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Penguin Day: Pre-NTC Open Source Learning Opportunity

NTEN

Flickr Photo by Green Moon Penguin Day is coming to San Francisco on Saturday, April 25, 2009, right before the NTC. Full details about this opportunity to explore open source software are at [link]. Sessions will include: Introduction to Free and Open Source Software. Creative Commons And Open Content.

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350.org Is Greening the Planet with Lean, Green IT

Tech Soup

In a time when climate change and developing the green economy are somewhat passé, nonprofits have not given up on the mission. Find out how they're greening the planet and using the leanest greenest IT possible. They have no infrastructure beyond that, which is why cloud computing is regarded as green IT.

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350.org Is Greening the Planet with Lean, Green IT

Tech Soup

In a time when climate change and developing the green economy are somewhat passé, nonprofits have not given up on the mission. Find out how they're greening the planet and using the leanest greenest IT possible. They have no infrastructure beyond that, which is why cloud computing is regarded as green IT.

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Why Every Organization Should Make Sustainability Part of its Mission

Saleforce Nonprofit

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. University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Face-to-Face or Mediated Experience, Open Source Software Communities, and Blog Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Tools, Thoughts and Things one can Do with a little Time and Hardly any Resources blog lengthy post entitled, Village Green vs Walled Garden , talks about the challenges of getting desktop office applications users to switch. OpenSource and Software Communities Jon Stahl has a thoughtful essay on Nonprofits, Open Source and Leadership.

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What is “organic” software?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I was perusing the program for a local “green&# event, when I noticed a full page advertisement for Firefox, saying that it’s software was “ 100% organic.&# For Firefox, it means, “open source, community-powered.&# I kind of chuckled. I thought, what does that really mean?

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How an Effective Partner Ecosystem Strives for Collaboration Over Competition

Saleforce Nonprofit

OFM: A Model for Partner Participation in Open Source Community Projects. Serial entrepreneur and co-founder of the luxury chocolate brand, Green & Black’s, Jo Fairley is an inspirational businesswoman who paved the way for others to follow her sustainable business model. Don’t Configure Technology, Configure Its Users.