Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 28, 2014

Gerardo helped Benetech dramatically increase our capacity to benefit larger populations by scaling our services, revamping our innovation process, and establishing a thriving network of industry partners and volunteers. a11y accessibility Bookshare engineering executive Gerardo GoRead innovation open source Read2Go'

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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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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. Nevertheless, choosing isn’t simply about popularity.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 22, 2013

It wasn’t too many years ago when our pharmaceutical industry more or less argued that people with AIDS in Africa should die rather than to license their medicines for low cost manufacture. To the greatest extent possible, be open. Support open data, open access to research, open content and open source.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Impact Labs : Collaborate with a diverse group of experts across industries to co-design solutions for complex social challenges. Open Source Commons : Benefit from a community of talented developers who volunteer their time and effort to contribute trusted, innovative, open-source solutions that serve all of us.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2005

I came across this one for Khmer Open Source Project. Here's the link to the draft of the master plan for implementing open source in Cambodia. I also emailed Dirk Slater to find out what he knew about this project: Its really interesting how Open Source is taking off because of localization issues.

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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. This is done by providing metadata based on industry standard protocols on each page.

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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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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2021

Slack automatically organizes students into smaller course-group channels with industry mentors to help ensure their success. As courses progress, Slack is used as the central channel for all course communications, including peer collaboration, speaker announcements, industry news, and mentor feedback.

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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. Review industry resources such as Double the Donation’s roundup of top nonprofit website design companies or ask other nonprofits for recommendations.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

The event kicked off with opening remarks by Joan Garry , an industry veteran and champion for the nonprofit sector, which led directly into the first panel discussion on the topic of climate. . Industry Leaders Share Insights and Learnings in Breakout Sessions and Panels. From Climate Change to Navigating the Unexpected.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 28, 2013

That support includes the sharing of best practices in accessible book production, model agreements for readers with disabilities, and open source access technology for reading the books. Together, we can provide equal access to humankind’s knowledge.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 28, 2016

An Open Book. One of the most laudable attributes of WordPress is that it’s an open-source CMS: there’s an entire community of users backing it up and creating thousands of plug-ins—beyond the basics that come with the starter version of the platform—that make it faster, prettier and more efficient. Money Talks.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Here’s a tidbit of a Infoworld report about the study: By one measure — “value added,&# which the report defines as “an industry’s gross output minus its purchased intermediate inputs&# — the fair use economy is greater than the copyright economy. economy by copyright industries amounts to $1.3

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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. I’m also concerned about the confusion this will cause in the industry. It could also open the door to an open source project. Here my perspective.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

ProjectRSS for describing projects (part of the Open Philanthropy effort) – I've recently come across this project from John Brennan (@worldlyjohn on Twitter) and am interested in what you all think about it! "Open "Open source software exists in the computer industry. Open Philanthropy is about sharing.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

OFM: A Model for Partner Participation in Open Source Community Projects. Amy has been in the tech industry for over 15 years, always focused on partnerships, connection, and results-oriented action. Check out just a few of the sessions our partners are delivering: Demystifying Impact Measurement and Management on Salesforce.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 19, 2013

For example, a recent project of hers is Startup Box: South Bronx, or [SB] 2 —a nonprofit startup incubator and tech education center that aims to connect the creativity of the South Bronx with the power of the tech industry by bringing together students, startups and community members. [SB]

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Forum One

JULY 15, 2021

Your social media platforms also offer ways to deliver relevant content to your audiences based on their interests, location, age, industries, and other demographics. If you are looking to integrate a web personalization tool into your digital strategy, learn about Forum One’s open source website personalization tool.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 17, 2021

Basic Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) Compliance with some tools such as Gravity Forms. Object Sync for Salesforce is an open-source WordPress plugin that provides a GUI to map and sync data between Salesforce objects and WordPress content types. Sample Apps or Tools: Ninja Forms with Salesforce extension.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Dataportability.org – the organization, has gotten a lot of press in the tech industry lately because some very big players recently joined. tools, they need to understand the implications of what they do, and demand that the tools use open standards. { These include Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and many others. Be Helpful.

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Byte Technology

JUNE 7, 2016

Awe-inspiring to say the least, given the free and open-source content management system (CMS) is just over a decade old. Additionally, WordPress-related keywords get 37 million searches each month; the program is available in 40 different languages; and 22 percent of new U.S. registered domain names run exclusively on the platform.

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Byte Technology

JUNE 2, 2016

When it comes to options that can really help you sell on your site, WordPress—as open source software—puts lots of additions at your fingerprints from third party developers. WooCommerce however will require you to find a host, and that will cost more money down the road.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

at 1:02 pm thanks for deflating a bit of the industry hype and prattle with this provocative and essential idea. And, it’s still clear that CRM/Fundraising software is where the money and resources are going in nonprofit software development. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

at 1:02 pm thanks for deflating a bit of the industry hype and prattle with this provocative and essential idea. And, it’s still clear that CRM/Fundraising software is where the money and resources are going in nonprofit software development. Be Helpful.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Open Source Commons and Community Sprints , where our Salesforce-savvy community gathers to co-create solutions together. His career at Salesforce spans more than 10 years, with previous roles leading global marketing at Saleesforce.org and public sector industry solutions. Eric Barela.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 29, 2020

With virtual events quickly becoming the new normal for the events industry, it is important that you find and make use of the best tools available to host a professional and engaging event. OBS Studio is an open-source tool for video recording and live streaming. Capterra Rating : 5/5. 3D video editing. Brand overlay.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Those shine as industry-standard examples of how open API s need to be distributed. Open it up, let anyone bang on test data to try things out, and you never know what might happen. The drive toward open everything is pretty inexorable, and the pressure is only going to get greater. { He’s right. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

The move of Apple to use software update to break hacked and unlocked phones is somewhat ironic, given the attitude of Jobs toward DRM , and the open source basis for OS X. The main draw to Apple for consumers will always be industrial design – A pocket PC does more than an iPhone, it just doesn’t look as good doing it.

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2013

Some changes organisations must now deal with include new national data privacy laws in the private and/or public industry, compliance with the EU’s Data Protection Directive and excessive government surveillance. Open Source Privacy Security philanthropy data big data tsopensource tssecurity maps'

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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Happily though, because of its size and the fact that it’s an open-source program, vulnerabilities in security for the main operating program as well as the thousands of plugins are often caught early thanks to many eyes keeping a faithful watch.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 2, 2015

As part of the success services team, I have the fortune of working with the very best and brightest online fundraising, web design, social media, open source development and digital marketing professionals in the world—all rolled up under one amazing team called Blackbaud Interactive @BBinteractive. Meet the team!

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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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Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

We decided in 2016 to pivot toward open source content management systems as the foundation of our technology platforms. Most digital marketing agencies work for a variety of different customers and industries. We had built our system well before WordPress became popular. Q: What makes Achieve different?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

The IT industry is overwhelmed with companies and courses and products aimed at the commercial world. Sometimes the engineer and the user/manager are the same person -- if a small organization is using some open source tool by themselves to build a website, for example. Where do our ideas about IT come from?

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. "Similar to their corporate counterparts, nonprofits are discovering that they can increase their effectiveness while maintaining lower operating costs by utilizing Web-based and open source tools. What Is Web 2.0?

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NTEN

MARCH 4, 2011

Penguin Days are designed to let nonprofits and social justice activists learn about free and open source software that can support their work and potentially save them money, including tools for web publishing, fundraising, blogging, and campaigning. We’d love to see you there!

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