NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

Costs vary as well -- and there are even some Free and Open Source options. In our free report, " A Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems ", we take a look specifically at 33 lower cost systems, but here, let's take a quick look at four of the FOSS options. by Fund for the City of New York.

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NTEN

APRIL 9, 2009

Full details about this opportunity to explore open source software are at [link]. Sessions will include: Introduction to Free and Open Source Software. Introduction to Free and Open Source Desktop Applications. Free And Open Source Online Advocacy: Tools And Best Practices.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2009

The co-located conferences CommunityOne West and JavaOne are shaping up to be a great opportunity for techies for good to get some information, inspiration, and maybe even some hands-on training at these FREE events in San Francisco next month. Free and Open - Any and all subjects are fair game. Register today!

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NTEN

MARCH 10, 2010

Session: Working with Open Source Software and Vendors. Free and Open Source Software. Whether it is on the desktop like Firefox and Open Office or the Ubuntu Linux operating system, or on servers (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) and running CMSs and CRMs (like Drupal and CiviCRM). Blog: [link].

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 16, 2010

But now that Ning isn’t free anymore , I’m going to carp some. Nonprofits find services for free. The free services disappear, for business reasons. Using free services is fine, but know why they are free. Is it free because it’s open source (Drupal, Elgg, Word Press)?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

A social graph if the NpTech tag based on a google search NpTech Conversations Gavin's digital diner has written an article about the options that technology gives us for opting out of face-to-face gatherings. OpenSource and Software Communities Jon Stahl has a thoughtful essay on Nonprofits, Open Source and Leadership.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 9, 2009

It’s a day dedicated to conversation and community around nonprofits and open source software. There’s some great stuff on the Agenda , like: Introduction to Free and Open Source Software. Fundraising with all free software. Free And Open Source Online Advocacy: Tools And Best Practices.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 10, 2007

They suspected they could significantly increase their visability by posting content for free on the internet - but this would destroy their sustainability. Independent Software Vendors (ISV's) have been wrestling with this for years, as the success of the Open Source movement places a downward pressure on the value of software.

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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.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 23, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free as in “Free Kittens&# April 23, 2007 Deborah Finn pointed out this good post in a blog I have never read: ALA Tech Source. Open source software, like kittens, take care and management.

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NTEN

MARCH 4, 2009

We like them because they're free. I spoke with her about her session at the 2009 NTC , " Comparing Open Source CMSs: Joomla, Drupal, and Plone ", and why CMS seems to be the area where open source has really taken off in the sector: . We love to hate them because there are so many twiddly bits to adjust.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Annoyed because it seems the nptech community hasn’t figured this out, even being hit over the head with this over, and over, and over again. If we keep building our nonprofit toolsets on proprietary software and for-profit web services, even if they are free (for now) we are going to be bit by this over and over again.

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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. For 85% of what most nonprofits (and individuals) need out of MS Office, you can get in this package for free. I hope that everyone reading this blog has heard of OpenOffice.org. And they did.

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Wild Apricot

JANUARY 17, 2010

Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Non-profit Communications collaboration PDF open source application software newsletters.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2009

' Open Source Is Dead! Long Live Open Source! What I mean is that open source, as we knew it, is dead. For the last decade, what we've been talking about when we say "open source" is "open code" — a set of zeroes and ones that we can configure to our heart's desire."

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 2, 2009

And it’s great that it’s free and open source. Although that wasn’t an absolute requirement for us, it is most definitely a plus, given so much of our work is implementing open source web tools. Tags: Consulting Nonprofit Tech nptech opensource tools web.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 2, 2009

And it’s great that it’s free and open source. Although that wasn’t an absolute requirement for us, it is most definitely a plus, given so much of our work is implementing open source web tools. Tags: Consulting Nonprofit Tech nptech opensource tools web.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

NpTech Conversations. Beth Dunn's " Money for Nothing, IT for Free " has a post about the importance of considering the total cost of a technology investment even if it is free and some advice for getting started. For more NpTech Talk, see this roundup over at the NTEN blog. So, you want to build a MashUp?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Net2 Houston, August Photo by Eschipul Nonprofits in Second Life Gala Opening Photo by RubyJi By looking at the photos tagged with NpTech, nonprofit techies were either on vacation or attending events. It went right into the SlideShare NpTech Group ! The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

