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Building Community with Open Source

NTEN

Once a community has determined its needs, however, utilizing open source software presents a more rapid, sustainable path to implementation. With open source (specifically, in this case, Drupal ), all of the functionality is available already (except for the jet-packs and sinks -- those are still in beta).

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NpTech Tag Summary: Face-to-Face or Mediated Experience, Open Source Software Communities, and Blog Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A social graph if the NpTech tag based on a google search NpTech Conversations Gavin's digital diner has written an article about the options that technology gives us for opting out of face-to-face gatherings. Maybe open Social Graphs will help ? He notes with a trace of sarcasm, "???With

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Nonprofit Technology Rockstars: Jason Shim

Tech Soup

He is the founder of Txtocracy.com , an open-source project that aims to increase voter turnout via text messages. He is an avid participant and presenter at Edgar Means’ Do Good Data Conference. He said: “It’s a unique place where it’s easy to marshal NPTech resources like on my txtocracy project.

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NpTech Tag: Roundups from and about Facebook and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Deborah Finn isn't crazy about Facebook, although she likes giving virtual gifts and especially using the applications of her clients, like Changing the Present. Social Source blog (whose new blog template sports Facebook colors and font style) takes issue with Deborah's post. Is Facebook becoming the default front end for nonprofits?

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Nonprofit Technology Rockstars: Jason Shim

Tech Soup

He is the founder of Txtocracy.com , an open-source project that aims to increase voter turnout via text messages. He is an avid participant and presenter at Andrew Means’ Do Good Data Conference. He said: “It’s a unique place where it’s easy to marshal NPTech resources like on my txtocracy project.

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2009 NTC: Awards Show Wrap Up

NTEN

Flickr Photo: cambodia4kids The Lifetime Acheivement Award is given each year to a person who has pushed the nptech community forward. The.ORG Amabassador Award , presented by PIR , recognizes upstanding.ORGs and promotes sharing, communication, and interaction across the community. Tags: 09NTC awards NPTech NTEN.

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

Tech Soup

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! 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.

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