Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor. The need for open data from NGOs is reiterated, while the way philanthropy has promoted the global Open Government Partnership is explained. Philanthrocapitalists Propose a Social Progress Index. Open Data for Social Change. on NetSquared.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

The Social Actions project began in 2006. There wasn’t much scalability in the way I was pursuing the project. In 2007, I realized that a much more effective way to aggregate interesting actions would be to subscribe to RSS feeds from trusted sources. I wanted to make some kind of contribution to the world of microphilanthropy.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

There are some fabulous sessions proposed for the 2009 NTC , running the whole gamut of nonprofit technology, from planning to Web 2.0, open source, etc. Vote for them , especially the one I’m helping out with (David Geilhufe is the spearhead) on open source CRM. It’s going to be interesting.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

Martus is Benetech's free and open source software package designed for human rights activists to collect stories and data about human rights abuses. And, support from the Open Society Foundation made this event possible! For me personally, the meeting was a rare experience. This is a truly unique moment in Martus’ history.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

Start Some Good, a platform for social good groups - whether nonprofit organizations or not - to raise funds and build community, highlighted eight diverse projects working for social impact at an evening event hosted by Center61 at SXSW. Tendenci Released as Open Source by Schipul. Crowdfunding Social Ventures at SXSW.

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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

Miradi, is used by nature conservation practitioners around the world to design, manage, monitor and learn from their projects. Now she’s a Special Project Coordinator for the Guam Bureau of Statistics and Plans Guam Coastal Management Program where she uses Miradi to prioritize threats to Guam ecosystems.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

The client is quite knowledgeable about their organization, mission, and goals for a project, but often not knowledgeable about technology. The role I play most often currently is providing a clear and understandable avenue between the client and a technology vendor (such as web or database development shop). at 6:06 am Michelle, I love this!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

The other 1/2 of my time I’m doing consulting work , focusing exclusively on helping organizations without a lot of technical expertise navigate their way through the maze of creating and getting through technology projects. I like proposals that focus more on the project, and show clear understanding of the project.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 28, 2014

For Open Source and custom databases, you can usually get directly to the database if needed. Usually the process of running import tests leads to additional iterations on the proposed data structure in the new CRM as you wrestle with limitations of the data extracted from the old CRM. What do we do now? Don’t panic.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 17, 2017

At first glance, you might overlook Google Docs as too simplistic, but the built-in brochure, project proposal and newsletter templates give you endless possibilities. WordPress.org offers free themes uploaded by the open-source community that you can use. Google Docs.

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 8, 2023

We get a lot of RFP (Requests for Proposals) for association and nonprofit website redesigns. We’ve run into IT departments that prefer a Microsoft tech stack, while others prefer open source. This doesn’t happen as often anymore, but sometimes, we run into projects where third party partners require a Microsoft tech stack.

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 8, 2023

We get a lot of RFP (Requests for Proposals) for association and nonprofit website redesigns. We’ve run into IT departments that prefer a Microsoft tech stack, while others prefer open source. This doesn’t happen as often anymore, but sometimes, we run into projects where third party partners require a Microsoft tech stack.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

VTVigils VT Vigils VTvigils.org is a project of a diverse group of national campaigns and organizations not affiliated with Virginia Tech. Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. So how do we propose to pay for it? The site was developed by Democracy in Action.

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Care2

DECEMBER 12, 2011

If you are engaging a web developer or in the middle of an RFP process for a new site, be sure that proposals include mobile friendliness in the project. Most open-source CMSs have tools or plugins for setting up daily backups. At a minimum, test the site on iphone, ipad, and Android phone. www.cnn.com vs. cnn.com).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. An extension is actually good thing, gives us more time to look at all those projects! CompuMentor's founder shares his top ten projects.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 20, 2008

Ideum, the company that brought you ExhibitFiles (with ASTC), is conducting a survey on museums' needs in support of an NSF grant proposal (Open Exhibits) to build open source templates for simple interactive exhibits (timelines, digital collections, news kiosks). What does that mean in simple terms? Check them out here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2008

   Twitter Vote Report was inspired by a techPresident blog post on October 6th proposing the use of Twitter for election monitoring. the best aspects of grassroots activism and digital technology combined with an open source ethos to really change the way we participate in elections.???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

context: How are museums encouraging stickiness and user investment in their proposed and in some cases, already developed, post 2.0 The Pulling My Hair Out Blog , an anonymous nonprofit blogger, is preparing a proposal for the organization's ED about Web2.0 ActiveCollab an open source project management tool.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Butterfield was speaking from the floor about the proposed energy bill on the hill. Very cool project from 2008: Twitter Vote Report. Raise awareness for your cause and projects. Email is a critical channel.

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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. More than $100,000 is on the table for innovate projects. Flickr photo from jhritz NpDigg: The Insect Antennae?

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Butterfield was speaking from the floor about the proposed energy bill on the hill. Organize projects, such as a volunteer beach cleanup activity. Idealware.org has reviews of many of these tools as well. Email is a critical channel.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

As the author of a custom CMS (it did have the advantage that it was released as open source, but it never caught on, so it still counts as custom) I know what it is like to put my heart and soul (and time) into a CMS, and want my clients to get what they want. But, that was then, and this is now. But, that was then, and this is now.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

But last week, I took a new job with The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, working on a very different kind of project involving collaborative distributed exhibit design. The Open Source Museum project at The Tech is a grant-funded grand experiment. Will this project thrive or fall flat?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Crowdsourcing is defined broadly as: The process of organizing many people to participate in a joint project, often in small ways. The measures of impact for this project include diversity, deeper and more relevant reporting, and better connection with listeners. 2) Crowd Creation.

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Tech Soup

MAY 17, 2011

We'll discuss some of the major phases of a design project, some of the lingo and jargon you'll encounter, and the tools and skill sets you'll need to set your sights on a great, new site. You can also view sample RFPs and visit our RFP Library for more resources to start any tech project out right.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2011

We'll discuss some of the major phases of a design project, some of the lingo and jargon you'll encounter, and the tools and skill sets you'll need to set your sights on a great, new site. You can also view sample RFPs and visit our RFP Library for more resources to start any tech project out right.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

In either case, both Wello and the The Hippo Water Roller Project are searching for creative ways to make these devices affordable to the people who need them now that the technology is ready. People are comparing this venture to Google’s Project Loon. of charities or NGOs that are doing important digital inclusion projects.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

We are poised to grow not only Bookshare.org, but all of our projects. The project has been so successful at raising student reading skills that they hope to provide similar services to their non-disabled students as well. Miradi Bookshare.org isn't our only project undergoing significant growth. We've just launched Miradi.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

USAID contractors collect enormous amounts of valuable data as part of research, project implementation, and monitoring and evaluation activities. The net effect of this is that pilot projects launch with poor usability and design issues, which impair their performance and undermines their value. [Vote for this Idea].

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

workers (and a majority of all millennials) participating in the gig/ platform economy as their first or secondary job; “freelance” workers like these were projected to be a majority of all workers by 2027. 11 According to a 2017 report, 57.3 million Americans were by then working as freelancers, with 36 percent of all U.S.

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