Access Mean for NPOs. Neutraility Now! Britt Bravo, Netsquared Post.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open content business models December 1, 2007 I’m at the Open Translation event, and we’ve just had a great session on open content business models. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Platforms break open! In any event, Kintera’s API goes a long way to help organizations be freed from yet another data silo, and they are free. Here’s a quick overview of both initiatives.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The Mozilla Foundation is driven by a mission to help keep the Internet an open, global, public resource accessible to all. Building Open-Source Voice Recognition for Good: Can You Help? Building Open-Source Voice Recognition for Good: Can You Help? Would you be willing to donate a recording of yours?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 23, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free as in “Free Kittens&# April 23, 2007 Deborah Finn pointed out this good post in a blog I have never read: ALA Tech Source. Open source software, like kittens, take care and management.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

It is a nonprofit tech company that develops free and open-source software for information collection, visualization, and crowdsourced interactive mapping to help mitigate disasters. Connecting to the Internet Digital Divide GreenTech International Networks Green IT WiFi tsgreentechnology BRCK Ushahidi'

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Not so with the behemoth of the Internet, WordPress. An Open Book. Because of its open-source nature—the code to run the platform is available to anyone and everyone—WordPress comes in at a very attractive price and is extremely flexible depending on a user’s specific needs. Money Talks.

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