Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

An online database of third-party social media apps and software, there are thousands of free tools listed in categories ranging from photos and videos to music and games. Simply plug in your nonprofits’s website URL and you can seen cached versions of your site going back to 1996. oneforty :: oneforty.com. WeePlaces :: weeplaces.com.

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Robert Weiner

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Looking for an innovative and compelling way to tell your organization's story? We will help you learn how to maximize the impact of your organization's message with online audio, video, and images. My friends at TechSoup asked me to pass along info about their upcoming digital storytelling event. Follow the action on Twitter #tsdigs.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

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! Chapter 3 is a discussion on Peer production – it talks about how it is that people have come together to collaboratively create software and content – basically, knowledge production.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2010

With the global success of Wikipedia, many organizations are curious of the pros, cons, and technical details of how exactly wikis work. Pacific time will review the basics of wikis, including software options, best practices, advantages, as well as drawbacks. This free webinar on Wednesday, May 5, 11 a.m. Tools Web 2.0

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

My 14-year-old son Jimmy had installed some new software, against my express wishes to not install random software from the Internet (still a good idea!). Jimmy explained it wasn’t software from the Internet; he had gotten it from his friend Chris who lived two doors down from us. I had never heard of it.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 12, 2013

Your NetSquared organizers are gearing up for Social Media September , a month of social media for social good -themed events. As a warm-up our organizers in Manchester and Cambridge are holding surgeries this August. Taipei, Taiwan: PC / Web site information security: proposal for non-profit organizations. Tuesday, August 13.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

And as an added bonus: 501(c)3 Private foundations are also now eligible for the Microsoft Software Donation Program , as of July 28. As with all organizations registering at TechSoup, you must register as an individual before registering an organization. Qualify Your Organization. How to Register Your Foundation.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2012

Check out our testimonials page to hear how other organizations like yours are putting Citrix donations to use. As with all organizations registering at TechSoup, you must join first as an individual and then register your organization. These organizations rely on the public or multiple sources of funding.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Wikipedia provides a good formal definition : “Web accessibility refers to the practice of making websites usable by people of all abilities and disabilities. For a nonprofit organization, perhaps the most important reason for implementing Web accessibility is social responsibility. I’m glad you asked.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2009

Some people have responded to the news with little more than bemusement that Encarta lasted as long as it did, and many have pointed to Wikipedia as Encarta's killer and successor. For libraries and organizations who work with children now, where's the new onramp? Encarta itself has a strange and fascinating history. Photo: Bright Tal.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

The larger aim of the organization is to support a digital commons that promotes the sharing and innovative "building upon" of creative works. We hope that our licensing policy helps your organization enhance your website and supplement your training materials. That includes your organization. Image 1 : C! /

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Cloud computing basically means services you use over the Internet like Google Apps, Microsoft Office Web Apps , Live Documents , or One Hub rather than installing software and housing the document or information in-house. It is available to eligible organizations for a $99 admin fee. The most famous wiki is of course Wikipedia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2011

What interests me most is the whole concept of circles and this design is based on something called “ intimacy grades.&# It isn’t new – a lot comes from the early discussions of social software and networks and some early adopters say the energy is similar to birth of blogosphere and early social networking back in 2003.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

It can justify the work that your organization is doing, help others understand why it is critical, and offer exciting new ways to motivate others to help solve the problems your organization is working on. Charity Water , an organization that raises money to build wells in Africa has learned the lesson.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2013

Saturday, June 1 is the National Day of Civic Hacking and Net2 organizers in Honolulu, Boston and New Haven are jumping into the fray! Baltimore, MD: June Tech & Social Change Baltimore Meetup: Wikipedia. Hear first-hand how a nonprofit is using SAP software to reach reporting excellence. Bored this weekend? Friday, June 7.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

Lack of resources, expertise, leadership buy-in, choosing the right software tools (or the right strategic partners) all while trying to stay current on the latest marketing trends is overwhelming. Second, social media isn’t enough on its own to expose your organization to a new audience. of all impressions were organic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

Think of a Tower-like organization where staff aren't encouraged to network or within siloed departments.) The Core are people who do most of the work (think wikipedia editors.) Some of the maps in the workshop were created with social analysis mapping software. Why map your network with a software tool?

