NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Organizations using open source software don't pay licensing fees and gain greater flexibility and freedom to tailor their systems to meet specific needs because these solutions enable a user to modify the software's code to create the exact functionality he/she needs for his/her organization. The city of Washington, D.C.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

There are different flavors of Creative Commons licensing, some encourage remixing more than others as the Learn Online blog points out in the " The Illogical rhetoric of Share Alike " Ruby Sinreich points us to Liza Sabater's manifesto on People Powered Politics based on the seminar Cluetrain Mainfesto. How cool is that?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 20, 2008

Oh, and Crystal Reports Application Server. But I’m sure that their services pricing has been adjusted to account for loss of licensing revenue. Their web site makes no mention of what server technology is used/required for MPower. Turns out it requires MS SQL Server ($240 + CALs from Techsoup, plus hardware). Which is fine.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2008

This is what I said (in what I think is my first quote for a press release): By adopting a well-regarded license, joining the SourceForge platform, and launching its community, MPower is making great strides in creating an open source community around its application,” said Michelle Murrain, Principal, MetaCentric Technology Advising, and Coordinator, (..)

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NTEN

APRIL 16, 2009

When faced with grant applications from organizations that can show results and organizations that cannot, most funders' choices are clear. Some elements of pricing to consider: Is the system a "one time" software package price or initial license fee or will there be yearly licensing fees?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Add applications to your Page and engage your users with videos ( YouTube Box ), photos ( Flickr Box ) reviews, flash content, and more. According to the “ eNonprofit Benchmarks Study ” done by NTEN (shout out to Holly Ross ) email is still the “killer app” that reaches the most people. Why is this important?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Depending on the CRM, some require additional license fees for forms or APIs. If you have an email list captured by one application, a donor list captured by another, a social network in another, and you give them all equal “weight,&# then you’re asking for trouble. So what’s the right strategy?

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

We'll also have some extra-cool schwag available if you submit your application for Google for Nonprofits in-person at the booth (be sure to bring your organization's Tax ID number with you)! All applicants will be entered into a drawing for a new Apple iPad! Google Stop by for a Google for Nonprofits tote bag!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

And so the whole not-having-to-worry-about-licenses envy came up (in my head – no way I’d actually suggest this – I knew it was fantasy). Although they weren’t doing it when I made the purchase, Dell is now including licensed DVD playback software. And that’s just so stupid. 5 Matthew Edmondson 06.25.08

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2005

At this year's NTEN conference , the thing I heard the most had to do with message. There I'm thinking of things like wikis, social networking applications that allow you to eavesdrop on what your friends are doing (this is how I think of subscribing to a colleague's del.icio.us What are some of the barriers to blogging?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

Original photo remixed from flickr photo by Stinky Peter Screencast in conjunction with NTEN View the screencast as higher quality flash file -takes longer to download here. My screencast on widgets is featured in this month's NTEN newsletter in a section pointing to " How To Build Online Community." I'm so excited!

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

They also used wufoo.com , which helps create online forms, process applications for programs, manage magazine applications, subscriptions and more. . PT started using Salesforce.com in 2008, taking advantage of its free licenses for nonprofits. Tags: Community CRM International Newsletter NPTech NTEN.

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NTEN

MARCH 1, 2011

Most nonprofits only ever need the ArcView license, available heavily discounted from TechSoup. The ArcExplorer application from ESRI is a new tool for making presentations out of your maps. This industry standard program is used in 98% of US-based higher education settings. Two newer tools make this very convenient.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2009

And, with web-based applications like Co-Tweet or HootSuite you can share the tweeting across teams, pre-schedule your tweets and other time-saving tricks. It's called poetic license when writers do it! Or why not exaggerate a tad and say that there's bacon on that muffin, even if there's not?

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