NTEN

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Whether it''s in-person events, such as NTEN Labs or 501 Tech Clubs , online Communities of Practice or webinars , or deadlines for contributing content or applications - this weekly round-up has you covered. There''s a lot happening at NTEN, and we want you to get involved! Also, are you attending an NPTech-related event this month?

Portland 60

Portland Open Source NTEN Local 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Combine and balance work and personal life. Whether it’s by creating weekly spreads that give more room for your personal life, create personal life collections, or spend more time on thinking about this balance and follow your habits – BuJo can help with that. BuJo is a personal tool. Establish and track daily habits.

Journal 104

Journal Professional Nonprofit Reflection 104

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 1, 2011

Benetech seeks to be open internally and externally. While respecting individual privacy and our other values, we foster a collaborative work environment through open communication. We rely on open source tools for information exchange and development tools, as appropriate.

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Literacy Articulate Open Source Conservancy 145

Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2021

The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance guide to nonprofit courses provides guidance for choosing courses that are best suited for nonprofit staff learning, including open source vs. paid learning opportunities, subject matter analysis, and some example courses. Therefore, he takes a course on personalized fundraising communications.

Training 44

Training Train Virtual Course 44

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

One of those organizations is the German American Heritage Center (GAHC), a nonprofit dedicated to preserving German heritage and sharing knowledge about the German immigrant experience. Nonprofits can use the platform to create mobile-friendly donation pages, personalized touchpoints, and other elements that optimize the giving experience.

Software 83

Software Free Tools Adobe 83

Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

The platform provides training and open-source tools and resources for climate activists, links activists to local groups and campaigns, provides a platform for rapidly evolving content, and also supports a Coal Tracker as the group seeks to end the reign of dirty coal in Africa. University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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Organization Massachusetts Org Africa 98

Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 17, 2021

Your website can also pull and display data stored in Salesforce, such as lists of sponsors or grantees, program data, chapter or affiliate information, or some other personalized experience based on the visitor’s profile. Solution: WordPress Object Sync for Salesforce. For any supported WordPress content types (e.g.,

WordPress 113

WordPress Integration Plugin License 113

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

For one client, I am their technology go-to person, since they are really small, and have no tech staff. I’d also love to consult with for-profit vendors who are thinking about dipping their toes into offering support for open source projects, or open sourcing their software. Gotta work on that.

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Consultant Open Source Database Tech 111

Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. More often than not, these spaces do not contain or appreciate the perspective of someone that has first-hand knowledge of low income communities of color.”.

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Impact California Conservancy Bolivia 116

Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

Restless Knowledge Sharing. One thing I’ve noticed about the NTEN award winners is their restless knowledge sharing in an array of subjects all over the place – not just in their own organizations. He is the founder of Txtocracy.com , an open-source project that aims to increase voter turnout via text messages.

Technology 93

Technology Canada Nptech Award 93

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

On the morning of July 7th, a page was created for the events taking place in central London and as both television news and personal witnesses revealed more information the page content grew – by the minute. The same with live information, personal stories from witnesses, and so on. Indirect Content. Examples from Haiti.

Disaster 206

Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

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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Search Web Open Source Audio 100

Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

Restless Knowledge Sharing. One thing I’ve noticed about the NTEN award winners is their restless knowledge sharing in an array of subjects all over the place – not just in their own organizations. He is the founder of Txtocracy.com , an open-source project that aims to increase voter turnout via text messages.

Technology 64

Technology Canada Nptech Award 64

Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

LXPs are innovative in their prioritization of personalized learning experiences for each individual learner. Intuitive Interface: LXPs are both immersive and personalized. On the other hand, LXPs are: Focused on personalized learning experiences. A Move Toward Personalization. Employee’s job role and current skillset.

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Platform Experiment eLearning Learning 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Paul Connolly, who has been a guest blogger on this blog before , covered the session on Open Source Strategic Planning. The Wikimedia Foundation ambitiously envisions a “world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.” Guest post by Paul Connolly.

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Open Source Open Case Study Wikipedia 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2006

He notes, "It isn't possible for one person to keep up. Find your peers and share knowledge." Documentation of your project is important and get it disseminated so other people can benefit from your knowledge. That's why Open Source is a good way to go - you don't get locked in. You need your peers.

Technology 50

Technology Arts Project Literacy 50

NTEN

MARCH 2, 2011

GanttProject is an open source, cross-platform project management tool. By the same token, status updates and working out schedules where one person's work depends on others completing theirs benefit greatly from face-to-face planning. Think of it as MS Project lite. Excel (or any spreadsheet).

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Project Tools Management Sharepoint 88

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

The team also hopes to incentivize organizations to share knowledge and give beneficiaries a direct voice. ″, that focuses on open standards and linking data. Many of us are aware of open source software and open architecture, but open philanthropy doesn’t exist yet.

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NTEN

MARCH 6, 2015

We love getting to acknowledge the winners live on stage, but we also want to shout out their praises online for anyone who wasn''t there to applaud in person. Every year at NTC, we announce all kinds of award winners. We still haven''t quite figured out how you do it!

