NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

Costs vary as well -- and there are even some Free and Open Source options. You’ll need someone familiar with installing and configuring open source systems on a Web server in order to get you up and running. If you use the installed version, access to the source code allows any qualified programmer to make modifications.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Look at the “download&# page (or “releases&# ). These are almost always free to download and try out – this is easier for some projects than others. See if they have good documentation. Check out the forums of email list archives of that project. How busy is it? When was the last release? Be Helpful.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 25, 2021

By: Cori O’Brien, Senior Manager, Open Source Commons. This year, we are highlighting contributions made through Open Source Commons , a unique program that highlights the partnership between Salesforce.org and our community of customers and partners. Build Sustainable Apps to Meet Unique Community Needs.

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Education Collaboration Open Source Module 73

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

Nonprofits don’t use e-commerce much, but I’ve had some experience (on both sides of the profit fence) doing e-commerce, and for some reason, shopping carts are intriguing me at the moment, and I figure its a good time to know what’s out there, especially in the open source shopping cart world. This is a big plus.

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Open Source Drupal Module Europe 154

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2007

Go right over the NOSI (Nonprofit Open Source Initiative) site and download the primer now! Enough said.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2006

He created the above "open source documentary" on Net Neutrality called Humanity Lobotomy. He is encouraging people to download and remix it or spread it. He's a talented filmmaker (as is Susan and the other folks at Four-Eyed Monsters). So, I've been looking for a good reason to link over to them and now I found it!

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NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

Open Source Software Takes Over #1 Spot for House Social Networks. Don’t forget to download the complete 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. Google+ Struggling to Gain Momentum and Pinterest Pops as Top Newcomer. House Social Network Use Holds Steady at 13%.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 17, 2012

Many thanks to Thushan Ganegedara for this guest post about his summer open source project. Additionally Go Read downloads books from Bookshare’s collection using the Bookshare API. Therefore, the application will be extended to allow users to download newspapers and magazines as well as books.

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Sri Lanka Google API Mentoring 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Identify owned datasets that can be safely open-sourced or shared through data governance structures such as whitelists and data trusts. . Invest in responsible open-sourcing to share intellectual property (e.g., You can download and read the full report here. different demographics). .

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Google Challenge Report Impact 74

AFP Blog

JUNE 5, 2008

Technology News: Vendors: MPower CEO Randy McCabe: Open Source for Nonprofits: "'The nonprofit sector is a huge and vastly underserved market when it comes to CRM,' says MPower CEO Randy McCabe. MPower provides open source CRM software to nonprofit organizations, allowing them to download and use it without licensing fees.

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Open Source News Open Technology 20

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

Download the full white paper or share it using this link: [link] Below are notes from my remarks. Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan.

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Byte Technology

JUNE 7, 2016

Awe-inspiring to say the least, given the free and open-source content management system (CMS) is just over a decade old. W3 Total Cache allows for automatic caching that makes downloading and navigation fast and seamless, greatly enhancing the user experience. • registered domain names run exclusively on the platform.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2008

For a while, I’ve been watching MPower Open , the (not so) newly open sourced (but Windows-based) fundraising package. In general, I’ve been impressed by its feature set, and that they made the choice to go open source. This is not the sign of a healthy open source community.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

All interested nonprofits or social enterprises will be able to leverage SocialCoding4Good by posting their open source software development projects for social change and inviting volunteers to work on them. Our members are now downloading accessible books at a rate of more than one million books per year!

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

Free Resource Tips for Stewarding Responsively 3 Ways to Redefine Risk and Build Stronger Relationships with Your Grantees Download Now Last, there is also an interesting dynamic where certain funders say they want risky and dynamic proposals but then when the call is answered, they are either disappointed or become fearful and retreat.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2014

Download the Reset the Net Privacy Pack. 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' Cryptography 101: How to Lock Down Your Data. Keep Systems Secure.

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Open Source Mobile Phone Data 73

Wild Apricot

JUNE 25, 2009

If you work at times on different computers, carrying a USB loaded with free portable software can save you time and help to ensure security - there's no need to download and install the software you need or to risk your data on someone else’s hard drive.( Tags: Non-profit technology nptech open source software. read more ).

