Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 9, 2008

This is old-ish news, but the acquisition of companies behind open source software by big behemoths continues with the acquisition of Jabber by Cisco. The proprietary model is more about “build once, charge everywhere…and as long as you can.&# Open Source, it can be SaaS and Open Source.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Based on my informal assessment of attitudes and interest in the NTEN community about open source software, I think there's a significant and growing number of folks and organizations who are either interested in, already using, or even evangelizing open source solutions. Current Trends.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 18, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The power of open source VOIP December 18, 2007 Today seems to be Asterisk day. Asterisk is the open source PBX application that works by using VOIP. What is Asterisk, you ask? Be Helpful.

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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. What’s new about MPower is that it has very recently been released as open source.

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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? Which lead me to think about the idea of open sourcing OpenSocial apps. Anyone interested? Maybe this is the use for opensocialorg.org! Be Helpful.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

Once a community has determined its needs, however, utilizing open source software presents a more rapid, sustainable path to implementation. With open source (specifically, in this case, Drupal ), all of the functionality is available already (except for the jet-packs and sinks -- those are still in beta).

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Three recent examples from Forum One’s work with mission-driven organizations show how centering online community engagement allows direct service to key constituencies and builds upon what digital tools can deliver. These experiences offer lessons for organizations of any size to re-imagine what it means to build community online.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

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. Use responsive design.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

Costs vary as well -- and there are even some Free and Open Source options. The system integrates tightly with common Web site content management systems with online payment and form-building functionality, like Drupal and Joomla. by Fund for the City of New York. Orange Leap MPX. by Orange Leap. Organizers Database (ODB).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 25, 2021

By: Cori O’Brien, Senior Manager, Open Source Commons. This year, we are highlighting contributions made through Open Source Commons , a unique program that highlights the partnership between Salesforce.org and our community of customers and partners. Build Sustainable Apps to Meet Unique Community Needs.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Three recent examples from Forum One’s work with mission-driven organizations show how centering online community engagement allows direct service to key constituencies and builds upon what digital tools can deliver. These experiences offer lessons for organizations of any size to re-imagine what it means to build community online.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 8, 2008

I keep being surprised by how frequently I hear clients tell me that a vendor has suggested they “build them a CMS,&# or by proposals from vendors that include custom building a CMS. I hear people suggesting building their own social networking website. The web software landscape has changed dramatically over the years.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 28, 2014

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 ). a11y accessibility Bookshare engineering executive Gerardo GoRead innovation open source Read2Go'

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Selecting the right Content Management System (CMS) for your nonprofit website is crucial in building and managing a successful online presence. This article will discuss several key points to help you make an informed decision, covering topics such as open-source vs. closed-source platforms, software costs, licensing methods, and more.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The goals of the DEI Open Source Commons team center around leveling the playing field for everyone in tech by increasing diversity and inclusion at Salesforce community events, in addition to creating and modeling a toolkit that groups can use towards their own diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. “I What’s next?

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Forum One

MARCH 20, 2024

Mission-driven organizations face a number of unique challenges when it comes to building digital products. That said, because of the decoupled nature, like with all things Composable, you can easily utilize open-source JavaScript libraries that aren’t tied to any specific CMS or back-end.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 18, 2014

Are you driven to make a real difference from a leadership position in the open source community, at the heart of Silicon Valley and at the unique intersection of technology and social change? Brand career hiring job nonprofit open source recruiting social enterprise social entrepreneur tech4good VP of Engineering'

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

We build our tech-for-good products and reach dollar-by-dollar, and therefore every gift makes a difference for the people we serve. Martus is our free, open source, secure information collection and management tool. Are you excited about technology benefiting the world? It’s not too late to pledge your support for our work.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 22, 2013

Top tech companies like Google, Facebook and IBM have figured out how to make vast quantities of money by giving away their core product, or building products on top of open source and free software. To the greatest extent possible, be open. Support open data, open access to research, open content and open source.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2009

Our pals over at Idealware have just released a pretty comprehensive report comparing some open source content managment giants — WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and Plone. Looking for a system or a consultant to build a new website? Tools Web Building Web Building. Have questions about how it all works?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 24, 2022

DLRS is a community-built and community-maintained open source Salesforce solution. “Open source is nothing without a community, and I could not be more excited for the DLRS team and this release. Learn more about the history of DLRS, and Andy’s decision to join the Open Source Commons program.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In this release, our open source offering, Data Lake for Nonprofits, Powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) is generally available. Build Relationships, Fund Impact with Fundraising Solutions. Build Trusted Relationships, Working Together to Make Change with Program Management Solutions. Interested in learning more?

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Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

Guidelines for building AI tools for good Building ethical AI requires an interrogation of the data you plan to use for training and evaluation. Candid produces model cards for all AI tools we build and deploy in our systems. What problem is your AI trying to solve, and what is the definition of bias and harm for that problem?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Its mission is strongly aligned with our own at our SocialCoding4Good project: build awareness of technology serving humanity, engage technical volunteers to contribute their time and talents to design and develop it, and foster cross-sector collaboration to amplify its impact.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 14, 2011

I’ve mentioned this before, and I do think the conventional wisdom is that open source software (which includes OpenOffice.org, MySQL and Java) will not flourish at Oracle. It makes sense – Oracle has never had a culture of fostering open source software, and it seems unlikely to obtain one.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Build a Rails app, and deploy it on Heroku. As someone who has managed to learn some Apex , which is, frankly, somewhat of a monster of a programming language, it’s pretty clear that it’s not super easy to build complex apps using it. Heroku is cloud Ruby on Rails. It’s pretty sweet.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

We’re honored to work with over 51,000 organizations as they advance their missions and build a better future. Open Source Commons : Benefit from a community of talented developers who volunteer their time and effort to contribute trusted, innovative, open-source solutions that serve all of us.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

With a modest core team of six, and its founder just winning the 2014 Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest at the 14NTC, learn how CiviCRM is helping nonprofit communities worldwide build relationships with their constituents. civiCRM community Community CRM Open Source Open Source IT Staff'

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 24, 2010

What I didn’t say is that a number of shops that have done Drupal/SF integration for production sites chose not to use the contributed modules – they built (or are building) their own custom Salesforce/Drupal integration modules. Build on the work of others. What we gain: Not having to reinvent a number of wheels.

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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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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Build a successful online fundraising strategy from the ground up. An open API that allows you to build SMS into your app or product. An open API that allows you to build SMS into your app or product. This is the tool we used to build our SMS data tool for Google Analytics. Online Fundraising Essentials.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 26, 2013

Here is an excerpt from my written testimony, as originally featured on Benetech''s Blog : Delivering my statement before the House Committee on the Judiciary, August 1, 2013 We build our work on strong foundations laid down by other people and companies, whether it’s the open source ecosystem of the Internet, or proprietary software or content.

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Kindful

AUGUST 28, 2023

Come join our team of talented individuals who are passionate about building relationships within our team, with our partners, and with our customers that enable Kindful to make a real difference in the nonprofit market with our fully integrated online fundraising CRM. Kindful is a stable, growing SaaS company located in Brentwood, Tennessee.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 1, 2022

Since your website is such a vital component of your online outreach strategy, you’ll need to choose the right content management system (CMS) to build and manage it. Both are open-source, user-friendly, and customizable. Drupal is a powerful open-source CMS noted for its customizability and security features.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 25, 2011

There are some amazingly good blogs out there focused on the use of Drupal and other open source tools. You don’t need to hear from me about the newest web tools – you have ReadWriteWeb and Mashable for that, among others. And besides, the landscape has changed somewhat – in some ways better, in some ways worse.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2019

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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