Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 29, 2008

And I’m sure that the very low stock price of Kintera’s certainly made a buyout of it by Blackbaud easier. And, of course there is still Salesforce.com, as well as the developing realm of free and open source options, like CiviCRM. Today, Blackbaud announced the acquisition of Kintera. And how will Convio react?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 17, 2008

And make it reasonably priced. It may, depending on pricing, even give the open source CiviCRM a bit of competition. It may, depending on pricing, even give the open source CiviCRM a bit of competition. And it means an interesting dance for those in the nonprofit salesforce community.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Women Who Tech brings together talented and renowned women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change. There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. After 10,000 emails, prices are reasonable. Google Sketchup.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2010

Suddenly, many opportunities open for new and better government services without the usual price tag. Mitchell Kapor echoed many of O'Reilly's points and discussed open government in the context of the history of open source. Redefining government is the next step. read more. "The

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

To their credit Convio asks this question on their blog : “Should organizations like Convio, and Giving USA continue to offer these sorts of insights to the nonprofit community, or is this simply self-serving marketing fluff?&# Blackbaud hasn’t been doing so well , in the stock price department either. What do you think?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Their SaaS offering is called “NC Grow&# , which provides sets of fairly simple CMS templates to start with, designed for organizations that, in their words, “are ready to reap the benefits of richer online marketing and communications, but may not have the resources or expertise in place to make such a website come to life&#.

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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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Tech Soup

JULY 28, 2014

For educational nonprofits, schools, and libraries, Raspberry Pi is very useful for teaching students about electronics, computing, and many other technical subjects for a price that's far less than a new computer. Note that those prices are for the computer only. Power source. hardware open source'

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Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

Social and Community-Based Learning: The experience within an LXP occurs through both formal and informal learning. In part, this is carried out through social and community interactions. An LXP solves this issue with social and community-based learning capabilities. Looking to expand their learning businesses.

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2012

If critical functions like fundraising, advocacy, community building, membership management, marketing, and publicity are being fulfilled by your website, you will want to invest a proportional amount of time and money into keeping it humming along. Just tech savvy people? Tip 1: Assess the importance of your website. Technophobes?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

And this is a bad thing for the many small organizations that have been using eTapestry for reasonable prices (or free). Fewer choices means less competition, which means that prices will likely rise. Remember that as good and open and free as Salesforce is, it also can be acquired, and nothing is guaranteed.)

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Two tools include: Vertical Response : 10,000 emails per month free for 501c3s After 10,000 emails, prices are reasonable. But, if you have a good percentage of your constinuents who are early adopters and tech savvy, its a great place to be.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 20, 2011

Every day I field questions from organizations and community groups looking to use facebook, Twitter or YouTube. Our programs, services, and campaigns are successful, instead, when we focus on the community first, and that’s why Aashika Damodar’s work impresses and inspires me. Here is really where the innovative thinking began.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

” To be fair, Causes describes the acquisition as a new chapter for the Causes community. The charity pricing on it is is free for up to ten licenses with as much as a 75% discount per seat above that. The name is an acronym of "micro finance open source." Perhaps demise is too strong a word, then.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

I have been a champion of openness of all sorts, including such things as open licenses and the destructiveness of DRM, in panel after panel in the nonprofit tech community for a decade. I count among my careers software engineer, business entrepreneur, tech writer and fiction author. 4 Sonia Lyris 04.09.07

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

It is open source software, but we're experimenting with a revenue model to sustain the project over the long term. A pricing manifesto proposes that members of the community that can afford the software should support the project financially. We've just launched Miradi.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

That said, to be alerted of new low-cost or free resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 A comprehensive blog about all things related to Quick Response (QR) Codes, Augmented Reality (AR), and Near Field Communication (NFC). e-Newsletter. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

Heartbleed is an OpenSSL bug that creates openings in cloud servers in which attackers can go in and extract passwords, private keys, and other data. OpenSSL is nonprofit open source software that provides security on e-commerce and other websites by creating an encrypted channel between your device and the website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

That said, to be alerted of new low-cost or free resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech for Good 2.0 TechSoup is a nonprofit with a clear focus: providing other nonprofits and libraries with technology that empowers them to fulfill their missions and serve their communities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

That said, to be alerted of new resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 A comprehensive blog about all things related to Quick Response (QR) Codes, Augmented Reality (AR), and Near Field Communication (NFC). Starting at $8 per month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0′s e-Newsletter.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Grameen has a team of community knowledge workers who go out in the fields of Uganda and collect agricultural information on their mobile devices. Big Data Right Now: 5 Trendy Open Source Technologies (TechCrunch). Charity Works: How crunching big data can save a child (Washington Post). What does big data mean for charities?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

That said, to be alerted of new low-cost or free resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 A comprehensive blog about all things related to Quick Response (QR) Codes, Augmented Reality (AR), and Near Field Communication (NFC). Starting at $8 per month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0′s

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

That said, to be alerted of new resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 A comprehensive blog about all things related to Quick Response (QR) Codes, Augmented Reality (AR), and Near Field Communication (NFC). Starting at $8 per month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0′s e-Newsletter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

That said, to be alerted of new resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 A comprehensive blog about all things related to Quick Response (QR) Codes, Augmented Reality (AR), and Near Field Communication (NFC). Starting at $8 per month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0′s e-Newsletter.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 2, 2008

If you are really tech-competent, you can download the open-source version of Mindtouch (makers of wik.is) to create your own custom community site. The pricing is comparable ($5000 minimum startup), though there is a small business version for $10/user/month.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

These “sharing” tech companies are, in the end, profit-seeking endeavors, and as such they reproduce the all-too-familiar negative aspects of capitalism. Airbnb is another example of extractive platform capitalism, as the company delivers hearty profits to its private owners, who are far removed from local host communities.

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