Tech Soup

JANUARY 22, 2015

Success and survival require constant courtship of donors, vigilant monitoring of costs, and effective management of projects and stakeholders. For this reason, nonprofits are good candidates for open-source software (OSS), which can offer the functionality they need, without the glitz, glamor, and high price point of commercial systems.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source. SaaS is not, by definition either proprietary or open source.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

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. Open source projects are now prominent players in middle layer.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open source your Open Social Apps? Which lead me to think about the idea of open sourcing OpenSocial apps. Can we build a library of OpenSocial applications that have open source licenses?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

We’re deep believers in the benefits of openness, which means we publish open source software and create open content under Creative Commons licenses. Many of our projects turn on legal questions, and our attorneys are a core part of figuring out solutions that will have real positive impact on society.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

complex projects that require careful management. complete their projects. options that nonprofits can use for project and task management. options that nonprofits can use for project and task management. Project management software helps organizations manage the complexities of. Project Management Options.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 20, 2024

from Open AI, and (as mentioned above) Gemini from Google. Microsoft offers Copilot for Microsoft 365 as a paid add-on , Open AI offers ChatGPT 4 as a paid subscription, and Google is making Gemini Advanced available for a monthly fee. Do you want to understand the difference between a task force, a working group, and a project team?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

" Opening a Door to the Cloud. He further describes the Office 365 Nonprofit donation program as "a game changer which opens a door to the cloud." Samuels' first step in migrating to Office 365 was to put together a five-year budget projection. " Calculating the Savings.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology MPower Open keeps moving forward July 6, 2008 This is old news, but I’ve been busy. MPower Open is now on Sourceforge , they released their product under the GPL v3. Bad Blogger! (I

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

If you’re not sure how much time to provide, consider these conservative timelines: Creating a posting for the open position | 1 Week. Posting the open position | 1 – 2 Months. A Google doc or Trello board can be great for organizing project-based work or listing duties. Logins, Lists, and Licenses. Best of all?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

I use the " BY Attribution " creative commons license. I've used this license. I still sometimes see rather blank expressions when I ask about turning to CC licensed resources to find photos. No, but is more likely to happen is that people will use the work, use the license honestly, and improve the work.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 30, 2020

Your client engagement manager is your point of contact – a sort of concierge – to guide you through all things Nimble AMS, such as upgrades, licensing, new projects, and more. The team is here to help you to continue to deliver new and exciting projects to your team and members. We’re open. And they do more than that.

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Judi Sohn

MAY 3, 2015

Two weeks ago, I joined the Salesforce Foundation in a new role as Open Source Manager. Does "Open Source Community Manager" mean that you're the official bff of Nonprofit Starter Pack users? However, Salesforce.com has a foundation where they give away licenses to qualified nonprofits! What exactly does that mean?

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Several museums around the world have worked hard to make their data accessible by providing free access to datasets, applying Creative Commons licenses to digital content, or creating APIs (application programming interfaces) that allow programmers to build their own software on the museum''s data. the list goes on.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source CRMs – people like them? and although the sample sizes were small, and not representative of the nonprofit sector as a whole, the people surveyed seemed to like the open source tools available.

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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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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

OCTOBER 4, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How not to treat an open source user community October 4, 2007 I’ve been using activeCollab for a few months now. I couldn’t figure out whether the project was dead or not. Now I know.

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Candid

JULY 26, 2022

rent, employee salaries, software licensing, energy bills) compared to the amount dedicated to mission-specific spending (i.e. However, overhead is an essential component of any nonprofit’s ability to advance its mission— let alone keep the doors open. To define the overhead myth, we first need to define the term “overhead ratio.” .

