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Drupal security, and other CMS Report comments

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The thing that is prompting this post is the little storm about the security metric that we used to try and get a handle on the security of the 4 different systems we reviewed. You might think that comparing four different open source packages that, in essence, do pretty the same thing (in a broad sense) would be a cakc walk.

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Drupal security, and other CMS Report comments

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The thing that is prompting this post is the little storm about the security metric that we used to try and get a handle on the security of the 4 different systems we reviewed. You might think that comparing four different open source packages that, in essence, do pretty the same thing (in a broad sense) would be a cakc walk.

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Guest Post by Stephanie McAuliffe: SoCap09 - Day 2 Roundup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Lucy Bernholz, moderating, said that metrics are the carbon in the ecosystem and the oxygen is the policy frame. People are open sourcing their metrics, and building taxonomy. To get the market from niche to mainstream people are working on taxonomy, metrics and peer and trend ratings. Lagging indicators -.

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Women in Nonprofit Technology Who Rock: Adding to Fast Company's Most Influential Women in Technology List

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

is an online engagement strategist for World Resources Institutes and in her spare time writes a blog about using metrics for nonprofit web advocacy. is an open source software guru who writes the some best posts on that topic. Laura Whitehead. is the queen of nonprofit technology in the UK. Laura Lee Dooley. Michelle Murrain.

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What do web stats mean, anyway?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

to care a whole lot about how many hits they got in comparison to similar (or different) organizations. And in your case, as the head of a nonprofit open source organization, I think you’re going to find that not publishing site statistics will cause you more grief than you think. That dog won’t hunt.

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This Month at TechSoup: Sharpen Your Website

Tech Soup

Comparing Open Source Content Management Systems This is an excerpt from the 60-page independent Idealware report that provides a summary of what open source content management systems are, what features are often useful to nonprofits, and a detailed comparison of WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and Plone.

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Event Management Software for Nonprofits: 23 Top Solutions

Bloomerang

CiviCRM – Best open-source nonprofit event management software Overview: CiviCRM offers an open-source CRM for nonprofits. Stand-out features: All-in-one event management dashboard to view essential metrics and centralize team communications. Add goals and report on progress with automatic updates.