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. Take a look at our Demo, recent Dreamforce session , User Guide , and Release Documentation. We’re also enhancing our solutions in fundraising and program management. Interested in learning more?

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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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Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

Answering these questions can guide efforts to correct and adjust the data. Currently our internal model cards are used to guide data quality considerations and planning improvements. Hugging Face, the largest open-source AI repository, provides guidance on reading and creating model cards.

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Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

In this guide, we’ll answer all of your learning experience platform questions and more, including: What is an LXP? Seeking an open-sourced platform and the ability to adjust to changing learning needs quickly. For many organizations, moving fully to an LXP and abandoning LMS technology entirely simply isn’t feasible.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 1, 2022

According to Kanopi’s Drupal vs. WordPress guide , both platforms are excellent options for nonprofits because of their scalability and flexibility. Both are open-source, user-friendly, and customizable. Drupal is a powerful open-source CMS noted for its customizability and security features.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 1, 2021

Online courses are professionally structured and guided opportunities that simultaneously provide flexibility and convenience for students. The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance guide on the subject explains that you have an option to choose between open-source and paid courses. Online courses.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Here’s my list of upcoming topics: Has Open Source won or lost, or is the struggle still going on? Updates on Open Content and Copyleft of things other than code that nonprofits might be interested in. A beginners guide to NoSQL. Ruby on Rails (varied topics). Drupal Provisioning. Cloud development platforms.

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NTEN

MAY 17, 2013

It allows you to input some basic information about your organization and will provide you with a policy to guide initial usage. By framing social media within a familiar, real-life context, this approach empowers staff members to use their best professional judgment without feeling intimidated by the technology or the virtual setting.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

If you weren't able to join us in San Francisco last week for the Nonprofit Technology Conference , we've got a recap of some of the happenings here on our blog. 12NTC is the go-to event every year for nonprofit professionals who work on technology, communications, or guide their organizations in tech decisions.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 14, 2010

A few months ago, Robert blogged about Idealware's 2010 Field Guide to Nonprofit Software , a guide covering a broad range of software that nonprofits should know about. Through a friendly, easy-reference format, the Field Guide helps you pinpoint the types of software that can increase your organization’s effectiveness and efficiency.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! If you’re a nonprofit news junkie, have a look at all our Nonprofit Technology News pieces from this past year. TechSoup Technologies for Good. Hacker Helper is all about not reinventing the technology wheel.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

At Salesforce, our business is guided by stakeholder capitalism , a system in which corporate purpose is based on a fundamental commitment to all stakeholders — customers, employees, partners, communities, the planet, and society — rather than just shareholders. Salesforce’s Sustainability at Home Guide .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Note from Beth: At last year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I was lucky enough to join a “birds of a feather” lunch table. Ryder’s has produced a video guide and the BuJo website guide , which are very clear and explain the system well. What is the Bullet Journal System?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Since this is a technology blog, and not a marketing blog, I won’t talk about the details of getting an ISBN number, or getting nice looking cover art, or getting the word out, etc. Here’s a nice, short guide. ). I’m talking in this post about self-publishing eBooks. that are standard for eBooks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2008

is a new web resources that includes tactical guides to using a wide range communications tools for social change, packaged with some open source tools for creating media.  The tools section is an annotated directory of open source tools that describe the tool and include links to downloads, manuals, and tutorials.  

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Robert Weiner

MARCH 16, 2009

The Tactical Technology Collective and Front Line have released Security in-a-Box , which was designed to meet the digital security and privacy needs of advocates and human rights defenders. They describe it as follows: Security in-a-box includes a How-to Booklet, which addresses a number of important digital security issues.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2017

CiviCRM offers nonprofits an open source constituent relationship management solution that’s also fully customizable and expandable.They focus on easy-to-use software features that can be used on any platform or device. The post Purchasing Nonprofit Software: A Fundraiser’s Guide appeared first on Nonprofit Hub.

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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. Idealware’s Consumer’s Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems reviewed 30 systems, the majority of which don’t come from Convio or Blackbaud. Here my perspective.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

Submitted by Paul Lamb, Principal of Man On A Mission Consulting As an avid promoter of technology for social change, and as an active participant in a community of faith, I have often wondered why the two worlds remain so segregated? BTW, if you haven't seen this " Guided Tour of Spirituality in Second Life " its worth a looksee).

