Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. You had to say something on the blog, or post a photo on Flickr, or organize a Meetup. What Is Web 2.0? The idea was to embed the functions of existing social sites like Meetup , Flickr , and del.icio.us. Citizen journalism. . 'Net2

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

″, that focuses on open standards and linking data. Many of us are aware of open source software and open architecture, but open philanthropy doesn’t exist yet. Essentially, we give organizations a simple tool to manage project information, like photos and videos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Net2 Houston, August Photo by Eschipul Nonprofits in Second Life Gala Opening Photo by RubyJi By looking at the photos tagged with NpTech, nonprofit techies were either on vacation or attending events. Maybe next week we'll see photos from BarCampBlock ? Maybe next week we'll see photos from BarCampBlock ?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 25, 2006

How has your life changed since you started blogging? I use Wordpress , mainly because it's open source. Yay open source! Photo courtesy of Green LA Girl. Once I did the research, I knew I couldn't let that info disappear without letting others know about it. Thus, the blog. green Los Angeles women blog

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Flickr Photo courtesy of Miles Maier, London ICT Champion. Being able to hand out grants and see how the money made a difference was satisfying but not always challenging, and on the whole I prefer life on the cutting edge of the non-profit sector, that's where the drive for social change is coming from. tools I used here 4.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 28, 2011

Opening Hearts and Minds. As community member and Executive Director of Knowbility Sharron Rush points out , a culture of accessibility requires "open hearts and minds, the ability to listen and look in new ways, the willingness to lay aside basic assumptions, and a true commitment." Photo: ingoism.

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Forum One

JANUARY 22, 2010

I was impressed by the number of developers who came out to support the idea that improved technology tools could help deliver aid more quickly, coordinate large numbers of people, allow for information transparency among aid groups, and potentially forecast humanitarian disasters to avoid huge loss of life. Photo above by Leslie Jenkins.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2008

Photo by Noneck. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Flickr Photo by Villoks Many people around the world are supporting the Monks in Burma by wearing red t-shirts today or participating in vigils like this one in Cambodia outside the Burma embassy. It's an open source free web meeting service. He also shares the key points of his presentation here. It isn't dumb dumb.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 8, 2014

You want proprietary or open source software. Automatic form-filling (More minutes to your life back – yay!). Images: New Old Stock Photos. What you want to pay. Whether you want a straightforward, simple password manager or something to help safeguard your personal account info, too. What says you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Photo from LolNPtech.org (Registration is here ) Mashups, Meatballs, and New Orleans Do you look at all of the data available online, and imagine ways to combine and connect it to increase awareness about an issue? Michelle Murrain is doing a post about 100 free and open source software tools. Her selection criteria.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 18, 2006

The you that writes blogs, creates podcasts, shares open source applications, creates entries on Wikipedia, posts videos on YouTube, meets friends on MySpace and chats with avatars on Second Life. Photo credit: Globe uploaded by Karol M. We need to make sure that the "us" actually includes all of us.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Mozilla’s Firefox , the nonprofit driven free and open source web browser; Creative Commons , the project set up to provide a straightforward licensing framework for online creators. ” The World Bank blog reports that it has launched an open data website. This project aims to speed up cancer research. The Sunrise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

MacArthur Foundation announces a Virtual Philanthropy event in Second Life next week. Random Thoughts on Life and Work blog shares some planning questions about " Project SharePoint or how the organization will use Microsoft's SharePoint for internal collaboration and communication. David Wilcox riffs on Steve Bridger's shout.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

Rory Gale has a nice post called " Ten Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause " BrandtobeDetermined posts about a UK outfit store that ripped off someone's flickr photos and the community response. Fight Hunger shares the results and learnings from its Second Life fundraising event "Walk the World."

