Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
DECEMBER 19, 2008
Next year, given what is likely to be a grim funding year, nonprofit organizations are going to be hunting for ways to save money on technology. There are, of course, arguments that IT budgets should be, at least, level funded during slim times, but the reality is that organizations are going to reduce budgets across the board.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 6, 2007
David Wilcox has done a terrific job of summarizing this conversation thread recently on the UK Circuit Riders list, " Is Open Source Software Fair Trade for Nonprofits? " Are there ethical reasons for voluntary and community organisations to consider using Free and Open Source Software ?
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sgEngage
MAY 25, 2023
They know they can’t really share everything that happens behind the curtain (and believe me, there is so much that never reaches beyond the walls of most organizations) because they will risk the loss of funding. They had a waiting list and were not able to support everyone who contacted them. Please help now.”
Non Profit Quarterly
APRIL 20, 2023
Some users are migrating to new platforms, like Post, or to decentralized, open-source services, like Mastodon. Organizations like the aforementioned Digital Defense Fund and Social Movement Technologies are good go-to resources. Consider the ethics of how and where you invest your social media marketing dollars and time.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 3, 2011
Bookshare is dramatically exceeding its five-year collection and member targets at the close of the fourth year of our Bookshare for Education (B4E) project funded by the U.S. Exciting new tools, including a free, open source Android ebook reader and a free web-based ebook reader along with an accessible bookshelf in “the cloud.”
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
AUGUST 17, 2007
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.
Amy Sample Ward
JANUARY 27, 2010
I’ve always done side projects part time, but never had the courage or funds to go at it full time. I’ve spent the past few years working with the semantic web, referred to as “web 3.0″, ″, that focuses on open standards and linking data.
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