Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 20, 2006

This is a musing on the current state of the Gnu Public License, which governs a preponderance of open-source software projects. But first, let's talk about what open-source means for a minute. This is what has permitted such widespread commercial adoption of the open source idea.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

More than 35 sessions took place across the Summit’s key event tracks, which included Manage Your Nonprofit, Direct and Expand Your Programs, Grow Fundraising Impact, Drive Marketing Performance, and Govern and Protect Your Data. Data Lake for Nonprofit Cloud , Powered by Amazon Web Services was also announced.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

– "Despite the enormous popularity of peer-to-peer social networking, the adoption cycle for branded online communities has been relatively slow. "Open source software exists in the computer industry. Open architecture exists in the construction industry. " What do you think?

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Drupal is an open-source content management framework that was initially released 21 years ago. New minor versions will continue to be released every six months (in June and December each year) with new features, following the cadence that began with Drupal 8’s adoption of semantic versioning. million members. First Name.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Drupal is an open-source content management framework that was initially released 21 years ago. New minor versions will continue to be released every six months (in June and December each year) with new features, following the cadence that began with Drupal 8’s adoption of semantic versioning. million members. First Name.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Office Open XML is Microsoft’s XML-based file format which is now native in Office 2007. Instead of adopting the already ISO approved Open Document format, it attempted to get through ISO a standard that, among other things, depends too much on non-standard, non-publicly available legacy file formats. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The diverse crowd, made up of students, activists, government employees, and librarians, worked on datasets presented by the U.S. Open source champion Brian Behlendorf spoke at the event, encouraging the hackers to focus on finding an interesting problem to solve rather than worrying about building a sustainable model.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

This has the largest direct impact on the major donor end of the spectrum, as well as foundations and some government programs. Navy have been broadly adopting open source software. Nonprofits should seize this opportunity to embrace innovations like open source applications that are becoming the standard for the future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

for government, social networks, open-source CMS, etc.). adoption for nonprofits). link] (online organizing, grassroots, web 2.0 link] (consultant to nonprofits; board development, communications, web 2.0 link] (mgmt. consultant for nonprofits, social entrepreneurship, arts and environmental issues).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Since its adoption at the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, the Declaration has become a universal standard for the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide. 2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders. This past year, our HRP team helped the human rights movement achieve great things.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2007

Legal and Mgmt : open source?; Installed based : # of actual users; number, quality and diversity of objects free or for sale; size of developer community; level of adoption by academic, corporate, government users. IP (who owns created objects?); Example virtual worlds: Second Life; Active Worlds; Entropia; Olive.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Forum One created all of the site's branding elements, developed the site's information architecture, designed its visual look, and built the site using Drupal, a leading open-source content management system. The data and content were provided by policy staff at the University of Wisconsin with support from Burness Communications.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2010

And on the issue of whether foundations will actually accept input from crowds, I think there are areas where the input is needed, and can be highly constructive, making adoption non-controversial. The Federal government has recently launched Challenge.gov to enlist the public in helping to solve difficult problems.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 24, 2009

The discussion focused less on what the Fund will do, and more on best practices it should adopt, and challenges it will face once it is up and running. Using open source innovation platforms (she mentioned something about Kellogg, that I didn't quite catch--maybe the Kellogg Innovation Network ?).

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

Open Source is Dead. What I mean is that open source, as we knew it, is dead. For the last decade, what we've been talking about when we say "open source" is "open code" -- a set of zeroes and ones that we can configure to our heart's desire. Long Live Open Source.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

Chicago, Illinois: Justice Data Lab: Unlocking Government Administrative Data. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels & Bytes "Open-Source Summer Fiesta" San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Parakou, Benin: Les Avantages de l'Adoption d'Office 365 dans vos Organisations non Lucratifs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

over at her Netsquared blog about adoption of blogs and wikis in an organizational context and how these tools further organizational mission. NetEquality provides resources for nonprofits government agencies, communities, housing authorities, and CDCs to install their wireless networks. How and Why Nonprofits Are Using Web2.0

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

For nonprofit data, creating this language is becoming a self-organizing necessity in the same way that the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESGs) criteria are for the corporate world. Enter the Nonprofit Common Data Model (CDM) , originally stewarded by Microsoft as a founding creator and ongoing community sponsor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

What if organizations did not have government funding or pursue it? The corporate sector have adopted it. What is the balance of government, private, and earned income? Each of these sources are fickle. Valued open-source software that is cheap, flexible, easy and multi-featured. Good or bad thing?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

This year''s inaugural Leading Change Summit brought together an amazing group of attendees: passionate people who know they aren’t alone in believing there’s another way to tackle a social issue, who see the world in a multichannel network, and who are looking to flip our cycle of adopting new technology on its head.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Are they adopting new methods fast enough to respond to their constituents in the digital age? It is also an entertaining case study in the power of grassroots innovation and open-source creativity, a positive symbol of how unchecked human energy, shaped by a few simple rules, can unleash truly amazing results."

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

We so often mistakenly think of noncommercial technology as an area of slower adoption. The SixthSense project is working on a set of open source instructions on how to make your own prototype augmented reality. Disconnect is open source software that was named Lifehacker’s best anti-tracking extension last year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Ushahidi is an open source platform that facilitates crowdsourcing through the use of SMS/cellphones and online mapping. Traditionally, government agencies ask for public input on planning projects by holding open meetings and workshops. Crowdsourcing for knowledge creation can include “mashups of data.&#

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

2d Code is a must read for the early adopters. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Government. A comprehensive blog about all things related to Quick Response (QR) Codes, Augmented Reality (AR), and Near Field Communication (NFC).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Government. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. 2d Code is a must read for the early adopters. We the People :: petitions.whitehouse.gov. We the People is an online petitioning service launched by the Obama Administration that enables U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

2d Code is a must read for the early adopters. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Government. A comprehensive blog about all things related to Quick Response (QR) Codes, Augmented Reality (AR), and Near Field Communication (NFC).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

depends largely on two things: open standards, and open source software. And I think that they will be key to providing Government 2.0, which is as technically transparent and open as it hopefully will be in actuality. And I think that they will be key to providing Government 2.0, Well, Web 2.0 Be Helpful.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 16, 2013

President Obama made a number of interesting comments related to the initiation of the overall IT project. “When we (the Federal Government) buy I.T. User Adoption and Change Management. So, here are a few other articles on the topic that I found interesting: An Open Source perspective. Selection and Procurement.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

22 Nationwide, Uber adopted a complex new “full fare” algorithm in 2021 that many drivers claim makes it increasingly difficult to track rider fares or understand what they will earn on a given ride. But in the end, all of these avenues are quite limited in terms of the capital they can provide.

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