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Build vs “Buy”

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I keep being surprised by how frequently I hear clients tell me that a vendor has suggested they “build them a CMS,&# or by proposals from vendors that include custom building a CMS. First, the software available, whether it be open source, SaaS, or proprietary, is much better all round.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Scarcity Thinking, Social Network Fragmentation?, and Engagement Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Netsquared Net Tuesday next week in SF is about " How Nonprofits Can Use And Build Online Social Networks ," featuring speakers from Change.org and Ning. context: How are museums encouraging stickiness and user investment in their proposed and in some cases, already developed, post 2.0 What do you think? era websites.

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Forum One Staff Share OpenGov Ideas

Forum One

The students would prepare for the contest using a series of online practice modules and mobile phone based applications that would test the students on sample questions. Technical consideration: The site should be built on a non-proprietary platform rather than Ning to address privacy concerns. income, age, etc.). Vote for this Idea].

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