Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 15, 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 #3: Dokuwiki January 15, 2008 I have become a fan, nay, a devotee of DokuWiki. at 12:26 pm Indeed, I did see this come across email this morning. Be Helpful.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

At its most basic level, it’s a system that manages information about donors and gifts so you can understand how much you’ve raised, keep track of all the useful information you know about your donors, manage mailings, emails and campaigns, and print reports on all this information. by Fund for the City of New York. Orange Leap MPX.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Check out the forums of email list archives of that project. How do you go about finding out whether it’s the right software, and whether the project has a healthy community, since you don’t want to adopt a project that doesn’t? Check out the website. See if they have good documentation. How busy is it? Be Helpful.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The goals of the DEI Open Source Commons team center around leveling the playing field for everyone in tech by increasing diversity and inclusion at Salesforce community events, in addition to creating and modeling a toolkit that groups can use towards their own diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. “I What’s next?

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

Once a community has determined its needs, however, utilizing open source software presents a more rapid, sustainable path to implementation. We want email alerts, RSS, and we want widgets that people can take from our site and stick into Facebook, MySpace, Google or anywhere else for that matter. What do we want?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2017

Source: 2016 Donor Loyalty Study. Source: 2017 Global NGO Online Technology Report. For Every 1,000 email subscribers, nonprofits have 428 Facebook followers, 141 Twitter followers, and 39 Instagram followers. Source: 2017 Benchmarks Study. Source: State of Peer-to-Peer Fundraising 2017. Source: ReportLinker.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

David Wilcox has done a terrific job of summarizing this conversation thread recently on the UK Circuit Riders list, " Is Open Source Software Fair Trade for Nonprofits? " Are there ethical reasons for voluntary and community organisations to consider using Free and Open Source Software ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2005

I came across this one for Khmer Open Source Project. Here's the link to the draft of the master plan for implementing open source in Cambodia. I also emailed Dirk Slater to find out what he knew about this project: Its really interesting how Open Source is taking off because of localization issues.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In this release, our open source offering, Data Lake for Nonprofits, Powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) is generally available. And finally, Data Entry Verification improves data quality and increases fundraising efficiency by validating email and phone formats and discovering which constituents are deceased (US Only).

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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. LAMP stack program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2006

We got into some back and forth email about widgets and he was kind of enough to give me a really useful critique of one of my videos. He created the above "open source documentary" on Net Neutrality called Humanity Lobotomy. He's a talented filmmaker (as is Susan and the other folks at Four-Eyed Monsters).

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Neon CRM

MAY 19, 2023

Your association management software should make that easy with tools for email management, event reminders, workflow, registrations, and member contacts. The ability to track engagement metrics like event attendance, email open rates, and other membership activities will help you improve your future outreach efforts.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

That’s what some 4000 users of TwitApps are wondering, now that the Twitter-to-email tool is being dropped by its developer. Sure, the code is going open source — inevitably, a new tool will come along — but what alternatives to TwitApps are out there right now? I was emailed all replies. This kept me off twitter 24/7.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2019

It is the ideal content management system for nonprofits because of how it’s open source and anyone can contribute to making it better. WP Scan – scans your WordPress plugins daily against a database to identify anything that’s vulnerable and notifies you in the dashboard and email.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

” We felt so confident that I even spammed my entire personal address book with it (sorry, mom).

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Forum One

JULY 15, 2021

For mission-driven organizations, the most common ways to begin personalizing content and outreach are to identify the sources where they are already gathering information or data on audiences and target personas. This includes: Email databases Website analytics CRM systems Online giving platforms. Examples of basic personalization.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Features: You’ll likely need to invest in other software solutions to send emails, collect online donations, etc., Top feature: Jotform has a wide range of integrations with other software platforms, including CRMs, email platforms, payment processors, and storage apps. which will make it harder to organize and sync your data.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Yaroslav added that moving to Salesforce has also given the Ukrainian Red Cross access to valuable donor data, which allows them to thank donors through monthly email updates that share the difference their donations are making to Ukrainians. He said each of these thank-you emails also yields an average of $170,000 in additional donations.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 1, 2022

Integrations with your social media pages, email marketing platform, CRM, and any other digital systems you use. Both are open-source, user-friendly, and customizable. Drupal is a powerful open-source CMS noted for its customizability and security features. Plus, they both have a strong user support community.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The FCC is also a lot more strict about SMS spam versus email, so you have to do it the right way (here are 5 ideas to get your organization started with mass texting ). Open-source SMS/messaging tool that helps organizations create messaging applications and visual flows for messaging. 01 per text depending on your plan).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2007

