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Thoughts on the Future of Open Source and Nonprofits

NTEN

Based on my informal assessment of attitudes and interest in the NTEN community about open source software, I think there's a significant and growing number of folks and organizations who are either interested in, already using, or even evangelizing open source solutions. Current Trends.

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5 Ways To Be A Better Ally

Saleforce Nonprofit

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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Noel Hidalgo Knows What Ten Dollars Can Do In Cambodia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The luck of seven is an open-source, around the world project by noel hidalgo , a new york city based activist, organizer, blogger, barcamper and coworker. ve hired and mentored fifty-seven Cambodians who???ve Photo by Noneck. Here's the official press release ). most pressing needs. Gradually, we???ve Dr. Nancy Hendrie.

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Why Tech Nonprofits Are Building Digital Tools for Racial Equity and Justice

Non Profit Quarterly

Take, for instance, Unlocked Labs , a nonprofit that employs a team of incarcerated software developers who are building nonprofit, open-source technology to make high-quality education more accessible to incarcerated individuals.

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Bay Area Nonprofit Collaborative Pilots High-Tech Social Service Referral System

Non Profit Quarterly

Benetech, founded nearly two decades ago, has a mission to take the technology and knowledge Silicon Valley has figured out and move it into the nonprofit sector. Two of the agencies didn’t explain that it also offered career counseling and mentoring, while one didn’t have its website address.