Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 10, 2007

They suspected they could significantly increase their visability by posting content for free on the internet - but this would destroy their sustainability. Independent Software Vendors (ISV's) have been wrestling with this for years, as the success of the Open Source movement places a downward pressure on the value of software.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2006

Save the Internet | Rock the Vote. He created the above "open source documentary" on Net Neutrality called Humanity Lobotomy. And note how he has incorporated the use of his mail comment line into his content). Additional Resources: Save the Internet. on YouTube, Google Video, Podzinger and delicious.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 28, 2016

When it comes to choosing a Content Management System to build and manage your website, the choices available might seem a little daunting, especially to a novice just trying to get their feet wet. Not so with the behemoth of the Internet, WordPress. An Open Book. Money Talks. Easy to Learn, Easy to Use.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 9, 2010

– Pew Research Center – "Eight percent of the American adults who use the internet are Twitter users. This is the first-ever survey reading from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project that exclusively examines Twitter users. Get the Tagline Database and Report!"

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2010

I caught Brian Rowe 's Sharing Content, Terms of Service, and Copyright Best Practices session today at this year's NTC, which was a great primer for understanding Creative Commons licensing and included information on the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) and several other topics. He also talks about his Utilikilt. Tools Web 2.0

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 8, 2023

These RFPs have giant lists of requirements related to how content will be authored, formatted and published. We often get asked this question: What is the best content management system (CMS) for association websites? We’ve run into IT departments that prefer a Microsoft tech stack, while others prefer open source.

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 8, 2023

These RFPs have giant lists of requirements related to how content will be authored, formatted and published. We often get asked this question: What is the best content management system (CMS) for association websites? We’ve run into IT departments that prefer a Microsoft tech stack, while others prefer open source.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Nonprofits have become intimately familiar with Content Management Systems (CMS). Some, especially those that are very content/document heavy, have become familiar with Document Management Systems (DMS). There are both proprietary and open source LMS. Moodle – probably the best known open source LMS.

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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

When it comes to WordPress, the Holy Grail of do-it-yourself Content Management Systems (CMS), updating isn’t just a good idea: it’s a critical component of using the site in the most efficient and secure way. Obviously, for most of us, security is of paramount importance.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 1, 2021

Now, however, in the age of the internet, we have new learning opportunities emerging everywhere we look! Instead of having to search for sparse sources of information, we’re now left with the opposite issue—sifting through ample resources to find the most trustworthy and impactful information. .

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

For anyone who designs, owns, manages or administers a WordPress site, the importance of the “community” that surrounds the wildly popular content management system cannot be understated. If you’re one of the one billion Facebook users you’re already in a great position to hop into a WordPress group.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

We’ve grouped these solutions into the following categories: Donor Management Fundraising Project Management Communication Design Forms Marketing Events Website Content Management System As you assess each option, keep in mind that seemingly “free” platforms may still come with costs. There are no fees for free events but a 3.7% + $1.79

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

The platform provides training and open-source tools and resources for climate activists, links activists to local groups and campaigns, provides a platform for rapidly evolving content, and also supports a Coal Tracker as the group seeks to end the reign of dirty coal in Africa. Just Recovery Gathering , April 9-11: Join 350.org

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 10, 2012

Microsites can also promote dynamic content." " Why Being Good Enough Is Never Enough on the Internet – Forbes – This is an important post I think everyone should read! The Internet is indeed a blank canvas in many ways. ."

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 25, 2008

I was a professor at the time, and a nonprofit organization wanted to get on the web, and give some of their staff email, and at the time, colleges and universities were the only organizations that had easy access to the internet, and virtual hosting companies cost a fortune, way beyond what a nonprofit could afford.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Jesse Shapins, the other panelist, is the co-founder of Zeega , an open-source web application. Zeega is a content curation tool that lets you collect video clips, sound bites, and images from sites with public media (like Flickr, YouTube, Dropbox, and so on). Shapins said the company plans to open it up to the public soon.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

I “live the open source lifestyle.&# This news is so old it’s embarrassing – NPR opened up their content API. I come across a lot in my varied net wanderings, and people send me stuff, so it’s a nice way to talk about some of it, without having to go into too much detail. That’s kinda fun!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What I’m learning November 30, 2007 It’s been mostly fun so far at the Open Translation event here in Zagreb. It’s also really interesting to see how free and open source fits into all of this.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2012

