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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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Treat Your Website Project Like an Investment Rather than an Expense

Tech Soup

They need to build a digital experience that doesn't tie their hands with expensive proprietary licenses and high maintenance code. When a for-profit company spends money on the development of a new product or venture, it banks its business on that new venture. Invest in Open Source. About the Author. Image: TechSoup.

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DIY Online Collaboration: Wikis

Tech Soup

Have you ever thought about building an online space where different people can easily share their expertise on a subject or project? If creating such a resource seems out of your league, you might want to consider building a wiki. Software for creating wikis is easy to use and is available in both open-source and proprietary forms.

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

Marnie, Daniel, and Billy had been following developments at O’Reilly Web 2.0 To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. In the end analysis, nonprofits and NGOs build communities and are sustained by communities. and knew something new and interesting was going on. Google Maps.

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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com. intl/en/landing/internetstats.

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Open Source Strategic Planning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Paul Connolly, who has been a guest blogger on this blog before , covered the session on Open Source Strategic Planning. ” While Wikipedia is the fifth most visited web site, its budget and staff is relatively small and it relies on 100,000 contributors across the world to create and edit content.

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Shovel-Ready Online Civic Projects #5: "Global Energy Observatory" Interactive Databases and Maps

Forum One

s very innovative in its open-source and collaborative approach, it?s s highly scalable and could be used by many around the globe, and it already has a well developed ?alpha? We think GEO should be funded because: it?s s focused on an important problem ? how we generate and use energy, it?s version as a proof of concept.