Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Rule of thumb: projects that haven’t had minor releases in a year or more are definitely in danger of becoming projects that are no longer under development. Depending on project, going from x.2 3 might be a major or minor release. Going to a x.0 0 release – for example from 2.x is always major.) Be Helpful.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

We’re thrilled that today’s rapid changes in technology are opening up tremendous new ways to address the problems they face. To do so, we definitely need your help. As we look forward to 2015, we recognize that much work remains to be done, and we definitely need your continued support. billion poor and unbanked.

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Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

After you define bias and harm for your use, the next step is to establish standard evaluation procedures to test AI for these definitions. What problem is your AI trying to solve, and what is the definition of bias and harm for that problem? What can bias look like in the data?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 23, 2011

I’ve not had any experience with Springboard, but it’s important to understand that it is not open source, and is only maintained by one shop. Right now, there is an alpha release for Drupal 6, which is alpha in that very humble open source sense – it’s being used in quite a number of production sites.

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 13, 2013

Additionally, Carr Systems remains more committed than ever to Open Source solutions such as Drupal Gardens, CiviCRM, and WordPress. As such we invest a lot of time and energy in accurately capturing the particular requirements of our clients to ensure that any future system definitely meets their needs.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 1, 2013

If there was a dictionary definition of an application developer that’s in this market for all the right reasons, it would point to PicNet and call it a day. There aren’t enough words to describe my respect for Ryan and the team he’s built and what they’re trying to do, penguins and all.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2006

He leading a workshop in North Carolina at RTPnet on Open Source CMS and CRM systems. I wish I lived near by - because I'd definitely go. s and Open Source software ??? One of the smartest, funniest, and best trainers in the nonprofit technology space is my colleague, John Kenyon. in plain English.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 20, 2006

This is a musing on the current state of the Gnu Public License, which governs a preponderance of open-source software projects. But first, let's talk about what open-source means for a minute. This is what has permitted such widespread commercial adoption of the open source idea.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 2, 2009

And it’s great that it’s free and open source. Although that wasn’t an absolute requirement for us, it is most definitely a plus, given so much of our work is implementing open source web tools. And it’s nice to save a few bucks per month.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 2, 2009

And it’s great that it’s free and open source. Although that wasn’t an absolute requirement for us, it is most definitely a plus, given so much of our work is implementing open source web tools. And it’s nice to save a few bucks per month.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I wrote a blog post called, Mashups, Open APIs, and the Future of Collaboration in the Nonprofit Tech Sector. And what would you describe as the social definition of Social Actions API – the purpose? A lot is also owed to Doug Puchalski, a programmer with Definition who helped lead the development of ViewChange.

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

They most definitely don’t want other competing organizations in their community to learn about their issues, as it would show weakness and could impact their competitive advantage. What if the unexpected wasn’t seen as failure but as lessons to be shared? What if these stories could be collected and shared across the sector?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2014

While you should definitely explore the full site, here are the top five tips I distilled from the project. These open source tools include apps and tools for encrypting emails, texts, browsing history, and even phone calls. apps surveillance open source security mobile apps privacy data' Keep Systems Secure.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 12, 2011

I have definitely noticed that I’ve been migrating a lot of functionality of things that I do to web-based apps of one type or another, and this is one example of that. And, it’s open source, and isn’t even that hard to get set up and running. The center of my workflow, like for most consultants, is email.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology OSS User communities December 12, 2006 One of the things that can make (or break) an open source tool is the community around it. It’s definitely worth a read. Be Helpful.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

ProjectRSS for describing projects (part of the Open Philanthropy effort) – I've recently come across this project from John Brennan (@worldlyjohn on Twitter) and am interested in what you all think about it! "Open "Open source software exists in the computer industry.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 2, 2009

It’s decently AJAXy, but no, it’s not shiny - at least not my definition of shiny. The online help for BlackbaudNow is powered by the open source software MediaWiki. Of course, proprietary software makers use open source software all the time, that’s not the problem.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

As Drupal 7 and 9 prepare for their end-of-life in November 2023, migrating your organization’s existing Drupal website to Drupal 10 is definitely something to start digging into in more detail now. Drupal is an open-source content management framework that was initially released 21 years ago. million members.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

As Drupal 7 and 9 prepare for their end-of-life in November 2023, migrating your organization’s existing Drupal website to Drupal 10 is definitely something to start digging into in more detail now. Drupal is an open-source content management framework that was initially released 21 years ago. million members.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 25, 2008

In many ways for me, the most important aspect of free and open source software is that it does just that – it levels the playing field so that people and organizations with few resources can have access to quality tools to do what it is they need and want to do in this software-driven world. Be Helpful.

