Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 17, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tools #1 – #100 January 17, 2008 I just though I’d take a brief pause to explain my criteria for these 100 tools that I’ll be covering this year. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How not to treat an open source user community October 4, 2007 I’ve been using activeCollab for a few months now. It gives me much more. to develop open source software.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #6: Joomla! I’ll have to give it a whirl. Like any powerful CMS, though, there is quite the learning curve in order to get a site up and running. 4 admin 02.05.08

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

But how do you manage all the information about their giving along with all the personal details that are key to maintaining successful relationships, all for a price that won’t break your bank? Costs vary as well -- and there are even some Free and Open Source options. Donors are the lifeblood of nonprofit organizations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Luckily, most web project have online demos, which will give you a feeling for the software without having to spend too much time configuring a server or webhost to use the software. Google it – you might find articles and reviews that might be helpful Try it out. Be Helpful.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 25, 2021

By: Cori O’Brien, Senior Manager, Open Source Commons. This year, we are highlighting contributions made through Open Source Commons , a unique program that highlights the partnership between Salesforce.org and our community of customers and partners. Build Sustainable Apps to Meet Unique Community Needs.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Despite increasing commercialism, the holidays traditionally get people thinking about ways they can give—whether they’re wrapping gifts for loved ones or donating time and money to a cause they care about. When is Giving Tuesday 2021? Giving Tuesday 2021 is on November 30, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. Giving Tuesday FAQs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2022

It is defined as open-source software that doesn’t require the support of a trusted intermediary and it has no governing body. This new version of the world wide web aims to make the internet more autonomous, going beyond net neutrality, and bringing power to the people instead of internet providers and big corporations.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 22, 2013

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. I want to advocate for “giving the sleeves off your vest” strategy! To the greatest extent possible, be open.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 24, 2022

DLRS is a community-built and community-maintained open source Salesforce solution. “Open source is nothing without a community, and I could not be more excited for the DLRS team and this release. Learn more about the history of DLRS, and Andy’s decision to join the Open Source Commons program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2013

The author of the book, Giving 2.0 , has just released all her teaching notes and syllabi, along with philanthropy library. The idea is simple – by open sourcing her materials, she hopes to inspire more colleges to incorporate courses on philanthropy in their curriculum. The goals for the Giving 2.0 3) Giving 2.0:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

I found out that thanks to Adam Hyde of FlossManuals.net , he will be distributing free printed guides to open-source software and he will also be giving out digital cameras to up-and-coming Cambodian photobloggers. It reminded of the ngo in a box collection of open source video editing tools that I read about on the NTEN blog.

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NTEN

MARCH 10, 2010

Session: Working with Open Source Software and Vendors. Free and Open Source Software. Whether it is on the desktop like Firefox and Open Office or the Ubuntu Linux operating system, or on servers (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) and running CMSs and CRMs (like Drupal and CiviCRM). Speaker: Gregory Heller, CivicActions.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

To help now, please use the Donate Form on Benetech''s website and give whatever you can. Martus is our free, open source, secure information collection and management tool. Are you excited about technology benefiting the world? It’s not too late to pledge your support for our work. billion poor and unbanked. Martus Desktop 4.5

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2017

Source: 2016 Charitable Giving Report. Source: Dunham+Company. Source: 2016 Luminate Online Benchmark Report. High-wealth donors ($200,000+ in annual household income) give an average of $2,252 annually and 51% prefer to give online. Source: 2016 Donor Loyalty Study. Source: ReportLinker.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 17, 2022

With the holiday season upon us, many nonprofit organizations are continuing to get ready for the largest giving event of the year. In this release, our open source offering, Data Lake for Nonprofits, Powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) is generally available. Build Relationships, Fund Impact with Fundraising Solutions.

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Achieve

JANUARY 24, 2017

The Great Give Palm Beach & Martin County is a 24-hour online giving event led by. The goal of the Great Give is to raise as much money as possible for a slew of local nonprofits in just one day. The Great Give first approached Achieve in November 2016 in hopes of creating a new website. Great Give.

