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SaaS vs. Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source. From my perspective, the key is openness.

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Thank You, Gerardo!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He oversaw the development of numerous products and services that allow us to drive social empowerment through technology across all our programs. He also championed an open source ethos so that our work can be broadly shared (you can view all our open source projects on GitHub ).

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Bookshare and our other Access to Literacy initiatives, including the DIAGRAM Center and Route 66 Literacy, all made big strides this year through the significant dedication of the community that makes it all happen. We now have a free, open source reading app for you called Go Read. and a new audio option for Spanish titles.

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27 Recommended Affordable or Free Nonprofit Software Tools

Bloomerang

On one hand, this saves your team the time you’d spend researching products and determining which one is a worthy investment, as well as the money you’d spend making that investment. Communication and messaging tools help employees get in touch quickly and efficiently to keep projects moving forward and promote accountability.

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Data Digest: From Presidential Campaigns to Social Good

Tech Soup

Examples of open government data reuse in US by private corporations and nonprofits is also highlighted and a webinar to help those that also want to use it is being hosted this month. Floodlight, an interesting data storytelling tool for communities is also featured. Open Government Data. Data Won the U.S. Data Storytelling.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our commitment to braille literacy means that the entire Bookshare collection of over 198,000 titles (and counting) is available not only for use in text, audio or the combination, played with a wide variety of assistive technology tools, but also formatted for use on electronic braille displays.

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Creating a Culture of Storytelling Webinar Recap

Tech Soup

Escondido Public Library has upended that paradigm by embracing technology to empower its community to create content for library use. and Pop Up Podcasts teach library users to operate audio and visual equipment to record, edit, and produce content. Escondido Library's LibraryYOU. Why Tell Stories with Video?