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This week we'll be discussing and building Module 3: The Social Media Ready Nonprofit Organization: Dealing with Resistance as part of NTEN's We Are Media : Social Media Starter Kit for Nonprofits project. Flickr photo by Amber Rhea. MORE
Latest SocialFish learning modules: Top Tips for Twitter Lists – This 23 minute intermediate level module covers some top tips to make the most of Twitter Lists, including how to find topical lists, tools for monitoring lists, automation tools, and more. MORE
Views cache, APC, memcache, Varnish, and simply keeping module updates current can do a lot for performance. Our solution was to apply a layer of custom business rules over Drupal’s AuthCache module. MORE
I was privileged to teach a module about Aligning Community Management and Workplace Culture to the new class of Community Engagement Fellows at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). MORE
The Drupal framework, for example, has been extended through more than 25,000 modules contributed by the developer community. We talk a lot about Open Source technology (and we use it quite extensively too) so it might make sense for us to take a moment and explain why we are such advocates. MORE
Overall, this upgrade provides a number of modules: a linguistically aware full text searching module with ranked results; a mapping module which can display client and resource data simultaneously; a real-time situational analysis module with multiple boundaries; integration of US Census Bureau data; and some additional taxonomy tools for Information & Referral specialists. Over the next week, I''ll summarize each module. A major (perhaps epic?) MORE
NTEN's WeAreMedia project has been discussing and building six tactical modules on social media - the practical tips and resources you need before you start to focus on the tools. Help build this module by visiting the wiki and share what you know! The module page is here MORE
This week we're going to take a closer look at Modules, the Drupal add-ons that can extend your web site's functionality. So there are about a thousand modules that you can use to extend Drupal, covering everything from document management to payment processing. MORE
Lately I have seen some discussion groups, listservs, and blogs on when to create a proposal in the Prospect Module of Raiser’s Edge® or for that matter in any fundraising legacy system. So below I am listing typical stages and moments where you might consider utilizing the Prospect Module in RE for optimal reporting and management. MORE
At the moment, if you want to integrate Drupal and Salesforce, you have three options: Use the contributed modules (or have a developer install and configure them for you). I don’t know enough about it to match it to the contributed modules, but it’s hard to imagine that it’s possible for it to keep up, given the nature of open source development. So what is the status of the Drupal modules? MORE
Drupal is designed around acquiring new features using tons of little programs called modules, which are designed and maintained by professional designers working for giant clients but which are still free to everyday Joes. Also, because the CMS thrives on module add-ons, the basic core program isn’t terribly exciting and you won’t start to really experience all the cool things it’s capable of until you start adding modules. MORE
What modules do they utilize? Skip to Main Content Area Helping Nonprofits Make Smart Software Decisions Topics Reports Articles Online Training Blog Custom Resources Donate About Topics Reports Articles Online Training Blog Custom Resources Donate About Ask Idealware: Who's Using Salesforce? By Laura Quinn , January 3, 2008 Don asks : Who is successfully using Salesforce as a CRM and communication tool? What features do they make most use of? MORE
VisionLink has improved the Taxonomy Management module, particularly useful to information and referral and 2-1-1 operations. In this particular case, the Taxonomy management module supports the AIRS specification, while allowing proactive posting to inactive categories. As required by AIRS certification for 2-1-1 call centers, certain categories of the Taxonomy can be flagged as inactive so that services cannot be posted to these categories. MORE
To round out the module, we want to put together an awesome list of Social Media ROI blogs, books, and other resources. Photo by Oolong. This week in WeAreMedia , we're focused on Return on Investment. Earlier this week, I asked folks to have fun with Social Media ROI Mad Libs. MORE
Did you know we have a community sheltering module, too? If you are current customer, you may want to log into our Customer Resource Center and explore the Shelter Space module; deployment is but a switch away. Of course, there is no charge for this module. Yes--separate and different from the National Shelter System, and its 55,000 shelters, this one is community focused. MORE
