.orgSource

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Several providers offer open source or limited free access, which is a great way to test options. Free and Open-Source Apache Spark provides a powerful platform for large-scale data processing and machine learning tasks. RapidMiner is another open-source platform with a drag-and-drop interface.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 26, 2015

One of the best ways to gauge whether open source would work for your organization is to look at some actual examples. To read about how open-source software might benefit your nonprofit or public library, check out part one of this series. The first event Art for Impact planned using CiviCRM yielded $2,000 in one night.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Last year, Google made an open call to organizations around the world to submit their ideas for how they could use AI to help address these social challenges. Transforming AI insights into real-world social impact requires advanced planning. . Invest in responsible open-sourcing to share intellectual property (e.g.,

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Today, Salesforce.org is excited to announce the release of the Salesforce.org Community Impact Report 2021. Our fourth annual report shows how our customers are using the resources Salesforce.org provides to create and increase their social impact. Our Approach to Social Impact. We work to close the impact gap in three ways: 1.

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sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2024

Cybersecurity on a Budget: Leveraging Open-Source Software and Trusted Vendors Presented by Don Rahn, Director of Security Operations, Blackbaud In the high-stakes world of cybersecurity, defending against threats is non-negotiable. Join us in this session to learn what responsible AI could mean for your school.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The goals of the DEI Open Source Commons team center around leveling the playing field for everyone in tech by increasing diversity and inclusion at Salesforce community events, in addition to creating and modeling a toolkit that groups can use towards their own diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. “I What’s next?

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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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NTEN

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Join NTEN in celebrating and spotlighting open source projects for the social good with the next Pizzigati Prize! As we announced earlier this year, NTEN is thrilled to steward for the Pizzigati Prize , an annual award honoring the life and legacy of Tony Pizzigati, an early advocate of open source computing. Apply today!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 28, 2014

As we are getting ready to welcome a new VP of Engineering, I’d like to acknowledge and thank Gerardo for his many contributions and their lasting impact on the lives of the people we serve. He also championed an open source ethos so that our work can be broadly shared (you can view all our open source projects on GitHub ).

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Forum One

MARCH 20, 2024

Composable Architecture’s benefits are numerous and the approach has wide-ranging impacts for not only users, but for developers and anyone else within organizations responsible for creating and managing digital experiences. The post Architecting Composable Digital Experiences appeared first on Forum One.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 18, 2014

Are you driven to make a real difference from a leadership position in the open source community, at the heart of Silicon Valley and at the unique intersection of technology and social change? Join our team and help us make more impact than ever! Do you like taking on big challenges? We’ve got plenty of them for you to tackle.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

More and more of my time is spent around both raising money and raising awareness of how much more could be done with technology to increase social impact. First, I’ll cover our biggest fundraising effort of the year: individual philanthropy is crucial to us; it’s the portion that makes 10X impact possible!

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Forum One

MAY 18, 2021

This is where a well-orchestrated omnichannel marketing strategy has the potential to have a significant and positive impact on your audience’s overall user experience as well as your organizational goals. Let’s look at 5 tips to help your mission-driven organization create real impact with omnichannel marketing.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This article will discuss several key points to help you make an informed decision, covering topics such as open-source vs. closed-source platforms, software costs, licensing methods, and more. Many do not have open-source code, but some, like Umbraco, do. How will this impact your budget?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 3, 2011

This last September, Benetech won a 3 million dollar award over one year from OSEP for a project we call Leveraging Impact through Technology, or, very appropriately, LIT. Exciting new tools, including a free, open source Android ebook reader and a free web-based ebook reader along with an accessible bookshelf in “the cloud.”

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Care2

MAY 24, 2010

Also what impact does Facebook’s new privacy policies have on nonprofits and their constituents? It's the holy grail of social network connectivity - you are connected to who you are connected to, no matter what site you are on&# , said Michelle Murrain of Open Issue. In March, Facebook had more traffic than Google in the US.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

If you’re a nonprofit, they’re your guide as you scale your impact. Whatever your mission, Lionheart Astro is about helping you make a bigger impact — and evolving with you as your needs change. Impact Labs : Collaborate with a diverse group of experts across industries to co-design solutions for complex social challenges.

