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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

Katya Andresen points us to " Story Telling As Best Practice " online free training with Andy Goodman. The Non-Profit Tech Blog interviews Scott Crowder, Kintera CTO. (If " And now, you can bookmark Second Life locations (called slurls) into del.icio.us without leaving the virtual world! Jon's comments on plone comments.

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