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6 Reasons Open Source Makes Sense

3rd Sector Labs

Affordability – Open Source is free of licensing fees. Proven – Open Source platforms like Drupal, WordPress, CiviCRM, etc., Proven – Open Source platforms like Drupal, WordPress, CiviCRM, etc., WordPress alone today powers the online aspirations of more than 67 million websites. Yes, millions.

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ScreenSteps: Simple documentation

Judi Sohn

This application makes building step-by-step tutorials so incredibly easy. They have a hosted version , but at a minimum of $20/month it's more than I want to spend now compared to a one-time software license purchase. I had a few of the basics saved, but I'm not sure all my colleagues even know where to look.

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Socialbrite: Social Tools for Social Change

Amy Sample Ward

Scores of additional articles, guides and tutorials to help newcomers and veterans alike get better acquainted with this fast-moving space. All materials created for the site are released under Creative Commons licenses so that other sites and blogs can freely reuse the content.

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Free In-Person Events for Nonprofit Techies

Tech Soup

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Your Nonprofit Website: WordPress. Baltimore, Maryland: Give Back Hack Day: 2–3 Website Redesigns (WordPress!). Baltimore, Maryland: Salesforce CRM Tutorial and Free Tech Help Session! IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License. Saturday, September 19, 2015.

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Guest Post by JD Lasica -- Socialbrite: A new sharing & learning hub

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Socialbrite is here to offer articles, videos, resources and tutorials on how to take command of all this Web 2.0 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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The Participatory Museum Process Part 4: Adventures in Self-Publishing

Museum 2.0

I decided to self-publish The Participatory Museum for four reasons: OPENNESS: I wanted the flexibility to license and distribute the book using an open structure to promote sharing. Few publishers was open to Creative Commons licensing and to giving away the content for free online. I chose the Attribution Noncommercial license.