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!

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

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. Product Maturity: Evaluate the CMS’s reputation, support availability, and roadmap projection.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Connected Civil Society: Applying machine learning and computer vision to document human rights violations and promote accountability in Syria in collaboration with the UN. Born Accessible: Working with publishers to ensure that any new ebook is accessible to people who read differently - with the goal of one day making Bookshare obsolete.

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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. We’re excited to collaborate with you!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 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 #6: Joomla! Joomla does have an interesting history – it was the fork of a project (called Mambo). Mambo is way less popular than Joomla at this point. Be Helpful.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

SocialCoding4Good We are very excited about our SocialCoding4Good project, one of our Benetech Labs initiatives, which is working to increase the engagement of the technology sector with social good initiatives beyond just the scope of our own programs. Martus is our free, open source, secure information collection and management tool.

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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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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 4, 2009

My colleague, friend, and collaborator David Wilcox just posted about the social collaboration game we are going to be putting on at SHINE derived partly from the social media game and from our work on the Social by Social project. Join the Social Collaboration Game on day two of SHINE. You’ll find details here. “

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AUGUST 28, 2023

Collaboration Review and provide input into software specifications. Collaborate with other developers to ensure (1) we are taking the best approach in a given situation (2) we are doing things in a consistent way (3) we share information. Create technical specifications and technical designs. You’ll use Jira, GitHub, and Slack.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

complex projects that require careful management. complete their projects. options that nonprofits can use for project and task management. options that nonprofits can use for project and task management. Project management software helps organizations manage the complexities of. Project Management Options.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2007

His newest project is Open Source Cinema. Here's his description: Open Source Cinema is the web platform for the creation of a feature documentary film about Copyright titled Basement Tapes. This film is open source - and thats why I created. Brett's Remix of Lessig's Words. Brett Gaylor is a amazing!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 23, 2012

Have you ever thought about building an online space where different people can easily share their expertise on a subject or project? A wiki is a website maintained collaboratively by a community of contributors focusing on a particular subject or project. What Is a Wiki?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 2, 2022

At that event, the Tech Against Trafficking coalition – a collaboration across several major technology companies, including Salesforce – was born. But when it’s used thoughtfully and in collaboration with anti-trafficking experts, technology can be a game-changer.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 1, 2022

Both are open-source, user-friendly, and customizable. Drupal is a powerful open-source CMS noted for its customizability and security features. Plus, you’ll likely require the support of a skilled web developer to help manage your website migration or build project. Submit a request for proposal (RFP).

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NTEN

MARCH 10, 2010

Session: Working with Open Source Software and Vendors. Free and Open Source Software. Whether it is on the desktop like Firefox and Open Office or the Ubuntu Linux operating system, or on servers (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) and running CMSs and CRMs (like Drupal and CiviCRM). Speaker: Gregory Heller, CivicActions.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2010

I decided it was time to do a roundup of the discussion and collaboration alternatives that exist at this point. I’m focusing on tools that are free and open source – tools that you would install on your own server, or your own private cloud. 2) Elgg: Elgg is a powerful open source social network tool.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

We’ve grouped these solutions into the following categories: Donor Management Fundraising Project Management Communication Design Forms Marketing Events Website Content Management System As you assess each option, keep in mind that seemingly “free” platforms may still come with costs. transaction fee per donation.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

For example, our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Getting to zero hunger will require unprecedented collaboration and a multi-pronged approach that gets to the numerous causes.

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NTEN

MARCH 2, 2011

Peter Campbell, IT Director, Earthjustice As an IT Director, co-workers, peers, and consultants frequently ask me, "Do you use Microsoft Project ?" Then I elaborate with my true opinion of Project: it's a great tool if you're building a bridge or a luxury hotel. Real world projects require far more agile and accessible tools.

