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MPower Open keeps moving forward

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I look forward to the growth of this community, and the ongoing development of the MPower solution as an open source alternative CRM for nonprofit organizations. The customer only hits a down side if Mpower does a poor job as a vendor and there is no alternative vendor to switch too since the ecology is small. 2 admin 07.07.08

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Thoughts on the Future of Open Source and Nonprofits

NTEN

Some segments are already well-established, including content management systems (Drupal, Joomla, WordPress), javascript libraries (Dojo, jQuery), and reporting engines (Jasper, BIRT). The new wave includes CRM (SugarCRM, CiviCRM) and desktop applications like Open Office and GIMP (a Photoshop alternative). . and licensing models.

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Guest Post by Alan Levine: Social Media Recap from NMC 2009

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

cc licensed flickr photo shared by alumroot. cc licensed flickr photo shared by cogdogblog. cc licensed flickr photo shared by cogdogblog. As an alternative, we created a Cafe Press shop with many more kinds of t-shirts then we could normally provide, plus other goodies. I resisted using the title of “report card”.

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How To Create A WordPress Website For Nonprofits On A Budget

Nonprofits Source

In other words, SEO is an alternative marketing distribution channel to social media or online advertising that nonprofits are leveraging to drive real results. Hiring a website designer and developer to create a custom site using Drupal or Ruby on Rails can easily run you $25,000 – $50,000 and take months to develop.