USA Today Offers News Modules Users Can Put On Personal Pages: "NEW YORK (AP)--USA Today is plunging into a hot new Internet technology, offering users the ability to install 'widgets' on their blogs and personal Web pages that contain news updates and other information from the newspaper. MORE
Facebook Linked In Twitter Home About Home Cheek to Cheek Cheek to Cheek Last Updated on Thursday, 27 July 2006 09:46 Written by Steve Thursday, 27 July 2006 09:46 Appexchange is a really great system for packaging up modules for easy installing in Salesforce.com instances. MORE
On Monday, we started down the road to build Module 1: What is Social Media and Why It is Important To Nonprofits. So, take a look at Module 1 and give us your feedback in the discussion tab. Photo by Travelin' Librarian. MORE
Although it’s not often used in nonprofit settings, the Drupal module (or, more correctly, a large suite of modules) called “ Ubercart &# is a pretty amazing tool if you need to create a shopping cart system. By the way, there is a module done by DharmaTech that integrates CiviCRM and the current Ubercart.). MORE
Courses consist of modules. For each module you create, you upload one type of content, such as PowerPoint, Flash, video, or audio. Litmos automatically optimizes the module for playback on computers, tablets, and mobile phones. MORE
We've added four new features to our Online Store module - read on to find out how they can benefit your organization, how to use them, and where to find out more. online payments taxes feature-release new-feature Online-Store store MORE
One of the software products our company creates for nonprofit agencies is a accounting module, called the Vertex Financial Manager. MORE
What I didn’t say is that a number of shops that have done Drupal/SF integration for production sites chose not to use the contributed modules – they built (or are building) their own custom Salesforce/Drupal integration modules. Although we certainly could have chosen, like others, to go our own way, we have committed ourselves to using, and contributing to the modules on drupal.org. MORE
The interface offers a greatly simplified initial display for the public, with quick links to details and maps, and to an advanced searching module as well. The new mapping module is integrated as well, as is our new linguistically aware searching algorithms. MORE
I’m looking forward to when all of the modules that I depend on are up to speed. There will be no more updates to contrib modules in Drupal 5 (in fact, many modules for Drupal 5 were abandoned a while ago.). I’ve had a bit of time now to work with Drupal 7. I’ve been playing with it since it was still pretty experimental, but I finally put together a whole site with it recently, and am pretty happy with it. MORE
Of course, mostly, Drupal is only as good as it’s contributed modules (that’s a bit more of a stretch, now, because many of the key contributed modules, like CCK, are now in core Drupal.) So when folks like us, who build sites that depend on Drupal 7 can start using it is a bit up in the air, although there is a movement to get many modules ready for Drupal 7 at it’s release. The salesforce module maintainers recently made that decision, as have others.) MORE
Public users searching for resources, services and other community assets are about to enjoy a powerfully effective search algorithm, and a new interface as well. Released to our customers for review, each of our customers can now review their own online resource directory with these new tools and provide feedback before we release this into production. The search algorithm uses a linguistically aware solution, reducing words to their core roots. MORE
Maintaining a Drupal module using Git | drupal.org. Yammer : Enterprise Microblogging. Git – SVN Crash Course. Pivotal Tracker – Free Lightweight Agile Project Management & Team Collaboration, from Pivotal Labs. Force.com Web Services API Developer’s Guide. SOQL SELECT Syntax. AIM Implementation Guide. gokubi.com » Blog Archive » Using Sites to easily publish data out of Salesforce. DrupalMad developer :: Add-ons for Firefox. MORE
This week we started Module 5: Community Engagement Strategy and Skills of NTEN's WeAreMedia project which focuses on online engagement strategy and skills. Photo my Max XX. MORE
NVOAD is deploying a new situational reporting module for some states from Visionlink, to better coordinate the activities of partner agencies. Visionlink systems are fully engaged with Hurricane Dorian response. MORE
