NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

In addition to celebrating failure , Beth Kanter invites innovative social media champions to discuss their wins in detail so others can benefit. Building a movement through innovative open source tools. Tools are licensed as open source, available for anyone to use and improve.” million in one day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2006

There is also a $50,000 bounty program for OpenID integration in major open source distribution. It would be great to see a critical mass of civil society / nonprofit oriented folks in attendance to discuss the issues specific to adoption in that sector.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

They can be very complex course management systems which are designed to do things like quizzes and grading (as well as discussions and have places to store course materials.) There are both proprietary and open source LMS. Moodle – probably the best known open source LMS. So what LMS should you look at?

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Folks in our industry can get into religious-war-level discussions on the merits / demerits of each approach and my intention is not to join that fray. In the world today, one can get good open-source options for each flavor, meaning, point 2, you have a low initial investment. Online discussions? Want mapping?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 13, 2014

I moderated one of the discussion panels at the human rights conference RightsCon Silicon Valley, March 3, 2014 Such confidential information can easily become compromised with the loss, theft, or confiscation of a smartphone or a computer. But it is clear that privacy protections have not kept pace with technological development.

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Care2

MAY 8, 2012

Time: Discussion starts at 4:00 PM Networking Happy Hour to follow at the Salsa Office at 5:30 PM. The virtual Women Who Tech Telesummit which happens via internet audio and the web provides some of the most web thought-provoking, inspiring, and skills building sessions for nonprofit campaigners and social change makers. Register now!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2022

This open-source, accessible solution enables workers and volunteers to collect data wherever they need to go. By using a mobile phone, they can collect data on the go and easily sync it to their Salesforce platform if they are in an area where the internet is unavailable. They needed a mobile app that worked offline.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2010

A few weeks ago, I attended a panel discussion on open government data. The event was presented by Twilio and Open 311 , one of the organizations leading the charge to make government data public, accessible, and usable. Redefining government is the next step.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2012

The theme of this year's conference is "Making Meaning Matter" with panels and discussions on community building and digital media. Jesse Shapins, the other panelist, is the co-founder of Zeega , an open-source web application. Create Documentaries for Your Cause.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2010

During Rowe's discussion, he said that nonprofits in general sometimes aren't served with takedown notices for copyright content even when they're in violation of a copyright, due to the typically altruistic nature of these organizations. He also talks about his Utilikilt. Tools Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

Blumenfeld kicked off the discussion by talking about making the transformation into a storytelling organization. To encourage library patrons to continue making content, Escondido Public Library trains library patrons using mostly free and open source software. on how to get your organization started telling stories digitally.

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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! So here’s the summary for Chapter 3. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 15, 2007

Solidariti has a great discussion and graph of Web 2.0 realm – Cause Related Marketing has an interesting discussion about a new Instant Messenger campaign. I’ve been thinking a lot about different kinds of electronic communications, and what their advantages and disadvantages are. Be Helpful.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

When we convinced Patrick to move his team to Benetech from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and HRDAG became a full-fledged project of Benetech’s Human Right Program, we discussed a three-to-five year timeline to spin off his own human rights group.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2007

July 6, 2007 Deborah, is, as per usual, diplomatic in her discussion of the site " Sustainable Nonprofit ", which is a new(?) Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology See a problem? Throw a website at it! Be Helpful.

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Forum One

APRIL 29, 2008

We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. " The event, Participation Camp, was organized by volunteers recently and sponsored, in part, by Forum One.Participation, as we discussed it, relates to lowering the. We also saw some.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 17, 2006

Folks at NTEN have been thinking about APIs , and will host a discussion about them on Friday. I think that APIs are an expression of the best of what the internet is about. I intend to be there, and listen in, and take notes, and post my opinions about the zen of APIs for nonprofits. But I have a first take. Be Helpful.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

Here's what I love about the internet. But back to my love of the internet. The internet gave me content, but then, it also gave me connection. My greatest interest is in discussing how public content can be more than just raw data--it can frame the focus and the direction of the story/exhibit/experience itself.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 18, 2007

From both a business point of view and from the point of view of how our sector should work to heighten transparency in society at large, there’s no reason to limit the ability of coders to learn about and discuss the API at hand. Those shine as industry-standard examples of how open API s need to be distributed. Be Helpful.

