Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

I'm trying to embrace two ideas here - the idea of open source thinking and wikitation. Allison Fine 's book, Momentum, has a whole chapter on what she calls " Open Source Thinking ," and how it is key to successfully using these new tools. Open source thinking is sharing and remixing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2019

There are many chat bot authoring platforms that make it easy for anyone to create a bot without requiring the technical expertise in natural language programming. Direct Relief , a humanitarian aid organization, and its Direct Relief and its bot builder, Mind Heros , have open-sourced their model. Does your nonprofit use a bot?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

OFM: A Model for Partner Participation in Open Source Community Projects. Terri Givens is an author, CEO, and Founder of Brighter Higher Ed. Doyin Richards is a best-selling author and creator of the Anti-Racism Fight Club. About the Author. Zak Kaufman, Vera Solutions, and Andrew Means, Salesforce.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2005

That estimate comes from Noy Shoung, deputy general of human capacity building at the government's National Information Communications Technology Development Authority ( NIDA ), the government agency that oversees the country's telecommunication policy. distribution that is currently being translated into Khmer language.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 4, 2022

About the Author. At Salesforce.org, her team leads Impact Labs and Open Source Commons to foster community collaboration and inspire innovation on the world’s most pressing challenges. Multiple submissions allowed and encouraged. Amy Guterman. Senior Director, Community Innovation at Salesforce.org.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 31, 2010

Women and Open Source and Identity. Creating a Culture of Collaboration and Innovation. Female Ferocity. ROI of Social Networking. Speak Up: Pitching and Public Speaking Mojo. Building the Ultimate User Experience. They are also hosting after Parties in DC, NYC and SF so come on out!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 2, 2022

This is partly done by strengthening the development of open-source technologies, encouraging best practices, and supporting the development and adoption of open data standards to enable better interoperability. But we also hope to nudge the sector, so its collective use of technology becomes more impactful.

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Forum One

JULY 6, 2021

This post is co-authored by Feru Deshong, BSc ’23 Babson College & Beatrice Mhando, BSc ’22 Vanderbilt University. As Forum One works primarily with open-source software platforms, such as Drupal and WordPress, we created a tool that allows administrators to utilize the benefits of a CMS.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Allied Airlift is made up of veterans and volunteers who scoured open source intelligence reports to provide Afghan allies with critical information necessary to find a place aboard one of the limited U.S. About the Author. Air Force aircrafts evacuating people from Afghanistan. Carmen Dowell.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 23, 2022

A Better Website : A visually appealing and responsive website, which was built on the open-source Drupal Content Management System (CMS), allowed us to better serve all of our audiences. About the Authors. After onboarding to Salesforce, the changes were pretty immediate and the results were exciting. Brooke Smith.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2009

' Open Source Is Dead! Long Live Open Source! What I mean is that open source, as we knew it, is dead. For the last decade, what we've been talking about when we say "open source" is "open code" — a set of zeroes and ones that we can configure to our heart's desire."

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Building Open-Source Voice Recognition for Good: Can You Help? Project Common Voice is a Mozilla effort to build an open-source voice recognition engine that anyone can use to make innovative apps for devices and the web. The following are a couple we think you might find intriguing and useful.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor. Big Data Right Now: 5 Trendy Open Source Technologies. He says that there are over 250,000 viable open-source technologies on the market today and identifies five of them that are currently trending while pointing to their advantages.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2014

These open source tools include apps and tools for encrypting emails, texts, browsing history, and even phone calls. You can do a quick review of your online accounts and see which services offer two factor authorization (2FA). apps surveillance open source security mobile apps privacy data' Keep Systems Secure.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

Soledad O’Brien led a thought-provoking discussion with Beth Kanter and Allison Fine , co-authors of The Smart Nonprofit , and David Brown , senior vice president of strategy at Knotch, a content intelligence company. About the Author. On day one, we also hosted a group of 14 nonprofit executives at the Soho House in New York City.