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NTEN

MARCH 4, 2009

I spoke with her about her session at the 2009 NTC , " Comparing Open Source CMSs: Joomla, Drupal, and Plone ", and why CMS seems to be the area where open source has really taken off in the sector: . Here's a secret: Laura doesn't have warm fuzzy feelings about San Francisco.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2006

We got into some back and forth email about widgets and he was kind of enough to give me a really useful critique of one of my videos. He created the above "open source documentary" on Net Neutrality called Humanity Lobotomy. He's a talented filmmaker (as is Susan and the other folks at Four-Eyed Monsters).

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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. Text-to-give/Text-to-donate/Text-to-pledge tools. Give by Cell. per transaction.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

We came up with the idea of giving everyone their own number. This milestone was a global event, so we knew that changing the conversation would be a challenge for a small nonprofit in Washington, D.C. But we figured we had to try. Each of us is, after all, a piece of that grand calculation. We called the app “What’s Your Number?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

I'm trying to embrace two ideas here - the idea of open source thinking and wikitation. Allison Fine 's book, Momentum, has a whole chapter on what she calls " Open Source Thinking ," and how it is key to successfully using these new tools. Open source thinking is sharing and remixing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Giving up, a little August 6, 2007 As you might know, I migrated from using a MacBook Pro laptop as my primary desktop, to eating my own dogfood, as it were, and using Ubuntu Linux as my primary desktop.

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Judi Sohn

MAY 3, 2015

Two weeks ago, I joined the Salesforce Foundation in a new role as Open Source Manager. Does "Open Source Community Manager" mean that you're the official bff of Nonprofit Starter Pack users? However, Salesforce.com has a foundation where they give away licenses to qualified nonprofits! Completely free.

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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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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. Maybe open Social Graphs will help ? He notes with a trace of sarcasm, "???With

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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. 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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 19, 2014

Our experience working with human rights defenders, especially LGBT and Tibetan groups, give us direct insights into these challenges. As software developers entrusted with sensitive information, we have a duty to protect the people we serve. And, this responsibility extends to far more software developers today than we thought.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 26, 2013

Here is an excerpt from my written testimony, as originally featured on Benetech''s Blog : Delivering my statement before the House Committee on the Judiciary, August 1, 2013 We build our work on strong foundations laid down by other people and companies, whether it’s the open source ecosystem of the Internet, or proprietary software or content.

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Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

In this case, users can reduce harm by including facts and data in the prompt they give, providing guardrails on the AI response. Hugging Face, the largest open-source AI repository, provides guidance on reading and creating model cards.

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Forum One

JULY 6, 2021

As Forum One works primarily with open-source software platforms, such as Drupal and WordPress, we created a tool that allows administrators to utilize the benefits of a CMS. We give the user a more personalized experience through content such as text, media, and dynamic lists. Fulfillment.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Allied Airlift is made up of veterans and volunteers who scoured open source intelligence reports to provide Afghan allies with critical information necessary to find a place aboard one of the limited U.S. Giving back to an effort that resulted in over 753 evacuees reaching the U.S. and Afghani citizens from tyranny.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Her blog, Susie's Blog - Winning hearts and minds over to FOSS (Free Open Source Software) is an excellent example of how professionals in the nonprofit technology field use blogging for professional development. persuading people to try it and not give up at the first obstacle ??? Susie has a great sense of humor.

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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. Submit a request for proposal (RFP).

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

The New Science of Giving. This Wall Street Journal post discusses how John Arnold a former natural-gas trader at Enron and hedge fund founder is giving away his $4 billion fortune through a new “Moneyball” approach to giving. Open Source philanthropy data big data' Data and Philanthropy.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

This helped ensure the correct items were delivered to the right place at the right time, and enabled WFP to give partners up-to-date information on the status of their cargo shipments. It has pre-built integration flows to hydrate that lake with data from Salesforce for Nonprofits, and it includes guidance to create a throughput to Tableau.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 30, 2009

It turns out that in the process of creating Cloudkick, the folks there came up with libcloud – a library that service providers could use to give developers access to the services needed by the servers – list, restart, create, destroy, etc. Libcloud has become it’s own open source project, and is under active development.

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