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Forum One

JULY 20, 2021

As Drupal 8 prepares for its end-of-life this November 2021, with Drupal 7 following along in November 2022, migrating your organization’s existing Drupal website to Drupal 9 is definitely something to start digging into in more detail now. Drupal is an open-source content management framework that was initially released 20 years ago.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Definitely a trend to keep your eyes on as Internet TV begins to penetrate our living rooms in coming years. An online database of what is #trending on Twitter with user-generated definitions of related hashtags.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

This is not only cool from the perspective of the integration of two great open source web apps, but it also is a very interesting business model. Matt Asay, blogger of all things in open source biz models, thinks Google Code may have overtaken Sourceforge. Some definitely cool stuff I’ll have to have a look at. {

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Hashtags and their usefulness are definitely open to interpretation. Event] Example Tweet: UNICEF is using RapidSMS in 23 countries, many more users who download the open source software. If every one of your tweets has a hashtag, some people will question your intentions for using them.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Life would definitely be easier if there was one piece of software that could do everything we needed it to, from donor management to email blasts. Tags: CMS CRM Data E-mail Integration & APIs Open Source Web Sites IT Staff. Today, we are very pleased to announce the release of the Data Ecosystem Report.

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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.) at 3:50 pm CiviCRM and Drupal (& Joomla) 01.26.09 mathew [link] 2 admin 01.15.09

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Shareable: The Open Source Guitar – So many good pieces to think on from this post (thanks for sharing it with me, Billy!) Organizational data is, by definition, far less personal than the information an individual might trust to the site, so you’re much less likely to want to keep it private.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

There’s been some interesting activity in the realm of women in open source. It’s definitely worth a listen. I need to figure out a good network configuration. There is a podcast with a group of women developers that was recorded during RailsConf. There is a part two coming, I understand. Be Helpful.

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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. It definitely focuses a lot on the eye candy, which is nice, actually – I like that the admin interface is pretty. So I like Joomla.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

I linked to a great thought piece a while back on opening up the social graph (that is, your network of friends.) Jon Stahl pointed me to a great article , also about opening up the social graph. There is a Google group (called Social Network Portability), that you should definitely join if you are at all interested in these issues.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

Quick definition Cloud computing is basically running applications on the web via “Software as a Service (SaaS)&#. So I’m going to try and lay out the details of what cloud computing is, and how it’s useful for nonprofit organizations. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

There are a number of reasons for my deciding to slowly leave the Macintosh platform: I want to focus more energy and time on free and open source platforms – I might donate what I would have spent on Leopard to some deserving projects. Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07 Be Helpful.

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NTEN

JULY 1, 2011

They definitely sparked a conversation (or two)! Treesaver is a new, open source web platform that uses HTML5 to create narrative experiences with text, words, and pictures. Check out these LinkedIn best practices for nonprofit professionals and organizations. Jan Masaoka was busy myth-busting in a Blue Avocado post this week.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 8, 2005

Africa is definitely getting more attention from us. Plus, we recently spotted this article on the Open Source Africa site. Patrick Ball is in Colombia for most of the next three months teaching the techniques of human rights statistics and information processing at the National University there.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

So this is definitely a tool to watch. It’s still in “private&# beta (ask for an invite, you’ll probably get one – I did.) There are a lot of features that are unfinished, but what’s done is polished, and pretty smooth. You can share these Blists. good2gether is an interesting concept. Watch the demo. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Over the past year and a half, I’ve been fulfilling a definitely different role with nonprofit organizations than most times in the past. But in terms of long term sustainability, from my perspective, picking one of the well developed open source CMSs and running with it, can’t be beat.

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