Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! If you’re a nonprofit news junkie, have a look at all our Nonprofit Technology News pieces from this past year. TechSoup Technologies for Good. Hacker Helper is all about not reinventing the technology wheel.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 5, 2009

The status quo is that people with print disabilities are experiencing a book famine. Everything that needs doing can be done by license voluntarily. Everything is negotiable under license, except in practice, they don’t want to negotiate about access -- because there’s not enough money involved. And famines have consequences.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2007

One of the interesting dynamics of any technology provider of any stripe is the way they choose the technology they will focus on and support. I think this is something that many nonprofits, especially those without in-house technology expertise aren’t that aware of. But I think more is needed. Ubuntu is based on Debian).

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Programs Member Renewal Letters: A Complete How-To Guide (Free Template Included) 13 min read Read Now Technology & Tools Benefits There are plenty of software programs and digital tools out there that would make your members’ lives easier—so why not grant them access as one of the benefits of membership? Let’s get at it!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The only way you could import and export books would be directly between organizations, not people. Everyone who is not disabled globally can directly access Amazon.com and order books. Why should people with disabilities be denied library services because the book might be available for sale in an accessible format?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

, thanks to our Creative Commons license. Creative Commons is a charity that champions reduced restrictions on copyrighted work by creating licenses that make it clear how material can be used, changed, and shared. Creative Commons has devised a set of six free and easy-to-use copyright licenses. What Is Creative Commons?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2010

We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. • We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. • Compare that to Google Book Search, with more than 25,000 publishers signed up for their commercial program in a similar time period.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Because they are covered by open content licenses, we don't have to have people prove they have qualifying disabilities. Parents, teachers, teachers-in-training, people with disabilities, people who can't read, people who just want to hear a book talk: they can all have these books for free!

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

” After you’ve perused the spreadsheet, I recommend reading Bob Penna’s book, “ The Nonprofit Outcomes Toolbox.” ” This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Eight leading experts in social media and nonprofit technology have joined forces to create Socialbrite.org, a hub that showcases social tools for social change. Lasica , a consultant and author of four books about emerging technologies. Nonprofit tech experts team up to help others master ‘social tools for social change’.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Speaking of open social networks … August 14, 2008 I just joined identi.ca. You can log in using OpenID.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

That way, you’ll know exactly what you’re looking for before booking demos with vendors. CSR software is a technology solution designed to help businesses manage, measure, and report on their CSR and sustainability initiatives. Want to see how one company leveraged technology to power its corporate giving efforts?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #15: MPower Open CRM April 14, 2008 I am so far behind, it’s not funny. I’ve got to catch up. All of that said, there are a few things I hope that they consider.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

TechSoup's NetSquared initiative hosts meetups every month around the world for people who care about technology and social change. It covers what questions to ask when booking a venue , inviting people to speak at an event , running the event , broadcasting it online , keeping the discussion going after the meetup , and much more.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology OpenOffice.org to get a boost September 13, 2007 I’ve been spending a lot of time with OpenOffice.org lately.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

Technology Goes Mainstream. During the decades of the 1980s and 1990s that technology began to integrate into people’s lives. Explaining what occurred with a few of the most massive data hacks of the 21st Century could be a book in and of itself. The public demands it, and because of it, governments are responding. .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Flat World is a for-profit social enterprise that gives away its core textbooks under a creative commons license, and makes its money on ancillary products like a black and white print version for $30 (vs. The Bookshare team is excited because we can take these books and do all the accessibility work because they are under an open license!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2012

Because of new Microsoft eligibility rules that now allow private foundations to receive Microsoft software donations , Jeff Brandenburg, Irvine Foundation’s director of technology, describes his experience getting the first donations in his foundation’s long history. Jim: What was your experience getting donations from TechSoup?

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

The essence of this program is that Salesforce donates 10 free Enterprise Edition licenses to qualifying 501(c)3 nonprofit institutions and other organizations. It also provides deep discounts on additional licenses, products, and services. Like this article? Get another!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 12, 2008

We're huge O'Reilly fans: Tim has always been socially oriented and more than four years ago gave Bookshare.org a license to distribute all of his books to disabled people around the world. Tim is the kind of person that holds immense influence because of his track record for spotting new trends.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Varied and sundry June 1, 2007 It’s been a week of mostly not work, which is a nice rest. He suggested, basically, find the publisher first, then talk about the license second.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Culture Change: How DC's Office of the Chief Technology Officer is Driving Internal Change December 16, 2010 Speaker: Bryan Sivak , Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the District of Columbia. Photo: Allison Fine at The Networked Nonprofit book launch at TechSoup Global; Matt Sharp ; CC license.

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NTEN

JUNE 28, 2012

Speaking of resources, Microsoft recently offered the licensing to their Local Impact Map , free of cost, to nonprofits. If your summer is already booked with adventures and vacations, don't worry the learning continues into the fall with the DEMO Fall 2012 conference.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

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. at 6:45 pm » SaaS vs. Open Source » Audio Books 10.07.08

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 31, 2008

In addition to a print book, they have multimedia content that animates the characters and adds audio narration. I also watched them use licensed characters from top Asian media properties to create a fresh set of content. They first created original visual story content, and then added different languages.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

I stopped at the license agreement. I might regret hosing the recovery media w/o getting them on CD later, but I hope not – I was in a purist mood – I would have had to have agreed to the license agreement for Vista and activated the product in order to burn the media, and I wasn’t about to do that.) It booted fine.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open source your Open Social Apps? Can we build a library of OpenSocial applications that have open source licenses? Anyone interested?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source CRMs – people like them? » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 12.14.07 » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 12.14.07

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2016

This is the advice from the authors of the new book, Connect: How Companies Succeed By Engaging Radically With Society. The book is all about redefining three discredited works: Corporate Social Responsibility. Today, technology is making all business activity more transparent. What insights stood out?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

We've updated and expanded our downloadable book, The Resilient Organization: A Guide for Disaster Planning and Recovery , and hosted two webinars on disaster planning. Photo: Random McRandomhead , CC license. Tags: Backing Up Data Running Your Organization Tech Planning Technology Assessment Troubleshooting and Maintenance.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How not to treat an open source user community October 4, 2007 I’ve been using activeCollab for a few months now. It’s designed as a basecamp clone.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 18, 2005

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology IP Tidbits August 18, 2005 Here are a few tidbits I’ve come across in the Intellectual Property arena in the past few days. There is a new, interesting project under Creative Commons license.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 20, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology News from NTC ‘08 March 20, 2008 I’ve been having a great time here at NTC – running into lots of folks I’m happy to see again, and meet, learning about new things, being involved.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology MPower Open keeps moving forward July 6, 2008 This is old news, but I’ve been busy.

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Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2015

" The library contains thousands of published records, books, manuscripts, periodicals, and microfilms about the Northern Neck region of Virginia. "I don't have to think about doing manual scans and updates and I can put all of our computers on the same license and on the same renewal schedule."

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 18, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology More FUD from Redmond May 18, 2007 I hear, in my head, the famed quote from Rodney King: “why can’t we all just get along?&# It’s “Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt&# all over again.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Open source is now a mainstream part of the technology fabric at the operating system layer -- and is rapidly moving "up the stack" . Check out Understanding CiviCRM , an "open source book" written in 5 days using the Floss Manuals platform and methodology. . and licensing models.

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