Bloomerang

APRIL 1, 2021

This simple act saves your organization a lot of funds that would’ve otherwise been spent on replacing you. When you focus your attention on better fundraising, you’ll be able to lead the way in your organization raising more and using your funds more efficiently. When you invest in your own training, you may see benefits like: .

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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. I am excited to meet people who are interested in discussing real answers and strategies to ending food insecurity and poverty.”.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Highlights of this Letter: SocialCoding4Good CityOptions Read2Go and Route 66 Literacy Selected Program Updates Human rights: Legal victory in Guatemala, PBS NewsHour stories Literacy: Major milestones for Bookshare at home and abroad SocialCoding4Good Just funded by the John S. and James L.

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Non Profit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Although Maher doesn’t detail new recruitment strategies in her interview with Wood, she does say “there are a number of people across the Wikimedia community and groups that are actively oriented to writing women into history.” Anne Eigeman.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

Learn more about the insights they shared, including the future of funding. Soledad O’Brien led a thought-provoking discussion with Beth Kanter and Allison Fine , co-authors of The Smart Nonprofit , and David Brown , senior vice president of strategy at Knotch, a content intelligence company.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

As a matter of fact, the funding for Benetech to start Bookshare and our Martus human rights software project came from a successful spinoff of our first social enterprise, the Arkenstone reading machines, which we sold to a for-profit for roughly $5 million. We used it to review our planning as we wrapped up this move.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

The platform provides training and open-source tools and resources for climate activists, links activists to local groups and campaigns, provides a platform for rapidly evolving content, and also supports a Coal Tracker as the group seeks to end the reign of dirty coal in Africa.

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Achieve

JANUARY 24, 2017

Our team decided to leverage the extensibility and scalability of the Drupal open-source content management system to ensure the site could handle the sustained load of 24-hours of giving. Achieve’s Chief Strategy Officer, Kimberly Boyd. Achieve launched phase one of the new. Great Give. website on Jan. Nonprofit Education.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2011

to fund research in an attempt to address critical social problems. We collaborated with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation , the Nonprofit Finance Fund and Steppenwolf Theatre Company to share the findings of a study on consumer brands and Millennials to find winning strategies for engaging young people.

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Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

Achieve was founded in 2008 and started off working in the nonprofit sector primarily in research, strategy, and fundraising. We decided in 2016 to pivot toward open source content management systems as the foundation of our technology platforms. Q: Tell us a bit more about Achieve.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

The free and open source software, which is a joint venture between Benetech and the Conservation Measures Partnership (CMP) , guides users through a series of step-by-step interview wizards, based on the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

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. Impact Labs convenes community experts across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas. Jacqueline Yannacci.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

A free, open source software application that allows users anywhere in the world to securely gather and organize information about human rights violations, Martus enables human rights defenders on the front lines of fighting abuse to stay safe and protects the identities of those who would face violence and repression for telling their stories.

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Care2

APRIL 12, 2009

Panelists will also discuss how environmental groups are leveraging online strategies to educate and mobilize a diverse and broad-based audience of citizens and policymakers. Interested in learning about free and open source software that can support your work including tools for web publishing, fundraising, blogging, and campaigning?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

On the Windows side the hardware manufacturers make proprietary drivers for Windows, and very few make drivers for Linux, or open source their drivers so that Linux developers can use them. And, of course, designers need software that just don’t have high enough quality open source alternatives yet. 8 Pete 06.25.08

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

Raise funds. Open source. Open Source – API. Goals: raise funds, create on-site engagement, create a call to action. It's an exciting time, where strategy begets technology solutions and in turn technology inspires new strategic opportunities. Create on-site engagement. Create a call to action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

This includes leadership, social innovation, communications, branding, graphic facilitation, financial and funding models. I taught a very brief workshop in strategic social media using the social media strategy game. The social media strategy game is focused on how social media tools can be used for external communications.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

One of the biggest changes to Bookshare in the last ten years has been in the area of education, through funding from the Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). We now have a free, open source reading app for you called Go Read. Thanks again! This has led to advancements that benefit everyone.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Member News online this week: NTEN member United Nations Foundation is featured in a Forbes article for turning to innovative online strategies -- including YouTube and Twitter -- to raise money in tough economic times. While we're handing out congrats, nice work, EchoDitto , on the new open source Mother Jones website.