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Award Los Angeles Montenegro NTEN 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Probably the most satisfying thing has been to meet the authors behind the blogs - David Wilcox and Steve Bridger - and make a more personal connection there. Do you think Open Source is like fair trade coffee ? I'd like to blog a lot more, particularly about the potential of social media. So, tell me about your Office 2.0

Open Source 56

Open Source NTC Remix Profit 56

Neon CRM

MAY 24, 2023

Think of something small but impactful, like a personalized welcome call for new members. With the right platform, an organization could trigger a personalized email to go out as soon as a new member signs up, then set an automatic task for the appropriate representative to call that member and welcome them.

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Database Software Guide Open Source 52

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

A wealth of data sources are becoming available online, allowing data from around the world to be mingled, mixed, and mashed up -- and where data does not yet exist, communities are using these new tools to gather it themselves! The resulting website was named "Ushahidi" from the Swahili word for "testimony."

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Tools Map Disaster Oregon 73

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Michelle most recently published a white paper in collaboration with NTEN called " Let's Talk: How Open APIs Can Change How Nonprofits Manage Data " It is a topic of critical importance in the nonprofit tech space. She is also the coordinator for NOSI - Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. The paper is a must read.

Arts 50

Arts Interview Technology Open Source 50

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

A wealth of data sources are becoming available online, allowing data from around the world to be mingled, mixed, and mashed up -- and where data does not yet exist, communities are using these new tools to gather it themselves! The resulting website was named "Ushahidi" from the Swahili word for "testimony."

Tools 59

Tools Map Disaster Oregon 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

So, when Lynne Johnson from Fast Company asked me to blog a list, I thought I'd create a nonprofit technology category and acknowledge the work of these awesome women: Nonprofit Technology Marnie Webb is the Co-CEO of TechSoup Global and creator of Netsquared and was voted most valuable person in the nonprofit technology field in 2008.

Technology 75

Technology Companies Netsquared Social Media 75

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Dee Dee is one of two women on the five-person Clogger Team responsible for organizing the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. I observed her sharing her knowledge with other women at the conference. The day before the conference, I spent some time at the Open Institute , the NGO that hosts the KhmerOS (Open Source Software) project.

Cambodia 50

Cambodia Blogher Open Source Facilitation 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

This gives an opportunity for the audience to share their story and their knowledge. In putting people into small groups to collaborate on a strategy, I've always made sure that there was at least one person in each group who had a lot of hands-on social media tool experience.

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Program Reflection Instruction Instructional 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

If you plan to solicit user content and comments, you need to assign at least one person to monitor and respond to these. Reflection question from Beth: Crowdsourcing is the technique of allowing many people to provide feedback, advice, knowledge, expertise or ideas for a project or create collective intelligence for an issue.

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Museum Campaign Flickr Arts 92

NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Even the family calling to order a pizza will probably discover that the person answering the phone knows what its last order was. All your other systems connected to the network listen for relevant messages, then pull down and update the information relevant to that system in real-time.

United Arab Emirates 36

United Arab Emirates Activities Active Activism 36

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 18, 2009

When most people hear the word Mozilla, they think of the popular open source browser, Firefox and the plug-ins that help many of us to do our daily work on the web. Get creative and find projects that have been on the back burner because of lack of resources or knowledge. Author: Corey Pudhorodsky.

Web 30

Web Community Change Pledge 30

Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

We use our knowledge of practical use cases to put the media and marketing hype in perspective. It’s not clear how you identify the person who is doing the learning. You’ll notice that right away below the fold. Innovation Trigger. Distributed CE ledgers: AKA credit hours as cryptocurrency.

Hype 60

Hype eLearning Model Badge 60

Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

At in-person sessions in New York City and San Francisco, and virtually on Youtube Live , Demo Day brought together nine social entrepreneurs to explore solutions for problems they’ve experienced. Most prisons are rurally located, limiting the opportunities for in-person instruction,” the founders say.

Tech 98

Tech Digital Build Tools 98

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 13, 2012

The Seven Benetech Truths: Social Change Through Technology We Get Stuff Done Right Stuff Right Open Over Proprietary Partnership Over Going Alone Value Flexibility Personal and Professional Development Social Change Through Technology Benetech is about social change first and foremost. We respect our partners’ knowledge.

Articulate 137

Articulate Open Source Metrics Open 137

Neon CRM

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Educational Resources: Prioritize builders that provide extensive educational resources, including knowledge bases, video tutorials, webinars, and community forums. Personalization Tools: These features allow you to give users an experience that’s customized to their location, time of visit, or history with your website.

Websites 52

Websites Template Plugin Beginner 52

Cloud 4 Good

JUNE 8, 2022

Maximum 5-10% Responsibilities: Source and engage a competitive talent pool for job openings Source potential candidates from LinkedIn, Salesforce communities and other niche platforms to create diverse pipelines of candidates Write and post job descriptions on Cloud for Good’s website, LinkedIn, and other platforms Craft and send personalized (..)

Canada 45

Canada Linkedin Law Application 45

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

As the author of a custom CMS (it did have the advantage that it was released as open source, but it never caught on, so it still counts as custom) I know what it is like to put my heart and soul (and time) into a CMS, and want my clients to get what they want. But, that was then, and this is now. But, that was then, and this is now.

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Drupal Module Open Source WordPress 100

Non Profit Quarterly

JUNE 14, 2019

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. At the time, Benetech had recruited area nonprofits to participate in four design teams: one on governance, one on funding, one on vision, and one on cost accounting.

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