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Global Giving

MAY 22, 2018

Only access or knowingly attempt to access data that you are authorized to use as a part of your role and job responsibilities. ClamAV is a popular open-source option. DBAN is one popular open-source option to assist with this. Develop and adhere to your organization’s privacy policy and safeguarding policy.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

Invest in Open Source. Open-source software differs from other platforms in that it doesn't cost anything to license and use. And finding a secure, modern hosting partner that can support an evolving open-source website isn't as simple as checking the yellow pages. About the Author.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2013

The author of the book, Giving 2.0 , has just released all her teaching notes and syllabi, along with philanthropy library. The idea is simple – by open sourcing her materials, she hopes to inspire more colleges to incorporate courses on philanthropy in their curriculum. at Stanford two years ago.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 17, 2012

Many thanks to Thushan Ganegedara for this guest post about his summer open source project. Go Read searches for books based on title, author, etc., I’m Thushan Ganegedara, a 3 rd year undergraduate from the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 1, 2021

The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance guide on the subject explains that you have an option to choose between open-source and paid courses. While open-source can be tempting due to the inexpensive price, they often only offer a limited amount of information before requiring payment or they simply lack high-quality content.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Each year, the Tides Foundation awards a $10,000 cash grant to an individual or group who has created an open-source software project that benefits nonprofits and movements of social change. The Pizzigati Prize is named for Antonio Pizzigati, an MIT graduate, early web author, and leading advocate for open-source computing.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 13, 2014

Co-authored with Enrique Piracés, Benetech VP, Human Rights. To make strong security accessible to the community involved in human rights documentation, we developed Martus —a free, open source, secure tool for collecting and managing sensitive information.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Community blogs with many authors and identified, authenticated users. Also, I have to say, as much as I have respect for other Open Source CMS platforms, IMHO, 98% of websites can be served by either of these platforms. Sites with deep integrations to CRM platforms and web services.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Your team, subject matter experts (SMEs), and eLearning consultants work together to author content for your courses. Your choice in course authoring software is just as crucial as the tools you choose to deliver the content to learners. What are the best eLearning authoring software? What is course authoring software?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Not the typical SROI calculation, but the dramatic point was that Flat World is making impact the center piece of their foray into Open Educational Resources (OERs). OERs are the open source equivalent of open source software.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

We’re deep believers in the benefits of openness, which means we publish open source software and create open content under Creative Commons licenses. Authors Guild vs. HathiTrust. We’re operating at the forefront of copyright limitations and exceptions, both in the United States and globally. What’s next?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

The platform provides training and open-source tools and resources for climate activists, links activists to local groups and campaigns, provides a platform for rapidly evolving content, and also supports a Coal Tracker as the group seeks to end the reign of dirty coal in Africa. About the Author.

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Care2

JUNE 14, 2013

Speakers will include top thought leaders like Beth Kanter, author and blogger helping nonprofits use networks and social media for social change, Jeremy Heimans, Co-Founder of open-source global activism platform Purpose.com, and Allyson Kapin, Blogger-In-Chief of our Frogloop blog and Founder of the online marketing firm Rad Campaign.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 17, 2021

Object Sync for Salesforce is an open-source WordPress plugin that provides a GUI to map and sync data between Salesforce objects and WordPress content types. About the Co-Authors. Set up a one-way or bi-directional sync between Salesforce objects and WordPress content types… …and my sync and UX needs are simple.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 7, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. Open Source data big data crowdsourcing' (Please visit the site to view this video). It was originally published on NetSquared.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 1, 2011

Benetech seeks to be open internally and externally. While respecting individual privacy and our other values, we foster a collaborative work environment through open communication. We rely on open source tools for information exchange and development tools, as appropriate.

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 4, 2021

About the Author: Anne Stefanyk. Anne is an advocate for open source and co-organizes the Bay Area Drupal Camp. As Founder and CEO of Kanopi Studios, Anne helps create clarity around project needs, and turns client conversations into actionable outcomes.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

It is not because you aren’t interested (although many of you might not be), but because Sage is one of those archaic academic publishers who had decided to lock down its authors and their content behind heavy iron walls. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

I had a brief conversation by email with Cory Doctorow , a science fiction author who is also a copyleft activist, who releases everything he writes with a CC license. There’s been some interesting activity in the realm of women in open source. That feels good. I need to figure out a good network configuration. Be Helpful.

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 8, 2023

These RFPs have giant lists of requirements related to how content will be authored, formatted and published. Some CMS systems have friendlier drag and drop authoring systems, while others require a bit or a lot of knowledge of CSS (cascading style sheets). Often, one focus of the RFP is the technology that will power the new website.

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 8, 2023

These RFPs have giant lists of requirements related to how content will be authored, formatted and published. Some CMS systems have friendlier drag and drop authoring systems, while others require a bit or a lot of knowledge of CSS (cascading style sheets). Often, one focus of the RFP is the technology that will power the new website.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. This week have a look at the just completed Open Data for Africa platform and learn more about the brewing open data revolution in the MENA region.

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