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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: May 24

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(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) Tags: community buzz nonprofit technology NTEN. Members are in bold. Beth's new blog! (I

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The How and Why of Nonprofits Contributing to Open Source | NTEN

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The How and Why of Nonprofits Contributing to Open Source | NTEN : "For the last 15 years or so, we’ve seen consistent growth in nonprofits’ appreciation for how open source tools can support their goals for online engagement.

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When Should You Use an Existing Tool/Service and When Should You Build Your Own?

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You can likely find a SaaS (Software as a Service) solution to sign up for, a license to purchase, or open source solution to download all that offer complete working solutions to use "out of the box" to address your need. When it comes to web technology, there are solutions for just about everything.

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The Challenges of Protecting Intellectual Property on Social Networks

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Causes and associations provide status updates on the networks, post links, publish content via tools like Facebook Notes, groups on Linked In and Facebook, and ask questions on all of the services. Specifically, the surrendering of licenses to use nonprofits' content as each network sees fit.

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Socialbrite: Social Tools for Social Change

Amy Sample Ward

The Socialbrite team is made up of strategists with deep experience in offering social media consulting services, training workshops, conversational marketing, fundraising and outreach campaigns. Katrin Verclas, co-founder and editor of MobileActive.org and past executive director of NTEN.

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Speaking of open social networks …

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

is a microblogging service based on an open source project, Laconica , and all of the updates are copyrighted by a Creative Commons (Attribution) license. You can log in using OpenID. All really great stuff.

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Developing a Cloud Migration Strategy, Part 1: What Systems Can You Migrate?

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Director of Professional Network Services. While it may be tempting to move to the cloud because of your free 10 Salesforce licenses or free Google Apps account, it's critical to answer the question: Why migrate? Matthew Eshleman. Community IT Innovators.

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