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The right association management software will allow you to set triggers in your system that will kick off these automated tasks. Price Neon CRM follows a revenue-based billing model to allow flexibility for growing organizations. Price Pricing requires a quote, though the company website notes that plans start at $2,000 per month.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. more on Open Standards and Benkler (actually, Benkler is up next – I’ve got two chapters to review).

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JANUARY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. more on Open Standards and Benkler (actually, Benkler is up next – I’ve got two chapters to review).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 17, 2021

WordPress is the world’s most-used Content Management System (CMS), and Salesforce is the leading Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform. Pricing and level of effort: No licensing costs; included with Salesforce . Solution: Content Management System Form Builders. Lowest implementation level of effort.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

For example, 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. Supporting households in the wake of the pandemic and amidst rising food prices is essential to ensuring healthy lives for families in the U.S.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

67% of nonprofits use a constituent relationship management system (CRM) to track donations and manage supporter communications. Even with the consultant’s help, they had to endure a lengthy implementation period; it was months before the system was set up. Fees or limitations: Bloomerang is committed to transparent pricing.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 28, 2016

When it comes to choosing a Content Management System to build and manage your website, the choices available might seem a little daunting, especially to a novice just trying to get their feet wet. An Open Book. But as the old saying goes, buyer beware: many CMSs are long on promises but short on delivery. Staying Power. Money Talks.

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Bloomerang

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The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance guide on the subject explains that you have an option to choose between open-source and paid courses. While open-source can be tempting due to the inexpensive price, they often only offer a limited amount of information before requiring payment or they simply lack high-quality content.

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Tech Soup

JULY 28, 2014

For educational nonprofits, schools, and libraries, Raspberry Pi is very useful for teaching students about electronics, computing, and many other technical subjects for a price that's far less than a new computer. Note that those prices are for the computer only. Power source. hardware open source'

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 29, 2008

And I’m sure that the very low stock price of Kintera’s certainly made a buyout of it by Blackbaud easier. And, of course there is still Salesforce.com, as well as the developing realm of free and open source options, like CiviCRM. Today, Blackbaud announced the acquisition of Kintera. And how will Convio react?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 17, 2008

And make it reasonably priced. It may, depending on pricing, even give the open source CiviCRM a bit of competition. It may, depending on pricing, even give the open source CiviCRM a bit of competition. And it means an interesting dance for those in the nonprofit salesforce community. Be Helpful.

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3rd Sector Labs

JANUARY 16, 2014

The “academic” debate around Drupal typical centers on whether Drupal is a Content Management System (and hence primarily for standard website) or an Application Development Framework (and hence ideal for data-driven, application production). We spent time studying user browsing habits in the beta phase of development. Conclusion.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 18, 2007

Microsoft this week has started saber-rattling against Linux and other open source projects, by suggesting that they infringe on 235 patents that they hold. Just threatening to sue, threatening to get license fees (which, for some open source projects would be a major problem) is enough to make people doubt the future of open source.

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Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

At Web Courseworks , we help professional, healthcare, and trade associations grow their learning businesses with effective learning management systems. The data from these systems is then used to inform the recommendations provided by the LXP. Even further, should you invest in one? What is the difference between an LMS and an LXP?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

The big kicker, pretty much as always with Blackbaud, is the price tag. Expect a $35-45K price tag for development and integration. Their SaaS offering, NC Grow has a $20K/year price tag. And, you’ll have an automatic $10K price tag tacked on that you won’t pay with the open source tools.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

But then, Apple dropped the price $200, and it made me ponder. The move of Apple to use software update to break hacked and unlocked phones is somewhat ironic, given the attitude of Jobs toward DRM , and the open source basis for OS X. There are better sites for music and there are adequate players for 1/5th the price.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

Blackbaud hasn’t been doing so well , in the stock price department either. Commenters on Allan’s post wonder about the fate of Convio’s IPO. Time will tell. { 1 trackback } Blackbaud buys Kintera » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 05.29.08 Time will tell. { Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

More lately, I’ve been working to focusing my advising practice on helping people implement open source software (mostly server-side) in their organizations, providing advice and training. Good specs, cheap price. Because I’ve decided that no matter what, I’m not going back. I got a Lenovo Thinkpad Z61m.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

