Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 19, 2007

First is the wholesale movement toward the three major open source CMS platforms/frameworks, Drupal , Joomla and Plone. Providers seem to be surviving (or thriving) with this model, free and open source software projects are getting the support they need, and clients are getting the software solutions they need.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 26, 2008

They also span the range of proprietary, SaaS, and Open Source. Open Source Tools. Having been bogged down with my own open source CMS tool before 2005, then having taken a break from development, I missed out on the prime years of Drupal’s development. WordPress. I like it more and more. SaaS Tools.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

The unconference/camp model of learning about technology issues is really great, but falls a little short when dealing with a specific tool, and an audience that is mostly unfamiliar with it. I learned a lot. link] Make sure it is really water soluable magic marker … 2 Tino Paz 06.21.08 Be Helpful.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2022

This open-source, accessible solution enables workers and volunteers to collect data wherever they need to go. By using a mobile phone, they can collect data on the go and easily sync it to their Salesforce platform if they are in an area where the internet is unavailable. They needed a mobile app that worked offline.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

This is not only cool from the perspective of the integration of two great open source web apps, but it also is a very interesting business model. Matt Asay, blogger of all things in open source biz models, thinks Google Code may have overtaken Sourceforge. Setup of all three has a one time fee. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

It still requires the hardware and operating systems, and databases that more traditional applications that are inside your network require, but, generally, you hand off that responsibility to the folks that host your application, and access the application through the internet. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

A lot of organizations of all types want support, and are willing to pay for it, and Red Hat is, at this point, built the best business model around this than any other distro ( Canonical , with Ubuntu , is sneaking up behind, but I’m not sure it has the “enterprise&# style some people look for.) 2 Brian 11.23.07 Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

TechCrunch suggests the issue is in the business model: Unfortunately, the business models have not been worked out yet to accommodate such mixing of data. We don’t want to have the same application on multiple social networks. We want applications that can use data from multiple social networks. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2010

In that model, O'Reilly said, "The only real citizen participation happens when something goes wrong. Mitchell Kapor echoed many of O'Reilly's points and discussed open government in the context of the history of open source. Tim O'Reilly painted a breathtaking picture of the future of government.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

So, if fair use adds more economic benefit than copyrights – what would open source do? ASAY: Importantly, these savings apply to everyone, not merely open source companies/developers. Open source isn’t biased in distributing its benefits. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

I’ve been reading Matt Asay’s blog on open source business models, and he has an interesting post which suggests that writing documentation is a good marketing strategy ! AgencyByte has a great article on how to prevent scope creep. Be Helpful.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Spinning off projects when they reach sustainability, and when doing so would allow them to better achieve their mission, is all part of the Benetech model. Megan Price, formerly a senior statistician at Benetech, has joined Patrick as the organization’s Co-Founder.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I’m reading this book at the same time as I’ve been working on the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. I’m realizing that all of the justifications for why I am so into open source and free software is right here in this book! It gets chewy, for sure, but it feels like every chew is worth it. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

With all of the amazing examples of really great free and open source software, here is an example of one that just isn’t what it should be. { We are trying to eat our own dog food re: transparency and openness in social media. I’m also trying to eat my own dog food and model good behavior for my 2 yo all the time.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

We've been testing the Ambassador model for the last two years, and it has been been instrumental in the growth of NetSquared. Burlington, Vermont: Join Us for "The Internet of Things" Monday, February 8, 2016. Austin, Texas: CiviCRM: Free, Open-Source CRM for Nonprofits and Startups. Africa + Middle East.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Julian Egelstaff, Technical Architect, Freeform Solutions Who are our IT role models? Sometimes the engineer and the user/manager are the same person -- if a small organization is using some open source tool by themselves to build a website, for example. Where do our ideas about IT come from?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

Ehtan Zuckerman blogged this week on Nancy Hafkin Gender and IT about disparity in access to the Internet of women and girls. You are a model:-) And this subject area is important to lots of us. 3 Michelle Murrain 11.29.06 at 2:22 pm Thanks John, and Tory – I imagine I’ll keep bringing this up, and pushing a bit.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Luckily, there are some great Internet safety resources that are specific for healthcare organizations , libraries , seniors , kids , and small offices (like the ones that most nonprofits have). Like it or not, it is not possible to keep kids off the Internet. A patient identity integrity toolkit including model data practices.