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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Its mission is strongly aligned with our own at our SocialCoding4Good project: build awareness of technology serving humanity, engage technical volunteers to contribute their time and talents to design and develop it, and foster cross-sector collaboration to amplify its impact. Please join us in creating this transformative impact.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Our board and I are looking forward to Betsy leading Benetech to even greater impact. Helped environmental leaders design, manage, monitor, and evaluate global conservation projects and campaigns with the first open source conservation project management tool.

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Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

Ease of access means that with more people using these systems, the potential impact of unethical use grows. As AI is increasingly used in high-impact ways such as writing and assessing grant proposals, how can we make sure that it is used ethically, minimizing the risk of harm? The harmful impact of these early problems was clear.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2009

But, what it should really say is, “we may be non-profit, but we are not non-impact.&# Or at least something like that! maybe you want to join forces for a longer-term project for real impact. What is the Impact? Social Actions is “an open source database of actions people can take on any issue.

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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. Build Relationships, Fund Impact with Fundraising Solutions. We’re also enhancing our solutions in fundraising and program management. Interested in learning more?

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

Yes, we must steward our investments responsibly and ethically, but what is responsible and ethical about potentially wasting massive amounts of resources, using outdated problem-solving skills, and getting minimal impact for our efforts? First, funders love and expect to see fully explained “giant triangles of waste.”

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Forum One

JANUARY 24, 2023

Composable Architecture’s benefits are numerous and the approach has wide-ranging impacts for not only users, but for developers and anyone else within organizations responsible for creating and managing digital experiences. The post Architecting Composable Digital Experiences appeared first on Forum One.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 2, 2022

When I worked at Salesforce, I volunteered with many front-line anti-trafficking organizations around the world, and I saw the scale of the crisis and its human impact first-hand. Its purpose was to assess the role of technology in tackling modern slavery and identify ways to improve our impact.

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Forum One

JULY 6, 2021

Using data to organize your content from most to least impactful will entice visitors to stay longer and experience helpful content and engaging conversational tools. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2005

Noy Shoung also predicts that by 2006 more computer users in Cambodia will be using Open Source software versus Microsoft. NIDA is a partner with Khmer Open Source Project , an Open Source Localization project to customize Khmer-Language versions for software applications and operating system , a Linux SuSE 9.3

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Technology Is an Enabler To Make Moments of Impact Possible. But technology is a critical enabler to make more of those moments of impact possible. To date, WFP has delivered 148,000 cubic meters of health and humanitarian cargo to 173 countries on behalf of 73 humanitarian organizations during the pandemic.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

Start Some Good, a platform for social good groups – whether nonprofit organizations or not – to raise funds and build community, highlighted eight diverse projects working for social impact at an evening event hosted by Center61 at SXSW. Tendenci Released as Open Source by Schipul.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

They also know first-hand the pain, money, and time that is wasted, and the impact and outcomes that are reduced or even lost when nonprofits and schools don’t get the help they need. Check out just a few of the sessions our partners are delivering: Demystifying Impact Measurement and Management on Salesforce.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2021

Every few minutes a volunteer would share a story about an impactful experience with a voter,” explains Brooke Adams, Movement Politics Director at People’s Action Institute. The technology organization designs, deploys, and supports open-source software for health workers providing care in the world’s hardest-to-reach communities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 1, 2014

For instance, we ask, how can we harness the power of technology for positive social impact; and how can we mitigate the risks to privacy and civil rights posed by the age of big data? As toolmakers, our ultimate impact is measured by what other people build with our tools. Case in point: our accessible online library, Bookshare.

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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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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. Choosing a CMS for your nonprofit is a decision that can have long-lasting impacts on your organization. Plus, they both have a strong user support community.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Recently we announced the launch of our 2013 Communities of Impact program. In addition to the case studies NTEN has compiled , here are some more examples the Communities of Impact and I have spotted: Children’s museum data informs health policy. Global nonprofit measures and shares its impact in real time. million in one day.

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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. Air Force aircrafts evacuating people from Afghanistan. Connect with her on LinkedIn.

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