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Care2

APRIL 12, 2009

Join environmental experts at the next Internet Advocacy Roundtable on April 16th at 3PM for a discussion on breaking our addiction to oil. Panelists will also discuss how environmental groups are leveraging online strategies to educate and mobilize a diverse and broad-based audience of citizens and policymakers. and Drupal.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

On the Windows side the hardware manufacturers make proprietary drivers for Windows, and very few make drivers for Linux, or open source their drivers so that Linux developers can use them. And, of course, there are some other situations where Linux also shines: kiosks, internet cafes, computer labs and email/web workstations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2007

At Penguin Day, one of the issues discussed was nonprofit adoption of Open Source software and the issue that there aren't enough technology stewards, translators, documentation, and training available to the end user to make adoption easier.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

12NTC: Open-Source Mobile Apps for Social Change from Ariel Gilbert-Knight. 12NTC: Nonprofits and the Future of Internet Rights from TechSoup's Carlos Bergfeld. Discuss them in the comments below or in this thread in our community forums. Here are some of our recaps with nuggets of wisdom highlighted for your use.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

So, first off, one of the interesting things was that there was some initial differences of opinion as to how to define open APIs, and what they were used for. The other vendors either supply their paying customers with APIs, or, in the case of civicspace, the APIs are, well, free and open, like everything else about open source.

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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 2:36 pm This is actually a topic I’ll be discussing at the NTC this year.

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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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

Like getting underneath the surface issues of the recent CRM vendor mergers, or getting underneath issues relating to open source software. I don’t think I live up to that quite as well as I’d like, given my preference for open source solutions. You explore relationships our interactions with technology.

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APRIL 18, 2013

2) Curated Blog Posts and Resources that provide context to the discussion or resources mentioned. 3) Social Network Analysis of the #GPF13 tag during the discussion created by Marc Smith. He suggested the need for open source licenses for data and research should be available openly within a year. Notes from Session.

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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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Forum One

MARCH 18, 2006

We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. " The event, Participation Camp, was organized by volunteers recently and sponsored, in part, by Forum One.Participation, as we discussed it, relates to lowering the. We also saw some.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

We also shine the light on the potential security problems of smart toys, predict the end of the digital divide, and discuss a health-related wearable that can't get here fast enough and some intriguing 10 year-old predictions that just happened to come true. In 2016, video will continue to be the most interesting media on the Internet.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Twitter and Nonprofits April 10, 2008 This actually was a post to the Progressive Exchange discussion list. I love twitter, which in some ways surprises me, and in some ways doesn’t. Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2007

Open Source Feminism - Click to Play. Penguin Day is a day-long workshop for nonprofit organizations to explore the range of issues and options inovlved in using Free and Open Source Software. Or, has this issue already been discussed in this context? What is the gensis of an open source community?

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Folks in our industry can get into religious-war-level discussions on the merits / demerits of each approach and my intention is not to join that fray. In the world today, one can get good open-source options for each flavor, meaning, point 2, you have a low initial investment. Online discussions? Want mapping?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

Lunch Time Table Discussion. The Internet has a proven ability to shift the balance of power between individuals and organizations. This session will revisit the challenges of collective action in an era of “open source activism,” and highlight how the Web can help overcome those hurdles. Monday, April 27.

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APRIL 15, 2007

. :-) I first started doing technology consulting for nonprofit organizations in 1996, with a project for a local public television station ( WGBY in Springfield, MA ), to design a technology center for teachers to learn about technology and the internet, so they could apply that in their classrooms. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 28, 2011

Opening Hearts and Minds. As our community discusses the topic of building a culture of accessibility, an important distinction arises. Another recent free tool that Peter brings to our attention is the new release candidate version of the Open Source Microsoft Windows Screen Reader from the Non Visual Desktop Access (NVDA) project.

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