Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

They need to build a digital experience that doesn't tie their hands with expensive proprietary licenses and high maintenance code. When technology systems like donor and membership management, email marketing, and website content management are selected without cross-department communication, they won't integrate.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2006

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). ve (Four Eyed Monsters + Caliblog) put a creative commons license on the video so that you don?t feed where he is tagging resources here.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

I'm trying to embrace two ideas here - the idea of open source thinking and wikitation. Allison Fine 's book, Momentum, has a whole chapter on what she calls " Open Source Thinking ," and how it is key to successfully using these new tools. Open source thinking is sharing and remixing.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

We’re deep believers in the benefits of openness, which means we publish open source software and create open content under Creative Commons licenses. We rely on free licenses to proprietary content and software, and typically get a “Yes!” from the majority of IP owners we approach.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Open Source Hardware: can it be done ? Open-Xchange just got a bunch of $. The Free Software Foundation revised the GNU Free Document License (GNU FDL) to allow public Wikis to relicense their content (by August 1, 2009) to the Creative Commons By-SA 3.0. The CC By-SA is the most FDL-like of the CC licenses.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Not the typical SROI calculation, but the dramatic point was that Flat World is making impact the center piece of their foray into Open Educational Resources (OERs). OERs are the open source equivalent of open source software.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2011

My main takeaway was that nonprofits need to think differently about content. There are different media forms that mandate different types of content — and nonprofits must consider this as part of the online content strategy. Treesaver divides content into pages, automatically adjusting to the size of any screen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2007

This year, I'm staying in on for Penguin Day and am facilitating sesion on Open Content and Nonprofits. While there is much discussion about the promise of "Open Source" software, there is arguably more promise and potential in creation and utilization of "Open Content" for nonprofit needs.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2013

Vancouver, BC: Content Marketing for Non-Profits with Vanessa Chase. Vancouver, BC: NetCoffee² - A casual coffee discussion over content marketing ! Kevin Lo reports from San Francisco’s latest event, Open Source and Open Data in Action. Image: Parallel Session F , creative commons licensed on Flickr.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

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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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

JANUARY 14, 2009

If there are two acronyms that are at the center of nonprofit communications, it’s these two, CRM (Constituent Relationship Management - and I’m making this broad enough to include fundraising) and CMS (Content Management System). Depending on the CRM, some require additional license fees for forms or APIs.

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NTEN

MARCH 15, 2010

Their theory is that anything they build has to be built open source, so that the taxpayers can access and use any innovations. All of the content produced and published by the New York State Senate is published under a Creative Commons license. The New York State Senate website is built on Drupal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2009

Earlier this week, I wrote a post called " What happens when you set your content free using Creative Commons Licensing? " I explained why I set my own work free, provided some examples, and pointed to a new tool. The First Giving Blog has a post " Riffing On Creative Commons License ". And how do you respond?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

He is also the founder of Spot.Us, an open source project, to pioneer “community funded reporting," funded by the Knight Foundation News Challenge. All donations are tax deductible and if a news organization buys exclusive rights to the content, your donation will be reimbursed. Dave interviews Beth - Beth interviews Dave ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

Open Source Feminism - Click to Play. Penguin Day is a day-long workshop for nonprofit organizations to explore the range of issues and options inovlved in using Free and Open Source Software. What are the tactics for supporting online open source communities? What is the gensis of an open source community?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Depending on the CRM, some require additional license fees for forms or APIs. 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.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2007

Open Source bid for Third Sector Innovation Exchange. million invitation to tender for a third sector innovation exchange has prompted an innovative response - an "open source bid" under which people are invited to share ideas with one team that is preparing a proposal. The Government's ??1.2

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Most interestingly, its technology will be shared almost in an open-source manner to increase the impact and reach. Rickshaw Bank provides a lease-to-own model for their redesigned rickshaws, and “back-end support” like insurance and licensing. With subtitles video content is more searchable and sharable.

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See3

MAY 4, 2009

Michael Hoffman, See3 CEO, talked about redefining “viral&# , hosting options, and distributing your video content online. We unveiled our partnership with Kaltura, the first open-source video platform, to provide exceptional video solutions to nonprofits. You Made a Video, Now What? View more presentations from See3.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

We'll be republishing some of these articles on learning wikis, and everything here is released under a Creative Commons license, so we hope you'll take part in this ecosystem of sharing. Matt Mullenweg and the entire WordPress development community for their open source code and awesome set of plug-ins.

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Forum One

MARCH 8, 2009

We think civic infrastructure for this online age needs to include open-source standards and software which provide a platform or framework for many to use, and which are licensed to allow others to extend and enhance the services. Jump Starting the Global Development Commons - Content Ecosystem ?, In our view these ?online

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Creative Commons points out the projects that support free culture and open content on their site and on. Open Source Software is Fair Trade ! Zen and the art of nonprofit technology wonders about Open Source Feminism. Join the Conversation and Debate On Open Content for Nonprofits.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

Just slide open the 3” widescreen to show your videos instantly to friends. It will also allow you to store 12 hours of videos and photos in Space Saver format so you can take your favorite content wherever you go. Grab a free printed copy of our Open Source Content Management report, our most popular articles, or more.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

After that we hope lots of people will contribute content to it. It is a new type of content for us that will hopefully inspire you to think beyond the day-to-day use of technology to the ways that technology can transform our approach to solving big social problems. Technology for Good Report. The report is by our Rebecca Chao.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

It’s peer reviewed (good), but it’s got a rather restrictive license, and the content is not freely available. The licenses are as follows: Personal License: If you have purchased a copy/subscription to the Journal with a personal license, this means that it is for your personal use.

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

With Open, nonprofits can see what people are doing, how often and how long. Finally, the CMS Content management system that came over as a part of the GetActive merger will be integrated into Convio CRM via APIs. FL: What kind of costs are associated with Convio Open?

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Your overall learning business strategy and tech tools such as your learning management system (LMS) and eCommerce tools work together to deliver content to your learners. Your team, subject matter experts (SMEs), and eLearning consultants work together to author content for your courses. What is course authoring software?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 13, 2012

Open Over Proprietary We’re an open source organization. Not only do we write open source software, but the content we create is almost always available under Creative Commons licenses.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

The Open Source Museum project at The Tech is a grant-funded grand experiment. All of the project ideas and virtual creations will be shared under a Creative Commons license, so the content truly is open to all. Those exhibits will be prototyped, discussed, and explored by visitors in virtual form in Second Life.

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Tech Soup

MAY 17, 2011

Even if you never need to code a single line of your site, arming yourself with an understanding of how HTML, CSS, and content management systems (CMSs) are used to build webpages can help you every step of the way. Week 4: Content Management Systems. Photo: Joe Athialy , CC license. Week 2: HTML, CSS, and Beyond.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2011

Even if you never need to code a single line of your site, arming yourself with an understanding of how HTML, CSS, and content management systems (CMSs) are used to build webpages can help you every step of the way. Week 4: Content Management Systems. Photo: Joe Athialy , CC license. Week 2: HTML, CSS, and Beyond.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

In the Content Management Space, you currently have three tools: NetCommunity, Luminate CMS and Sphere CMS. Blackbaud has solutions in the online fundraising and engagement space which requires a certain amount of content management functionality to support those needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

Flickr photo by Markopolos - CC "BY" license. It is also becomes my muse and a key source of inspiration. m reading and two or three pieces of content flow up from my network that begin to click together in my brain like magnets, making connections. Flickr photo by Markopolos - CC "by" License.

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