Tech Soup
MARCH 23, 2012
If creating such a resource seems out of your league, you might want to consider building a wiki. What Is a Wiki? A wiki is a website maintained collaboratively by a community of contributors focusing on a particular subject or project. By far the most recognized wiki is Wikipedia. Building a Wiki.
Tech Soup
JANUARY 26, 2015
One of the best ways to gauge whether open source would work for your organization is to look at some actual examples. To read about how open-source software might benefit your nonprofit or public library, check out part one of this series. Making the Right Decision About Open-Source Software.
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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
NOVEMBER 30, 2007
There are issues that relate to encoding, fonts, and character sets, machine translation, interfaces to facilitate human translation, issues of workflow, volunteer and project management, and a whole host of other issues. It’s also really interesting to see how free and open source fits into all of this. Be Helpful.
Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 19, 2011
Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. Volunteers look at a photo of a missing person, compare it to a news image, and see if they can find a match.
Tech Soup
MAY 14, 2013
To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. "Similar to their corporate counterparts, nonprofits are discovering that they can increase their effectiveness while maintaining lower operating costs by utilizing Web-based and open source tools. What Is Web 2.0? Google Maps.
NTEN
JULY 15, 2011
Open source. Co-Create – Shared Content: Mapping, Mosaic, Wiki, Links, Games. Open Source – API. Implementation: Custom mash-up of site specific volunteer activity with geo data to map via Google Maps. We categorized the (almost limitless) social media integration possibilities into five categories: Show.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 18, 2011
Paul Connolly, who has been a guest blogger on this blog before , covered the session on Open Source Strategic Planning. The organization invited anyone, including these volunteers and its millions of readers, to help develop the plan. Guest post by Paul Connolly. .”
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