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The Davos Blur

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Every table conversation brings a new perspective and a new idea: whether it’s new knowledge, a great contact or a new extension to the idea under discussion. James Moody of Australia’s national research organization was talking about an idea of a humanitarian license for patents that has been floated by the YGL community.

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TSDigs: Before You Hit Record Webinar Recap

Tech Soup

As for equipment, both for pre- and post-production, Vázquez’s first suggestion is for nonprofits to contact their local public access channel, which can be a great source for camera and sound tools. Obtaining free music, photos, or video clips is possible through online searches for creative commons licensed content.

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Socialbrite: Social Tools for Social Change

Amy Sample Ward

A Free Photos Directory , Free Video Directory and Free Music Directory that offers nonprofits, cause organizations and Web publishers a guide to hundreds of online resources for adding legal, high-quality content to their own Web sites, blogs, podcasts, newsletters, printed materials or online presentations.

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Going Against the Fundraising Grain: Three Unconventional Fundraising Tactics

NonProfit Hub

These are all great steps, and we highly recommend giving each Flockee a letter explaining what just happened and placing a sign with your organization’s name on it—as well as a way to contact your nonprofit for more information. no city license for a food festival). So how can you use this?

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Internet Strategy on the Cheap: Tools and Resources

Have Fun - Do Good

You have to set it up yourself and pay for web hosting) MovableType.com: [link] (Higher Education & Non-profit license for 5 authors, $195. Odeo: Free [link] Copyright Free Music Podsafe Music Network. Hosting included) WordPress.org: [link] (Free software. Includes support for first year.

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SaaS vs. Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It would not be as cost-effective (and thus, not produce as much profit) if these SaaS developers had to pay license fees for the software they use (besides the fact that these are the most stable and robust platforms to build upon.) Constant Contact (a SaaS provider of email delivery) uses IBM DB2.

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What color is the social web?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's a roundup of what I learned: Someone in my network said I should contact Carmen Van Kerckhove who told me: I'm afraid I don't know any studies that specifically address POCs using social media, but there have been a lot of articles about bloggers of color and how they're rising to prominence.

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