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Open Source CRMs – people like them?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The three others are Democracy in Action , which is a SaaS that is open source, CitySoft says it’s open source, but I don’t know whether it is through an OSI approved license (since they don’t say. Satisfaction with Convio, Kintera and Blackbaud all trailed these top 4 tools.

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SaaS vs. Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It would not be as cost-effective (and thus, not produce as much profit) if these SaaS developers had to pay license fees for the software they use (besides the fact that these are the most stable and robust platforms to build upon.) Kintera uses something proprietary, as well as Convio. Other companies in the NP space are similar.

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NpTech Tag: Socially Responsible Idol, Nptech Meebo Chat at PDF Conference, and Personal Fundraising

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are different flavors of Creative Commons licensing, some encourage remixing more than others as the Learn Online blog points out in the " The Illogical rhetoric of Share Alike " Ruby Sinreich points us to Liza Sabater's manifesto on People Powered Politics based on the seminar Cluetrain Mainfesto.

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Convio Open: How APIs May Change the Way You Work - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Some nonprofits have begun to utilize widgets and other light-weight Internet applications to leverage social networks. Sam Heywood: Convio Open is more than a product or service, its a whole paradigm shift in the way we serve nonprofits and meet our commitment to enable nonprofits to leverage the Internet to engage constituents.

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Common Ground Q&A with Idealware

Connection Cafe

eTapestry and The Raiser’s Edge with integrated Internet capabilities and add-on solutions, and a robust partner and cohort network to lower the cost of deployment and use. It is optimized to work with these Blackbaud solutions, but it is not a standalone internet marketing and fundraising solution.