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. and Drupal.

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Open Source NTC San Francisco Open 36

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

First, I’ll cover our biggest fundraising effort of the year: individual philanthropy is crucial to us; it’s the portion that makes 10X impact possible! We’re thrilled that today’s rapid changes in technology are opening up tremendous new ways to address the problems they face. To do so, we definitely need your help. Martus Desktop 4.5

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In this release, our open source offering, Data Lake for Nonprofits, Powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) is generally available. We’re also enhancing our solutions in fundraising and program management. Build Relationships, Fund Impact with Fundraising Solutions. Interested in learning more?

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See3

APRIL 28, 2009

Leading provider of online fundraising, education and advocacy for nonprofits partners with the first open-source video platform. That they are open source is a huge added benefit to our clients and the greater nonprofit community.&#. As an open source platform, Kaltura is unique among online video solutions.

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 13, 2013

A central challenge facing many of today’s nonprofit organizations is the paucity of technology solutions, as well as expertise, available for things like website development, fundraising, data migration, and so on. Of particular concern to these nonprofits is, of course, their supporter databases.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

Founded nearly over a decade ago, nonprofits today use CiviCRM for everything from fundraising and coordination of volunteers, to e-communications, event management, membership programs, and advocacy campaigns. civiCRM community Community CRM Open Source Open Source IT Staff'

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2019

It is the ideal content management system for nonprofits because of how it’s open source and anyone can contribute to making it better. Events, Fundraising and Donations. WordPress powers 34% of all sites on the web and is one of the most popular digital marketing tools used by organizations in the world.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

We’ll break down tools that you can use for free/low-cost mass texting , text-to-give fundraising , tools for larger budgets , and tools if you have a developer Note that the following lists were chosen based on upfront pricing and reputation. Online Fundraising Essentials. Open-source SMS platform focusing on data collection.

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Free Open Source Nonprofit Phone 105

NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

The 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report was released at 12NTC yesterday and it’s already stirring up discussions about how nonprofits are leveraging social networks as part of their fundraising and communications strategy. The Most Common Fundraising Tactic on Facebook is an Ask for an Individual Gift.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 23, 2022

Siloed Data : The fundraising database was not integrated with the website, leading to siloed data and a lack of intelligence about stakeholder engagement. Integration: We were looking for a CRM that could integrate more easily with the suite of tools we used for fundraising, email marketing, events, and advocacy work.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

We’ve grouped these solutions into the following categories: Donor Management Fundraising Project Management Communication Design Forms Marketing Events Website Content Management System As you assess each option, keep in mind that seemingly “free” platforms may still come with costs. Is it worth it to spend the money?

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Software Free Tools Adobe 88

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

DonorsChoose.org is doing a hybrid blog action and fundraising challenge during the month of October. Adopt a classroom project from DonorsChoose and lead a blog fundraising campaign. OpenSource and Software Communities Jon Stahl has a thoughtful essay on Nonprofits, Open Source and Leadership.

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Kindful

AUGUST 28, 2023

Kindful offers a beautifully designed, intuitive, fully integrated online fundraising CRM. 7+ years of software development experience with an emphasis on Ruby on Rails is best, but we will consider other open-source backgrounds as well (Python, etc). Kindful is a stable, growing SaaS company located in Brentwood, Tennessee.

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 13, 2013

Additionally, Carr Systems remains more committed than ever to Open Source solutions such as Drupal Gardens, CiviCRM, and WordPress. Custom Development – Carr Systems principally uses Open Source technologies to create custom technology applications (Web and mobile) for its clients.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2019

Direct Relief , a humanitarian aid organization, and its Direct Relief and its bot builder, Mind Heros , have open-sourced their model. Visit Direct Relief’s Facebook Page and interact with the bot , and you will discover that the bot also provides assistance to people who want to volunteer or fundraise.

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Social Media Team Media Hurricane 86

Top Nonprofits

JULY 1, 2022

Both are open-source, user-friendly, and customizable. Drupal is a powerful open-source CMS noted for its customizability and security features. For nonprofits, two CMS platforms stand out as the most effective, well-rounded systems for long-lasting websites: WordPress and Drupal.

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NTEN

APRIL 11, 2013

SMS fundraising? But then you get into problems of time, scale, and cost, because really, mobile needs to be thought of holistically, not in some piecemeal, “Oh, the Red Cross raised a lot of money , so we should do a mobile fundraising campaign, too” kind of way. Do you need to think about mobile marketing?

