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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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

Note: As we prepare for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. Session: Working with Open Source Software and Vendors. What's the most important trend in nonprofit technology for 2010?

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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. But he does point out that technology is not substitute for face-to-face meetings and the chorus of comments agrees.

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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. at 10:00 am Free. brilliant.

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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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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. New distribution technology is forcing new business models. Some vendors, such as MySQL, have a split model - a free license and a commercial license, for example.

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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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NTEN

MARCH 4, 2009

Ask anyone in the nonprofit technology community about Content Management Systems, and they're likely to mention one of the following: Drupal. We like them because they're free. Tags: OSS NPTech NTEN laura quinn websites foss content management CMS 09NTC. We love to hate them because there are so many twiddly bits to adjust.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Technology will finally enter the c-suite of not-for-profit orgs. But as open source code bases like Drupal become more popular, not-for-profits will realize that we no longer need to outsource to technology firms because building a platform is cheap and easy and keeping up with upgrades is important.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2009

' Open Source Is Dead! Long Live Open Source! NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network – "That's right, I said it. What I mean is that open source, as we knew it, is dead. What Matters Now eBook – Get the ebook now for free! "We "We want to shake things up.

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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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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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Wild Apricot

JANUARY 17, 2010

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

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! If you’re a nonprofit news junkie, have a look at all our Nonprofit Technology News pieces from this past year. TechSoup Technologies for Good. Hacker Helper is all about not reinventing the technology wheel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

One of the above is the actual cover of " Visualizing Information for Advocacy " - a must read booklet from Tactical Technology Collective. NpTech Conversations. This guide on the Total Cost of Technology from the ICT Hub may also be useful. For more NpTech Talk, see this roundup over at the NTEN blog.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

Our mighty army of volunteers hosted over 500 free nonprofit technology trainings last year, and we're on track to reach even more organizers this year. But what that really means is that nonprofits in more than 75 cities have access to free training and networking events every month! You like numbers? Monday, June 5, 2017.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

Technology helps nonprofits deliver on our missions more effectively, but it can also be fiendishly complicated. 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.

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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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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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Wild Apricot

MAY 8, 2009

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

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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. :-). New technologies, the web, Web 2.0 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. Well, Web 2.0

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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

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

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. If your nonprofit is based in the DC area, NpowerDC reminds us that the deadline for their annual Technology Innovation Award is two weeks away. Global NpTech.

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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

JANUARY 14, 2009

I love NTC (NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference). Gather with folks and spend an exciting day peer-sharing about free and open source software in nonprofit organizations. Tags: Uncategorized nten 09ntc nptech. But they are long gone. As fields often do, ours grew up and professionalized. April 26-28: NTC.

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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. The NTC is the nonprofit technology's field largest gathering. Help with world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free. generators.

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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. The 21 Featured Projects will have the benefit and challenge of being reviewed by experts in technology, economic sustainability, and social impact. NetSquared Community.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Michelle Murrain, Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Blog. Her blog is filled with insightful pieces that cut through the hype of new technologies and often ask the hard probing questions that haven't been asked. She is also the coordinator for NOSI - Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. The paper is a must read.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 30, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Varied and sundry before a brief break August 30, 2007 I’m taking a brief 4 day weekend – not that it would be that noticeable on this blog, since I don’t always post consistently.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

More lately, I’ve been working to focusing my advising practice on helping people implement open source software (mostly server-side) in their organizations, providing advice and training. Because I’ve decided that no matter what, I’m not going back. Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. 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.

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