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My wish for Web 2.5

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Unfortunately, the nptech world hasn’t yet caught on to the “Planet&# phenomenon of the open source world (see Planet Ubuntu Women.) These are sites that are simply aggregators of the blogs of those involved in a particular open source project (like, in this case, women involved in Ubuntu ). Be Helpful.

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How To: Put Technology to Use (November 2008)

NTEN

Hint: they don't.) Of course, to follow all this advice, you need to know your way around PhotoShop (or its open source equivalent, the GIMP). Your guide to the resources that will help you put technology to work for your cause. Write for the Web. First, you need to understand how people read on the web.

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NpTech Tag Cross Blog Discussion: What do those guidelines look like?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When the nptech tag started one of the ideas was to gather enough data to look and see what words people were using to describe, say, open source (open source, floss, foss, open source software) and then use those words to inform a taxonomy. "It seems to me that the tag is not that useful ???

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Nonprofit SXSW Goodness – Conference List Toppers, To-Dos and Topics of Interest

Connection Cafe

And for all you people using Four Square , it's also one of the official Check-in for Charity locations (hint: new badge anyone?). Built upon open-source tools, open standards, and best practices, this panel will highlight practical examples of initiatives from private, public and government sectors.".

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No more custom CMS!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

As the author of a custom CMS (it did have the advantage that it was released as open source, but it never caught on, so it still counts as custom) I know what it is like to put my heart and soul (and time) into a CMS, and want my clients to get what they want. But, that was then, and this is now. But, that was then, and this is now.

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