Each month, more than 70 groups hold free events in 24 countries. If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar. Cleveland, Ohio: Tableau Tutorial: Free Data Visualization for Nonprofits. Wednesday, June 7, 2017. Thursday, June 8, 2017.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. How will these trends impact nptech? Found via this post tagged nptech by Meghan. is a free web application that lets you brainstorm online. Global NpTech.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 26, 2008

They also span the range of proprietary, SaaS, and Open Source. Open Source Tools. WP is clean and easy, and virtually hassle-free. Having been bogged down with my own open source CMS tool before 2005, then having taken a break from development, I missed out on the prime years of Drupal’s development.

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Wild Apricot

MAY 8, 2009

Tags: Non-profit technology nptech office open source software.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

While the meebo nptech chat room is chatting live during the PDF, a few tweets overheard on twitter anticipate the upcoming NetSquared Conference. Katya Andresen points us to " Story Telling As Best Practice " online free training with Andy Goodman. It's prompting some conversation in nptech space and beyond.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

And, if your nonprofit does not have a video camera to create content, sign up to get a free one from the Flip Video Camcorder Giveaway , in partnership with the Clinton Global Initiative. NpTech Software and Web Apps Here's two new networked content creation platforms, although focusing on different disciplines. It isn't dumb dumb.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

NpTech Conversations Convio Opens Up API Jason at DIA summarizes the posts and the bigs news in the nptech field this last week - Convio Releases An Open API. Games for Change and Virtual Words Nick Booth points to Free Rice, an online edugaming for good. Enjoy this post about nonprofit open source software.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

Alf Gracombe (a relatively new in the nptech blogosphere and whose blog looks promising) suggests that the debate reflects the shifting paradigm away from the more traditional content taxonomies to the emerging folksonomies on today??? " In the comments of Gavin's post , Marnie describes how an emergent NpTech taxnomy might be developed.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

I’m going to go out on a really thin limb here, and feel free to saw it off in the comments. :-). 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. I’ll be here when you come back. Well, Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Michelle Murrain is doing a post about 100 free and open source software tools. There's also the DiSo Project , an umbrella for a group of open source implementations of distributed social networking concepts. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. And if you???re

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Gather with folks and spend an exciting day peer-sharing about free and open source software in nonprofit organizations. Tags: Uncategorized nten 09ntc nptech. So, a few things to say about what I’m looking forward to from April 25th to April 30th: April 25: Penguin Day SF ! April 26-28: NTC.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2009

ONE/Blog – ONE/Northwest never ceases to amaze me The Open Road – Matt Asay has some interesting insights from the Open Source biz world Tagged as: nptech { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Jon Stahl 04.17.09 at 4:28 pm Awww, shucks. :-) Let the love flow bidirectionally! Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Creative Commons points out the projects that support free culture and open content on their site and on. The NTEN's NTC and NPTech Pipe. I'm probably the only insane person who is using all these plus others sources. Just A Few Good Resources Plucked from the NpTech Tag Stream and Kikino. NTC 2007 Pipe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Many blogs, like the Razoo blog , went red on Thursday as part of Free Burma: International Bloggers Day. So, do check out the Audio/Video Edition of the NGO-in-a-Box which includes a collection of Free and Open Source Software tools. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 9, 2010

"" Free Access: Nonprofit Tagline Database & Report | Nonprofit Marketing | Getting Attention – "Don't miss the just-released, all-new Nonprofit Tagline Database with 4,800+ organizational, program, fundraising campaign and special event taglines. Get the Tagline Database and Report!"

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

NpTech Community. Open Content for Nonprofits Open Content discussion continues with some comments from Michael Stein (east coast) about Laura Quinn's post last friday. "Laura is not creating media, as the Social Source blog suggests one ought, to lure you into her site. Can cell phones ensure a free vote?

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