I don't think they can email your contacts unless they are connected too). So, is your personal knowledge network like open source software or is it under lock and key? what's going on here. So, I checked the privacy settings and indeed, you can prevent people from browsing through your contacts if they are connected to you. (I

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Kindful

AUGUST 28, 2023

7+ years of software development experience with an emphasis on Ruby on Rails is best, but we will consider other open-source backgrounds as well (Python, etc). This could appear in any form such as: providing direction, guidance, or instruction as a senior member of a team, coaching, mentoring, etc.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 23, 2022

Integration: We were looking for a CRM that could integrate more easily with the suite of tools we used for fundraising, email marketing, events, and advocacy work. This prohibited us from building important relationships with our community, including our donors and volunteers. Here’s where we saw the most immediate improvements.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2014

These open source tools include apps and tools for encrypting emails, texts, browsing history, and even phone calls. An example would be if you had to log into your email account with a password and a mobile number. apps surveillance open source security mobile apps privacy data' Keep Systems Secure.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 21, 2010

Mule ESB – Open Source ESB Community w. gokubi.com » Blog Archive » Visual Force Email Templates 2. Again, a little peak at what I’ve been up to, reading, and thinking about. You can also see what I’ve been reading by looking at my shared items on my google profile. Small Business CRM | BatchBook.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 12, 2011

The center of my workflow, like for most consultants, is email. I’ve used a variety of email clients of one sort or another over time, and I have recently just decided to ditch them, and use gmail exclusively. And, it’s open source, and isn’t even that hard to get set up and running.

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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. 1) Since I’m using Thunderbird as my email client, I could use that as my addressbook. It would mean switching my email. That’s open source, no?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

For example, 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. Email us at impactlabs@salesforce.com. These ideas are just the beginning. Interested in co-creating the Hunger Action Plan or Food Access Kit?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

No guarantees I’ll blog about it, but feel free to put in comments (or email me , if you’re feeling a need for privacy) topics you’d like me to cover. Here’s my list of upcoming topics: Has Open Source won or lost, or is the struggle still going on? So, I’m soliciting ideas.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 5, 2009

I get a lot of email all the time from people hawking various wares, fundraising ideas, new ways to use Web 2.0, In the realm of things in my life that this blog is meant to cover, I have two passions: data, and moving data around, and open source software. or this and that. It really is these things I want to focus most on.

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 4, 2021

From targeted ads on social media to emails from websites they bought one thing from years ago, how can you ensure that your nonprofit’s online marketing efforts shine through the noise? All of your digital marketing outlets, including email, social media, online ads, all seem to lead back to your nonprofit site.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 17, 2008

I’m on the Evaluating Open Source panel, with Laura Quinn and Catherine Lane, which should be great. So, if you want to catch up with me, email, and I’ll send you my phone # so you can call or text me, or twitter me. { I’m looking forward to it. I think it will be a great time. Be Helpful.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

OFM: A Model for Partner Participation in Open Source Community Projects. If you need assistance with registration or want to learn more about joining the Salesforce.org Partner Network, please email sfdopartners@salesforce.com. Zak Kaufman, Vera Solutions, and Andrew Means, Salesforce.org. See you at Unite! About the Author.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

When technology systems like donor and membership management, email marketing, and website content management are selected without cross-department communication, they won't integrate. Invest in Open Source. Open-source software differs from other platforms in that it doesn't cost anything to license and use.

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Wild Apricot

JANUARY 17, 2010

One small nonprofit I work with has chosen to publish its monthly membership newsletter as a magazine-style document in Portable Document Format (PDF), rather than as an email blast. Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Non-profit Communications collaboration PDF open source application software newsletters. read more ).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 22, 2009

You can email me, @pearbear on twitter, or give me a text message or call … if you know my cell, that is. :-). Monday 10:30: Open Source CRM session ( David Geilhufe is moderating, yours truly is a speaker). Tuesday 10:30: Open Source CMS (Laura Quinn’s got that one. Sunday morning: NTEN Board meeting.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Reaping the Benefit of Open Platforms September 6, 2007 One of the cool things about free and open source software is that often (not always, but often) they provide an open platform for add-ons.

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