Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Eight leading experts in social media and nonprofit technology have joined forces to create Socialbrite.org, a hub that showcases social tools for social change. Lasica , a consultant and author of four books about emerging technologies. Nonprofit tech experts team up to help others master ‘social tools for social change’.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

The big kicker, pretty much as always with Blackbaud, is the price tag. There is a $10K license fee that you have to pay if you use the On premise or hosted versions. Expect a $35-45K price tag for development and integration. Their SaaS offering, NC Grow has a $20K/year price tag. More on those later.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Staff Technology Adoption – Although a characteristic of your organization to plan for, it should not be the sole reason that you do, or do not do, something that would otherwise benefit your organization. Get estimates from reliable technology support providers for implementation services. Be sure you know all of the costs: Licensing.

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NTEN

MAY 24, 2010

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) Tags: community buzz nonprofit technology NTEN. Members are in bold.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Depending on the CRM, some require additional license fees for forms or APIs. Tags: opensource CRM Nonprofit Tech Web Tools CMS nptech. Some take internal staff resources (especially the Manual strategy.) Others take developer resources (especially the Integration strategy.) So what’s the right strategy?

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NTEN

APRIL 3, 2009

How much of the New York Times technology blog can you quote on your own site? The world of technology is changing so quickly, the laws that govern intellectual property can barely keep up. We use Creative Commons to license all of our reports, etc. . Tags: 09NTC brian_rowe creative commons ip NPTech NTEN.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

I stopped at the license agreement. I might regret hosing the recovery media w/o getting them on CD later, but I hope not – I was in a purist mood – I would have had to have agreed to the license agreement for Vista and activated the product in order to burn the media, and I wasn’t about to do that.) It booted fine.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. Unlike the others, that are released under varied open source licenses, the code for SQLite is public domain.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. Unlike the others, that are released under varied open source licenses, the code for SQLite is public domain.

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NTEN

MAY 11, 2009

And now, Melanie Mathos and the good folks at Blackbaud have co-opted the technology for the nonprofit world. Creative Commons wants to hear how you use their license. Tags: NPTech NTEN. Yeah, my sister got me with one of those a couple of months back. If you ask her really nicely, she might even tell you how to do it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2007

On Tuesday, I facilitated an introductory workshop on how nonprofits can use social media in Boston at the nonprofit technology conference and yet another remix of the curriculum wiki , presentation , and game designed by David Wilcox. I invited folks to join the nptech group. It gave my seven year old a good laugh!).

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Open source is now a mainstream part of the technology fabric at the operating system layer -- and is rapidly moving "up the stack" . and licensing models. Tags: dave greenberg NPTech NTEN Open Source IT Staff. Clearly, we're long past the days when people asked if Linux was safe to depend on for business.

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NTEN

MARCH 10, 2010

Note: As we prepare for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. What's the most important trend in nonprofit technology for 2010? Tags: #10NTC CMS CRM gregory heller NPTech IT Staff.

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NTEN

APRIL 16, 2009

Some elements of pricing to consider: Is the system a "one time" software package price or initial license fee or will there be yearly licensing fees? Evaluate how easy the technology is to learn and how intuitive it is to navigate. As you grow, will your technology solution grow with you?

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 20, 2006

This is a musing on the current state of the Gnu Public License, which governs a preponderance of open-source software projects. I know a lot of people in the in the non-profit community think of Open-Source software as "free", as not requiring a license agreement. Tags: nptech , FOSS , GPL You can find it online here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Generic license This article was originally posted on NetWits Think Tank at [link] by Frank Barry: Frank is a Managing Consultant at Blackbaud - Internet Solutions. He Blogs at [link] regularly speaks at nonprofit conferences and loves to see how technology helps nonprofits further their mission.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 23, 2006

It's being provided under the GPL License. Tags: nptech , wiki , applications His idea became VisiCalc, the first application that turned the personal computer from a hobby for computer enthusiasts into a business tool. And his link on the architecture of the application will be interesting to the technically minded.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Depending on the CRM, some require additional license fees for forms or APIs. Tagged as: CMS , CRM , nptech , opensource { 4 trackbacks } What we’re reading, week of 1/12 « i On Nonprofits 01.15.09 In the Salesforce world, those charity technology mission components are not driving forces. 13 Eoin 06.25.09

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 6, 2006

The public beta of Boot Camp is available immediately as a download at www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp , and is preview software licensed for use on a trial basis for a limited time. Tags: nptech , bootcamp , The final version of Boot Camp will be available as a feature in the upcoming Mac OS X version 10.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2005

This week I wanted to get a bird's eye view of nonprofit blogging from a nonprofit technology assistance provider (people who work with nonprofits on technology/capacity building issues). As you look at the nonprofit technology landscape, what is your sense of where nonprofits are in terms of using blogs?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How do we do make change if we keep doing things the same way? It’s peer reviewed (good), but it’s got a rather restrictive license, and the content is not freely available.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Efrat Ben-Dor Erez, NPTech Israel. With only 7 people working for them on a daily basis in Jerusalem, along with 1 in Tel Aviv and 3 in NY, they rely on technology to do the rest of the work. PT used technology from day one, says Simi Hinden, the director of the online community. Online Collaboration. We remain inspired by them.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

I attended the keynote address on blogging by Atlantic journalist Andrew Sullivan at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Atlanta on April 9. I followed the blog around the time of my travel to Venezuela in 2007 during which time the blog reported on the controversy surrounding the license of privately-held RCTV.

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