Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

David Wilcox has done a terrific job of summarizing this conversation thread recently on the UK Circuit Riders list, " Is Open Source Software Fair Trade for Nonprofits? " Are there ethical reasons for voluntary and community organisations to consider using Free and Open Source Software ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Note from Beth: At last year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I was lucky enough to join a “birds of a feather” lunch table. The topic was bullet journaling and the table host was nonprofit tech colleague Ma’ayan Alexander. BuJo for nonprofit professionals. What is the Bullet Journal System?

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DECEMBER 27, 2010

I decided it was time to do a roundup of the discussion and collaboration alternatives that exist at this point. I’m focusing on tools that are free and open source – tools that you would install on your own server, or your own private cloud. 2) Elgg: Elgg is a powerful open source social network tool.

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APRIL 20, 2009

In general, the activities of the big tech corporations have somewhat limited and indirect effect on nonprofit technology. It has to do with the fact that many, many nonprofit websites and web applications are built using MySQL, the most popular open source database management system.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Partnerships with technology companies are driving AI4Good, providing their expertise, toolkits, and resources to work with nonprofits to integrate the use of AI. Identify owned datasets that can be safely open-sourced or shared through data governance structures such as whitelists and data trusts. .

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

There are some tools that our team uses that I need to use that have no Macintosh version or alternative – and collaboration with our team using MS Office tools has become so much smoother. It does feel a bit weird to use Windows sometimes, considering my years as an open source advocate.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 26, 2008

They also span the range of proprietary, SaaS, and Open Source. Open Source Tools. Having been bogged down with my own open source CMS tool before 2005, then having taken a break from development, I missed out on the prime years of Drupal’s development. WordPress. I like it more and more. SaaS Tools.

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MAY 25, 2011

Nonprofits are often among the earliest adopters when it comes to technology and cloud computing is no exception. Registering a domain, purchasing hosting, installing an open source CMS like WordPress , and setting up a basic design theme can all be done affordably. Nonprofit CRM. The savings can be dramatic too.

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MAY 20, 2016

The problem is even more acute for nonprofits, which typically experience stricter budgets and more mission-related limits on what they can do when they market. Nevertheless, great marketing is possible for nonprofits. In the nonprofit context, this means reaching out to members of your community. Join the open source culture.

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JULY 6, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology MPower Open keeps moving forward July 6, 2008 This is old news, but I’ve been busy. at 3:59 pm Yeah, I certainly worry about that dynamic with company-led open source software.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2008

As many of you know, I have been using OpenOffice.org , the free and open source office suite since before it was OpenOffice.org. OpenOffice.org has been a great alternative to Microsoft Office for Windows users (and really the only full-featured office suite for Linux users.) That would be when it was Star Office.

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OCTOBER 19, 2013

She founded the nonprofit Sustainable South Bronx , was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship and today leads the Majora Carter Group , an economic consulting firm she formed in 2008 to bring her approach to underserved communities across the country. Brainstorming what these jobs might look like was one of the highlights of our conversation.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits May 19, 2008 There are some really interesting tidbits of stuff out there. 1 trackback } Blackbaud buys Kintera » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 05.29.08 What do you think?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 25, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What software freedom means to me June 25, 2008 I got some interesting comments on the last post about Linux desktops. I left academia to do that sort of thing with nonprofits full time.

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AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology WeAreMedia Project August 13, 2008 Yet another great NTEN project is happening, spearheaded by Beth Kanter, to develop a Social Media toolkit for Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Marnie Webb introduced me to the NpTech Tag and a whole nonprofit tech community embraced it. My first screencast was about tagging and featured the social bookmarking service, delicious. open source: Gizmodo has this post explaining how to export your bookmarks and a pointer to an old Lifehacker post with some alternatives.

