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Thoughts on the Future of Open Source and Nonprofits

NTEN

Based on my informal assessment of attitudes and interest in the NTEN community about open source software, I think there's a significant and growing number of folks and organizations who are either interested in, already using, or even evangelizing open source solutions. Current Trends.

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Seven ATLIS Sessions You Don’t Want to Miss

sgEngage

Cybersecurity on a Budget: Leveraging Open-Source Software and Trusted Vendors Presented by Don Rahn, Director of Security Operations, Blackbaud In the high-stakes world of cybersecurity, defending against threats is non-negotiable. Join us in this session to learn what responsible AI could mean for your school.

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Introducing a New Community-Built Application Supported by Salesforce.org Commons

Saleforce Nonprofit

Whether it’s community services, donor relations, governance, volunteer management, or communications, data plays a critical role in telling the story and uncovering the insights required to develop a response. . DLRS is a community-built and community-maintained open source Salesforce solution. ” – Andrew Fawcett.

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Free and open source tool #6: Joomla!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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! I’ll be migrating my main consulting site over to it quite soon. But at least the first technical hurdle to jump over is a small one. Be Helpful.

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Defining Your IT Roles: Project Management as a Process

NTEN

Julian Egelstaff, Technical Architect, Freeform Solutions Who are our IT role models? 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. Defining the different roles helps avoid this.

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My life as an (almost) ex-Technology Consultant

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I decided several weeks ago, for a variety of reasons, to retire my independent consultant hat. I’m not leaving nonprofit technology, though, just this particular role – I expect to stay involved, keep connected, keep prodding and poking, and keep learning. I have now realized I need to set it down for good. Be Helpful.

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Thoughts on the Blackbaud – Convio deal

Robert Weiner

Disclosures: I have clients that use both companies’ products, as well as products from their competitors, open source products, and homegrown solutions. Has an open API and flexible import and export tools. Has strong role-based security as well as strong protection against hackers. Here my perspective.

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