sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2024

This curated track features members of Blackbaud’s K–12 Executive Advisory Board and our internal experts discussing how technology in schools has evolved, new best practices, and fresh ideas. Every manual process is an opening for human error, data loss, or outright theft.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I’ve followed and supported the work of Peter Deitz and Social Actions ever since hearing about his passion and ideas a few years ago. I remember sitting in a session by Kurt Voelker of ForumOne Communications, Tompkins Spann of Convio, and Jeremy Carbaugh of The Sunlight Foundation. And what does “Linked Open Data” refer to?

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

In a sector that is so risk-averse—afraid of change, reluctant to explore new ideas, and adopt new practices—why do we rely on super risky problem-solving skills? The Funder’s Role in Risk Funders—by which I mean donors, foundations, impact investors, and government agencies that grant financial support—disincentivize risk in a few ways.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

We love SMS because it boasts a 99% open rate, and users are more likely to respond. 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 ). An open API that allows you to build SMS into your app or product.

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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. These ideas are just the beginning. In the next phase, we will continue to work with the community to build out these ideas.

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Non Profit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Health crises such as the recent outbreak of coronavirus add a heightened level of urgency to the work that Wikipedia does on a daily basis, and so Marketplace ’s Molly Wood sat down with Katherine Maher, chief executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation , to talk about the challenges of misinformation and the future. Anne Eigeman.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The Mozilla Foundation is driven by a mission to help keep the Internet an open, global, public resource accessible to all. Building Open-Source Voice Recognition for Good: Can You Help? Building Open-Source Voice Recognition for Good: Can You Help? Would you be willing to donate a recording of yours?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

depends largely on two things: open standards, and open source software. which is as technically transparent and open as it hopefully will be in actuality. Open Source software and open standards are the foundations of Web 2.0. It engaged voters (largely young voters, but others as well.)

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 20, 2006

This is a musing on the current state of the Gnu Public License, which governs a preponderance of open-source software projects. But first, let's talk about what open-source means for a minute. This is what has permitted such widespread commercial adoption of the open source idea.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

Martus is Benetech's free and open source software package designed for human rights activists to collect stories and data about human rights abuses. And, support from the Open Society Foundation made this event possible! For me personally, the meeting was a rare experience.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

The need for open data from NGOs is reiterated, while the way philanthropy has promoted the global Open Government Partnership is explained. Open Data for Social Change. We Need Open Data To Change The World. In this post, Lucy Bernholz describes how sharing open data in the social sector can increase impact.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Knight Foundation, our SocialCoding4Good initiative will kick off later this year. Led by Benetech’s VP of Engineering Gerardo Capiel, we will create an online space, SocialCoding4Good, where people in the tech community interested in social causes can volunteer ideas, connections, time and skills. and James L.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2013

Earlier today, I attended the American Foundation for the Blind’s (AFB) National Leadership Conference in Chicago where I received the 2013 Migel Medal. Migel, whose experiences with blindness caused during World War I, led to him helping start the Foundation. Isn’t that where good ideas go to die?” Washington?

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Forum One

MAY 27, 2021

The Vilcek Foundation. The Vilcek Foundation has a mission to elevate and communicate the importance of immigrants’ contributions to the arts and sciences in America. The New York-based foundation also awards annual Vilcek Prizes to support innovators in these areas. Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

In cooperation with MTV and The Lemelson Foundation, Youth Venture produced a half-hour documentary on the inventors that's currently making the rounds on MTV in Latin America. Youth Venture has also produced two e-books with featured and interviews on the inventors and their ideas.

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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. It's a bit harder to implement, so read the Electronic Frontier Foundation's papers on it first before taking action. apps surveillance open source security mobile apps privacy data'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Ideas for Change in America is a citizen-driven project that aims to identify and. create momentum around the best ideas for how the Obama Administration and 111th. Anyone can post an idea and then it is the wisdom crowds to vote. What's your big idea for change? More details on the FAQ. Go submit it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2013

The idea is simple – by open sourcing her materials, she hopes to inspire more colleges to incorporate courses on philanthropy in their curriculum. Her ideas resonated and connected really well with the a lot of my work. I first heard Laura speak when she launched her book , Giving 2.0, 3) Giving 2.0:

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits June 11, 2008 The Tides Foundation is accepting applications for the 2008 Antonio Pizzigati prize , a $10,000 annual award for outstanding contributions to software in the public interest. Be Helpful.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 6, 2010

I have followed the development of Social Actions over the last few years and really believe in the work that Peter, Christine and the community have done to shape a collaborative, open tool that benefits so many people and organizations in all kinds of ways. new sources that are specifically focused on global development-related causes.