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

Shareable: The Open Source Guitar – So many good pieces to think on from this post (thanks for sharing it with me, Billy!) However, these two alternative structures of human organization can interact in a variety of ways, both mutually beneficial and destructive.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

This is the first post in a year-long blog and webinar series called 101 Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Below are 10 website design best practices specifically for the nonprofit sector.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2009

There are tons of apps on the market today, but finding useful ones for nonprofit can be a challenge. No worries though - because Care2's Frogloop found four great apps that nonprofits can benefit from. In a nutshell, this dashboard streams Facebook, Twitter, Instant Messaging, and email. I have 10 invites left.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Giving up, a little August 6, 2007 As you might know, I migrated from using a MacBook Pro laptop as my primary desktop, to eating my own dogfood, as it were, and using Ubuntu Linux as my primary desktop.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology An interesting call from danah boyd February 8, 2008 Those of you steeped deeply in Web 2.0 know danah boyd. She’s a brilliant academic who studies social networks. That’s super depressing.

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JUNE 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Linux desktops? And, of course, designers need software that just don’t have high enough quality open source alternatives yet. These things are far from the fault of Linux.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Women and Technology November 15, 2006 One of the things I really like about the nonprofit technology community is that there are so many women involved. So where did the women go? Be Helpful.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Like any organization working on big issues, nonprofits take on. options that nonprofits can use for project and task management. Cohuman is one of several project management platforms that offer free accounts to nonprofits. Best of all, nonprofits. smaller nonprofits or those with occasional or informal project.

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APRIL 3, 2009

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Drupal security, and other CMS Report comments April 3, 2009 Now that the Idealware CMS report is out, I get to have my say about it. Here’s the first post, there might be more to come.

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APRIL 28, 2014

The less work that you can complete through the import tool, the more work you will have to address alternatively. For Open Source and custom databases, you can usually get directly to the database if needed. The reasons that many nonprofits look for outside help with donor data migration decisions are many.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping October 1, 2007 I was reading Deborah Finn’s curmugeonly post about Facebook. I have been having curmudgeonly thoughts about social networks in general.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Ben Rattray, Change.Org's founder, describes it as - "to create an open-sourced advocacy platform that identifies and then mobilizes resources around the best ideas for how to change the country." It works like many of the competitions that have been launched recently by nonprofits and foundations. More details on the FAQ.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

In open source news, ZTE announced two smartphones that run Firefox OS 1.3, the Open C and the Open II. Designed for the developing world, nonprofit Mozilla's Firefox phones are meant to be a low-cost alternative to iPhones and Android phones.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 24, 2009

Cheryl Dorsey, the President of Echoing Green , a nonprofit that provides seed funding and support to social entrepreneurs, talked about how providing capital for social innovation can: Provide incentive for individual and collective engagement around social problems. Give voice to new and alternative actors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Drew Bernard has a review of a new guide by the good folks at Tactical Technology Collective called " Visualizing Information for Advocacy " Nonprofits are from Mars, Designers/Techies are from Venus from the alldaybuffet describes some classic communications issues between nonprofits, designers, and technology staff.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Time to find a fundraising solution that can’t be bought August 6, 2007 Blackbaud , which is one of the big gorillas in the CRM/Fundraising space bought a littler guy, eTapestry. million nonprofits.

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JULY 6, 2017

Last week, we reported on a recent NetSquared London Meetup that investigated the IT tools that can be used to operate nonprofits inexpensively and effectively. If you're looking for an alternative to Meltwater 's media monitoring capabilities, check out the list of PR tools on PRstack. Open-Source Tools.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 29, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How’s yer CMS? All of the free and open source options did quite well in terms of Quality, Usability, and Value. May 29, 2008 NTEN just released their CMS satisfaction survey.

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APRIL 8, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology NTC Summary, and Nonprofit Technology Consulting 2.0 I spent 8 years implementing technology “solutions&# for nonprofit organizations. Is it all just TCO arguments?

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NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Cake vs. Symfony November 6, 2008 In my new explorations of PHP web application development, it seemed a good idea to get a look at both CakePHP and Symfony. The alternative would be to use 1.1

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

DHS should partner with commercial companies and government agencies to provide a consolidated portal for citizen reporting zero day vulnerabilities in both proprietary and open source code. Citizen reports should be relayed to both national CERTs and the companies or communities respond for patching the vulnerability. All Agencies.

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