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Treat Your Website Project Like an Investment Rather than an Expense

Tech Soup

They need to build a digital experience that doesn't tie their hands with expensive proprietary licenses and high maintenance code. The big problem is that most nonprofit web design projects are considered a one-time expense, instead of a long-term investment. Mind Shift: Expense Versus Investment. Invest in Open Source.

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Best Cloud Tools for your Nonprofit

Care2

Registering a domain, purchasing hosting, installing an open source CMS like WordPress , and setting up a basic design theme can all be done affordably. If your priority is to get a web presence up quickly for your new organization, you can always revisit design again. It's not obvious, but it's not rocket science either.

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Internet Strategy on the Cheap: Tools and Resources

Have Fun - Do Good

Tomorrow, October 18th, Eric Leland of Leland Design , and I will be presenting about, "Internet Strategy on the Cheap" at the San Francisco Bay Area Nonprofit Boot Camp. You have to set it up yourself and pay for web hosting) MovableType.com: [link] (Higher Education & Non-profit license for 5 authors, $195.

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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.) Kintera uses something proprietary, as well as Convio. Other companies in the NP space are similar.

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11NTC Science Fair Preview: Giveaways and Even More Giveaways!

NTEN

With a design inspired by GO Campaign's work for orphans and vulnerable children across the world, this 16GB Flip provides up to 4 hours of incredible high quality HD video. Convio Interested in learning how your website stacks up against other non-profits like yours? Want to share it?

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Integration of CRM and CMS

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Depending on the CRM, some require additional license fees for forms or APIs. The CRM is Salesforce, the CMS and Web Publish System is Drupal and then we have to determine the Donation Managment System (Convio, Blacbkaud) or do we create custom donation forms and use a 3rd party? So what’s the right strategy? 3 sudha 01.15.09