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Building Community with Open Source

NTEN

Once a community has determined its needs, however, utilizing open source software presents a more rapid, sustainable path to implementation. We want all of the above on a map. Several maps! Custom maps, plus Google Maps, and Yahoo too! Open source software reacts to rapidly changing technology.

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12NTC: Open-Source Mobile Apps for Social Change

Tech Soup

session, Open Source Mobile Apps for Social Change. " This means no longer building for desktop users first, then later tweaking for mobile users. Why Open Source? Open source is not just about software distribution. " Other Open-Source Mobile Tools. Crowdsourcing and mapping.

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Data Digest — Maps, Trends, and a Social Progress Index

Tech Soup

This week, the call for data measurement in the social sector heightens with the proposition of a Social Progress Index and ways that NGOs can use data maps to increase effectiveness. The need for open data from NGOs is reiterated, while the way philanthropy has promoted the global Open Government Partnership is explained.

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Top 20 Best WordPress Plugins for Nonprofit Websites

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It is the ideal content management system for nonprofits because of how it’s open source and anyone can contribute to making it better. Gravity Forms – build basic to very complex forms with conditional logic; supports processing donations through Stripe or PayPal but you need to purchase their Pro plan and add-on.

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Integrating WordPress with Salesforce

Saleforce Nonprofit

These tools provide a combination of point-and-click and drag-and-drop user experiences for simple and fast form building. Add-ons enable you to map form fields to Salesforce fields, generally using a simple graphical user interface (GUI) so you don’t have to write any code. GUI user interface makes it fast and simple to build forms.

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What I Learned About Crime by Mapping It with Tableau

Tech Soup

Here's what I found, and I'll show you the steps I took in Tableau Desktop , available at TechSoup, to make the following map. San Francisco, like many cities embracing the open data movement, has a dedicated data site with all sorts of data available for free for anyone to download and use. Gathering the Data.

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Techniques and Tools: How To Visualize Your Network

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ari Sahagun , a consultant who works with social justice groups on network visualizations, called for a group to discuss Network Mapping and Visualization. We had a wide ranging conversations about how to apply network mapping and visualization and debated about its use as a measurement technique vs strategy tool. The notes are here.

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