tags: drupal modules toblog. HipHop for PHP. tags: php webdev toblog opensource. MailChimp | drupal.org. link]. tags: CMS opensource report toblog. CUBRID – Open Source Database Management System Optimized for Web. tags: opensource database toblog. Hudson Continuous Integration. tags: testing java toblog webdev. Open Source ETL designed to bridge the gap between business and IT. Kettle Project: Pentaho Data Integration. tags: opensource etl data integration toblog. MORE
it, and adding modules is a snap. You can arrange your page into sections and/or columns, add modules for buttons, images, headers and sliders and even use widgets from other plugins. MORE
She was the first one to contribute something to the WeAreMedia Module 5: Online Community Engagement Strategy and Skills. Six more lucky wiki contributors to Module 5 between now and August 3rd will have an opportunity to get a free copy of either Media Rules and Mobilizing Generation 2.0. MORE
The case management module (with is part of a broader suite of disaster tools from Visionlink) was built with feedback from more than 50 voluntary agencies and dozens of thought-leaders in the case managment world. MORE
We’ve also included yet another feature to our events module. Version 5.6 has been released! It brings in some significant improvements to the process of inserting files and images, resulting in a better user experience. MORE
Jackson River Drupal Modules | Jackson River. tags: drupal modules salesforce toblog. The average web design project, illustrated – TNW Design & Dev. tags: toblog webdesign. Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here. Blogs I read MORE
During the month of September and into October, the WeAreMedia project is discussing the content in the tactical modules on the wiki. The Tactical modules get to the nitty gritty, but with a lens of how many hours does it take. The module answers these questions: What is participating? MORE
Coder Module – Easily Port Modules to Drupal 7 – I need this. I didn’t make it to Drupalcon Chicago, but, thanks to the organizers of the conference, it doesn’t mean I need to miss the sessions. MORE
There are several contributed modules: salesforce – main module, with API, node, and user integration possibilities. This module provides the basic salesforce API connection (via SOAP), and includes field mapping, and basic import/export. Web-to-lead is quite nice and flexible with this module. parser-salesforce – Integration with FeedAPI – pulling data from salesforce into drupal nodes via FeedAPI (I hope to start maintaining this module). MORE
There is already a SSO Module for Drupal 5.x, Unfortunately, the module Drake , which is meant to be a bridge allowing you to run Cake applications within Drupal, seems moribund. There is, for sure, another whole blog entry about Drupal modules I’m learning Drupal bit by bit - one of the first tasks was to learn how to make a new theme. It’s one of those things which is actually fairly straightforward-seeming … until you hit a snag. MORE
It brings new events module features that will help you grow your organization! We’re glad to announce the release of Version 5.5! Wild Apricot MORE
One of the modules is about emotional contagion. In the same module, they talked about social contagion , which means that if you change your behavior, there is a good chance that someone you know will change his, or her behavior. MORE
This software again comes with many different modules, each dealing with one specific aspect of a company’s human resource. Payroll: The Payroll software module is by far the most important since it provides the motivation for employees to work. MORE
VisionLink is pleased to announce a new reporting tool in our Homeless Management Information System module. The report can be limited by agency or date and can return data in just one HMIS module or several at the same time. The HMIS Data Quality Report is designed to help communities evaluate the completeness of their data. Using a selection of several HUD required data fields, the Data Quality Report generates a quick visual to help identify Clients with missing data. MORE
Module Related Topics Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director
JULY 1, 2019
This software again comes with many different modules, each dealing with one specific aspect of a company’s human resource. Payroll: The Payroll software module is by far the most important since it provides the motivation for employees to work.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
MARCH 24, 2010
What I didn’t say is that a number of shops that have done Drupal/SF integration for production sites chose not to use the contributed modules – they built (or are building) their own custom Salesforce/Drupal integration modules. Although we certainly could have chosen, like others, to go our own way, we have committed ourselves to using, and contributing to the modules on drupal.org.
