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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
JANUARY 24, 2008
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #5: WordPress January 24, 2008 It seems like a good day to talk about WordPress. Here is yet another amazing free and open source tool getting a lot of good attention.
Saleforce Nonprofit
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Clayton Aldern leads data journalism at Grist. Executive Director, Trellis for Tomorrow. Executive Director, Valley Clean Air Now. Clayton Aldern.
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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
JANUARY 17, 2008
OpenAds , an open source ad server (very cool) just got tons of $ in financing. A company that provides services for Ruby on Rails got a bunch of funding. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
DECEMBER 1, 2007
In general, it seems like most models depend on some sort of up-front funding, whether it be an investment or a grant, to fund the initial writing of a large amount of content. The problem of how do you fund the actual writing of content was not really addressed, and I think that is one of the harder nuts to crack. Be Helpful.
Tech Soup
MAY 14, 2013
Facebook was just getting its first venture funding, YouTube was just starting, and Twitter was still a year away from being founded. To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. Citizen journalism. Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. What Is Web 2.0?
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
MARCH 19, 2007
A long time ago (in web years) I was working with a certain CEO of a certain chapter of a certain very-big-nonprofit (whose role in life is to fund other nonprofits – this kinda gives it away, but it’s necessary for the story.) This reminds me of a true story. Be Helpful.
NTEN
FEBRUARY 22, 2011
Nonprofits face unique challenges that commercial enterprises often don't face: you have no IT staff, no IT budget, uneven levels of technical skills in staff, high turnover and volunteer staff, distributed teams with only the internet connecting them, no long term IT planning or vision, and project based funding models.
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