Judi Sohn

MAY 3, 2015

Two weeks ago, I joined the Salesforce Foundation in a new role as Open Source Manager. Does "Open Source Community Manager" mean that you're the official bff of Nonprofit Starter Pack users? What exactly does that mean? — Russ Feldman (@russforce) April 21, 2015. I did think it would be more).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

How well your nonprofit’s email and social media campaigns perform depend upon how well your website is designed. Below are 10 website design best practices specifically for the nonprofit sector. Study and implement modern design trends. Large national and international nonprofits are often ahead of the curve.

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Byte Technology

JUNE 7, 2016

Additionally, WordPress-related keywords get 37 million searches each month; the program is available in 40 different languages; and 22 percent of new U.S. Awe-inspiring to say the least, given the free and open-source content management system (CMS) is just over a decade old.

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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. Additional users are 50% off.

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

and Seth Giammanco, Principal, Minds On Design Lab. Open source. Open Source – API. VolunteerMatch has created an up-to-the-minute live map on its website, offering information about the total number of searches and different categories of referrals indicating when a user has responded to a volunteer opportunity.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 23, 2022

In addition to this hurdle, we also had a non-mobile friendly website with an outdated visual design that affected both user experience and our search engine optimization (SEO). The fact that we could not change this field previously was an indication of how little control we had. Here’s where we saw the most immediate improvements.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

Three months later I had a prototype platform aggregating actions from RSS feeds, with a search element around that content. The vast majority of applications that have been built since 2008 match actions with related content: for example, by reading a blog post and searching the Social Actions dataset for related actions.

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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. One great forum is Quora, where you can search for specific topics being discussed or simply browse around and check out what others are talking about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

BuJo was designed by Ryder Carroll, a digital product designer. Custom collections: BuJo is designed to become whatever you need it to be, be it a fitness tracker, food log, diary, sketchbook etc. You’re encouraged to design your own Custom Collections. Reduce over-planning. BuJo is a personal tool.

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Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

We evolved to focus on leveraging technology, like web design, social media, and other digital tools, to advance the causes nonprofits care about. Digital agencies usually do social media advertising, social media management, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, and websites. Q: What services do you offer?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. A search engine for blog posts, this service illuminates the most popluar blog topics by day, week and month.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

A social graph if the NpTech tag based on a google search NpTech Conversations Gavin's digital diner has written an article about the options that technology gives us for opting out of face-to-face gatherings. OpenSource and Software Communities Jon Stahl has a thoughtful essay on Nonprofits, Open Source and Leadership.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 19, 2009

Google Desktop — Use Google to search your desktop files: [link]. SpyBot Search & Destroy — Anti-spyware and malware tool for PCs. TrueCrypt –- Very well-designed and easy-to-use program for encrypting your files and folders: [link]. But that’s why it’s free.).

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2021

The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance guide to nonprofit courses provides guidance for choosing courses that are best suited for nonprofit staff learning, including open source vs. paid learning opportunities, subject matter analysis, and some example courses. Apply concepts to pre-designed courses.

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 8, 2023

We’ve run into IT departments that prefer a Microsoft tech stack, while others prefer open source. I guess this is why some people prefer the Apple design style, while others like Google. Open source systems don’t have licensing fees, and hosting in a Linux environment is less expensive than hosting in a Microsoft environment.

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 8, 2023

We’ve run into IT departments that prefer a Microsoft tech stack, while others prefer open source. I guess this is why some people prefer the Apple design style, while others like Google. Open source systems don’t have licensing fees, and hosting in a Linux environment is less expensive than hosting in a Microsoft environment.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites. There were also many sites so a searcher would have to go through several and sort through the many different search protocols and syntax. Indirect Content. Now for indirect content or Mash-ups.

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Tech Soup

JULY 28, 2014

The Raspberry Pi was designed to help educators and students understand technology better. A quick Google search of Raspberry Pi projects produces a long list of ideas. Power source. hardware open source' It doesn't include a hard drive, but instead includes a slot for an SD or microSD card. Power ratings.