VisionLink
APRIL 2, 2011
Public users searching for resources, services and other community assets are about to enjoy a powerfully effective search algorithm, and a new interface as well. Released to our customers for review, each of our customers can now review their own online resource directory with these new tools and provide feedback before we release this into production. The search algorithm uses a linguistically aware solution, reducing words to their core roots.
Idealware
OCTOBER 12, 2009
This week we're going to take a closer look at Modules, the Drupal add-ons that can extend your web site's functionality. So there are about a thousand modules that you can use to extend Drupal, covering everything from document management to payment processing.
AFP Blog
SEPTEMBER 6, 2007
USA Today Offers News Modules Users Can Put On Personal Pages: "NEW YORK (AP)--USA Today is plunging into a hot new Internet technology, offering users the ability to install 'widgets' on their blogs and personal Web pages that contain news updates and other information from the newspaper.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 8, 2008
During the month of September and into October, the WeAreMedia project is discussing the content in the tactical modules on the wiki. The Tactical modules get to the nitty gritty, but with a lens of how many hours does it take. The module answers these questions: What is participating?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 3, 2008
On Monday, we started down the road to build Module 1: What is Social Media and Why It is Important To Nonprofits. So, take a look at Module 1 and give us your feedback in the discussion tab. Photo by Travelin' Librarian.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 29, 2008
NTEN's WeAreMedia project has been discussing and building six tactical modules on social media - the practical tips and resources you need before you start to focus on the tools. Help build this module by visiting the wiki and share what you know! The module page is here
Connection Cafe
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
Lately I have seen some discussion groups, listservs, and blogs on when to create a proposal in the Prospect Module of Raiser’s Edge® or for that matter in any fundraising legacy system. So below I am listing typical stages and moments where you might consider utilizing the Prospect Module in RE for optimal reporting and management.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 14, 2008
This week we'll be discussing and building Module 3: The Social Media Ready Nonprofit Organization: Dealing with Resistance as part of NTEN's We Are Media : Social Media Starter Kit for Nonprofits project. Flickr photo by Amber Rhea.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 29, 2008
She was the first one to contribute something to the WeAreMedia Module 5: Online Community Engagement Strategy and Skills. Six more lucky wiki contributors to Module 5 between now and August 3rd will have an opportunity to get a free copy of either Media Rules and Mobilizing Generation 2.0.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
NOVEMBER 13, 2008
There is already a SSO Module for Drupal 5.x, Unfortunately, the module Drake , which is meant to be a bridge allowing you to run Cake applications within Drupal, seems moribund. There is, for sure, another whole blog entry about Drupal modules I’m learning Drupal bit by bit - one of the first tasks was to learn how to make a new theme. It’s one of those things which is actually fairly straightforward-seeming … until you hit a snag.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 8, 2008
To round out the module, we want to put together an awesome list of Social Media ROI blogs, books, and other resources. Photo by Oolong. This week in WeAreMedia , we're focused on Return on Investment. Earlier this week, I asked folks to have fun with Social Media ROI Mad Libs.
Vertex Systems
JANUARY 6, 2011
One of the software products our company creates for nonprofit agencies is a accounting module, called the Vertex Financial Manager.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
APRIL 10, 2011
Jackson River Drupal Modules | Jackson River. tags: drupal modules salesforce toblog. The average web design project, illustrated – TNW Design & Dev. tags: toblog webdesign. Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here. Blogs I read
VisionLink
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
NVOAD is deploying a new situational reporting module for some states from Visionlink, to better coordinate the activities of partner agencies. Visionlink systems are fully engaged with Hurricane Dorian response.
Idealware
JANUARY 3, 2008
What modules do they utilize? Skip to Main Content Area Helping Nonprofits Make Smart Software Decisions Topics Reports Articles Online Training Blog Custom Resources Donate About Topics Reports Articles Online Training Blog Custom Resources Donate About Ask Idealware: Who's Using Salesforce? By Laura Quinn , January 3, 2008 Don asks : Who is successfully using Salesforce as a CRM and communication tool? What features do they make most use of?
