Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2007

Are you passionate or curious about the reality, the potential and the role of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in nonprofit organizations? Do you want to learn about latest free and open web publishing tools and technologies? I'm really excited, I'm going to Penguin Day - it's on the Saturday after NTC. Details here.

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MARCH 3, 2008

I’m giving a talk on the panel on Open Sourced Advocacy , where I’ll be speaking with my colleagues Ryan Ozimek (of PICnet ) and Jo Lee (of CitizenSpeak ), as well as Michael Haggerty, of Trellon , and Alan Rosenblatt , of the Center for American Progress. But I’m quite looking forward to it. Be Helpful.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2013

But, by eventually following Donna’s advice and talking to the Office of Special Education Programs in DC, we discovered the funding and the way forward for Bookshare to begin to realize its potential. Washington? Isn’t that where good ideas go to die?” Thank you, George and Donna, for helping us make real our dreams of service!

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APRIL 30, 2009

You’ll find us in Washington , DC , NYC , San Francisco, Atlanta , and London so save the date and come get your tech on with us. Check out these awesome panels and sign up today. Click here view the full panel descriptions and register now! And, like last year we’re going to celebrate with a PARTY afterwards.

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MAY 8, 2012

Place: FHI360, Vista Room 1825 Connecticut Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20009. The panel on Changing the World with Open Source will discuss how open source is literally revolutionizing the world and offer some great case studies on how the wikimedia foundation used Drupal and CiviCRM to raise $16M online.

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NTEN

AUGUST 26, 2010

We're always looking to balance sessions across tracks, open source v. Women and Open Source and Identity. P.S. We also have fun after parties happening in DC, NYC, and SF following the TeleSummit on September 15th from 6:30 to 8:30 - [link]. It's a balancing act -- literally. Oh, and women vs. men presenters.

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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. San Francisco and Washington DC are collaborating around API accessiblity for their 311 phone lines. The New York State Senate website is built on Drupal. We want to rock the sector.).

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JANUARY 7, 2009

And will recognize the winners at a ceremony Thursday January 8th, 3-5 PM in DC. Also related to international development, check out our " Development Commons dot org " wiki site devoted to how open-source and open-content strategies can help advance progress on development issues. Ushahidi v2 - Mobile.Crisis.Reporting.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2010

This week, for example, NTEN members like Johanna Bates , Peter Campbell , Dean Matsueda , David Geilhufe , and many more debated the topic of privacy issues on social networks (a la Facebook recently) and whether that would drive more nonprofits to customized open source options for their communities. > DC 501 Tech Club.

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MAY 6, 2009

Women and Open Source. We'll also be having after parties in DC, NYC, SF, London and Atlanta for EVERYONE to join in and celebrate after the TeleSummit. Panels run from 11AM EDT to 6PM EDT. Where : Everywhere via phone and web. Comp Tix : Use this link to get comp tix for the TeleSummit: [link]. Transparency and Government 2.0.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Washington, DC: Lessons Learned, Online Learning for Social Change. Portland, Oregon: Secret Knowledge of Open Source. North Richland Hills, Texas: Managing Your Biggest Asset: Relationships and Community Engagement. Oakland, California: Office 365 for Nonprofits — Bay Area! Tuesday, September 23, 2014.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

I'll get a chance to see Miles again at this year's NTC Conference and some lucky local nonprofit in DC will have Miles as a volunteer for the NTC Day of Service ! Do you think Open Source is like fair trade coffee ? Currently, he's blogging about his Web Office experiment which is well worth following. tools I used here 4.

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JANUARY 22, 2010

Crisis Camp DC participants work hard to develop applications and tools for relief workers in Haiti. Open source maps to help aid workers navigate damaged areas and coordinate their efforts. Earlier this week, I introduced a series of blog posts discussing the Good News Story in Haiti.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

There is a free online open-source software program that supports the development of these Socioeconomic Statements. Director, Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program, The Aspen Institute, Washington ,DC. Faculty of Education, York University. ^ [5] Alan J. Abramson, Ph.D., Ibid, Foreword. ^ [6] Ibid, pg 89.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

The organization has a staff of 40 across three offices (Washington DC, New York City, and Oakland, California). We use nonprofit, open-source Drupal to manage our main website. Fully eight staff members co-founded the organization, but the most well known 350.org It requires very little maintenance.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2005