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Forum One

MAY 27, 2021

Forum One worked with the NMNH to bring this sense of wonder to the Museum’s online presence, completely redesigning and developing its website in the latest open source technology. The National Museu m of Natural History has a mission to promote a greater understanding of the natural world and our place in it.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing, take 2 January 31, 2008 Back in August, I did a review of web conferencing tools, with a decidedly unusual slant – as a presenter, I had to be able to share my Linux desktop.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Your guide to the resources that will help you put technology to work for your cause. You've also got your step-by-step guides, from buttons to headers to sites templates. Of course, to follow all this advice, you need to know your way around PhotoShop (or its open source equivalent, the GIMP). Write for the Web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2007

To vote, read through the Voting Guidelines , and their handy Voter Guide , which includes short summaries of the 150+ nominated projects. CompuMentor has created a Technology Innovation Fund to provide direct cash support to projects selected by the NetSquared Community. Aspiration's Social Source Commons. Avatar Action Center.

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Care2

MAY 25, 2011

Nonprofits are often among the earliest adopters when it comes to technology and cloud computing is no exception. Registering a domain, purchasing hosting, installing an open source CMS like WordPress , and setting up a basic design theme can all be done affordably. The savings can be dramatic too.

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Tech Soup

JULY 28, 2014

The Raspberry Pi was designed to help educators and students understand technology better. Raspberry Pi Beginners takes you from opening the box it comes in to configuring it to starting basic projects. Tutsplus has a helpful guide to buying your first Raspberry Pi, complete with info on every component you'll need.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Eight leading experts in social media and nonprofit technology have joined forces to create Socialbrite.org, a hub that showcases social tools for social change. Lasica , a consultant and author of four books about emerging technologies. Socialbrite.org is built in WordPress, the popular open source blogging platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

This week Idealware released the much-anticipated 2012 edition of our free Consumers Guide to Low-Cost Nonprofit Management Systems. She’s a frequent speaker and writer on nonprofit technology topics. It’s a complicated question, and just one of the things you should look for when choosing software.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2012

For more nonprofit- and library-specific apps, also see: Open-Source Mobile Apps for Social Change from the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference. See our nonprofit and library app survey results and the nonprofit and library Apps Wish List to see how other nonprofits and libraries are thinking about apps. Arts Organization Apps.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2007

The Bay Area based World of Good Development Organization has created a Fair Trade Wage Guide to help artisans calculate a “fair wage in a local context.” "At The Guide is built with free, open-source technology so that it is easy for artisans to use with their own systems. fair+trade artisan craft

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 27, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants October 30, 2006 This Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants has given me a chance to read some blogs I don’t usually get to read, since I’m so often focused in the tech field.

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

Open source. Each category is exhibited by different tools, technology, and/or approaches. Open Source – API. It's an exciting time, where strategy begets technology solutions and in turn technology inspires new strategic opportunities. Authenticate. Authenticate – FB Login, Twitter OAuth.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

All of this software is free and much of it is open source. EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense Guide. Through these covert partnerships, the agencies have inserted secret vulnerabilities – known as backdoors or trapdoors – into commercial encryption software. Mac: TrueCrypt , FileVault. Linux: TrueCrypt , LUKS.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 20, 2016

An in-depth guide related to the target issues they care about, tools or templates, case studies, and ebooks are all great examples of this. This kind of content gets shared and spreads the word, and it keeps people opening your emails, and even looking forward to them. Join the open source culture.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2009

The Tactical Technology Collective and Front Line have released Security in-a-Box , which was designed to meet the digital security and privacy needs of advocates and human rights defenders. They describe it as follows: Security in-a-box includes a How-to Booklet, which addresses a number of important digital security issues.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

A great resource for finding your best fit is NTEN’s Consumer’s Guide to Donor Management Software. It should also be noted that it is an open-source product, which means that it does not have the same quality assurance as Salesforce proper. There are dozens of CRMs out there that cater specifically to nonprofit needs.

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Care2

JULY 11, 2013

Idealware: I consider Idealware the Consumer Reports for the nonprofit community when it comes to evaluating and rating nonprofit products and technology. They provide in-depth reports comparing open source content management systems such as Drupal, Joomla, and, WordPress, as well as Constituent Relationship Management systems.

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