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Care2

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Most open-source CMSs have tools or plugins for setting up daily backups. Test Forms - Test donation and email subcription forms to be sure that funds are processed properly and contact info transfers to your database. Set up scheduled backups your web host or from within your Content Management system.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

is an open source software guru who writes the some best posts on that topic. Connie Reece advises nonprofits on social media strategies and is the visionary behind the Frozen Pea Fund. Johanna Bates is the nonprofit technology strategy for Community Partners in Massachusetts. Laura Lee Dooley. Michelle Murrain.

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NTEN

MARCH 6, 2015

Also announced was the winner of this year''s Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest , an annual award of a $10,000 cash grant to one individual who has created or led an effort to create an open source software product of significant value to the nonprofit sector and movements for social change.

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Forum One

MARCH 8, 2009

web projects we think the federal government should fund. These are internet-related projects which we think are worthy of funding because they address important civic problems, they will catalyze important work by others, they are imminently scalable, and they are projects which the private sector lacks sufficient incentives to undertake.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2017

From organizing donor profiles to implementing fundraising strategies to attending conferences , your mind must be scrambling to remember everything! But don’t forget, donations are encouraged and appreciated seeing as that’s how the project is funded, so donating will only make the product better for you! Use software to help you out!

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2016

But sometimes, no matter how long and hard we keep our fingers crossed, our strategy fails—our gut told us wrong and our campaign flops. There’s no need for crossed fingers because the strategy that’s been put in place is driven by data, research, and an understanding of what works—what compels our audience to engage.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

They have also had to adopt more professional practices, such as developing a trade association, a move that signals the legitimacy of their field and attracts external funding (Abbott, 1988; Greenwood et al., The circuit rider model was created to solve the three problems outlined above: nonprofits???

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The advent of open source technology and years of use by corporations have both made these technologies inexpensive and proven they are more agile and reliable than the complex systems most vendors currently offer the nonprofit market.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

This highly tailored experience provides one-on-one expert feedback and strategies designed to help take your organization to the next level. Grab a free printed copy of our Open Source Content Management report, our most popular articles, or more. Isovera Visit Isovera at Booth 51 and grab a handy "Got Open Source?"

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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. Make sure to read through the FAQ and look at last year's winners to get a sense of what they are willing to fund. Are there others?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Recently, I presented a high level overview of crowdsourcing , including examples from the lens of funding and doing. What comes to mind when you think of the word crowdsourcing either for funding or doing? There are four different models of crowdsourcing activities: wisdom, creation, voting, and funding.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 7, 2021

We hear a lot about how Salesforce’s Clouds can help businesses sell, market, and service, but what do they mean for nonprofit organizations? Sales Cloud + Nonprofit Success Pack – Raise More Funds Sales Cloud is the top growth platform for digital sales available today. Patrick, Chief Operating Officer .

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In this article, we’ll cover how to create a donor data migration strategy with deep dives into data mapping, data cleaning, and testing. Build a Donor Data Migration Strategy in 10 Steps Migrating your donor data into your new CRM sounds like a daunting task. Identify discrepancies or errors and refine your strategy accordingly.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

If nonprofits want to have a good fundraising platform that they can know won’t be bought and swallowed and changed so that they’ll have to shell out more, it’s time to invest money and effort in an open source platform. We have power and options in using open source solutions. We will fill the void.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Founded in 2001, we focus on serving the nonprofit sector and provide technology consulting, strategic assessments, print and web design services and open-source CMS implementation. In fact, green and social marketing is actually a stronger, more profitable strategy than the options growing businesses had before. Why, you ask?

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

But other models exist -- namely implementing, investing, and collaborating in open source software. All software costs money and/or time to implement, whether it be proprietary, software-as-a-service, or open source. It takes into consideration the philosophical values of open source (or open data).

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 14, 2022

But remember that updating your imagery to reflect diversity should be just one element of your overarching inclusion strategy. A/B testing is a valuable website planning and development strategy that can help you optimize your visuals. Take elements from your overall nonprofit branding strategy to establish infographic specifications.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

I talked about Internet.org’s strategy of bridging the digital divide with smartphones and also improving the efficiency of Internet networks. The SixthSense project is working on a set of open source instructions on how to make your own prototype augmented reality. " Facebook, Solar Drones, and Cheap Internet.

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