Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 17, 2006

services, like del.icio.us, google, flickr, and many, many others, and use and manipulate this data to their own ends. One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups. These are using data in your own databases, and grabbing maps from google maps and putting them inside your application.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. An example of an API is when you put a Bing or Google Map on your website.). Google Maps. The idea was to embed the functions of existing social sites like Meetup , Flickr , and del.icio.us. Citizen journalism. Podcasting.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner , MapTogether.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 27, 2009

OpenStreetMap: If you’re looking for an alternative to Google Maps that is open source, check out OpenStreetMap.org which allows you to view, edit and use geographical data in a collaborative way from anywhere on Earth. The entire map of the earth has been crowdsourced.

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

Open source. Co-Create – Shared Content: Mapping, Mosaic, Wiki, Links, Games. Open Source – API. VolunteerMatch: Live Map. Implementation: Custom mash-up of site specific volunteer activity with geo data to map via Google Maps. Authenticate. Authenticate – FB Login, Twitter OAuth.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner, MapTogether.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

Online tools like Twitter , Ushahidi , Google Person Finder , CrisisMappers , and the work of nonprofit organizations like Crisis Commons. and Sahana Foundation (which hosts a free open source disaster management system), have changed the way disaster relief is being done all over the world.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

It also lists and maps hackathons worldwide. • Mapping • Cloud computing. Mozilla’s Firefox , the nonprofit driven free and open source web browser; Creative Commons , the project set up to provide a straightforward licensing framework for online creators. See the map here. Sending Money By Email.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

There were two different kinds of APIs discussed – the ones that help organizations with interoperability within their organizational systems – getting data from one app to another, and using APIs for things like Google maps mashups. It seemed that only Blackbaud had APIs you have to pay for.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

Chicago, Illinois: Knowledge Mapping for Greater Social Good. Naples, Florida: Google AdWords for Nonprofits — Successes and Failures. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels & Bytes "Open-Source Summer Fiesta" San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Thursday, May 18, 2017.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

Naples, Florida: How Do You Move Forward with Google AdWords for Nonprofits. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels and Bytes "Open-Source Summer Fiesta" San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Baltimore, Maryland: Google AdWords and Free Tech Help. Wednesday, June 7, 2017. How Do You Use It?

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Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

LXPs accomplish this by aggregating a variety of learning materials from different sources and providing artificial intelligence-assisted recommendations to each learner based on their past interests. Learners outline their own path using content discovery tools, content recommendations and pathways, skills mapping, and content indexing.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

First of all, while there are many choices for collaboration tools, a few simple filters will get one 90% of the way there (if you want to control the content but get some feedback, use a blog tool; if you need to develop a written product, use a wiki or Google Docs; if you want group discussions and networking, use a social network tool; etc.).

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

In just 50 minutes Laura Quinn of Idealware , Natalie Foster of the DNC and Rebecca Moore of Google Earth Outreach talked about a ton of great tools to ramp up nonprofits online campaigns ranging from Wikis to Google Earth and Twittter. There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

First of all, while there are many choices for collaboration tools, a few simple filters will get one 90% of the way there (if you want to control the content but get some feedback, use a blog tool; if you need to develop a written product, use a wiki or Google Docs; if you want group discussions and networking, use a social network tool; etc.).

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AFP Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2007

WiserEarth tracks the work of nonprofits around the world | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone: "WiserEarth, which launched in May, is an open-source database of more than 107,000 do-good organizations, with 5,400 users around the world. Users can create and maintain profile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

The Google Powered Nonprofit Office Here's a few how-to articles about how to use google applications for your domain or how to become the on demand nonprofit. Steve Anderson continues his series on donation process maps. ActiveCollab an open source project management tool. and asking for ideas.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Vancouver, British Columbia: Hands on with Google Analytics. Birmingham, United Kingdom: Open-Source Software for Charities. Oxford, United Kingdom: The Open Data Event. London, United Kingdom: Effective Data Mapping for Charities. Monday, November 14, 2016. Kitchener, Ontario: Regulatory Compliance.