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

It can justify the work that your organization is doing, help others understand why it is critical, and offer exciting new ways to motivate others to help solve the problems your organization is working on. Charity Water , an organization that raises money to build wells in Africa has learned the lesson. Provide Context.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

It can justify the work that your organization is doing, help others understand why it is critical, and offer exciting new ways to motivate others to help solve the problems your organization is working on. Charity Water , an organization that raises money to build wells in Africa has learned the lesson. Provide Context.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

– Wikipedia. A defining feature of a cryptocurrency, and arguably its most endearing allure, is its organic nature; it is not issued by any central authority, rendering it theoretically immune to government interference or manipulation. – Wikipedia. LinkedIn Group: The Internet of Things for Nonprofit Organizations.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

The mission statement of One Laptop per Child is artfully constructed: "To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning."

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 20, 2006

Let's start with one from February's Software Development : Licence Overload , opinion by Warren Keuffel. This is a musing on the current state of the Gnu Public License, which governs a preponderance of open-source software projects. Software that is released without copyright or license is termed Public Domain software.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2015

The only thing left to do to complete our poster is to add the nonprofit organization's logo. If you want to learn more about vector graphics, this Wikipedia article can give you a broader understanding of how they work. Move the logo just above the URL text so that the word "Organization" is above the URL.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2015

The only thing left to do to complete our poster is to add the nonprofit organization's logo. If you want to learn more about vector graphics, this Wikipedia article can give you a broader understanding of how they work. Move the logo just above the URL text so that the word "Organization" is above the URL.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Am I buying/using the right software? Careful about buying cheap software from unknown sources. Software as a Service (SaaS) are online applications that frequently live on cloud servers; think of your webmail account. Other platforms like Java and Flash could end up being (once again?) the culprits. They may be infected.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Terms like social media, digital media, new media, citizen media, participatory media, peer-to-peer media, social web, participatory web, peer-to-peer web, read write web, social computing, social software, web 2.0, Mastering each tool individually seems like a lot of work and a lot of people give up even before they begin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

The winners get $65,000 in-kind contributions of consulting, hardware, and software. How was it organized? And if you're looking for some fabulous manuals for open source software, check out the Floss Manuals. If your organization is based in the UK, the ICT Hub Unmet Needs Fund is now open for applications.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

On behalf of our nonprofit organization, Benetech, and the thousands of similarly situated social enterprises in the United States, we are writing to support this rejection. Social enterprise is wide use in classes covering computer software and services. The subject application is against the public interest.

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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. There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia. Nonprofit Software and Hardware and Cell Phones. Expo Ignite!

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JANUARY 3, 2006

There's a book that made a big impression on me a couple of years ago, and changed the way I manage a number of my software projects. The book is Agile Software Development with Scrum , by Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle. In a minute I'll give the a five-minute intro to Scrum. but here's why I'm thinking about it today.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 9, 2005

I'm not sure software innovation will do anything about easing ego problems, but it has certainly eased the need to travel between Virginia and Philadelphia to work on a document together. Probably the most dramatic wiki project is the wikiPedia - an online encyclopedia edited by -- the entire world. Self-evident, indeed!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

" I would appreciate any suggestions, improvements, pointers to other resources or if your organization has a story to tell about web analytics. If you're curious about Occam's Razor, here's a more detailed description or see the simplicity page in wikipedia. Here's my first draft or what might be called a "treatment."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

with a detailed account of her organization's experience. is very flexible and organic, able to develop and evolve and fit different shapes you can mould it into. The Pulling My Hair Out Blog , an anonymous nonprofit blogger, is preparing a proposal for the organization's ED about Web2.0 Check this out - NTEN's Wikipedia entry

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Ideal for activist organizations, CrowdVoice allows organizers to create “Voices” of protest where users can monitor and contribute links, photos, and videos of protests worldwide. It’s a creative, visual way to tell your organization’s stories of protest to your online communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Here's just three people/content connections on this topic that I found from Technorati search: A search on "tags" lead me directly to a YouTube channel from the Youth Health Alliance and a series of youth-created videos on nutrition, including the one above that explains why it is better to drink green tea versus software drinks.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

There is also your new classification compliments of the BRIDGE Project, and the first universal software for micro finance, another free cloud service. Brigade will merge Votizen and Causes to create a political organizing site that will that will “tackle the problem of declining citizen power and engagement in democracy.”

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Forum One

APRIL 1, 2006

Read More » Webinar Recap: Foundations and Online Collaboration Joe Anderson in Influence 24 Jun 2010 Forum One hosted a webinar on June 23 on online collaboration for philanthropic organizations.

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