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Global Giving

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Excellent data tools will continue to get cheaper and easier to use… This trend has been going strong for a while now, particularly as more and more of the data landscape has shifted to using open source tools. Featured Photo: Help Kids Learn How to Code Globally by CoderDojo Foundation. EXPLORE MORE TRENDS.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

DonorsChoose: open source philanthropy from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Some of the donations will have twice the impact because of a matching grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. My collaborator, JD Lasica , at SocialBrite has just posted the interview and details below.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

As the speed at which new ideas can step out on the stage continues to increase, it is less about finding a great idea and pitching it for support. Just because some person created Facebook, doesn’t mean their next idea will be the “next Facebook.&# Lessons and Opportunities for Supporting Technology Innovation.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2007

I’ve now seen two posts (one from David Gielhufe , and one from Lobo of CiviCRM ) suggesting that I dismissed the extremely positive results for the open source CRM tools (particularly CiviCRM) because the sample wasn’t large, or representative of the sector. To my mind, it bodes well for the open source tools.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 25, 2008

In many ways for me, the most important aspect of free and open source software is that it does just that – it levels the playing field so that people and organizations with few resources can have access to quality tools to do what it is they need and want to do in this software-driven world.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 17, 2008

Leverage the power of the open platform of Salesforce.com, and do the work that nonprofits (and consultants) have been having to do to bang Salesforce.com into shape as a donor database. It may, depending on pricing, even give the open source CiviCRM a bit of competition. It is named, as of now, Aikido. 2 Jake Brewer 06.19.08

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2010

But there is another very important personal reason to purchase the book on June 21st, I’m donating all of the proceeds from my share of the royalties to the Sharing Foundation , a nonprofit that cares for orphans in Cambodia. And if you are going to buy a copy, please wait until the party and purchase your copy on Amazon.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 17, 2008

I wonder how many foundations will go for it, though. Zoomgrants looks like it is trying to be some sort of one-stop-shop for grantors and grantees. As a funder, you can put up RFPs (at a cost), and people can apply directly online. It looks interesting, and potentially useful. Be Helpful.

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Some users are migrating to new platforms, like Post, or to decentralized, open-source services, like Mastodon. Long-time users of Twitter are concerned about hate and harassment after Elon Musk recently acquired the company, as some accounts that were previously banned for violating the platform’s content policies are now reinstated.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Top feature: Slack’s foundational feature is channels. Top feature: The platform’s AI solution, Magic Studio , helps kickstart the creative process by brainstorming ideas for written copy and images. Drupal Platform overview: Drupal is also an open-source CMS that many nonprofits use to build secure, scalable websites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

” with Jacob Harold , Guidestar; Robert Kirkpatrick , UN Global Pulse; Mayur Patel , Knight Foundation. Darin McKeever from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (and Markets For Good ) was the moderator. I went to cover one session, “ Building An Information Infrastructure: Unlocking Data for Philanthropy.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2011

Note from Beth: Last Spring, Allison Fine and I did an evaluation report for the Case Foundation on the America’s Giving Challenge 2009. One of the ideas we explored is it possible through social media to share some of the findings in a conversational way to help prod more insights from the field.

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Tech Soup

JULY 28, 2014

Last week, the UK-based nonprofit Raspberry Pi Foundation announced the latest version of their popular Raspberry Pi computer. A quick Google search of Raspberry Pi projects produces a long list of ideas. Raspberry Pi Beginners takes you from opening the box it comes in to configuring it to starting basic projects. 300 mA (1.5

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 17, 2009

The idea of a networked organization is fascinating to me and hinges, truly, on organizations taking a networked approach both IN and OUT of the organization's "walls." open source applications for helping make the government more transparent from Sunlight Labs. ."

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

We need every solution and every solver…What this moment calls for is a mosaic of voices — the full spectrum of ideas and insights for now we can turn things around.” – Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. “To address our climate emergency, we must rapidly, radically reshape society. Wilkinson, ‘All We Can Save’. Amit Patel.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

Part Vb:APIs October 20, 2006 This morning, I sat in on the " Great Open API Debate " hosted by NTEN. First off, a tip o’ the hat to NTEN for organizing this, the participants of the panel for an interesting conversation, and Mark Bolgiano from the Council on Foundations for awesome moderation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

I'm looking for guest posts, ideas, and examples of nonprofits using crowdsourcing for their programs, fundraising, and marketing. Some questions I don't know the answers to: What are the best examples of nonprofits using social media to crowdsource advice, program evaluation, ideas, or other uses? Absolutely brilliant!

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