It looked quite like it might be a fun event to be at, but the hefty $3000 price tag for admission wasn’t something that I could possibly stomach, so I sat in front of my laptop, watching people describe new tools. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

It’s a lot more than price – it’s quality of work, whether you like their previous work, their overall reputation, as well as their fit with you as an organization. { I do think the biggest mistake an organization can make in the re/creation of its website is to go with the vendor with the lowest bid. Be Helpful.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

There are other projects underway to solve it, including the MedBiquitous Activity Report standard and (in a sense) the Mozilla Open Badges project. As Mark Iafrate of Accredible , an evangelist for badges, has suggested, these standards could continue to exist in a layered system that rests atop distributed ledgers.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2010

What if instead, the government made certain data and systems available to citizens, so that we could design and build our own vending machines? Suddenly, many opportunities open for new and better government services without the usual price tag. Redefining government is the next step.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

I agree with her that open journals are the future. She says, at the end of her long entry: Making systemic change like this is hard and it will require every invested party to stand up for what they know is right and chip away at the old system. I don’t have tenure (and at this rate, no one will ever let me). Be Helpful.

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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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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

But, as an organization’s needs grow, this kind of system becomes burdensome and labor-intensive. The solution to this dilemma is a customer relations management (CRM) system (sometimes called a donor management system in the nonprofit arena). There are dozens of CRMs out there that cater specifically to nonprofit needs.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 20, 2008

MPower Open , an enterprise CRM, is both open source, and has great open APIs. Convio keeps drinking the “open&# coolaid (although they have a ways to go.) But I’m sure that their services pricing has been adjusted to account for loss of licensing revenue. Which is fine. Be Helpful.

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NTEN

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Second, the dramatic rise in food and gas prices directly impacts a small donor's cash flow on a daily basis and, in turn, ability to donate. Navy have been broadly adopting open source software. This has the largest direct impact on the major donor end of the spectrum, as well as foundations and some government programs.

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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, designers need software that just don’t have high enough quality open source alternatives yet.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 22, 2006

I understand how important fundraising is (especially now as the coordinator of an organization that needs money,) but why aren’t there 5 big companies jockeying for space to provide nonprofits with reasonably priced, say, client management packages? Be Helpful.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 28, 2008

NancyWhite of Full Circle Associates suggested using a Google Group , a blog, or Moodle, a free, open source course management system. santhonys of AShowalter.com suggested using the haiku Learning Management System , which on first glance looks pretty easy to use and ranges in price from free-$30/month.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 19, 2023

One system might be affordable but a nightmare to use, while another is a bit outside your budget but comes with the perfect templates and a seamless user experience. Cost and Pricing Models Transparent Pricing Structures: Prioritize platforms that offer clear and transparent pricing tiers, detailing the features included in each plan.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2007

The Guide is built with free, open-source technology so that it is easy for artisans to use with their own systems. The hope is that the Guide will help the movement to create a fair trade craft product label, and that by working with IFAT , FTF , or FLO it can be adopted as an international standard around fair trade pricing.

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Neon CRM

MAY 24, 2023

CiviCRM This is a free open-source solution for associations that helps with contact management, outreach, and event management. Zenbership Zenbership is another free open-source solution with a specific focus on eCommerce and subscription management.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Your overall learning business strategy and tech tools such as your learning management system (LMS) and eCommerce tools work together to deliver content to your learners. For example, your learning management system (LMS) may have course authoring functionality already available native to the system.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2006

The rapidly expanding availability of Content Management Systems for Web sites. I am tremendously excited by the possibilities afforded by the growing number of commercial and open source content management systems out there, as well as the fact that the prices keep coming down and will soon be within range of any arts organization.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 7, 2021

This open-source packaged solution sits on top of Sales Cloud. NPSP, together with Sales Cloud, enables organizations with prebuilt solutions based on typical nonprofit use cases. We’re now able to innovate and adapt without the constraints of a system that wouldn’t move with us.” – Jeffrey Klein, Chief Operating Officer .

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

It’s also a good idea to use a content management system to manage your website’s content and updates, like Wordpress , Joomla , and Squarespace. There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. After 10,000 emails, prices are reasonable. Email is a critical channel.

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