Tech Soup

JANUARY 26, 2015

One of the best ways to gauge whether open source would work for your organization is to look at some actual examples. To read about how open-source software might benefit your nonprofit or public library, check out part one of this series. Making the Right Decision About Open-Source Software.

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Judi Sohn

MAY 3, 2015

Two weeks ago, I joined the Salesforce Foundation in a new role as Open Source Manager. Does "Open Source Community Manager" mean that you're the official bff of Nonprofit Starter Pack users? This is an amazing time of change and growth for the Foundation and I’m excited to be a part of it.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 16, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology So where is open source in the nptech ecosystem? at 9:57 pm Hey Michelle- I think that the conversations about open source technology in the nonprofit sector is really still beginning.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How not to treat an open source user community October 4, 2007 I’ve been using activeCollab for a few months now. to develop open source software. at 2:40 pm That’s sad.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

Costs vary as well -- and there are even some Free and Open Source options. by Social Source Foundation. You’ll need someone familiar with installing and configuring open source systems on a Web server in order to get you up and running. by Fund for the City of New York. Orange Leap MPX. by Orange Leap.

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sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2024

We also believe it is critical to prioritize a trustworthy approach to AI, grounded in: Fairness, inclusiveness, reliability, and trust: The foundational principles of Blackbaud’s responsible AI framework. Every manual process is an opening for human error, data loss, or outright theft.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 28, 2014

He also championed an open source ethos so that our work can be broadly shared (you can view all our open source projects on GitHub ). a11y accessibility Bookshare engineering executive Gerardo GoRead innovation open source Read2Go'

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Care2

MAY 24, 2010

When Facebook launched their Open Graph API last month they thought they had revolutionized their platform. “Facebook is really good at handling stuff like this-- they've gone through a privacy coup before,&# said Clay Johnson, Director of Sunlight Labs for the Sunlight Foundation.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

From the Foundation Center's RFP bulletin: The Tides Foundation Invites Nominations for Award Honoring Open Source Software Developers Who Add Value to Nonprofit Sector. The Tides Foundation is accepting nominations for the $10,000 Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest. read more.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I remember sitting in a session by Kurt Voelker of ForumOne Communications, Tompkins Spann of Convio, and Jeremy Carbaugh of The Sunlight Foundation. I wrote a blog post called, Mashups, Open APIs, and the Future of Collaboration in the Nonprofit Tech Sector. And what does “Linked Open Data” refer to? Defeated in fact.

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Velir

MARCH 21, 2021

Storybook is an open-source tool for developing UI components for React, Svelte, Vue, Mithril, Web Components, and other similar systems. It's an evolution of design system frameworks and style kits like Pattern Lab , Zurb Foundation , or Bootstrap. Technical

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

We’re thrilled that today’s rapid changes in technology are opening up tremendous new ways to address the problems they face. We competed against other participating organizations, racing against the clock to raise funds and secure matching funding from the Skoll Foundation. To do so, we definitely need your help.

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Tech Soup

JULY 26, 2013

Here on the TechSoup blog you have heard from an accidental hacker at a hackathon , our Senior Director of Global Data Services formerly from the Ford Foundation , and also our data digests from our colleague at GuideStar International on the power of data. Open Source data NetSquared TechSoup Event apps'

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

OpenOffice.org is a free and open source cross-platform office suite, which can read and write MS Office.doc,xls, and.ppt files. And the cool thing about open source software is that in situations like this, people can fork stuff. I hope that everyone reading this blog has heard of OpenOffice.org. And they did.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 4, 2022

That’s why we are extending this open call for challenges to help shape the direction of the Zero Hunger Impact Lab. Opens new window. At Salesforce.org, her team leads Impact Labs and Open Source Commons to foster community collaboration and inspire innovation on the world’s most pressing challenges. Amy Guterman.

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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. Note that giving through cell phone carrier is organized through the Mobile Giving Foundation. Allows for text-to-give through the Mobile Giving Foundation ($675 fee) that deducts from the user’s phone bill. Well, free-ish. GiveLively.org.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 26, 2013

Here is an excerpt from my written testimony, as originally featured on Benetech''s Blog : Delivering my statement before the House Committee on the Judiciary, August 1, 2013 We build our work on strong foundations laid down by other people and companies, whether it’s the open source ecosystem of the Internet, or proprietary software or content.

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

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. For example, I was working with a small community foundation and they put out a call for “innovative proposals.” The other organization was over capacity.

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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. Access to nutritious food is foundational to a healthy, thriving community and society. Director, Food Initiative, The Rockefeller Foundation.

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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.

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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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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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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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NTEN

AUGUST 6, 2014

The Mozilla Foundations Webmaker project is doing both. free tools mozilla Open Source webmaker Communications' What makes even the most elaborate coding effort worthwhile is the content people share on the web and the communities people build around it.

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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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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

The Summit welcomed some of the most impressive individuals and organizations in the nonprofit sector, including Boys & Girls Clubs of America , Mary’s Meals, World Central Kitchen, the Ford Foundation, Greenpeace, Save the Children, and more to speak at the event’s global mainstage, in breakout sessions, and on thought leadership panels. .

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NTEN

JANUARY 29, 2009

If you know someone who’s been toiling in the open source vineyards, developing software that’s helping nonprofits succeed, check out the Tides Foundation Pizzigati Prize , a $10,000 annual award for outstanding contributions to software in the public interest.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 31, 2010

Women and Open Source and Identity. Creating a Culture of Collaboration and Innovation. Female Ferocity. ROI of Social Networking. Speak Up: Pitching and Public Speaking Mojo. Building the Ultimate User Experience. They are also hosting after Parties in DC, NYC and SF so come on out!

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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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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 23, 2010

The Tides Foundation is accepting nominations for the annual Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest. The prize will award $10,000 to an open-source software developer whose work is helping nonprofits succeed. Nominations will be accepted through February 1, 2010.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 28, 2013

That support includes the sharing of best practices in accessible book production, model agreements for readers with disabilities, and open source access technology for reading the books. That is the miracle of a robust website: it doesn’t cost much more for it to serve twice, or even ten times, as many people.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 15, 2008

For Firefox, it means, “open source, community-powered.&# So now I think I agree with the Mozilla Foundation that a good metaphor for open source as any is that it is to software what “organic&# and probably “fair trade&# is to food. I thought, what does that really mean?

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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

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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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Knight Foundation, our SocialCoding4Good initiative will kick off later this year. 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. and James L.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2012

Electronic Frontier Foundation will be delivering the. CiviCRM is open-source, web-based software that. CiviCRM integrates directly with the popular open-source content management systems – Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress. this discount code when you. Kellie Brownell from the. Check out the full roster of.

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