CiviCRM is open-source, web-based software that. CiviCRM integrates directly with the popular open-source content management systems – Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress. Check out the full roster of. helps organizations realize their missions through fundraising, events. more via one unified solution.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

Sjöberg introduced the work of Escondido Public Library by noting how historically libraries have provided content to be consumed. Escondido Public Library has upended that paradigm by embracing technology to empower its community to create content for library use. Escondido Library's LibraryYOU.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I’m reading this book at the same time as I’ve been working on the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. I’m realizing that all of the justifications for why I am so into open source and free software is right here in this book! It gets chewy, for sure, but it feels like every chew is worth it.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2016

The Internet can be a confusing place, and often Internet concepts, like coding a website, may seem complicated and overwhelming. This file structure is telling your computer: go into Users , open the folder sarahlesh , and then in that folder open mywebsite.html. The is where our actual content goes.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

April 15, 2007 At NTC , there was a lot of talk about the “big three&# open source CMS packages that most people these days in our sector are using: Drupal , Plone , and Joomla. What are all those content types, and where do they appear, and how do you get things to look exactly like you want them? Um, sorta.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

It was an open call, so there are a wide variety of posts to talk about. Beth Kanter digs deep to try and figure out how to pull RSS content into Facebook I review Facebook’s new ad platform. On the theme of this week in the US – Thanksgiving day, Elisa, of Nonprofit Congress, is thankful for her work. Good stuff!

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2013

The Internet has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to online nonprofit tech education. Manchester, UK: Open Badges and CiviCRM meetups. San Francisco, CA: Open Source Tech Can Improve Your City & Your Nonprofit, & A Conversation w/ SAP. You betcha! But what if you learn best face-to-face or with a group?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 24, 2008

The conference was rich with great speakers and content, and it’s great to see how far things have come. I want to give huge props to Holly and all of the NTEN crew for putting on a fabulous conference. It was incredibly well organized and smooth running, the food and snacks were great, and the parties rocked. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology New tools February 5, 2008 Last week, I spent too much time watching demos from DEMO , which is this twice yearly event that showcases the most bleeding edge internet technology. Watch the demo. Be Helpful.

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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. And often, there internet strategy should be to do just that. This is the work that matters.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

My curmugeonly thoughts fall into three basic categories of sucks: time suck, content suck, privacy suck. At least the content-focused social networks, like del.icio.us, or flickr, or my personal favorite, our own Social Source Commons , there is some there there. They own my profile, and whatever time I spend adding content.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

Here's what I love about the internet. But back to my love of the internet. I had good content, and a link to the outside world. The internet gave me content, but then, it also gave me connection. What if I could do this in a museum--receive content and then connect with the people who created that content?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 18, 2007

I’m still not convinced by any of these social network sites not directly linked to content (unlike del.icio.us Relatively recently, I’d finally, after tons of invitations, joined invested time and energy into my LinkedIn profile. or flickr) – but it’s fun to play with, anyway. Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2008

is a new web resources that includes tactical guides to using a wide range communications tools for social change, packaged with some open source tools for creating media.    It also includes tips and resources for developing an Internet Strategy sharing content on mobile phones , and an email strategy.  

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

apps out there, and beginning to try and use them to create content and organize my life, I have come to the following conclusion: the apps are great, but integration still sucks. And, I also don’t want to do too much cross-posting of content. Open for suggestions! First, there’s the blogging issue.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 6, 2007

But I think the larger question about folksonomies is important: is efficiency all there is, and in what ways are folksonomies a way for the “folks&# (rather than “experts&# ) to have access to the process of categorizing their own content, and content they care about? What do those guidelines look like? Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

Pretty presentation with no content is useless. And I’ve come to understand what I value about some development shops, and what I don’t value about others. I like proposals that focus more on the project, and show clear understanding of the project. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

It is not because you aren’t interested (although many of you might not be), but because Sage is one of those archaic academic publishers who had decided to lock down its authors and their content behind heavy iron walls. I agree with her that open journals are the future. Open-access is right. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

I know that’s one more thing in a long list of considerations (and it’s generally more important to think about for the CRM – the CMS, if it is modern, and especially if it is open source, will provide few barriers to integration.) To some extent it also depends on how open the CMS is with regard to extensibility.

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