Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 15, 2012

This week, Benetech’s DIAGRAM Center has announced the release of an open source web application for creating and editing crowdsourced image descriptions in books used by students with print disabilities. DIAGRAM stands for Digital Image and Graphics Resources for Accessible Materials.

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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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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. Digital signatures for parents/guardians wanting to sign up their children with disabilities for Bookshare. when we bring them to developing world countries.

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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!) These are but two recent examples of how decentralized digital networks can have dramatic effects on centralized hierarchies.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 9, 2007

July 9, 2007 So I talk a lot about both open source software, and the preciousness of one’s own data. I tout the benefits of open source software. Open source projects do get better. I could dump all my addresses into one big flat file, and use grep. That’s open source, no?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

I “live the open source lifestyle.&# First, they are putting the wraps on a new version, and there are some interesting projects happening, like integrating voter files, phone banking , and my favorite, case management. I was profiled on Linux.com. That’s kinda fun! That must have been before the iPhone. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Office Open XML is Microsoft’s XML-based file format which is now native in Office 2007. Instead of adopting the already ISO approved Open Document format, it attempted to get through ISO a standard that, among other things, depends too much on non-standard, non-publicly available legacy file formats. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Many nonprofits have Linux file servers in their back offices. So next year, I’ll be doing 100 posts on particular free and open source tools. 1 trackback } Free and open source tool #1: Thunderbird » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 01.03.08 This was to appease the European Commission.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

I love it because it’s really easy to set up and back up (it’s all files, not in a database,) and it’s has draft autosaves (yay!). Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Different enough to drive me crazy. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 18, 2007

What I’d really like to see though is a true, enthusiastic Open Source community get behind a “better&# spreadsheet for its own sake, not for the sake of copying Office. Phil: I agree – with time and effort, OO or any open source spreadsheet could out Excel Excel. Maybe WikiCalc is the way to go.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

A free, open source software application that allows users anywhere in the world to securely gather and organize information about human rights violations, Martus enables human rights defenders on the front lines of fighting abuse to stay safe and protects the identities of those who would face violence and repression for telling their stories.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This can streamline everything from new employee onboarding to cross-team collaboration and secure file sharing. Google Ads Platform overview: Google Ads are digital advertisements that appear across the Google ecosystem, including Search, YouTube, and Discover. Prices vary based on the hosting provider you choose.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I’m reading this book at the same time as I’ve been working on the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. I’m realizing that all of the justifications for why I am so into open source and free software is right here in this book! It gets chewy, for sure, but it feels like every chew is worth it. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

It’s stable, feature rich, uses open standards, reads and writes MS files, and, did I mention it’s free? Of course, like all open source software, it is “free as in kittens&# – but this particular kitten is pretty grown up, and already spayed and litter trained. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 15, 2007

All importing requires now is just going to the Wordpress import tool and specifying the file. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

If my house is clean, my filing done, and my laundry folded, you can bet the ‘net is down and I’m grumpy about it. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Dustin J. Mitchell 02.20.07 Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 29, 2007

They have a site, with the URL: [link] which is a link to a windows.exe file, which is a simple, sweet Debian installer. Changing one file (/etc/apt/sources.list) and running a few commands, should do the trick. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

It took me a couple of frustrating hours or so to configure samba (editing the samba.conf file and testing) so that I could share my home directory, with music and video, with my other computers, and share my printer. Of course with my mac, I opened up the system preferences, checked a button, and, voila! This is my dilemma.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

WebHuddle is free, and open source. This is what I want: The community edition of DimDim that integrates with an open source VOIP system and Moodle. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. I’m hoping to test it out soon, as well.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

Even as more reports illustrate the harms of biased tech, nonprofit organizations are also strategically using digital technology’s power to fight inequality and racial injustice at scale. This level of skills and portfolio development would not have been possible without digital technology. Helping Immigrant Communities of Color.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

You might think that comparing four different open source packages that, in essence, do pretty the same thing (in a broad sense) would be a cakc walk. As a quick comparative look between a small number of open source systems, it’s hard to argue that it contributes no information. More on that in a bit. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The “Open Source Software is Free&# myth July 14, 2008 I had a startling realization a few days ago. No one would think that anyone thought that implementing open source software was without cost.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. As always, you can also review the speaking notes by downloading the file for your own review. Here are my slides from the presentation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

According to TechCrunch , Bloglines experienced a major outage, leaving many who use bloglines taking a serious look at alternative RSS readers and exporting and backing up our OPML files. Social Metrics: The Search for ROI in Social Media by Steve Latham of Spur Digital. Are you spending too much of your day in your email?

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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! plus two file sharing services sendspace and box.net. Eric Rice writes about the digital divide in California, while Web2.0 AFP Blog points a story about a blackberry service outage that left millions of users without wireless e-mail access.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2009

they make digital soundboards that plug straight into your computer and record with various software options. if you are recroding with multiple people, you can record them to separate audio files so you can edit more easily. allows you to backup the files by recording to multiple devices. Can import other sources well.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2017

No technology can guarantee 100 percent secure communications, and any technology is susceptible to human failings, but you can change your behavior and digital tools to be safer. It's also free, developed by a nonprofit, and open source, so you can feel confident that there aren't any backdoors in the software.

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2021

Virtual events have skyrocketed in popularity, with more and more nonprofits moving to the digital space to facilitate traditional face-to-face engagement efforts like auctions, galas, and walkathons. For virtual events, text fundraising has shown to be a convenient way to let digital guests give during the actual event. Download PDF.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 23, 2007

So I’ve been thinking a lot about the role of free and open source software in environmentally sustainable computing. And older computers running Linux make very handy single (or even multiple) purpose servers – file servers, backup servers, dhcp servers, routers and firewalls, print servers, etc. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

In Cake, the database build is separate from the application building (you do it yourself), whereas in Symfony, you use Symfony to build the database with schema files written in YAML. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. I really liked cake.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Did you know you can embed an audio file in Google Earth?) I dont know people other than Thomas Gensemer of Blue State Digital who would say that e-News is dead. Idealware.org has reviews of many of these tools as well.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

These digital assets can include stock photos, templates for various eLearning elements (ranging from page layouts to learning games), ready-to-use animations, vectors, and more. Though Adobe Flash compatibility was phased out at the tail end of 2020, Captivate is still available and able to publish courses as HTML-5 files.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

This time we’ll report on some climate change news, the TrashOut app, the difference between cloud backup and cloud storage, the heartbleed bug, a green energy innovation in Latin America that works – and another one that doesn’t, and the epic digital inclusion drone wars being waged by Google and Facebook. Recycling.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Once the directory is completed, it should be expanded to include other departmental digital communication assets, such as public facing mobile web applications and social media accounts. DHS should optimize AES for all major mobile browsers through the production of a secure mobile application version for LOI filing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Ideal for publishing interactive digital flyers, brochures or annual reports, Simplebooklet is hosted in the cloud thus any edits are automatically changed everywhere your booklet has been published. In addition to text quotes, Quoto also has a digital library of quotes embedded on images. SimpleBooklet :: simplebooklet.com.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Some of the free services I like are the different frames you can put around a photo, text captioning, the ease of sharpening a blurry photo, and a feature under ‘image setting’ that allows you to adjust the file size of the image so you can use it for the web or make it email-able. is a free open source application.

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