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

For your nonprofit, this means the holiday season opens the door to opportunities for fundraising success— and there’s no better way to kick off this successful year-end fundraising push than to participate in Giving Tuesday ! See how Qgiv can help you bring your Giving Tuesday campaign ideas to life! Let’s get started! Request Demo.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2007

The Guide is built with free, open-source technology so that it is easy for artisans to use with their own systems. So finding how to develop standards to support that sector of the economy is extremely important to the long-term life and health outcomes of not only these women but also their families. fair+trade artisan craft

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AUGUST 31, 2010

Two years ago, Bev Clark, the co-founder of Kubatana.net , was awarded a large grant in the Knight News Challenge for Freedom Fone, an open-source software platform for distributing news and information through interactive voice response (IVR) technology. . Photo: Bart Sullivan . Melissa Ulbricht, MobileActive.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

photo of Lucy Bernholz live blogging during the Northern California Grantmakers Briefing. Photo in flickr from Community Technology Foundation. The " OpenItUp " blog shares a list of commonly used excuses for not using open source as heard during the recent LASA UK Circuit Rider Conference. " Web 2.0,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Flickr photo from handsome monkey. Ruby Sinreich gives a report about Hillary Clinton's Second Life Campaign Headquarters. ActiveCollab an open source project management tool. The Nonprofit CMS blog shares some agruments against Open Source. Engagement Strategie s. A Few NpTech Conversations.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The intruder was able to get names, addresses, genders, birth dates, and even photos of children — more than six million children. "The creativity and connectivity explosion via social media, free, and open-source tools, and nonprofits having more direct control in communications and fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Why not join, upload your logo in the photo pool, and write a wall post promoting your latest your Facebook project! Social Source blog (whose new blog template sports Facebook colors and font style) takes issue with Deborah's post. Second Life Ruby has an update on the demonstrations occurring in Second Life in support of Burma.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

More Flickr Photos here. There will be typos and I'll clean up later Day 1: Morning Opening Session Malcom Downes, Deputy Chairperson, CISA Inc. Bill Strathmann Opened with his personal story about he got started with Networked For Good. They will be using Skype, Second Life, Facebook, and MySpace.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. CrowdVoice :: crowdvoice.org.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Photos of people are particularly compelling, so gather pictures of volunteers, beneficiaries, and community members. If your nonprofit has an environmental focus, nature photos can also be captivating. Create a photo slideshow so those who attended the event can click through to see if they ended up in any pictures.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 20, 2011

By that point, the issue of gender-based violence and trafficking had crept into so many facets of my life, prompting me to make it my life’s work to end it.”. We will not win the fight against slavery and human trafficking with egos, but with open and understanding hearts and minds.”. >>

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

But, what about the software used to bring those courses to life? These digital assets can include stock photos, templates for various eLearning elements (ranging from page layouts to learning games), ready-to-use animations, vectors, and more. These include: A built-in library of eLearning assets. Multimedia tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Flickr Photo by DonkeyHotey. We develop free and open source software to help groups capture the stories of human rights abuse, and store and back them up securely in another country. Note from Beth: I ran into Jim Fruchterman at the Social Innovation Summit last week in Palo Alto. He offered to do this guest post about it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

Flickr photo from AussieGal. Flickr photo by Markopolos - CC "BY" license. It is also becomes my muse and a key source of inspiration. Flickr photo by Markopolos - CC "by" License. That's where that the open source thinking or the connected conversations start to happen. So is distance.

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2021

To bring your virtual event to life and provide an experience that’s just as enriching as an in-person one, you need the right fundraising event software. Here are the popular tools you might look into: OBS is a free and open-source software that can be used for video recording and livestreaming.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2024

Research shows that over 85% of event planners use event management software to bring their events to life. All attendee interactions—like signing up for your event, opening emails, and interacting with your social media posts—are logged on a chronological timeline. Post photos and videos to your event page to generate interest.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Storify is a new tool that allows you easily search multiple social networks by subject or theme and then through drag and drop functionality, you can organize the results (tweets, status updates, videos, photos, etc.) It provides engagement data about your photos, likes, follower growth, as well as when is the best and worst time to post.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. FotoFlexer is a free Web-based photo-editing tool that allows you to cut, crop, resize, and embed text and logos onto your photos.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

Heartbleed is an OpenSSL bug that creates openings in cloud servers in which attackers can go in and extract passwords, private keys, and other data. OpenSSL is nonprofit open source software that provides security on e-commerce and other websites by creating an encrypted channel between your device and the website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. FotoFlexer is a free Web-based photo-editing tool that allows you to cut, crop, resize, and embed text and logos onto your photos.

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