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
DECEMBER 31, 2009
There are several contributed modules: salesforce – main module, with API, node, and user integration possibilities. This module provides the basic salesforce API connection (via SOAP), and includes field mapping, and basic import/export. Web-to-lead is quite nice and flexible with this module. parser-salesforce – Integration with FeedAPI – pulling data from salesforce into drupal nodes via FeedAPI (I hope to start maintaining this module).
VisionLink
AUGUST 28, 2019
The case management module (with is part of a broader suite of disaster tools from Visionlink) was built with feedback from more than 50 voluntary agencies and dozens of thought-leaders in the case managment world.
Wild Apricot
AUGUST 5, 2015
It brings new events module features that will help you grow your organization! We’re glad to announce the release of Version 5.5! Wild Apricot
gokubi.com
JULY 27, 2006
Facebook Linked In Twitter Home About Home Cheek to Cheek Cheek to Cheek Last Updated on Thursday, 27 July 2006 09:46 Written by Steve Thursday, 27 July 2006 09:46 Appexchange is a really great system for packaging up modules for easy installing in Salesforce.com instances.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
MARCH 23, 2011
At the moment, if you want to integrate Drupal and Salesforce, you have three options: Use the contributed modules (or have a developer install and configure them for you). I don’t know enough about it to match it to the contributed modules, but it’s hard to imagine that it’s possible for it to keep up, given the nature of open source development. So what is the status of the Drupal modules?
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
MARCH 16, 2010
Of course, mostly, Drupal is only as good as it’s contributed modules (that’s a bit more of a stretch, now, because many of the key contributed modules, like CCK, are now in core Drupal.) So when folks like us, who build sites that depend on Drupal 7 can start using it is a bit up in the air, although there is a movement to get many modules ready for Drupal 7 at it’s release. The salesforce module maintainers recently made that decision, as have others.)
VisionLink
APRIL 27, 2011
The interface offers a greatly simplified initial display for the public, with quick links to details and maps, and to an advanced searching module as well. The new mapping module is integrated as well, as is our new linguistically aware searching algorithms.
Wild Apricot
OCTOBER 10, 2018
We've added four new features to our Online Store module - read on to find out how they can benefit your organization, how to use them, and where to find out more. online payments taxes feature-release new-feature Online-Store store
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
FEBRUARY 17, 2010
Although it’s not often used in nonprofit settings, the Drupal module (or, more correctly, a large suite of modules) called “ Ubercart &# is a pretty amazing tool if you need to create a shopping cart system. By the way, there is a module done by DharmaTech that integrates CiviCRM and the current Ubercart.).
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
FEBRUARY 4, 2010
Maintaining a Drupal module using Git | drupal.org. Yammer : Enterprise Microblogging. Git – SVN Crash Course. Pivotal Tracker – Free Lightweight Agile Project Management & Team Collaboration, from Pivotal Labs. Force.com Web Services API Developer’s Guide. SOQL SELECT Syntax. AIM Implementation Guide. gokubi.com » Blog Archive » Using Sites to easily publish data out of Salesforce. DrupalMad developer :: Add-ons for Firefox.
3rd Sector Labs
JANUARY 16, 2014
Views cache, APC, memcache, Varnish, and simply keeping module updates current can do a lot for performance. Our solution was to apply a layer of custom business rules over Drupal’s AuthCache module.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
JANUARY 24, 2011
I’m looking forward to when all of the modules that I depend on are up to speed. There will be no more updates to contrib modules in Drupal 5 (in fact, many modules for Drupal 5 were abandoned a while ago.). I’ve had a bit of time now to work with Drupal 7. I’ve been playing with it since it was still pretty experimental, but I finally put together a whole site with it recently, and am pretty happy with it.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
APRIL 3, 2011
tags: drupal modules toblog. HipHop for PHP. tags: php webdev toblog opensource. MailChimp | drupal.org. link]. tags: CMS opensource report toblog. CUBRID – Open Source Database Management System Optimized for Web. tags: opensource database toblog. Hudson Continuous Integration. tags: testing java toblog webdev. Open Source ETL designed to bridge the gap between business and IT. Kettle Project: Pentaho Data Integration. tags: opensource etl data integration toblog.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
MARCH 31, 2011
Coder Module – Easily Port Modules to Drupal 7 – I need this. I didn’t make it to Drupalcon Chicago, but, thanks to the organizers of the conference, it doesn’t mean I need to miss the sessions.