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Forum One

APRIL 22, 2010

Admin: An easy-to-use back end, with a wide variety of customizable themes, with minimal design control. Additions: Photos, wikis, video, search, email notifications, and chat. Additions: Photos, video, search, and a chat add-on widget. Directory: A full member directory with a listing of friends, similar to that of Facebook.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. The NetSquared website was itself designed to be a model Web 2.0 Technorati (the first blog search engine at that time). The idea was to embed the functions of existing social sites like Meetup , Flickr , and del.icio.us. Citizen journalism.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 24, 2007

Probably it just means that when the “Social Media Director&# or the “Goddess of Communication&# arrived in their office in the morning, they ran their standard set of google blog and technorati searches, and voila, there I was. and “We’ve designed Yugma to work seamlessly between Mac, Windows and Linux.&# Be Helpful.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Sometimes the engineer and the user/manager are the same person -- if a small organization is using some open source tool by themselves to build a website, for example. Open source software is often an important ingredient for the engineers to consider, and not just because of the low acquisition cost.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

In open source news, ZTE announced two smartphones that run Firefox OS 1.3, the Open C and the Open II. Designed for the developing world, nonprofit Mozilla's Firefox phones are meant to be a low-cost alternative to iPhones and Android phones.

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Mobile Trend Italy Phone 57

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2007

We've been taught that good design is about documentation, smart development is about process, and effective management is about control. In the last five years we've witnessed Open Source ideas transform software and content, converting the meekest of us into public contributors. What if all our professional training is wrong?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

Search for your city on NetSquared.org to find your closest event. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels and Bytes "Open-Source Summer Fiesta" San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Boston, Massachusetts: Community Class — Intro to Design Thinking and Prototyping. Wednesday, June 7, 2017.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Ushahidi was originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

The semantic web and the continued evolution of search, data design, and user interface design will help. In the comments of Gavin's post Marnie Webb tells us: On a day to day level, I do find the tag useful when I combine it w/ other searches. And, certainly, it's help me as a news feed to keep abreast of the flow.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Drew Bernard has a review of a new guide by the good folks at Tactical Technology Collective called " Visualizing Information for Advocacy " Nonprofits are from Mars, Designers/Techies are from Venus from the alldaybuffet describes some classic communications issues between nonprofits, designers, and technology staff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Last year, I was on a panel organized by Ed Schipul and we were hoping that there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this year I just scanned the list of over 1200 panel submissions to SXSW in search of nonprofit oriented panels (in addition the two I submitted) and found a number of them for your consideration.

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Nonprofits Source

DECEMBER 5, 2022

However, if you don’t already have web development or coding experience, designing a website can feel overwhelming. . Instead, the right website builder will streamline the entire web design process so you can build the website of your dreams—no coding required. . This is where having the right technology comes in handy. Let’s begin.

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Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

However, as you begin searching for your association’s next solution, you’ll quickly come across a new option on the market— learning experience platforms (LXPs). These platforms remove the onus of designing each individual experience from the shoulders of the association— your team— and instead give learners agency to do so themselves.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

ActiveCollab an open source project management tool. Google Social Edge Search searches 35 sites, including : omidyar.net, compumentor.org, techsoup.org, bblocks.org, idealist.org, rpcv.org, etc. The Nonprofit CMS blog shares some agruments against Open Source. Top Rated Resources at Kikono.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2005

Bookmarklets are simple tools that extend the bookmarking and search capabilities of web browser software. There are lots and lots of bookmarkets around, some good, some bad, and some designed to work specifically with Web2.0

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 19, 2023

They provide a user-friendly interface with simple editing tools and pre-designed templates. With other builders, a nonprofit might have to adapt features designed for traditional for-profit businesses. Design Flexibility: Choose builders offering a diverse range of templates, customizable themes, and design elements.

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Websites Template Plugin Beginner 52

Care2

MAY 4, 2009

The Seven Things Everyone Wants: What Freud and Buddha Understood (and We’re Forgetting) about Online Outreach Designed by Mark Rovner | Sea Change Strategies Communications Track - Imperial Ballroom A With all the shiny technology tools out there, it’s easy to be blinded to the fact that technology is about bonds, not wires.

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Social Media Conference Advocacy Online 28

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 22, 2013

The user—or someone they designate—can later retrieve their data, and can search, analyze and report on the information, using the Martus client software. That’s why all of the software work done by Benetech and our technology development partners on Martus is open source: where the software’s source code is open for inspection.

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Tools Program Fund News 158

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. In fact, they even design the background for you. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com. Qwiki :: qwiki.com.

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