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Forum One

MARCH 8, 2009

We think civic infrastructure for this online age needs to include open-source standards and software which provide a platform or framework for many to use, and which are licensed to allow others to extend and enhance the services. you either need to know which group has the best information, or try you luck with Google.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In this article, we’ll cover how to create a donor data migration strategy with deep dives into data mapping, data cleaning, and testing. Build a data mapping plan: Understand your current data structure comprehensively, identifying the fields and attributes you use at your organization. What is Data Mapping? Sound exciting?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. GlobalTweets is a website which plots recent tweets from all over the world on a map by using their geographical information. Google Chrome :: google.com/chrome. Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

If you want to be see photos being posted to flickr via a moving and zooming map interface, check out flickrvision - it rhymes with twittervision. Webinars about personal fundraising (with Kevin Bacon) and Open Source Software (Michelle Murrain) over at NTEN next week. It's prompting some conversation in nptech space and beyond.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

It is based on some open source code called Pligg that creates a "digg" like interface. The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. A quick review of the results of Isovera Survey of Open Source Content Management Satisfaction in Nonprofit Organizations.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

Google Analytics. open source. General non-profit interest. instructional video. membership. Membership management. Micro-philanthropy. net2mashup. New releases. Non-profit Communications. Non-profit technology. NPC Carnival. online community. online storage. podcasting.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2005

It's no accident that services such as Gmail, Google Maps, Flickr, del.icio.us, and the like may be expected to bear a Beta logo for years at a time. And a day long unexpected outage, like Google's Blogger outage the other day, can be a real problem if it occurs at the wrong time. They can change your workflow.

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

APIs achieve this by opening small windows into a database that allow light-weight applications to access and display the data in a variety of places online. YouTube , Google Maps , DIGG , TypePad , MySpace , Facebook , Plaxo, or Salesforce , then youve likely run across an API. If youve ever used My Yahoo!

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2017

Open-Source Tools. Open Data Kit helps you collect and manage data through a mobile app that works offline. Open Function is an automated data integration tool that connects anything to anything (think Internet of things sensors connected to water pumps in mines). Accounting. We all miss Sunrise! Web Analytics.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 1, 2023

This is where politicians need to immediately be looking rather than helping OpenAI, Microsoft and Google build moats around existing AI companies. AI as a service is now a reality and can be powered by any number of growing open-source models.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

But if you’re not a big collector of online information like Google, Facebook or Microsoft, what does big data have to do with you and your work? Epidemiologists watch for blips in Google queries to localize flu outbreaks; economists use them to spot shifts in consumer confidence. Data Mapping and Visualization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

These were (as captured by blogger Marcia Stephanek ): Open Green Map , offered up by Holly Ross, helps communities map their eco-friendly spots, whether it's a bike rack or a solar-heated apartment complex or a public herb garden. The maps are made by community members. The first layer of preparation was the content.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

For example, the GCAR platform powers the publicly-available map and database of grants which is a great way to quickly see where initiatives are being supported across the globe. Here’s an informative article by Devex on the GCAR with examples of how its data can be used and re-spun by others. .

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 20, 2011

The Survivors Connect online platform includes various opportunities for those wishing to report abuse, take action, or otherwise support the network of activists, and relies on a variety of collaborative technologies, from data mapping to online seminars, SMS-powered communications to an online community network. Top Tools for Collaboration.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

TweepsMap is a free tool that provides a visual, interactive map of your Twitter followers by country, state or city by simply logging in with your Twitter ID. Tripline is a clever way to visually plot check-ins on a map that can be shared with others. PowerPoint Maps Online :: powerpointmapsonline.com. Screenr :: screenr.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. GlobalTweets is a website which plots recent tweets from all over the world on a map by using their geographical information. Google Chrome :: google.com/chrome. Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. GlobalTweets is a website which plots recent tweets from all over the world on a map by using their geographical information. Google Chrome :: google.com/chrome. Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. GlobalTweets is a website which plots recent tweets from all over the world on a map by using their geographical information. Google Chrome :: google.com/chrome. Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats.

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