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 27, 2012

Disclosures: I have clients that use both companies’ products, as well as products from their competitors, open source products, and homegrown solutions. Provides robust, flexible support for all forms of fundraising, membership, marketing, and communications. It could also open the door to an open source project.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2008

For a while, I’ve been watching MPower Open , the (not so) newly open sourced (but Windows-based) fundraising package. In general, I’ve been impressed by its feature set, and that they made the choice to go open source. This is not the sign of a healthy open source community.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

Social media fundraising is driven by a combination of relationships and immediacy. Your gala event is a culmination of a year or more of relationship building, multi-channel outreach and face-to-face interaction, just like a social media fundraising campaign. Has anything really changed? Not as much as you'd think.

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Social Media Tools Media Social 81

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits September 19, 2008 Here are a few interesting tidbits that have come my way over the course of the last few days There is a new online fundraising platform, founded by an ex-Convio person. Be Helpful.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "Open Source: The New NPO Tech Battlefield By Mark Hrywna The battle started with two major deals at the beginning of the year. Online fundraising firm Convio acquired rival GetActive for almost $18 million on the same day.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Are you using Google+ Open source vs proprietary CMS Just what is a data scientist anyway? community Leadership nptech nten Communications Fundraising IT Staff Program' Images for blogs List of #nptech conferences in 2014 5 Tips for responsive web design Reasonable remote support options Did your favorite post make the list?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2012

share and learn fundraising best practices? switched to CiviCRM from other fundraising and CRM software products? CiviCRM is open-source, web-based software that. helps organizations realize their missions through fundraising, events. CiviCRM is open-source, web-based software that. Registration.

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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. In that time, she has collaborated with several major food banks, using Salesforce to solve both fundraising and operational challenges.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 1, 2021

When you learn more about effective communication with your supporters, you’ll be the source of more effective and efficient relationship-building at the organization. Better fundraising ROI. The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance guide on the subject explains that you have an option to choose between open-source and paid courses.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 5, 2009

I get a lot of email all the time from people hawking various wares, fundraising ideas, new ways to use Web 2.0, In the realm of things in my life that this blog is meant to cover, I have two passions: data, and moving data around, and open source software. or this and that. It really is these things I want to focus most on.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

ProjectRSS for describing projects (part of the Open Philanthropy effort) – I've recently come across this project from John Brennan (@worldlyjohn on Twitter) and am interested in what you all think about it! "Open "Open source software exists in the computer industry.

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Neon CRM

MAY 19, 2023

CiviCRM CiviCRM is one of the few open-source solutions on the market—which means that the source code of the platform has been made publicly available. Users also report limitations as far as reporting and analytics. This free option helps nonprofits manage their contacts, outreach, events, and more.

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Associations Software Management Module 52

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

In 2007, I realized that a much more effective way to aggregate interesting actions would be to subscribe to RSS feeds from trusted sources. I wrote about the potential for aggregating RSS feeds of giving opportunities in a blog post called, Why We Need Group Fundraising RSS Feeds. Why aren’t you publishing this data in RDF?”.

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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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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

More than 35 sessions took place across the Summit’s key event tracks, which included Manage Your Nonprofit, Direct and Expand Your Programs, Grow Fundraising Impact, Drive Marketing Performance, and Govern and Protect Your Data. Industry Leaders Share Insights and Learnings in Breakout Sessions and Panels.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

DonorsChoose: open source philanthropy from JD Lasica on Vimeo. “Companies have a new ability to empower their customers to be philanthropists, to open source their philanthropy and let their customers or employees participate as grant makers,&# he said. Social Media Challenge is a leading example of micro-giving.

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Social Media Interview Challenge Classroom 120

Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2021

The technology organization designs, deploys, and supports open-source software for health workers providing care in the world’s hardest-to-reach communities. For Medic , a nonprofit organization with a team that’s spread out across six different continents, Slack serves as their virtual headquarters.

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Collaboration Communication Student Canada 120

Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2021

Increased Fundraising ROI. The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance guide to nonprofit courses provides guidance for choosing courses that are best suited for nonprofit staff learning, including open source vs. paid learning opportunities, subject matter analysis, and some example courses. Increased Fundraising ROI.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 28, 2014

For Open Source and custom databases, you can usually get directly to the database if needed. Remember: your new CRM is your future, so it is more important that the new database meets your future fundraising needs, than it supports 100% of your legacy data. As we mentioned before, you new CRM represents your fundraising future.

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