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Why you should care that Oracle is buying Sun

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

However, today’s news that Oracle is going to buy Sun Microsystems has some very important implications. Sun bought MySQL AB (the company behind MySQL) last year for $1 Billion dollars, and therefore, MySQL AB now becomes a part of Oracle, it’s primary competition. For us, it’s generally much more removed.

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Highlights from the Salesforce.org Nonprofit Summit

Saleforce Nonprofit

Three key themes emerged from the Summit: The power of building strong relationships to achieve your mission; the importance of flexibility, integration, and innovation to support your mission in times of change and growth; and the value of having secure data to gain deeper insights. . From Climate Change to Navigating the Unexpected.

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Philgorithms: Two Examples of Data Mapping to Guide Donor Decisions

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The technology helps donors make investments that yield the highest impact or strategic system change. Davies predicts that once these systems are fully enabled, they will change the way people invest in social change. . In general terms, Philanthropic advising usually consists of identifying: .

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Age of Automation and Nonprofits: Hiv.Gov ChatBot, Bots in Workplace, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AI at Work Study: Future Workplace, partnered with Oracle to interview 1,320 U.S. Researchers say that artificial intelligence, which could fundamentally change the world while contributing to greater racial bias and exclusion.”Every The authors suggest what is needed to change this. “AI is no exception.”

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How World Wildlife Fund Used Segmentation to Activate Social Influencers for Their Cause

Connection Cafe

The Oracle at Delphi told Oedipus “Know thyself!” If the Oracle were speaking to nonprofits today, it might say “Know thy supporters!”. government to take action against climate change. December 2015 – the United Nations is scheduled to meet in Paris for its annual climate change meeting – “COP21”. First, some background.

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Open Source vs. Proprietary: Desktop Productivity

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I recently wrote a blog entry about LibreOffice (LO), the fork of OpenOffice.org (OOo) that came after the acquisition of Sun (the old holder/maintainer of OOo) by Oracle. I know that the fact that nonprofits can get MS Office for $30 or so makes a change unlikely, and I’ve carped about that one for years.

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Announcing the 2015 Digital Outlook Report

NTEN

Findings from the report also reveal that nonprofits are changing the way they raise money and acquire new donors and supporters. Many of the recommendations highlighted in this report require staff time to strategize, make changes, and optimize online processes or experience. It''s all about people in any industry.

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