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VisionLink

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

As the project manager for Crisis Cleanup , an open source collaborative work order management platform, Aaron has helped connect more than 230 organizations and 40,000 volunteers to more than 11,000 families needing assistance after 15 disasters in four countries, producing an astonishing $26 million in value for disaster survivors.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 24, 2010

A few months ago, in preparation for a couple of projects, and a big push into this area for our company, I was faced with a strategic choice – go it alone, and build our own integration module for client projects, or plunge into using and working with the contributed salesforce modules. Collaborate and learn.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Nonprofits face unique challenges that commercial enterprises often don't face: you have no IT staff, no IT budget, uneven levels of technical skills in staff, high turnover and volunteer staff, distributed teams with only the internet connecting them, no long term IT planning or vision, and project based funding models.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2015

In honor of LGBT Pride Month , I wanted to highlight some inspiring LGBT technology projects you should follow and champion. While diverse in their missions, these projects all have the common threads of inclusivity, support, and access. LGBT Technology Partnership's Digital Inclusion Project. Trans*H4ck. Happy Pride Month!

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2009

Here's the official low-down: Get up to speed on dozens of free and open-source projects driving innovation in cloud computing, Web application development, social and collaborative technologies, and more. Social and Collaborative Platforms - Social networks and Web 2.0 Register today!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 12, 2011

What’s also very close to the center is my project management tool, Redmine. (I’m It works for multiple projects. And, it’s open source, and isn’t even that hard to get set up and running. I love the collaboration features. It is an awesome web-based password management tool for teams.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Spinning off projects when they reach sustainability, and when doing so would allow them to better achieve their mission, is all part of the Benetech model. With each of the projects we launch, we plan for at least three successful exit options. During that time, HRDAG has also grown to a place where it can be self-sustaining.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

Blog Days, Blog Actions, and GTD for Blogs Perhaps inspired by Blog Day and Blog Carnivals , lately, I've been seeing coordinated "blog action" projects crop up in and around the nptech space. Adopt a classroom project from DonorsChoose and lead a blog fundraising campaign. My favorite phrase is "The code isn???

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor. In this Huffington post, Andrew Turner talks about how NGOs can increase effectiveness by accessing, analyzing, visualizing, and collaborating around data. Open Data for Social Change. Big Data Right Now: 5 Trendy Open Source Technologies.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2009

Students experience the interdisciplinary and collaborative development of user interface solutions in international software projects while getting into FLOSS development." "OpenMRS® is a community-developed, open-source, enterprise electronic medical record system framework.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

The Social Actions project began in 2006. There wasn’t much scalability in the way I was pursuing the project. In 2007, I realized that a much more effective way to aggregate interesting actions would be to subscribe to RSS feeds from trusted sources. I wanted to make some kind of contribution to the world of microphilanthropy.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

This Markets for Good article about the Children’s Museum of Manhattan describes how CMOM has collaborated with National Institutes of Health, providing real-time data to develop a health curriculum for young children through an unusually speedy process. Building a movement through innovative open source tools.

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Forum One

MARCH 25, 2009

As part of Federal stimulus spending, we think the government should expand funding for a very innovative online database project that will help with this transition, a project started at Los Alamos National Laboratory and called the ? s very innovative in its open-source and collaborative approach, it?s

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Forum One

MARCH 25, 2009

As part of Federal stimulus spending, we think the government should expand funding for a very innovative online database project that will help with this transition, a project started at Los Alamos National Laboratory and called the ? s very innovative in its open-source and collaborative approach, it?s

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

My collaborator, JD Lasica , at SocialBrite has just posted the interview and details below. DonorsChoose: open source philanthropy from JD Lasica on Vimeo. You get to decide which projects to support — and you’ll be able to hear directly from the students who received your donation. The cool part?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

All interested nonprofits or social enterprises will be able to leverage SocialCoding4Good by posting their open source software development projects for social change and inviting volunteers to work on them. CityOptions The best idea we received last year for a new project is getting underway!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The work we do with our community explicitly focuses on providing opportunities for our customers and partners to collaborate on technology solutions for the social sector’s toughest problems. Open Source Commons and Community Sprints , where our Salesforce-savvy community gathers to co-create solutions together.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

What you will do: Write computer programs for human rights data analysis projects. We use free and open source software whenever possible, but we're pragmatic and work with what our human rights monitoring and advocacy partners need, so our environment is a pretty eclectic mix. Process, clean, and transform data.

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