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Thoughts on the Future of Open Source and Nonprofits

NTEN

Based on my informal assessment of attitudes and interest in the NTEN community about open source software, I think there's a significant and growing number of folks and organizations who are either interested in, already using, or even evangelizing open source solutions. Current Trends.

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Mobile for Good: Trends to Watch at Mobile World Congress

Tech Soup

The Barcelona tradeshow sets the mobile trends for the year with major announcements expected from Nokia, Samsung, LG, and others. In open source news, ZTE announced two smartphones that run Firefox OS 1.3, the Open C and the Open II. Check out Engadget's hands-on review of the ZTE Open C.

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WeAreMedia Project

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Of course, I’ve been a wiki fan since the very beginning, and I haven’t lost the desire for true data portability , and open source alternatives to the current social networks. 2 trackbacks } Nonprofit Communications » Blog Archive » Nonprofit Trends - What’s Hot & Not @ the Carnival 08.15.08

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Top 10 Tough Donor Data Migration Decisions

3rd Sector Labs

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. Unfortunately, based on our experience, the quality of these tools varies. This is a great question and a tough decision.

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Best Cloud Tools for your Nonprofit

Care2

Registering a domain, purchasing hosting, installing an open source CMS like WordPress , and setting up a basic design theme can all be done affordably. If you're drawn to the power of Salesforce integrated featureset, Convio's Common Ground CRM which is built on the Salesforce platform may be a good alternative.

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10 Website Design Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Study and implement modern design trends. Also, a quick search of “ website design trends 2020 ” will add an extra layer of creativity to your process and ensure that by the time of launch your website will include innovative and forward-thinking design elements. Use a top-rated Content Management System (CMS).

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Green Coworking: An Interview with Chris Messina and Ivan Storck of Citizen Space

Have Fun - Do Good

Since then, we've tried to really open source our practices and our processes and the things that make it work openly on a website and a wiki. You essentially can come in whenever there is a renter here who has opened up the space. I mean it's really heavily influenced by the open source community and the ethos of sharing.

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