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 8, 2023

We’ve run into IT departments that prefer a Microsoft tech stack, while others prefer open source. Just as people are drawn to specific models and makes of cars (and yet, they all take us where we need to go), some staff may be turned off by some systems that have a very tech user interface, while others will love it.

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 8, 2023

We’ve run into IT departments that prefer a Microsoft tech stack, while others prefer open source. Just as people are drawn to specific models and makes of cars (and yet, they all take us where we need to go), some staff may be turned off by some systems that have a very tech user interface, while others will love it.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Facebook has quite the motivation to keep people on Facebook, and keep the eyeballs there, because of their revenue model, which is ad-based. This breaks the whole thing open. Hopefully, eventually, they can write their apps just once. I’m not so clear about how this helps users. Be Helpful.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This profile will promote standardization in how simulators report over the Internet to databases. Artificial Intelligence and Predictive Modeling: As we’ve previously pointed out, it’s hard to define what AI is, and if you accept a wide definition of AI then it has been in use in eLearning for a while. Peak of Inflated Expectations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

The other vendors either supply their paying customers with APIs, or, in the case of civicspace, the APIs are, well, free and open, like everything else about open source. From his perspective (and mine, too) one of the big issues (as he put it, the elephant in the room) is how open APIs impacts the business model of vendors.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

You might think that comparing four different open source packages that, in essence, do pretty the same thing (in a broad sense) would be a cakc walk. As a quick comparative look between a small number of open source systems, it’s hard to argue that it contributes no information. More on that in a bit.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2007

Sometimes it does matter, both to an organization that might use that vendor, and to the vendor themselves in terms of viability of their business model. I’m really interested in helping technology providers get up to speed, so that the amount of support available for nonprofits using Linux (and open source in general) increases.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

I have some advice for both companies, though: Keep going – it’s looking more and more like not only are people expecting the ability to mash their data and other data more, it’s also looking like a pretty good business model. Be Helpful.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

The Internet has a proven ability to shift the balance of power between individuals and organizations. This session will revisit the challenges of collective action in an era of “open source activism,” and highlight how the Web can help overcome those hurdles. Tuesday, April 28. 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Paul Connolly, who has been a guest blogger on this blog before , covered the session on Open Source Strategic Planning. How do you devise a future strategy for a diffuse Internet-based global movement? They then formed task forces to consider various options and make decisions, using a consensus-based model.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

. :-) I first started doing technology consulting for nonprofit organizations in 1996, with a project for a local public television station ( WGBY in Springfield, MA ), to design a technology center for teachers to learn about technology and the internet, so they could apply that in their classrooms. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

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. Speaking of maps, the Oxford Internet Institute has used Internet traffic data from Alexa to figure each country’s most popular websites.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Therefore, new accounting models are needed that speak to the uniqueness of nonprofits. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Independent Sector were the sources for determining the average rate and the fringe benefit calculation. These data sources are updated regularly and are easily accessed on the Internet.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Open Source Disability Gadgets: DIY for PWD submitted by Liz Henry, Blogher. We need to hack the model for accessibility tools! With a culture of open source designs, Instructables, wikis, and blogs, we can start an international movement. With snacks! How should nonprofits plan for staffing and growth?

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

Tech nonprofit” is an emerging term that refers to a tech startup that is building software or web applications using a nonprofit model for social impact. Tech nonprofit” is an emerging term that refers to a tech startup that is building software or web applications using a nonprofit model for social impact.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 3, 2011

Here are a few ways that developers and product managers can think about making existing sites and applications more accessible: Understanding basic accessibility - " Unfortunately, not much of the population understands that people who are visually impaired can use the internet just as well as sighted indivduals can, including web developers.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

Well look at the underlying technologies that will make this possible, how it will evolve, and the business models that will support it. Panelist: Julie Barko Germany, Director, Institute for Politics Democracy & the Internet 9. Panelist: Charlene Li, Thought Leader, Altimeter Group 4. Panelist: Tara Hunt, Intuit 7.

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