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).

Open Source 100

Open Source Database Open Language 100

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. How Change the Web Challenge Works.

Action 100

Action Challenge Web Change 100

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. You can log in using OpenID. All really great stuff. Be Helpful.

Social Network 100

Social Network Open Network Open Source 100

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

We’re here to help nonprofits master the social Web to bring about meaningful social change,” said J.D. There’s nothing else like this on the Web for nonprofits, social change organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and educators. Socialbrite.org is launching with a rich set of resources: A directory of Web 2.0

Tools 100

Tools Change Los Angeles Social 100

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.

Open Source 100

Open Source License Adopt Database 100

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.

Open Source 100

Open Source Ubuntu Laptop Audio 100

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. Next up, let’s see how the details of migration (web, mail, address book, etc.

Ubuntu 100

Ubuntu Open Source Laptop Open 100

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. Cotonou, Benin: Nous Allons Parler de Toutes les Maniere de Web à Utiliser pr Lutter Contre VIH. Friday, October 14, 2016.

Las Vegas 63

Las Vegas Benin Los Angeles United Kingdom 63

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2015

When it comes to web technology, there are solutions for just about everything. 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.

Service 36

Service API Build Open Source 36

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.

Open Source 100

Open Source Open Software Technorati 100

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.

Open 100

Open Open Source Blogger Press 100

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.) Their web site makes no mention of what server technology is used/required for MPower. There will be way more on this in later posts. Be Helpful.

NTC 111

NTC News Open Source Convio 111

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. The integration between the web front end and the RE back end is bi-directional and sweet. The demo was pretty cool.

Blackbaud 100

Blackbaud Integration Drupal Module 100

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. {

Open Source 100

Open Source Vlog License PowerPoint 100

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, there are some other situations where Linux also shines: kiosks, internet cafes, computer labs and email/web workstations.

Ubuntu 100

Ubuntu Open Source Software Laptop 100

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Austin, Texas: CiviCRM: Free, Open-Source CRM for Nonprofits and Startups. Mukono, Uganda: Hands-on Web 2.0 IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License. Upcoming Events.

Netsquared 36

Netsquared South America North America Las Vegas 36

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Most often nonprofits want to capture information from web users. The organization wants to capture the demographic details, as well as make sure that data is synchronized with the data they might already have on that web user, so they can track their constituents over time. Web forms from CRM vendor. 3 sudha 01.15.09

Integration 100

Integration API Drupal Open Source 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

While young people and early adopters increasingly turn to the social Web not only to socialize but to communicate, explore new ideas and share new experiences, nonprofits and social change organizations are still generally stuck in the top-down, one-way world of Web 1.0. You’ll find: A directory of Web 2.0

Share 57

Share Learning Chad Tutorial 57

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. Jasper, Indiana: Web Pages and Hosting Options. Seattle, Washington: Building Better Websites with Web Accessibility. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License.

Netsquared 36

Netsquared Burkina Faso San Francisco United Kingdom 36

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Cotonou, Benin: Nous Allons Parler de Toutes les Maniere de Web à Utiliser PR Lutter Contre VIH. Nairobi, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Women and Web Literacy Program 2016 – 17. Reform Copyright.

Netsquared 36

Netsquared Benin San Francisco United Kingdom 36

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). Be Helpful.

Ubuntu 100

Ubuntu Technology Open Source Course 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

If you're still not sure where cast your votes and want to check out what others think about the projects, take a look at the community slate of recommendations and elsewhere on the Web. The NTEN's NTC and NPTech Pipe. I'm probably the only insane person who is using all these plus others sources. Google Blog Search.

NTC 50

NTC Nptech Netsquared Summary 50

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?

Nptech 50

Nptech PDF Conference Tag 50

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.

Journal 100

Journal Change License Model 100

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.)

Technology 100

Technology Ubuntu Open Source License 100