Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

This is a time of accessible AI—anyone with an internet connection can use state-of-the-art tools to help with tasks like brainstorming ideas, generating art, and drafting documents. In many cases, the training data is curated from the internet, with all the prejudices and biases of the humans creating it.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2022

To serve a community, you have to be in the community. This open-source, accessible solution enables workers and volunteers to collect data wherever they need to go. What makes this product particularly special is that our community developed it through The Commons program. TP: It’s the flexibility of use.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Not so with the behemoth of the Internet, WordPress. One of the most laudable attributes of WordPress is that it’s an open-source CMS: there’s an entire community of users backing it up and creating thousands of plug-ins—beyond the basics that come with the starter version of the platform—that make it faster, prettier and more efficient.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

The internet is not new. The real-time web is a paradigm based on pushing information to users as soon as it’s available, instead of requiring that they or their software check a source periodically for updates. The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster. Impacts to Philanthropy.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

At Salesforce, our business is guided by stakeholder capitalism , a system in which corporate purpose is based on a fundamental commitment to all stakeholders — customers, employees, partners, communities, the planet, and society — rather than just shareholders. With a digital-first approach, 350.org’s University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Majora Carter is on a quest to save the world one community at a time. and she’s well underway bringing positive change to many more communities. and she’s well underway bringing positive change to many more communities. That’s because she believes that no one should have to leave his or her neighborhood to live in a better one.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2009

"OpenMRS® is a community-developed, open-source, enterprise electronic medical record system framework. Understand the importance of both community size and data ownership in your social network strategy." " OpenMRS - OpenMRS - Such a great group doing great work. " Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The evolution of technology has, however, made it easy to rapidly put credible solutions in place, and, in many cases, this internet strategist is here to tell you that you just need to dispense with the rigor and go for it. In the end, you'll have an asset (some form of community) and you will know where to put the next set of enhancements.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2008

MPower Open is now on Sourceforge , they released their product under the GPL v3. I look forward to the growth of this community, and the ongoing development of the MPower solution as an open source alternative CRM for nonprofit organizations. These are good steps forward. 2 admin 07.07.08

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2017

In a recent blog post , in which our nonprofit, TechSoup, advocated for Net Neutrality, there were several responses that have an interestingly identical structure: (a) Government should stay out of the Internet; (b) There are technical issues involved that TechSoup does not understand; and. (c)

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

On one hand, this saves your team the time you’d spend researching products and determining which one is a worthy investment, as well as the money you’d spend making that investment. Events are an effective way to bond with supporters, build stronger relationships, provide value to your community, and increase fundraising revenue.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 29, 2008

And, of course there is still Salesforce.com, as well as the developing realm of free and open source options, like CiviCRM. It will be interesting to watch what happens with Kintera, and especially, what happens with their APIs. And how will Convio react? It’s going to get interesting, for sure. 2 Anonymous 06.13.08 Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2012

switched to CiviCRM from other fundraising and CRM software products? CiviCRM is open-source, web-based software that. CiviCRM integrates directly with the popular open-source content management systems – Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress. communities. Want to talk with folks who have. Registration.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 24, 2008

I’ve got several posts on tap about specific aspects of the conference, or specific products and such that I’d come across during my time at NTC last week, so stick around. It’s the NTEN community that provides all the magic at the conference. And I’m already looking forward to NTC in San Francisco in 2009! {

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

Escondido Public Library has upended that paradigm by embracing technology to empower its community to create content for library use. To encourage library patrons to continue making content, Escondido Public Library trains library patrons using mostly free and open source software. Escondido Library's LibraryYOU.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

This is an independent, community-nominated, community-voted event created in 2012 that aims to publicly recognize the excellent individuals and organizations that have maximized the capabilities of Drupal open source content management system. Nonprofit Video Production Tips. Faces of Drunk Driving.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

WebHuddle is free, and open source. There does seem to be an active (but small) user community. They now have a community edition, and there seems to be an active community of users. This is what I want: The community edition of DimDim that integrates with an open source VOIP system and Moodle.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 20, 2008

MPower Open , an enterprise CRM, is both open source, and has great open APIs. Convio keeps drinking the “open&# coolaid (although they have a ways to go.) Despite claims of access to a robust user community, there’s no sign of such on their website. There will be way more on this in later posts.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Some vendors have products that provide integration by having both the CRM and the CMS together. I’ll have follow up posts on specific examples of this integration using open source tools (on one end or the other, or both.) To some extent it also depends on how open the CMS is with regard to extensibility.

