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Campus Party H4SB — Hacking for Something Better Coming to US in 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But when he gets excited about activity that could benefit the nonprofit technology sector, I listen. What do you think of the Campus Party model? Futura is a private company but their model looks to barely break even on registrations and income from the Campuseros. He has seen it all. And like Bar Camps , people hack.

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The Nonprofit Common Data Model as an Equity Tool

NTEN

We don’t have a common language for collaboration between large software developers selling and donating their platforms to nonprofits. Enter the Nonprofit Common Data Model (CDM) , originally stewarded by Microsoft as a founding creator and ongoing community sponsor.

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Thoughts on the Future of Open Source and Nonprofits

NTEN

" Given the natural affinity between the principals of open source development -- peer production, collaboration, transparency -- and the goals and culture of many civic sector organizations, it makes sense for decision makers and tech staff to at least keep up to date on developments in the open source world. and licensing models.