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. more on Open Standards and Benkler (actually, Benkler is up next – I’ve got two chapters to review).

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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. more on Open Standards and Benkler (actually, Benkler is up next – I’ve got two chapters to review).

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Nonprofit tech experts team up to help others master ‘social tools for social change’. 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. Socialbrite.org is built in WordPress, the popular open source blogging platform.

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NTEN

MARCH 10, 2010

Session: Working with Open Source Software and Vendors. Free and Open Source Software. Whether it is on the desktop like Firefox and Open Office or the Ubuntu Linux operating system, or on servers (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) and running CMSs and CRMs (like Drupal and CiviCRM). Speaker: Gregory Heller, CivicActions.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

In addition to the case studies NTEN has compiled , here are some more examples the Communities of Impact and I have spotted: Children’s museum data informs health policy. Building a movement through innovative open source tools. Tools are licensed as open source, available for anyone to use and improve.”

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Speaking of open social networks … August 14, 2008 I just joined identi.ca. And should it be on the tool list over at WeAreMedia? You can log in using OpenID. All really great stuff.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2015

You can likely find a SaaS (Software as a Service) solution to sign up for, a license to purchase, or open source solution to download all that offer complete working solutions to use "out of the box" to address your need. Do you need CRM, online fundraising, discussion forums, social networks, or job listings?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

The Change the Web Challenge from Social Actions is now officially open! Change the Web Challenge is about building innovative tools to help people find and share opportunities to take action on the Web sites, blogs, and social networks that we all visit every day. Through a NetSquared Community vote, 20 finalists will be chosen.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

It’s stable, feature rich, uses open standards, reads and writes MS files, and, did I mention it’s free? No administration fees, no license checking, no running out of licenses for larger organizations, nothin’ Download it and put it on every desktop and get rid of that license manager thingy.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

I had a brief conversation by email with Cory Doctorow , a science fiction author who is also a copyleft activist, who releases everything he writes with a CC license. He suggested, basically, find the publisher first, then talk about the license second. I did a webinar for NTEN on it – ReadyTalk worked just fine.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

More lately, I’ve been working to focusing my advising practice on helping people implement open source software (mostly server-side) in their organizations, providing advice and training. I stopped at the license agreement. Because I’ve decided that no matter what, I’m not going back. Good specs, cheap price.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 18, 2007

Microsoft this week has started saber-rattling against Linux and other open source projects, by suggesting that they infringe on 235 patents that they hold. Just threatening to sue, threatening to get license fees (which, for some open source projects would be a major problem) is enough to make people doubt the future of open source.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2008

I look forward to the growth of this community, and the ongoing development of the MPower solution as an open source alternative CRM for nonprofit organizations. “I I look forward to the growth of this community, and the ongoing development of the MPower solution as an open source alternative CRM for nonprofit organizations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Yes, it might be surprising, but I got a friendly email from fellow NTEN Board Member Steve McLaughlin, who also happens to be head of all things internet (more formally, Director, Internet Solutions) at Blackbaud. There is a $10K license fee that you have to pay if you use the On premise or hosted versions. More on those later.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 20, 2008

MPower Open , an enterprise CRM, is both open source, and has great open APIs. Convio keeps drinking the “open&# coolaid (although they have a ways to go.) But I’m sure that their services pricing has been adjusted to account for loss of licensing revenue. Which is fine.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2016

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Kitchener, Ontario: Promoting Open Source. Birmingham, United Kingdom: November Meetup: Open-Source Tools. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 18, 2005

There is a new, interesting project under Creative Commons license. It looks pretty amazing – and a great testament to what open source licensing can do for creative work. { It looks pretty amazing – and a great testament to what open source licensing can do for creative work. {

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2007

I want to thank all the UK folks who sent us examples, pointers, left comments, and also a few US colleagues for walking the open source thinking walk with us - Holly Ross at NTEN and Katya Andresen at NetworkforGood who shared their powerpoints on these topics. The wiki is under "by" 2.0

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

We have webinar recordings , tools, and resources to help you make stories that stand out. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN’s Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Arlington, Virginia: NTEN September 2014 Happy Hour. Portland, Oregon: Secret Knowledge of Open Source.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

Sometimes the best way to get started with a new tool is to have a guide sitting next to you giving directions. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Communications Networking Lunch: Tips and Tools to Doll Up Your Data.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Trade-off – you don’t get best of breed tools for both. Depending on the CRM, some require additional license fees for forms or APIs. I’ll have follow up posts on specific examples of this integration using open source tools (on one end or the other, or both.) All-in-one. 3 sudha 01.15.09

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

On the Windows side the hardware manufacturers make proprietary drivers for Windows, and very few make drivers for Linux, or open source their drivers so that Linux developers can use them. And, of course, designers need software that just don’t have high enough quality open source alternatives yet. 8 Pete 06.25.08

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Naples, Florida: Collaboration Tools for Board and Remote Workers. " Five Tools to Make Social Media Magic. Melbourne, Australia: Social Media Tools (Tentative Date). Tuesday, May 2, 2017.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

And please note: We’re here not only to show how social tools can be used to advance the social good – but to learn from you as well. We'll be republishing some of these articles on learning wikis, and everything here is released under a Creative Commons license, so we hope you'll take part in this ecosystem of sharing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2007

I’m really interested in helping technology providers get up to speed, so that the amount of support available for nonprofits using Linux (and open source in general) increases. If you are a provider, please feel free to email me if you want more info or help and support in moving forward. Ubuntu is based on Debian).

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

However, access to the tools isn't enough. TechSoup will only be able to achieve our mission (which is to help you achieve your mission) when we're able to give you the tools, skills, and community to leverage technology effectively. Naples, Florida: Show off Your Tools! Find your local #Tech4Good group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

" Rolf Kleef has looked over the list to identify " facilitator projects " that give people the tools to improve their own situation in their own way. The NTEN's NTC and NPTech Pipe. I'm probably the only insane person who is using all these plus others sources. NTEN's " What Inspires You " on Blip.TV

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MARCH 16, 2011

Grab a free printed copy of our Open Source Content Management report, our most popular articles, or more. Isovera Visit Isovera at Booth 51 and grab a handy "Got Open Source?" Verndale Enter to win a complimentary Kentico Content Management System - 1 Website Ultimate License, valued at $4,499. Informz It’s St.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

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. How cool is that?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

It’s peer reviewed (good), but it’s got a rather restrictive license, and the content is not freely available. The licenses are as follows: Personal License: If you have purchased a copy/subscription to the Journal with a personal license, this means that it is for your personal use.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Also, for you Windows types, here is a plain english interpretation of the Windows Vista EULA (End User License Agreement.) A company going in the other direction: Eudora is going open source (no, they are not open sourcing old Eudora code, they are changing direction to use Mozilla Thunderbird as the underlying technology.)

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