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Caltech: Founding Values

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Address on receiving Caltech’s Distinguished Alumni Award May 18, 2013 Caltech was founded to give back to society through science and engineering, to discover knowledge and apply that knowledge. To the greatest extent possible, be open. Support open data, open access to research, open content and open source.

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Top 12 Social Media Insights for Nonprofits in 2012

NetWits

These insights were gleaned from over 3,500 respondents to a survey sent out by Blackbaud, NTEN and Common Knowledge. The Most Common Fundraising Tactic on Facebook is an Ask for an Individual Gift. Open Source Software Takes Over #1 Spot for House Social Networks. The Average Cost of a Facebook Like is $3.50

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Thoughts on the Blackbaud – Convio deal

Robert Weiner

Disclosures: I have clients that use both companies’ products, as well as products from their competitors, open source products, and homegrown solutions. I have no inside knowledge about what the merged company will look like. It could also open the door to an open source project. Here my perspective.

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3 Reasons to Explore Virtual Training For Nonprofit Staff

Connection Cafe

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. He loves fundraising and wants to become a major gift officer in the future.

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27 Recommended Affordable or Free Nonprofit Software Tools

Bloomerang

That means you likely won’t see the results—increased fundraising revenue, increased donor retention rate, increased average gift size—that you would likely see when using a paid solution. The platform contains a donation page builder, nonprofit CRM, recurring gift functionality, and more.

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Meet Miles Maier: London Region ICT Champion

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Do you think Open Source is like fair trade coffee ? How do you see gift economies operating in the nonprofit open source community, the nonprofit blogosphere, and nonprofit tech community in general? Is there a downside to gift economies? You can read about the 'web office 2.0' tools I used here 4.

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Interview: Zen and the art of Nonprofit Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Michelle most recently published a white paper in collaboration with NTEN called " Let's Talk: How Open APIs Can Change How Nonprofits Manage Data " It is a topic of critical importance in the nonprofit tech space. She is also the coordinator for NOSI - Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. The paper is a must read.

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