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Thoughts on the Future of Open Source and Nonprofits

NTEN

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. Current Trends.

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5 Ways To Be A Better Ally

Saleforce Nonprofit

The goals of the DEI Open Source Commons team center around leveling the playing field for everyone in tech by increasing diversity and inclusion at Salesforce community events, in addition to creating and modeling a toolkit that groups can use towards their own diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. “I What’s next?

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We celebrated the tenth anniversary of Bookshare—both online and with in real life—with gatherings of users, volunteers, partners, employees, and friends throughout the year. We now have a free, open source reading app for you called Go Read. Have an Android device? and a new audio option for Spanish titles.

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My ICThub Case Study Is Published! Susie's Blog is Famous!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Susie Halksworth started to write a blog when she was made responsible for implementing the Advice For Life FOSS project, testing free and open source software for the VCS. mentoring from the computer consultant??? t mentor, he did it all, and is actually the person who has brought in Foss at AFL, not me.

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Noel Hidalgo Knows What Ten Dollars Can Do In Cambodia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The luck of seven is an open-source, around the world project by noel hidalgo , a new york city based activist, organizer, blogger, barcamper and coworker. He wrote a post called " Unshakeable Activism " where he lets you know that the $10 donation can truly change a child's life in Cambodia. Photo by Noneck.

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Why Tech Nonprofits Are Building Digital Tools for Racial Equity and Justice

Non Profit Quarterly

Take, for instance, Unlocked Labs , a nonprofit that employs a team of incarcerated software developers who are building nonprofit, open-source technology to make high-quality education more accessible to incarcerated individuals. This level of skills and portfolio development would not have been possible without digital technology.

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Goodbye, Game Friday. Hello Open Source Museum.

Museum 2.0

One of my mentors, Michael Brown, told me, “The only way to get better is to change.” So where visions of Flash games used to dance in my head, I’m now starting to fantasize about team-building, inclusion, and, of all things, Second Life. The Open Source Museum project at The Tech is a grant-funded grand experiment.