VisionLink
APRIL 15, 2010
Overall, this upgrade provides a number of modules: a linguistically aware full text searching module with ranked results; a mapping module which can display client and resource data simultaneously; a real-time situational analysis module with multiple boundaries; integration of US Census Bureau data; and some additional taxonomy tools for Information & Referral specialists. Over the next week, I''ll summarize each module. A major (perhaps epic?)
SocialFish
MAY 26, 2011
Latest SocialFish learning modules: Top Tips for Twitter Lists – This 23 minute intermediate level module covers some top tips to make the most of Twitter Lists, including how to find topical lists, tools for monitoring lists, automation tools, and more.
Wild Apricot
OCTOBER 5, 2015
We’ve also included yet another feature to our events module. Version 5.6 has been released! It brings in some significant improvements to the process of inserting files and images, resulting in a better user experience.
Byte Technology
AUGUST 29, 2017
it, and adding modules is a snap. You can arrange your page into sections and/or columns, add modules for buttons, images, headers and sliders and even use widgets from other plugins.
VisionLink
MAY 22, 2009
Did you know we have a community sheltering module, too? If you are current customer, you may want to log into our Customer Resource Center and explore the Shelter Space module; deployment is but a switch away. Of course, there is no charge for this module. Yes--separate and different from the National Shelter System, and its 55,000 shelters, this one is community focused.
Byte Technology
DECEMBER 8, 2016
Drupal is designed around acquiring new features using tons of little programs called modules, which are designed and maintained by professional designers working for giant clients but which are still free to everyday Joes. Also, because the CMS thrives on module add-ons, the basic core program isn’t terribly exciting and you won’t start to really experience all the cool things it’s capable of until you start adding modules.
Have Fun - Do Good
MAY 9, 2013
One of the modules is about emotional contagion. In the same module, they talked about social contagion , which means that if you change your behavior, there is a good chance that someone you know will change his, or her behavior.
SocialFish
JANUARY 25, 2017
I was privileged to teach a module about Aligning Community Management and Workplace Culture to the new class of Community Engagement Fellows at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
VisionLink
JULY 25, 2011
VisionLink has improved the Taxonomy Management module, particularly useful to information and referral and 2-1-1 operations. In this particular case, the Taxonomy management module supports the AIRS specification, while allowing proactive posting to inactive categories. As required by AIRS certification for 2-1-1 call centers, certain categories of the Taxonomy can be flagged as inactive so that services cannot be posted to these categories.
Tech Soup Blog
DECEMBER 18, 2014
Courses consist of modules. For each module you create, you upload one type of content, such as PowerPoint, Flash, video, or audio. Litmos automatically optimizes the module for playback on computers, tablets, and mobile phones.
VisionLink
NOVEMBER 7, 2010
VisionLink is pleased to announce a new reporting tool in our Homeless Management Information System module. The report can be limited by agency or date and can return data in just one HMIS module or several at the same time. The HMIS Data Quality Report is designed to help communities evaluate the completeness of their data. Using a selection of several HUD required data fields, the Data Quality Report generates a quick visual to help identify Clients with missing data.
3rd Sector Labs
DECEMBER 1, 2013
The Drupal framework, for example, has been extended through more than 25,000 modules contributed by the developer community. We talk a lot about Open Source technology (and we use it quite extensively too) so it might make sense for us to take a moment and explain why we are such advocates.
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