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2011

John Lyman from Google.org laid out three key themes in deploying technology products in the developing world: Remember the context and environment in which you are using technology. Connectivity is still an issue in most parts of the world, and we need to think of solutions that account for the lack of access to the Internet.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

NetSquared’s Global Community Builder , Amy Sample Ward, will be at the NTC this year to connect and collaborate with friends, colleagues and new faces in the sector. Come chat with me about online communites, some of the topics of conversation may include: What have been some changes or issues recently with your online community?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

The IT industry is overwhelmed with companies and courses and products aimed at the commercial world. Sometimes the engineer and the user/manager are the same person -- if a small organization is using some open source tool by themselves to build a website, for example. Where do our ideas about IT come from?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Luckily, there are some great Internet safety resources that are specific for healthcare organizations , libraries , seniors , kids , and small offices (like the ones that most nonprofits have). Like it or not, it is not possible to keep kids off the Internet. The Internet has not changed that. Online Security for Libraries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

I was honored to be invited to cover this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum , a community of donors and social investors committed to international causes. He talked about data itself being a public good. The data itself is the product, it is a new asset class. What does that mean for foundations and the social sector?

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The evolution of technology has, however, made it easy to rapidly put credible solutions in place, and, in many cases, this internet strategist is here to tell you that you just need to dispense with the rigor and go for it. In the end, you'll have an asset (some form of community) and you will know where to put the next set of enhancements.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

Since reading the The Networked Nonprofit a couple of years ago, I’ve been on the lookout for nonprofits that typify the new breed of nonprofit organization that is agile, open, community driven, hyper-connected and extremely effective. We use nonprofit, open-source Drupal to manage our main website.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

Since reading the The Networked Nonprofit a couple of years ago, I’ve been on the lookout for nonprofits that typify the new breed of nonprofit organization that is agile, open, community driven, hyper-connected and extremely effective. We use nonprofit, open-source Drupal to manage our main website.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

Open Source is Dead. What I mean is that open source, as we knew it, is dead. For the last decade, what we've been talking about when we say "open source" is "open code" -- a set of zeroes and ones that we can configure to our heart's desire. Long Live Open Source.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

It is based on some open source code called Pligg that creates a "digg" like interface. The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. If you are interested in community plumbing, here's rough diagram , although it might have changed since a few days ago.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 3, 2011

Below, we've compiled all of the community responses. Depending on a client's visual acuity, they not only use different media when accessing print (large print vs. Braille) but also use different software on the internet. Why We Need to Focus on Accessibility. Tips for Website Planning. " - from Amanda Ward via Linkedin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

NetSquared Community. So, blog posts with tips on productivity are very much appreciated. Here's a terrific article from the Nonprofit Communications blog called " 10 Ways Communicators Can Stay Productive" and from the Blog Bash event here's some tips specifically for bloggers on productivity.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

We provide a supportive network for the vibrant and thriving community of women in technology professions by giving women an open platform to share their talents, experiences, and insights. There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Email is a critical channel. Google Sketchup.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

What should bother us is the possibility of lower educational value being associated with the flood of cheap CE “products” into the market. This profile will promote standardization in how simulators report over the Internet to databases. Plateau of Productivity. But nonetheless, the future looks rosy. Trough of Disillusionment.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

Panelists: Nina Card, Scottrade, Robyn Landry, American Heart Association, Miles Sims, VP of Product Management, Small World Labs, and Michael Wilson, Founder/CEO, Small World Labs. The key to growing your online communities is through growing your social capital. Panelist: Tara Hunt, Intuit 7. Whitehouse.gov 2.0: Whitehouse.gov 2.0:

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

From questions about the actual production of the files, to distribution, to listener metrics and feedback, there are plenty of moving parts that can raise questions. Think of it as TiVo ® for Social Media on the Internet: People can get precisely what content they want, whenever they want it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

" I did manage to get Internet access on my nokia N95 and couldn't resist Twittering his quip. What if networked better and created stronger communities of practice? Told story about doing a workshop and someone said the product didn't work. How did the transaction go - not the final service or product.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

This blog is for volunteers, webmasters and administrators of associations, clubs, charities, communities and other groups. Consider how you might use the interactive possibilities of the Internet and Web 2.0 tools, to get past some of those communication barriers â?? Non-profit Communications. online community.

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