Tech Soup

JANUARY 22, 2015

Some nonprofits fashion homemade, composite solutions with the tools they have — however dated or inefficient — to avoid the large expenditure that new software often requires. Platforms and applications such as Linux, Firefox, RedHat , and Open Office are the poster children of open development. Stay tuned!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Nonprofit tech experts team up to help others master ‘social tools for social change’. Eight leading experts in social media and nonprofit technology have joined forces to create Socialbrite.org, a hub that showcases social tools for social change. Socialbrite.org is built in WordPress, the popular open source blogging platform.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Here’s Carie Lewis explaining how the Humane Society attracted one million Facebook fans ; in another post, Jeff Achen describes the role social media played when GiveMN raised $16.3 Building a movement through innovative open source tools. Tools are licensed as open source, available for anyone to use and improve.”

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Change the Web Challenge is about building innovative tools to help people find and share opportunities to take action on the Web sites, blogs, and social networks that we all visit every day. “We want you to dream up a new tool to help people find and share actions. How To Participate.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

Sometimes the best way to get started with a new tool is to have a guide sitting next to you giving directions. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels and Bytes "Open-Source Summer Fiesta" San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Austin, Texas: Facebook Isn't Free (and That's OK!)

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

We have webinar recordings , tools, and resources to help you make stories that stand out. Portland, Oregon: Secret Knowledge of Open Source. Naples, Florida: Social Media Surgery: Twitter, Facebook, Google+. Image Name: Author / License. Looking for inspiration? Thursday, October 2, 2014. Tuesday, October 7, 2014.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

In this new world of Twitter and Facebook, of citizen journalism and astonishing grassroots campaigns like Twestival , it’s easy to feel befuddled by the dizzying pace of change. And please note: We’re here not only to show how social tools can be used to advance the social good – but to learn from you as well.

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