Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The FCC is also a lot more strict about SMS spam versus email, so you have to do it the right way (here are 5 ideas to get your organization started with mass texting ). These are generally shared short or long codes that use keywords to organize conversations of multiple organizations that use the platform. Twilio.org.

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Free Open Source Nonprofit Phone 105

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 28, 2013

We are a high tech organization that is not organized as a for-profit company, but instead as a nonprofit charitable corporation working to ensure technology serves all of humanity. For years, we have been working to end the worldwide book famine. For years, we have been working to end the worldwide book famine.

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Neon CRM

MAY 19, 2023

Association management software suites can lift a really heavy load for your organization. The simplest explanation is that association management software should take on the burden of administrative tasks so you can concentrate on growing your organization. This is an excellent tool for midsized and rapidly growing organizations.

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Associations Software Management Module 52

Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

We discuss issues and trends in modern web technologies that help your organization achieve more with less. This blog is sponsored by Wild Apricot membership software : a set of tools for membership administration , event registration , website management , online fundraising - with friendly and knowledgeable tech support.

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Knowledge Effective PDF Evaluation 60

Byte Technology

OCTOBER 28, 2016

If you need more proof that it’s here to stay, consider this: many of the world’s top site designers now work exclusively with WordPress, which means the professionals trust it undeniably, and so should you. An Open Book. Money Talks.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2008

For a while, I’ve been watching MPower Open , the (not so) newly open sourced (but Windows-based) fundraising package. In general, I’ve been impressed by its feature set, and that they made the choice to go open source. This is not the sign of a healthy open source community.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 27, 2012

Disclosures: I have clients that use both companies’ products, as well as products from their competitors, open source products, and homegrown solutions. I have no inside knowledge about what the merged company will look like. There are tons of choices out there for small and mid-sized organizations. Here my perspective.

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Blackbaud Convio Open Source Product 222

Whole Whale

JUNE 23, 2022

If you’re sold on a microsite separate from your main website, here are some platforms that can help spin up a website: WordPress : Free open-source software that can be used for a wide range of websites, hosted solutions cost money. Here is why your organization should say no to creating microsites: 1. Divided Attention.

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Websites Digital Nonprofit Template 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

I have found this productivity very useful in my own work and Ma’ayan was kind enough to write up this guest post for nonprofit professionals. . Bullet Journal (BuJo) started as “an analog system to track the past, organize the present and plan for the future.” BuJo was designed by Ryder Carroll, a digital product designer.

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Journal Professional Nonprofit Reflection 104

NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

As part of this pilot, 19 people representing organizations large and small are working together this year to try to unlock and solve some of the challenges nonprofits face when it comes to: measuring and managing data making data-informed decisions and sharing the results with colleagues, partners, funders, and the public.

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Open Source Case Study Museum Social Media 65

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 1, 2011

Benetech is a Silicon Valley nonprofit organization developing innovative technology solutions with a primary goal of positive social change rather than profit. Our work has significant impact on users, partners, and the fields of social enterprise, human rights, disability and the environment. Benetech works in partnerships.

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Literacy Articulate Open Source Conservancy 145

Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

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. We know technology alone won’t solve these issues alone, but we think it can help those who are working to address the issue amplify their impact.

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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. which will make it harder to organize and sync your data. Accessibility: It may not be easy to share the sheet with others at your organization.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

Like going to hackathons and wish you could get paid to work on a good cause full time? This technology and analysis is used by truth commissions, international criminal tribunals, and non-governmental human rights organizations around the world. If hired, ability to provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2021

You may be thinking that it’s not the right time to consider additional employee training at your organization because everyone is stressed about the pandemic. For instance, you might offer: A course on personalized fundraising communication to help your fundraisers advance their careers and start working with major donors.

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Forum One

MAY 27, 2021

The Communicator Awards honor excellence in innovation and creative work in marketing and communications. Organized by the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (AIVA) , this year’s 27th annual awards includes over 6,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of the largest awards of its kind in the world.

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Award Communication Colorado Museum 73

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2014

Ari Sahagun , a consultant who works with social justice groups on network visualizations, called for a group to discuss Network Mapping and Visualization. Or they can be maps of networks of organizations and communities. Think about your current work. You can do a whole network analysis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2009

Crowdsourced Haircut by Tracy the Astonishing The book I'm working on with Allison Fine includes a chapter on crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing is the technique of allowing many people to provide feedback, advice, knowledge, expertise or ideas for a project or create collective intelligence for an issue.