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Tech Soup

APRIL 8, 2010

This morning, NetSquared hosted a special unconference at NTC on open data. One big idea was that funders should be educated about the value of nonprofits adhering to open-data formats and require that projects they fund meet certain criteria for open-data. Tools Web Building.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

This keeps us focused on projects that offer the greatest social impact for the resources invested. And that mission focus drives what differentiates the Benetech Labs approach to incubation of new projects from that of the typical for-profit incubator. The typical for-profit incubator has a funnel of startup teams.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

" Opening a Door to the Cloud. He further describes the Office 365 Nonprofit donation program as "a game changer which opens a door to the cloud." Samuels' first step in migrating to Office 365 was to put together a five-year budget projection. " Calculating the Savings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2007

This year, I'm staying in on for Penguin Day and am facilitating sesion on Open Content and Nonprofits. While there is much discussion about the promise of "Open Source" software, there is arguably more promise and potential in creation and utilization of "Open Content" for nonprofit needs. Ideas appreciated.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

If you’re not sure how much time to provide, consider these conservative timelines: Creating a posting for the open position | 1 Week. Posting the open position | 1 – 2 Months. A Google doc or Trello board can be great for organizing project-based work or listing duties. Logins, Lists, and Licenses. Best of all?

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Additionally, this makes it a breeze to provide past impact reports and future projections for grant proposals. You want to tap into the integrations between your systems or have systems that have open endpoints, allowing you to customize them to your needs. Discuss the project with your board.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

A few events that fall into this category, listed in order of ease of planning and preparation : Open house. Host an open house at your facility or offices to give people a personal experience with your nonprofit’s mission. This type of event will not be expensive if you’re careful about keeping the guest list limited.

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DipJar

JANUARY 28, 2022

Managed by the Pinellas County Parks and Conservation Resources Department, the Gardens are free and open to the public year-round. Bryant likes to joke that they know it’s fall when the license plates begin to change. Bryant described two projects he’s excited about for 2022. And how will that support be used?

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 10, 2020

While several factors — from the number of licenses to implementation to staff training — determine the price of the system’s cost, there are strategies to keep your AMS price from escalating beyond the budget. Be open to change when your implementation team suggests a best practice. Here’s how. Avoid scope creep.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

I am part of the Digital Arts Service Corps, which is an initiative of the Transmission Project that pairs tech-savvy AmeriCorps Vistas with organizations dedicated to supporting community media and technology. My project this year is to create a collaborative among seven different community media centers (CMCs) in the greater bay area.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2007

His newest project is Open Source Cinema. Here's his description: Open Source Cinema is the web platform for the creation of a feature documentary film about Copyright titled Basement Tapes. This film is open source - and thats why I created. Brett's Remix of Lessig's Words. Brett Gaylor is a amazing!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

His projection was that students were going to save more money on textbooks after three semesters of Flat World operations than investors had put into it. Not the typical SROI calculation, but the dramatic point was that Flat World is making impact the center piece of their foray into Open Educational Resources (OERs).

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A job posting is the external communication about the open vacancy for which a job description was written. Qualifications are areas someone might have been educated in, licenses awarded, or a broad set of experiences that would make them well versed or an expert in a particular subject.

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Forum One

MARCH 8, 2009

web projects we think the federal government should fund. These are internet-related projects which we think are worthy of funding because they address important civic problems, they will catalyze important work by others, they are imminently scalable, and they are projects which the private sector lacks sufficient incentives to undertake.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

The Change the Web Challenge from Social Actions is now officially open! Individuals and organizations are invited to share their projects with the community through the NetSquared submission form. Click on “Submit a Project to the Project Gallery&# under My Project Idea. How To Participate.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 14, 2011

So I thought I'd open it up to the Museum 2.0 Licensing fees. and of course, who could forget Machine Project's charming "personal audio tour" in which a visitor plugs his/her headphones into a guy with an electric guitar who follows the visitor around? Should museums play music - in public spaces and or in galleries?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Once the migration was complete, they would open Outlook and their email would just be there working like it always had. Licensing. I found out at the NTC Conference that nonprofits can mix and match Office 365 E1 and E3 licensing. E3 licensing is $4.50 We decided to go with E1 licenses. Implementation. Completion.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

This concept has been pioneered by the Internet Archive with its Open Library can lend a digital copy of a book for a period of time as long as it (or a partner library) owns a physical copy of that book which it holds back from being lent to someone else. And, the U.S. Senate just ratified the Treaty!

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