And Emily, you should know, is looking to move to the DC area, and is seeking a position in Washington, DC with either a nonprofit, educational organization, or web design company. I've barely explored the information available on their main website, but the blog is a veritable ticker-tape of valuable resources.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

Washington DC, New York City, and Oakland, California). We use nonprofit, open-source Drupal to manage our main website. They do this work through online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions that are led from the bottom up by thousands of volunteer organizers in over 188 countries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

It is based on some open source code called Pligg that creates a "digg" like interface. The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. A quick review of the results of Isovera Survey of Open Source Content Management Satisfaction in Nonprofit Organizations.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

Grab a free printed copy of our Open Source Content Management report, our most popular articles, or more. Isovera Visit Isovera at Booth 51 and grab a handy "Got Open Source?" The winner can attend a GA101 or GA301 in DC (March 29-31), Columbus (April 11-13), Boston (May 18-20) or NYC (June 7-9). Informz It’s St.

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Forum One

APRIL 29, 2008

Chris Wolz manages this blog with the help of his colleagues at Forum One Communications, a web strategy/technology firm in the Washington DC area.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Politics, and Activism If you can't be in DC this weekend to remind Congress that you voted against this war , Ruby Sinreich suggests that you head to the Progressive Island on Second Life for the Avatars Against the War sponsored by RootsCampSl.org Hillary Clinton is using Drupal. " Web 2.0, Lucy has more coverage on her blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

If your nonprofit is based in the DC area, NpowerDC reminds us that the deadline for their annual Technology Innovation Award is two weeks away. And if you're looking for some fabulous manuals for open source software, check out the Floss Manuals. See 1,010 Favorite Tools on the TechSoup Blog. Global NpTech. What's Hiafux ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

shows us how to screencast with Linux and other open source tools! Phil Shapiro salutes DC Web Women's 12th Year, although the women in web design stats are depressing. AFP Blog points a story about a blackberry service outage that left millions of users without wireless e-mail access. Freecharity.org.uk

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Forum One

MARCH 18, 2006

Chris Wolz manages this blog with the help of his colleagues at Forum One Communications, a web strategy/technology firm in the Washington DC area.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Confluence is a technology and design company, located in Washington DC and Los Angeles. Founded in 2001, we focus on serving the nonprofit sector and provide technology consulting, strategic assessments, print and web design services and open-source CMS implementation. Confluence''s Commitment to Going Green.

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Judi Sohn

JULY 9, 2009

I’m sitting here on the train to DC, skimming the 1,000 or so posts and analysis about Google Chrome OS. For the techie-geek who runs Linux and open source software as a general rule, this is not a huge concern. Because it will not gain mainstream adoption. You can’t easily fall back on something else.

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NTEN

MAY 11, 2012

Unconference on June 15th, 2012 – it's DC's only unconference dedicated to the social cause space. On May 3rd, Azavea announced its newest open source product, GeoTrellis, a high performance geographic data processing engine. And did you know that BAVC members are eligible for a complimentary NTEN membership ?)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2008

In the safety of my day-to-day in DC, there is a lot of laughter, love and champagne. It's been set up as an "open source activism" movement - anything goes. One day I'd like to say that was a providential move - "quixotic" describes someone who " takes on an idealistic quest against great odds."

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 16, 2007

Since then, we've tried to really open source our practices and our processes and the things that make it work openly on a website and a wiki. I mean it's really heavily influenced by the open source community and the ethos of sharing. So anyway, that's kind of where coworking came from.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 19, 2009

Guest Beneblog by Vijaya Tripathi As a Program Associate for the Benetech Human Rights Program (HRP), I train and support human rights advocates who use Benetech’s free and open source Martus program to securely document human rights violations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

East Coast Michael Stein who is based in DC is delighted he doesn't have to get on an airplane this year and is hosting a session on microformats. Declaring Open Source - a one-line patch to the US Code would make open source software a charitable deduction. Check it out.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

Several different Google groups associated with transparency exist, and if youre in DC, see if theres still room at any of the Transparency Breakfast working meetings. The Open Planning Project : OpenPlans is the simple way to bring groups together, promote your cause, make plans, manage projects, and get things done.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

They can also play a key role in national legislation supporting open-source software and collective ownership of sharing platform technologies, such that collective and communitarian approaches—rather than capitalist proprietary ownership—come to play a larger role in the platform economy.

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