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Work Blended Technique Case Study 50

Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

He doesn’t run an organization; He's the digital media manager at Pathways to Education in Toronto. Of course he does great work leading the organization's national digital strategy, and they have plenty of work to do. Restless Knowledge Sharing. First, Jason Shim is not a famous guy.

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Technology Canada Nptech Award 93

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.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

I’ve been doing this work for more than 10 years now, full time for about seven of those years. I got to be a geek, and feel like I was really making a difference in the workings of organizations, and, hopefully, in people’s lives. It’s been an important part of my life for all of this time. Be Helpful.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 23, 2011

That's just one of the fascinating drops of knowledge in the "2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study" " Twitter Blog: #numbers – "Five years ago this week, a small team of people started working on a prototype of the service that we now know as Twitter. On March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey (@jack) sent the first Tweet.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

A theory of practice, in my mind, outlines the methods and ideals behind how I get work done with clients. This theory includes the following elements that I think are key to my work: Listening. The client is quite knowledgeable about their organization, mission, and goals for a project, but often not knowledgeable about technology.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

So I’m going to try and lay out the details of what cloud computing is, and how it’s useful for nonprofit organizations. Changes in the application happen without your knowledge or consent. Quick definition Cloud computing is basically running applications on the web via “Software as a Service (SaaS)&#.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

He doesn’t run an organization; He's the digital media manager at Pathways to Education in Toronto. Of course he does great work leading the organization's national digital strategy, and they have plenty of work to do. Restless Knowledge Sharing. First, Jason Shim is not a famous guy.

Technology 64

Technology Canada Nptech Award 64

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

I’ve basically switched to using my Mac mini for just about everything except the bit of systems admin and coding I do, because it’s just so much easier to set up things on Linux for that type of work. And, of course, there are plenty of peripherals that don’t work with Macs.) And, of course, always, for developers.

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Ubuntu Open Source Software Laptop 100

Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2013

He says however that a lack of data scientists wanting to work for such social causes may stands in the way of his vision. Also mentioned is NGOs competition from peer-to-peer type grassroots relief efforts as smaller community-driven organizations use technology to operate on the same level as bigger NGOs. Image: Edgeflip logo.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

The free and open source software, which is a joint venture between Benetech and the Conservation Measures Partnership (CMP) , guides users through a series of step-by-step interview wizards, based on the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

I’m excited about this project – it’s gathering the knowledge and expertise of a great group of folks, and it will provide a free source of information and case studies so that nonprofits can best figure out how to step into the frothy waters of social networks. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Over the past year and a half, I’ve been fulfilling a definitely different role with nonprofit organizations than most times in the past. In this role, it has been my task to provide advice for organizations around technology choice and vendor selection. I’ve been an intermediary, rather than an implementor.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It evolves to meet our changing needs, to fit our changing lifestyles, and to integrate into the way we do our work. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. Direct Content.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 23, 2012

Software for creating wikis is easy to use and is available in both open-source and proprietary forms. Typical wiki communities are work groups within a company, educators and students, and hobbyists. Organizing a wiki team is much like organizing a volunteer or work team. Building a Wiki. Examples of Wikis.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2007

Hot on the heels of that (OK, not so hot – about 3 weeks later) I had a great conversation with my old colleague Marc Osten about some work Lasa is doing around providing support to technology providers in their neck of the woods (that’d be the UK.) " Its not that there is a lack of technology vendors and support. Be Helpful.

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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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NTEN

OCTOBER 19, 2011

And if you want to get more deeply under the hood, both platforms require some understanding of the respective platforms (how plug-ins work in WP, how modules work in Drupal), and probably a bit of PHP, HTML, or AJAX to add bells and whistles to the theme. That said, many, many websites need neither of these features. eCommerce sites.

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Drupal WordPress Module AJAX 76

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

I recently had the opportunity to connect with John Brennan , the driving force behind OpenAction.org , which empowers individuals and organizations by helping them tell the world about the positive impact their actions have. John is currently working on OpenAction, a platform that connects people to the projects they care about.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

A chance for local organizers to come together, network, ask questions, etc. Takeaways: A chance to connect with other local organizers. More knowledge, confidence and excitement about organizing in your city. How many staff use your online community space in their work? 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm. Monday, April 27.

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