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Software Free Open Source Nptech 60

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

I won’t be downloading it, or trying it, even when they release Mac or Linux versions. It is open source, after all. Yes, it is open source, and I applaud Google for releasing open source software. But I will say this: that doesn’t matter. Why so curmudgeonly you ask? 2 film fan 09.16.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

More lately, I’ve been working to focusing my advising practice on helping people implement open source software (mostly server-side) in their organizations, providing advice and training. I popped in my Fiesty Fawn (Kubuntu 7.04) CD that I’d burned from a downloaded ISO, and rebooted. It booted fine. Be Helpful.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Indeed, with an open-source platform like WordPress—and not to mention the thousands of plug-ins and themes available to users—it should come as no great surprise that bugs, security holes and the like are constantly being discovered and, unfortunately, exploited by nefarious hackers. or in a cloud-based service such as Dropbox.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2011

Treesaver is a new open source web platform for publishing that uses the new HTML5 standard to create narrative experiences—with text, pictures and video. Treesaver is significant for nonprofits because it combines important trends – open source software, web standards and mobile applications. app or even know it’s there?

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Report Slovenia Blackberry PDF 112

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Each year, the Tides Foundation awards a $10,000 cash grant to an individual or group who has created an open-source software project that benefits nonprofits and movements of social change. The Pizzigati Prize is named for Antonio Pizzigati, an MIT graduate, early web author, and leading advocate for open-source computing.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

DonorsChoose: open source philanthropy from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Watch, embed or download the 6-minute video on Vimeo. “Companies have a new ability to empower their customers to be philanthropists, to open source their philanthropy and let their customers or employees participate as grant makers,&# he said.

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Social Media Interview Challenge Classroom 120

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2015

You can likely find a SaaS (Software as a Service) solution to sign up for, a license to purchase, or open source solution to download all that offer complete working solutions to use "out of the box" to address your need. Do you need CRM, online fundraising, discussion forums, social networks, or job listings?

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Service API Build Open Source 36

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. It must be downloaded and is available only to nonprofit organizations. It is a must download! For mobile social networkers, Viddy is a must-download. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com.

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Fun Resource Audio Stats 277

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 14, 2009

This is the entry point for CRP's vast archive of money-in-politics data, downloadable for non-commercial use. "At local Penguin Days non-profit organizations explore the range of issues and options involved using Free and Open Source Software (F/OSS)." You've come to the right place.

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Moldova San Francisco Hype Bookmarking 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2011

Culturally, it’s an invitation for private foundations to become more open source. Without any fanfare, it received 78 downloads on a Sunday, an indication that people are hungry for the information. I invite you to download Tipping the Culture and see what top brands are doing to create connections with Millennials.

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Social Media Research Share Media 96

NTEN

MARCH 19, 2012

> Download the White Paper (PDF). Heavy, but not sole, use of open source technologies for constituent relationship and project management, among other functions. The group addressed a number of issues over the course of the year, many of which are reflected in this white paper. >

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2010

You can download your mobile list from TextMarks if you every decide to move to another vendor. FrontlineSMS is an award-winning free, open source software that turns a laptop and a mobile phone into a central communications hub. TextMarks Dashboard. FrontlineSMS :: Free for Nonprofits, Software, No Ads, Intermational.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Idealware recently released an update to their "A Consumers Guide to Low Cost Nonprofit Content Management Systems," which you can download for free here. It's a valuable resource for small and mid-sized organizations that are considering options for their CMS solution (for website content management).

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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. The teacher could then add alternate image descriptions and download the book again when they are done.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 6, 2013

His focus is on open-source software and low-cost tech solutions for small, rural libraries. What's the difference between download and upload speeds? Pacific time (noon Mountain; 1 p.m. Central; 2 p.m. We will be joined by special guest, library consultant Kieran Hixon. Kieran is passionate about rural libraries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Idealware has been called the “Consumer Reports” for nonprofit software, and their analysis and testing in their reports has always been top notch. If you are shopping for a low cost CMS for your nonprofit, read this post and go download the report. Download it for free at [LINK: [link] ] to learn more.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

No administration fees, no license checking, no running out of licenses for larger organizations, nothin’ Download it and put it on every desktop and get rid of that license manager thingy. Outside of the US, OpenOffice.org adoption is growing fast. I imagine that will begin to happen here as well. (In Be Helpful.

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Open Source License Adopt Database 100

Tech Soup

AUGUST 7, 2013

How Non-Profits and Think Tanks Are Pushing Government to Better Leverage Data This post gives examples of how non-profits, foundations and university communities are advocating for evidence-based decision-making, through sponsoring supporting initiatives, and using different tools and techniques as governments open up their data.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Event] Example Tweet: UNICEF is using RapidSMS in 23 countries, many more users who download the open source software. If your organization is using Twitter to promote an event or campaign, make sure your decide on a #hashtag and consistently use it while your are promoting the event and/or campaign.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2007

Because Martus is free and open source software that does not require users to register with Benetech, these educated estimates of users are almost certainly underreported. For more information about Martus, and to download the latest version, visit the Martus website.

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